Soldier's Choice to Remain Communist Stuns Mother
Indiana born soldier rejects repatriation and plans to go to China and Russia. Prisoner refuses return despite Chinese urging. Soldier from a well to do family, about 19, hospitalised with tuberculosis, requested to tell his mother he will stay behind. Johnson, the contact, says the mother may learn the tale by Aug 22 when voyage home begins.
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Indiana
New
York
John G. Johnson
Johnson
New York
China
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Iran's Mossadegh Overthrown Shocks Diplomatic Circles
Washington reports say former Iranian premier Mohammed Mossadegh was ousted in Tehran as criticism of his policy grows. U nited States officials and the Iranian embassy monitor developments closely as Ambassador Henderson prepares a fuller report in the next hours.
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Washington
Premer Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
West
State Department
Lou W. Henderson
U. S
Tehran
United Press
Rome
United States
Britain
Iran
Soviet Union
Mussil Fined Over Trout Count for Big Fish Fry
In Boulder Colorado Richard J Mussil was fined 211 dollars after state game and fish agents seized 248 trout from his freezer. He told the judge the fish were saved for a big fish fry for friends.
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Boulder, Colo
Richard J. Mussil
Forged License Leads to Active Sentences in Court
Ruth L. Edmondson and William T. Little of Greensboro were tried on forgery false registration at a hotel and immoral use charges with eight and five month terms. Condrey, a radio announcer using Roger Gray, received eight months plus four further months for false pretense and bad checks. multiple defendants faced sentences for drunken driving, driving without a license, and related offenses with probation and bonds set.
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Ruth L. Edmondson
William T. Little
Oakwood Ct
Little
South Carolina
Edmondson
Condrey
Roger Gray
W. F. Rook
Cowdrey
Rook
W. C. Johnson
Johnson
Durham
Thomasville
Winston- Salem
High Point
Monte Gregg
Gregg
County Farm
James Boulware Jr
Lee Sr
Sawyer
Archie Myatt
David E. Simmons
Escapees from Raleigh State Hospital Captured in Providence
Three escapees from the Raleigh North Carolina State Hospital were arrested at gunpoint in a Providence rooming house six hours after releasing a Conn. boy near his Greenwich high school. Detectives traced the men Edward Turcotte Thomas Holt and Odell Strickland to a rooming house and found them hiding in a clothes closet. The trio said they left the hospital August 10 and traveled via Richmond New York to Connecticut. They are held on open charges.
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Providence
R. IL
Raleigh
N. C
Benefit Street
South Providence
Thomas B. Healey
Edward Turcotte
North Carolina
Thomas Holt
Odell Strickland
Smithfield
Strickland
State Hospital
Turcotte
Holt
Walter E. Stone
Richmond
New York
Connecticut
Stock market dips as volume rises on tepid session
New York stocks eased fractions early today extending a four day decline as all sectors retreated. Volume rose with 250000 shares traded in the first hour, while Tehran’s revolt and London trading influenced some issues.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Tehran
London Stock Exchange
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Northern Pacific
Southern Railway
Santa Fe
Rock Island
New York Central
Pacific Western Oil
Mostly Work and Little Play For UN Troops Since Armistice Signed
On the Western Front near the DMZ U N troops keep digging, repairing, and clearing mines after the July 27 armistice. Engineers and salvage crews work to improve fortifications, roads, and bridges while a tent city houses North Korean and Chinese POWs awaiting fate decisions. The 8th Army plans more rest trips to Japan as a new front lines shift to dug in positions and ongoing security patrols continue.
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Korea
Talmage W. Blackwell
Neleigh
Demilitarized Zone
al Ir
Munsan
U. N
U. SS. 8Th Army
Seoul
T.e
Japan
Action committee urged by Nixon at slum project dedication
Nixon pressed for positive action from an action committee at a Manhattan lower East Side slum clearance dedication. Key figures present included J Ernest Wilkins, Mrs Hebeners Reid, John Roosevelt, John Minor Wisdom, John L McCaffrey, Fred P Lazarus Jr, with Dewey and Baruch among speakers. A Baruch birthday bust will be unveiled at the playground. Eisenhower is due to depart for Denver at 3 30 p.m.
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Nixon
J. Ernest Wilkins
Chicago
Hebeners Reid
The
New York Herald Tribune
John Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Minor Wisuom
New Orleans
John L. McCaffrey
International Harvester Co
Fred P. Lazarus, Jr
Cincinnati
American Retail Federation
Thomas E. Dewey
Bernard Baruch
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Baruch
Simon Baruch
New York
Eisenhower
York
Denver
Paratrooper Demonstration Ends in Mishap in Wyoming
Ex paratrooper Robert Hensell of Logansport Indiana described cuts and bruises from a paratroop tactics demonstration. He said he and three friends bailed from a moving car using an auto door on U S Highway 30 near Rock Springs Wyoming.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Robert Hensell
Logansport
Ind
U.S. Highway 30
Tax Delinquency Found In House-to-House Check
In New England a house-to-house canvass found 13 percent of 8,800 taxpayers contacted did not file required returns. 1,150 were delinquent, with 1,400 delinquent forms due to multiple missing filings. Forms 1040ES showed the highest delinquency. over $242,000 was collected, with 258 agents paid $10,250 for the two days of work.
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Boston
New England
W. A. Gallahan
Internal Revenue
Gallahan
Washington
T. Coleman Andrews
Pleasant memories of bank visit in Pasadena
Francois Fischer, 3, wandered into a downtown Pasadena bank in the nude. Bank officials gave him ice cream and a bottle of soda while they located his parents and arranged a safe, modest exit.
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Pasadena
Calif
Francois Fischer
Francois
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