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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday. Dec. 18, 1956
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Kansan Staff Votes Magyar Revolt TopStory
BY MARK T. BYER (Daily Kansan Managing Editor)
The Hungarian rebellion, begun by student demonstrators and continued by all classes of oppressed citizens who tired of Communist rule and aggression and desired freedom, was voted the top news story of 1956 by Daily Kansan editors.
By JANE PECINOVSKY.
In a poll conducted by the editorial class in the William Allen White School of Journalism to choose the top 20 news stories of the year, the revolt in Hungary received 209 out of a possible 220 points.
The Middle East crisis took second place with 207 points. The situation developed in late July when Egypt's 38-year-old president, Gamal Abdel Nasser (voted the man of the year by the editors), seized the Suez Canal. It took the form of a crisis this fall when Israeli forces marched into the Sinai peninsula, Britain and France attacked Egypt, and the United Nations sent a police force to the country.
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The plains with 174 votes, was the segregation problem in the South, particularly in the schools.
Segregation Places Third
The controversial presidential campaign and national election, in which President Eisenhower was re-elected by a landslide vote, was voted to the fourth spot. In the election the President received the second largest popular vote in United States history.
Fifth place went to the de-Stalinization plan begun last spring by Nikita Khrushchev and other present day Communist leaders to denounce Joseph Stalin and erase his memory by blaming the crimes of the Kremlin on him.
The Polish uprising in the early fall which saw Wladyslav Gomulka returned to power after he had been exiled by Klemmen leaders for Titoist tendencies, was listed in the sixth spot.
30 To Take Mexico Trip
A chartered bus will pull away from the Student Union Wednesday to carry about 30 students to and from Mexico.
The Internaitional Club's first trip to Mexico, the first out of the United States for that matter, will get under way after three months of getting visas and absorbing the geography and history of Mexico.
The group will arrive in Mexico City Friday and will spend about five days there. They will then go to Acapulco, a resort on the Pacific coast, for three days.
They will return to Lawrence by Jan.2.
Educational Stress On 'Y' Mexico Trip
Emphasis will be placed on education on the second annual Mexico trip, sponsored by the KU-Y, during spring vacation.
"We are interested in securing closer cultural ties with Mexican students." Bill Allaway, general secretary of the YMCA, said.
This year more time will be spent at the University of Mexico than in sightseeing. Students enrolled in Spanish, Latin American history or other related courses, may want to use the trip as a project for research or field work. The approximate cost of the trip is $125.
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The Parris Island incident, in which six young marines drowned in Ribbon Creek during a night disciplinary march, led by platoon leader, Sgt. Matthew McKeon, was voted in seventh place. Sgt. McKeon was court-martialed, but his sentence was reduced this fall.
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8. The TWA-UAL airliner crash in the Grand Canyon after the planes collided at an altitude of about 21,000 feet. All 128 passengers were killed in the worst commercial airline disaster in United States aviation history.
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9. The sinking of the Andrea Doria, Italian luxury liner, after a collision with the Stockholm, a Swedish liner, in the "Times Square of the Atlantic" off the New England coast. In spite of quick rescue efforts, about 25 persons died and about 17 were reported missing.
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10. The President's announcement in early March to run for re-election after he had received approval from his doctos, Speculation on this question was raised again in June when he suffered an ileitis attack, underwent surgery and was confirmed 16 Walter Reed General Hospital
11. The publicized April wedding of American movie actress Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The couple was in the news again recently when they announced they were expecting an heir.
12. The bliding of Victor Riesel,
5 feet 4 New York labor columnist,
when acid was thrown into his face.
Riesel, who attacked labor union
and leaders in the press and on the
radio, had many enemies.
13. The uproar over the hydrogen bomb which was dropped for the first time from a plane in May on the northwest corner of the Bikini Atoll in the mid-Pacific atomic proving grounds. This and other testings led to the campaign issue concerning fall-out, which President Eisenhower and Mr. Stevenson debated. The President's veto of the farm bill, which was designed to establish the administration's soil bank program and restore high, rigid price support. The farm issue became an important one in the campaign, especially because of the drought.
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15. Greek riots on Cyprus over British domination and rule. The continuing riots began last winter with the exile of Archbishop Makarious who he rejected a British offer for self-government and was accused of leading the terrorists.
16. The Republican and Democractic nominating conventions in August. Because of the suspense and uncertainty, the Democratic convention was probably more interesting from the news angle.
17. The kidnapping of Peter Weinberger, 1 month-old baby, from his carriage on the patio of his parents' home in Westbury, L. I., N. Y. The kidnaper was Angelo LaMarca, father of two children himself, who lived five miles from the Weinberger house.
18. The biast in Cali, Colombia in which 1,200 were killed. The disaster occurred when 30 tons of high explosives in government trucks exploded.
19. The solving of the Brink's
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robbery in Boston by the FEI after six years. The $2,775,395 Brink's Inc. robbery was the largest cash haul in United States history.
20. The assassination of Anastasio Somoza, for 22 years the unchallenged boss of Nicaragua.
On Campus with Max Shulman
(Author of "Barefoot Boy With Cheek," etc.)
THE GIFT HORSE
The college life is a busy one, especially at this time of year. What with going to classes and studying for exams and pursuing a full social schedule and constructing rope ladders to foil dormitory curfews, the average undergrad is so pressed for time that he cannot do justice to his Christmas shopping.
Therefore, to aid you in your Christmas shopping, I have gone into the market place and selected for you a list of gifts, notable for their originality.
Perhaps the most original gift of all this year is a carton of Philip Morris Cigarettes. "Original?" you exclaim, your bushy young eyebrows rising. "Why, we have been giving cartons of Philip Morris for years!"
True, I reply, but each time you give Philip Morris, it is a new treat, a fresh delight, a pristine pleasure. Each carton, each pack, each cigarette, each puff, is just as good as the first one you ever,tried.
Another gift destined for certain popularity this year is a gift certificate from the American Dental Association. This certificate, good at any dentist's office in America, is accompanied by a handsome gift card upon which is engraved this lovely poem:
Merry Christmas, little pal,
Do you need some root canal?
Prophylaxis? Porcelain caps?
Bridgework to close up them gaps?
Shiny braces that will straighten?
Inlays? Fillings? Upper platen?
Merry Christmas to your teeth,
And the rosy gums beneath.
Another gift that is always welcome is a book, especially to people who read. This Christmas the selection of books is particularly attractive. For lovers of anthologies, there is William Makepeace Sherpa's A Treasury of the World's Great Treasuries. For those who fancy inspiring success stories, there is the stirring autobiography of William Makepeace Pemmican entitled How I Got a Forty Pound Monkey Off My Back and Started the Duluth Zoo. For devotees of skin-diving, there is Married a Snorkel by Lydia Makepeace Watershed. For calorie counters and waistline watchers, there is Harry Makepeace Wildfoster's Eat and Grow Fat.
My own favorite book this season is a pulse-pounding historical novel from that famous author of pulse-pounding historical novels, Daphne Makepeace Sigafeos. This one is called Egad and Zounds, and it tells the poignant romance of two young lovers, Egad and Zounds, who, alas, can never be married, for fiery Egad is but a gypsy lass, while tempestuous Zounds is a Kappa Sigma. They later become Ludwig of Bavaria.
My final gift suggestion is one that a great many people have been fervently wishing for since last year. Do you remember the introduction last Christmas of tiny personal portable radios that plugged into your ear? Well, this year, you will be delighted to know, you can buy an ingenious pick to get them out.
$ \textcircled{c} $ Max Shulman, 1956
Old Max said it, but it bears repeating: A carton of Philip Morris, made by the sponsors of this column, is a Christmas gift that's bound to please everyone!