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i : jo “uh a ae A WORD FROM "SILENCED" BUT NOT FORGOTTEN FRANK EDWARDS: Many hundreds of letters have been received asking for “inside''details behit _Frank Edwards’ dismissal from radio. Many have voiced their anger and, many like Shirley Watson of Vienna, Va., have vociferated their feelings to Mr. Meany, AFL President. CRIFO owes a lot to Frank Edwards, so Iwro Frank recently and asked him for a statement. Here is Frank's reply of August 26,1954 in part: . og le “The facts are that for a long time I had been fighting the encroachment of : - sorship imposed by Meany. The final straw came when on Aug. 2nd this yea) sent me a memorandum imposing conditions which my attorneys regard as violation of my contract... and conditions under which I could no longer cc tinue to pr-duce the same type of broadcast which had built my program to. ee Bh bane bh ee me se eee diage ¢€6 APT etatdarn ante Ph MIG FUP LEE pee SEU Misty bY A oe Slacements. “Meany's Aug. 2 memo notified me that the AFL censor would tell me what items MUST be carried. Still disguised as an 'editor' the censor would ins: . the scripts and stand by to see that I carried the material as directed. ‘Am glad that I was able tobe of assistance to you in the dissemination of t} material in which we both, along with millions of others, are so deeply interested.” Best wishes, (Signed) Frank Edwards Readers will be interested to know that Frank Edwards has written an artic] entitled "SPIES IN THE SKIES?" which is to appear in the Nov. issue of Re: magazine. Says Frank: "It deals with some of the little known aspects of th greatest news story of our times." DON'T MISS IT! MYSTERY METAL IGNITES ROAD: Woodside, California officials and resi dents were baffled by a shower of white-hot metal pellets, Aug.27,1954. Th furore was triggered when a wornan matorist saw a“'circle of fire" along Pertola Road. Later firemen found scores of small pieces of flaming metal burning the pavement over an area about 70 by 250 feet. The blacktop bubble where the metal burned into it and grass fires were started where the metal burned along the shoulders of the highway. A resident, Ignacio Miramontes reported hearing a loud explosion about 4:15 P.M., but saw nothing. According to U.P. release, "Metallurgists and AF officials offered no solutio: for the white-hot pellets. "San Mateo officials reported the pellets ranging in si from a dime to a 50 cent piece, and according to Woodside Fire Chief, John Volpaino, the metal shower burned holes in the road surface a quarter of an inch deep. "I just can't figure it out," he said. “It has me completely mysti fied." Deputy Sheriff Robert Benassini saidthe metal scraps had irregular marking and appeared to have come from a "cylindrical object." An Air Force spokesman advanced the theory, the metal came from jet plan: exhaust pipes which reach extreme temperatures in flight. However, a che¢ with air bases disclosed no military jets were in the bay area Friday. (Than to Perry G. Powers of Duarte and an unnamed informant who sent in the sto: from San Fransisco Cali Bulletin. ) 2 lt e THE "SPLOTCHED PAINT MYSTERY": On the same date in Little Hollywoc in a community in the valley by the bay just north of San Fransisco County line, residents were baffled bya"splotched paint mystery"! About half of the approx mate 300 homes inthe ares were affected. One white stucco house turned pink g gray house splotched,a green house came out looking like a“marble cake." None of the residents had an explanation. + me RA tee CA IRENA Et ti oo rn err mar Sag tee gt ape nee ee oe ng eRe RETR gg one Ne ire ER Ne re ne rare map mri enten eSt gE e