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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1953

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Speed in GI Korean Exit Not in Cards

Defense officials said no home by Christmas for most U S troops in Korea even if an armistice is signed. A cease fire would slow troop rotations due to the point system and some expect years of U S presence in the Far East. Withdrawals hinge on a peace conference within 90 days of signing and on freezing force levels with limited replacements.

Robert G. Nixon Washington INS Defense Department U.S Korea Pentagon Far East Korean U.N Republic of Korea Salina Kan Bej Labor Department Laverseas

French Paratroops Seize Lang Son Base from Vietminh

French Union paratroopers captured Lang Son near the Chinese frontier in a bold raid against the Vietminh. About five thousand troops dropped from American supplied planes, taking the city to destroy key war materiel and to demonstrate a shift from defense to offense.

Lang Son Indo-China French Union Red China Lang Son Iang U.S Vietminh Forj

Man Facing Jail Refuses Wage Law Obedience

Chicago based Fisher Pen Company owner Paul C. Fisher, 39, vows to stay in jail over contempt of a U.S. district court order enforcing the wage hour law. He argues the law is unconstitutional and refuses to let labor department examiners review his employment records. He is free on recognizance pending appeals.

Chicago Labor Department Paul C. Fisher Fisher Pen Company U.S Fisher Guicame

No Postal Rate Hike Seen in ’53

Washington AP Acting Senate Republican Leader Knowland Calif Friday abandoned hope for passage this year of the administrations postal rate increase. The bill was missing from a Senate Republican policy committee program. GOP leaders earlier this week believed it could be passed. Knowland said its future this year is highly dubious and cannot be passed before adjournment in two weeks. He still believes the July 31 adjournment target will be met.

Washington Senate Knowland Calif Senate Republican Policy Committee G.O.P Congress

Taft Shelved for Current Session

New York AP report states Senator Taft of Ohio, after hip ailment surgery, will not return to Congress for the remainder of this session. Bulletin notes he is in good condition with no complications.

New York Sen. Taft Ohio Congress

Dome Destroyed at National Jamboree

An Oklahoma Scoutmaster at the Boy Scouts third national jamboree learned by telegram that his Tahlequah home had been leveled by lightning. The message from his wife and daughter said they were away and ended with Remember a Scout is cheerful Stay at the jamboree. We're okay.

Calif Oklahoma Boy Scouts Russell Rathiens Tahlequah

Plane Trip Ends In Holdup Arrest

Federal agents seized Harold Mack, 32, from a Detroitbound plane at LaGuardia airport. He carried $32,000 hidden in luggage and two foreign pistols with ammunition. Mack is wanted for the Tuesday holdup of the Auburn Heights branch of the Pontiac State Bank.

New York Michigan LaGuardia FBI Harold Mack Detroit Auburn Heights Pontiac| State Bank Mack

Maharajah Hurt in England Auto Crash

In Hitchin England AP reports the wealthy maharajah of Coach Behar 37 was critically injured in a Thursday night car accident. Two years earlier American actress Nancy Valentine 23 had announced marriage to the maharajah in an Indian civil ceremony in Cooch Behar in 1949. She traveled to India in 1951 to pursue a Hindu ceremony but said the plan was blocked by the Indian government.

Hitchin England Coach Behar Nancy Valentine Cooch Behar India

Further Slow-Up By City Lines To Begin On Sunday

City Lines will cut nighttime and Sunday service starting Sunday. After 10 p.m. buses run once hourly on all routes except the Mound Form Sixteenth avenue and Kenwood lines which stay unchanged. Sunday half-hour service begins at 12 a.m. instead of 3 a.m. A Bever Park route 30 day trial extends east on Meadowbrook to Thirtieth Street then north to Bever avenue and west to Memorial drive. Third Street SE line will bypass Fourth Street and Fourteenth Avenue using Second and Third streets for the loop. New schedules available Saturday. City officials cited lack of riders for cuts.

City Lines Dar Rapids L. A. Warley Ceene City Lines Pasar Busea Mound Form Sixteenth Avenue Kenwood Bever Park Meadowbrook Drive Thirtieth Street Bever Avenue

Tornado Hits New Orleans Destroys Church In East City

A tornado struck New Orleans on Friday damaging several buildings and destroying St. Paul’s Catholic Church on the Chef Menteur highway near Gentilly. Three people were inside the church but unharmed. initial reports listed no deaths.

New Orleans St. Paul's Catholic Church Chef Menteur Highway Geniilly

Dulles and Robertson to Appear on KCRG Tonight

The report to the nation by Secretary of State Dulles and Truce Envoy Walter I Robertson will be carried by KCRG around 10:10. They will also appear on WHBF-TV from 8:30.

Veder Rapids Nation Dul Tes Walter I Robertson KCRG

There’s One Good Thing Wounded Are Out of War

AN AIR BASE NEAR SEOUL. A U N war correspondent observes wounded U N troops arriving by ambulance for immediate transfer to Japan and first class hospitals. Doctors and drivers note most wounded men are out of Korea once stabilized. A red haired boy asks if a truce has been signed.

Earnest Hoberecht Seoul Korea Japan Abiplane Air Force U.N

McCarthy Staff Pick Under Fire Over Baarslag

Dr Robert L Johnson head of the overseas library program denounces Karl Baarslag as completely incompetent or malicious and asks that he testify on statements attributed to him. Johnson cites six million anti Communist books distributed with only 49 by Communist authors found. McCarthy plans to consult with other committee members before finalizing the appointment.

McCarthy Washington U. S. Overseas Library Program Sen. McCarthy Robert L. Johnson Karl Baarslag Baarslag Washington New York World-Telegram Johnson State Department International Information Agency McCarthy Traadach Walid Cll Baarslag Sliver Spring American Legion National Americanism Commission Senate Wisconsin Republican

Jabara Fails in Bid to Tie Mark in Korea

America's first jet ace Major James Jabara flew two Korean missions trying to tie the wartime record for shootdowns but failed. Spotted MIGs vanished in floods over North Korea and on his 100th mission of the second tour he did not engage. He will report to Fifth Air Force headquarters then go to Japan. Tariff bill clears House committee amid debate over protections.

Seoul America James Jabara Jabara Joseph McConnell Apple Valley Calif North Korea Korea Fifth Air Force Japan

Soviet Tank Unit Back in East Berlin

A Russian tank division reentered East Berlin on Friday as anti Communist strikes marked the first monthly anniversary of the East German rebellion. Soviet troops moved through Stalin Allee before dawn while martial law had just been lifted in East Berlin.

Merseburg Zeiss Peice Jengue East Berlin Stalin Allee Inj Prin Pros Ocess Communist Party Shej Elizabeth London

Smiling Princess Margaret Returns Amid Romance Rumors

Princess Margaret returned to London amid bustle over a rumored romance with a divorced man. In Bonn and Berlin, relief plans for East Germany were outlined as West German and Western forces discuss food relief for the hungry. Military reports from Korea described renewed front activity, counterattacks, and heavy Allied air support, with Gen. Mark Clark's death noted pending truce talks.

London Margaret Peter Townsend Brussels

Famed Stage Star Maude Adams Dies at 80

Maude Adams, famed stage actress famed for Peter Pan and What Every Woman Knows, died at 80 at her farm home after bronchitis and pleurisy. Cause listed as probable heart disease. Noted for roles in Cinderella and Quality Street.

Maude Adams Tannersville N. Y Erwin Mulbury Sequl New York James M. Bar America Miss Adama Quality Street

Blind Man Fire Rescuer Heroic Aid in Korean War Incident

A blind man and a passerby smashed a door and crawled through flames to rescue a man trapped in a three apartment building as Korean War fighting rages near Kumsong. U S Ninth Corps and Second Korean Corps credited with aiding in the rescue and reporting heavy Chinese forces in the Kumsong valley.

Claremont N. H Yan William Dillman U.S Girma

Baby Born to Accident Victim in Coma at Hospital

Miami reports a 17 year old elopement couple, Janice Cubbedge, who has in a six month coma since a Fayetteville auto crash, gave birth to a son named Charles Marvin Cubbedge. The mother remains semiconscious, fed by tube, while the infant awaits incubator care. Ronald Cubbedge, brace-bound from the same accident, plans barber college after his wife recovers.

Miami Tradors Jackson Memorial Hospital Janice Cubbedge Fayetteville N. C Ronald “Kaye Cubbedge Tuice Ronald Charles Marvin Cubbedge

Ram chained as Saegers seek owner after attack attempt

The ram is chained up while Mrs. Saeger and her family search for its owner. She said the animal is mean and one man who tried to quiet it was attacked as the ram made an aggressive move. Authorities caution handling livestock.

Saegers Mrs. Saeger

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