Soldier denies Viet Cong brainwashing claim after captivity
SAIGON AP A U S soldier Spec 4 George F Fryett Jr of California denied Viet Cong claims he denounced the United States while prisoner. He said captors tried to indoctrinate him at gunpoint but he cooperated with officials and told newsmen he felt no collaboration with communist forces. Fryett, released after six months, lost about 25 pounds and was tired but healthy, freed near Cham Thang, 60 miles north of Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
United States
George F. Fryett Jr
California
Fryett
Diem
Cham Thang
Alhambra Quartet Wins 1962 Barber Shop Championship
The Gala Lads from Alhambra California were named 1962 champion quartet at the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America five day convention in Kansas City. Members are Dave Panther Tom Keehan Gordon Lees and Bill Cockrell. Runners up include Town and Country Four Pittsburgh Four Renegades Skokie Valley County Line London Ontario Nighthawks London Ontario and Sidewinders Riverside. Earlier Louisville Thorebreds were crowned top chorus.
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Kansas City
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop
America
Alhambra
Calif
Dave Panther
Tom Keehan
Gordon Lees
Bill Cockrell
Pittsburgh
Skokie Valley
County
Vote Fraud Charged Of Union President Dowell
Kansas City AP Cecil R. Dowell former president of United Auto Workers Local 93 in Kansas City is ordered to appear at a hearing on a union election fraud charge. Walter P. Reuther UAW president appointed a three member committee to conduct the hearing. The case centers on a June 1961 election in which Dowell defeated John L. Lopez amid disputed vote totals.
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Kansas City
Cecil R. Dowell
United Auto Workers Local 93
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Dowell
John L. Lopez
Lopez
End to segregation at Duke Hospital private rooms
Duke Hospital in Durham announced it has eliminated racial segregation for private rooms admitting patients of all races. The move follows Duke University opening graduate schools to all races 15 months ago and, earlier this month, admitting Negroes to the undergraduate school.
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Durham, N.C
Duke Hospital
Duke University
Humboldt Group Honor in Memory and Mission Work
Humboldt notes honor for a member in church work and a farewell party for Alvin Wood. Meetings of the Bethany group and Womans Missionary Society Suited by plan, devotion, and book reviews on Adoniram Judson. Guests include Mrs. Will Caldwell and Mrs. Joe Peters. Social hour refreshments observed.
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Burma
Johnson
Marvin Wellcome
Kepley
Frank Stevens
Virginia Circle
Eugene Bennett
Carl Pullman
Arthur Carlson
Joe Peters
Florida
Shelton
Roy Harrington
Will
Caldwell
Fliers
Jesse Wilson
Manning
Robert Townsend
Judson
Matthew
Joe
Marion
Wimberley
Ruby Wright
Fri Garvie
Ralph
Carl Ladd
Man
Valbe
Wom- Johnson
En’s Missionary Society
Baptist Church
Adoniram Judson
Storms Diminish After Violent Weather Across Wide Area
The Associated Press reports storms and heavy rains eased after a weekend of violent weather from the central Rockies to the Atlantic Coast. The New York metro area saw flooding and outages, with at least two deaths, while Philadelphia endured a heavy two hour rain and commuters faced delays. Temperatures ranged from 49 to 115 across states including California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, amid scattered hail and wind gusts.
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Central Rockies
Atlantic Coast
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Camden
N.J
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Midwest
St. Louis
Ponca City
Okla
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Memphis, Tenn
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Casper
Wyo
Mississippi Valley
Central Plains
Mercury
Imperial
Calif
Yuma Aziz
Boise
Idaho
Walla Walla
Wash
Pendleton
Ore
Salt Lake City
California
Blythe
Arcata
Northwest
St. Louis Club Wins Springfield AAU Swim Meet
Shaw Park Swim Club of St. Louis won the 7th annual Springfield AAU meet with 322.2 points as 23 teams and 270 swimmers competed from Missouri and neighboring states. Hinsdale set a national junior mark with 19.22 in the 1500 meter free.
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Springfield
Shaw Park Swim Club
St. Louis
Hinsdale
Columbia
Southwest
Webster Groves
Missouri
Kansas
Illinois
Fd Partridge
Alex graduation speaker quit high school returns to finish
Harold Merle, 23, who left school six years earlier, returned to complete his education and spoke at Alexander Central School’s commencement. He urged classmates to stay in school, plans to study electronics at a technical school, and supports his family as a part time mechanic while finishing his diploma.
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Alexander
N.Y
Harold Merle
Alexander Central School
Merle
Farm to Become Lincoln National Memorial Park
Lincoln City Ind AP Leo Sergesketter has farmed his Lincoln farm for 40 years and became owner of the property that will be turned into a national memorial park.
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Lincoln City
Ind
Leo Sergesketter
Lincoln Farm
Record Falls In Style Race At Hialeah Meet
The event saw a new standout time as challengers chased the previous mark of 19 minutes 46.9 seconds set by Douglas Stark of Hialeah Florida in 1960. Stark’s enduring record looms as the field eyes a fresh best.
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Douglas Stark
Hialeah, Fla
Lincoln Farm Becomes Part of National Memorial Park
In 1922 young Abraham Lincoln aided his father as the U S Senate and House of Representatives approved bills in February to include the farm within the national Lincoln Memorial Park.
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Abraham Lincoln
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
Diamond Burning Confirms Carbon as Basic Element
In 1772 Antoine Lavoisier and colleagues pooled funds to buy a diamond and burned it to prove that a diamond is crystallized carbon. The gas released was carbon dioxide. In 1799 Guyton de Morveau advanced the work by converting a diamond into graphite, the carbon form used in pencils.
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Antoine Lavoisier
Guyton de Morveau
Richardson Insurance Agency on Main Street Chanute
Reading OCR shows Richardson Insurance Agency at 16 East Main in Chanute with contact HE 1057. Local listing notes the business operates as a general insurer serving residents and small businesses in the area.
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Richardson
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