Former Shanghai resident recounts 16 months of brutal imprisonment
Bryan, son of an American missionary, described being seized on Feb 11, 1951 by Chinese Communist police in Shanghai. He endured beatings with a rubber hose, long interrogations, spinal injections, and a coerced confession before release to Hong Kong on June 26, 1952. He arrived in the United States with severe weight loss and lingering injuries.
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Eyancisco
AEC
Shanghai
Bryan
China
Hong Kong
Inity
Teeorder
Polio peak figures reported with cautious forecast
RIN July 20 reports 259 polio cases in a week, the second such weekly total ever recorded. The State Health Department noted two counties reported increases ending July 26, pushing the weekly total to 2,007 for the period. F Cox remained optimistic that peak had been reached, predicting a gradual decline over the coming weeks. Only 1 new case so far this year in the city, with 685 in surrounding areas and state totals rising to 7eck with 56 cases.
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RIN
U P.J
State 4 Department
F.cox
Honory Colonel Oya CIEY Receives Fireman Plaudits
A July ceremony in Chicago honored Fireman Peter J. with recognition from Colonel Eston Murray for a notable action amid a tense week in Oklahoma. The event coincided with pool hours and morning class schedules facing adjustments at a local facility, with tours affected if attendance falters.
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Oya Ciey
Chicago
Ciry
Oklahoma
Eston Murray
Peter
Local notes hint at a lively coastal town scene
A fragmented town page lists names and places in a brisk, noisy register. Mentions of individuals such as Tex, Morgan, Frazier, Daly and Turner mingle with vague references to ships, parks and local business, suggesting a bustling community update with weathered, telegraphy style.
Shamrock Promotes Price Daniel in Houston Dinner
Attorney General Price Daniel, nominated in Saturday's Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, spoke at a Shamrock hotel dinner welcoming the new seven-state headquarters of Presidential Insurance Co. of America to Houston. Telephone operators paged him repeatedly through the evening.
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Houston
Price Daniel
U.S. Senate
Pridential Insurance Co. of America
Texas
Shamrock Hotel
Senator Price Daniel
85 New Members Sure Of Seats In State Legislature
AUSTIN July 30 Texas' first Democratic primary last Saturday produced nine new state senators and at least 76 new members of the house of representatives. The turnover was one of the heaviest in the legislature's history. Three new senators faced runoff races with no incumbents. The election decided 56 new members and 20 more will be added in runoffs with no incumbents. In twelve contests incumbents seek re election. The election returned 62 members to the lower chamber. Present house members are certain to be defeated in the second Democratic primary Aug 23 because two races involve incumbents whose districts were merged by reapportionment last year.
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Austin
Texas
House of Representatives
Texas Legislative Service
House
New Info On Subversives To Be Bared
Jasper Texas July 30 Former Congressman Martin Dies, former chairman of the House Un American Activities committee, said he will reveal new information on subversive activities in the nation in a broadcast within two to three weeks. He won the Democratic nomination after John Lee Smith withdrew from the runoff race. Dies polled 49.69 percent of the vote to lead six candidates. Smith will not contest the runoff. Dies hopes to return to HUAC and says the full story of domestic and international communism has never been told.
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Jasper
Tex
Martin Dies
John Lee Smith
Dies
Life House Un-American Activities Committee
Smith
Texas
Alvin Lane
Serond
New Guard
House Un-American Activities Committee
STS
Rayburn Urges Texas Democrats to Back Nominees
Speaker Sam Rayburn urged Texas Democrats to follow Gov Allan Shivers in placing the national Democratic nominees on the November ballot. He praised Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman as presidential and vice presidential choices and noted county precinct meetings for delegates to the Amarillo convention. Rayburn attended the Chicago convention as permanent chairman and reported a slight sore throat.
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Rayburn
Amarillo
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Jehan Sparkman
Alabama
United States
Twenty Eight Hurt In Bus Crash Near San Bernardino
A Greyhound bus bound for Los Angeles overturned on a slick highway north of San Bernardino CA injuring 28. Three remained in serious condition. others were treated and discharged after being taken to three local hospitals. Driver Roy G Davis 28 of Los Angeles aided passengers after the crash at Devore junction on Route 66 Cajon Pass.
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San Bernardio
Calif
Greyhound
Ramslick
Here
Roy G. Davis
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Nev
Devore Junction
Highway 66
Cajon Pass
Davis
City Council Gets Phone Co Figures
City Council members were shown analysis of figures rising from Southwestern Associated Telephone Co's request for a 50 percent rate increase. A closed session with Rate Expert Clinton Owsley Aug. T was planned to discuss the matter, with a final decision expected at the regular council meeting Aug. 14.
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Southwestern Associated Telephone Co
Clinton Owsley
US may buy British missile under mutual security plan
Paris July 30 authorities say the United States may purchase a British guided missile with supersonic speed and autonomous steering as part of a Europe best weapons shopping policy funded by Congress. If approved, Britain would supply the rocket chosen for further study and potential buy. In Fortland Maine a three year old Linda Crockett of Portland suffered a head cut after a flying saucer incident involving a playmate.
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Paris
United
Ubilary
Wednesay
United States
Europe
Congress
Britain
Soucer
Fortlard
Linda Crockett
Portland
Four Precinct Contest Could Oust Ramsey
Unofficial recount in Galena Park Precinct 81 lifts V. V. Ramsey toward a run-off with Hugh May by 123 votes. Four precincts failed to report counts within 46 hours, stirring questions about legality under the new state code. May leads Ramsey by 6,364 to 6,143 in the latest tally, with Bill Philpot and GC Dacus also strong in contested precincts.
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V. V. Ramsey
Hugh May
Galena Park
Ramsey
Commissioners Preseine
Bill Philpot
GC. L. Dacus
Bob Tucker
Tucker
vArth
General Grow reprimanded after war diary leak
Maj. Gen. Grow a former U S military official faced a six month suspension after a military court martial found him guilty on two counts for letting his war diary fall into Communist hands. The proceeding concluded on Tuesday amid scrutiny of security practices at the Moscow facility.
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Grow
U.S
Moscow
Louisiana Elects 4 Anti Truman Men To Congress
In a rain ruined Louisiana primary on Tuesday four Democratic hopefuls targeting anti Truman positions won congressio nal bids. Rep Edwin Willis narrowly led Dudley LeBlanc in a tight third district race by 924 votes with 46.0 percent to 44.1 percent as returns counted from 246 of 258 precincts. Morrison faced no opposition in the fifth district and most incumbents sought reelection amid a vote slate where six of eight reps ran again.
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New Orleans
Ballescarred
Cassin
James H. ‘Morrison
Edwin Willis
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Southwest
Louisiana
Willis
LeBlanc
Are Saucers Just Air Explained By Air Force
The Air Force offered temperature inversion and optical radar illusion explanations for recent flying saucer sightings over Washington. Officials cited mirages and ground reflections as causes, supported by Wright Patterson experts, to debunk UFO reports as physical phenomena.
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Air Force
Charles Cordure
Washington
Russia
United States
Gwin A. Samford
Air Force Director of Intelligence
Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
WL. Griffing
Roy James
Reward Offered For Saucer Photo In Amarillo
Amarillo Daily News posted a 500 dollar reward on Wednesday for informants who notify the paper of a flying saucer sighting in time for a photo. The front page notes belief that saucer stories may be more than fantasy and a photographer would be kept on standby. In San Antonio radar failed to confirm any saucer objects.
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Amarillo
Baytown property valued at 63 million on tax rolls
Baytown's 100 percent valuation on real estate oil leases personal property and utilities stands at 63 million up more than 3 million from last year and 24.7 million above 1949. Board members Carl R. Mann Clifford M. Bond and H. G. Corneil reported to the City Council that values as of Jan 1 1959 set the 100 percent figure though not equal to market value.
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Baytown
Equalization Board
Carl R. Mann
Clifford M. Bond
H. G. Corneil
Bayton
City progresses on three public works projects
Bastown's Public Works director CW Grantham said Wednesday three projects are active: a 24 inch storm sewer along East James two blocks to Seventh, a Wynnewood lift station with pumps installed, and a sewer from Wynnewood Addition to the main line across Highway 146. Curb and gutter work continues on the West Gulf extension between Whiting and Lee Drive to ease traffic. The East James sewer will serve Isabel Smith elementary and drain the surrounding area. completion hinges on overcoming quicksand issues before final paving.
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Bastown
Public Works Department
Grantham
East James
Wynnewood
1St Gulf
Wing
Lee Drive
West Gulf
Whiting
West Texas
Market
Asabel Smith
Sanger Drive
Baytown
Goose Creek
98 Per Cent Vote To Sign New One Year Contract
Operating engineers at the General Tire and Rubber Co. plant approved a new one year contract in a ballot completed Wednesday morning. Irwin St. John said the Baytown AFL Local 347 group favored the pact by about 98 percent. Company officials planned to sign late Wednesday afternoon or Thursday, after meetings at the Carpenters Union hall. Signing ends five months of negotiations that began February 7. Roy Elms hoped for an afternoon signing. Both men declined to discuss working conditions until signing.
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General Tire and Rubber Co
Irwin St. John
Baytown
AFL International Operating Engineers Local No.347
General Tire
St. John
E . Union
Joe Willliams
Metal Trades Council
St.John
Carpenters’ Union
Pebruarr
Roy Elms
Elms
Reds Protest POW Slaying
Panmunjom dispatch reports a Chinese Communist radio protest lodged with the United Nations over the killing and wounding of North Korean prisoners at the Nansen camp last Sunday. Gen Nam It, chief Red truce negotiator, was said to deliver the protest, likely via subordinate officers. The UN had earlier announced one Korean died.
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Wendell Merick Panmunjom
Peiping
Nansen
United Nations
Nam
Van Fleet Says Armistice Chance Dwindling In Korea
General James A. Van Fleet, commander of U.S. Eighth Army and UN forces in Korea, warned of slim odds for an armistice amid strong Communist strength near one million. He criticized front-line concentrations and said the Reds are widening out to limit Allied offensives while emphasizing a life-saving approach to war. Combat fronts saw light action as rains hampered operations.
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Seoul
Korea
James A. van Fleet
U.S. Eighth Army
United Nations
van Fleet
North Korea
Eighth Army
Squirrel Mystery on Cedar Bayou Declares Clue Found
Deax of Carpenter Lumber Co says a hollow cypress tree in Cedar Bayou may hold clues to a puzzling shortage of squirrels. He notes the 200 year old tree contains many skeletons and suggests the find could explain the local absence of squirrels.
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Deax
Carpenter Lumber Co
Cedar Bayou
Tre
Dienirter Skeltons
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