Red POWs Find Freedom in Brazil
Aged 21 to 32, 88 North Koreans and Chinese who rejected repatriation after Korea’s war found new homes in Brazil, India, Argentina, and Mexico. Longinus Ksk and fellow ex prisoners describe their escape from communism, baptism in POW camps, and plans to work in Brazil while pursuing education and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Golden
Ilhas Das Flores
Brazil
Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
South Korea
Formosa
India
Argentina
Mexico
Longinus
Ksk
Bay
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
American Jesuit Society
Japan
North Korea
Chungjin
Mexico Lands as Bargain Vacation Spot Says AAA Guide
Co C Birr of the Cedar Rapids Auto club cites AAA field data showing low costs and favorable exchange rates for U S visitors. Prices for meals and lodging are described alongside a new Pacific highway route from Nogales to Mexico City with busy border gateways and growing tourist services.
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Co. C. Birr
Cedar Rapids Auto Club
American Automobile Association
Mexico
Birr
United States
AAA
Nogales
Ariz
Mexico City
Guaymays
Mazatlan
Guaymas
San Blas
Ciudad Obregon
Alamos
Laredo
el Paso
Brownsville
Boston City Council Budget Hearing Fails Public Access
The Boston city Council held a night budget hearing for public attendance but left city hall doors locked. One man attended, saying he entered via a back door because the front doors were not unlocked.
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Boston
Tax on Prizes and Gifts in 1955 Explained by Frank OBrien
A notice explains how prizes and gifts are taxed for 1955. Gifts from employers are usually taxable unless fully unconditional. prizes and awards are taxable unless qualifying conditions apply. Examples include a $250,000 cosmetics TV contest prize and a life saving award may be non taxable if given for pure civic acts.
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Washington
Revenue Service
Itax
Nantucket Seeks to Preserve Old Charm Against Modern Facades
Nantucket Massachusetts residents form two five man commissions to police building and renovations with aim to preserve the island’s early nineteenth century charm and avoid shiny chrome or glass storefronts.
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Nantucket
Mass
Atlantic
Fireman Delivers Baby At Home In Miami Beach
Miami Beach fireman Martin Horback 27 assisted his wife Irene 28 when she went into labor before dawn. With no doctor or ambulance available he used training to deliver a nine pound girl in their home.
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Miami Beach
Martin Horback
Irene
Horback
Atom size demonstration astonishes Trinity students
Dr. F Woodbridge Constant uses an illustration for Trinity College physics class to show how tiny an atom is. He notes that if 20 million million million atoms in a glass of water were enlarged to sand grain size, they would cover the Lee surface to a depth exceeding 300 ect.
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Hartford, Conn
F. Woodbridge Constant
Trinity College
Lee
Shower Finally Held After Baby's Birth
Hutchinson Kansas AP report says Mrs Leland Mattson's baby shower was delayed by illness and a child's chicken pox but was completed after she welcomed a baby boy. The event was planned by Mrs Wayne Wernet who faced a string of family illnesses before the shower succeeded.
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Russia
Democratic Young Men’s Association
All Korea
Inje
38Th Parallel
Pusan
Koje Island
Switizerland
Liao Wei Yong
Wong
Yong
China
Frank O’brien
Pulittzer
Congress
Tion
The
Modern Appliance CO
Third Ave
Dial
Third Ave. S.W
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