U S Tries To Lure Back PWs
The American command began efforts to persuade 22 North Korea prisoners of war to renounce communism and return home. Letters from Dickenson and 279 relatives supported the appeal, while the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission debated whether force could be used to compel interviews. The five-nation panel faced eight days of deadlock as Communist Czech and Polish members pressed for interviews and Indian troops to back them.
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Panmunjom
Amercan Command
Cpl
Edwards
Dickenson
Big Stone Gap
U. S
K. S. Thimayya
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
India
Sesson
Foy Weadas
Reds
George backs ending European economic aid in Senate move
Sen. George of Georgia urged cutting nonmilitary foreign aid to Western Europe and folding foreign military assistance into the regular military budget. He called FOA abolition and directing technical aid to the State Department, signaling a shift in Democratic foreign policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sen
George
D-Ga
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Georgia
Foreign Operations Administration
FOA
State Department
Morse
Oregon
Mansfield
D-Mont
Foreign Actions Committee
FDA
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Paris
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
OEEC
Congress
Little Gem Crawls To Victory At Harvest Festival Derby
Jeffrey Little Gem Ritch, 11 months, son of Mr and Mrs Harold W Ritch, won the Rotary Club Harvest Festival Diaper Derby at the Armory. More than 400 prizes were awarded as Merrymakers enjoyed a parade in Halloween attire, a hillbilly band, bingo, and magic acts by Coke Cecil.
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Jeffrey
Harold W. Ritch
Lexington Ave
Rotary Club
Jeffrey “Little Gem” Ritch
Armory
Little Gem
Lester's Jewelry Store
Barbara Amnee
Winston-Salem
High Point
Coke Cecil
Rescue 22 Hunters In Mountains
In Sheridan Wyoming twenty two of about two hundred big game hunters stranded since Thursday in the snow bound Big Horn region were brought out. Rescue efforts used clear weather to direct remaining hunters. Captain Mark Roberson said weather could worsen with more snow tonight and tomorrow.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Mark Roberson
Wagon Box Cannon
Lovell
Robertson
Big Horn Mountains
Willard Marshall
Colorado
Resigning officer cites character assassination in Greenlease case
St Louis veteran Lt Shoulders who helped arrest Carl Hall in the Greenlease kidnapping resigns after bitterly claiming character assassination. FBI tracked ransom money as deputy said he faced investigators and a grand jury while police chiefs urged reconsideration.
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Shoulders
Hall
FBI
Kansas City
Grand
John Hager
Hager
James E. Milnes
West End
Newstead
Test For GOP In New Jersey Vote
Newark Oct 24 A week from Tuesday New Jersey will elect a governor and a U S congressman Republican leaders call the elections important tests of the Eisenhower administration policies. Troast Meyner Williams Hetfield and Hall are active in the race with state issues likely deciding the outcome.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
U. S
Eisenhower
Eekien Tor Hh M. Rosen
Recon
Paul L. Troast
Tenton
Leonard Hall
Troast
6Th
GOP
New Jersey Turnpike Authority
Nent
Robert B. Meyner
State Senate
Harrison A. Williams Jr
Ise F. Hetfield
Tax lawyers and accountants face possible bar by IRS
About 40 lawyers and accountants are under review to represent taxpayers before the IRS. No names are disclosed. Cases involve alleged false tax returns and possible bribery of tax officials. I W Carpenter, IRS practice director, leads the review while T Coleman Andrews spoke in Chicago. Temporary enrollment cards last six months during investigations.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Revenue
I. W. Carpenter
T. Coleman Andrews
Commissioner of
Internal Revenue
Chicago
American Institute of Accountants
Bar
United Fund drive shows strong early giving across firms
First week totals reach $50 075 in completed reports with pledges rising in many plants and neighborhoods. Thomas Furniture Co. employees top participation with full club reach, while others like Lewis Motor Co and Sylvania Electric gain notable boosts, Arkansas firms reporting double or triple last year’s contributions. The campaign runs two weeks starting Tuesday with Worley noting continued incomplete returns yet to be tallied.
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United Fund
Bland Worley
Worley
Club
Lyles Chevrolet Co
Citizens Club
Lewis Motor Co
Micro Products
Lewis and Holmes Motor Freight Corp
Heritage, Inc
Thomas Furniture Co. Employes
Thomas Employes
Marsh Furniture Co
Clover Brand
Harriss and
Covington Hosiery
High Point Paper Box Co
Globe ‘Parlor Furniture Co
Sylvania Electric Products Co
Adams-Millis Corp
Claims Prayer Saved Eisenhower Leg From Amputation
A Eisenhower cousin said a family prayer chain saved him from leg amputation after blood poisoning in boyhood. Lydia Ann Eichelberger, visiting Frankfort, Iowa, recounted that prayers were organized by the family for several days, leading to reduced swelling and survival.
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Frankfort
Ind
Eisenhower
Lydia Ann Eichelberger
Iowa
Eichelberger
Benjamin
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Israel Jordan Armistice Probe Plan Moves Ahead
The Israel Jordan Mixed Patration Commission ordered UN observers to the armistice lines to investigate mutual allegations of massing troops beyond the agreed limits. The move aims to verify troop numbers on both sides and ease tensions in the region.
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Israel-Jordan
U. N
Twenty Jonesville students injured in Elkin bus crash
A Jonesville High School bus carrying 39 FFA students and teacher Edward Miller crashed into a tree east of Elkin on Highway 67. Student Billy Jack Mendenhall and Leon Reece were in fair condition with serious injuries. driver J D Weatherman shaken but unhurt. Several others including Billy Haynes Ira Macy and more were treated for cuts and contusions as parents gathered at Elkin Hospital.
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Elkin
N.C
Jonesville
Raleigh
Billy Jack Mendenhall
Leon Reece
Elkin Hospital
FFA
Edward Miller
D. R. Price
Yadkinville
J. D
Price
Weatherman
Billy Haynes
Ira W. Macy
Mendenhall
Reece
Snowfalls Grip Rockies and Great Plains with Cold Marks
Snow blanketed the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains with depths from an inch in Wyoming to 30 inches in higher elevations. North Dakota and Nebraska saw hard freezes with lows in the mid 20s to 30s, while Texas drought relief rains subsided to light sprinkles. Ground crews searched Wyoming for missing big game hunters as western moisture waned.
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Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
Wyoming
Rockies
Colorado
Montana
Nebraska
Burwell
Norfolk
Bismarck
N. C
Big Horn Mountains
Texas
Seaboard
California
Oregon
Mississippi River
Southwest Plains
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U.S
Backpws
Sen. George
France
Indochina
Matthews B. Ridgway
Easton
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Ridgway
St. Louis
Ers
Jeremiah O'Connell
I. A. Long
Board of Police Commissioners
Geoffrey
Gould
Hetfield
Williams
Wisconsin
United Fund Giving Sports
Israel
Jordan
West
High
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