310 Yank POWs Died in Red Prison Camp
Cpl. Wendell H. Treffery of Terryville Connecticut, one of fewer than 40 of about 350 U S infantry captured near the Changjin Reservoir in 1950 to survive, recalls a brutal Korean prison march to Kangye in 1956 51. He describes starvation frostbite and executions by Chinese and Korean guards and the failed promise of return home.
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Red Prison Camp
Treffery
Terryville
Conn
Kangye
Korea
U. S
Changjin Reservoir
Kangwe
Allies demand neutral non Asian caretaker in Korean prisoner talks
In Panmunjom Lt Gen William K Harrison says 32 000 North Koreans may be freed in South Korea and a non Asian country should be named as neutral caretaker for 48 000 communist prisoners who refuse repatriation. He warns Asian nations could face Communist influence and notes talks resume Friday while liaison officers plan to discuss prisoner exchange problems. Delivery of 275 more sick and wounded prisoners is reported as the total returned rises to about 6000.
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Treffery
7Th Division
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
South Korea
Reds
Harrison
Red
John C Daniel
Rival Probes of Cambridge Hospital Open
Two competing investigations into conditions at Cambridge State Hospital opened with State Sens. Ralph Humphrey and John Corrigan presiding. Testimony challenged food quality, staff brutality, and narcotic use while hospital officials defended safety, sanitation, and diet as acceptable.
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Cambridge
Cambridge State Hospital
Ralph Humphrey
Lamneck
O. J. Sharp
Byesville
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Elsie Garen
Paul Davis
Garen
Davis
Eisenhower Plans Five Talks With Fishing Trip
President Eisenhower is tentatively set to deliver five speeches away from Washington from June 10 to June 14 with a fishing break in between. The schedule includes June 10 in Minneapolis, June 11 at Garrison Dam North Carolina, June 11 in Rapid City South Dakota, June 13 at Dartmouth College in Hanover New Hampshire, and June 14 at Oyster Bay Long Island.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Minneapolis
Garrison Dam
N. C
Rapid City
S. D
Dartmouth College
Hanover, N. H
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Court Order Sought By Film Hero's Wife
Los Angeles locale reports actress Hope Bauer claims actor John Wayne struck her and threatens her. She seeks a court order to prohibit annoyance and requests alimony during separation proceedings. The couple previously spent about 13,091.12 dollars monthly.
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Iiv
Hero
Los Angeles
John Wayne
Feperanza Bauer
Wayne
Ohio Hospitals Face Loss in Federal Aid
Washington reports Ohio may lose 180149 dollars in federal matching funds for hospital construction financed over years. Rey L. Harlow, chief finance officer of the U S Public Health Service, told the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday he did not specify which hospitals would be affected.
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Washington
Ohio
Rey L. Harlow
U. S. Public Health Service
House Appropriations Committee
Ex-REC Aide Loses Probation Appeal in Perjury Case
Ex-REC aide Merl Young, 38, sentenced to four months to two years in prison for lying to senators probing mink coat buying and RFC loan financing. He asked for probation but Judge McGuire denied it, noting perjury harms government, and hoped justice is served by four months behind bars.
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Washington
Merl Young
RFC
Young
U. S
Matthew F. McGuire
McGuire
W Virginia native heads Chamber of Commerce
Richard L. Bowditch of Boston was elected president of the U S Chamber of Commerce. Bowditch, head of CH Sprague and Son Co and Sprague Steamship Co, rose from a Logan County coal mine start to MIT education and a long career in coal, oil, and shipping.
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Washington
Richard L. Bowditch
Boston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Bowditch
C H Sprague and Son Co
Sprague Steamship Co
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Logan County
W. Va
Farm Prices Slide Again
Washington reports farm product prices fell 2 percent from mid March to mid April, hitting 100 percent below last year. The drop marks the largest monthly decline since President Eisenhower took office, with cattle and dairy among the losers while hogs and eggs rose yet failed to offset losses.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
Truman
Submarine Transistor Repeater Aims Global TV Link
Neal McNaughton of the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters described submarine transistor repeaters as a path to worldwide TV. He told an engineering conference that undersea cables could augment microwave relays, bridging ocean gaps beyond line of sight, though early repeaters used vacuum tubes and faced high current needs.
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Los Angeles
Broadcasters Today
Neal McNaughton
National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters
Association
Ies
Europe
Yank Downs 12th MIG in Fierce Korea Air Battle
Capt. Manuel Fernandez of Miami shot down his 12th MIG over Korea just south of the Yalu River in a brutal fight to tie the single day destruction record for Red fighters. He matched Col. Royal Baker's prior mark and eyed Maj. George Davis's overall 14-plane record as ground fighting raged and regional skirmishes claimed casualties.
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Seoul
Manuel Fernandez
Korea
Miami
Yalu River
Royal Baker
McKinney
Tex
Fernandez
Maj
George Davis
Red
Ten Airmen Die in Crash of Superfort
A B that caught fire during combat simulate ation in San Antonio crashed four miles south of Randolph Air Force Base killing ten airmen. Four instructors were aboard as the crew practiced maneuvers. Nine bodies were found in and near the wreckage and authorities withheld names until next of kin could be notified.
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San Antonio
Tex
Charlies Smith Jr
Randolph Air Force Base
Auto Deaths Near Record Set in 1941
The National Safety Council warned that 1953 highway fatalities may approach the 1941 record if current trends continue. Traffic deaths rose 4 percent in the first quarter to 8310, with March totaling 2840, signaling a possible year end total about 1500 higher than 1951’s 38009.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Newswoman at Akron Beaten by Prowler
Helen Waterhouse, veteran Akron Beacon Journal reporter, was beaten by a prowler in her apartment early today. The assailant fled after striking her on the head several times. She was taken to a hospital with cuts and bruises and listed in fair condition.
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Cleveland
Helen Waterhouse
Akron Beacon Journal
Leftists Cancel May Day Parade Move Event to Union Square
In New York authorities ban the traditional May Day parade. Instead leftists plan a May 1 meeting in Union Square to comply with the police edict and show solidarity.
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New York
Union Square
POW Safe at Yalu Prison Camp Report
A Hocking County soldier Rudolph A. Pavlik of Enterprise, missing since December 1956, is still reported as a prisoner of war. Returned prisoner Everett W. Ritenour named 80 others held in Red camps on the Yalu and said the Army would not release full names to avoid reprisals.
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Hocking County
Reds
Korea
Hocking
Pfe
Rudolph A. Pavlik
Enterprise
Everett W. Ritenour
Woodstock
Red
Red Prison Camp No. 5
Yalu River
Pavtik
George Pavlik
United Nations
Pavlik
Logan High School
Southeastern Ohio
Emery McConahe, Jr. Logan
Donald W. Manuel
Racine
Charles F. Frater
Scott T L. Rash
Marietta
Pfr
John L. Robinson Wellston
Pte
Roy
Ritenerar’s
Honolulu
Cormemunist
Ritenwar
Ritenour
U. S
Shirley Grimmett
Rita
W. Va
Lemon
Hii
Ward
Edward Repole
Johnstown
Colo
J. Y Howard
Kenneth Dillion
Biuetieh
Ine Asque
Maeroia St
Bluehela
Joe E. Hormonal
Fairlawn Ave
Wadeworth
James H. Dick
Sandstone
Barney Younce
Ian Phea
Cleveland
Eugene Tumbleston
Ohio St
South Charleston
Ohio Legislature Debates Public Aid Disclosure and Bingo Ballot
The 100th General Assembly opened amid side issues as the House Welfare Committee rejected a bill requiring quarterly public assistance client disclosures. A Senate panel killed a bill to legalize bingo on the ballot next fall, while lawmakers focused on the budget highway and school problems. An hours cap move for city firefighters and subdistrict county representation failed amid lobbying controversy.
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House Welfare Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Rose Pepple
Rallen
Indiana
Senate
Robert R. Shaw
R.franklin
Shaw
Sen
Hayme
Hildebrand
R-Lucas
Harry Ff. Davis
Cuyahoga
House
Cuyahoga County
C. Stanley Mechem
Second Group of Americans Heads Home
Twelve American POWs repatriated from Korea arrived at Travis Air Force Base and heading to homes across the United States. More are set to fly out today and tomorrow, with 63 likewise to be transported by Stratocruisers. Some arrivals will go to hospitals for medical and psychological care.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
U. S
Korea
Pacific
Aneuck
Ecuador Riots Prompt Velasco Ibarra Criticism
Quito Ecuador President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra accused the press of creating chaos after protests over government closure of two newspapers and the jailing of six executives. Five demonstrators were arrested as unions and student groups led earlier actions in front of the presidential palace.
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Quito
Ecuador
Jose Maris Velasco Ibarra
Casualty totals rise in Defense Department briefing
The Defense Department reported a weekly increase of 623 Korean casualties bringing total deaths to 21,369 and total casualties to 134,410 through last Friday. The tally reflects changes in prisoners exchanged with a 30 decline in known captives and 82 more returned to U S control.
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Washington
Defense Department
U. S
State Use of Alien Pottery Questioned
Columbus D VA Ohio representative questions state purchases of dishes from outside Ohio a center of pottery industry Rep Delmar T O Hara chairman of the House Welfare Committee asked State Auditor James A Rhodes for a report on these purchases noting china and plastic dishes bear stamps of out of state manufacturers
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Columbus
Ohio
Delmar T. O'Hara
Columbiana
House Welfare Committee
James A. Rhodes
O'Hara
Giant Plane Sets Maines Giant Plane
Ten years after construction began on the Hughes Hercules a 200-ton wooden prototype with a vast wingspan remains under work. Eight new engines of over 500 horsepower each will be installed in the laminated wood giant as officials await a future test flight announcement.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Stis
Divorce Granted After Testimony of Other Man in Lindfors Case
In Los Angeles Viveca Lindfors wife filed for divorce citing her affair with another man. Testimony described Lindfors as deeply involved with the other man and court proceedings highlighted tensions with director Donald Siege.
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Los Angeles
Viveca Lindfors
Donald Siegeee
Ohio's first repatriated POW arrives home in tearful reunion
MSgt. Ned M. Kelley returns to Ashland Ohio as the state’s first repatriated soldier. He embraces his wife Ruth and four year old son Jackie under hazy skies after arriving by air. His mother Mrs. Sylvia Kelley marks her 55th birthday amid celebrations as siblings share kisses and hugs. He wears a finger bandage and recalls being captured in Korea. His wife buys a larger wedding ring to replace the lost one.
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Cleveland
Ned M. Kelley
Ohio
Ruth
Jackie
Kelley
Sylvia Kelley
Ashland
Reds
Korea
Eisenhower to Outline Defense Cut Plans Today
President Eisenhower met with congressional leaders to discuss defense and spending, signaling likely sizable cuts to Truman’s 46 billion dollar military budget. Republican leaders caution that figures may wait two weeks, with a 2 pm EST news conference planned to detail safe reductions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Cate
Sen
Bridgee
H-Nhl
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Fisenhower
White House
Congressional J
National Security Counci
Ohio River study assignment to U S agencies in 8 state area
The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission directs a joint study by the U S Public Health Service and the U S Corps of Engineers to assess whether higher dams and larger pools affect river pollution. The panel also backs further study of wastes from docks and floating equipment, including the steamer Gordon Greene being converted in Portsmouth.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
U. S&s Public Death Service
U. S. Corps of
Pittsburgh
Pert
Gordon Greene
Portsmouth
Oye
State Supreme Court Revives Film Ban Appeal
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled 5 to 2 that censorship ruling on the film Native Son should be reconsidered. The court ordered the film censorship board to reexamine the movie after it had been rejected for alleged perversion and misrepresentation, noting prior rejections and potential misinterpretations.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Fim
Edroducers
Censor“9 Board
Halted Bus Service Strikes Hit Lawrence Area
Valley Bus Co. drivers walked off the job after the discharge of an employee, leaving Trenton and nearby towns without regular bus service. Officials urged calm as services paused and talks continued.
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Tronton
Procteryine
Lawrence
Valey Bus Co
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