Priests Describe Torture After Red China Prisoner Release
Two American Jesuit priests from San Francisco arrived in Hong Kong aboard the Hamburg after three years in Chinese custody. They reported brutal treatment and long interrogations, with one recalling jailers forbidding Rosary prayers and claiming there is no religious freedom.
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Hong Kong
Red China
John W. Clifford
Thomas L. Phillips
San Francisco
Shanghai
Hamburg
Clifford
Phillips
Father Clifford
Christ the King Church
Father Phillips
John Houle
Glendale
Calif
Lochaiwai
Shanghai College
Wiley Protests ICC Port Ruling Short On Lake Ports
Sen. Alexander Wiley charged the Interstate Commerce Commission with discrimination after an ICC ruling gave only two days free time for rail cars serving lake ports while ocean ports received six days. He called the order outrageous and an apparent sabotage by eastern railroads.
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Menomonee Falls
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Wiley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ocean
ICC
Wisconsin 1956 highway toll hits 464 year to date
Wisconsin's 1956 highway death toll reached 464 today, 90 higher than the 374 on the same date in 1955. Lyle Rewey, 17, of Neenah, died after a motorcycle left a road and struck a utility pole three miles west of Neenah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Lyle Rewey
Neenah
Weather forecast for Kenosha with storms expected
Warm air will linger in Kenosha keeping conditions pleasant for swimmers and picnickers but thunderstorms are expected tonight and tomorrow. Sewage plant reported high of 78 yesterday and low 63 today with 84 at American Motors and 85 downtown near noon. Temperatures may ease tomorrow. Sunrise 4 23 a.m. sunset 7 28 p.m.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Strike Triggers Wider Layoffs In Steel Shutdown
The nationwide steel strike enters its seventh day as up to 40,000 coal miners return from vacation to potential shorter weeks or layoffs. Rail and barge workers, truck drivers, and seamen face furloughs, with 650,000 millworkers already on picket lines and U. S. Steel curtailing western mines except Robena. Federal mediation chief Finnegan plans renewed talks early next week.
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Steel Union
Joseph Finnegan
Federal Mediation Service
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
Finnegan
United Steel
Waitkelts Slikc
USW
Joseph F. Finnegan
United Mine
U. S. Steel Corp
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
West Virginia
Robena
Masontown
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Railroad Retirement Board
Chicago - Gary
American Trucking Assn
Chester Thompson
American Waterways Operators, Inc
Great Lakes
Abduction Alert Involving Jilted Lover In Illinois
Police issued a Midwest alert for Thomas Bellows of Davenport Iowa after abducting 17 year old Millie Joyce Spencer from her Green Rock Illinois home. Bellows allegedly posed as a deaf mute to gain entry and used handcuffs but fled with the girl after Doris Spencer alerted authorities. Sheriff George Nelson urged caution for Millie Joyce’s safety.
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Green Rock
Ill
lPi
Thomas Bellows
Davenport
Iowa
Millie Joyce Spencer
George Nelson
Nelson
Bellows
Spencer
Millie Joyce
Doris
Thomas
Millie
Both Bellows
Air crash victim insured for six hundred thirty six thousand
Chicago area victim Albert E. Widdifield of Riverside Illinois was insured for 636352 dollars in the Arizona crash. He carried 500000 dollars of flight insurance provided by Sunbeam Corp Chicago where he served as vice president and advertising director.
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Chicago
Arizona Grand Canyon
Albert E. Widdifield
Riverside, Ill
Sunbeam Corp
Congress Eyes Test to End AAF Missile Dispute
Washington lawmakers urge Secretary Wilson to settle the Army Air Forces quarrel over anti aircraft missiles by a scientific test to resolve the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Army Air Force
Westbury Kidnapping Case Sees Mock Clues And Cranks
Two men in Nassau County are questioned over the Peter Weinberger kidnapping but give no help. A cryptic message to TV newscaster McCaffery is deemed meaningless, while Weinberger and his wife await word on the four week old child.
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Westbury
N. Y
Peter Weinberger
Dacines
Tuuay
Nassau County
Stuyvesant Pinnell
Morris
Betty Weinberger
Peter
Pinnell
Weinberger
McCafferty
John K. M. McCaffery
John K. J. McCaffery
Morris Weinberger
Dems Propose $300000 for Foreign Aid Restudy
Senate Democrats sought 300000 for an exhaustive restudy of U S foreign aid spending as Congress neared final votes on a four billion dollar program. Sen Mansfield urged an independent inquiry under the Foreign Relations Committee to evaluate current aid use amid deep cuts in military and economic aid.
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Washington
Congress
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate Rules Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Hoover Commission
Foreign Relations Committee
Sparkman
Eisenhower
Yugoslavia
Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce to Confer Before Vacation
Ambassador to Italy Clare Boothe Luce will confer with State Department officials here next Wednesday. After the conference she will take a one month holiday and then return to her post in Rome. She recently came home from Italy for a medical checkup.
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Washington
Italy
Clare Boothe Luce
State Department
Rome
Twining Reports On Red Airpower From Moscow Visit
General Nathan F. Twining presented a top secret report to House defense aides on his inspection of Soviet air power. Lawmakers described the trip as insightful though not revealing new findings and noted no changes to the military construction program were proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
House
Russia
Twining
Moscow
House Defense Appropriations
Senate Armed Services
George H. Mahon
Dtex
Full Appropriations Committee
Begin Inquiry Into Air Crash
A House Commerce subcommittee began an inquiry into the Grand Canyon air crash after a collision of TWA and United Air Lines planes near Los Angeles. The hearing aims to hear CAB and CAA officials and airline representatives while continuing body recovery at the canyon site.
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Las Vegas
Grand Canyon
House Commerce
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Civil Aeronautics Administration
California
Utah
Arizona
TWA
United Air
Sky Giants
Los Angeles International
High Cab
CAA
James R. Durfee
Los Angeles
Harris
Carl Hinshaw
United Air Lines
Colorado River
Switzerland
Canyon
Flagstaff
Adlai Stevenson Meets Nebraska Iowa Delegates
Adlai E. Stevenson today met with Nebraska and Iowa Democratic delegates in Omaha to discuss the upcoming national convention. The encounter emphasized unity ahead of the party gathering.
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Omaha
Neb
Adlai E. Stevenson
Nebraska
Iowa
Madison Police Group Expels Chief Weatherly
The Madison Policeman's Protective Association ousted Chief Bruce Weatherly on Friday for breach of trust and conduct detrimental to the force. Directors plan to appoint reps to Mayor Nestingen and the city council to address morale, restore seniority work rights, and secure summer uniforms approved in 1954. They also consider ejecting Capt. Herman Thomas and object to Weatherly's publicizing files on Deputy Sheriff Russell Kiley.
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Madison
Madison Policeman's Protective Association
Bruce Weatherly
Weatherly
Ivan Nestingen
Herman Thomas
Russell Kiley
Police and Fire Commission
Kiley
Circuit Court
Rev. Herbert C. Noonan Dies at 81 Former Marquette President
The Rev. Herbert C. Noonan, 81, former president of Marquette University in Milwaukee, died Friday after suffering a heart ailment.
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Omaha
Herbert C. Noonan
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Government Gear Used for Hunting
Immigration Commissioner Joseph M. Swing testified he used government equipment on hunting trips in Mexico and Canada to build relations with officials. He said the trips were primarily to discuss border issues and would continue unless barred. He also disclosed drafting a 1953 plan to deploy 4000 troops to the Mexican border to counter illegal crossings, a plan abandoned after his concerns.
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Washington
Joseph M. Swing
Mexico
Canada
Swing
West Point
Eisenhower
Herbert Brownell Jr
U. S
Sixth
California
Brownell
Polish protest over U S interference in Poland
Poland lodged a protest with the United States over what it called highly improper interference in Poland's internal affairs. Ambassador Romuald Spasowski delivered an oral protest to Deputy Undersecretary Robert Murphy after a State Department remark on Poznan unrest. United States officials dismissed the move as counter propaganda with little substance and no formal reply planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
United States
Poland
Romuald Spasowski
Poznan
Spasowski
United State
Robert Murphy
Lincoln White
White
Soviet Union
Flames Destroy Waukesha Plant
Firefighters from four cities battled a blaze at the Cathedral Craftsman Co. plant on Highway 59 near Waukesha. The early morning fire started at 12 23 a m and caused an estimated 100 000 dollars in damage to the church furniture maker. A watchman heard an explosion in the spraying room before the compressor caught fire.
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Waukesha
Cathedral Craftsmen Co
Highway 59
Here
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Adlai Stevenson
Amos Siglin
Seymour
Stevenson
Siglin
Red Airpower
Mahon
Adlai
House Government Operations Subcommittee
Yuma-San Luis
Pacific Ocean
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