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...Soviet diplomats streaming out of the Hungarian capital-always a fateful sign. Full of soft assurances, a delegation of Soviet officers had come to talk over "withdrawal of troops ... in two or three weeks." He knew the worthlessness of such words on Russian lips, but he dispatched Defense Minister Pal Maleter and Chief of Staff Istvan Kovacs to talk with the Russians...
Youth Party, the Revolutionary Defense Committee. Already there was a "revolutionary personality" in the shape of tall, blond Major General Pal Maleter, an ex-Horthy-regime soldier who had deserted to the Russians and been parachuted back to Hungary during World War II. Like tens of thousands of other Hungarian soldiers (some said just about the entire Hungarian army of 150,000), he had thrown his lot with the rebels. He made a hero of himself by leading the stubborn defense of the Maria Theresia barracks...
...Broadway Porter, You're the Top was breezy, beautiful, and one of the biggest-budgeted ($250,000) live shows in TV history. A baker's dozen of high-priced Hollywood musical stylists served up a mishmash of 24 musical numbers, stylishly staged by Broadway Choreographer Robert (Pal Joey) Alton...
...heard Khrushchev saying to Tito: "All right. We admitted we were wrong about you. We came down here and apologized. We got others to apologize and resume good relations. We had your old enemy Rakosi kicked out of the Hungarian Party and Chervenkov out of the Bulgarian. Your pal Gomulka was rehabilitated in Poland, Rajk in Hungary and Kostov in Bulgaria. We dissolved the Cominform. We had the parts of the Slansky trial that reflected on you struck from the record. We paid off for the trade damage the Cominform blockade did to you and got the satellites...
...Soldiers Never Die, by Wolf Mankowitz. A richly comic novel about a Cockney indestructible and his mute pal, who trip up Britain's Welfare State (TIME, Sept...