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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1955

Page

5

Belgian Soldiers Seek Repatriation From China

Two Belgian soldiers who chose life in Red China and later sought to leave have requested repatriation to Belgium, according to Indian Red Cross officials. Roger Devriendt initially asked to go to the United States, while Louis Verdyck wished to go to Laos Indochina.

DFLIN Red China Belgium Indian Red Cross Roger Devriendt United States Louis Verdyck Laos Indochina

Peiping insists on active Taiwan liberation plan

London dispatch reports Peiping claims the Red Chinese army is actively preparing to liberate Taiwan Formosa. The broadcast follows Chow En-lai offering peaceful talks on the island and precedes Geneva ambassador talks between the United States and China.

London Peiping Reco Taiwan Formosa Chow En-lai

Stassen proposes radical atom arms halt plan in UN push

New York Times reports Harold E. Stassen, Eisenhower's disarmament advisor, drafted a sweeping proposal to halt production of atomic and hydrogen bombs and end further H-bomb tests. The plan includes an international early warning system with inspectors at ports and airfields, a reduction of forces, and a timetable to be set by Stassen and aides for presentation to the UN Disarmament Commission.

New York New York Times Harold E. Stassen Eisenhower Times United Nations Stassen Pentagon State Department Ilvenation Subcommittee U.N. Disarmament Commission U. N Big Four Geneva Reading

Camp Finale at Midwestern Music and Art Camp

Final concerts filled Hoch Auditorium with a mix of orchestral choral pieces and dance interludes by Robert Bell Richard Duncan and Lloyd Pfautsch. Duncan impressed as a conductor with bold tempos and energetic readings while Pfautsch led choral works and a varied program culminating in Sousa Semper Fidelis and the 1812 Overture.

Robert Bell Richard Duncan Lloyd Plautsch Dr. Duncan Mr. Plautsch Hoch Auditorium Patricia Dowling Czardas Chabrier Espana Gillis Morris Poaster Tschesnokoff Plautsch Riegger Donato Beethoven Robert Echans Jane Carr Kindler Hanson Bizet Gershwin Wintergreen Hadley Khachaturian W. Schumann Morton Gould Pfautsch Dean Gorton Dorothy Trickett Fritz Shoulder Mary Ann Marshall Jim Avery Morrissey Masters Tchaikovski Sousa Osser

Fireworks and baton clash mark end of season concert

The fireworks dazzled yet faded as Mr. Wiley’s baton neared the finale of the theme song. A subsequent violent barrage interrupted the performance, stirring fear of sabotage. After ruling out bribery, Percy Grainger’s Irish Tune From County Der ry finished the Eighteenth Season of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp.

Mr. Wiley Percy Aldridge Grainger County Derry

Weather For Other Areas

The weather bureau notes hot and humid conditions will persist across southern and central plains with stray thunderstorms unlikely to ease relief. Overnight lows reached into the 80s with 109 reported at Sac City Iowa and 108 at Lincoln Nebraska. The three week heat wave has caused at least 38 deaths, with many more unconfirmed.

Weather Bureau Central Plains Kansas City Sac City Iowa Lincoln Neb Sioux City Omaha Missouri

Weather notes and regional temperature contrasts across the nation

The report highlights widespread warm minimums in the eastern two thirds of the country with repeated % gains. It notes showers and thunderstorms in the Southeast from the Carolinas to Louisiana and extends into southern Texas eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois with little cooling effect. Egypt’s coastlines are described as about 600 miles on the Mediterranean and 1,200 miles on the Red Sea.

Nebraska Carolinas Alabama Louisiana Texas Wisconsin Ilinois Egypt Mediterranean Sea Red Sea

Peron Rejects Call to End Argentine Internal War

President Juan Peron’s Democracia editorial rejects opposition Radical party demands to end the state of internal war in Argentina. The piece defends the sweeping police and court powers granted after constitutional guarantees were suspended nearly four years ago, while belligerents exist.

Buenos Aires Argentina Juan Peron Voice Radical Party Democracia Peron

Floods Hit East Java Tobacco Crops Hard

Forty percent of East Java's tobacco crop was destroyed by floods after heavy rain, officials reported today in Jakarta Indonesia. The loss threatens local farmers and the regional tobacco industry amid ongoing monsoon season.

Jakarta Indonesia East Java

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