Captives transferred to main Canton prison in 1954
Newsman Donald Dixon describes 18 months in Red Chinese captivity near Canton. He details a brutal house prison stay, a main prison transfer on Sept. 15, 1989, and the stark daily endurance including scant books, makeshift memory aids, and sparse English-speaking cellmates.
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Difficulties with Speech After Isolation
The speaker recounts trouble speaking English after isolation, describing loss of word use, inability to think in words, and difficulty expressing thoughts. In early days of freedom they still struggle to convey ideas verbally. Tomorrow features Chapter seven in Donald Dixon's story of his captivity.
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Donald Dixon
Tech Prof And Wife Leave For Israel
Prof F L McRee and his wife depart for Tel Aviv to serve as highway engineering advisors for Israel for one year. He enters his 28th year with Texas Tech Civil Engineering and holds a UT degree. The couple, active in church and school work, have one son in the Air Corps and two daughters.
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Government of Israel
Texas Tech Civil Engineering
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University of Texas
First Presbyterian Church
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Air Corps
Shirley
Belgian Congo
James Bass
Lubber Pil McRee
Israel
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Jayton School Homecoming Set for October 8 9
Special homecoming honors ex students with senior teachers on October 8 and 9 at Jayton School. Registration starts afternoon October 8, reception at 7 30 PM in the gym, program in auditorium at 8, then homecoming supper and football game against Roaring Springs that night.
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Aiphe & Harbeene
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Roaringsh School &Man
Rally Day Program at First Presbyterian Church
The First Presbyterian Church of Lubbock announces a Christian Education Week Rally Day today. Sunday School members gather in their departments in the morning and later meet in the Sanctuary for a program titled Salute the Christian Teacher.
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