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...Hamp Kendall, 71, of Caldwell County, N.C., who was mistakenly convicted of murder 42 years ago and served more than nine years before the mistake was discovered, wrote to Governor R. Gregg Cherry to complain of the legend on his "victim's" tombstone, which read: "Lawrence Nelson, robbed and murdered by Hamp Kendall." Said Kendall: "No damned man that is innocent would stand under this slanderous tombstone scandal right where he is trying to make an honest living." The Governor was sympathetic, but said he was powerless...
Political Football. Ferencvaros is the name of a middle-class district in Budapest, also the name of Hungary's oldest and best soccer club. The team's rooters are anti-Red. Two weeks ago Ferencvaros played the all-Communist Iron Workers, Rakosi's own club. Into the Ferencvaros stadium, on Ulloi Ut, crowded 25,000 fans. Rakosi's team fell behind. Inflamed Ferencvaros rooters began to shout: "Kill those Communist...
...Toilers Are Told. Fortnight ago, Rakosi made a major speech before his Communist Party. Hungarian peasants cocked an ear; since the war they had divided up the large farms among themselves (with the blessings of the Communists) and were well pleased. Rakosi's speech jolted them. He deplored the fact that Hungarian agriculture today is "based on the split-up little peasant holdings." He even used the dreaded word "kolkhoz" -collective farm. The peasant press gingerly expressed anxiety...
Words into Action. When Abdullah a month ago advised the Jews to be "more reasonable" and the Arabs "to accept the logical," Ben-Gurion was quick to reply. Said he: "I hope that Abdullah's words will be promptly translated into action." By last week, Abdullah's work of translation was making progress. Meeting in Jericho, 500 Palestine Arab leaders had proclaimed him "King of all Palestine," and demanded union with Transjordan. Cagey Abdullah took a modest line. He would consult with his government and other members of the Arab League. Last week his cabinet gave its consent...
...great Nationalist sortie from Suchow had failed. Three army groups set out a fortnight ago to break through the Communist encirclement and link up with government forces to the south (TIME, Dec. 13). By last week one entire group-General Sun Yuan-Hang's Sixteenth, with 40,000 men-had been completely wiped out. The remaining troops were huddled into an area ten miles in diameter of flat, marshy land 50 miles southwest of Suchow...