Red Pioneers in Moscow’s Shadow over Central Asia
A critical look at Moscow’s push to mobilize specialists to Central Asia. Russian dominance, forced relocations, and imported culture accompany new cities, schools, and factories. locals face harsh housing, bureaucracy, and cultural erasure as Soviet policy unfolds.
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Soviet Union
Republic
Tadjikstan
Moscow
Alma Ata
Kazakhstan
Siberia
Ro Advaneur
Central Asia
Russia
Kidnapper Gets 21 Years in Federal Prison
Mrs. Tommie Dene Doughty pleaded guilty to abducting a 5 month old Indiana infant in Evansville. The 21 year sentence followed her arrest at her Bokchito Oklahoma home. Psychiatrists found her sane and the child was recovered unharmed.
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Muskogee
Oklah
Tommie Dene Doughty
Indiana
Doughty
Carnival
Richard Lee
Evansville
Cuban Information Minister Resigns Quietly in Havana
Ernesto de la Fe, Cuba's information minister, tendered his resignation last night. No reason was given and it remained unclear if President Batista would accept the move.
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Havana
Cuba
Ernesto de la Fe
Fulgencio Batista
Eisenhower Faces Delicate Tie with Democrats on 1954 Program
President Eisenhower bets on a Congress ready to pass a dynamic program while weighing the risk of political shifts in foreign affairs and the economy. He seeks Democratic votes in Congress to advance both foreign and domestic measures ahead of the 1954 elections.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
American Statistical
Walter Williams
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
House
White House
A Few Fuzzy Forecasts for 1955 by Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle surveys random 1950s forecasts for 1955 including rising wheelchair sales and rising baldness among men, a five cent hamburger with a 3D lens, a TV set replacing living rooms, a cheap hydrogen kit, and a Notre Dame versus Yankees fantasy matchup. It also notes fashion shifts like mink coats and a lighthearted view of political and world events.
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Hal Boyle
Equal Rights Amen
Minsk
Pravda
Science
Frank Leahy
Casey Stengel
Notre Dame
New York Yankees
Woolworth Heiress Barbara Hutton to wed Rubirosa in New York
Dominican Foreign Office announced that Barbara Hutton the Woolworth heiress will marry Porfirio Rubirosa in a ceremony at the Dominican consulate general in New York. The plan includes Rubirosa’s restoration to a diplomatic post and Hutton acquiring Dominican citizenship.
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Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
Rubirosa
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Foreign Office
Porfirio Rubirosa
New York
Miss Hutton
Paris
Pacific
New York Daily Mirror Today
the Mirror
Sinatra and Gardner Rest in Rome Villa Sniffles Persist
In Rome the stars Frankie Sinatra and Ava Gardner were seen nursing sniffles at Ava's villa. Ava addressed him as honey but both avoided confirming if their quarrel had been mended. They arrived from Madrid where Sinatra had flown from the United States to join his actress wife. Ava, filming with Humphrey Bogart, had come for an art season holiday.
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Frank Sinatra
Ava Gardner
Ava
Roman
Frankie
Madrid
United States
Humphrey Art
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Doris Duke
Alexis Mdivani
Kurt von Haugwitz-Reventlow
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Igor Troubetzkoy
Dick Turner
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