Soviet General Reported Blackmailing Refugee
A frightened refugee reported a Russian general, Nikolai Mikhailov, is pressuring him to become a spy. Mikhailov, head of the Return to the Homeland Committee in East Berlin, urges refugees to supply names and addresses and promises amnesty for return. Authorities investigate Soviet espionage efforts against refugees and warn of U.S. prosecutions for assisting the bid.
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Jack Lotto
New York
INS
Russia
Red Terror
Soviet Union
Nikolai F. Mikhailov
MVD
Homeland” Committee
East Berlin
NAACP Convention Opens in Detroit With Key Addresses
About 1000 delegates are expected for the 48th NAACP convention in Detroit. Channing H. Tobias will deliver the keynote at Ford Auditorium with Reuther Rauh to address a mass meeting. King to receive the Spingarn Medal Friday. Roy Wilkins Thurgood Marshall and Jackie Robinson headline the final mass meeting at Olympia Stadium.
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Detroit
INS
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Channing H. Tobias
Naacp Board of Directors
Motor City
New Henry
Edsel Ford
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Joseph Rauh
Americans For Democratic Action
Ford Auditorium
Martin Luther King
Montgomery, Ala
NAACP
Richard 8. Emrich
Episcopal Diocese of
Michigan
Charles C. Diggs
Dmich
Olympia Stadium
Roy Wilkins
Thurgood Marshall
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
$28 Outfit Wins Ascot Fashion Prize
Betty Garrett, a fish shop worker, was named best dressed woman at Ascot by television fashion commentators, amid crowds including peers and royalty. Her $28 ensemble featured a navy suit, imitation pearls, black court shoes, gloves, a white handbag, and a bakerboy hat, with a live telecast praising her sophistication.
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London
INS
Betty Garrett
Ascot
Mrs. Garrett
Roma Fairley
Still Clutching Her Teddy Bear Christina Plans Return
Christina Wennerstrom, 16, daughter of Swedish diplomat Stig Wennerstrom, was brought back to Scandinavia with her mother after an elopement attempt with Huw Williams. She clutched a teddy bear and said she would return to the United States as soon as possible. The couple spent 18 days together in a planned marriage that was not possible due to their ages. Her mother and Christina arrived in Stockholm amid questions about who bore responsibility for the elopment. Christina showed calm despite the ordeal while holding the teddy bear.
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Treasury and Customs Service
United States
Stockholm
INS
Christina Wennerstrom
America
Stig Wennerstrom
Scandinavia
Senate
Huw Williams
Christina
Canada
U. S
Pennsylvania
U.S
Copenhagen
Huw
Washington
Falls Church
Hay fever described and chiropractic relief urged
An article outlines hay fever as an acute nasal inflammation with sneezing watery discharge and breathing difficulties. It advises conventional climate or job changes but promotes chiropractic care to relieve pressure on spinal nerves and restore normal mucous membrane function, noting recovery time varies by case.
Backers Resign Over Mayflower Project Controversy
London reports a crisis in the Mayflower project as Warwick Charlton and John Lowe consider transferring the ship to the Pymsouth Plantation while Felix Fenston resigns, citing failure to secure resignations and the plan to fund a charitable education venture on the U.S. East Coast. The move follows a transatlantic call and a visit by U.S. Vice President Nixon.
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London
Warwick Charlton
John Lowe
America
Charlton
U.S.A
Chariton
Felix Fenston
Fenston
Lowe
Chariton and
West Texas Hailstorms Injure Nineteen Farm Workers
A squall line swept through west and north Texas delivering up to 3 inches of rain. A hailstorm near Fort Stockton injured 19 Mexican farm workers, with 16 hospitalized for bruises and injuries. The storm damaged cotton crops.
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Dallas
Texas
Fort Stockton
State Highway Patrol
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