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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1953
Page
1
Panmunjom dispatch reports the Communists deny capturing most of the 3 404 allied troops listed by the U N command demanding accounting. They also challenge allied counts for 98 742 North Koreans and Chinese captured by the allies.
Washington officials doubted the Beria escape claim as Senate investigators pursued a possible contact with a man claiming to be Lavrenty Beria. A New York source said Clendenin Ryan and associates invested millions to aid a Beria escape, citing long ties to Sen. McCarthy and aims to obtain Soviet secrets for the United States.
In San Francisco AP report Sgt. Henderson L. Wool ever of Exeter California returns from a repatriation mission and his wife questions the ex prisoner of war's health saying he looks peaked and needs his mother's cooking.
London based diplomats dismissed Beria escape rumors. The Foreign Office declined comment while sources privately suggest he may be undergoing pre trial treatment. One official notes Soviet trials often require up to 18 months to prepare.
Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois stated on Monday that initial reports alleging Lavrenty Beria had escaped originated from Sweden, clarifying the source of the early information.
Rosemary McMahon widow of Senator McMahon of Connecticut married Baron Robert SilLorene, the ambassador, in a Washington ceremony. The wedding links a prominent political family to an international diplomatic figure in a notable social event.
P E Ed Lowe a 69 year old state highway foreman filed nomination papers for the Cedar Rapids Public Improvements commission race to challenge long time city council member W W Stolba. Lowe joins Abe Pilicer Dale O McRoberts and Maynard G Rowray in the field with 275 voter signatures due by Oct 6. The top two advance to the November 3 election.
Washington AP report states Attorney General Brownell announced the arrest for deportation of Boris Sklar a 68 year old New York editor of Russky Golos a Russian language newspaper. He is described as a charter member of the U S Communist party with the warrant based on alleged party activities.
Weather men predicted scattered frost for northeast Iowa tonight as fall approaches. Early Monday lows reached state lows at Lone Rock and Cedar Rapids with highs around seven tens in Cedar Rapids and 58 degrees by afternoon. a cold front arrives in Iowa early Wednesday.
The Denver extension center of the University of Colorado announces a fall curriculum course named common sense. The program targets adult learners seeking practical understanding through a practical approach.
A highway collision near Baker California killed nine members of a bridal party en route to Las Vegas for Joyce Lindsey and Thomas Graham s wedding. The 11th victim, a sailor, was in critical condition from burns. Police called it one of the worst wrecks known.
Doris Eileen Froff and Earl C. Enck were married Sunday while riding their favorite horses in Lancaster. The ceremony blended a ranch style celebration with a rural setting as the couple exchanged vows in the saddle.
Gary Raymond Robinson 20 a Cedar Rapids navy seaman was killed Sunday in a Berkeley California motorcycle crash. He rode with Seaman John Dee 20 who was injured. Robinson enlisted last November and served at Alameda Naval Air Station. He graduated Norway High School and is survived by his parents four sisters and seven brothers. Funeral arrangements are pending.
East German leader Walter Ulbricht urged workers to boost industrial output with no wage increases. He hinted wages might fall and linked the push to ending the prior soft policy after the June uprising. Ulbricht spoke to the SED central committee, signaling a tougher stance.
At the United Nations India warned that Russia urged an immediate UN ban on atomic and hydrogen weapons and dismantling of foreign bases. Vishinsky pressed for a universal prohibition with rapid international control and for large state armament reductions. He urged reopening debate on the Korean peace conference and accused the United States of a faulty stance.
Air force sergeants Charles Graybill and James Henderson survived 22 hours adrift in the Atlantic after their B 29 hurricane hunter crashed. They fought off sharks with a self made punching tactic and ropes tied together. They reached Charleston and then joined other survivors aboard the Nassau cruise ship.
Iowa's State Conservation Commission set 1953 hunting rules for pheasants quail and Hungarian partridge. The plans specify opening dates hours and bag limits by county zone with long and short zones for pheasants and quail plus a short one for Hungarian partridge. Trapping seasons run Nov 10 to Dec 9 for mink muskrat beaver and through Jan 10 for raccoon skunk badger possum and spotted skunk. Continuous open seasons on weasel fox groundhogs wolf and coyote with otter closed.
A Cedar Rapids suit against three doctors over Janice Proskovec’s July 27, 1952 death after an appendectomy was dismissed by Judge Floyd Philbrick. The ruling cited vague allegations and no proven link between alleged negligence and death. Defense has seven days to re plead or 30 days to appeal to the supreme court.
President Eisenhower arrives in Massachusetts to deliver a major political speech in Boston, opening a White House effort to strengthen Republican control ahead of next year’s elections. Local state coverage notes the event as a key campaign mobilization in the Mass. context with Eisenhower’s appearance in West Springfield.
President Eisenhower will address the nation in Boston tonight with a live broadcast on KCRG 1600 from 8 30 to 9 00. The speech underscores national issues and outlines policy directions for the coming months.
President Eisenhower tours a regional agricultural fair with prominent New England figures and awards blue ribbons to winners. His government plane Colum bine lands at Westover Air Force Base after a 1 hour 57 minute flight from Washington. About 500 greet him at the base as he heads to a Boston Garden gala dinner priced at 100 dollars per plate.
In a bold move an unidentified North Korean pilot delivered a MIG-15 to Fifth Air Force hands. The U S air force said Gen C P Weyland must pay the pilot 50000 and 50000 for the jet from a 31 million general fund. The MIG was reported originally to fetch 100000 for an intact plane. The jet landed at Kimpo air base near Seoul after evading suspicion.
North Korean pilot defects with a MIG-17 of the Twin-jet type. General Weyand confirms asylum option. pilot unnamed but smiling. U N offers 100000 reward for first MIG to defect. Plane may be flown to the U S for testing. Kimpo base closed to nonmilitary personnel.
London AP reports composer Roger Quilter, 75, died Monday after a lingering illness. His "Children's Overture" was a favorite in Britain for many years.
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