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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1956
Page
1
Soviet tanks moved into Budapest to break up anti-Russian protests amid three days of violence. Fighters clashed as miners and crews battled near the West Railroad Station while police and Hungarian troops backed armored units.
The Sarasota news notes the city moves toward establishing Electro-Mechanical Research Inc in Fruitville as a new era opens. The issue also recommends a 1.5 million sewage plant for Venice and reports Marie Hogencamp will leave City Hall switchboard after nearly five years. A Cuban sanitary engineer will observe Sarasota’s mosquito control program.
The United States urged the 1957 election of the Philippines to the United Nations Security Council under the 1956 Gentlemen's Agreement. Yugoslavia vacated the seat and Manila faced ballots amid Cold War tensions with Russia resisting expansion and Hungary crisis at the U.N. urging possible action against the Hungarian delegation.
Cuban air force planes bombed rebel holdouts in southeast Cuba early today. An army communique reports three rebels killed and two captured in the joint air ground operation.
British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden faces a chastening return from Jamaica after the Suez crisis. Critics blame his attack on Nasser and warn of political backlash at home as Britain bears a costly war and a blocked canal. Masaryk’s remark on dirty politics is cited amid debates on alliance and unity.
President Eisenhower to confer with Defense Secretary Savasen at the Georgia retreat on the next fiscal year's defense outlay. The talks focus on whether to lift the national defense budget above 36 billion and on a proposed 125000 man force reduction amid rising costs for atomic age weapons and Middle East tensions.
In Washington Deputy Undersecretary of State Robert D Murphy denounced Russian military repression in Hungary as unwarranted While American officials in Berlin protested Soviet blocking of a U S military truck convoy The protests mark heightened U S concern over Soviet pressure in Europe
Forecaster Minnie Mermaid predicts light adverse conditions this weekend with mostly calm winds easterly and southeasterly. Tonight's forecast low around 52 to 58 and daytime highs near 76 to 82, no rainfall anticipated.
In New York three men were brought to federal court for sentencing on conspiracy charges in the acid blind ing of labor writer Victor Riesel on a Broadway area street last April 5. Gondolfo Miranti is named as the finger man and Domenico Bando is noted among those facing penalties. Judge William B. Herlands presiding.
A rush hour elevated train caught fire near Jarvis and Greenview stations in Chicago. At least one person died and four were injured according to fire department reports, with Russell Lane of AP noting many more injured as the first car burned violently.
Foreign Office confirms cancellation of Suslov's visa as part of Italy’s public order policy. The move comes amid a broader crackdown on the Hungarian revolution and a drop in Communist strength in some factory union elections by about 30 percent. The policy hardening mirrors the national mood.
Clinton Tenn. A spokesman for 16 segregationists accused of contempt of court over racial incidents at Clinton High School said the group will fight the charges. All 16 were freed on bond, arraignment set for next Monday in Knoxville federal court. A 17th man was sentenced to 30 days in jail for distributing inflammatory material in the courtroom. Joe Diehl of Knox County led a segregation rally on his farm.
Cut Bank Montana reported 26 below zero as frigid Canadian air spread from the Great Lakes to the Pacific. The cold blanket extended across the Northern Plains and into the Southern Plains reaching Oklahoma City while Atlantic coast regions showed springlike warmth.
U S rocket scientists schedule the first stage test of the Vanguard program to launch a modified Viking rocket from Cape Canaveral Florida near Melbourne to mark the Pearl Harbor anniversary Observers from across the nation gather for the first full dress rehearsal in the space satellite program Dr John Hagen notes the test is a critical step toward a successful earth orbit mission
The United States protested Red commanders moving tanks onto the sidewalk before the American Legation in Budapest saying it endangered civilians and blocked access. Murphy told Soviet envoy Striganov the incident, though minor, reflected a deplorable Hungary situation and condemned Soviet military action alongside Hungarian secret police.
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