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May 27, 1946

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LEFTIST FACTIONS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA TAKE EARLY LEAD; Communists Make Surprising Gains in Bohemia-Moravia --National Socialists Next SLOVAK RIGHTISTS AHEAD Results of the First Election Since 1935 Indicate Change in Constitution Is Due

By John MacCormac By Wireless To the New York Times

early election returns indicate swing to left in Bohemia and Moravia and Rightist majority in Slovakia; changes as dependent upon election results discussed; Natl Socialist newspaper charges that 14,000 Benes sympathizers were not allowed to vote; Pres Benes fails to vote; pol parties and security authorities are reluctant to give information about clash between Democrats and Communists, Bratislava, My 24

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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

1946Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish bassist and composer (died 2005)[†]

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, also known by his abbreviated nickname NHØP, was a Danish jazz double bassist.

John Williams (motorcyclist)

1946John Williams, English motorcycle racer (died 1978)[†]

John Glen Williams was an English motorcycle short-circuit road racer who also entered selected Grands Prix on the near-continent. He mostly raced as a "privateer" having a personal sponsor, Gerald Brown. Williams died in Northern Ireland, following an accident when racing at an event held on closed public roads near Dundrod.