Supreme Court narrows rights of Communist party in two rulings
The Supreme Court, in two 5 to 4 decisions, upheld major government measures against Communist activity. It ruled against the party’s free speech claims and affirmed the Smith Act membership clause and a requirement to register the Communist party as a Kremlin puppet, affecting Junius Scales and others.
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Supreme Court
United States
U.S
Communist Party
Kremlin
The
Justice Department
Gus Hall
New York
Soviet Union
Felix Frankfurter
High Court
Frankfurter
John M. Harlan
Junius Irving Scales
Carolinas
North Carolina
Scales
Kansas University Honors 42 Seniors at 89th Commencement
Forty two seniors at Kansas University received degrees with Highest Distinction and 89 with Distinction at the 89th annual commencement in Memorial Stadium. The University Senate limits honor graduates to top 10 percent per school with up to one third in the Highest Distinction group. Thirty three with Highest Distinction and 64 with Distinction earned degrees. nine and twenty five respectively held additional honors or prior-term work.
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Kansas University
Memorial Stadium
University Senate
College OF Liberal Arts and ‘Sciences
Ernest Zanville Adelman
Kansas City
David J. Albert
Monterrey
Calif
Charles DeLos Aldrich
Osborne
Robert Ellis Barnhill
Ala St
John Edward Brown
Ohio St
David Kirby Anderson
Riverton
B.S
Nancy Lynn Craven
Hillsdale
B.C
Barbara Kirk Foley
20Th St
Carol Louise Freeman
19Th St
John Hutsel
Jewell
Garden City
B.A
Judith Jeaenette Raasch
Wichita
Bruce Richard Barrett
Therese Regina Anna Ruhdmann
Pocatello
Idaho
Ronald Ralph Broun
Phillipsburg
Brenda Lenore Bruckner
Emporia
Robert Arnold Christensen
Topeka
Mary Gay Dillingham
Salina
Joan Adelle Dunkin
David Einer Engdahl
Mission
Rebecca A. Grantham
William Franklin Harrison
Hoisington
Dennis Knight Heffner
Dodge City
John L. Hodge
Dorothy Ruth Jones
Frankfort
Fred LaMont Morrison
Colby
John Dirch Moyer
Hamlin
John Charles Musgrave
Joplin
Marguerite Teresa Owens
Neodesha
Lora Kay Reiter
Simpson
Sarah Gayle Seevers
Louanna Cole Simmons
Raytown
Bert Alan Taylor
Plainville
David R. Thorning
Atchison
Joe Bryant Waterhouse
Thomas Hadley Nation
Pittsburg
Carl John Peterson
Vivian M. Roth
Noel
Siegfried M. Holzer
John Albert Rupf, Jr
Larry Charles Schooley
Kiowa
Lee
Presta Refuses to Answer 26 Grand Jury Questions
Kansas City AP Alex Presta balked and refused to answer 26 grand jury questions probing his alleged role as executive secretary of a Kansas City crime syndicate. Judge Jensen upheld the refusal citing self incrimination risks amid questions about payments to police and gambling protection.
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Kansas City
Alex Presta
Presta
Citizens Association
City Hall
Jackson County
Richard C. Jensen
Jensen
Stephen Millin
Politician and police officials face perjury probes and indictments
A probe cites payments to former vice squad head Maj. Charles Coughlin and ex police chief Bernard Brannon amid broader indictments of Brannon and two other officers. The scene recalls bootlegging questions while Kansas City delegate Nick Civella appears in the court and Louisville Times obituary notes its former press leader.
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Presta
Maj
Charles Coughlin
Bernard C. Brannon
Brannon
Coughlin
Bran
Tom Wallace Dies at 86 Former ASNE Leader and Editor Emeritus
Louisville Kentucky reports the death of Tom Wallace aged 86. A past president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors he was known as the dean of Kentucky’s news papermen and editor emeritus.
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Louisville Times
Inter-American Press Association
Oan
Tife
Kentucky
Tom Wallace
Louisville RE
American Society of Newspaper Editors
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Blc
John Franklin Shields
William Francis Teague
Chapman
Robert Russell Seacat
Gordon Louis Culp
John Wesley Filbert
Dighton
George Herbert Hon
Frank William Addis
Thomas Charles Clark
David Charles May
Merriam
Charles Marvin Bradley
John Anthony Engelland
Sterling
Elizabeth Josephine Brune
Elizabeth Kathryn Bukaty
Fort Scott
Jean Irland Challinor
Virginia Lou Cheal
Sara Elizabeth Clawson
Hartford
Frank Arnold Einhellig
Bonner Springs
Ethel Elenora Hopson Hayden
Patricia Dean Latimer
Independence
Mary Kay Myers
Girard
Elizabeth Ann Orth
Piqua
Betty Gilpin Roark
B. S
Judith Louise Gorton
Ill. St
Sherrill Jean Hahn
Norma Agnes Smith
Dorothy Trickett D’anna
Heather Jo Johnson
L. Marlene Glass
Overland Park
Robert Blaine Grogan
Parsons
Penelope Ann O’daniel
Sally Ann Stucky
Bogota
Colombia
Paul Woodson Davis
St. Joseph
Charles Lee Medlock
Vt. St
Susan Aldrich
Great Bend
James R. Bell
Walside
Judith Luise Hayward
Prairie Village
Kathryn Anne Johnson
Luray
Judith Wilson Jones
Karen Sue Marks
Suzanne Justine Miller
Champman
Ill
Barbara Lee McKee Sanders
Atwood
Jan Louise Lundgren
Lyle Clinton Merriam
Tescott
Loretta Marie Nauman
Alton
Dianne Bickley
Educa
Mary Lou Beisecher
Robert Eltinge Hodgdon
Don Edward Logan
Shawnee Mission
Edward D. McElwain Jr
Bartlesville
Okla
Joseph Charles Morris
Sidney Avery Morris
Ottawa
Janet Suzanne Baker
Peter Block
Judith Anne Brown
Stouffer Place
James George Duff
Marion Gregory Fall
Burdett
Richard Samuel Graber
Hutchinson
Robert Gene Harbison
Stephen K. Newcomer
Omaha
Neb
Merlin Lee Stigge
LAW School
Norman William Hines ,Jr
Olathe
Ronald K. Badger
Kan
Terry Noble Finke
Cheyenne
Wyo
Mikel Lynn Stout
Bazaar
Charles James Woodin
York
Fedders
Cooperator
R.C.A. Whirlpool
Chrysler
Lawrence
Crown Drug
K.C
Hohn Picketts
Vermont
Non
Nick Civella
Civella
Kansas
Apalachin
N.Y
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