09 Aug 1953
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1953
Page
1
Reports from Panmunjom describe the fifth day of the armistice POW exchange. 112 Americans and 21 Britons shift south while 473 North Korean women and 23 children accompany the northbound group.
Secretary of State Dulles announced in Tokyo that the United States would not seek United Nations trusteeship for the Ryukyus and Bonin islands south of Japan, except for Amami returning to Japan. The move reflects strategic reliance on Okinawa and ongoing U.S. control during regional tensions.
Deputy U S Marshal Sam E Vaughn 54 of Murfreesboro Tennessee was shot five times and killed two miles south of Adairsville Georgia after being ambushed by escapees from Nashville jail. A hostage, the jailer’s son George Hightower 34, was seen in the car as it fled. Vaughn had previously taken Eugene Juelich alias Woodard Larson 31 of St Paul Minnesota to Atlanta federal prison after they were sentenced to five years for transporting a stolen car across state lines.
Four ships depart from San Francisco and Gulf ports carrying barley rice and cotton to South Korea as part of a U S reconstruction drive. Foreign Aid Director Harold Stassen calls the convoys symbolic of free nations' resolve to aid postwar recovery.
Marshalltown Iowa reports Jon Ramsey 25? started to remove his trousers before bed. His feet tangled and he fell through a cedar chest by a window then out a 16 foot drop to the driveway. He was hospitalized with two broken ribs a black eye and a forehead gash. His advice sit down before you take your pants off.
Foreign ministers from six Western European nations called for a quick formation of a United States of Europe. They plan to complete a constitutional blueprint this autumn and to hold further talks in Rome in September and The Hague in October to advance the project and ensure democratic control.
President Eisenhower and his wife Mamie landed at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver for a planned three to four week vacation. The Constellation Columbine delivered them to a cheering crowd as a 21 man honor guard greeted them. The guard replaced the usual 21 gun salute.
Washington reports indicate Malenkov claimed Soviet mastery of the hydrogen bomb but US experts doubt production. Analysts say his tough talk contrasts with peaceful gestures after Stalin's death and may reflect internal consolidation with Beria purge underway.
Paris reports a continuing strike in government services stranded hundreds of American and British tourists. The walkout disrupted travel and daily life across major ports and rail hubs as officials urged patience and alternative arrangements during the ongoing disruption.
U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles departs Tokyo for Washington after pursuing moves in Korea and Amami Oshima. He and President Syngman Rhee agreed to a mutual security pledge and a 30 day deadline for truce talks. The Amami Oshima island question touches Japan and Soviet Russia as a broader postwar balance.
Washington reports say businessmen fear a preliminary White House Taft Hartley draft favors labor. The draft leaked after July 31 and was reviewed by Senate and House labor chairs. Durkin, NAM, and AFL leaders comment as Eisenhower’s stance remains unsettled and reforms could soften the labor ban.
The forecast calls for a high of 82 and a low of 63. The sun sets at 7 17 p m and rises at 5 34 a m tomorrow.
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