Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-06
Budapest Clash
Raises Death
Toll Sill Higher
New Bottle Flares
On City Boulevard
Between RivuIs
BY ENDRE MARION
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent

BY ENDRE MARION
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent
BUDAPEST, Dec. 6-Pro-gov-
eminent and nationalist demon
strators clashed in Budapest to-
day and eyewitnesses said at
least two men were killed and
several men wounded.
The clash started when a
group of about 100 demonstra-
tors siding with Premier Janos
Kadar and carrying Red flags
met another group of about the
same size bearing nationalist
flags on Budapest's great boule-
ward shortly after noon.
The nationalist tried to wrest
the Red flag from the hands of
the Communists and a general
INST fight got under way.
The Communists were escorted
protectively by Russian armored
cars. Some unidentified person
fired a pistol and the Russians
fired a volley above the heads
of the demonstrators.
Tanks Patrol Streets
The whole boulevard was
emptied in a minute. Russian
tanks and armored cars rumbled
up and down the street, appar-
emily to brighten residents Of the
city.
Members of the Hungarian
officer corps stood at the cor
ners with tommyguns ready for
action.
They said a Sniper was shoot
ing from a window, but they
could not find him.
Farther down the boulevard,
toward the Danube and on Marx
Square the crowd refused to dis
perse and packed the sidewalks
in a challenging mood.
Strikes in Several Factories
Earlier, workers had struck
spontaneously in several Buda-
pest factories in protest against
the rough handling of demon
strators yesterday by Soviet
troops and Hungarian police.
The Budapest workers council
had advised against a general
strike
Eyewitnesses said the two
killed in today's melee were
Hungarian nationalist but could
not say who shot them, Russians
or Hungarians.
The Red flag borne by the
pro-Kadar demonstrators disap-
peared in the turmoil.
Six Russian tanks clustered
around the center of Marx
Square, which was filled with
Hungarian policemen and mem
bers of the officers corps, but a
Russian colonel was obviously in
command.
They used a small coffee house
as a temporary prison and
brought in people whom they
had arrested, as well as the
wounded.
Ambulance Is Blocked
When a Hungarian ambulance
arrived and a wounded man was
brought out of the coffee house,
the crowd dashed to the ambu-
lance, surrounded it and did not
let it move on. They pointed
to Western correspondents and
shouted:
Look what they've done"
The clash occurred during an
hour of silence, between / and 2
pm. which had been called by
unknown persons. Word of the
call was spread by word of
mouth, and was observed in sew
eral parts of the capital, where
streets looked like a ghost town.
Workers Defy Troops
Earlier about 900 workers of
the Danubia textile factory in
an eastern suburb prevented the
arrest of three members of the
plants workers council. The
workers first defied Hungarian
police who arrived to make the
arrests. The workers left their
jobs and blocked the factory
gates to police entry. About 100
women from a sugar factory
across the street joined the
blockade.
When three truckloads Of
Hungarian soldiers arrived, the
workers again barred the way.
Finally. the workers defied
four Russian tanks and about as
many armored cars which ar
rived on the scene and rumbled
up and down. Realizing they
could not enter the factory with
out bloodshed, the tanks and
police finally Withdrew.
The atmosphere remained
tense in the capital as Soviet
tanks roared up and down the
main boulevards. However. there
were no demonstrations during
the morning.
The huge factories in the in
dustrial complex on csepel Is
land, where workers made their
stubborn stand against the Rus
slams during the recent revolu-
ton. we're working as usual. Ter
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