East European Youths Turn From Communism
In Poland and Hungary youth resist to freedom while East German and Czechoslovak youth show mixed responses. Polish students join the non political Polish Students union and 120000 of 150000 university students sign up. Poland signals a shift away from Red control. East Germany tightens ties between students and workers with expanded scholarships, while youths seek travel and cultural freedoms.
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Berlin
INS
Poland
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Kadar
Cracow
Union of
Union of Polish Students
Red
Jungle Welt
Free German Youth
FDJ
Communist Youth Movement
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Rat Man Hates Rats But They Made Him Rich
Otto Orkin nicknamed The Rat Man has built a multi million dollar exterminating empire from rat control. He began as a teen in Pottsville Pennsylvania after rats ruined flour, selling poison then expanding to inspections and nationwide services with branches in 28 states and Cuba. He asserts rats are highly clever and that extermination now comprises half his business while rats remain his personal drive.
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Chicago and North Western Railroad
Emil J. Zadnichek
Illinois
North Western
Cedar Rapids
Zadnichek
Iowa
Rat Man
Atlanta, Ga
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Otto
Otto Orkin
Atlanta
America
St. Patrick
Ireland
Latvia
Pottsville
Orkin
States
Cuba
General Motors
New York Firm to Develop 500-Acre Industrial Park
George W. Warnecke of New York has signed an agreement giving his mortgage-financing firm authority to begin development of 500 acres in a proposed New Bedford industrial park. The project involves about $150 million in investment.
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New Bedford, Mass
George W. Warnecke
New York
Woman Knocked Down by Market Shopping Cart
An X ray technician in Philadelphia recalls his strangest case in 20 years after a woman was run over by a shopping cart in a Germantown supermarket. The incident prompted medical imaging and a report on shopper safety.
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Philadelphia
Germantown
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Age Mee Nnette Westle
Spiel
Arwath Af Derk
Johnny McIvor
Mr. Zadnichek
Peter Moosman
Gazette
Chicago and North Western
First Avenue E
Paul Kosek
del Rio
Texas
Pble
Servce
Eleventh Street
Jennie
Myron Hasbrook
Franklin Avenue
Montour
Jeremy Main
Communist’s Union of Polish Youth
Polish Union of Socialist Youth
Association of Proletarian Youth
CISZ
Communist Youth League
KISZ
East Berlin
Wuarriakee
Benno Isaacs
Richmond
Woman Casualty of Market Cart
Eagle
Eagle’s
Rath Black Hawk
Food Club
Joan of Aro
Hills Bros Coffee
Jar
van Camp
Lindsay
Mazola Oil
Louisiana
Niagara Starch
Tadoe
1St Ave
Mt. Vernon
SWIFT
Fireside
Ioe
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