Violence Tension Eases After Budapest Labor Leader Swings
In Budapest 96 labor leaders freed after arrests by the Communist government lessen the risk of a new uprising. Worker's councils warned of bloodshed and a general strike if arrests continued. Soviet troops and police remained on high alert as negotiations with Hungary were briefly discussed.
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Budapest
U.P
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Central Workers Council of
Hungarian Communist Party
Vienna
Provisional
Central Committee
Soviet Union
Hungary
President and AEC Chief Plan Atomic Spending
President Eisenhower arranged a conference with AEC chairman Lewis L. Strauss and Budget Director Percival Brundage on fiscal year spending for nuclear weapons development and peaceful atomic energy. White House said no announcement would follow the session. Outside talks suggested Defense Department requests around 44 billion dollars, with prior estimates about two billion more than this year.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
A.E.C
Lewis L. Strauss
White House
James C. Hagerty
Stauss
Percival Brundage
Brundage
Secretary of Defense
Wilson
Pentagon
Defense Department
Washington
Air Force
Navy
Army
Atomic Commission
137 Year Old Clock Company Closes in New Haven
The 137 year old New Haven Clock Co. shut its doors on Friday leaving about 1 000 employees unemployed. The company filed a bankruptcy petition just before closing and faced federal tax liens totaling 206 428 dollars this week.
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New Haven, Conn
New Haven Clock Co
Christmas Basket Fund Drive Urges Local Help
Help needed to issue Christmas baskets for needful families. Donations support baskets for the needy, with a total of funds and gifts to be published. Bring money to Tribune-Star office at 721 Wabash avenue. Applications for baskets accepted by the Family Service Association at 920 Chestnut Street. Apply by Tuesday, December 18.
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Tribune-Star
Wabash Avenue
Family Service Association
Chestnut Street
45 Hungarian Athletes Refuse To Return Home
Forty-five Hungarian Olympic team members sought asylum in Australia rather than return to their Russian-occupied homeland. About 34 intend to go to the United States while others stay in Australia. Their 130 teammates headed home but at least 20 may divert to Milan before two chartered French airliners proceed to Budapest. Notable stayers include four minute miler Laszlo Tabori and world champion ladies foil fencer Liria.
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Melbourne
Australia
United States
Milan
Italy
Budapest
Hungary
Laszlo Tabori
Liria
Hoover Jr Resigns as Undersecretary of State
Herbert Hoover Jr resigned as undersecretary of state effective about February 1. President Eisenhower named Gov. Christian A. Herter of Massachusetts to succeed him. Hoover plans to resume his engineering career after three years in government service. Herter to be formally nominated when Hoover steps aside.
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Augusta
Herbert Hoover Jr
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Hoover
Young Hoover
Herter
White House
James C. Hagerty
Test of Earth Satellite Fired Off In Florida
Naval and civilian scientists launched a Viking rocket from Cape Canaveral at 1 30 a m reaching 125 miles altitude and 4000 mph peak velocity. It plunged into the Atlantic about 180 miles from the launch site while observers saw a pink contrail. The test aimed to gather instrument data for future earth satellite launches.
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Washington
Naval
Defense Department
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force Missile Test Center
Patrick Air Force Base
Storage firm aids girl with 100000 Christmas wishes
In San Diego on December 8 a storage company helped Irene Jaroncyk, a 16 year old with cancer, by providing transport and space for about 100,000 Christmas cards and telegrams received after she wished for early Christmas cards.
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San Diego
Calif
Irene Jaroncyk
Angleo LaMarca condemned to die for Weinberger baby kidnapping
A Nassau jury of 12 fathers convicted Angelo LaMarca of kidnaping and first degree murder in the 32 day old Peter Weinberger case. The panel sentenced him to death by electric chair after rejecting mercy, with automatic appeal planned.
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Mineola
N. Y
Angelo LaMarca
Peter Weinberger
LaMarca
Frank Gulotta
Peter
Morris Weinberger
Nassau
FBI
Donna
Vitina
Mario Pittoni
Yeork
Dulles Heads to Paris to Reassure NATO Allies
Secretary of State Dulles flies to Paris to reassure Western European leaders amid a financial crisis and NATO planning. The trip aims to assess foreign aid prospects with Congress, review Allied defense, and restore unity after the British French attack on Egypt.
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Washington
Dulles
Paris
United States
Congress
NATO
Britain
France
Egypt
Crisis in Iraq and Syria Threatens Middle East Peace
The AP analysis notes rising Eastward tension as Iraq and Syria face growing hostility toward the Baghdad Pact. Iraqi censorship hides anger while violence erupts in Mosul and Najaf, stirring fears Nuri Said's regime could fall under external agitation.
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A.P
Beirut
Lebanon
Middle East
Iraq
Syria
Britain
Nuri Said
Mosul
Baghdad
Najaf
Iran
Tudeh Communist Party
Nuri
Tucker asks AEC to reconsider Newport plant closure
Mayor Ralph Tucker said he sent a telegram to AEC chairman Lewis Strauss in Washington urging the commission to rethink its decision to shut the Wabash River Ordnance plant at Newport. He warned the closing will worsen the area's unemployment problem and urged an official expression from the commission.
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Ralph Tucker
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis L. Strauss
Washington, D. C
Newport
Commission
Tucker
Driver Unhurt as Opposing Driver Dies in Collision
In Indianapolis a car and a tractor truck collided at a downtown street intersection. Clarence D. Shoemaker, 33, of Indianapolis, was killed. Two passengers in Shoemaker’s car were injured while truck driver Fred Sam Stanley, 56, of Terre Haute, was not hurt.
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Indianapolis
Clarence D. Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Fred Sam Stanley
North Thirteenth
Terre Haute
Stanley
Courageous Father Fights Lioness to Save Son
In Garden Grove California Elwood Tranholm said he tried with his bare hands to pry open the jaws of a large African lioness that mauled his 11 year old son Evan after breaking from its cage. The lioness bent steel bars like paper and fled across a busy street before the boy was taken to Orange hospital.
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Garden Grove
Calif
Elwood Tranholm
Wilmington
Traholm
Evan
Poland and Church Reach Broad State Church Accord
Poland and the Roman Catholic church announced a broad settlement restoring religious education in state schools and pledging full support for government aims. A joint commission, formed after Cardinal Wyszynski’s release, settled differences in four weeks, outlining steps to restore religious life and legality and end hindrances to freedom.
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Warsaw
Poland
Nue
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Polish Communist Party
Body of Tennessee Man Identified in Calumet River
The body of Fred Moore from Maryville Tennessee was recovered from the Calumet River about five miles from where he jumped in November 21. Police identified him from papers found on his person and said he was a carpenter who sought a missing friend before his death.
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Gary
Ind
Fred Moore
Maryville
Tenn
Calumet River
Moore
Anti Western Sentiment Rises in Egypt Amid Withdrawals
London dispatch reports growing anti Western feeling in Egypt as Anglo French troops pull back. About 750 Italian nationals seek exit with Italian Consul Count Franchesco Marer urging Rome to send a relief ship to repatriate Italians fearing Egyptian reprisals.
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London
Franchesco Marer
Rome
Suez Canal Zone
Weather Map Summary From Local Page
Weather map notes from the U S Weather Bureau report river stage at 1.1 feet rising. Local conditions record yesterday's high 49 and low 31 with 0.35 inches of precipitation. Sunrise 6 57 sunset 2 12.
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Meetines
Freezing rain to snow forecast for Terre Haute area
In Terre Haute and vicinity freezing rain and sleet shift to snow with minor accumulation, ending tonight. Overnight low around 29 with cloudy, cold conditions. Sunday remains chilly with a slight warming on Monday. Indiana reports mixed precipitation north and central tonight, tapering Sunday, colder tonight and Sunday. Street thermometer reads 34 at 6 am and 39 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
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