Pentagon Debating Policy On Vets Brainwashed By POW Pressure
Pentagon officials debate a unified approach to soldiers captured and brainwashed by Communists. Two schools of thought exist: tough enforce the rigid POW code, or soft grant leniency to those coerced into collaboration. Outcome hinges on future commission findings and individual case reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ners Altschull
Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Army
Air Force
Navy
Defense Department
Wilson
Formosa
Korea
Ambrose H. Nugent
Merrill
Wis
Harry Fleming
Racine
William H. Olson
Youngsville
Edward
Dickenson
Cracker'’s Neck
Claude J. Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
NuMine Sailor Returns From Japan on Furlough
Seaman Donald Lee McMasters, son of Mr and Mrs Harold McMasters of NuMine, returns from Japan after a 30 day furlough with his parents. In 100 months in the U S Navy he has served in Japan Formosa Hong Kong and the Philippine Islands. He will depart for San Francisco on April 2 then report to Pearl Harbor for duty until his November discharge. Four of his five brothers have served in the Armed Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Numine
Japan
Donald Lee MeMasters
Harold McMasters
United States Navy
Formosa
Hong Kong
Phillippine Islands
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
the McMasters
Brownies Celebrate 43rd Year Anniversary
Rural Valley Brownie Scout Troop Two marked the 43rd anniversary of the Girl Scouts with a birthday party at King's Drug Store. The program included games and songs and refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Valley
Brownie Scout
King’s Drugstore
Farm Safety Institute to be Held at Penn State
The fifth Pennsylvania Farm Safety Institute will convene March 17 at the Agriculture Engineering Department, Pennsylvania State University, State College. Sponsoring groups include the Pennsylvania Rural Safety Council and university departments. sessions cover rural safety, home safety, farm accident surveys, and promotional efforts. Several experts and organization leaders will speak on topics from farm safety programs to tractor demonstrations.
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Insurante Company
Pennsylvania Farm Safety Institute
Agriculture Engineering Department
Pennsylvania State University
State College
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Rural Safety Council
Agriculture and Home Economics Extension Service
Agricultural Engineering Department
Division of
Farm and Home Safety Education
State Department of Public Instruction
Pennsylvania Council of Farm Organizations
L. H. Bull
William G. Mather
Prodipto Roy
Nancy Mariko
Pennsylvania Association
Future Homemakers of America
Allen L. Baker
Lebanon County
Burton S. Horne
Samuel L. Horst
Lyman E. Jackson
College of Agriculture
Grace M. Herderson
College of Home Economics
F. W. Peikert
Department of Agriculture
Forest Fire Crisis Prompts Statewide Response
Gov. Leroy Collins orders law enforcement and several state departments to aid in North Florida fires. The Florida Forest Service reports a severe blaze in Madison County burning thousands of acres with heavy smoke hindering air patrols. Fire control chief John M. Bethea says relief hinges on general rains.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Leroy Collins
Florida
Florida Forest Service
Madison County
Hye
John M. Bethea
Forest Service
Bethea
Easter Seal Drive Dates Are Revealed
Indiana County and state drive run March 10 to Easter Sunday April 10 under James Turney as chairman. The 1955 campaign, the 22nd annual nationwide effort, will aid local speech therapy and camps while funding national programs and research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
James &. Turney
Indiana County Society For Crippled Children
Easter Seal Society
Crippled Children
Chicago
Stevens Grossi Studios
Ester Seal Society
Turney
Teaster Seal Research Foundation
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
States
District of Columbia
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Flag Causes Some Debate at Alabama Capitol
At the Alabama DAR convention in Montgomery delegates argued over the Capitol flag's shape. They voted to change the state code to allow a rectangular banner, noting the square flag’s tie to the Confederate flag. The change would require legislative action, with potential objections from the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Capitol
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Band Thanks Homer Group for Advertising Support
Anthony Cotroneo, director of the Laura Lamar Joint High School bands, thanks merchants for purchasing ad space for the 1955 annual band concert on April 20 in the high school auditorium. Guest conductor will be James Colonna of Kittanning High School. Arkansas was the 25th state to be admitted to the Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
Anthony Cotroneo
Laura Lamar
James Colonna
Kittanning High School
Girl Is Killed In Odd Accident
In Houston Texas Shari Lynn Ward age six was fatally injured when her father Ernest Elmo Ward 29 distracted by a barking dog drove his motor scooter under a chain stretched across a drive in theater driveway He and another daughter Claudia seven were knocked from the scooter but escaped serious injury Ward who manages the drive in said the chain was placed to deter teenage vandals at the open air movie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Shari Lynn Ward
Ernest Elmo Ward
Claudia
Ward
Quadruplets Due Triplets Arrive Split With Rubirosa Case
Clevelanding fragmentary news from Ciudad Trujillo and Bristol details Porfirio Rubirosa and Barbara Hutton divorce proceedings in the Dominican Republic, with Judge Anibal Sosa Ortiz delayed two months before ruling. Rubirosa, in Miami preparing for a sports car race, cites incompatibility while Hutton rests in Honolulu. In Bristol, Britain, Georgina Stubbs announces a quadruplet plan amid longstanding European independence notes and a household awaiting three more births after two boys and a girl already.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican’ Republic
Porfirio Rubirosa
Barbara Hutton
Rubi
Babs
Palm Beach
Fla
Anibal Sosa Ortiz
Rubirosa
Miami
Honolulu
Indonesia
Bristol
England
Sion
Netherlands
Georgina Stubbs
Southmead
St. Patrick
Shel
Ireland
Guff and Stuff Clock Figures Fail to Ring Hours
New York bronze figures in Herald Square that strike the hours on a clock tower will be inactive for a couple of weeks as “Guff” suffers from a condition diagnosed as cable-itis. The massive figures weigh a half ton each and swing hammers hourly from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., while twin hammers perform the actual ringing inside the bell.
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New York
Herald Square
Guff
Idaho Elevation Range and Borah Summit Coal Estimate
The excerpt notes Idaho elevations from Lewiston at 738 feet to Mount Borah summit at 12,665 feet and cites a Borah coal estimate of 192,000,000,000 tons. It also mentions Texas having more farms and a railway tie treated with creo lasting about 25 years.
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Idaho
Lewiston
Mexico
Mount Borah
Texas
Creo
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NuMine Sailor
Routman
Cape
Barbara Hale
Ayda
Aydsa
Ayds
Reon
Gove
Amy Woodforde Finden
Homer
Arkansas
Mrs. Stubbs
Fed
Tom
Lillian
LU Jawels
Jewel Stanwood
Widdowson’s Jewelers Indiana
Phila
Ralph Moorhead
Tad Eer
Zenith
Coscods Trust
Indiana, Pa
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