POWs Recall Forced Confession Under Interrogation
O Neal testified that after capture in Korea he endured hours of interrogation under Chinese supervision. He described being moved to a cave where nine Red soldiers bayoneted him, then pressured to sign confessions within 48 hours on threat of death. He alleged meetings with an Instrumental Scientific Commission for Bi on Biological Warfare near Pyoktong on August 3, 1952, with doctors from several countries present.
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China
Pyoktong
Yalu River
England
Italy
France
Russia
Koreans Describe Strained Ties With Chinese Overlords
Former KMAG officer 1st Lt. John E. Caldwell Jr. said Koreans harbored growing hostility toward Chinese rulers in North Korea. He described widespread Chinese dominance, forced labor for Koreans, and suspected mass population loss since the Korean War began. Caldwell was released Sept. 2 and spoke of covert Korean-Chinese tensions dating to 1950.
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Inchon
Korea
John E. Caldwell, Jr
Cala
Fla
Caldwell
Korean Military Advisory Group
Caldwel
Cardwell
North Korea
South Korea
Family Thought Dying Man Was Playing Joke
Gunterville Alabama a 50 year old man Lester Camp suffered a heart attack and drowned in waist deep water near town as relatives watched thinking he mocked a joke. Coroner ruled accidental drowning. Camp called for help but family dismissed it as a prank while he stood in shallow water.
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Guntersville
Ala
Lester Camp
Cniy
Tobacco Markets Close for Labor Day Holiday
North Carolina flue cured tobaccos pause for Labor Day with Border and Eastern belts closing while Upper Middle Belt markets resume tomorrow. Last week’s totals show season averages around 55 dollars per hundred pounds across belts as Sandhills and Border Belt sales progress.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Lower Middle Belt
Upper Middle Belt
Sandhills Group
Sandhills
Border Belt
Bob Shepperd Makes Hole-in-One at Milan Golf Course
North Vernon golfer Bob Shep perd scored a hole-in-one at Pont Law's Golf Course in Milan by driving the ball directly into the cup with no roll or bounce, a rare straight-in shot.
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Milan
Ind
Bob Shepperd
North Vernon
Pontlaw
Passengers Escape Plane Just Ahead of Flames
A Northwest Airlines Constellation crash landed at McChord Field after engine trouble led to an instrument landing in fog. Passengers fled the burning wreck within minutes, aided by air police. 16 injured, no deaths. Among aboard were John Eisenhower’s daughter-in-law and numerous travelers from U.S. and overseas.
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Wash
McChord Air Force Base
Tors
John Eisenhower
Seattle
Korea
Constellation
Chicago
Northwest Airlines
Eastern Airlines
Northwest
Seattle-Tacoma
Russ Bird
Portland
Ore
McChord
Bird
Air Force
Nattalie Gromb
Newark
N.J
Robert L. Harris
Grombs
Gromb
Ee Ae Air Force
Multiple Fatal Vehicle and Accident Deaths Reported
A series of deadly incidents includes an overturned automobile on Highway 350 near Valdese killing two people, a car crash near Lenoir claiming Mrs. Linda Helton, a Fayetteville restaurant owner Richard E. Smith dies in Fayetteville, a Winston-Salem man William Herrin dies near a rail trestle, and Sylvester Belk suffocates in a 50 foot well near Monroe after entering to help his brother.
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Valdese
Jamess
Zulahtier
Rt. 4
Morganton
Vie Ree
Linda Helton
Lenoir
Richard E. Smith
Fayetteville
Winston-Salem
William Herrin
Sylvester Belk
Monroe
Albert Belk
Weather forecast notes for Charlotte area
Official Weather Bureau records summarize temperatures and rainfall for the 14 hours ending at 7:30 am. Tonight low 55, tomorrow high 80 with last night low 59. Sunset 6 39 pm, sunrise 5 57 am. High temperature 80, low 59 noted in report.
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Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Beria Betrayed by Wife Says Der Abend Report
West Berlin paper Der Abend says Lavrenti Beria was betrayed by his wife Martina S Beria who allegedly revealed his plans to seize power in Russia. A Scandinavian diplomat reportedly visited Martina at her home north of Moscow five days after Beria’s arrest.
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Berlin
Germany
West Berlin
der Abend
Lavrenti Beria
Stockholm
Martina S Beria
Beria
Russia
Moscow
E R Church Leaders To Visit Area
Fifteen ministers from Pennsylvania will visit the Southern Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church September 9 to 17 for a Traveling Missioner Project. They plan two day visits in each of more than 60 congregations in North Carolina to deepen faith, strengthen leadership, and lift congregations with gospel preaching. Notable visitors include Rev M F Sollinger of Green Castle PA at Calvary Evangelical and Reformed in Thomasville September 9 and 10, and Rev L J Sandt of Allentown PA at Zion Thomasville September 11. Calvary hosts a pot luck supper September 11 and a congregational meeting September 13. Zion holds meetings September 13 and 14.
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Thomasville
Pennsylvania
the Evangelical and Reformed
Ae Prone
North Carolina
M. F. Sollinger
Greencastle
Calvery Evangelical and Reformed Church
L. J. Sandt
Allentown
Zion Church
Four Percenter Story Told Navy Contract Probe
The Navy investigated a "mighty mouse" propellant device deal. Steven Parsons of Century Industries and salesman Nelson Hanson discussed a potential commission of a quarter to three quarters of a contract value. Hanson initially claimed salary terms only but later confirmed efforts to win a contract for up to 75 000 launch units.
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Navy
Stephenson
S$ Nson
Parsons
Century Industries, Inc
Pipeline push to restore Raleigh water supply
Raleigh accelerates operation pipeline as 42 000 feet of pipe and five high capacity pumps are loaned by federal agencies to supply two million gallons daily from a private lake. City manager W H Carper estimates completion in about four weeks amid ongoing drought. Burlington also borrows pipe and pumps for a Haw River pipeline. Rain showers over the weekend offered little relief to the shortage.
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Raleigh
Federal
Civil Serones Administration
Atlanta
Tom Lake
Rand
W. H. Carper
Burlington
Civil Defense
Birmingham
Ala
Haw River
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