Priest Claims Redmond Suffered Worst Treatment in Prison
Hong Kong based priest Rev Louis Curcuffe released from Shanghai Ward Road Prison says Hugh Redmond of New York endured the worst treatment among prisoners. He cites severe malnutrition, swollen legs, dizziness, and tooth loss amid espionage charges. Peiping Radio later reported a life sentence. U.S. officials dispute spying claims.
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Hong Kong
United Press
Hugh Redmond
New York
Louis Curcuffe
Redmond
Peiping Radio
Red China
Cutcuffe
Ward Road
Shanghai
Teri Beri
Peiping
Communist Radio
U.S. State Department
Lincoln White
Washington
China
New Yorker
Warren Fowler Re elected to Head County Crippled Children Unit
Warren Fowler was re elected president of the Mendocino County Crippled Children's Society for a third term at the annual Brooktrails Lodge meeting. Officers Helen Nicolas Francis Ebert Betty Altmann were returned. New board member Mrs William Ralston Ukiah leads Easter Seal campaign. Stockton convention set for November 20 and 21.
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Warren Fowler
Mendocino County
Crippled Children's Society
Brooktrails Lodge
Helen Nicolas
Fort Bragg
Francis Ebert
Redwood Valley
Betty Altmann
William
Ralston
Ukiah
Beta Sloma Phi Sorority
Theta Eta
Reverend Young Attends Napa Lutheran Conference
Pastor Albert C. Young of Faith Lutheran attends the Redwood Empire Pastoral Conference at St. John’s Lutheran in Napa. He chairs the gathering. The program begins with Holy Communion at 10. A paper on Obadiah is read. A report on the Youth Workers Conference at Concordia College Oakland is to follow. Dinner is served by the St. John’s Ladies Society.
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Albert C. Young
Faith Lutheran Church
Redwood Empire
Lutheran Church
St. John's Lutheran Church
Napa
Pastor Young
Youth Workers Conference
Concordia College
Oakland
Ladies Society of
St. John’s Church
Witness Describes Puerto Rican Plot to Kill Eisenhower
In federal court a confessed conspirator testifies about a Puerto Rican Nationalist plan to assassinate President Eisenhower. Lebron Sotomayor says orders from Julio Gandia directed members in New York and Chicago, linking to the March shooting at Congress and possibly earlier Blair House incident. Lebron’s sister Lolita Lebron is among the defendants.
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Eisenhower
New York
Gonzales Lebron Sotomayor
House of Representatives
Lebron
Colorado
Julio Pinto Gandia
Chicago
Congress
Lolita Lebron
Truman
Blair House
Toedter to Read Paper for National Music Therapy Group
Allan Toedter musical director at Mendocino State Hospital will read a paper titled The Problem of Music Therapy for Specific Syndromes before the National Association for Music Therapy in New York on October 15. The talk covers music use in treating mental illnesses.
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Allan Toedter
Mendocino State Hospital
National Association For Music Therapy
New York
Toedter
National Federation of Music Clubs
Salt Lake City
Ukiah
Talmage Hospital
Chicago
Downey, Illinois, Veterans Hospital
Sheriff to Greet Junior Deputies Here Saturday
Sheriff B G Broaddus hosts 25 Branscomb Junior Deputy Sheriff League members aged 10 to 17 touring Mendocino county jail and law enforcement facilities. The program, first of its kind in the county, offers swimming traffic safety and first aid instruction under Deputy Sheriff Everett Hanks supervision with a luncheon provided by the sheriff.
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B. G. Broaddus
Branscomb Junior Deputy Sheriff League
Branscomb
Mendocino County
Broaddus
Everett Hanks
Banscomb
McCarthy Censure Probe Ends Hearings With Secret Deliberations
The Watkins committee met in secret to plan its final report on McCarthy censure after nine days of public hearings. Chairman Watkins said the panel could issue findings or recommend censure, while McCarthy urged impartial counsel be used to draft the report.
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Washington
Watkins Committee
McCarthy
Joe McCarthy
Sixeman
Senate
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Edward Bennett Williams
Williams
Defense Witness Upholds Fleming In Court Martial
Lt Col Paul Liles testifying at the court martial of Lt Col Harry Fleming said North Korea’s Chinese prisoners attempted to ruin American officers’ reputations. From Fort Lewis and Birmingham, Liles argued Fleming acted for the group, contrasting others who pursued self interest amid Communist indoctrination.
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Fleming
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Paul Liles
Liles
Fort Lewis
Wash
Birmingham
Ala
North Korea
United States
Harry Fleming
Racine
Wis
Pyongyang
Col
Ding
Portuguese Holiday Train Wreck Toll Climbs
Twenty one bodies were recovered from the southern Portugal wreckage as authorities warned the death toll could reach 30 or more. More than 120 passengers were injured when the train derailed late yesterday, with officials noting modern steel saved many lives.
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Portugese
Lisbon
Portugal
Reserve Headquarters Move for Army Units to Ukiah
Santa Rosa based units from Mendocino Lake and Humboldt counties will relocate their headquarters to Ukiah effective October 1, following Maj. Byron Evertts retirement. Four companies transfer from Fort Bragg Kelseyville Ukiah Willits with new adviser Capt Morris joining from Fort Benning. Vallejo unit to assume Santa Rosa functions. no armory expansion planned. Ukiah office remains on South Main Street.
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Santa Rosa
Mendocino
Lake and Humboldt County
Army Service Unit
Ukiah
Col. . Maxwell, Thompson
California
San Francisco Presidio
Byron A. Everett
Fort Bragg
Charles A. Day
Ww. .B. Morris
Fort
Benning
Georgia
Vallejo
Thompson
South Main Street
Willits Couple Injured in Wreck at Orr Springs Road
A Willits man and wife, Guy Gunter aged 62 and Annie 63, were injured yesterday in an auto truck crash at the Orr Springs Road and Redwood Highway intersection. Ernest R. Neese 18 of Ukiah drove a logging truck east on Orr Springs Road, failed to stop, and collided with the Gunter sedan. Neese was cited for defective brakes and running a stop sign.
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Willits
Ukiah General Hospital
Orr Springs Road
Guy Gunter
Annie
Ernest R. Neese
Ukiah
Gunter
Neese
Warren Truitt
Quemoy Attacks Delayed by Chiang Move
Washington officials say Nationalist China’s defense of Quemoy deterred a direct Communist invasion for now. Reds may still hope to seize the island later. U.S. intervention plans remain divisive, with calls for air and naval support but no ground forces.
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Quemoy
Chiang
Washington
China
State
Defense Department
United States
John Foster Dulles
U.S
H. Alexander Smith
Graves Accuses Knight of Deal With Race Tracks
Democratic governor candidate Richard Graves accuses Gov. Godwin J. Knight of promising race track operators preferred tax treatment in exchange for campaign funds. Graves cites Knight remarks on new taxes omitting race tracks and demands an explanation of more than 35,000 dollars from tracks. Knight holds campaign kickoff in San Francisco defending Republican record and urging victory on November 2.
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Graves
Knight
San Francisco
Richard Graves
Godwin J. Knight
America
Virginia
Sacramentos
Yokayo Has Two Sessions in Ukiah District
Ukiah Union High School District enrolled 918 students for the 1954 term, 848 at Ukiah High and 70 at Potter Valley. Ukiah High had 820 at start last year with 258 freshmen 145 seniors 210 juniors and 235 sophomores. Potter Valley counts 26 freshmen 13 sophomores 20 juniors and 11 seniors. Yokayo Elementary totals 2253 with 105 new Pomolita pupils. yesterday Yokayo 988 Northside 560 Pomolita 705. Yokayo school operates double sessions from kindergarten through third grade.
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Ukiah Union
Ukiah High School
Potter Valley
Ukiah
Yokogo
Jack Simpson
Pomolita
Yokayo
Northside
Yokayo School
Godfrey Cleared For Pilot Licence Reinstatement
Arthur Godfrey will regain his pilot's license next Thursday after a checkout flight in his DC3 transport plane if he passes. He already cleared a required medical exam, and the license was suspended six months after an incident at Teterboro airport. Memphis authorities probing a collision at Lookout and Signal said drivers apparently did not perform either action.
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Washington
Arthur Godfrey
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Godfrey
Teterboro
N. J
New York
Memphis, Tenn
Lookout
Signal
Weather Summary for Northwestern California and Fort Bragg
Northwestern California: Partly cloudy with scattered showers north of Ukiah today and tonight. Night and morning fog and drizzle on the coast. Otherwise fair today and Wednesday. Cooler interior areas. High today and low tonight 76 to 48. Northwest wind 12 to 25 mph near the coast. Fort Bragg and vicinity: Variable cloudiness with a little rain this afternoon and tonight. Partly cloudy Wednesday. Little temperature change. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph near the coast, becoming northwest Wednesday.
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California
Ukiah
Santa Rosa
Napa
Point Arena
Fort Bragg
Maine Elects Muskie Governor While Senators Re elected
Maine elected Democrat Edmund S. Muskie as governor by about 22 500 votes, while Republican Sen. Margaret Chase Smith and GOP Reps. Robert Hale Charles P. Nelson and Clifford E. McIntire won reelection. Returns showed Muskie defeating Burton M. Cross amid state issue debates on highway maintenance and a tuberculosis sanitarium closure.
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Portland
Maine
Edmund S. Muskin
Truman
Burton M. Cross
Cross
Margaret Chase Smith
GOP
Robert Hale
Charles P. Nelson
Clifford
E. McIntire
Stephen A. Mitchell
Congress
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
Muskie
Presque Isle
Jean Gannett Williams
Guy Gannett
Frank M. Coffin
Lewiston
Smith
Paul Fullam
Colby College
Washington
Eisenhower dedicates National Bureau of Standards radio lab
LATE FLASHES Boulder Colo President Eisenhower dedicates the new radio research laboratory of the National Bureau of Standards urging nations to apply knowledge peacefully. In Washington the Senate censure probe against Sen Joseph R McCarthy keeps its attorneys per a committee member. Also in Washington the GOP and Democratic national chairs sign a fair campaign pledge for November races. A six man California delegation meets budget officials about a 1956 flood control program totaling 44 445 000. In Sacramento Gov Knight says horse tracks will not receive special tax treatment if taxes must rise.
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Boulder
Colo
Eisenhower
National Bureau of Standards
Plaa
Washington
lPh
Senate
Sen
Joseph KR
McCarthy
iPp
California
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Yonkers
N. Y
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U. S
State Department
County Crippled Children’s Unit
Crippled Children's Services
Margaret Bernard
Rev. Young
Lutheran Conference
East
Star Witness
Ralph Zwicker
Army
Maj
Irving. Peress
Demos
Sacramento
Goodwin J. Knight
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