Refugee Air Sea Lift to Move 21 500 to U S from Austria
President Eisenhower announced a massive air and sea resettlement plan for 21 500 Hungarian refugees. About 15 000 to be transported by Air Force Navy aircraft, 6 500 by inter governmental committee. Airlift starts at 200 daily, rising to 500, with sea transport by three Navy ships from Bremerhaven to New York. Cost estimated around 12 million dollars from a 250 million White House fund.
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Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
White House
United States
Air Force
Navy
Inter-Governmental Committee On
Hagerty
Military Air Transportation Service
Austria
Bremerhaven
New York
Washington
Reprisals At Suez Feared Amid Mass Evacuations
Port Said observers report growing panic as British French forces retreat. By Dec 6, 1,853 sailed to England with over 2,000 more on Wednesday and three troopships due soon. Italian and Greek consuls urged evacuation ships while civilians faced intimidation and home warnings.
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Task Force
England
Port Said
Nationalists and Reds clash in Budapest violence erupts
In Budapest today pro government and nationalist demonstrators clashed on a great boulevard. Eyewitnesses report at least two killed and several wounded as Red flag carrying Communists faced nationalist forces. Russian armored cars and tanks protected officials during the confrontation.
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Budapest
Janos Kadar
Great Boulevard
Csepel Island
Budapest Workers Council
No Sale Cash Register Thief Warned by Police Radio
Albuquerque police dispatch oddly advises drivers to arrest anyone seen carrying a cash register after a Wednesday night incident. The quip reflects a joking safety broadcast during a crime report.
Cardinal Mindszenty details torture before 1949 treason trial
Hungary's Cardinal Mindszenty recounts 29 days and nights of abuse by Red secret police before his treason trial in 1949. He describes stripping, beating, cold damp cells, forced obscene acts, and sleep deprivation. He vows to continue fighting the Communist regime and says his memoirs will aid Hungary's destitute church.
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Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty
Red Secret
Current Look
Privilege Seen As Result Of Liquor Tax Debate
Washington voices claim liquor taxes create a privileged class of drinkers and fuel moonshining and corruption. Laurence Eldredge of Plvaniat holic Beverage Inc. urged lowering the tax from 10.50 to 6 per proof gallon and restoring wine and beer rates to 1944 levels.
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Washington
Congress
Laurance H. Eldredge
Plvaniatholic Beverage Inc
Idacmaedi
Eden Regime May Stand Job In Doubt
London December 6 AP Britain's government led by Prime Minister Eden faced a House of Commons vote on the Suez invasion as major papers split on Eden's fate. With a 59 vote majority the regime could survive though Conservative dissent rises and calls for resignation grow after his Jamaica trip.
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Eden
House of Commons
Britain
Times of London
Commons
Suez Canal
Jamaica
Three Feared Dead In Blast At E. Alton Olin Plant
Clinton Tennessee December 6 AP nine more defendants in racial violence cases tied to the Clinton High School integration faced federal judges as officials planned a reopening. Judge Robert L. Taylor issued criminal contempt warrants for 16 charged with violating a court order against interference with integration. Fifteen were jailed in Knoxville within hours. one woman remained at large. Arraignments for several defendants including W H Till were held, with denials of charges. The Anderson County School Board, which had ordered closure, moved to reopen next Monday if possible after the clashes and the assault on Rev Paul Turner who escorted six Negro pupils to school amid jeers.
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Clinton High School
U. S. Dist
Robert L. Taylor
Knoxville
W. H. Till
White Citizens Council
Taylor
John Kasper
Anderson County School Board
Paul Turner
Nitroglycerin Explosion Hits Olin Plant in East Alton
A hydrogen cloud, shouting flames and falling glass, followed an explosion at Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp in East Alton. At least two men were killed and 27 injured, with one more missing. A separate blast at the Niagara Falls plant killed one and injured four. Police say nitroglycerin solvent storage shed caused the blast. the fire spread briefly but was controlled.
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Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Praar
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Ilinois
William Schoenbaum
Cottage Hills
Ill
Floyd F. Wisnasky
Forest Homes
Gerald Dillard
Dorchester
New York
Russell Thrasher
East Alton
John Cark
Clark
St. Louis
India Leader Dr. Ambedkar Dies in New Delhi
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, chief architect of India's republican constitution and nominal leader of the untouchables, died in his sleep at age 63. An American ally and Columbia University graduate, he was a prominent writer and lawyer.
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New Delhi
B. R. Ambedkar
India
Dr. Ambedkar
Columbia University
New York
Pate Arrives Near Home After Refusing Repatriation
Arlie Pate, three years after leaving Red China, reached Milwaukee en route to Carbondale. He says he never thought himself a traitor and aims to return to his family's farm, despite uncertainty about the Chicago landing due to fog. Authorities note possible companion Aaron Wilson, another returnee, while the Pates prepare a welcome.
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Pate
Milwaukee
Red China
Arlie Pate
Chicago
Carbondale
Free World
Seattle
Tokyo
Associated Press
En Farm
Arlie
Daniel Howard Pate
Aaron Wilson
Urania
United States
Wilson
Wash
U. S
Red
China
Explosion at Olin Mathieson Plant Described as Devastating
Workers recount a blast at the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp plant that shattered a three story building. Carl Schmidt and Miss Melba Schmidt describe the sudden shock and debris, while others rush to safety amid smoke and collapsing walls.
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Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Carl Schmidt
Alton
Oil traffic disruption may take year to restore
An Interior Department official said restoring normal oil transportation could take a full year after disruptions from the Suez Canal crisis. H. A. Stewart, director of the Office of Oil and Gas, told the Interstate Oil Compact Commission that six months may clear the canal but pipelines may need up to a year to regain full capacity. The U S will boost domestic production to meet needs and ease European shortage.
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H. A. Stewart
Interior Department
Office of Oil and Gas
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Suez Canal
Baby Births Seen Rising to 4.2 Million This Year
The Public Health Service estimates 111000 more babies will be born in the United States this year boosting the total to a record 4202000. Through the first nine months of 1956 births ran about 3 percent ahead of last year, continuing a rise since 1949.
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Public Health Service
United States
Fuses Probed In Pier Blast
A Brooklyn pier blast that killed 10 and injured 246 prompted a probe into the fire. Ensign Bickford Co of Simsbury Connecticut said it shipped 1950 cases of Primacord fuses to a West Coast distributor in compliance with regulatory rules.
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Connecticut
Brooklyn Pier
Ensign Bickford Co
Simsbury, Conn
Cloudy Southern Illinois Forecast with Cooler Nights
Weather bulletin notes considerable cloudiness and colder temperatures tonight with scattered showers Friday. Forecast lows near 50, highs mid 60s, Friday night around 50, with nearby lake readings showing Crab Orchard Lake 10 inches and Little Grassy Lake 33 inches below spillway. Sun times listed with 7:10 a.m. sunrise and 4:33 p.m. sunset.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
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