Curiosity No Sin as POW Harold Dunn Reflects
Harold Dunn a 23 year old Baldwinsville New York native and former prisoner of war arrived with 327 other repatriates in San Francisco He admitted to newsmen that he was a Progressive in a Communist prison camp but denied informing on fellow GIs Dunn described his shift from forced lectures to voluntary study noting Chinese propaganda and his subsequent realization that certain claims about Syngman Rhee were false He insisted he never informed on comrades and said his escape plans involved only himself while acknowledging his Army service since 1947 and support for his widowed mother
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Pfe
Harold Dunn
Baldwinsville
N. Y
Col
Don H. Calvin
Chicago
Korea
United States
Dunn
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
America
Iran Faces Trial After Mossadegh Transfer to Jail
Tehran officials report ex premier Mohammed Mossadegh moved from the Officers' Club to a jail cell following the royalist coup that toppled his government. The aging nationalist leader awaits treason charges while pro Mossadegh uprisings persist. Fatemi hunted with a 100000 rial reward, as Zahedi consolidates power and treasury woes mount.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Fazollah Zahedi
Zahedi
Airman Wounded By .22 Rifle Bullet
A 21 year old airman was treated at Station hospital after apparently shooting himself with a .22 caliber rifle Sunday night at 1717 Washington. Glenn Dale Adams of Ent Air Force Base Colorado Springs was visiting relatives on leave. He was shot in the abdomen and transported by Kemp Shields to see shooting Page 2.
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Washington
Fort Sill
Adams
Kemp Shields
Ashington
Shields
Weas Ees
Hunger Riots Spark New Red Overtures
Moscow and East Germany sign a pact after four days of talks led by Premier Malenkov and Otto Grotewohl. The deal eases occupation costs, ends reparations after Jan 1, exchanges ambassadors, offers aid, and frees some German prisoners, viewed by Western observers as boosting the Grotewohl regime and pressuring West Germany ahead of elections.
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Soviet Union
East Germany
Kremlin
Georgi Malenkov
Otto Grotwohl
Germany
Grotewohl
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Malenkov
East Berlin
Hunger
New Police Survey Begins After Purdue Visit
Lawton officials anticipate a Purdue University survey of the police department starting Tuesday. Shelby Galleen, director of the university Institute of Public Safety, will lead a supplemental survey with help from Gene Sullivan of the National Auto Theft Association. The Safety Committee will brief the city council on plans as Col. George Buell and local leaders facilitate the process. funeral postponements delayed a planned meeting.
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Purdue University
Shelby Galleen
University
Institute of Public Safety
Galleen
Oklahoma City
Gene Sullivan
National Auto Theft Association
Ed Gartrell
George Buell
Fort Sill
Purdue Institute
Pike Towns Sales Go Up on Turnpike Route
Oklahoma City reports show four cities along the Turner Turnpike posted higher sales tax receipts. Only Stroud showed a drop from July 1952 figures, while Bristow, Sapulpa, and Chandler posted increases in the same period.
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Oklahoma City
Stroud
H. E. Bailey
Bailey
Bristow
Sapulpa
Chandler
ROK Official Blasts India at UN General Assembly
South Korea’s Foreign Minister Y T Pyun told the United Nations General Assembly it is next to impossible for Seoul to sit on the same side as India at the Korean peace conference. Sen. Alexander Wiley urged India to withdraw, while Pyun accused Nehru’s government of “flicking with Communism.” Lodge declined to confirm U S opposition tied to India’s stance. India chairs the prisoner repatriation commission and remains answerable to the talks.
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N. Y
South Korea
Y. T. Pyun
U. N
India
Pyun
General Assembly
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R-Wis
Nehru
Republic of Korea
Wiley
Kremlin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Korea
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Meet the Press
Lodge
United States
Korea
Peace Conference
Memorial Doctors To Elect Officers In Hospital Meet
Memorial hospitals medical staff will hold its annual election Tuesday night at a hospital dining room. Dr Donald Angus chief of staff will preside as doctors elect a chief of staff and secretary treasurer. Heads of medical committees will also be appointed.
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Memorial Hospitals Medical Staff
Donald Angus
Phone Strikers Stage Protest Over Letter
Oklahoma City reports a mass demonstration by union telephone workers marking day five of a wage dispute. Dozens picketed the Southwestern Bell headquarters to protest a company letter proposing benefit cuts in 14 categories while negotiators in St. Louis continued talks with federal conciliators.
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Communications Workers of America
CIO
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
St. Louis
CIO Communications Workers of America
Southwestern Bell
CWA
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Illinois
Indiana Bell Co
Newton
Kan
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
Sill Prisoners Back In Fold After Capture By Ardmore
Three Fort Sill soldiers Pvt. Clyde H. Williams Pvt. Melvin Wise and Pvt. Robert Codille were recaptured near Ardmore after escaping Friday. Donald R. Walker 19 Maud Okla remains at large after leaping from a moving truck Saturday as Col George Buell Fort Sill provost marshal notes the escape and subsequent pursuit in the wild area along U S 277.
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Fort Sill
Ardmore
Donald R. Walker
Maud
Oklo
George Buell
U. S. 277
Clyde H. Williams
Melvin Wise
Robert Codille
Mixed reaction to GG shot benefits across the nation
More than 150000 American school children received gamma globulin shots this summer and health officials report mixed results. While some call it a big success, others warn GG is not a true vaccine and its immunity is temporary. Early data suggest a lower rate of crippling polio among the vaccinated, but further study is needed to confirm the effect.
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United Press
Texas
U.S. Public Health Service
Jubilant POWs Return Home Amid Silent Protest
Panmunjom dispatch reports 150 Americans in Freedom Village refuse to discuss prison conditions until all their comrades are out. Others talk of escape attempts as 400 captives handed over by the Communists with 2,402 taken in exchange. More than 300 Americans travel home aboard Gen Nelson M Walker, welcomed by bands and fireboats, as families react with tears and joy at San Francisco’s Ft Mason.
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John Pope
Inchan
United States
United Nations
Reds
Freedom Village
Kaesong
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Joseph O. Olazabal
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Korea
Navy
Nelson M. Walker
Inchon
Golden Gate
California
Ft. Mason
Alcatraz
Air Force
Club Visit Brings Warning and Charges at Local Night Club
Liquor possession charges were filed today against Clyde Prestage operator of Clyde's Caravan Club and Kelly Gross after a Sunday raid by county officers. County Attorney Redman said the club was warned to remove an alleged mixed drink bar and that, despite moving the bar, officials believe it is still used as a bar. Officers seized five half pints of whisky and two half pints of gin during the raid. See Visit, Page 2.
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Clyde’s Caravan Club
S. 23Rd
Kelly Gross
Lawton
Manville Redman
Redman
Prestage
Sheriff’s
Big Three
Arvil Roberson
Caravan Club
Stillwater grocer attacks beer sale ban on Sundays
Stillwater grocer Owen Bays filed a constitutional challenge to the citys week old ordinance banning Sunday beer sales. The suit is the second test case in two months challenging a state law enabling municipalities to regulate Sunday beer sales, with Altus facing a similar case in State Criminal Court.
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Stillwater
Okla
Owen Bays
Bays
State Criminal Court of Seals
U S May Reopen Lattimore Case
The government asked the U S Court of Appeals to reinstate four perjury counts against Owen Lattimore, a former State Department consultant and Johns Hopkins University official, after a judge trimmed the indictment from seven to three counts amid a Senate Internal Security Committee inquiry. The case hinges on whether the remaining counts can proceed or be dropped.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
Owen Lattimore
U. S
Luther W. Youngdahl
Youngdahl
Minnesota
Showers Seen Here Tuesday
Lawton area forecast calls for widely scattered showers Tuesday afternoon with clear skies and light breeze. Temperatures are expected to dip into the low 90s, following a 92 degree high Sunday at Lawton, with McAlester and Hobart near 91. A 64 degree low was recorded in Lawton this morning and tonight’s overnight low was forecast near that figure. Sunday’s statewide cloud cover produced heavy showers in some areas, thunderstorms in others, and Guyman reported over two inches of moisture with a home fire caused by lightning. Hooker in the Panhandle registered 1.70 inches.
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Lawton
McAlester
Hobart
Guyman
Hooker
Panhandle
Freed City POW Arrives In Capital
Cpl. Robert H. Boyd, a Lawton serviceman held 27 months in a Communist prison camp, arrived in Oklahoma City by plane around noon to reunite with wife Clemmie Boyd and their son Butch. His mother-in-law Nettie Jackson planned a celebratory meal at 103 Bell Drive as the family welcomed him home. Another Lawton veteran from Operation Big Switch was to be met in San Francisco by his father.
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Oklahoma City
Clemmie Boyd
Butch
Robert H. Boyd
Cpl. Boyd
San Francisco
Dallas
Nettie Jackson
Bell Drive
Gun Wounds Fatal To Capital Mother
A 29 year old Oklahoma City mother who shot her two children and then herself last week died of her wounds at St. Anthony hospital. Her death follows the unexplained shootings at the family home in Midwest City where her six year old daughter Linda was found dead in the kitchen. The son Richard remains in critical condition but showed improvement after being moved from the critical list. Services for the mother were held.
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St. Anthony Hospital
Margie Reval Lawson
Linda
Midwest City
Richard
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