Hungarians Defy Government Plan General Strike
In Budapest workers at major factories vow to defy the Soviet backed regime and launch a nationwide general strike Tuesday. Martial law enforces harsh penalties including death for crimes tied to anti-government acts as Vienna reports strict controls and halted communications with Budapest.
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Refugees Stream Into Austria Despite Hungarian Martial Law
Austrian authorities reported 1,900 refugees crossed the border from Hungary into Austria amid martial law. The flow continued as people fled the conflict, with aid and processing arranged at border posts.
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Sadekiahe
Weather outlook for Southern Illinois with wind and temps
Partly cloudy and windy tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures. Tonight around 30, highs near 50, Tuesday lows around 40. Yesterday’s low 28, 7 am today 26, 6 pm yesterday 30. Today’s noon high near 39, sunrise 7:14 am, sunset 4:33 pm. Crab Orchard Lake inches below spillway today.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Dulles Lloyd Meet on Suez Canal Clearing Progress
Paris reports Dulles and Lloyd held a 90 minute first meeting at the American Embassy to align views on clearing the Suez Canal and returning it to operation swiftly. They discussed six UN backed points to insulate the canal from national politics and protect all users.
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Sel Lloyd
Middle East
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Lloyd
United Nations Security Council
Eisenhower On Human Rights Day Cites Hungary Brutality
President Eisenhower marked Human Rights Day from Augusta urging free peoples to condemn Soviet brutality in Hungary. He linked the eighth anniversary of the UN declaration to renewed sorrow and called for prayers and bells in observance. He warned the regime repudiates core rights including life liberty and equal protection before the law.
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Eisenhower
Hunry
United Nations
Hungary
United Nations urged to condemn Soviets over Hungary
The United States and 15 nations introduced a General Assembly resolution calling on the Soviet Union to withdraw armed forces from Hungary and restore Hungary's political independence under UN supervision. Cuban delegate Emilio Núñez Portuondo signaled a separate push to suspend or expel Russia, though veto risk and Security Council rules were acknowledged.
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British Patrol Attacked in Port Said Amid Pullout
Egyptian guerrillas fired on a Royal Scots patrol from a rooftop in Port Said, wounding one soldier slightly. Seven suspects were arrested as Britain and France plan a rapid withdrawal under UN supervision, with foreigners fleeing and Italy set to evacuate its Port Said colony.
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Chou hints U S must confess on prisoner deal
Chinese premier Chou Enlai urged the United States to make concessions before China would release 10 Americans held in Peiping. He cited that China had released 34 Americans and warned Washington against listing Chinese in the United States. He said the held Americans had committed offenses and not served their sentences.
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Air And Ground Search Teams Set For Action
A Trans-Canada Airlines plane with 62 aboard disappeared over British Columbia after a violent windstorm. Search teams from Canada and the United States scoured from Hope to Chilliwack with radar fixes and ground parties, while officials traced the last radio contact and noted four Saskatchewan players among the passengers.
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Six Nurses Die In Crash In Patterson New York
Six young student nurses were killed when their car skidded and hit a milk tank truck. The truck driver survived. The victims trained at St Mary’s Hospital Brooklyn and were en route to start the third week of a 12 week psychiatric nursing course. Victims identified as Consuelo Byrne 20 Staten Island Sheila Roche 19 Blas dell Eileen Davis 20 Anne Callaghan 20 Martha Santoemma 20 Maxine Singleton 19 all Brooklyn.
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Blasdell
N.Y
Eileen Davis
Anne Callaghan
Martha Santoemma
Maxine Singleton
Hole in Glove Fatal in Alton Tragedy
Frank Bennett aged 54 died after an ice storm felled power lines. He wore rubber gloves with a tiny hole in the right forefinger and was electrocuted when he touched the wire attempting to move it.
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St Louis Ice Storm prompts extra crews to restore power
Emergency crews race to reconnect about 30 000 homes in the St Louis area after a severe ice storm. Union Electric expects nearly full restoration by day’s end aided by crews from Festus Missouri and Keokuk Iowa as 100 000 homes were affected at the storm’s peak. Streetcar and bus service resumed on Sunday as officials estimate two weeks to clear fallen trees and debris.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Edward Schrader
Plane landing gear failure spotted on runway
M. D. Rooks and Ed Hornbaker inspect a light plane after the landing gear collapsed on the runway at Nor. Hornbaker drove his car onto the field to assist as the damaged gear is checked.
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Cuban Troops Kill 23 Rebels in Southeast Cuba
Cuban general staff reports 23 rebels killed in the southeast mountains and 32 captured near Guantanamo. Government losses cited as three dead and several wounded as Batista's forces press to encircle Fidel Castro led units still at large.
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Actor Slain in Hotel Fight Shocks City
A 49-year-old actor, Malcolm Beggs, was murdered in a La Salle Towers hotel room on the near North Side. Two 19-year-old suspects, Robert Mitchell and Haskell Kellems, were seized nearby and held on formal charges. Beggs had appeared in No Time for Sergeants at the Erlanger Theater and earlier in Broadway and New York productions.
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Man Dies in Snowbank Near Home
An 85-year-old man, Frank Klein Jr., was found dead in a snowbank Sunday after collapsing while attempting to retrieve his stalled car. The body lay about three quarters of a mile from his home as a snow plow operator discovered him.
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