Three Army Turncoats Warn Americans Against Communists
Three former soldiers pleaded to tell Americans the truth about Communists as they return to the United States aboard the President Cleveland in San Francisco. Otho Bell Lewis Griggs and William Cowart describe the life under Red domination and urge service members to hear their experiences. Griggs seeks to address armed forces and the public, hoping to prevent future dupeing by the Bamboo Curtain.
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Virginia Pasley
Newsday
Cleveland
San Francisco
Otho G. Bell
Hillsboro
Miss
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
William A. Cowart
Dalton Ga
Griggs
Armed Services
United States
America
Free World
Cowart
Red China
Hong Kong
Former service members reflect on repatriation incident
Griggs says he believed staying behind honored the country and now realizes they were duped. Bell says he was tricked into staying but chose to return home. Cowart insists he has no excuses for the actions during the repatriation episode.
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Planation
Griggs
Bell
California Banker Free on $25,000 Bail
Roscoe D. Coon, 46, vice president and cashier of the Joshua Monument National Bank of Twentynine Palms, is free on 25000 bail pending a August 19 preliminary hearing on a federal embezzlement charge. An audit uncovered a 687000 shortage, the bank closed the same day, and Coon denies keeping 10000 in funds. His six Del Mar race horses are suspended.
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San Diego
Calif
Roscoe D. Coon
Coon
National Bank of Twentynine
Palms
del Mar
Humboldt Woman Heads to Toronto for World Convention
Mrs H A Harwood departs Thursday by chartered buses with Kansas delegation for the Christian Women's Fellowship world convention in Toronto Canada. The group will tour en route, spend a week at the convention, then sightsee for the remainder of about a month.
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H. A. Harwood
Toronto
Canada
Christian Women's Fellowship of the Christian Church
Kansas
Topeka
Governor Hall
Robert Wulf
Florida
Wulf
Fred Kuhn
Clyde Russell
Corpus Christi
Texas
Houston
Edgar Russell
J. E. Nessel
Bridge Club
Harwood
Women of the Christian Church
Nessel
Lloyd Johnson
W. J. Casper
W. J.casper
Elmer Harwood
Robert Hamm
Harmon Remsberg
Charles
Phyllis O'Neil
Hutchinson
Remsberg
Hamm
Calvin G. Puckett
Lawrence
Allen County Hospital
Iola
Calvin Gene Jr
Thomas
H. J. Bergeron
Emporia State College
Humboldt
J. A. van Nice
Baytown
Bergeron
Plan Rejected on U S 50 North Routing Change
MCPHERSON Kansas groups voted overwhelmingly last night against any proposed change in the routing of Highway 50 north across Kansas and against redesignation to U S 55 as part of the plan from the U S S O N organization.
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Mcpherson
Assn
Kansas
Purchase of a Doll By Grandfather Ike Praised by Toy Maker
President Eisenhower drew praise from Eric Kahn of the Schuco Toy Co as he bought gifts in Geneva for grandchildren. Kahn assured the President the American toy industry supported his Geneva purchases despite a brief controversy sparked by a doll makers association head. The toy executive apologized for a member who objected to the gift shopping.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Geneva
Eric Kahn
Schuco Toy Co
New York
David Rosenstein
National Assn. of
Kahn
Churchill and Eden discuss Geneva summit report in London
Sir Winston Churchill, 80, had lunch with Prime Minister Eden and received a private briefing on developments from the Geneva summit talks. The former prime minister who proposed the talks two years prior traveled to London for the meeting.
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London
Winston Churchill
Eden
Geneva
Churchill greeted by cheering crowd at Hyden Park
No. 10 Downing St. moved from his Hyden Park home to meet Eden whose political career he steered for years. A 1,500-strong crowd pressed against police lines to welcome Churchill.
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No. 10
Downing St
Hyden Park
Eden
Churchill
U.S. Buys Jet Planes For Royal Air Force
The United States will purchase 140 million dollars worth of British Hawker Hunter jet fighters for the Royal Air Force to replace F86 Sabre jets in Britain. About 400 F86s will be returned to the U.S. Air Force and possibly reallocated under NATO. The Defense Department announced the move in coordination with the British Ministry of Defense.
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Washington
United States
Royal Air Force
Britain
U.S. Air Force
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Defense Department
Ministry of Defense
London
Chanute Tribune Briefs July 29 1955
Local page notes daily briefs from Chanute Kansas including community events, school updates, and social notices. Highlights reference area organizations and activities in Chanute and nearby districts with short factual items.
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The
Chanute Tribune
Replacement fighters and costs for RAF jet fleet
Fighters will be produced to replace the F86s provided the RAF since 1952 and 1958. The cost per plane will be about $207,000, plus cost for spare parts. An F86 costs between $300,000 and $400,000, including spare parts.
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RAF
Castle for Five Cents in Axmarbruk Offer
The Bergvik Ala Company of Sweden offered to sell the Axmarbruk castle for five cents. The buyer must renovate the property at an estimated cost of 150000 dollars, making the deal a publicity stunt rather than a bargain.
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Stockholm
Bergvik-Ala Co
Axmarbruk
Sweden
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