Army Abandons Push to Prosecute Turncoat Prisoners
The Army says Supreme Court rulings void its authority to try three Korean War turncoats who defected to Communist China. They face civilian court treason charges if tried, after dishonorable discharges by Defense Secretary Wilson. Also involved are Private Martin and Edward Kirby in related cases.
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United States
China
Supreme Court
Army
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
Otho G. Bell
Olympia
Tule Lake
Cal
Edward G. Kirby
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Martin
U. S
California
Judge grants delay for convict Ryan before jail term
Federal Judge George C. Sweeney allowed Henry G. Ryan a one month jail sentence with a one day delay at the request of his lawyer who said Ryan would drive him. In another note a Greensboro market break in found only two fishing poles missing valued at $2.10.
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Boston
George C. Sweeney
Henry G. Ryan
Ryan
Greensboro
N. C
Japanese Marine Kinoshita Ends 11-Year Jungle War Evades Capture
In Manila, Noboru Kinoshita, once a Marine, strangled himself in a prison stockade after 11 years in the Philippine jungles. He had evaded capture since the war began, surviving on wild food and believing Japan would win. He surrendered on November 2 during a raid for sweet potatoes.
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Manila
Philippines
Japan
Marine Corp
Noboru Kinoshita
Kinoshita
Trans-ocean TV links Havana to New York on Wide Wide World
In a rare live trans-oceanic link, an airplane relay bridged 239 miles between Florida and Cuba for NBC’s Wide Wide World. The Havana skyline, harbor, Capitol, and 200 Cuban students were shown though image quality was not perfect. The piece previews interest in Alcoa Hour and praises Diana Lynn, William Redfield, and Paul McGrath for strong performances in a TV adaptation of A Girl Can Tell.
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New York
Wide Wide World
Nbc-Tv
Havana
Florida
Cuba
United States
CMN
Capitol
Alcoa
F. Hugh Herbert
Diana Lynn
William Redfield
Paul McGrath
Government imposes export limit on cotton goods to United States
Tokyo reports the government will restrict cotton goods exports to the United States to avoid triggering American trade quotas. In Formosa, the China Post notes provisional capital Taipei leads world cities in traffic accidents with 18,133 vehicles and 2,511 crashes in 1954, an average of 1,400 per 10,009 vehicles, 700 times higher than San Francisco.
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Tokyo
United States
Taipei
Formosa
China
China Post
San Francisco
Oil Spill Ends With Street Slide In Wynnewood
An oil truck driver mistook a storm sewer opening for a fuel pipe. Eight hundred gallons of oil poured into the sewer and overflowed onto a busy street. Fire crews flushed the area as motorists skidded and one car struck a vacant lot into a for sale sign.
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Dick Wynnewood
Interior creates Division of Anthracite Mines
The Department of Interior forms Division of Anthracite Mines in the Bureau of Mines to boost productivity and use of hard coal. The first Senior Amateur Championship of the USGA will be held at Belle Meade Country Club Nashville Tennessee from September 26 to October 1 with an entry fee of ten dollars.
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Department of Interior
Bureau of Mines
USGA
Belle Meade Cues
Nashville
Tenn
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