Rose the Showman penetrates the iron curtain
Billy Rose the showman recounts an unofficial talent search across Russia and the satellite states, proposing a cross cultural talent exchange with a barter like horse swap between the Bolshoi ballet and Western stars. He claims deals cover travel, contracts, and radio TV access with profits to charities. He travels under the name W Rose and says the State Department blessed the effort.
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Romania
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Local MS group meets in Topeka with Dr Wenger
Six members of the Douglas County National Multiple Sclerosis Society attended a Shawnee County MS patients and relatives club meeting Sunday in Topeka. The program featured Dr Byron S Wenger of the KU School of Medicine discussing a nervous system study using chick embryos to compare early backbone development, noting cost and accessibility of chicken embryos.
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National
Edgar Wolfe
Byron S. Wenger
Kansas University School of Medicine
Wenger
Eleanor Wenger
Topeka Clinic Plans For Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
Following Dr Wenger's speech State Chapel officers met with Topeka doctors to arrange a clinic for multiple sclerosis treatment. The project is funded by a grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and salamander embryos are mentioned in the research context.
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National
Grace, Prince Have Common Problem With Baby Name
Grace Kell returns as Princess of Monaco with Prince Rainier II aboard the United States liner. The couple disclosed a disagreement over naming their expected baby and discussed her movie career ending, saying she has no time to miss acting.
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New York
Grace Kell
Monaco
Prince Rainier II
United States
Docking Fund Club Revealed by Theis
Topeka reports a Dollars for Docking club to raise funds for governor candidate George Docking. Frank Theis, state Democratic chairman, launches the effort to engage small business people, labor, and farmers. Docking calls for broad small donations to support clean government, opposing big business and politicians. Mrs. Vona Mae Crist of Garden City is named finance vice chairman, assisting Evan Griffith.
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Frank Theis
Theis
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Democratic
Vona Mae Crist
Garden City
Evan Griffith
Manhattan
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Democratic Women's Federation
Drug Smugglers Held in Formosa Ring
Formosa police arrested 20 persons charged with belonging to a narcotics ring importing drugs from Japan and Hong Kong into Formosa. the group allegedly operated since 1949.
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Formosa
Japan
Hong Kong
Oak Ridge Scientist to Join Kansas U Staff
Union representatives and four local sheet-metal contractors meet Wednesday at Dine-A-Mite to discuss an apprentice training program in Lawrence and forming a local sheet-metal contractors association. Dr Edward I Shaw of Oak Ridge National Laboratory will join Kansas University as assistant professor of bio physics amid growth in radiation biophysics and KU’s participation in an Atomic Energy Commission fellowship program. The AEC grant supports a one-year renewable study program in radiation biophysics radio biology chemistry physics biology and mathematics.
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Sheet-Metal Contractors Association
Sheet-Metal Workers International Association Jocal No. 2
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
National Laboratory
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Shaw
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Tennessee University
Alexander Hollander
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
K. U
Atomic tests delayed in Adelaide due to weather
Britain's new atomic test series in Adelaide is postponed as bad weather hampers preparations. Weather conditions delay the start, affecting schedules and expected timelines. Local officials monitor forecasts while awaiting clearer conditions to proceed.
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