Red Leaders Set East German Path After Parley
Soviet and East German leaders meet in Moscow to map Germany's future. Reports say decisions could affect West Germany this fall, with possible moves including end of occupation statutes, debt forgiveness, troop presence, economic aid, and East German military development.
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Red
Moscow
Germany
Mao Tse-Tung
George M. Malenkov
Presidium
State Planning Commission
West Germany
Kremlin
Russia
East Germany
Astin Returns as Bureau of Standards Chief in Reform
Washington Aug 22 Dr Allen V Astin resumes permanent directorship of the National Bureau of Standards under new reforms stripping him of some powers. Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks announced the permanent reinstatement after earlier efforts to fire him. Weeks takes personal responsibility for non technical tests while Astin keeps technical duties. Astin expressed pleasure and said he will stay for a while. A visiting scientists group favored retaining him.
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Washington
Allen V. Astin
National Bureau of Standards
Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Astin
Bureau
Weeks
Doomed boy Ronnie Sundermann flies to Dallas for cancer tests
Stamford mourns for 12 year old Ronnie Sundermann who left for Dallas Texas to learn his remaining life expectancy after cancer. He had just quit Lions Club little league due to weakness but played as pinch hitter, breaking up a no hit bid with a single. Crowds cheered him as former Mayor Moore returned his uniform and urged him on.
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Stamford
Conn
Ronnie Sundermann
Dallas
Tex
Ronnie
Lions Club
Charles Moore
New York Stock Market Registers Steady Decline
New York stocks fell this week marking the worst decline since June. Most sectors slipped while utilities and defensive issues held. Analysts call it a rolling correction with a gradual readjustment ahead, amid hopes for a late summer rally before Labor Day.
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New York
Wall Street
Bible chair at Texas University to begin next semester
Lutherans announce a Bible chair to be established at the University of Texas starting the second semester on January 28. Rev. Edmund Frank of St. John's Lutheran Church Decatur Ill will direct the program, the eighth such chair affiliated with the university.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Edmund Frank
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Decatur
Ill
University of Oklahoma
Bible chairs maintained by diverse denominations at university
Bible chairs are maintained at the university by Methodists Roman Catholics Baptists Presbyterians Episcopalians Disciples of Christ and Church of Christ. Student participation in Bible courses is voluntary and expenses are paid by the individual denominations. Lutherans of the Missouri Synod will maintain the new Bible chair in cooperation with the National Lutheran Council.
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University of Methodists
Baptists
Presbyterians
Episcopalians Disciples of Christ
Church of Christ
Lutherans of the
Missouri Synod
National Lutheran Council
Fish Harvest From Cambodian Great Lake Noted
An annual catch of about 100000 tons of fish is taken from the Great Lake of Cambodia, averaging 26 tons per square mile.
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Great Lake
Cambodia
Oklahoma Republicans Despondent Over Next Year Outlook
Oklahoma City August 22 Shortly after Eisenhower's landslide, Oklahoma Republicans show despondency over prospects in the 1950s state contests. Intraparty feuds and fundraising shortages erode organization building for governor and U.S. Senate bids. Royally, factions debate chairman picks, with February state convention seen as pivotal.
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Howard Wilson
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Eisenhower
U.S
Bailie Vinson
Tulsa
Mother's Death Hidden From Released Texas Prisoner
Bobby Jarvis a 25 year old former Army soldier, released by the Communists after two and a half years in a Korean prison camp, is not to be told his mother died last fall until he returns home. His sister hopes to tell him personally, as the family kept the news from him to spare disruption. Jarvis entered service in 1947, returned on furlough in 1950, was kept in Korea after his discharge was delayed by fighting, and was captured in March 1951.
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Carrier
Glenn Twist
Tulsa
Ferguson
Raymond Fields
Guyman
Senate
W. H
Bill) Alexander
Oklahom
J. Q. Ferguson
Pawnee
Carmen Harris
Oklahoma City
Mike Monroney
Congress
Page Belcher
Enid
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
GOP
Wichita Falls
Tex
Bobby Jarvis
Smittie E. Jarvis
Bobby
Jarvis
C. D. Jarvis
Korea
Sultan Welcomed To New Capital In Morocco Ruling Transfer
In Rabat on August 22 103 year old Grand Vizier Mohammed El Makri and French officials welcomed Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Arafa to his new capital after a special train from Marrakech. Crowds cheered as milk and dates were offered and banners decorated Rabat while nationalist opponents warned France of ongoing independence efforts. The sultan was installed in Marrakech after France ousted his predecessor.
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Rabat
Morocco
Sidi Mohammed Ben Arafa
Sidi Mohammed Ben Soussef
France
North African
Marrakech
Casablanca
Ben Arafa
Mohammed el Makri
Augustin Guillaume
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Zenith
Zenith Radio and Television
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Walter F
Gene) Curry
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D Avenue
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