Roswell Guard Units Head to Ft Bliss for Summer Training
About 215 officers and men from Roswell depart by convoy at 5 a.m. for two weeks of summer training at Ft. Bliss Texas Aug 16 30. Units include the 120th AAA Gun Battalion and the 697th AAAW Battalion with Roswell personnel in Headquarters and Battery A.
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Roswell
Ft Bliss
Ft. Bliss
Tex
New Mexico National Guard
Frank Young
120Th
697Th
Ingalls Memorial Home
Ladies Auxiliary
VFW
New Mexico
Artesia
Oro Grande
AAA Gu
AAA AW Bn
Roy Frye
Jim Williams
Doyle Murphree
Roy A. Frye
Lowell M. Smith
Jim R. Collier
Dennis B. McFadden
James E. Thompson
Vance V. Verhines
John G. Boydston
Harry A. Coyne
James A. Farmer
Robert W. Green
Hubert E. Kyle
Richard H. Phillips
Norman C. Renfro
Idan A. Seale
John A. Sisley
Billy J. van Winkle
Oliver G. Coffee
Joe D. Durand
Paul J. Erickson
Bennie G. Farmer
Kenneth R. Monk
120Th Aaa
W. H. Suggs
Gene Aguilar
Pablo Aguilar
Welford Parker
Richard Franco
David Salas
Richard Lemmons
POWs Return Home From Korea In Drab Ceremony At Travis
Nine more American prisoners of war were flown from Korea to Travis AFB California. Lt. Col. Thomas D. Harrison of Clovis New Mexico was among the litter cases and lost a leg in combat. Others included Sgt. Robert M. Wilkins Pfc. Edgar J. Hinton Pvt. William H. Hubbard and Cpl. Lawrence A. Buzbee. Harrison greeted by family only. He will take leave in Clovis before visiting Walter Reed Hospital.
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Col. Harrison
Travis Afb
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Korea
Thomas D. Harrison
Clovis
N. M
North Korea
Theix
Robert M. Wilkins
Detroit
Mich
Edgar J. Hinton
St. Louis
William H. Hubbard
San Antonio
Tex
Lawrence A. Buzbee
Ruskin
Pia
Oakland Airport
American Airlines
Florida
Buzbee
Tampa
James T. Thompson
Horation, Ark
James Davis
Mullins
D. C
Pfc
James H. Montgomery
Weston
United Nations
Panmunjom
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
POW Joe Allen Denounces Defectors After Return
Kilbourne Louisiana native Joe Allen, freed from Panmunjom captivity, says defectors who spied on fellow prisoners caused him extra punishment in dungeon holes and hard labor at the prison camps. He spoke at Freedom Village during recovery.
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Pic Joe Allen
Kilbourne
Freedom Village
Eds
Panmunium
Allen
Toko
U. S. Vessel Bases Relief Effort After Greek Earthquake
The 45,000-ton USS fleet carrier serves as a floating hub for air relief off Kefallinia Ithaca and Zakinthos after a quake that killed more than 1,000. Some 40 ships from several nations support teams, with Vice Admiral Cassady saying relief work is accelerating amid aftershocks and food shortages.
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U. S
John H. Cassady
6Th Fleet
Miss United States Leaps to Rescue in Lake Michigan
Myrna Hansen an 18 year old Miss United States in the 1953 Miss Universe contest leaped from a sailboat into Lake Michigan Friday to rescue a companion from possible drowning.
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Chicago
Myrna Hansen
Dulles Plans Lake Ontario Vacation then U N Assembly
Secretary of State Dulles departed by plane for a week long vacation on Duck Island Lake Ontario. He will stop in New York afterward to attend some United Nations Assembly sessions.
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Dulles
Washington
Duck Island
Lake Ontario
New York
U. N. Assembly
Weather summary from United States Weather Bureau
Readings show temperatures from 2:00 AM to 11:00 PM yesterday with highs near 98 and lows around 64. Precipitation 24 hours ending 11 PM yesterday none. Month to date 0.79 inches, year to date 6.13 inches. Sunrise and expect clouds with scattered thundershowers. high near 100, low around 65.
Man Sells New Cars to Fellow POW
Detroit airman S/Sgt Robert Wilkins, held 26 months in Korea, ran a makeshift car sales run for fellow prisoners of war. Despite secrecy, Harris later called him the greatest car salesman in the world as he arranged deals with General Motors for POW morale, boosting sales orders upon repatriation.
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Detroit
United States
Korea
Robert Wilkins
Detroit Auto Agency
Wilkins
Ottile
Wilkins Auto Agency
Pfc
Clarence Harris
Detroit Air Force
Harris
General Motors
McCarthy asks editors to intervene over press freedom claim
Sen. McCarthy urged a group of newspaper editors to investigate his charge that James Russell Wiggins of the Washington Post endangered freedom of the press. Wiggins disputed the claim and defended the Post's coverage while ASNE members offered mixed views on the press freedom issue.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
James Russell Wiggins
The
Washington Post
McCarthy
Wiggins
Post
American Society of Newspaper Editors
James A. Wechsler
New York Post
ASNE
Wechsler
Paul Block, Jr
Toledo, Ohio Blade
Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
Raymond L. Crowley
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
William H. Fitzpatrick
Wall Street Journal
George W. Healy, Jr
New Orleans Times - Picayune
L. D. Hotchkiss
Los Angeles Times
Joseph W. Lee
Topeka
Kan
Eugene
Register-Guard
Eugene S. Pulliam Jr
Indianapolis News
Senate Investigation Subcommittee
State Department
Wisconsin
Loverseas
Communist Party
Threaten Prisoners Chinese Urge Lies in Korea
Liberated Americans said Chinese officials warned they would stop repatriation unless the U S prisoners reported good camp treatment. A Chinese interpreter allegedly threatened them at Kaesong, the last stop before Panmunjom. Other returnees spoke of delays at Camp 1 on the Yalu River on flimsy charges by captors.
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Associated Press Freedom Village
Korea
Red
Red Cross
Kaesong
Panmunjom
Camp 1
Yalu River
North Korea
Kaesong Incident Reported By Allied Observers
Cpl. Stefano Salerno Pfc. William Ira Blackburn and Pfc. Stephen W. Bacylowski describe meeting a Red Cross team under the truce accord aiding Allied prisoners en route to freedom. Peiping radio claimed the Allies hindered Red Cross work in South Korea.
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Kaesong
Stefano Salerno
Rochester
N. Y
William Ira Blackburn
Monroe
Wasi
Stephen W. Bacylowski
Wilmington
Del
Red Cross
Peiping
South Korea
AFROTC Cadets Enter Final Week at WAFB Encampment
AFROTC cadets from 15 schools begin the last week of the Walker Air Force Base encampment as they engage in flying activities and a cadet dinner at the Officers Club. Highlights include a Lincoln Town pageant visit and a base firefighting demo with guided missile lectures ahead of the final review on Friday, Aug. 21.
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Air Force Reserve Corps
Walker Air Force Base
Officers’ Club
Lincoln
Eighth Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Air Force Reserve
Barbecue Honors Farmers and Ranchers Acknowledges Wealth
About 2000 guests are invited to a Tuesday evening barbecue and party by the Chamber of Commerce to thank full time farmers and ranchers and their wives for contributing to the county economy. Tickets available by phone or in person at the chamber. The event, in the agriculture building at the fairgrounds, aims to include all farm and ranch operators and rectify invitation issues.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bill Deane
Chamber
Deane
Fairy Grounds
POW Exchange At Panmunjom Heats Up As Repatriates Depart
Truckloads of American British and South Korean POWs streamed from the Communist north to Panmunjom in a mass repatriation. The first American was Pfc Lawrence E Bridgewater of Lodgotee Indiana. Repatriates carried Red Cross parcels and sang as they rode away, with some South Koreans atop trucks. The day marked an ongoing exchange stage with 75 Americans 75 British and 262 South Koreans leaving, while about 2400 North Koreans awaited return.
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Panmunjom
Northland
Bigrisoner
Indiana
Pfc
Lawrence E. Bridgewater
Lodgootee
Red Cross
Kaesong
U. N
Assault with Knife Admitted by Woman In JP Court Here
Lucy Mae Jackson former Louisiana resident pled guilty to assault with a deadly weapon in Judge R Perry Beans justice court. She is held on 1000 bond for District Court action after a Thursday night stabbing incident at 104 E Alameda involving Robert L O Niel 19 airman based at 812th ABG WAFB. O Niel’s condition improved at the station hospital.
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R. Perry Bean
Justice of the Peace Court
Lucy Mae Jackson
Louisiana
Points South
District Court
Lucy Jackson
Tommy Thompson
Robert L. O’niel
Bashc
E. Alameda
O’niel
ABG
Wafb
Mary Walsh
Tatum
Furr
William F. Dean
Albuquerque
Dean
J. L. Decker
Orin K. Farr
Dallas
Tex
East Coast Storm Boils Out to Sea
Hurricane Barbara moved off to sea after buffeting the New England coast. Nantucket endured 60 mph winds and over 2 inches of rain with little damage. Mainland Massachusetts and Rhode Island faced 40 to 50 mph winds and near record rainfall.
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Boston
Nova Scotia
New England
Massachusetts
Nantucket
Rhode Island
Excitement Forces Grandmother to Rest Guarded Equipment
In Baltimore Wanda Sienkelewski kept construction equipment off her front lawn after a firm parked gear there without permission. A 57-year-old grandmother was placed to bed by her doctor as excitement forced her to relax her rifle vigil over the impounded machinery. Her son Raymond says the family awaits rental terms from the firm.
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Baltimore
Wanda S Sienkelewski
Raymond
Wild Pacific Storm Bypasses Okinawa and Base
A major Pacific typhoon, one of the wildest on record, bypassed Okinawa and a key U.S. airbase after overnight winds of 78 mph. By 3 a.m. it was moving into the China Sea 130 miles southeast of the island. forecasters expect landfall on the Chinese coast near Shanghai, with wind speeds dropping as it travels. Air Force B-29 bombers and most fighters were moved to other bases as winds eased.
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Naha
Okinawa
Pacific
Air Force
China Sea
Shanghai
New Skipper Admiral Radford Heads Joint Chiefs
President Eisenhower swore in Admiral Arthur W. Radford as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at a Pentagon ceremony attended by top leaders. Gen. Matthew Ridgway became Army Chief of Staff, with Gen. Nathan Twining as Air Force chief of staff and Adm. Robert Carney set to become Navy chief. Radford pled to serve, Ridgway urged loyalty to civilian authority, and officials outlined plans for a rapid mobile force ready for future Koreas and broader defense needs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar N. Bradley
Pentagon
Mathew B. Ridgway
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Ridgway
Nathan Twining
Air Force
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
United States
Radford
U. S
Koreas
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