Stalin Mikoyan Roles in Czech Purge Revealed
Prague reports quote a former secret police chief saying Stalin ordered the 1952 purge of Czechoslovak leaders and sent Mikoyan to oversee the trials. Bacilek says Mikoyan pressured Gottwald, Novotny aided Slansky files, with protests and a U.S. flag incident at the Prague embassy noted.
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Stalin
Mikoyan
Czech
Prague
Joseph Stalin
Anastas Mikoyan
Karol Bacilek
Communist Party
Rudolf Slansky
Bacilek
Bratislava
Smena
Klement Gottwald
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Gottwald
Antonin Novotny
Slansky
Security Ministry
Novotny
Slansky Clique
Slansky Group
Central Committee
U.S
Charles University
Vietnam
Bucharest
Nicolae Ceausescu
Look See Hear Tour Expands to Eight Hundred Capacity
The Look See Hear tour adds a 19th bus to reach 18 vehicles with capacity for 800 persons. Chairman Martin Wiley cites overwhelming demand and a waiting list. those with tickets should arrive by 9 a.m. at First Avenue bridge for boarding at 9:10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Wiley
Wiley
Chamber of Commerce
First Avenue Bridge
Area Ten Community College Offers Summer Liberal Arts Load
Area Ten Community College announces a summer program with over 50 liberal arts courses and a vocational-technical track beginning June 3. Day and evening classes run six eight and 12 week sessions with credits ranging up to 16 hours for the longest term. Tuition is 6 per credit or 67 for full-time students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Area Ten Community College
Hawkeye Plaza
Sixth Street Road
Area Ten
Year-Round Daylight Time Proposal Urges Change
Rep. John Wydler introduces legislation to adopt Daylight Saving time year round for the United States except Arizona Hawaii and parts of Indiana. He made the plan public as clocks currently move ahead until the last Sunday in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
John Wydler
R-N.y
Arizona
Hawaii
Indiana
Burglaries Strike Howard Nading Home Sunday Night
Burglars entered the Howard Nading residence in Oelwein Sunday night and stole a shotgun and shells. The break in was found when the family returned home about 11 p.m.
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Oelwein
Howard Nading
Linn Board of Review Sets Meeting For Property Assessments
Linn county board of review will meet Wednesday at 2 p.m. on the courthouse third floor to hear petitions to lower assessments outside Cedar Rapids. Petitions due by May 20 must cite equity with five grounds including misvaluation and errors. members include Egger, Gillmore, Hoists, Strother, and Waggoner.
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Linn
Cedar Rapids
County Board of Review
Forrest Holveck
Linn County Board of Review
Holveck
Herman Egger
Marion
Darrell Gillmore
Lisbon
Ben F. Hoists
Fairfax
Glenn E. Strother
Martelle
John E. Waggoner
Central City
Stamp Federation elects officers in Council Bluffs meeting
Cedric R. Anderson was elected president of the Federation of Iowa Stamp Clubs at the annual meeting in Council Bluffs. Pat Ryan was named vice president. The Iowa Postal History Society also elected Dr. C. J. Nemmers as president and George Wolters as vice president. Next year’s meetings will be in Cedar Rapids at a date to be announced.
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Cedric R. Anderson
Storage Spay 3 000 More Ad Wanted for A G A V E D S
Ad seeks additional storage space services. Customer requests 3 000 more units of storage aided by a want ad. No further details provided.
Mt Mercy Hosts National Secretaries Exams This Weekend
Mount Mercy college serves again as a site for the Certified Professional Secretaries examinations of the National Secretaries Association. The tests will be conducted on Friday and Saturday, sponsored in part by the college business department with Sister Mary Immaculata Beitenman as chairman.
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Mount Mercy College
National Secretaries Assn
College Business Department
Sister Mary Immaculata Beitenman
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Dingo
C.R
Gazette
Morris Potter
Chicago
Lincoln Park
Hawkeye Zoological Society
MacDonald
Bever Park
United Airlines
Alexandru Draghici
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Sheldon
Linn Board of Review
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Canada
Hiram Walker
Stamp Federation
Philco
M. R
Marty) Smith
Peoples Appliance Dept
Mt. Mercy
Ashlee
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First Avenue
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Aluminum
Cedar Rapids Lumber
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