Fear Drives POWs to Stay with Communists, Ex-PW Says
At Fort Sam Houston court martial Corporal Claude Batchelor Testifies Most POWs repelled by fear chose to remain with the Communists He notes a few understood they fought for peace and recalls Edward Dickenson repatriated and sentenced for similar charges Batchelor declares he hopes to atone and aid his country
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San Antonio
Texas
Claude Batchelor
Batchelor
Kermit
Fort Sam Houston
Kaesong
United Nations
Cpl
Edward Dickenson
Cracker's Neck
Dickenson
Police Halt Three Boys Taking Trek
Three boys aged 11 to 15 started a bicycle trek toward Oregon with 5.26 in cash, cans, cap pistols, a BB gun and a 22 rifle to hunt and fish. A note said they were on vacation and would not be back, but sheriffs deputies halted them near the Firestone substation and called their parents.
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Oregon
Firestone
Bobby Robbins
Billy
Larry Worth
Ville
Triplets Receive $50 from Lakewood Group
Lakewood's new triplets Dean Gregory Steven Craig and Bradley Alan were born August 17 one month premature at Seaside Hospital. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Upton received a $50 check today from Lakewood Center Businessmen's Assn, presented by treasurer D. B. Morgan. The family resides at 4915 Hersholt St.
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Lakewood Group
Lakewood
Eugene Upton
Hersholt St
Lakewood Center Businessmen’s Assn
D. B. Morgan
Association
Dean Gregory
Steven Craig
Bradley Alan
Seaside Hospital
Whirlers to Resume Square Dancing in Bellflower
The "Whirlers" square dance group will resume meetings on September 12 at Sims Park Hall in Bellflower with Darrell Brown as caller. The hall has been closed five weeks for remodeling.
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Yshe Wmirlers
Sims Park Hall
Bellflower
Darrell Brown
Quemoy Ambiguities Stir Hong Kong Over Taiwan Tension
Hong Kong observers fret over Quemoy Kinmen as the U S Navy weighs defense scope for Formosa The island’s close proximity to the mainland and past sieges shape debates on whether Nationalist forces will withdraw and how China and the Reds would respond The discussion weighs strategic morale and potential interlinked consequences for Chiang Kai-shek and broader regional stability.
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Fred Hampson
Hong Kong
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
U. S
Formosa
Quemoy
Kinmen
Hearly
Big Quemoy
Little Quemoy
Amoy Harbor
Crippled Liner Lands Safely in Chicago Tribute
A Royal Dutch Airways Constellation with 55 aboard landed safely at Gander then Chicago after a partial engine loss. In Chicago 150000 Catholics expected to pay homage at a Marian Year tribute mass led by Msgr William J. Gorman. Cardinal Stritch to bless at a pontifical mass on a lakefront altar amid a colorful procession.
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New York
Royal Dutch Airways
Christ
KLM
Shannor
Eire
Romar
Chicago
Lake Front
Gander
United States
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Grosse Point Park
Mich
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Hainan Island
Tung
Quemoy Hes
Roadstead
Marrow Channel
Ralphs
Phesh
Bellefleur
Mary Ellen Black
Laura Scudder
Tex Marathon
Tou
Zee Kraft
Bech
Tex Insel
Libby
Rageks
U.S. Gov't
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Stokely
Heinz
Holly
M & MS
Pillsbury Angel Food Mix
Cf de
Roy
Jatori
Dior
Milwaukee
Rators
Fiateks
Wong's
Leon Libby
Darigoldist
Lux
Dionne
Iris
Los Angeles
RTT
Long Beach
Cherry
Tenth
ST. Louis
Eer Wesson Oil
Wesson Oil
Relphs
Vano Liquid
Quart
Percy
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