Budapest Labor Leader Released From Jail Amid Strike Turmoil
Budapest reports say vice chairman Randor Bari, top labor official, was freed and returned to work at Bejolannis electrical plant where he was elected plant workers council chair. Arrests of Bari and Sando Racz spurred days of sit down strikes as government met with Kadar regime. Factory output fell due to coal and power shortages, with 80 percent of Bejolannis workers producing only about 5 percent of normal output while soldiers occupy plants.
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Budapest
Janos Kadar
Central Workers’ Council
Kadar
Randor Bari
Central Council
Bejolannis
Bari
Sandor Racz
Social Democrats
Poland
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Nixon and Raab discuss refugee problem in Vienna
Vice President Nixon met Chancellor Raab and Austrian cabinet members for an hour and a half to discuss the Hungarian refugee crisis. Austrian officials say refugee care will exceed seven million dollars by Jan. 1, with calls for U.S. aid and broader relocation. Nixon then planned to visit refugee camps near Salzburg and the Safe Haven base in Munich.
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Vienna
Nixon
Julius Raab
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Hhs
Austria
Janos Kadar
Salzburg
Munich
Russell & Company elects Catozella as chairman and Weaver as VP
The Board of Directors of Russell & Company Inc elect Vin cent A. Catozella chairman and H. Douglas Weaver vice president and secretary. Catozella and Weaver were formerly with O Sullivan Rubber Corp in Winchester and will remain as directors there. Russell and Company runs tungsten mining operations in Spain and various U S investments.
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Washington, D. C
Boar of
Russell & Company, Inc
Vincent A. Catozella
H. Douglas Weaver
William J. Russell
Catarella
Weaver
O'Sullivan Rubber Corporation of
Winchester
O'Sullivan
Russell & Company
Spain
United States
Turkey
Mt. Williams
Barr
Eisenhower and Mamie Give Autograph Pictures to Staff
President and Mrs. Eisenhower distributed personalized autograph photos to about 600 White House staff in the East Room, marking a shift from last year’s oil painting gifts. Each picture bears inscriptions and Mrs. Eisenhower’s full signature Mamie Doud Eisenhower, with toys for staff children under 12.
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Ike
Mamie
White House
Washington
Eisenhower
Hower
Mamie Doud Eisenhower
Secret Service
Rush to Purchase Christmas Turkeys On in Local Stores
Local stores report heavy turkey sales as the Christmas rush begins. Prices remain near Thanksgiving levels with some slight increases. Grower L C Ellis of Stephenson notes Bronze turkeys sold well with ample supply, while Beltsville White may show a surplus. tom prices up seven cents from Thanksgiving.
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L. C. Ellis
Stephenson
West Virginia
Ellis
Beltsville
MR. Ellis
Odds and Ends: Winchester VES Office Closes Early
The Winchester Office of the Virginia Employment Service on Piccadly Street closes at 5 p.m. today for the Christmas holiday and will reopen Wednesday at 9 a.m. Local workers adjust schedules for holiday observance.
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Winchester
Virginia Employment Service
Piccadly St
Train plunges down embankment kills two injures eighteen
An Illinois Central passenger train fell 20 feet into mud near Belleville Illinois after a rain softened roadbed gave way. Two dead include Mrs. Orson Covell of North Platte Nebraska and Henry Hudson of Grovedale Mississippi. Eighteen hospitalized, sixteen treated and released.
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Belleville
Illinois Central
Orson Covell
North Platte
Neb
Jackson
Miss
Richard
Henry Hudso
Groverdale
Winter Arrives Today With No White Christmas Forecast
The official arrival at 4 pm coincides with mild temperatures and little sign of snow. The five day AP forecast calls for average temps about 5 degrees above normal through next Wednesday with rain possible Sunday and Tuesday and total precipitation near a quarter inch. Today's highs reached 59 and lows 48, far from wintry, while the fall's cold snap peaked at 12 degrees on November 25.
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Associated Press
Frederick County Apple Trees Fall Yet Remain Top in State
Frederick County shows a 20 percent drop in apple trees from 1949 to 1956 with 477 397 total trees across 201 orchards on 12 892 acres though it remains the leading apple county in Virginia and ranks sixth nationally per the 1954 census. Peach trees fall 19 percent since 1949 as old trees decline, York Imperial leads with 205 400 trees.
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Frederick County
Division of Markets and Statistics
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Frederick
United States
York
Segregation Ends on Montgomery City Buses
Montgomery Alabama reports mark of desegregation as buses begin early morning runs with Negro riders in front seats and white riders nearby. Leaders Rev M L King Jr and Rev Ralph Abernathy participate, urge calm, and say buses appear increasingly integrated while spectators monitor for violence.
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Montgomery
Alla
Ala
M. L. King, Jr
Ralph D. Abernathy
W. F. Powell
Rev. King
Britain and France close last Egypt duties before quitting Port Said
In Port Said Egypt the British and French near completion of duties before withdrawal. 386 Egyptian POWs handed to UN forces and 450 British civilians to UN, transferred by train near El Cap. 1,100 British salvage fleet members volunteered to remain under UN protection.
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Port Said
Egypt
Suez Canal
U.N
U .N
el Cap
Adm
L. F. Durnford Slater
U. N
Cairo
Hugh Stockwell
Suez Canal Zone
J. R. Alexander, Jr
J. W. Arthur R. T. Bryarly
GOOD
Virginia forecast notes mild five day outlook for December
A five day forecast for Virginia shows above normal temperatures averaging five degrees higher with generally mild weather. Expect fog drizzle tonight and Saturday partly sunny with rain likely Sunday and Tuesday. Total rainfall around 1.4 inches.
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Virginia
Nuclear blast suspected after radioactive rainfall in Japan
Tokyo reports highly radioactive rain suggesting a nuclear explosion occurred about December 14 or 15. Government meteorologists cite seismograph failures but cite rain data as evidence. A Niigata professor notes radioactive snow implying a Russian test. Fukuoka rainfall recorded 135000 counts per minute, the highest in Japan.
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Tokyo
Russia
Observatory
Government Meteorological Board
Niigata
Japan
Fukuoka
Another Rise in Living Costs in November Reported
The government reports a 0.1 percent rise in living costs in November, pushing the cost index to a fifth peak of 1956. Despite higher prices, factory workers’ net spendable earnings rose 17 cents to $75.20 weekly for those with three dependents and $67.79 for workers with no dependents, offsetting price gains.
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Washington (P
Government Today
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Catozella
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Godspeed
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Voice of America
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Ill
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Cal
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Winchester Gun Club
We Wall
Wayne Feed Supply Co., Inc
Frederick Farm Bureau
Herbert Bryant, Inc
Winchester Milling Corp
Southern States
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Midtown
Carpenter's
Baker & Anderson Elec. CO
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France
Colonial Art & Craft Shop
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Stephens City
Kiel Iene
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