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Newspaper

The Montana Standard

Location

Butte, Montana, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1956

Page

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Rebellious Hungarians Stage 48 Hour General Strike

Rebels in Hungary began a general strike against Premier Janos Kadar's Soviet backed government. The two day action halted most industry and commerce as rumores spoke of Russian troops surrounding Budapest.

Rebellious Workers of Hungary Budapest Janos Kadar Harmashatarhegy Kadar Budapest General Workers Council Ujpest Austria Vecses National Theater

Hungary Walkout as U N Delegation Protests Interference

Hungary's foreign minister Imre Horvath led a walkout at the United Nations amid protests of U N interference in domestic affairs. The delegation, remaining in New York under Endre Sik, planned to return to Budapest solo. The Assembly debates a 20 nation resolution condemning Soviet intervention in Hungary.

Francis W. Carpenter United Nations N. Y Imre Horvath U. N. Assembly U. N Hungary Horvath Budapest New York Endre Sik South Africa Soviet Union Lodge Bulgaria Albania Russia United States

Lithuanian unrest grows as party leader warns of bourgeois influence

Moscow reports Antanas Snieckis. First secretary of the Lithuanian Communist Party, says Lithuanian nationalists are being encouraged by Hungary events to raise their heads. He accuses bourgeois nationalist elements and allies of opposing the party and blames schools and universities for spreading bourgeois philosophy.

Moscow Lithuania Hungary Antanas Snecskis Communist Party Baltic Republic Soviet Union Latvia Estonia Snedhkis Lithuanian Communist Party

English bride bears second set of triplets in Chicago

Mrs Frances Blankenship 37 and her husband William 35 welcomed three sons weighing 19 pounds 6 ounces in seven minutes Monday night. This marks their second set of triplets after the first born May 1 1952.

Chicago Frances Blankenship William Illinois Central Railroad

Farmers Reject New Corn Setup

Farmers voted against a new corn acreage control plan proposed with Secretary Benson’s support, signaling potential farm policy battles. In other crops, rice peanuts upland and extra long staple cotton backs continued federal marketing quotas for next year, with corn failing to reach the required 66.7 percent threshold.

Washington Secretary of Agriculture Benson

Montana Weather: Snow In East With Warmer West Forecast

Montana forecast shows east region cloudy with occasional snow on Wednesday and flurries at night into Thursday with modest temperature changes. West region expect cloudy skies and light snow through Wednesday, partly cloudy Thursday, highs mainly 20s to low 30s, nights near or below freezing. Tables list daily highs and lows for Billings through West Yellowstone with precipitation around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Montana Montana High Billings Belgrade Butte Dillon Drummond Glasgow Plese Great Falls Fhaveo Helena Saisoe Ae Kalispell Lewistown Ae Livingston —Erecreoen Miles City Missoula West Yellowstone Whitehall Treasure State Weather Bureau Bozeman

Rioting Poles March on Soviet Office in Stettin

Poles in Stettin rallied Monday night in a demonstration near the Soviet consulate, smashing windows and clashing with police and workers militiamen. Reports say the mob was led by students and young workers in sympathy with Hungary, with several police and demonstrators injured and many arrested. The city’s Communist party backed the dispersal.

Warsaw Poland Stettin Hungary Communist Party Oder River East Germany German Pomerania Wladyslaw Gomulka Moscow Gomulka Zycie Warszawy Polish United Workers (Communist) Party Bread and Freedom Poznan

Coming Oil Lease Sale Important

Helena faces a crucial oil and gas lease sale next Wednesday. State Land Commissioner Lou Bretzke says a $27 per pupil goal for Montana schools rests on an average bid of $7.50 per acre, with 145 tracts over 55 818 acres to be offered.

Helena Montana Lou Bretzke Bretzke State Land Board Sheridan Roosevelt

Eisenhower and St Laurent Tie In Augusta Golf Match

In Augusta, President Eisenhower and Canadian Prime Minister Louis St Laurent tied after a nine hole round. Eisenhower started strong by outdriving St Laurent by about 60 yards. St Laurent, 74, was en route to Ottawa after a 10 day Florida vacation.

Augusta Eisenhower Canada Louis St. Laurent United States Augusta National Golf Course St. Laurent Ottawa Ft. Lauderdale Fla

On Again Off Again Cold Wave May Yet Hit State

A Montana weather summary notes a lingering cold wave threat as subzero temps and snow bands shift. Light snow falls around Bozeman Helena Butte and nearby towns with heavier amounts in higher mountains. Snow depths vary up to five inches in Great Falls with chains urged on several highways.

Butte Helena Livingston Whitehall Fairbanks Alaska Yukon Edmonton Calgary Canada Billings Lewistown Bozeman Missoula Drummond Montana Continental Divide Weather Bureau Great Falls Cut Bank Montana Highway Dept U. S. 91 Boulder Hill Rogers Pass U. S Lost Trail Pass Browning West Glacier Lookout Pass MacDonald Pass

State Highway Death Toll Increase to 252

Anthony Zabrocki, 32, a Wibaux area farmer, was killed when a farm truck and an oilfield equipment hauler collided on Montana Highway 7 seven miles south of Wibaux. Elmer Baker, 30, of Poplar, the farm truck driver, was critically injured. Baker’s condition improved Tuesday. The toll, Montana’s highest this year, rose past 250 with two earlier deaths on Monday, averaging one death about every 32 hours.

Wibaux Anthony Zabrocki Wibaux Area Montana Zabrocki

Booby Traps on Roads Warn Civil Autoists

Boston report warns this December could be the worst month in auto history with over 4200 deaths on U S roads. Institute for Safer Living director Arthur Johnson cites poor visibility storms bad weather and holiday parties as factors. He notes roadside decorations and drowsiness from cold medicines may raise crash risk.

Boston Institute For Safer Living American Mutual Liability Insurance Co Institute Arthur Johnson

Train Mine Blast Kills Eight in Algeria

Eight people are dead and at least seven injured after a train hit a mine about 15 miles north of Colomb-Bechar in western Algeria on Tuesday night.

Algiers Colomb-Bechar Algeria

Britain and France Seek Meeting With Egypt on Suez

Paris reports Britain and France moving to hold talks with Egypt to settle the Suez Canal dispute. Dag Hammarskjold may attend in Geneva. U.N. Secretary General Hammarskjold and Secretary of State Dulles are cited as backing a Western approach. Britain and France hint at accepting less than full international canal control at NATO talks.

Paris Britain France Egypt U. N Dag Hammarskjold Geneva Dulles NATO

Boy Who Had Full Salk Treatment Succumbs to Polio

SEATTLE The State Health Dept reports the polio death of 15 year old James Thomson who had received the full three doses of Salk vaccine. Health officers say it is the first such case in the nation and that the boy was probably one of the rare nonresponders to immunization.

Seattle State Health Dept James Thomson

Government Lays Out Emergency Oil Lift to Europe

The government issued its master plan for an emergency oil lift to Europe and invited 15 American companies to pool resources, reroute tankers, and swap markets under an antitrust exemption. Officials say the plan could lift about 850000 barrels daily from U S Gulf ports and some from Venezuela, while Defense Interior and State Depts back the action despite antitrust concerns.

Washington Europe Arthur S. Flemming Brownell Sen. O'Mahoney D-Wye Flemming Defense Herbert Hoover Jr United States U. S Western Europe North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Irish Terrorists Strike at British Installations

IRA units attacked targets across Armagh and Tyrone on a Tuesday night. A grenade barrage at a British military barracks in Armagh was repelled by sentries. Bombs damaged a BBC transmitter in County Derry, with further incidents reported at Castlederg Strabane and Omagh.

Armagh Northern Ireland Irish Republican Army British Broadcasting Corp County Derry Castlederg Strabane Omagh Tyrone Irish Republic IRA Ireland Northern Republic Gough

Birth of Christ Put In Every Month

The piece notes scholars assign different months to Christ’s birth, listing May 20 April 19 20 and Jan 6 as examples. It ends urging readers to place a Want Ad with the correct number 5451 to fill needs.

Christ

Dulles urges NATO unity to speed UN peace plan

U S Secretary of State Dulles tells NATO allies loyalty to the United Nations concept will speed the fall of Soviet communism. He calls for moral appeal to East captive peoples and a strong defense shield, opening a NATO meeting to map 1957 targets and closer cooperation.

U.N Paris U. S Dulles United Nations North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO Kremlin East U. N West Britain France Egypt Suez Canal Suez Selwyn Lloyd Christian Pineau Cairo Middle East Pineau

Strauss Unveils Eight Point Plan to Speed Atomic Power

AEC Chairman Lewis Strauss outlined eight steps to accelerate nuclear power development. He urged expanded public and private plant construction and stressed testing diverse reactor technologies to reach economical kilowatts. Eisenhower letter praised scientific leadership and progress in peaceful nuclear use.

Washington Lewis L. Strauss Atomic Energy Commission United States Strauss American Nuclear Society Eisenhower Senate House Atomic Energy Commission AEC

Santa statue crowns Silver Bow County Courthouse entrance

A 25 foot wooden Santa now graces the Silver Bow County courthouse entrance, lit by 180 bulbs and flanked by two Christmas trees. County Commissioners consider a playful Colossus of Rhodes motif by adding a revolving door behind the statue to let people pass through the arches formed by its underpinnings.

Rhodes Silver Bow County Board of County Commissioners Yuletide Meaderville St. Nick Halls of Justice

Massive Refugee Airlift From Hungary to United States

Two hundred Hungarian refugees began the operation Safe Haven airlift aimed at moving 10 000 fugitives to the United States by Christmas. The first group flew on U S Air Force transports to Maguire Base New Jersey. 3 000 have already crossed the Atlantic. Refugees face language gaps and fear across the ocean.

Munich Germany United States Hungary Atlantic U. S. Air Force Maguire Air Force Base New Jersey Washington State Dept Red Cross

Rents Car With Built in Kitten Shock at Miami Beach Rental

A New York tourist rented a car in Miami Beach and repeatedly returned it after noises. A kitten was found sealed in a cubicle between back seat and fender guard, later removed after cutting a hole in the trunk. The car had been shipped two days earlier.

Miami Beach Fla New York Arnold Mauser Mauser Fred Hancock

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