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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1962
Page
4
U S Embassy officials stressed no confirmation Fryette made the statement. Communists claimed to have obtained similar confessions from two other captured American soldiers, who said they signed nothing, amid guerrilla maneuvers and the Diem regime in South Viet Nam.
In Cromwell Minnesota a father Lars Lohman will send his eight motherless children back to Finland after his wife died soon after birth of their eighth child. The family came from Finland 54 years ago. Lohman found work at a paper plant and began paying on a 120 acre farm but cannot care for the children or continue working full time. It took eight months to arrange the flight for the children who will travel via Minneapolis and New York to Helsinki, arriving Friday. Lohman plans to follow later.
George Fryette Sr expressed skepticism over a broadcast claiming his son George Fryette Jr is captive in South Vietnam and has joined the Communist cause. The Long Beach area father doubts the report, noting his son’s loyalty and warning against brainwashing while recounting his son’s three years in the Army and service in Vietnam.
Military aid in 1961 totaled 543.8 million for Europe and the Far East received eight allies with Korea at 260.3 million, Nationalist China 152.8 million, and South Viet Nam 141 million. India aid reached 669.8 million for the decade. Africa nations received 151.4 million in economic aid.
The Japan Times reports Sen suke Fujieda, director of the Japanese Defense Agency, has been invited to visit the United States by Lt. Gen. Jartab El Sman, commander-in-chief of UW Forces in Japan. The invitation follows ongoing security consultations between Tokyo and Washington.
Reported fresh escape bid from Alcatraz described by guards who found a raft clue and a tunnel route through the island. Details note guards’ nightly checks and a 1958 breakout as context while authorities reassess security and search efforts.
In Durham Connecticut a 4 year old girl Karen Miney drowned after falling into a 38 foot well while playing with two friends. Police said the trio had removed a van from the well area and fled Menday before authorities arrived.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser examined a space capsule display with an American official guiding him. He asked how to exit the craft, expressing intrigue at the capsule’s intricacy as the exhibit toured from Saturday for about four days.
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