University Daily Kansan Monday, October 23, 1961
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Bloody Hungarian Uprising Began 5 Years Ago Today
VIENNA—(UPI)Five years ago today a protest march by 12,000 students through the streets of Budapest started the bloody and abortive Hungarian uprising against Communist rule.
By evening that day the student demonstration—specifically protesting Red suppression of free speech—had become a citywide demonstration.
AT 7 P.M. TELEPHONE connections with the free world were severed, and an hour later Radio Budapest announced an emergency session of the Communist Central Committee had been called for midnight.
Ernoe Geroe, hated chief of the Hungarian Communist party, addressed a broadcast to the nation in an effort to stem the tide.
"Any attempt to upset the regime," he announced, "will be met with the full strength of the government."
ALL THE NEXT DAY Radio Budapest broadcast appeals to the freedom fighters, as they had termed themselves, to "lay down your arms." The appeal was made at intervals of two to three minutes.
Early next morning came a report from Prague that "in Budapest 30 youths have been killed in demonstrations with the police."
United Press correspondent Kurt Neubauer phoned on the first eye-witness account two days later from Monsonmagyarov. He was witness to the arrest of an AVO (secret police) officer who had given orders to fire on the anti-Communist demonstrators.
The man was later thrown out of his third floor hospital room and trampled to death by a crowd.
FOR 13 DAYS THE hopeless battle raged, until Soviet tanks moved in and broke the back of the resistance.
On Nov. 4, at 6 p.m., Premier Imre Nagy announced that "Soviet troops have attacked the Hungarian capital. The Hungarian troops are in combat."
Eight hours later, Radio Moscow declared that "the forces of reactionary conspiracy in Hungary have been crushed."
Intramural Results
In intramural football play Friday, the Hawks downed the Quickies in the independent A division, 13-6, and Jim Beam won by forfeit over the Red Shirts.
In fraternity B action, Phi Delta Theta #2 whipped Phi Kappa Sigma, 7-6, and Sigma Nu beat Sigma Phi Epsilon on the most yardage in an overtime period.
For Budapest it was over. In the provinces, scattered remnants fought for a few weeks — but cold and hunger and lack of arms were against them.
BEFORE THE IRON Curtain clanged down again on the Austro-Hungarian border more than 180,000 Hungarians — 2 per cent of the country's population — had escaped
into Austrian territory. They carried what they could on their backs — often only their children.
The last brief message received in the United Press Vienna office from the Hungarian news agency operated by the freedom fighters, told the tragedy which had taken place.
"Goodbyv. We don't forget you. The Russians are too near. We shall leave our post, we shall leave our post," the message said. "Goodbyy friends, goodbyy friends, SOS."
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