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...Russia switched to violent repression, a thousand tanks had rumbled into the city and at every cross street they were drawn up with their backs to each other in protective circles, each tank able to fire down a different street. Batteries of heavy Soviet artillery were set up on Gellert Hill, and H.E. shells were poured into buildings where resistance was spotted. But the rebels were not without resource. Said Gyula Petoki, who escaped: "During World War II the Germans had made doors in cellars between houses so that people could move around during air raids. When the war ended...
There was also fun to be had pulling down Soviet war memorials. High on Gellert Hill, antlike figures swarmed around Sculptor Szigmund Strobl's i soft, statue of Freedom, a graceful woman guarded by the bronze statue of a Russian soldier. Slowly the crowd, pulling on lines attached to the soldier, rocked the statue back and forth, until he tipped forward on his face. There had been no looting in the city thus far, but to walk abroad at night was to hazard being shot at (see PRESS) or stopped by some tough young rebel and made to show...
...starts by year's end. But bankers and builders were not so sure. The real trouble is a drastic shortage of mortgage money because of the limit of 4½% interest on Government-backed mortgages v. up to 6% on conventional mortgage loans. Said San Francisco Builder Carl Gellert: "Congress next year should raise interest rates on VA mortgages, making them flexible so they can respond to the tight-money market. Money is like any other commodity. If you make the terms attractive, you're going to bring more money into the market. At this time...
Elected were: Phyllis Bodel, of Lakeville, Conn. and Barnard Hall, Biochemistry; Bridget Gellert, of Rye, N.Y. and Briggs Hall, History and Literature; and Linda Gertz, of New York City and Briggs Hall, Classics...
...Voroshilov picked up De Strobl in his limousine, took him to the top of rocky Gellert Hill, which overlooks the city, the Danube, and the broad Hungarian plain. Said he: "This is where we will put our monument." With the help of 300 workers, they...