Northeastern Storm Leaves Dozens Dead and Power Outages
A mid December storm across the Northeast caused at least 17 deaths, widespread power outages, and disrupted transport. New York Connecticut New Jersey and Massachusetts reported fatalities and extensive snow sleet and freezing rain. Power lines fell cutting heat and cooking services as storms battered Sussex County andBoston.
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New York State
Connecticut
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Raynham
Mass
New England
Albany
Schenectady
Rensselaer County
Four Die in Pre Winter Storm Traffic Tragedy
A sleet and freezing rain storm in Central and Northern New York caused four traffic deaths including Eloise Woods of Syracuse. Also killed were William Stut tle of Cortland Russell Van Volkenberg of Mechanicville and Robert Weaver of Waddington. Forecaster Andy Keller warned of a rainy weekend with temperatures to 32 tonight and a high of 42 tomorrow.
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New York
Syracuse
Eloise Woods
W. Marcellus St
William A. Stuttle
Cleveland St. Cortland
Russell van Volkenberg
Mechanicville
Robert E. Weaver
Waddington
Andy Keller
Hancock Field
Today’s features on unique hospital treatments in Red China
Editorial page previews a series on innovative medical methods used in Chinese hospitals. The notice lists page sections and features across the edition, including amusements, editorials, letters, classifieds, radio TV, comics, women's page, deaths, and sports, with today’s pictures on page 16.
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Fired Met baritone accuses Callas of jealousy
Enzo Sordello says soprano Maria Callas berated him backstage after a Lucia di Lammermoor duet, claiming she cracked on a thigh note and grabbed his arm. He was fired by Rudolf Bing for insubordination to conductor Fausto Cleva and replaced by Frank Valentino.
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Metropolitan Opera
Enzo Sordello
Met
Rudolf Bing
Bing
Sordello
Fausto Cleva
K Maria Meneghini Callas
Lucia di Lammermoor
Miss Callas
Lucia
Enrica Ashton
Frank Valentino
Sorde
Cleva
Italy
Floods sweep central West Virginia causing deaths and heavy damage
A two day downpour floods streams across central West Virginia from Borgantown to near the southwestern border. At Lumberport near Clarkburg 57 year old Gordon Ashcraft vanished after being swept away in Little Ten Mile Creek. Spencer reports about 50 homes flooded with 10 feet of water on Main Street and all highways into town blocked.
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Lumberport
Clarkburg
Gordon Ashcraft
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Ashcraft
Spencer
Charleston
Roané County
Hungarians Leave for U.S. Under Safe Haven Plan
Seven flights were to depart Munich today carrying Hungarian refugees as Operation Safe Haven accelerates. The program aims to fly 9,500 Hungarians to the United States by Christmas, with over 1,800 already gone in the five day operation.
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Germany
America
Safe Haven
United States
Breathes there a man who mutters not bad upon leaving
A playful quip on halfhearted praise echoes in a rural tavern as a traveler mutters "Not bad" after a modest meal. The line hints at weary cynicism toward compliments in a feckless mood.
Guerrilla Attack Targets U N Forces at Port Said
Tension rose in Port Said as Egyptian guerrillas attacked U N police and British troops in sweeps to locate a kidnapped lieutenant. Norwegian and Swedish patrols came under grenade and gunfire with no casualties reported. Gen Burns protested to Cairo authorities. Withdrawal timelines remained unsettled amid growing unrest.
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U.N
Carl Engholm
Cole Forgot Humiliated By Syracuse Speaking Slip
Rep W Sterling Cole said in Washington he forgot a speaking engagement in Syracuse yesterday and felt humiliated. He was driving from his Bath home to Washington when the Federal Council of Syracuse waited at Shermans Restaurant.
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Postmaster General Sends Wedding Gift After Stamp Flaw
Washington dispatch reports Maurice H. Stans wrote to Sherryn Ann Schornberg, a Louisville bride, regretting faulty stamps that caused wedding notices to be returned as postage due. He sent a personal gift of a silver stamp box with stamps and noted the defect was corrected at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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Maurice H. Stans
Harry Schornberg
Louisville
Ithe Dee
Sherryn Ann
Wendell ‘Reynolds
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Stans
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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Western Newsmen Expelled by Hungary in Labor Coverage
In Budapest two Western correspondents Eric Waha of the Associated Press and Richard Kilian of the London Daily Express were ordered to leave by midnight after being detained. They were cited as labor agitators for talking with striking workers and failing to report arrival, with U.S. help extending the deadline by 24 hours. Ronald Farquhar of Reuters was detained but not expelled. AP still has Kasischke and Morton in Vienna and Budapest respectively.
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Eric Waha
Associated Press
Richard Kilian
London Daily Express
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U.S
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London
H. Baker
New York City
Killian
Ronald Farquhar
Reuters
Csepel Iron and Steel Works
Farquhar
Richard Kasischke
Endre Marton
The
Hungary
How's This Asks 700 Million Baim for Britain
Conservative MP Geoffrey Hirst urged the United States to give Britain 700 million dollars as compensation for the Suez crisis and the UN vote with Russia. He framed the payment as a gift to repair relations and recognise Britain’s suffering and perceived injustice.
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United States
America
Geoffrey Hirst
Suez
United Nations
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Russia
Crowell-Collier to Discontinue Collier’s and Woman’s Home Companion
Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. Board votes to end publication of Collier’s and the Woman’s Home Companion. Combined circulation nears 84 million. losses exceed 7.4 million dollars this year due to rising costs and shrinking ad revenue. About 2,660 employees affected. company to focus on book publishing including Collier’s.
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Crowell-Collier Publishing Co
Paul C. Smith
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Crowell-Collier
Magaine
Collier's
Haiti Back To Normal After Strike Ends
Provisional President Joseph Nemours Pierre Louis meets Haiti leaders to form a coalition cabinet as he orders withdrawal of armed troops from Port au Prince streets. The four day nationwide strike against Magloire ends and commerce resumes normal activity.
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Haiti
Joseph Nemours
Pierre Louis
Paul E. Magloire
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Magloire
Dulles Returns From Paris as Allies Seek Unity
Secretary of State Dulles lands in Washington after Paris talks aimed at healing rifts within the Atlantic alliance triggered by the Egypt crisis. He plans a White House meeting with President Eisenhower to review diplomacy and outline plans for Nehru talks.
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Dulles
Paris
Eisenhower
Egypt
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State Department
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Nehru i
Nehru
China
Hungary
Suez Canal
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Weight loss program prompts knee crossing challenge
The Chicago YMCA weight reducing class supervisor Mrs. Albert Kelso notes that after shedding pounds some women must relearn knee crossing. The scene centers on the humorous battle cry Hips Hips Away and the challenges of adapting to new body habits during weight loss.
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YMCA
Albert Kelso
Hungarian strike tightens grip on Budapest coal mines
In Budapest 50,000 workers at the Csepel iron and steel plant sit down to protest, while Kadar's regime threatens a draft to force a return to work. Rebels resist as Soviet troops guard key plants. A death sentence trial under martial law is set at Kerskemet with amnesty uncertain. Factory workers are to be sent to coal pits to alleviate shortages.
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INS
Janos Kadar
Budapest
Csepel Iron and Steel
Radar
Budapest Radio
Kerskemet
Nep Szabadsag
Kadar
Husband is granted divorce after wife vanishes after wedding
Robert E. Peters, 23, told a circuit court in St. Louis that his bride Adria, 20, disappeared the day after their wedding 21 months ago. Circuit Judge Raymond E. Ladri granted Peters a divorce yesterday sealing the end of the marriage.
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Robert E. Peters
Adria
Raymond E. Ladrijere
Peters
Refugee couple faces last night in Tyrol before airlift
Jules reports from Salzburg as Martin and Klara, a Hungarian refugee couple, await departure in Austria for the United States under Operation Safe Haven. They travel with limited belongings, fearing exposure of their family name. The couple, married six months, hope for safety in the six hour train dash to Salzburg and onward to Munich.
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Austria
Martin and
Klara
Tyrol
Vienna
United States
Munich
Martin
Hungary
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