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...touched Chi nese waters, was well within international territory when a Red gunboat took them in tow. But the Communists were not satisfied. First the three were taken to a detention and interrogation center for seven months. Then, handcuffed and blindfolded, they were moved to separate cells in a Canton jail. In the tiny (6 ft. by 11 ft.) concrete cells each one also had a Chinese cellmate. For beds there were only planks; the only light came through small, high windows that they were forbidden to look out of. They never saw each other, were not even sure whether...
Some communities, opposed to the Oklahoma City and Houston-type ordinances because they are concerned about the effects of scattershot censorship, have turned to a better method of control. In Cincinnati, for example, a citizens' committee of businessmen, educators, clergymen and parents rates every comic book published. In Canton, Ohio, a mayor's committee started "Operation Book Swap," in two days collected 12,000 horror comic books, which were exchanged at the rate of ten to one for hard-covered books, e.g., Swiss Family Robinson, Treasure Island, Alice in Wonderland...
...Canton, where the authorities hastily had the main streets painted and beggars and refugees hustled out of sight, Morgan Phillips issued a farewell statement for the delegation: "We sympathize with the efforts the Chinese people are making . . . This sympathy and understanding should be shown by the rest of the world in immediate and practical form." With that, they emerged into the outer world at Hong Kong...
Cathay Pacific officials in Hong Kong got the distress message and phoned Communist Canton, asking permission to send rescue planes. Replied Canton: "You may send a civilian plane. Don't send a military plane or we will shoot it down...
...Timken Roller Bearing Company Canton, Ohio ¶How about Roll, Roll, Roll Your Timkens Merrily down the Tracks...