Community Honors Olympic Champion
Terre Haute salutes 1956 Olympic long jump champion Greg Bell on his return. City Hall ceremonies and a Rotary Club luncheon featured guests from Garfield High, Indiana University, service clubs, and local coaches. Bell shared details of training in Los Angeles Melbourne and the warm reception from fellow competitors.
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I.U
Fred Schwartz
Indiana A.A.U
James Conover
Garfield
Bell
United States
Los Angeles
Melbourne
Olympic Village
U.S.S.R
Japan Secures Seat as 80th UN Member
Japan was unanimously elected the 80th member of the United Nations with Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu declaring the nation’s desire for lasting peace. The General Assembly vote was 7 0 with South Africa and Hungary absent. Shigemitsu led a nine member delegation to the seat between Italy and Jordan as the UN expands its international presence.
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United Nations
N. Y
Japan
Mamoru Shigemitsu
General Assembly
South Africa
Hungary
Shigemitsu
U.N
Protocol
Italy
Jordan
World Organization
School Superintendent Wins Contract and Pay Increase
Wayne P. Watson, superintendent of schools, was awarded a $500 raise this year and $600 rise next three years, bringing salary to $13,000 then $13,600 from August to July 1960. The package includes a car, maintenance, and dues for regional associations.
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Wayne P. Watson
Watson
Joseph Weber
Indiana
Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce
American Association of School Administrators
Terre Haute Kiwanis Club
Robert Liggett
Tribune Star Christmas Basket Fund drive ends December 24
Donations to the Tribune Star Christmas Basket Fund help needy families with a holiday dinner and children's treats. Contributions are accepted at the Tribune Star business office 721 Wabash Avenue through December 24 and all gifts will be published.
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Tribune-Star
Wabash Avenue
Frank P Crawford Named New City Attorney
Mayor Ralph Tucker announced on Tuesday that City Attorney Ernest J Zwerner will resign effective December 31 due to the press of private practice He named Frank P Crawford to succeed Zwerner and assume duties January 1 Zwerner praised council and administration for coop eration during his three years in office
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Ralph Tucker
Ernest J. Zwerner
Zwerner
Tucker
Frank P. Crawford
Crawford
Patrolman Discovers Children From Break In at Home
Jacksonville officer Patrolman Fred Gray was summoned to his residence after a neighbor reported a break in. He found three four year old children in his house unwrapping presents and helping themselves to soft drinks and Mrs Gray perfume from an unlocked door.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fred Gray
Gray
Mass Trials Expected After Arrests in Hungary
Hungary announced 400 arrests in 24 hours to stamp out counter revolutions. Mass trials were expected and a government reshuffle may follow with talks between Premier Janos Kadar and non Communist leaders before Christmas. Potential candidates named include Zoltan Szanto Gyvorgy Lukacs and Zoltan Vas and Bela Kovacs, jailed by Soviets in 1947.
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Budapest
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Zoltan Szanto
Gyvorgy Lukacs
Zoltan Vas
Bela Kovacs
Freeholders Party
Refugees Increase at Hungarian Border Raising Austrian Crossings
Security officials near the Hungarian border report a rising trend in refugees entering Austria. More than 1,100 fled overnight, with about 1,000 and fewer the nights before, as fog hindered Communist patrols. Since Oct 23 about 148000 have crossed, with 65000 seeking asylum in Western countries.
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Vienna
Austria
Budapest Prisons Open Doors as Rebels Free Anti Communist Detainees
Reportedly political prisoners held by the pre-revolutionary regime were freed when freedom fighters opened AVH prisons across Hungary. Many joined rebels and withdrew to the mountains after the Russian assault on Budapest on Nov. 4.
Professor Makar Renounces U.S. Citizenship
Tass reported that Prof. U. S. Makar a geodesy and photogrammetry specialist at St Louis University and his wife Alexandria Sophia Makar renounced their American citizenship to live and work in the Soviet Union. They mailed their decision in a letter to the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm before flying to Moscow.
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Moscow
Tass
St. Louis University
Soviet Union
U. S. Makar
Alexandria Sophia Makar
Stockholm
Ny Dag
U. S
Dulles Sees Possible Satellite Talks But No US Naval Reduction
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said a review of Europe security could be justified if Soviet satellites become independent from Moscow. He warned against lowering Western defenses now and hinted at a mutual arms drawback with conditions including Soviet pullout from eastern Europe. He blamed Russia for global tensions, unrest in satellites, Suez obstruction, and Hungary tragedy while urging no reduction in U.S. military strength.
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Washington
U.P
John Foster Dulles
Europe
Russia
Moscow
United States
Kremlin
Hungary
Dulles
Red Army
Geneva
Middle East
Soviet Union
Germany
Free World
U. S
Nationwide Talk By Nehru Tonight
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru return to Washington after private talks at Gettysburg. Nehru will address the nation by radio and TV at 10 15 p.m. CST. Nehru departs for New York Thursday after a busy visit with plans for further talks at the White House Wednesday.
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Ike
India
Nehru
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
International Soundphoto
United Press
White House
Washington
Jawaharlal Nehru
Blair House
Rifv New
Richard M. Nixon
Pennsylvania Avenue
James C. Hagerty
New York
C.S.T
British unveil five jet plane with vertical takeoff
British aviation engineers slightly lifted secrecy on a five jet aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing and high forward speeds. Newspapers hailed Britain ahead of the United States and Russia in developing jets that operate from small airfields.
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London
Britain
United States
Russia
Alabama Elector Defects and Casts Vote for Other Figures
In Montgomery a 65 year old elector named W F Turner refused to back Democratic nominees and voted for an Alabama circuit judge and Georgia Senator elect Herman Talmadge. The move reduces Stevenson Kefauver total to 73 electoral votes, surprising Alabama electors.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
W. F. Turner
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Eisenhower-Nixon
Stevenson- Kefauver
Turner
Ben F. Ray
Two Christmas Plights Split by Despair and Hope
In Jacksonville Irene Pierce 23 sobs as she faces return to her three children abandoned in New York to avoid a bleak Christmas. In San Francisco Hungarian watchmaker Jeno Egri arrives with family to a fresh start aided by unions clubs and a major jewelry firm after becoming unemployed and toolless in exile.
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Jacksonville
New York
Wrone Cozness
Santa Claus
Irene Pierce
Alma Taylor
Victor
Sandra
James
Grand Central Terminal
San Francisco
America
Jeno Egri
Jeno
California
Egypt to aid U N troops in Suez order transition
In Port Said Egypt 350 police arrive to assist U N forces as British and French troops withdraw from the Suez Canal area. The move accompanies Cairo's takeover plan with over 1 000 police redeploying to secure the northern gateway. A French Foreign Legionnaire is killed amid ongoing guerrilla harassment.
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Port Said
Egypt
U.N
Suez Canal
Nasser
Cairo
U. N
Suez
E.L.M. Burns
Siani
Burns
Guerrilas
Foreign
LST
Brisk Highs and Snow Touch Hoosierland Weather
A spell of brisk temperatures and light snow slickened upstate highways in Indiana. Snow mainly in the extreme north with highs 22 to 28 upstate and 36 south, and forecasts say temps dip tonight then rise to the 30s by Wednesday. Evansville reached 59 with other readings in the 50s to 40s as clearing resumed.
Partly Cloudy Weather Map Feature On Page Ten
Weather map on page ten shows a partly cloudy forecast. Eight weather areas are reported with a general trend toward milder conditions and scattered clouds across the region.
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Gregory Bell
Garfield High
Frank Jones
I. U
Gordon Fisher
By Marian Perry
William Hodges
Wee Ee Harvey Clark
Theodore Grob
Eagle Air Force Filter Center
Merriman Smith
Mrs. Pierce
Waterbury, Conn
Santa
Refugee
Strifetorn
Egri
George Allen
Watchmakers’ Union
Lions Clubs
Watchmakers’ Local 101
Joseph Granat
Mrs. Irene Pierce
Hoosierland
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