Sputnik Propaganda Lift Featured in 1957 Moon Race
William Ryan reports that in 1957 Soviet propaganda gained Western belief in Moscow's prowess. Pravda touts industrial progress while admitting future gaps, and Khrushchev warns of years needed to catch up. The piece notes agricultural shortfalls and urban concentration of experts as a sign of structural strain.
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William Ryan
New York
Moscow
Russia
Pravda
Ussr
U.S
U. S
Khrushchev
America’s
Leningrad
Krushchev
Soviet propaganda tactics mirror Stalin era, say experts
In a Cedar Rapids Gazette analysis from December 24, 1957, the author argues Soviet propaganda blends morale boosts with anti America campaigns. It uses nationalist appeals, religious imagery, and front organizations to destabilize non Communist alliances and expand Soviet reach while masking aims with peaceful terminology.
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Kremlin
East
World Peace Congress
Lenin
Stalin
Jimmy Hatleganda
Cedar Rapids
Architect of Jap Aggression Dies
Shumei Okawa, 71, ultra nationalist architect of Japan's Manchurian aggression, died of a heart attack. He masterminded the Sept. 18, 1931 incident leading to Manchuria's occupation, was a propagandist against whites in Asia, and one of 27 Class A war criminals tried in 1946-47. He slapped Hideki Tojo at trial and was ruled mentally unsound. Okawa had lived at home since 1948, was a lawyer philosopher, and translated the Koran into Japanese.
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Tokyo
Shumei Okawa
Manchuria
Okawa
Japan
Asia
International War Crimes Tribunal
Hideki Tojo
Tte
Paper Route Turned Slippery Oil Spill Accident
Max McVey rode a late paper route in Anadarko Oklahoma when he hit a slick spot and fell into sticky road oil. A friend and paint thinner helped clean him up enough to finish delivering the papers.
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Anadarko, Okla
Max McVey
Max
Dear man perfects cordless hearing aid
H. A. Lyons, long hard of hearing, has perfected a transistor Featherlite Hearing aid cordless with no button in ear. It promises to amplify voices radio and clock ticks and invites readers to write D W Egeland 1108 Lake Street Evansdale Waterloo Iowa for full information with no obligation.
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Man
H. A. Lyons
D. W. Egeland
Lake Street
Evansdale
Waterloo
Iowa
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Aga Frers
Strieers
Tom Corporation
Cedar Kaplas
Decem- Standard Commodity Fond, Inc
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E Ave. N.W
Barney's Paint & Wallpaper CO
First Ave. E
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Third Ave
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