Ouster Order Prompts Czech Diplomatic Crackdown
United States ordered 22 of 33 Czech diplomatic staff in the U S to leave and to base remaining personnel in Cleveland and Pittsburgh in retaliation for Czech actions against Americans. Prague was told to close consulates. Washington New York and Chicago offices will operate with reduced staffs. The State Department released a general note outlining possible future measures while officials noted the plan aims to pressure Prague amid a broader pattern of Soviet bloc actions. May 13. Chicago and national party events detailed with Truman reengagement and Democratic focus ahead of a 23 day celebration.
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Czechoslovakia
United States
State Department
Prague
U. S
Department
Washington
New York
Pittaburgh
Cleveland
Chicago
Creche
Progur
Vladimir Matrata
Ten Thomson
Linesin
Aratistave
Democratic jamboree and Truman tour mix politics
A long Chicago rally program highlighted by Democratic figures and a visit from President Truman as part of a nationwide tour. The event featured talks on national issues, promotion of Democratic unity, and plans for a 1950 victory, with Trumans stop through Fort Peck Dam and a schedule of speeches in Fargo and Madison.
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Jefferson
Roxie
Blackstone
Chicago
Truman
Hie
Boyle
Alindfa
Adlai E. Stevenson
Civic Opera House
Barkley
Wisconsin
T Rost
Stadium
Blackstone Hotel
Fort Peck Dam
Mont
United State
Pery
Big Fort Peck Dam
Fort Peck
Juatana Pew
Ple
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Fort
Fargo
Madison
Wia
Margaret
Too Many Smart Students For Honors Convocation
A Tucson Arizona article notes that the University of Arizona will abolish the senior honors assembly due to the large number of graduates with honors. About 250 seniors are expected to graduate with honors, and awards will be included in the commencement program.
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Tuceen
Arist
University of Arizona
Newsbey Wins Award For Best Mother's Day Slegen
St. Petersburg Florida May 13. A young lad won a contest and believes he has the best maker in the world. The event featured family chatter and a lighthearted prize, with local newspapers noting the winner and his playful remarks.
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Newsbey
Mother’s Day Slegen
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lioyd Willems
Fes Newepeper
Santas Bey
Western ministers endorse plan to bring Germany into Western Europe
London, Mey Yt.aN The three foreign ministers closed their conference with a unified plan to integrate western Germany into the West European bloc. Announced last night no details were released. The French proposed two ideas. one was rejected and the other approved. An informed source said Schuman pitched Georges Bidault’s idea for a supreme Atlantic council for peace which Britain and the United States rejected as duplicative. The plan aims to manage coal and steel reserves under international authority with broad but guarded backing from other nations.
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London
Mey Yt
Trme
U.S
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Germany
Altthese
Schumann
Georges Bidault
Supreme Atlantic Council For Peace
Britain
United States
Weaterurope
Bevin
Acheson
Internaene Schanfell Schuman
France
Showers Across Western Kansas Briefly Dampen Drought
May 33.64 showers broke out in western Kansas with light totals in several towns including Russell 80 Hove 87 Garden City 0.27 and Tribune trace while eastern areas reported less than a tenth inch. Forecaster Garrett predicted fair western weather and partly cloudy skies east tonight with Sunday mainly fair and cooler lows 43 to 35 and highs 80 to 85.
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Topeka
Karsan Y
Richard Garrett
Topeks
Hill City
Garden City
Goodland
Kansas
Garrett
Solomon
Blue
Smoky Hill
Awards to 3 Veteran Weather Observers In Douglas County
Three veteran Douglas County weather observers with over ten years of service were named for special recognition by Kansas weatherman Richard A Garrett. Honorees are IGecrac i Holley of Lecompton and core Walter Schwars of Worden, plus Fred 3 Brown of Lawrence and Ivan Boyd of Im Mre. Tr. Gladye Detwiler also noted for long service. The group has more than 52 years of weather data experience and works without pay. Garrett praised their faithfulness through storms, floods, heat, and calm days, stressing their invaluable contributions to local, state, and national meteorology.
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Douglas County
Richard A. Garrett
Kansas
Igecrac i
Holley
Lecompton
Core Walter Schwars
Worden
Pet Fortion
Fred 3. Brown
Lawrence
I Wet Blasi
Ivan Boyd
Gladye
Gladye_ Detwiler
Rmity
Necessary Instruments
Kanees
Garrett Seid
Strike to Affects UP Far West in Major Railroad Walkout
A crippling strike by locomotive firemen against four major railroads disrupts service from Pennsylvania to California. Firemen refuse to run Union Pacific trains over 100 miles from Daggett to San Bernardino, halting key lines and prompting skeleton service on the four strike roads. The National Railway Mediation Board renewed peace talks but with little progress as minor violence reports emerge and thousands of workers, including coal miners and automakers, face layoffs.
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Chicago
Union Pacific
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harelabure
Tenneylvania
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Union
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Warte
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Southern
Santa Fe
Bio
Lamall
Dienela
San Bernardino
Daggett
San ‘Bernardino
Calif
Santa Fe Railroad
Onion
National Railway Mediation Board
Rail Union
Francis O'Neill, Jr
National (Railway) Meibiation Board
O'Neil
David
Robertann
Mateh
Ikbart
Ind
Cleveland
Vinejana
Pittshuceh
California
Secretary Talks Long With Soviet Minister Inponse
UN Secretary General Trygve Lie worked late after a 50 minute meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky to ease East West tensions. Lie may extend stay in Moscow beyond planned two to three days as discussions continue with Russian officials. Source notes cables from UN headquarters in Lake Success and Geneva where WHO meets.
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Momow
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Andrei Vishinsky
U.N
Moscow
Lie
Ial
Lake Success
Geneva
World Health Organization
WHO
Filibuster Threat On Rights Bill Across Senate
Washington May 13 A flare of filibuster pressure formed as Senate leaders pledged to press for a vote on a civil rights measure. Democratic leaders signaled the bill faces a likely Friday decision, while Sen Ellender and others warned against action by filibuster. Opponents vowed to block the measure, citing opposition to anti discrimination proposals.
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Washington
Full-Crete
Beneter
Senate
Senater
D.8.c
Ellender
Hin
Lewistone
Minstrels A Hit At High School Show With 60 Players
An Old Time Minstrel Show at the High School Auditorium drew an audience of 100 to 600 as Bets Sigma Phi staged the benefit for the Bert A Nash Mental Health Clinic. The chorus led by Charles Kessinger impressed, with standout numbers like I Had Dream Dear Dry Bones and Shine. End men and Interlocutor Dr F C Allen kept the crowd laughing between songs while several performers drew attention for performances and banter.
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Bets Sigma Phi
Business Women's Sorority
Bert A. Nash
Res
Dale Turner
Robert Swift
Norman Edmonds
Arch Oliver
Roger Allen
D . C. E. Allison
A. B. “Blackie” Sanders
Junius Underwood
Jimmy Jackson
Bill Orr
Roger Butts
Lawrence
Shuetet Bate Camerd
Clayton Stone
al Jolson
Herb Pine
Chattanooga
South
Dr. F.C. “Whog” Allen
Henry Asher
John Andrews
Carl Drake
Charles Kessinger
Talisman Fire Off Yokohama Sees 47 Rescued by U S Navy
May 13 report says 47 people were saved from the burning Norwegian motorship Talisman south of Yokohama by the U S navy tanker Shawnee Trail. Fire controlled except in the engine room where it started. The 6700 ton Talisman was towed to Shimizu. among rescued were master, crew of 40 and six women. One woman identified as wife of Norwegian diplomat.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
Japanese Maritime Safety Commission
Shimizu
Suruga Bay
Hong Kong
Russia Did Not Attend Iran Berial Ceremony
Tehran May 15 reports say the Soviet Union did not participate in an Iran Berial ceremony. The message notes new decor and ceremonial updates. No further details on attendees or reasons given.
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Urussia
Iran
Editor Unable Tos Big City Age Pollow A Formula
University of Kansas faculty, students, and editors attended a dinner where editor Ber Hibbs warned against editing by arithmetic. He argued readers surveys help but cannot drive magazine direction, citing Rockwell cover sacrifice and the need for editorial independence amid advertiser pressure. City planning discussion followed, urging balanced, compact metropolitan forms with open country accessibility.
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BIG City Age
Ber Hibbs
K. U
Kensay Board
Kansas
Ledttors
Ballrom
Memorial Union Build
Hibbs
Dean Burtom Marvin
William Allen White
Nf Urmaliem
Sachance
Norman Rockwell
The
Post
Ehead
Ieee
Mumford
I Aerveas Institute of Architects
Apehltaet
Plaaner
Are-for-Governor Dinner Moved to Eldridge Hotel
The Are-for-Governor club dinner meeting, previously set for Memorial Union, will now be at Eldridge hotel at seven. Sponsors say downtown publicans boosted interest to hear Ed Arn, Republican governor candidate, as the main speaker in his campus tour. A limited number of dinner tickets will be sold at the hotel.
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Memorial Union Building
Eldridge
Ed Arn
Arn
Kansas Jaycees display Liberty Bell replica event
The Kansas Junior Chamber of Commerce with the Inca Jaycee chapter will display a Philadelphia Liberty Bell replica in Kansas cities to support an AIDS bond drive. The bell arrives by truck at 10 a.m. and tours public schools in Lawrence Ottawa and other towns before the May 15 to July 4 campaign ends. The goal is 650 million nationally with Kansas at 12.06 million. The bell replicas match the Liberty Bell in size and weight and were cast in France under supervision of Princeton bellmaster Dr Arthur Bigelow.
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Kansas Junior Chamber of, Commerce
Inca
Jaycee
Kansas
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Ottawa
Arthur Bigelow
Princeton University
K. U
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
John Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court
Rural eighth graders visit Lawrence for school day events
About 198 rural eighth graders from fifty or so area schools will visit Lawrence on Tuesday as guests of the Chamber of Commerce and city schools. The day includes a Granada theater show, lunch at the high school, a tour of Lawrence landmarks, and performances by junior and senior high students plus the Future Farmers of America chorus.
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Elahth
Achonte
Lawrence Tiseday
Chanber of Commerce
Daal Siz
Amrengementa
Alee Baldwin
Eudora
Lerompton
Vinland
Althe
Emma Berg
Carey Heeb
Lawrence Recreational Lreeter
Troup
Granada Theater
D. King
Ernest Pontius
Art Seiwald
Lawrence
Mary Jo Lowman
Polish Diplomats Depart for Sweden Amid Quarrel
Two Polish diplomats reportedly left Warsaw backed by a split from the communist led government and sailed to Sweden en route to Argentina. Consul F. Misekowski and cultural attaché J. Zotriaki were said to have joined former charge d affaires Dr Windermiers Umianstowaki, who also defected April 14 with his family. The Polish legation asked Finland to cancel the mediations of Miszekoweki and Ze yoski. Separately, the Navy announced a Viking rocket flight reached 106.4 miles altitude from a mid-Pacific launch, a new record for an American built single stage rocket.
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Finland
Spresdon
F. Misekowski
J. Zotriaki
Legation
Sweden
Argentina
Windermiers Umianstowaki
D’sffalrea
Warsaw
Miszkoweki
Ze» Yoski
Washington
Navy
mid-Pacific
Viking
Equalization Hearings Set to Start Monday in County
Equalization hearings on open property valuations will begin Monday in the county commissioners office at the courthouse. Residents may protest real estate or personal property valuations. Hearings are scheduled by townships across Douglas County from May 15 to May 24 with appeals to the state revenue commission in Topeka within 30 days after county board decisions.
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Lawrence Lente
Douglan County
Wakarusa
Palmyre
Baldwin City
Eudorm
Marion
Clinton
Willow Springs
Lawrence and Vicinity
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Topeka
Lawrence welcomes displaced Kiosow family to Plymouth church support
Plymouth Congregational church plans to bring five Kiosow family members from the Atlantic ship to Lawrence next week. Chairman York Croater says church committees have provided assurances and help with housing, language, and school needs as the family, Russians from the Ukraine area, adjusts to life in Lawrence.
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Plymouth Congregational Church
Lawrence
Ivan Kiosow
Atlantic
Henday
Yton Croater
Plymouth
Hest Sear
Kiesow
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L.M.H.S
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Wilbur Dover
Girte Leadars Club
Patricia Eiens
Lyle Work
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Plymouth Social Action Committee
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