Turncoat Returns Home After Korean War Prison Stay
Andrew Fortuna, an American prisoner of war from Tonya Michigan, arrived in Hong Kong saying homesickness brought him back to the United States after 313 years in Red China. He boarded a ship home Saturday and gave reporters a written statement before a news conference. He declined to discuss communism.
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Nong Kong
Andrew Fortuna
Hong Kong
Red China
United States
Tonia, Mich
China
Fortuna
Nat
Reynolds Metals Chief Holds Line Over Clover Find
In Massena New York S Reynolds president of Reynolds Metals says he plans to keep a four leaf clover found near Tirek garth Scooprilay. The item is tied to money seeking for an ER trillion dollar Reynolds aluminum reduction plant project announced Friday.
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Massena
N.Y
Texas Rain Records Shattered Across State in 1956 Data
Weather statistics indicate Texas endured unprecedented rainfall in early 1956 with averages around 1.44 inches monthly for January through May and some areas receiving triple normal amounts. Tornadoes floods and storms in April and May left up to 60 dead and widespread damage valued in millions. The Red Cross and Disaster Office reported thousands of affected families and substantial housing losses across the state.
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Austen
Texa
Texas
Lone Star
Plenty
Bureau of Rusine, Research
Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Agricultural Extension Service
San May
Red Cross
Disaster Office
San Antonio
Tulsa Zoo Flood Inundates Mohawk Zoo in Tulsa
Floodwaters engulfed the Mohawk Zoo in Tulsa Oklahoma on Friday leaving three waterfowl drowning and resulting in the only known casualties.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mohawk Zoo
Cadet Furrow Qualifies as Carrier Pilot in Navy Training
In Pensacola Florida Naval Cadet Donald E Furrow son of Mrs and Mr Furrow of Gill Colorado attended University of Colorado before joining the Naval Cadet program He qualified as a carrier pilot by completing all landings aboard the escort aircraft carrier USS Antietam in the Gulf of Mexico and is now undergoing advanced training in combat type aircraft at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Texas.
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Pensacola
Fla
Naval
Donald E. Furrow
Hi E
Furrow
Gill, Cola
University of Colorado
Naval Cadet Program
Antietam
Gulf of Mexico
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Tex
Denver U Awards Honorary Degrees at Commencement
Denver University conferred honorary doctorates on five Colorado educators during Friday night exercises. The ceremony highlighted 1,998 total degrees awarded, with honorees including former Denver University chancellor Webb Reece Jarger and public service doctorates for Eugene De Malfikin, Henry Leonard Weiss, and others tied to local institutions.
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Denver
Denver University
Ciev
Ed C. Johnson
Eugene de Malfikin
Colorado State Univer. of Laws
Webert Reece Jarger
Henry Leonard Weiss
Denver District i Council of the Methodist Church
Guard implicated in Prison Escape Plot
Warden E H Tucker of the West Virginia Penitentiary said five dangerous prisoners planned an escape but the plot was thwarted Sunday when a guard carrying a pistol in a sack was apprehended in Moundsville Wo Ya.
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Moundsville
Wo Ya
E. H. Tucker
West Virginia Penitentiary
Prisoner Vernal Thompson Seized After Gun Exchange
Vernal Thompson aged 58 was taken into custody at gunpoint by Tucker and Sheriff Herman A. Laas minutes after receiving a 38 revolver and five shells from an outside contact at the prison in March 1955.
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Vernal Thompson
Tucker
Herman A. Laas
Army private returns from three day mountain climb
In Augsburg Germany Army PEC Benjamin Martinez, son of Mr and Mrs Jen J Martinez Jr, 3 F street Greeley Colo, has returned to his home unit after taking part in a three day mountain climbing undertaking with the 7th Airborne division.
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Martinez
Germany
Augsburg
AITNG
Army
PEC
Benjamin Martinez
Jen J. Martinez
F Street
Greeley, Colo
7Th Airborne di
Coal dominates Virginia industry with 34 major plants
Coal remains the chief industry in Virginia and the chemical sector holds second place with 34 major plants employing over 28,000 workers across the state, reflecting the region's heavy industrial base.
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Virginia
Nilon's 504th Infantry in Southern Germany
Martinez serves as rifleman in Company D of the 504th Infantry stationed in southern Germany with the unit entering Europe in February 1956. The 21-year-old veteran is a former Greeley High School student and has ties to the Benton area and local classifieds.
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504Th
Germany
Martinez
Infantry
Europe
Ae Rey Jeol III
Greeley High School
Benton
Tribune
Ady
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