My Ordeal in Red China Reds Tried Many Ways
International News Service correspondent Donald Dixon recalls an 18 month captivity by Communist Chinese forces. He details isolation, brutal interrogations, and attempts to break morale while he and fellow prisoners resisted. Dixon describes manipulation, cigarettes as leverage, and a coerced confession obtained after prolonged pressure.
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Negro Youth Becomes Supreme Court Page at 14
Charles W. Bush, a 14 year old Black youth, becomes the first Negro court page and Capitol page school attendee, to run errands for Supreme Court justices for nine months. He speaks of the tough schoolwork yet looks forward to the job, while noting his stance on precedents and his personal experiences with bias. In Oregon, true cash value of utility properties drops to 67.9 million dollars in 1955 from 596.6 million in 1953, per state tax omission.
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Charles W. Bush
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Salem
Ore
IEA Meeting Speakers Revealed At Montrose Hotel
Five speakers from Collins Radio will address the Industrial Engineering Association of Iowa at the season opener. The 7:10 pm session follows a 6:30 pm dinner, with Robert Weinhardt, John Wright, Sam Cook, Richard J Graft, and Robert S Dunn presenting on topics from production to accounting information.
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Sam Cook
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Robert S. Dunn
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Galaxy Composition Reveals Dust and Stars Share Matter
Astronomers estimate the Milky Way spans about 100000 light years with roughly half its matter in interstellar dust and half in stars, highlighting the galaxy’s balanced mass distribution and structure.
Community Chest campaign wind up in Cedar Rapids Marion week
Two Chest divisions in Cedar Rapids and Marion plan to finish their campaign this week. Chairman John Tuthill cites steady progress and strong volunteer enthusiasm across more than a dozen meetings. A citywide booklet explaining fund use is being prepared for distribution.
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Tuthill
Cedar Rapids
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Sanrday
Nixon and Firestone Star in Ace Party Show
A national event features Vice-president Rich es Nixon and Harvey Firestone in a broad appeal program for community fundraising. The program promotes civic involvement and highlights corporate leadership backing.
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Ace Party
Anguges
Owl Trap Incident Kills Duck Nabbing Owl
In Fetersburg Indiana an owl hunted Hobson’s young ducks at night. He tied a cloth wound around a steel trap shaped like a duck to trap the owl. The morning afterward the trap remained, indicating the owl may have died in the contraption.
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Ron Hobson
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