Word: vaclav
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, Interior Minister Vaclav Nosek flatly declared that the reservation in the loyalty oath was unacceptable. He announced furthermore that, beginning next year, church marriages will have no legal standing in Czechoslovakia; only civil marriage will be officially recognized. The new marriage decree also abolishes the posting of marriage banns. Nosek justified the decree by citing the case of a priest who had refused to marry a couple because they were Communists. Said Nosek: "Of course, he was arrested...
...week recruited 118 pliable Catholics, including two monsignors and a sprinkling of priests, to form an "anticapitalist" Catholic Action Organization. At the same time, Dr. Antonin Mandl, secretary of the Vatican-recognized Catholic Action, was arrested and sent to join the 100-odd priests in Czech prisons. Education Minister Vaclav Kopecky announced that henceforth all Catholic seminaries will be provided with political instructors. They will teach compulsory courses in "social progress," which seminarians must pass to continue their studies...
...Vaclav E. Benes '50, winner of last year's event, turned in the fastest time on his racing bike, but he had to be satisfied with second place on his mark of 35 minutes, 20 seconds. The handicapping system, which allowed five minutes for touring bikes and ten minutes extra for balloon-tire entries, give first place to tourer Anderson. E. George cloutier '51 was awarded third place after a meeting of the best mathematical minds of the Outing Club, which sponsored the race...
...Prague's National Theater. At the concert's end, Czechs and Germans began applauding. After a while the Germans stopped; the Czechs went on clapping stolidly - not cheering, just beating their hands together as if they would never stop. The Germans looked baffled and angry. Finally, Conductor Vaclav Talich held up the score, kissed it and, with an expansive gesture, presented it to the audience. It was Smetana's Má Vlast (My Country}, a cycle of symphonic poems breathing Czech patriotism; its last section tells of a glorious Czech liberation...
Dusk began to shroud the castle and the city below. In St. Wenceslaus Square, Prague's Communist Mayor Vaclav Vacek was addressing the crowd. Suddenly he spotted Gottwald's familiar Russian Zis limousine speeding into the square between its motorized police escort. "And there they come now on their shiny red motorcycles with the blue headlights!" he shouted. "They are guarding Comrade Gottwald who is bringing us new and joyful tidings...