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...Cepicka, 43, who rose to favor by marrying Gottwald's daughter, and is opportunistic and ruthless, but thoroughly disliked by other Communist leaders; Security Minister Karol Bacilek, 57, and Deputy Premier Viliam Siroky, 51, both of whom have the initial disadvantage of being Slovaks in a nation predominantly Czech. Even by Communist standards, there is not much to choose from...
...American pilot, Lt. Warren B. Brown, emerged with only scratches as he parachuted into a Bavarian woods, 15 miles from the Czech frontier. His plane, an early type jet, crashed and burned...
...stuffing the extra cash into his shoes, Bober slipped by the Italian officials. When he reached down to remove the money from his shoes, however, a group of Nazis stalked into his compartment. The Nazis started a severe cross-examination of the frightened and surprised Bober which a friendly Czech train-acquaintance halted by remarking, "What are you bothering him for? Can't you see he's an American and doesn't know anything, anyway...
From Vienna came word that a group of dedicated Czech artists were hard at work on a heroic present for the boss's 75th birthday next year: a 90-ft. statue of Joseph Stalin in pink stone...
...Manhattan, FBIman Horace Ashenfelter, Olympic steeplechase champion and 1952 Sullivan Award winner, added the national A.A.U. three-mile title to his trophies. Running against Germany's Herbert Schade, close-up finisher behind Czech Emil Zatopek in the Olympic 5,000-meter run, Ashenfelter won by 95 yds. in 13:47.5, just 1.8 seconds behind Greg Rice's 1942 record. Other A.A.U. champions: Mal Whitfield at 600 yds. in 1:10.4; Fred Dwyer at one mile, 4:12.4; Olympic Champion Harrison ("Bones") Dillard, his seventh straight 60-yd. hurdles title...