Memoir of Released U S Airmen Ends With Happy Hong Kong Exit
Eleven U S airmen freed from Communist China crossed into Hong Kong in good shape after 214 years of captivity, then flew toward Manila and Tokyo. Col John Knox Arnold Jr led the group, denouncing Peiping as undeserving of any claims and recounting the crash that started their ordeal in the Korean War. Doctors found them in fair to good condition with strong morale as they celebrated freedom with dancing showers and steak.
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Hong Kong
U.S
China
Manila
Tokyo
John Knox Arnold Jr
Silver Spring
Peiping
Arnold
Yalu River
North Korea
Freedom
Maj
William H. Baumer
Lewisburg
Jockey Club
James M. Davis
Davis
N.Y
Emotion Grips
John Knox Arnold, Jr
Police Arrest Paper Doll Clad In Bikini
In Bessemer Alabama a pasteboard paper doll named Myrtle wearing a bikini is held in jail after a jealous wife files alienation of affections and indecent exposure charges. The husband showed neighbors photos with Myrtle, prompting the beer distributor staff to reveal Myrtle is a prop. The chief refuses to arrest without proper warrants.
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Bessemer
Ala
Myrtle
C. T. Mullen
Mullen
Lawton Grimes
Extortion Plot Told By Agents
FBI agents say an unemployed musician and his wife sought to extort $100,000 from a millionaire contractor after his daughter was murdered. Edgar Williams and Veronica Williams are jailed on a federal extortion complaint, arraigned with $20,000 bail each.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Edgar Leon Williams
Veronica Williams
John Thompson
Dale Smith
Norma McCauley
Bel-Air
Smith
Williams
U.S
Theodore Hocke
Williamses
Thompson
Eisenhower cancels radio TV address on Congress
President Eisenhower abandons plan for a national radio television talk assessing Congress. Instead a news conference will be filmed for both media to convey the administration’s view. Hagerty praised foreign policy gains but noted domestic stalled action. CIO leader Reuther urged more productive session.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
CBS
United States
CIO
Reuther
Administration to Step Up New Anti-Inflation Program
The Eisenhower administration plans tighter credit to curb inflation for two years. Four of twelve Federal Reserve banks raise discount rates from 1% to 2% with Cleveland at 2.44%, signaling tighter financing for consumers and business.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Cleveland
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve
Ee of Patohn
Socialist Leader Attacks Army Security Program
Socialist leader Norman Thomas charged the Army's security program labels disloyalty on young men and blocks jobs after discharge. He, joined by Kenneth M. Birkhead and Watts of the Workers Defense League, said over 100 cases would be studied, noting many receive general discharges under honorable conditions with SR 600-220-1 limiting post service employment.
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Washington
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Army
Asst
Hugh H. Milton II
Hota Watts
New York
Workers Defense League
Thomas
Watts
Nominations Die as Congress Ends Session
Thirteen of Eisenhower's nominations for federal judges, attorneys and marshals lapsed with Congress's adjournment. Four were sent late and hearings were blocked. Some, like John Stephens Wood, had hearings but no action. Fifty four nominations were sent, most confirmed, with resubmission needed after January 3.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
John Stephens Wood
Georgia
Subversive Activities Control Board
Capitol Hill
John Marshall Harlan
New York
Supreme Court
James F. Brophy
Marshal
Southern Georgia
Eee
Simon E. Sobeloff Land
Discult
Ie Fourth District
Pup Leaves On Mission Of Mercy
Eleven year old Rod Wilson bids farewell to Smoky the black mongrel puppy. The dog travels by air to Southern Pines North Carolina to comfort grieving mother Mrs Frank Wilson widow of Calvert Wilson who died in the desert after a truck break down. Rod tears up at the airport as Smoky departs on a hopeful mission of solace.
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Los Angeles
Rod Wilson
Smoky
Southern Pines
N.C
Rod
Calvert Wilson
Burbank
Tropical Storm Connie Rages Over Atlantic
Tropical storm Connie, the third this year, churns over open Atlantic waters about 2,200 miles southeast of the mainland. The Miami Weather Bureau says it may be hurricane force and ships are warned away. An Air Force hurricane hunter approaches from Bermuda to gather data.
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Miami
Fla.p
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Air Force
Bermuda
Cecil Gentry
Bonaire
Recess in Talks Between U S and Red China Extends
Geneva reports state department and Chinese envoy extended talks to Monday on civilians and students held in China. No agreement announced on release of 40 American civilians or on the fate of detained Chinese students as U N Secretary General Hammarskjold met with both sides.
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Geneva
United States
Red China
U. S
Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Johnson
Wang
Hammarskjold
Peiping
Ivey Named Director of UNC News Bureau
Alfred Guy Ivey, 42, will become director of the University of North Carolina News Bureau on Sept 1 succeeding the late Robert V. Madr y. Ivey, executive editor of the Shelby Daily Star, has long service on Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel staff and UNC ties.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Alfred Guy
Pete) Ivey
University of North Carolina News Bureau
University
Robert B. House
Ivey
Robert V. Madry
Shelby Daily Star
Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel
Rocky Mount
Carolina Buccaneer
Daily Tar Heel
Graham Memorial Student Union
Alumni Review
Journal and Sentinel
Jake Wade
Bulganin Calls Eisenhower Plan Unrealistic at Geneva
Premier Bulganin dismissed Eisenhower's swap of territory and mutual air inspection as unrealizable. He told 1,500 deputies that both powers have limitless lands to hide anything and praised Geneva as easing tensions and marking a new phase in US UK France relations. The speech closed with applause in the Kremlin Palace chamber. MORE ON PAGE SEVEN-A
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Stanley Johnson
Moscow
Bulganin
Eisenhower
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
Geneva
United States
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Great Britain
France
Presmier
Grand Kremlin Palace
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Ane
Two Nab Suspects After Brink's Holdup in Buffalo
Cops captured two of three armed bandits after a dawn gun battle following a Brink's armored car heist at a Buffalo garage. About $160000 in racetrack receipts were taken from Fort Erie bound cargo. a guard was wounded but in good condition. The suspects identified include Anthony Pettinato and Sylvester Mazella. a third man, James Sheridan alias Jim Salemerio, remains at large.
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Sylvester Mazella
Buffalo
N.Y
Brink’s Inc
Brink's
Brink's, Inc
Fort Erie
Niagara River
Canada
Eugene Clohessy
Clohessy
Anthony Pettinato
Meltinces
Bronx
James Sheridan
Jim Salemerio
New York City
Pet
Stanley J. Klodzinski
Kenneth A. Kemp
Edward J. Thompson
Kemp
Maines
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SRA
Ike
Reds
Kenneth M. Birkhead
The
American Veterans Committee
Pup
Mission of Mercy
Indies
UNC
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