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Syracuse Herald Journal

Location

Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1953

Page

9

Ex-PWs refuse to discuss prison conditions at return

FANMUNJOM Korea UP tight lipped American prisoners returning to freedom said they would not talk about prison conditions until all our guys get out up there. The 150 Americans were silent and subdued while others yesterday spoke of escape attempts and other unusual incidents of their deprival.

Fanmunjom Korea Freedom Dean Baal Reds Corp Ernest T. Jenkins Lly .Richard N. C Gordon New London Townsend

Fugitive Admits He Killed Priest

South Bend Indiana report: William Jackson Townsend, 23, admitted to shooting and killing Father Robert A Hodges near Kansas City last July. Townsend, captured in Logansport, told detectives he shot the priest after improper advances. He described locations, custody, and subsequent actions including burning papers.

South Bend Ind Indiana Reformatory Kansas City Frank Bennett William Jackson Townsend Robert A. Hodges Hodges Cathedral of the Immaculate Concepton Syracuse Bennett Townsend Kan[yaas City Logansport FBI Igents Father Hodges Dolly Lyston Wellston St. Louia Father Jodges Herll

Explosion at Erie County Fair Injures 13 People

Police investigated a blast at the Zele County Fair causing 13 injuries. Dan Gorman 37 of Ithaca was in critical condition at Our Lady of Victory Hospital Lackawanna. His two Buffalo brothers David Glashauser 14 and Paul 11 were in serious condition with head injuries.

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Do-It-Yourself boom drives home market growth

A 3 billion dollar DIY surge expands tools lumber and home products to households. Investigators probe the brutal slaying of Mrs Walter E Clark owner of the Charleston Daily Mail. Police note possible links to the era's rise in self help home projects and show audiences.

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Patman Attacks Brownell Choice On Anti Trust Study

Representative Patman accuses Attorney General Brownell of naming a co chair for a study committee on anti trust laws. He argues the choice shows bias against smaller business and calls for fair, equitable enforcement. Oppenheim and Barnes are named as cochairmen, while a separate note mentions a fatal shooting of two truck drivers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and a Navy sailor found dead in Rockaway Beach.

Washington Patman D-Tex Brownell Fatman Amt S. Chesterfield Oppenheim Dix Oppenheim Michigan Law Stanley XN. Barnes Pennsylvenia Turnpike Land Pennsylvania Amilor New York Rockaway Beach Poice Edward 5 Ates Arttyville Pine

Swank Restaurant Burns in Madison Connecticut

Fire destroyed the Swank Restaurant on The Carriage Drive in Madison, a colonial style former house and barn. Damage estimated at 120000 to 190000 with hundreds of antiques lost. Fire chiefs Etton Sheehan and Ernest Gaver suspect a discarded cigarette started the blaze.

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Move to double sentences for top U S Communists eyed

Justice officials say Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr may seek to double prison terms by reviving a 1519 conspiracy indictment against seven Communist leaders. The case, tied to the Smith Act, seeks to test the conspiracy provision as leaders remain imprisoned awaiting action. Cuba's sugar output from 1397 to 1952 accounted for about one fifth of world production.

Washington INS Herbert Brownell U. S Justice Department Brownell

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