Germany Joins NATO as Fifteenth Member
West Germany was welcomed as NATO's 15th member at a Paris council session led by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. He pledged peace and freedom, noted Germany’s wartime sufferings, and emphasized defensive NATO tasks aligned with Germany’s security needs. Adenauer cited treaties with NATO and the Western European Union as steps to overcome past nationalism.
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Paris V
North Atlantic Council
West Germany
Western Alliance
Konrad Adenauer
NATO Council
Palais de Chaillot
NATO
Adenauer
Richmond Bridge Club Hosts Social Evening Activities
Rich mond area social life features the Richmond Bridge Club gathering at Mr and Mrs Bob Browns with guests including Junior Claycrafts Melvin Stockards Delmar Bowmans Allen DeGarmos and Herb McClures. High scores went to Melvin Stockard and Mrs Bowman with Mrs Stockard winning the traveling prize.
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Bob Brown
Progressive Bridge Club
Claycrafts
Melvin Stockards
Delmar Bowmans
Allen DeGarmos
Herb McClures
Melvin Stockard
Bowman
Stockard
Bert Hardesty
Nellie Carns
Kincaid
Frank Roatch
Effie Lou
Lola Nickel
Edwin Horstick
W. J. Akin
Jennie Kelsey
Mary Waterbury
R. S. McCrea
Gault
Harold Ingraham
Ottawa
D. C. Perkins
Berea Club
C. H. New
Mmes
Kenneth Cunningham
Clyde Berry
Dan Lickteig
Fred Garrison
Louis Beard
Noah Hutchison
Dewayne Pedro
Lawrence Chandler
Gary
Minnie Barham
Homer Millers
Joe Wittmans
Harry Horstick
Margaret Edwards
Not Frightened By Bombing In East St Louis
Police Commissioner Russell T. Beebe says he will not be deterred in his crackdown on gambling after a bombing damaged his car and his home. No injuries were reported. Beebe planned a meeting with officers to review the case amid raids on supposed gambling headquarters linked to Wortman and Dowling, figures cited as running a large betting operation in the St. Louis area.
Left Daughter At Filling Station In Topeka
A Topeka patrolman halted Floyd Robinson of Eskridge and found his 10 year old daughter Shirley Ann missing. The girl was later picked up at a nearby service station and returned to her father. In Newton bids will be opened May 24 for a new cottage at the Kansas Methodist Home for Children to house 16 children.
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Topeka
Kas
Floyd Robinson
Robinson
Eskridge
Shirley Ann
John Leonard
Newton
Kansas Methodist Home For
Woman Observes 102nd Birthday
MEMPHIS Tenn. Mrs. Flora Witt enters her 103rd year today. She credits long life to faith in God a devoted daughter and a good doctor.
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Memphis
Tenn
Flora Witt
Richmond Seniors At Royal Gorge on Colorado Tour
Richmond high school's senior class toured Colorado including Colorado Springs and Denver. At Royal Gorge they crossed the World's highest bridge, 1100 feet above the Arkansas River, rode the 100 percent grade incline railway, and enjoyed scenic views. Tour sponsors were L. Cy Dillon and wife, Mrs. Joseph Mildfelt, and Joseph Kueser.
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Canon City
Colo
Richmond High School
Colorado
Royal Gorge
Colorado Springs
Denver
Arkansas River
L. Cy Dillon
Joseph Mildfelt
Joseph Kueser
Arlene Berry
Charles Feuerborn
Merle Feuerborn
Carmen
Rretencord
Louis Hart
Arlo Hermreck
Everett
Austrian Treaty Signoff Expected This Week
Vienna reports four foreign ministers ready to meet later this week and sign the Austrian treaty amid diplomatic talks and preparatory steps. The announcement signals progress toward formalizing postwar arrangements and broader regional accords.
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Vienna
Austria
Temperature Swings Hit Broad Regions Across Nation
Alternate bands of chill and warmth moved eastward as temperatures varied by up to 25 degrees. The cold air mass from the Upper Mississippi Valley dropped 10 to 20 degrees into the Eastern Great Lakes and Ohio Valleys, with readings in the 20s common in the Northern Lakes area and showers beginning to spread.
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Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio
Northern Lakes
Wichita widow dies after car train collision near Caney
Mrs. Thomas Sevier of Wichita, aged 50, died Saturday when her car collided with a Missouri Pacific Railroad train in Chatauque County.
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Caney, Kas
Thomas Sevier
Wichita
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Chatauque County
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