German POWs to be released as first group returns
Six hundred German prisoners are due to return from Russia this weekend, the first batch of 9,626 promised by Bulganin. A reception center hospital train is readied at Goettingen in Lower Saxony. West Germany asks hospitals and resorts to aid in care for freed inmates, with some stopping in East Germany before heading west.
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Wannover
Germany
Cps
Russia
Nikolai Bulganin
East Germany
Camp Friedland
Atl
Goettingen
Lower Saxony
West Germany
West
Torrance Crash Injures Man on Highway 91
A confusing early 20th century report describes Oliver Davis of Torrance and Gene Knowles of Detroit involved in a head-on collision on Highway 91 eight miles east of Balers. Knowles suffered injuries. Davis was hurt as a passenger in a car reportedly carrying prisoners and a Soviet connection is noted.
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Torrance
Wnony
Oliver Davis
Hodges
Orrick Staway
Baler
Soviet Union
Gene Edwin Knowles
Knowles
W. 75Th St
West Germany demands recognition stance on East Germany
Bonn asserts only the freely elected West German government may speak for all Germans and warns Western powers against recognizing the Soviet zone regime. Adenauer notes four power Berlin status and asks NATO partners to reaffirm current policy while diplomatic ties with Russia are pursued.
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Bonn
Germany
GPI
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
East Germany
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Adenauer
Otto Grotewahl
Moscow
Admiuers
Soviet Union
NATO
Russia
Soviets
West
U.S. Officials Deny Adenauer Attack Charge
U.S. officials dismiss a Bonn paper claim that Ambassador Bohlen accused German chancellor Adenauer of betraying an American secret. Bohlen, vacationing in Cambridge, declined comment. The report, sourced to Abendblatt, described a heated Moscow talk with Blankenhorn amid Russian protest over U.S. balloon launches.
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Washington
Charles B. Bohren
Konrad Adenauer
Bolen
Cambridge
Mass
Moscow Post
Bonn
Abendost
Adenauer
Bohlen
Tierbert Blankenhorn
NATO
Moscow
Germ
Adenau
Qnat Tiehlen
Miost
U. S. Composer Wins Italian Music Prize
Henry Brant of New York City wins the Italia prize for the best radio musical work of the year. His composition December, a radio cantata for orchestra and 100 voices, was first broadcast on WHYC. The prize, worth 1 million lire, was established by Radia Trottiana.
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Practicsa
Mary Coneaser
Henry Brant
New York City
Brant
WHYC
Radia Trotiana
Vicki the elephant herded back to park in Charlotte
Vicki, a 6-year-old Indian elephant, wandered from an amusement park near downtown Charlotte for 11 days through Mecklenberg County. A volunteer posse trapped her in an open field with ropes and an elephant hook, then led her by feet and returned her to the park.
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Charlotte
N. C
Vicki
Mecklenburg County
Chick Dee Whitley
Mecklenburg County Police
Lowie Reed
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Reed
Jack Partlow
John
Smoky) Stricktend
Belgian soldier Devriendt faces custody after Korea trip
Sue waited as Devriendt joined a Belgian colleague on the Communist side in Korea. The other soldier’s release is not detailed. He will be taken into custody by Belgian authorities.
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Roger Devriendt
Bud
Stockton
Calif
China
Kunming
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U. S
Hong Kong
Tzi
Lawrence PB. Buol
Tokyo
Red Cross
Vicks
U.S
Vohlen
Blankenhorn
Lall Music Prize
Dobbs
Desmond
California
Buckingham
Sun Valley
Ludges Plan
Broadway
San Uisbour
Protect Your Eye Marine Glass Co
Vath & Megralia
ARROW
Sussex
Long Beach
Marinello
Pine Ave
Bowermend
Los Angeles
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