Time Running Out for POWs Refusing U.S. Return
UN plans a final homecoming appeal to 22 unrepatriated American prisoners as the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission weighs free choice. The letters stress no immunity for wartime crimes and offer six guidance points to help prisoners evaluate coercion, information, promises, family ties, and service motives. Talks on a repatriation conference are deadlocked with a truce deadline set for Dec. 23 and an indefinite recess for further arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UP Dispatchea Anmunjom
United Nations Command
Neutral Nations
Iisure
Tme
Cobalt Bomb Rumors Hit Cold War Headlines
The Recorder claims the Soviet Union may test a cobalt bomb in late 1955 and believes the U S cannot explode a cobalt device before 1957. Moscow allegedly favors the C-bomb to leap ahead in nuclear power, with fear of global devastation. The piece notes Soviet leaders view 1955 developments as minor while advancing cobalt weaponry.
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Lesdon
London
The
Recorder
Soviet Union
United States
Moscow
Russia
Christmas reunion planned for long lost son
Lubbock mother Mrs. Sam Jones and her son Wilford Woods Jr. of Houston were reunited after 20 years when a photo from Wirephoto arrived. Woods traveled widely in the military, and a chance cafe conversation led to the discovery of his mother in Lubbock.
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Sam Jones
15Th St
Hortense McInerney
New York
Wilford N. Woods Jr
Avalanche Journal
Xars
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Wilford
Nick) Woods Jr
Houston
Woods
Anchorage
Alaska
Rio de Janeiro
Thirteen Convicts Escape Michigan Prison In Mass Flight
Thirteen convicts escaped from Southern Michigan Prison triggering a wild chase across Jackson. Five were captured within hours after seizing a housewife and a nurse as hostages while eight others fled in a stolen Cadillac and a car chase ended with a ditching crash. Two suspects remained at large as law enforcement pursued leads.
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Ackson, Mich
Southern Michigan
Jackson
Michigan
Mary Lou Watts
Helen Gilbert
Watts’ Jackson
Joe Watts
Watts
Glenn Milliman
Milliman
Millimans
Napoleon
Extensive Tests For Missiles Set
The Air Force disclosed that guided missile models, many secret, will be plentiful by 1954 with daily tests off Cape Canaveral. The Air University Quarterly Review notes the Cape Canaveral site could extend range to 10 000 miles by shifting direction, while Matador is in production as the B 61 pilot less bomber.
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International News Service
Washington
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air University
Maxwell Field
Ala
Budget Bureau
Antarctic
Puerto Rico
Army Bee
Eisenhower, GOP Leaders Wrap Three Day Budget Defense Talks
President Eisenhower and Republican congressional leaders concluded a three day conference on the 1954 legislative program. They pressed topics including taxes budget national defense and farm and labor measures while signaling unity against Communism. Details of specific recommendations will be released next month.
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Lke
GOP
Douglas B. Cornell Ashington
Eisenhower
America
White House
Congress
Yule Lighting Winners Named in The Avalanche Journal Contest
Judges from Lubbock garden clubs awarded cash prizes totaling 195 dollars across four divisions for the Seventh Annual Home Christmas Lighting Contest. Exterior and outdoor trees featured Santa figures and multicolored lights, with 20 entrants earning bonus bonds. Winners and addresses include Vicki Pharr 3401 32nd St and Johnny Keyes 2217 31st St, with honorable mentions noted.
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Dalton Wood
Avalanche-Journal
Santa
Santa Claus
Avalanche- Journal
Lubbock
J. C. Ross
Clyde H. Plemons
Johnny Keyes
James Bearden Jr
Joe Hilton
Talkative Robbers Fail Bible Lesson Caught By Police
In Philadelphia three gunmen posing as a husband’s friends spent an hour with a blind 50 year old woman while she spoke about the Bible. They demanded money but were confronted by Capt. Kennedy and officers arriving as the men argued and brandished pistols.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
George Polite
Howard Kennedy
Kennedy
Two Die As Car Crashes Into Bus Near Nolanville
Two people die and two are injured when a car on wet pavement collides with a Southwest Transit Co. bus between Ft. Hood and Temple near Nolanville. Dead are Irene Burns 23 of Oak Hill near Henderson and Pvt. David Broadnax 21 of Ft. Hood. Injured are David Heyard 22 and Leroy Johnson, both Ft. Hood soldiers.
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MPLE
Little Bell County
Nolanville
Southwest Transit Co
Ft. Hood
Temple
Belton Funeral Homes
Irene Burns
Oak Hill
Henderson
Pvt
David Broadnax
David Hevyard
Leroy Johnson
Heyard
Johnson
Batchelor in Korea Writes From Panmunjom
A Christmas letter from Cpl. Claude Batchelor of Kermit Texas, one of 22 American servicemen held in a Panmunjom compound after refusing to quit Communism, describes his changed views and hope for mankind. The source notes he cannot yet return to Tokyo and mentions his war bride Kyoko Araki. See Texas POW Page 14.
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Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Korea
Tokyo
Kyoko Araki
Batchelor II
Batchelor
Panmunjom
Texas
Lubbock Man Critically Injured After Auto Collision
J S Brashear aged 19? was critically injured when struck in the 2100 block of Broadway near FE in the early morning. He suffered head injuries and a compound fracture of the left leg and was taken to Lubbock Memorial Hospital by Rix Ambulance. Driver was Roland Ray Adams of 412 Guava.
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J. S. Brashear
E. 16Th St
Broadway
Brashear
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Roland Ray Adams
Rix
Weather Today And Nearby Forecast From The Weather Page
Partly cloudy and warmer in Lubbock with a morning low near 36 and a high around 60. Winds shift southerly at 12 to 20 mph. Record temperatures show a maximum 88 and minimum 34 in the last 24 hours with sunrise at 7 47 am and sunset at 3 42 pm.
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Lubbock
US Weather Bureau
Oomn
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Farris
Nat Williams
William Bannan
Lord Twins
Delbert
Albert
Avalanche- Journal Station
Americas Broadcasting Company
Yule
Vicki and
Jean Pharr
32Nd St
Clyde R. Owens
29Th St
R. W. Wieting
20Th St
Mrs. van White
Ave. W
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Eanece
South Plains Oi! News
Area Agricultural Page
Sunday Church News
Comic Dictionary
Lubbock Evening Journal
Glen Milliman
Mich
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Toryo
Rossi
Tama
Toshiko
Lubbock Man
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