New Elite Emerges in Soviet Russia Report
Nixon returns to the United States as a Caribbean tour ends while an IS reveals a new elite in the Soviet Union. Managers engineers and artists rise in a classless system with material perks yet limits on ostentation. Ulanova Pliseskaya attendants illustrate the cultural peak.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Richard Nixon
World
International News Service
Soviet Union
Renin High Command
Igtip
Ulanova
Moscow Ballet
Bolshoi Theater
Pliseskaya
Pravda
Moscow
Bolshoi
Plisesskaya
Nikita Khrushchev
Gissete
State rules first grade based on tests not age
The New York State education commissioner reversed the New York City School Board decision denying two girls admission to first grade for being too young. Geraldine Marshall and Rose Eve Kirschenbaum will be promoted based on test scores rather than age. Geraldine attended nursery school and Rose Eve attended kindergarten last year.
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New York
Asbany
New York City
Lewis A. Wilson
Geraldine E. Marshall
Rose ‘Eve Kirschenbaum
Geraldine
Rose Eve
State probes bondsman's curb service
Bail bondsman Tony S Johnson faces charges from the Florida Insurance Commissioner for allegedly pressuring inmates at Escambia County Jail Pensacola to secure bail. He allegedly used the Sheriff's office phone on cards and called prisoners to the door to solicit business and offered to post bail. Johnson must appear March 25 to explain the accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
Tony S. Johnson
J. Ed Larson
Johnson
Escambia County
Pensacola
Sheriff's Office
Eisenhower praises Latin American mission as success
Newspapers and officials in 12 countries hailed Nixons mission as a great success. Traveling as Eisenhowers eyes and ears he avoided protocol and greeted thousands on the streets. He discussed local problems with ordinary people who had never before shaken hands with a dignitary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Nixon
Eisenhower
Reds Exonerate Anna Strong in Soviet Spy Case
The Tass News Agency announced that Anna Louise Strong faced spy charges in 1949 were groundless. The statement blamed Lavrenty Beria and said an investigation proved she defended the Red cause for over 25 years, leading to her arrest and deportation being unjust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Anna Louise Strong
Tass
Lavrenty P. Beria
Miss Strong
Red Cause
Soviet Union
Madame Chiang Kai-shek Celebrates 54th Birthday
Madame Chiang Kai-shek first lady of Nationalist China marks her 54th birthday in Taipei Formosa. Women from various sectors sign a congratulatory scroll in her honor.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Nationalist
China
Drexel Trust Follows 70 Year Path To Charity
The $14 million Francis A. Drexel trust, created 70 years ago, is divided among 29 charities after Rev Mother Mary Katherine Drexel’s death. The funds distribute proportionally to groups including Roman Catholic Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul and St Charles Seminary. St Joseph's Hospital Reading receives about $420,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Francis A. Drexel
Drexel
Mary Katherine Drexel
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament For
J. Pierpont Morgan
SS. Peter and Paul
Philadel
Phia
St. Charles Seminary
Overbrook
St. Joseph’s College
Greater
St. Joseph's Hospital
Reading
St. Joseph’s
Man offers 1947 car for 40 mph challenge
Pittsfield Massachusetts district court fined Orlando Froio 25 dollars for speeding at 55 mph. Froio had offered to give his 1947 car away to anyone who could make it go 40 mph. Judge Charles Alberti rejected the argument and imposed the fine.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Orlando Froio
Charles Alberti
Froio
Pipers Plan 12500 Mile Flight to Africa
Howard and William Piper prepare to fly their twin engine aircraft from Lock Haven to Pretoria South Africa on a 12500 mile mission. The trip includes what could be the first non stop leg across 1900 miles of the South Atlantic Ocean in a light plane.
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Lock Haven
Howard
William Piper
South Africa
Pretoria
South Atlantic Ocean
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Stalin
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Marshal Zhukov
Sia
Stakhanovites
Washington
Artbanite Valley
Export-Import Bank
Foreign Operations Administration
Throlch
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Syracuse
Herald-American
R.L. Polk & Company
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Madame Chiang
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Nastri Cooort
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Drexel Trust Fund
House of Banquets
Liverpool, N. Y
Africa
Clipper Oil Co
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