Hungarian Olympians Seek Asylum in Australia
Forty five members of Hungary’s Olympic team sought asylum in Australia rather than return to a Russian-occupied homeland. About 34 plan to move to the United States, while the rest stay in Australia or elsewhere. some prominent athletes remain to represent Hungary.
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Melbourne
Australia
United States
Italy
Budapest
Hungary
Laszlo Tabori
Lidia Tomolky
Escape Artist In Double Cell
Basil C. Hawkins. 26, an escaped prisoner from Ohio authorities three times since last July, was arrested near Shinnston. He is held in a cell within a cell as a fugitive from justice after escapes from Lima State Hospital, Columbus city jail, and Nelsonville police.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Ohio
Basil C. Hawkins
Shinnston
Here
Hawkins
Lima State Hospital
Columbus City
Nelsonville
Church Destroyed in Cambridge Fire
A roaring blaze leveled the 44 year old St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Cambridge today. Damage is estimated at more than 2 million dollars.
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Cambridge
Mass
St. John the Evangelist
Passing Show on Meter Relocation Yields City Coins
The city removed some parking meter posts as meters moved and collected $128.41 in coins from meters that overflowed or dropped past boxes. The coins were found in the meter pipes and led to revenue during the relocation.
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I. C. Clinton
NATO Ministers to Meet Amid pledges of renewed unity
Paris ministers from 15 NATO nations gather to discuss defense and finance as tensions after the Suez crisis ease. Dulles Lloyd Pineau to lead talks with U.S. aims to reassure European allies on aid and solidify Atlantic alliance amid Europe’s economic strain and ongoing armament burden.
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Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Hungary
France
Britain
America
Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
United States
Congress
NATO
Defense Wilson
Treasury
Humphrey
Western Alliance
Europe
Ohio LSC orders two five member panels to study utility continuity
Two committees will study methods to assure uninterrupted public utility service and potential general police powers for utility disruption areas. The move follows the Ohio Consolidated Telephone strike affecting 24 counties. Legislative leaders split 7 2 with Senators Carney and Blake opposing a patrol provision.
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Columbus
Ohio Legislative Service Commission
Roger Cloud
R-Logan
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Ohio
Service Commission
Charles J. Carney
Mahoning
Arthur Blake
Belmont
Carney
CIO
United Steelworkers
Blake
Highway Patrol
Paul Siple
Lawrence
Ohio Consolidated
Portsmouth
Siple
Cloud
Frank J. Lausche
Dad To Get Bill For Kid Vandalism
ST LOUIS The Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance holding parents liable for damage caused by youths under 18 convicted of malicious destruction of property. They may be ordered to pay up to 500 dollars.
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ST. Louis
Junior
Board of Alderman
Dying Girl Receives Flood of Christmas Cards in San Diego
Irene Jaroncyk a 16 year old with cancer in San Diego received about 100000 pieces of mail and telegrams after she wished for Christmas cards on Monday. A storage company donated transportation and space to handle the overflow of good wishes as her prognosis remained poor.
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San Diego
Calif
Irene Jaroncyk
Young Prof To Be Boss of Princeton
A 37 year old classics professor at Princeton, Robert F. Goheen, is named the next president of Princeton University succeeding Dr Harold W Dodds. The board announced Goheen selection after months of screening, making him the third youngest leader in the school's 210 year history.
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Princeton
N. J.R
Princeton University
Robert F. Goheen
Harold W. Dodds
Harold W. Helm
Board of Trustees
Goheen
Samuel Davies
Dodds
Woodrow Wilson
India
Philippines win U N Council seat on first ballot
The Philippines defeated Czechoslovakia and others to win a one year term on the U N Security Council. In the General Assembly vote 51 supported the Philippines, 20 Czechoslovakia, with Afghanistan Spain and Yugoslavia each receiving one vote. The result met the two thirds threshold as 74 affirmative votes were cast.
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United Nations
Philippines
Czechoslovakia
U.N. Security Council
National
General Assembly
Afghanistan
Spain
Yugoslavia
Hungarian refugees arriving from Camp Kilmer
More than a score of Hungarian refugees, the first to come here from Camp Kilmer New Jersey, were to arrive today by chartered bus.
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Youngstown
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Polish Reds and Roman Church Reach Accord
Poland’s new anti Stalinist government and the Roman Catholic church announced a broad settlement restoring religious education in state schools. The joint communique listed four main points including chaplains in institutions and return of exiled clergy to western territories.
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Warsaw
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Polish Communist Party
Germany
Flemming Returning To Ohio Wesleyan
Dr. Arthur S. Flemming plans to resign as director of the Office of Defense Mobilization and resume the Ohio Wesleyan University presidency by February 1. Acting president Dr. Frank J. Prout said they hope Flemming may be back by January 1 and that mobilization alone could alter plans.
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Delaware
Frank J. Prout
Ohio Wesleyan University
Arthur S. Flemming
Office of Defense Mobilization
Dr. Prout
Flemming
Farm Price Support Costs Over $100 Million Monthly Aid
Government farm price support operations ran more than 100 million dollars per month for the four months ended Oct 31. The Agriculture Department put the figure at 426,245,685 dollars, versus a net loss of 240,514,022 dollars in 1955 and a full-year loss of 974,767,365 dollars to June 30.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Jury of Fathers Sentences Kidnapper to Death in Baby Case
A Nassau County jury of 12 fathers condemned Angelo LaMarca to death by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of 32 day old Peter Weinberger. The defense pressed temporary insanity arguing debt pressures drove him to crime. The verdict came after a six hour, 24 minute deliberation in Westbury, New York.
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Mineola
N. Y
Angelo LaMarca
Peter Weinberger
LaMarca
Frank Gulotta
LaMarea
Peter
Morris Weinberger
Nassau County
Long Island
FBI
Donna
Vitina
Dead Motorman Blamed for Chicago L Train Fire
The motor man Daniel Cullen, 47, died in an L train fire on the Chicago Loop line. Virgil E. Gunlock said preliminary findings place the blame on Cullen for not cutting power when the train shifted to the third rail. About 50 people were injured as flames engulfed the wooden four-car train near Howard Street Station.
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Chicago
Virgil E. Gunlock
Chicago Transit Authority Board
Daniel Cullen
Evanston
CTA
Cullen
Howard Street
Lima To Receive Added Air Service
The Civil Aeronautics Board granted Lake Central Airlines authority to extend service from Lima Ohio to Detroit with a stop at Toledo. The grant lasts three years or 60 days after the Great Lakes air service investigation decision, whichever comes first.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Lake Central Airlines
Lima
Ohio
Detroit
Toledo
North Central Airlines
Great Lakes Air Service
Soviet Shuns Joint Survey with U S
The United States and Russia will conduct separate aerial photo mapping ops in their sectors of the north polar region next year. The Soviets rejected an American proposal for a joint project originally suggested by Soviet scientists as part of the International Geophysical Year.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Ex General Ejected From House UnAmerican Hearing
Retired Brig. Gen. Herbert C. Holdridge 64 was bodily removed after accusing the subcommittee of treason and cowardice during a hearing on Communist activity under U S security laws. Also ejected were two attorneys A L Wirin and Maynard J Omerberg for courtroom conduct as the panel pressed its inquiry.
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Los Angeles
Herbert C. Holdridge
House
UnAmerican
Committee
United States
Clyde Doyle
Calif
United States Army
Gordon Scherer
Ohio
Holdridge
National Prohibition Party
A. L. Wirin
American Civil Liberties Union
Richard Arens
Maynard J. Omerberg
Doyle
Congress
Trainman narrowly saved as arm injury improves
DAYTON reports Chalmer Sexton 29-year-old trainman arrived at Miami Valley Hospital with an arm mangled by a train wheel. Bandages initially suggested amputation, but after removal only the extreme tips of two fingers show damage and a fingernail may be lost.
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Dayton
Chalmer Sexton
Miami Valley Hospital
Sexton
Glenn Cartage Co faces $1500 fine in ICC log violations
The Glenn Cartage Co of Girard was fined $1500 in federal court after pleading no defense. Judge James C. Connell imposed $50 penalties on 30 counts for failure by drivers to keep proper mileage and time logs as required by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Cleveland
Glenn Cartage Co
Girard
Interstate Commerce Commission
James C. Connell
ICC
Guerrilla warfare rages in Mecsek Mountains near Pecs
An unimpeachable Hungarian source reports about 1,500 rebels harassing Soviet troops from the Mecsek Mountains near Pecs. The report claims Russians killed a commandant two weeks ago and notes ongoing partisan activity backed by locals despite government denials.
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Budapest
Hungary
Pecs
Mecsek
Pees
Central Workers Council
Yugoslavia
Tito
Imre Nagy
Russian Papers Accusing America Reach Hungary
Moscow Pravda accuses American diplomats in Hungary of using candy and fruit to lure Hungarians into anti Communist forces during the revolution. Tass denounces mass forced deportations of Hungarians and says Hungarian refugees in Austria are being forcibly deported to the United States and other distant countries.
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Red Army
Hungary
Laszlo Papp
Budapest
Papp
United States
Essendon
Sandor Rosznyai
Milan
Austria
Moscow
Pravda
Tass
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