Riots Reach Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria
Unconfirmed Vienna reports say disturbances sweep Czechoslovakia with riots, demonstrations, and strikes spreading to Bulgaria. In Pilsen, workers stormed the town hall, tore down portraits of Stalin and Gottwald, raised the American flag, and damaged Skoda Lenin works machinery before troops restored order. The Pilsen Pravda notes elements of both bourgeoisie and working class attempted an anti-state demonstration aiming to overthrow the regime.
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Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Pilsen
Prague
Pravda
Stalin
Klement Gottwald
Czech
Skoda
Lenin Works
Pilsen Pravda
Einstein Urges Intellectuals to Refuse Congressional Testimony
In a public letter, Albert Einstein urged every intellectual to refuse to testify before congressional investigating committees. He warned reactionary politicians seek to suppress teaching freedom and threaten scholars with jail and economic ruin to enforce conformity. The letter followed a call by teacher Frangenglass, who faced questioning over his intercultural teaching course.
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New York
Albert Einstein
United States
Congressional Investigating
Frangenglass
Einstein
Princeton
N.J
Frauenglass
New York City
South Korea Says North Spying Tied to Armistice
South Korea's home minister Chin Hun Shik charged North Korea with sending Red agents to infiltrate the South over armistice talks. He cited two men arrested at Incheon as spies and warned of likely guerrilla disturbances after any armistice, noting about 1300 armed guerrillas exist in the country.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chin Hun Shik
North Korea
Chin
Inchon
Red
Knowland urges Bermuda power push for Korean unification
Rep. William Knowland tells a Washington gathering that the United States must press Britain and France at the Bermuda conference to back Korean unification. He says the U S should refuse a big four meeting until a Korean peace treaty and UN mandate are in place and believes British and French support may sway Syngman Rhee to cooperate in the cease-fire talks.
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Washington
William Knowland
Rep
Calif
United States
Britain
France
Bermuda
Korea
Knowland
Machinery and Allied Products Institute
U.S
United Nations
Malenkov
Syngman Rhee
Medicine Hat sees flood crest pass and city restores order
The South Saskatchewan River receded from its flood crest of 29.19 feet, water levels dropped four feet by nine this morning, and mopping up began. Health authorities placed red warning cards on evacuated homes while green cards signal cleaning and disinfection before return.
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South Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
J. M. Brown
Crescent Heights
H. O. Davis
Industrial Ave
Purmal
Seven Persons Creek
Jim Carswell
Rosenberg clemency rally in Winnipeg calls for 24 hour vigil
Rev. Glendon F. Partridge of Montreal led a save the Rosenbergs rally in Winnipeg urging a 24 hour vigil in front of the U S consulate to petition clemency for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg who faced death for allegedly transmitting secrets to a foreign power. He called the trial a frame up and condemned the sentence as overly harsh while noting appeals from Einstein Eleanor Roosevelt Harold Urey and over 3000 clergy members.
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Winnipeg
United States
Glendon F. Partridge
Montreal
Rosenberg
Irving S. Kaifmann
Partridge
U.S
Crusade For
Albert Einstein
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harold Urey
Eisenhower
Peace Offensive Gains Momentum In Berlin
Russians translate German peace drive into action with small but pivotal steps. East Germany lifts ban on selling food to West Berliners and allows cigarettes coffee and services in ration free stores. The regime promises broad sentence reviews including a farmer’s eight month term overturned by the supreme court for quota failure.
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Berlin
Radio
East Germany
Moscow
Supreme Court
High Court
East German Premier denounces ideological purges
Otto Grotewohl announced in Berlin reforms easing ideological purges of teachers in the Soviet zone. He warned coercive measures breed hypocritical opportunism and false confessions and urged readmission of those forced to retire. He cited broader reforms including tax amnesty, land returns, and church accord.
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Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Zone
Otto Grotewohl
Church
Weather Summary Spread of Thunderstorms Across Canadian Plains
Scattered thunderstorms developed in southern Alberta spread eastward across Saskatchewan and Manitoba overnight. Warm conditions continue today and Saturday with a risk of scattered storms in western Alberta tonight. Medicine Hat: sunny today and Saturday with widely scattered thunderstorms possible late this evening and hot light winds.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Medicine Hat
Brave test pilot dies as Gloster Javelin crash lands
Reuters reports 32 year old Peter Lawrence lost control of Britain's secret twin jet over Bristol while attempting to avoid a cricket field full of schoolchildren. He parachuted too late. plane landed safely but he perished.
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Bristol
Eng
Reuters
Britain
Peter Lawrence
Lawrence
Smilestones: neighbor quarrel over boy’s stick injury
A terse exchange between neighbors recounts an incident where a child struck another with a stick, prompting questions about how the boy was hurt and whether the act was intentional. The dialogue centers on liability and concern for the injured child.
Alabama husbands rebel against Petticoat Rule in protest
In Birmingham J. L. Caldwell 63 year old railroad conductor led a lawn care strike with a placard declaring women unfair as 25 men signed a petition. He complains wives stay at home and men work hard then must cook. The scene includes Mrs Caldwell and local grocer J W Hill.
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Birmingham
Ala
42Nd Street North
J. L. Caldwell
Gulf Coast
J. W. Hill
Caldwell
Legislator Kidnapped In Chicago
Clem Graver a 53 year old Republican state legislator and ward committeeman from Chicago was abducted by three men near his home on Thursday night. witnesses including his wife saw three men follow his car into the garage as he waved from the porch. Police had no trace of him hours after the abduction. Graver has served in the state house since 1950 representing the 21st ward on Chicago’s west side.
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Chicago
Clem Graver
West Side Bloc
Graver
Amelia
Eugene McNally
West Side
21St Ward
Aug 10 election date to be announced by cabinet
Ottawa reports a late cabinet decision will set August 10 as the polling day for a federal election. The plan includes dissolving Parliament and naming new ministers, with possible Senate appointments to follow before the pre election session.
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Ottawa
Onformants
Atou P.m
Cal
Will B
John W
Pickersgill
Mir Mackenzie King
St. Laurent
Gordon Bradley
Newfound
Senate
Alphonse Fournier
Que
Joseph A. Blanch
Frontenac
Defence
National Liberal
Fiation
Leonard Tremblay
Mons
Dareholster
Quebec
Western Powers Seek Clarity on Austrian Peace Terms from Moscow
French officials said a note sent to Moscow requests a precise list of the Soviet Union’s terms for the long-delayed Austrian settlement. The note, dispatched Wednesday, asks Moscow to spell out its conditions for independence and Austrian affairs, amid prior unsuccessful attempts to press Russia.
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Earis
Moscow
Si Union
Austria
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