Hungary Walks Out as U.N. Debate Condemns Soviet in Hungary
Hungary presented a bold protest at the United Nations as Foreign Minister Imre Horvath led a walkout over U.N. interference in Hungary. The 97 nation assembly debated a U.S. backed measure condemning Soviet troops in Hungary while India and allies urged Hammarskjold mission to Moscow to push for withdrawal.
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Toda
U.N
Hungary
Soviet Union
Imre Horveth
United States
Horvath
Budapest
General Assembly
India
Dag Hammarskjold
Moscow
Youty
Endre Sik
Hammarskjold
V. K. Krishna Menon
Jon
Indonesia
Burma
Hungary Seizes Refugees Property Amid Dissident Strike
In Vienna the Hungarian government announced that property of all who left Hungary since the Oct 23 rebellion will be seized, unless return by March 31 1957. Officials plan to inventory abandoned homes and may sell property if owners stay away. Tens of thousands protest in Budapest as a Russian backed government clamps down.
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Austria
Budapest Radio
Hungary
Budapest
Janos Kadar
Airlift Opens For Hungarians Refugees Into United States
Munich December 11 AP two hundred fugitives from Communist oppression in Hungary began a major airlift to the United States. Ten thousand are planned before Christmas aboard Air Force transports with 50 women 41 children and 109 men per flight. The first four planes carried families and the trip to McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey would last about 26 hours. From there refugees would move to Camp Kilmer for housing and possible jobs with hopeful relatives awaiting contact.
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Hungary
United States
Ete
MaGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
Ex-Gl Finds Old Jacket In Centralia Surplus Store
Carrol Frutiger of Clay City found a battle jacket in a Centralia surplus store that bore a serial number he recognized from Camp Custer 1953. He recalled turning it in to supply in France in 1954. Store operator H. W. Dobbs said the jacket remains his with compliments and returned it.
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Carrol Frutiger
Clay City
Centralia
Camp Custer
H. W. Dobbs
France
Dobbs
New York
Slow reader defended by English professor
Dec. 11 AP East Lansing Michigan A Michigan State University English professor argues for slower reading. Dr E V Leighty says good books record thought and provoke it, and justice is rarely done to them in hurried or even single careful readings.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
E. V. Leighty
Dulles Urges Moral Aid To Topple Communist Regime
British officer reported missing in Port Said amid fears of kidnapping by Egyptians. Egyptian authorities say extremist groups may disrupt the British French withdrawal from the Suez area while Nasser plans to deploy police to secure the port. The officer led a raid on a dentist’s apartment where seven Egyptian commandos were captured earlier.
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Dulles
Port Said
Egypt
Brotherhood
Nasser
Suez Canal Zone
Ambush Marks Start of Brotherhood Campaign in Region
A guerrilla ambush of a British Royal Scots patrol opened the Brotherhood's campaign. One of eight soldiers was slightly wounded by a grenade fragment. In Port Said Egyptians claim 10 000 Brotherhood members. U S Lt Gen Wheeler inspected sunken ships for canal obstructions, with a week needed to survey the 103 mile waterway and six months to clear it at an estimated cost of 30 million dollars.
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Royal Scots
Port Said
U. S
Raymond A. Wheeler
U.N
Suez Canal
Pension tops up by two dollars in Illinois aid
Springfield reports a $2 monthly increase in maximum public aid grants for old age blind and disability assistance, raising the top for basic needs to $77 starting Jan. 1. The increase follows an escalator clause tied to inflation and does not raise grants for recipients already under the cap. Medical care may exceed the ceiling when needed to cover subsistence and medical costs.
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Springfield
Illinois
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Garrett W. Keaster
IPAC
Duatin of Labor Statistics
Ice Storm Loss Estimated by Union Electric
Union Electric Co. estimates its ice storm losses last weekend at 250000 dollars, reflecting widespread damage and power disruptions in St. Louis.
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St. Louis
the Union Electric Co
iC worker found after 2 hour search
A missing employee of the Illinois Central roundhouse was found Monday night after a two hour search. A D Hillsman 406 E Green St wandered in a dazed condition from about 8 p m to about 10 p m Fellow employees noted his absence. The roundhouse called police and the search began. Tisdale 1431 N Wall St called to say he had taken Hillsman home. Hillsman has diabetes and says memory loss was due to the illness.
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Linois Central Roundhouse
A. D. Hillsman
E. Green St
Fred Tisdale
N. Wall St
Hillsman
Roundhouse
Tisdale
State asks rehearing on use tax ruling in Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court faced a request for rehearing after its November ruling striking down the 2 percent state use tax. The tax aimed to curb evasion of sales tax via out of state purchases. The petition was filed by the attorney general's office.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois
Atty
Latham Castle
Dope Ring Breakthrough Nets Million Dollar Haul
Chicago police siezed more than 15 pounds of heroin and two pounds of marijuana in simultaneous raids on two South Side apartments. Sgt. Paul Quinn said the haul, valued around one million dollars, was the biggest heroin seizure in the department's history. Willard Jones, 42, named as head of the ring, was among eight held without charge. Four arrestees had California addresses.
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Chicago
Paul Quinn
South Side
Quinn
Willard Jones
California
Police Department
Amvets Seek Court Martial For Discharged Veterans
Ohio Amvets ask the Defense Secretary to order court martials for Arlie Pate of Carbondale Illinois and Aaron Wilson of Usania Louisiana who are dishonorably discharged. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling limiting punishment for crimes after discharge. Batchelor and Dickenson had been convicted of informing on POWs and collaborating with the enemy in Korea.
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Ohio
Ohio Amvets
Arlie Pate
Carbondale
Aaron Wilson
Usania
Edgar L. Williams
Hamilton
Charles E. Wilson
Amvets
Pate
Wilson
Cpl
Edward Dickenson
Big Stone Gap
Claude J. Batchelor
Kermit
Texas
Supreme Court
Batchelor
Dickenson
Dulles Optimistic on Communism Yet Warns of War Risk
U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles spoke to NATO ministers in Paris noting internal pressures behind the Iron Curtain may topple Soviet communism while warning Kremlin rulers could take risks abroad to divert attention. He urged adherence to United Nations principles and emphasized strengthening Western unity to curb Soviet expansion and the post Stalin era.
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U. S
John Foster Dulles
Kremlin
Dulles
Egypt
NATO
Council of Ministers
Whch
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Gaetano Martine
Hjalvard Lange
Eral
Western Europe
Middle East
Saas
Ministers’ Permanent Council
Riots Reported in Stettin Against Soviet Interests
Polish and Stettin sources describe a large anti Soviet rally. Protesters attacked the Soviet consulate and police suffered beatings as troops and workers militia dispersed the crowd. Authorities blame drunken hooligans while other reports cite a planned student worker demonstration.
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Stettin
Scesecin
Hungary
Oder River
Berlin
Nation Mulka
Zycie Wareiuanaada Eedakeeld Satu
Government Sues Dashiell Hammett Over $111000 Taxes
The government filed suit against writer Dashiell Hammett to recover more than 111000 dollars in taxes. Hammett, now residing in Katonah New York, is the subject of the action.
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U. S
New York
Dashiell Hammett
Hammett
Katonah
N.Y
Colder Weather Moving Into Southern Illinois
Forecast calls for cloudy skies and cooler temperatures in Southern Illinois with a few showers turning to snow mixed with freezing rain late tonight and Wednesday. Tonight's low near 20, Wednesday high around 30, and Wednesday night low in the low 20s.
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Southern
Illinois
Weather and lake levels at Crab Orchard and Little Grassy
The report notes low yesterday 25 degrees at 7 a.m. and today 40 degrees at 6 p.m. A high yesterday 44 and noon today 46. Sunrise 7:14 a.m., sunset 4:33 p.m. Crab Orchard Lake is 4 inches below spillway today and Little Grassy Lake is 32 inches below spillway today.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
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