Egyptian feminist vows hunger strike for women voting rights
Cairo report states Mrs. Doria Shafik, head of Bent-El-Nil, will fast to death unless President Naguib's government allows women to seat in the upcoming 250 member coin assembly. She declares the move to obtain for Egyptian women a life worthy of a human being and will start a hunger strike tomorrow if rights are not granted. Egyptian women currently cannot vote and hold inferior legal status in the region.
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Mohamed Naguib
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Daughters of the Nile
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Pertuk
Naguib
Sein
Middle East
Williamson for Ward One Councilman in Lawton Race
Political pamphlet from L W Williamson advocating for Ward One council seat in Lawton. Promotes experience, pro business administration, law enforcement of streets, Lake Lawtonka improvements, fishing permit revenue for lake upgrades, and responsive city government. Ends with urging vote Tuesday for Pete Williamson.
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Lawton
Southwest Turnpike
Tawanaelae
Lake Lawtonka
Pete Williamson
Trooper Takes Man For Ride While His Auto Is Stolen
In Columbus Indiana Billie Bexan 17 of Smithville Texas was stopped for speeding and ordered to join a state trooper in pursuit. After failing to catch the second car they returned to the spot where Bexan had parked his auto and found it had been stolen.
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Columbus
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Billie Bexan
Smithville
Texas
Bexan
Replacing radio sets with modular plug-in units
Future radios and televisions could be built from small standardized replaceable modules without soldering. Circuits would use replaceable parts akin to tubes, enabling easy upgrades and maintenance.
Scelba Wins Confidence Vote With Firm Stand
Italian Premier Mario Scelba won a confidence vote in the chamber of deputies after rejecting extremes from both ends. The week highlighted Europe moving toward unity, with France and West Germany resuming talks on the Saar plan under a 15 nation council framework. The U.S. and Japan signed a mutual defense pact adding $100 million in arms aid to Japan and broad economic and wheat barley support. Latin American nations backed a hard line against Communist influence in the hemisphere, though Guatemala objected. Warnings from Dulles about Communist influence in the Americas intensified amid unrest in British Honduras and Puerto Rico. Geneva talks remained endangered by Korean tensions and French-Indochinese disagreements on independence.
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El Reno FFA Youth Shows Prize Steer
An El Reno FFA youth named Jimmy Jensen exhibited the grand champion Hereford steer at the Northwest Oklahoma Livestock Show in Enid. Francis Mary of Garfield County 4 H Club won the steer judging showmanship award, while Fargo FFA sponsored a queen crowned among contestants. Judging contests continue today and the sale closes tonight.
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Okla
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Jimmy Jensen
Northwest Oklahoma
Francis Mary
Garfield County
Tribal Council Meets Saturday at Sill Indian School
A tribal council meeting of Comanche Kiowa and Apache nations will convene Saturday at 1 p m at the Sill Indian School. Delegates will discuss closing the Kiowa hospital and plan sending a delegation to Washington DC to address this and other tribal issues.
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Kiowa Hospital
Washington, D. C
The Thyratron Switches Large Power Loads
A thyratron is a gas filled tube used for switching large power loads. It acts as a high voltage high current switch and is common in early radar and industrial equipment.
Snow Storm Grips Plains to Midwest With Heavy Forecast
The weather bulletin warns of wind, rain and sleet across the Midwest with snow totals from three to eight inches in the upper plains, and up to eight inches in Minnesota. Gusty easterly winds sweep from the Rockies into the central states as dust storms threaten Texas and New Mexico. Snow covers mountains from Montana to the Dakotas and Iowa, while temperatures in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa and southern Wisconsin remain high enough to avoid a blizzard designation.
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New Mexico
Minnesota
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
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Nebraska
Ohio
Boy Scouts Face Communist Infiltration in Britain
Lord Rowallan told the House of Lords the Boy Scout movement is a prime target for totalitarians and vows to shield the organization from Communist infiltration. Laborite Lord Stansgate attacked the ouster of a year old Communist member, saying it marks a shift toward propaganda. Rowallan said expulsions occurred only when a Communist actively clung to membership.
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Britain
Boy Scout Movement
Lord Rowallan
House of Lords
Paul Gar
Stansgate
Scouts
A Compania Front
Liberal Party
Boy Scouts
Coolidge Breaks Ground by Attending Cabinet Meetings
The Encyclopedia Britannica notes that Calvin Coolidge was the first vice president to attend Cabinet meetings, marking a shift in executive governance. This historical detail highlights the evolving role of the vice presidency in early 20th century American government.
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Britannica
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