Four American fliers describe life in Red China after Korea captivity
Four U S airmen freed from Chinese captivity tell of surviving brainwashing while noting they signed little and avoided details of crashes. Maj. Gen. Lory Smith says eleven other Americans remain captive as the group lands in Hawaii for five days of rest and reflection.
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Honolulu
United States
Hickam Air Force Base
Edwin Heller
Harold E. Fischer
Roland W. Parks
Lyle W. Cameron
Hong Kong
China
Fischer
Heller
Lory Smith
Pacific Air Force
Navy
Washington
State Department
Special Air Force
Hawaii
Parks
Wickam Club
Stevenson Urges Federal Help for Health Plan Subsidies
Adlai E Stevenson urged federal aid to subsidize worthy private health insurance programs and to support medical research and schools. He spoke at the dedication of the Medical Science Building at New York University Bellevue Medical Center, calling for long term low interest loans and private nongovernmental solutions to expand access to medical services. He warned against socialism rhetoric hindering distribution efforts.
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New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Illinois
New York University-Bellevue Medical Center
Officers Press Search For Girl's Slayer
Autopsy shows eight year old Jeannie Singleton was fatally hurt and choked by a sex deviate after being abducted May 23. Her body was found in pine woods north of Kalamazoo as lawmen widen the search.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Jeannie Singleton
Jeannie
Michigan
Doster
Steve Singleton
Singleton
Kathleen McLaughlin
Detroit
Barbara Gaca
Pontiac
Flames Level Rural Home North Of Sciotoville
A six room frame house on Bowser Run road was destroyed by fire Wednesday near Sciotoville. Damage to home and furnishings estimated at 13 000. only chimney and foundation with a garage remained. Sheriff Justice offered surplus furniture and clothing aid from the sheriff’s office.
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Bowser Run Road
Sciotoville
William L. Slusher
Porter Township
Harrison Township
Slusher
Chil
Salvation Army fund drive to continue for one week
A unanimous vote at Moore's Restaurant extended the Salvation Army building fund appeal for seven more days. General Chairman Charles E. Moore cited industry and public willingness to finish the drive, though the holiday weekend delayed progress since the May 20 kickoff. River City Workers had reported 25 000 of the 35 000 goal, with two divisions exceeding their quotas and notable gifts from United Steelworkers Local 2116 and City Service Department employees.
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United Commercial Trav
Salvation Elers
Army
Building Fund
Moore's
Charles E. Moore
Industry
River City
George A. Herms Jr
O. E. Burcham
Tom Silvia
United Steelworkers of America
CIO
City Service Department
Nixon Pins Peace Hope On Parley
Vice President Nixon urged Rotary audience that the Big Four conference might be the world’s last chance to avoid catastrophic war. He warned that Soviet negotiators face world scrutiny and stressed the goal of negotiated peace while questioning recent Communist conciliatory moves. Nixon praised Eisenhower and Dulles as peacemakers who will outlast any aggressor. He cautioned that agreeing to Soviet disarmament could invite Communist domination.
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Chicago
Nixon
Rotary International
United States
Russia
France
Britain
Free Nations
Kremlin
U.S
Eisenhower
Dulles
Dr Meadows Honored With Fullerton Celebration Day
Dr Matthew W Meadows is named man of the hour in western Greenup County as Fullerton residents toast him with a Dr Meadows Day. A banquet at McKell High School starts at 6 30 after a parade and morning gathering at the Masonic Hall. He has attended about 5000 births in a 50 year career with gifts for the oldest and youngest present. Rev Omer Miller of Pussell First Christian Church will speak.
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Matthew W. Meadows
Greenup County
Fullerton
Dr. Meadows
McKell High School
Meadows
Masonic Hall
Omer Miller
Pussell
First Christian Church
Canada and United States Move Toward Shared Air Defense Command
Montreal reports that Air Marshal C. R. Slemon signaled a military decision toward a unified North American air defense. He said Canada's Air Defense Command and the U. S. Air Defense Command are already progressing toward a single overall unit. A U S spokesman declined to comment.
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Montreal
Canada
Air Force
North America
Canadian Air Defense Command
C.R. Slemon
U.S
Air Defense Command
United States
U.S. Air Defense Command
Court Grants Acquittal in Arson Case Against Clyde Greathouse
Clyde Greathouse, 27, of 313 Vine St New Boston was found not guilty of arson in Com mon Pleas Court. The verdict followed by Judge C W Smith directing the jury to acquit for lack of evidence on essential elements. Prosecution plans to appeal on law governing directed verdicts.
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Clyde Greathouse
Vine St
New Boston
Common Pleas Court
C. W. Smith
Vinton County
Greathouse
Butler St
Sciotoville
4Th District Court of Appeals
Smith
Ohio
State of
Kenneth Redding
11Th St
Everett Burton
Samuel E. Frowine Jr
Attys
Edgar H. Hale
Ernest G. Littleton
Wage Pact Signed for Plaster Cement Masons in Portsmouth
The AFL Operators Plasterers and Cement Masons International Assn. agreed to a one year contract with Portsmouth contractors. Plasterers will earn 3.10 dollars per hour and cement finishers 2.95 dollars, up from 3.00 and 2.82 dollars. William A. Newman led the contractor negotiations.
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AFL
Plasterers
Cement Masons International Assn
Portsmouth
William A. Newman
Glenwood seniors hear four speakers in graduation address
Glenwood High School seniors heard four top honor students deliver the commencement address at New Boston stadium. Charles Manuel Ronald Patrick Herman Hamilton and Elmo Sebastian spoke on character knowledge ideas and the unknown voyage tying in the class slogan We have crossed the bay the ocean lies before us.
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New Boston High School
Ron Patrick
Phil Sebastian
Roger Hamilton
William Manuel
Glenwood High School
New Boston Stadium
Charles William Manuel
Ronald Lee Patrick
Herman Roger Hamilton
Elmo Phillip Sebastian
Manuel
Ben Franklin
Franklin
Foundation of America
National Honor Society
Ford offers job security fund to UAW in wage talks
The Detroit News reports Ford Motor Co has proposed a 55 million dollar job security fund to back idle workers, accepting the principle of guaranteed annual wages. UAW President Walter Reuther says Ford has made a new offer, delaying a strike but leaving wide gaps to an agreement before Monday.
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Detroit
Detroit News
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
Partnership In Prosperity
the News
UAW
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Graduation At Stadium PHS Class Of 247 To Get Diplomas
Graduates, relatives and school officials anticipate clear skies for Portsmouth High School 87th commencement at Municipal Stadium at 8 pm. Diplomas will be given to 247 graduates after Dr. Herrick B. Young of Western College for Women at Oxford, Ohio, speaks on Between Two Worlds.
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Portsmouth High School
Municipal Stadium
Herrick B. Young
Western College For Women
Oxford
Ohio
Portsmouth High Schol
Einar Helstrom
March of the Brave
Rodgers
Diplomas Given 73 East High Graduates Urge Democracy
Dr Herrick Young told 73 East High School graduates at Allard Park that they face a new world of more complex problems. He urged profiting by the past and urged real democracy in world affairs while Portsmouth public schools offered a brief congrats. He cited refugees seen in Asia and challenged the class of 1955 to interpret democracy in action.
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Herrick Young
East High School
Allard Park
Dr. Young
H. W. McKelvey
Portsmouth Public Schools
Asia
Polio Vaccine Clears for 200,000 More School Children
Washington reports the Public Health Service cleared 200000 cubic centimeters of unused Salk polio vaccine from Pitman Moore Wyeth and prior producers. The release allows inventories to become progressively available under revised production and testing standards with no stated location or date.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Pitman-Moore Co
Zionsville
Ind
Wyeth, Inc
Marietta
Eli Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Health Service
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Rotary
McKell High
United Air Defense
Glenwood
Homer Adams
PHS
White Ribbon Club
Edward H. Fournier
Arthur Huston
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John MacLeod
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Temple Baptist Church
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