Hungary Imposes New Measures to Break General Strike
In Budapest and across Hungary the Kadar regime backed by Soviet troops tightens controls to end strikes and unrest. Miners and factory workers resist, with arrests of leaders, warnings of job loss, loyalty bonuses, and potential prison terms for public demonstrations. Western reporters detained briefly as martial law tightens.
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Budapest
Kadar
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Czepel Iron and Metal Works
Budapest Radio
A.P
London
Violence rises as U.N. patrol attacked in Port Said
Egyptian guerrillas fired on a Norwegian U.N. police patrol in Port Said amid a stepped up campaign against British and French forces. The attack caused no Norwegian casualties and no return fire. The pullout continued with uncertainty over completion. The Theseus departed with 1,100 British soldiers. Jewish families fled Port Said amid fear of reprisals after Israel’s Sinai invasion.
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Port Said
Egypt
U.N
Theseus
England
Sinai Peninsula
France
Italy
Greece
Yugoslavia
Suez Canal
Britain
United Nations
New
Dulles Returns From Paris Parley Amid NATO Struggle
Secretary of State Dulles flies back from Paris to brief President Eisenhower on progress toward healing Western alliance rifts after the British French attack on Egypt. He cites private talks with Lloyd and Pineau as reducing differences while outlining plans for Nehru talks and potential Western atomics sales to allies.
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Washington
Dulles
Paris
Eisenhower
Egypt
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Anti-Russian Demonstrations Reported Across Polish Towns
Reports from Warsaw indicate five Polish towns saw renewed anti Soviet protests. In Stettin 91 people were arrested after an attack on the Soviet consulate, while students in Lublin protested Soviet intervention in Hungary. Workers at Poznan's Cegielsko steel works urged Russian withdrawal, though a strike was avoided after party appeals.
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United Workers’ Communist Party
Russia
Poland
East Germany
Stettin
Warsaw
Lublin
Hungary
Czestochowa
Kutno
Lalisz
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Cegielsko
Poznan
National Front
Gomulka
Markets to Close Monday December 24
Stock exchanges across the United States and Canada will be closed Monday December 24. The Chicago Board of Trade New York produce exchange and Winnipeg grain markets close at noon CST. Cotton exchanges in New York and New Orleans will close as will other New York commodity markets. Banks remain open. Livestock reports issued as usual.
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New York
United States
Canada
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Produce Exchange
Winnipeg
C.S.T
New Orleans
Tribune-Star Christmas Basket Fund drive appeal
Donation appeal for the Tribune-Star Christmas Basket Fund lists a total of 154.07 with Charles Self contributing 151.07 and 3.00 from feuurae. Readers are urged to bring gifts to the Tribune-Star office at 721 Wabash Avenue and know donations will be published. Last day to apply for a Basket is Tuesday noon December 18 at the Family Service Association, 920 Chestnut Street.
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the Tribune-Star
Wabash Avenue
The
Family Service Association
Chestnut Street
Rain and fog slow Indiana weather forecast
Rain and fog linger across Indiana with colder air on the way. Light drizzle covered much of the state in the past 24 hours and tonight’s fog is expected to return. Temperatures will fall Sunday with northern snow flurries. highs reach the mid 40s north to mid 50s south. Friday's warm spot was Evansville at 45.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Evansville
Hungarian government expels two Western correspondents
Budapest orders AP's Eric Waha and Daily Express's Richard Kilian to leave by Sunday midnight after detention and U S embassy intervention. Waha faces labor agitator charges for talking with striking workers. Kilian expelled for not reporting arrival. Reuters' Ronald Farquhar detained but not expelled. AP still has Kasischke and Marton in Hungary.
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Kadar
Csepel Iron and Steel Works
Budapest
Sandor Bacz
Eric Waha
Associated Press
Richard Kilian
London Daily Express
U. S
Foreign Ministry
Waha
Vienna
Kilian
Ronald Farquhar
Reuters
Farquhar
Richard Kasischke
Bureau
Endre Marton
The
A.P
Hungary
Winter Storm Triggers Severe Floods Across East
A winter storm drives 12 inch snowfalls and freezing rain in the East as floodwaters rise across West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania. More than 100 Spencer residents flee homes and at least one person drowns along a 100 mile front. Six deaths linked to slick roads in upstate New York and New York City traffic incidents injure dozens. Continuous warm and cold fronts forecast ongoing hazards.
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Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Spencer
W. Va
Pittsburgh
New York
New York City
Newburg
Albany
N. Y
Catskill Mountains
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Renewed Fight Against Tuberculosis Urged by Vigo Society
Vigo County Tuberculosis Society leaders warned against over-optimism about progress in fighting TB during a Terre Haute luncheon. President Louis F. Keifer cited 192 active cases and about 125 not yet checked, with 21 new cases last year and 60 deaths in five years. Dr. L A Malone highlighted chest x-rays and community programs funded by Christmas seals and bonds. Paul E Brill warned of a plateau in mortality decline and ongoing high incidence.
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Vigo County
Tuberculosis Society
Terre Haute House
Louis F. Keifer
L. A. Malone
Weather map update shows rain and rising river stage
Cloudy with rain at 6 a m and 9 a m. Sunrise is 7 03. River stage 1 42 feet, rising to 9 feet by sunset at 4 28. Page 5 Weather Map notes indicate conditions across the area.
Local Conditions Report
Yesterday's high reached 42 with a low of 35. Rainfall measured at 0.04 inches.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity Weather Update
Cloudy with rain and fog tonight in Terre Haute and nearby areas. Temperatures steady around 40 tonight, colder Sunday with more clouds and possible snow flurries north. Indiana sees light rain north and rain south with dense fog tonight. Sunday remains cold with snow flurries likely in the extreme north. Temperature readings show 43 at 6 am and 51 at 2 pm.
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Terre Faute
Indiana
Met Opera fires baritone over insubordination claim
New York December 15. Baritone Enzo Sordello is dismissed by Met General Manager Rudolf Bing for insubordination to conductor Fausto Cleva. Sordello alleges soprano Maria Meneghini Callas mocked him backstage after a Lucia di Lammermoor duet, while Miss Callas continued the performance with Frank Valentini stepping in for Sordello.
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MET
Enzo Sordello
Metropolitan Opera
Serdello
Maria Meneghini Callas
Rudolf Bing
Fausto Cleva
A.P. Wirephoto
New York
Bing
Sordello
Lucia di Lammermoor
Miss Callas
Lucia
Lord Enrico
Ashton
Frank Valentino
Cleva
The
la Scala Opera
Milan
Nehru Faces British Criticism on Middle East
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in London for talks with President Eisenhower and met sharp British press criticism over U S Middle East policies. He said there was little danger of Soviet interference if approached peacefully. He planned meetings with Prime Minister Eden before flying to New York and declined mediator role between China and the United States.
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Paris
Dulles
Eisenhower
Nehru
Red China
Hungary
Suez Canal
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Britain
France
Egypt
United States
NATO Council
London
Jawaharlal Nehru
Middle East
New Delhi
Washington
Anthony Eden
New York
Eden
Jamaica
Chequers
China
America
Peiping
Ex-Congressman Indicted in Tobyhanna Building Fraud
Federal grand jury indicts Rep. William J. Green Jr. and five contractors for fraud and deception tied to the $33 million Army Signal Corps depot at Tobyhanna. Charges include alleged $10,600 payoff and $20,000 illicitly collected via Green’s Philadelphia insurance business. Also named is former Rep. Herbert J. Melinchey and others.
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Scranton
William J. Green Jr
Philadelphia
Army Signal Corps
Tobyhanna
Green
Herbert J. Melinchey
House Armed Services Committee
John P. Gil
Two Hoosier Sailors Drown in Pearl Harbor and At Sea
The Navy identified two Indiana sailors who died in separate incidents. Lowell N. Butler, 22, of Ligonier fell from a Pearl Harbor landing and drowned while serving on the carrier Lexington. Seaman Albert Walters, 28, of Elizabeth fell from a whale boat last Sunday while aboard the destroyer O'Bannon.
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Honolulu
Navy
Indiana
Lowell N. Butler
Ligonier
Ind
Pearl Harbor
Lexington
Albert Walters
Elizabeth
O’bannon
Baby Strangled by Cord in Indianapolis Tragedy
Linda Susan Madden ten months old died after a cord hanging over her bed looped around her neck. She was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Madden.
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Indianapolis
Linda Susan Madden
Robert J. Madden
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