Former Korean War prisoner ill and indebted in Cracker’s Neck
Edward Dickenson, 28, a former army corporal and one of 23 Americans said to avoid repatriation after a Korean War era captivity, is ill and deeply in debt. He was discharged from hospital after treatment for rheumatic heart condition and a brain blood vessel rupture, with doctors restricting work for weeks. He faces mounting bills for car, prenatal and hospital needs, and living costs while living with his parents in Cracker’s Neck, Virginia.
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Edward Dickenson
Korea
Bristol Va
Bill Turpin
Dickenson
Tur
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Citizens petition to keep Charlottesville schools open
Charlottesville residents urge city officials to ask the governor to return Lane High and Venable Elementary to local control. Gov. Almond takes massive resistance control of the two schools amid broader closures, with no clear timeline for reopening.
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Charlottesville
J. A. Rolston
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Lane High School
Venable
Virginia
Norfolk
Warren County High
Front Royal
Almond
Committee For Public Education
Rolston
Lane High
Parents Committee
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Educational Foundation
Tazewell Searchers Find Young Hunter and Runaways
Four youths including 13 year old Larry Lambert were found safe after a long night lost on Chestnut Ridge near Drytown, Tazewell County. Sheriff Foster Vance led volunteers and local residents in a search that spanned Saturday night into Sunday morning.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Larry Lambert
E. P. McGlothlin
Drytown
John Gillespie
Lambert
Milton Lambert
Rusty Lambert
Richard Harman
Chestnut Ridge
Burkes Garden
Freestone Valley
Young Larry
Foster Vance
Orange City Endures 14 Inch Rain Burst and Twister Damage
A cloud burst dumped 14 inches of rain in nine hours on Orange Texas flooding 200 homes and blocking highways. National Guardsmen evacuated about 150 people while a twister unroofed a house and damaged outbuildings. Red Cross cared for flood victims in the courthouse as water rose up to 18 inches in homes and three feet in some businesses.
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Orange
Tex
Texas
The
Red Cross
U.S. 90
J. Cullen Browning
Orange Leader
Marlin Thompson
Orange National Guard
West Orange
Weather Bureau
Beaumont
Neches River
Matsu
Defense Ministry
Quemoy
U.S
Japan
Navy Yard
Yokosuka
Pearl Harbor
Little Rock School Board Starts TV Classes Amid Integration Referendum
Little Rock Ark high school students begin a television week of classes as parents debate a special referendum on school integration. The school board uses a makeshift TV program after a trial run.
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Little Rock
Ark
Hall High
Washington
Orval E. Faubus
Mothers League of Central High School
Margaret Jackson
League
US Consulate Denies Hong Kong Off Limits
The US consulate general in Hong Kong categorically denied that the city is off limits to the U S Navy and American servicemen. It cited few U S warships visiting Hong Kong due to the Formosa Strait crisis and noted that local press misinterpreted officer statements from Taipei.
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Hong Kong
U.S. Navy
U.S
Formosa Strait
Taipei
United States
Giles County wreck claims two more Rogers victims
The Giles County crash near Ingleside on Route 12 Saturday killed Mrs Daniel Rogers 32 and Glenna Rogers 5, with Owen Rogers 52 and Mary Alice Rogers 10 in critical condition and Argie Rogers 51 in serious condition at Bluefield Sanitarium Sunday night. The collision involved a gasoline tanker driven by William Thaw Marks 46 of Bluefield who faces negligent homicide charges.
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Giles County
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ingleside
Mercer County
Owen Rogers
Mary Alice Rogers
Argie Rogers
Soviets charge US balked at peace drive over Formosa dispute
Moscow says Eisenhower rejection of Khrushchev's Formosa letter shows US unwillingness to listen to reason. Tass notes US failure to pursue peaceful solutions and accuses Washington of saber rattling. Khrushchev urged US forces withdrawal from Formosa. the letter was returned by the US. Pravda hails unity of socialist states and demands US renounce interference in China's affairs.
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Moscow
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Far East
U.S
Tass
United States
Formosa
Red China
Pravda
Richard
Davis
Formosa Strait
Kremlin
Washington
Communist Party
China
U S Demands Info On Fate Of 11 Missing Crewmen
The United States renewed its request for information from the Kremlin on the fate of 11 U S crewmen missing after a U S Air Force transport crashed in Soviet Armenia on Sept 2. Soviet officials said six bodies were found and would be returned. Washington sought expedient identification and a location to recover remains.
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Moscow
United States
Kremlin
Armenia
Turkey
U.S
Concern Mounts In Offshore Island War
Ranking U.S. commanders assembled in Taipei to show American concern about the offshore island war.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S
King Stabbing At Harlem Links to National Crisis
News from New York describes Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr being stabbed in Harlem and hospitalized in critical but stable condition. Attacker Izola Curry, 42, was held for mental observation as King undergoes surgery and his wife rushes to his side. Police report Curry claimed motives linked to communists. case proceeds despite her denial of illness.
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New York
Martin Luther King Jr
Harlem
King
Bellevue Hospital
Izola Ware Curry
Vincent P. Rae
Ala
Mr. King
Beirut Curfew Follows Disappearance Spark
In Beirut a continuous curfew is imposed ahead of Gen Fuad Chehab's presidential inauguration amid rising unrest over the Friday disappearance of Falangist columnist Fuad Haddad. Falangists threaten to strike as rebel kidnappings escalate, with hundreds held hostage before mediation.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Fuad Chehab
Fuad Haddad
al Amal
Falangists
Haddad
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Camille Chamoun
Lynn Springs Man Found Near Creek
Russell County Virginia man 23 was shot Sunday near the Tazewell Russell line at Raven. Charles Hale died en route to Mattie Williams Hospital from a 16 gauge shotgun wound. Investigators Hood Banner and Claude Rickman searched for a shooter and fingerprinted the gun. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 11 AM at the home with burial in Lynn Springs cemetery.
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Russell County
Tazewell
Raven
Charles Fe, Hale
Lynn Springs
Mattie Williams
Richlands
Houston Banner
Claude Rickman
Hale
Swords Creek
Marie Perkins
Akron
Beulah Turnercliff
Gay Hale
Candelia Hale
Barberton
Nadine Shirley
Arbutis Hale
Howard Hale
Honaker Funeral Home
United Air Lines Emergency Landing After Engine Fire
A United Air Lines DC7 was forced to return to Washington National Airport after a fire ignited in one engine about 30 minutes after takeoff for San Francisco. Officials reported no injuries among the 58 passengers and crew aboard.
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Washington
Washington National Airport
United Air Lines
San Francisco
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Sentlo Hospital
Matsus
Harry D. Felt
U.S. Pacific
Roland N. Smoot
U.S. Formosa
Wallace M. Beakley
7Th Fleet
Thomas 5. Moorman
13Th U.S. Air Force
Philippines
Laurence S. Kuter
U.S. Ai
Pacific
Mrs. Curry
Rae
Felt
Chiang Kanshek
Chiang
Jessie Hale
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