Nationalists Clash With Pro-Russian Group in Budapest
Nationalists clash with a pro Russian faction in Budapest as federal judges move to handle 16 defendants tied to racial violence at Clinton High School. Ten more accused appeared before U S District Judge Robert L Taylor in Clinton Tennessee while orders for contempt were issued to uphold school integration.
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Budapest
Clinton, Tenn
Clinton High School
U. S. Dist
Robert L. Taylor
Knoxville
Mary Nell Currier
John Kasper
Taylor
Kasper
Clashes in Budapest Leave At Least Two Dead
Eyewitnesses report a pro government and nationalist confrontation in Budapest with at least two men killed and several wounded. The melee began when two roughly equal demonstrator groups clashed on a major boulevard. Russian forces and Hungarian officers responded as tanks patrolled Marx Square and ambulances faced hostile crowds. Continued coverage on Page 2.
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Budapest
Danube
Marx Square
Negro School Janitor Kidnapped and Beaten by Ku Klux Klansmen
Woodrow Johnson, janitor at Suburban Midfield school in Bessemer, said three white men abducted him Tuesday night, drove him to a woods area, displayed rifles, questioned his views on racial integration and a Montgomery pastor, and beat him. Johnson, an esteemed local figure, was later returned partway to Bessemer.
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Birmingham
Ala
Woodrow Johnson
Midfield
Bessemer
Rev
Kins " King
Montgomery
Johnson
U S Protests Russian Use of Force in Hungary
The United States protested to Soviet authorities over Soviet military action in Hungary. Washington cited a report that tanks stood on the sidewalk before the U S legation in Budapest with guns aimed at Hungarian demonstrators to stop them from approaching the building.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Hungary
U. S. Legation
Budapest
Ashworth Plant at Kernstown to Enter Full Production
Ashworth Bros Inc brings Kernstown plant to total production by consolidating Worcester operations. After transferring equipment, all metero process belt manufacturing will be at Kernstown. General manager Frederick W Hale expects March or April next year to add operations and workers for the Flat Wire Belt work from Yall River Massachusetts.
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Ashworth Bros., Inc
Kernstown
Worcester
Massachusetts
Winchester Star Photo
the Star
Charles Tait
Donald Patton
Ashworth
Mernstown
Metero Process Bel
Yall River
Mass
Massive U S Air and Sea Lift for Hungarian Refugees Planned
President Eisenhower announces a plan to relocate 21 500 Hungarian refugees to the United States. The Air Force and Navy will transport 15 000, with 6 500 by an inter governmental committee. Airlift to begin within days at 300 daily, rising to 500, ending by year end. Ocean transport aboard three Navy ships from Bremerhaven to New York, with ships arriving mid December.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
White House
United States
Air Force
Navy
Hagerty
Austria
Bremerhaven
New York
Fleet & CO
Conservative Party May Win Confidence Vote in Commons
Britain faced a tight vote as Eden's government sought to survive the Suez crisis debate. Newspapers split on Eden's fate with a 59 vote majority easing pressure though party dissent grows. Possible successors like R A Butler and Duncan Sandys were discussed amid cabinet strains.
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Conservative
London
Eden
House of Commons
Britain
Ede
Times of London
Commons
Suez
Suez Canal
Jamaica
Ejen
Egypt
United States
Nasser
Canal
R. A. Buler
Alan Lennot-Boyd
Sir Winston Churchill
Duncan Sandys
Public urged to use abundant polio vaccine now
Secretary Folsom challenged US news media to promote polio vaccination with the same urgency as prior vaccine shortages. He warned of public apathy as plentiful supplies sit unused, risking paralysis or death next year if vaccines are not promptly deployed.
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Washington
Folsom
National Press Club
Vagrant Questioned in 1955 Slay of Chicago Boys
A 30 cent vagrant, Richard Ebert of Aurora Illinois, is being held for questioning in the 1955 killings of three Chicago schoolboys. He claimed blackout spells and said the murders occurred “in the woods.” Chicago police seek clues while San Diego officers relay questions.
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San Diego
Calif
Chicago
Richard Fred Ebert
M. E. Brandenberger
Ebert
Brandenberger
Gardner
Aurora
Elgin
Ill
Camarillo
Peterson Boy
Illinois
Zuckerman Heads Hungarian Relief Fund Drive
Charles Zuckerman is named chairman of the local Red Cross Hungarian Relief Fund by J Randolph Larrick. The chapter has an $866 quota, $85 raised, and seeks further contributions to complete the drive, with committee members to be announced soon. Inquiries about refugee sponsorship should be addressed to Refugee Relief Program State Department Washington.
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Charles Zuckerman
Red Cross
J. Randolph Larrick
Zuckerman
State Department
Washington
Richmond Rail Line Drops Two Daily Trains to Washington
The State Corporation Commission grants the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad permission to discontinue two daily commuter trains between here and Washington, reducing service on the corridor.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Co
Here
Washington
Senator Gray declines 1957 Virginia governor bid
State Senator Gar land Gray of Waverly said he would not enter the 1957 Democratic gubernatorial primary, signaling possible organizational support for Attorney General J Lindsay Almond Jr. Almond had announced his candidacy on November 17. Gray cited gravest issues of segregation and preservation of Virginia's school system, saying division could be disastrous and he would not run.
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Richmond
Garland Gray
Waverly
Capitol
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Almond
Gray
Del
Robert Whitehead
Nelson County
Whitehead
Virginia
Stanley
General Assembly
Civil War Round Table Names Officers in Town Meeting
R. E. Bowers elected chair man H K Benham vice chair man and J Paul Peters secretary treasurer of the local Civil War Round Table at a War Memorial Building gathering Tuesday night. Bowers also named chairman of the program committee. Other members include Benham Peters Dr Millard Bushong and Lewis Barton. The program covered the Fitz John Porter case presented by Charles Town attorney Lee Bushong and a discussion of Confederate memorials by Miss Lucy Kurtz.
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R. E. Bowers
H. K. Benham
J. Paul Peters
War Memorial Building
Bowers
Mr. Benham
Mr. Peters
Millard Bushong
Lewis Barton
Fitz- John Porter
Charles Town
W. Va
Lee Bushong
Lucy Kurtz
Speed of Troop Withdrawal Shocks European Civilians
In Port Said Egypt a new batch of British and French forces left the port as troop withdrawals accelerate. About 1 853 sailed on the Dilwara for England, with over 2 000 already departed yesterday. Evacuation ships are urged by Italian and Greek consuls to remove jittery families before the main force departs. Meanwhile Egyptian unrest includes a Woolworth store arson and a drugstore looting.
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Port Said
Egypt
Dilwara
England
Hugh Stockwell
E. L. M. Burns
U.N
Sinai Peninsula
Winchester Holds Lower Municipal Payroll Than Similar Cities
A U S Census Bureau report covering about 1,300 cities finds Winchester with 124 municipal employees for October 1955, equating to 82 per 1000 residents, below the 9.2 per 1000 average for 10,000 to 25,000 populations and the 11.7 per 1000 city average. Costs run $1.75 per resident versus $2.30 in similar cities and $2.61 across all cities.
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New York
Winchester
United States
U. S. Census Bureau
Census Bureau
Weather and local notices from Winchester and Middletown
The forecast calls for rather cloudy mild weather with a low around 45 to 58 tonight and highs in the 60s. A local shooting match at Hammocks Garage Middletown is set for Friday December 7 with usual prizes. Elvis appearance noted and a Christmas Club event at the Loudoun Street branches plus a turkey supper at Market Street Methodist Church on December 5 to 8 p.m. priced at 1.25.
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Virginia
Middletown
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Presegregation White Citizens Council
Areps
Anderson County School Board
Monay
Paul Purner
Janos Kadar
Great Boulevard
A. C. Slonaker & Son
Schewels
West Cork St
Relp Peat
Frederick W. Hale
U.S
Military Air Transportation Service
U. S. Navy
Military Transportation Service
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Loryn M. Crabill
Dufour
Loudoun St
Catherine Frye
Metal Belt Division
Mr. Hale
O. C. Pless
H. F. Friel
Fall River
Mas
Phiadelphia
Greenville
S. C
Charlotte
N. C
Atlanta
Robert C. Ashworth, Jr
W. J. Flynn, Jr
George R. Ashworth
Canada
Lovett's Shoe & Dress Shoppe
Schewell
Sen. Gray
Grayand Almond
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Burr Harrison
E. Blackburn Moore
Berryville
A. E. S. Stephens
Smithfield
Watkins M. Abbitt
Abbitt
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Federal Dept. Ins. Corp
Elvis
St. Methodist Church
Rouss Fire CO
John J. Hawse
E. Piccadilly St
Mt. Airy Community Center
Woolens
South Braddock St
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