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Word: magyarovar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1956-1956
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...heard broadcasting military orders, indicating that a sizable part of the Hungarian army had gone over to the rebels. Miskolc (pop. 136,000), near the Czech border, Hungary's second most important industrial center, fell to the rebels at week's end. At the village of Magyarovar, 15 miles from the Austrian border, security police shot 75 people, wounded 200 others, when local farmers showed resistance. The village was relieved by rebel forces led by a rebel commander who described himself as "the colonel." The rebel commander told foreign correspondents that "national councils" were in control of large...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: When the Earth Moved | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

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