Honors Day to Recognize 109 Southern Illinois University Students
Southern Illinois University will honor 109 high scholars on May 18 in an all school assembly. Freshmen and sophomores must average A minus 4.5 while juniors and seniors need 4.25 for honors. The junior class leads with 38 honored students, followed by seniors at 32, freshmen 20, and sophomores 19.
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Southern Illinois University
Anthony Hall
Robert D. Faner
Delyte W. Morris
Two U of I Airmen Win Contest Places
Columbia Mo May 8 Three University of Illinois airmen were winners in the annual national collegiate air meet held here Sunday. Bob Shuttek and Wallace Rose placed second and third respectively in the power off spot landing contest. Ernest Seeling placed second in navigation.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Ilinois
Bob Shuttek
Wallace Rose
Ernest Seeling
Treasure Ship Found Off Tobermory Legend Returns
Royal navy divers claim to have found a 16th century Spanish galleon in Tobermory Scotland tied to the Duque Fiorencia. Legends say the hold carried 30 million gold ducats and 68 million dollars in coins. Lt Comdr Reay Parkinson notified the admiralty and the 11th Duke of Argyll may decide on further digs.
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Scotland
Royal Navy
Britain
Comdr
Reay Parkinson
Duke of Argyll
Charles I
U S French Talks Open on Indochina in Paris
In Paris Secretary of State Acheson opens talks with France on Indochina aid and independence steps. He seeks Bao Dai’s regime to gain credibility against Ho Chi Minh’s forces as Washington links aid to faster autonomy. The session follows broader Western strategy to curb global communism.
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France
U. S
Dean Acheson
Indochina
United States
Acheson
London
Robert Schuman
Ho Chi Minh
Schuman
Bao Dai
Vietnam
Moscow
China
Truman
Congress
Far East
Baptist Women Open Meeting in Chicago
About 6 000 Baptist women arrived in Chicago for the 62d annual Woman's Missionary Union meeting. The Southern Baptist convention auxiliary opens a four day session May 9 with an opening address by Mrs. R W Wallace of Harrisburg Illinois. Approximately 12 000 members are expected to attend.
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Chicago
Woman's Missionary Union
Southern Baptist Convention
R. W. Wallis
Harrisburg
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Brooke Visits in Springfield with Northern Ireland Prime Minister
Sir Basil Brooke and Lady Brooke visited Springfield as guests of Gov. Adlai Stevenson. The trio toured Lincoln shrines after attending the Kentucky Derby. Stevenson had previously met Brooke before the war when he was Northern Ireland’s minister of agriculture.
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Springfield
Basil Brooke
Northern Ireland
Lady Brooke
Adlai E. Stevenson
Lincoln
Stevenson
Basil
Wage Increase Averts Finland Labor Strike
In Helsinki a 15 percent wage boost ended a planned general strike by the Socialist led Trade Union Council. Labor representatives accepted the government mediation proposal from K A Fagerholm just three hours before the strike was to start.
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Trade Union Council
K. A. Fagerholm
Social Democratic
Typhoon intensifies as Guam braces for 90 mph winds
A Philippine American outpost near Guam battened down as a typhoon loomed with 90 mile per hour winds and was forecast to strike at 6 p.m. Central time.
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Guam
Central
Train disaster blamed on sabotage in India
Investigators blame sabotage for India’s worst train wreck as the Punjab Mail plunged 50 feet from a bridge in Bihar. At least 82 died, 100 plus were injured, and villagers looted bodies until Bihar relief chief A Q Ansari ordered guards to fire.
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India
Punjab
Bihar
Criminal Investigation Bureau
A. Q. Ansari
Ansari
Miss Agnes Smedley Dies Noted China War Correspondent
Miss Agnes Smedley, 56, American writer famed for China coverage, died in a Oxford nursing home after a career spanning 23 years abroad. She faced a wartime spy accusation later withdrawn, calling it a despicable lie.
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China
Miss Smedley
U. S. Army
Chinese Red Cross
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