Seventh Prisoner List From Korean Armistice Exchange
United Nations released a long list naming American prisoners of war freed on the seventh day of the Korean armistice exchange. The roster includes dozens of servicemen and hometowns across New York, Ohio, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois and other states, with many city and state identifiers. The document records ranks from corporal to sergeant and notes towns such as Rob ertsdale, Louisa, Racine, Sheboygan, Johnson City, Middleburg, North Fork, Somerville, and Cleveland among others.
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Munsan
United Nations
Henry Gambocurta
Robertsdale
Jesse T. Hadder
Louisa
Robert R. Gorr
Sheboygan
Wis
Edward R. Evans
Racine
Robert Riddle Jr
Johnson City
Tenn
Roland Hamilton
Middletown
Ohio
Carl L. Doran
North Fork
Calif
John Narvin
Newburgh Heights
Charles A. Burton
Scottsburgh
Anthony Girdano
Pittsburgh
Calvin B. Smotherman
Peterburg
Edward T .Smith
Fresno
Donald W. Vaughan
Raleigh
N. C
Richard W. Godlewski
Bayonne
N. J
Barney M. Younge
Cleveland
Lahman L. Bower Jr
Berkley
Mich
Martin Christensen
Libertyville
Robert A. Ginn
Columbia
Jessie B. Cook
Somerville
James T. Watling
Los Angeles
Joseph D. M. Nichols
Clinton
Mass
Joseph J. Klein
Hermosa Beach
Deborah Kerr Embraces American Idiom and Parenting
Deborah Kerr, wife of Anthony Bartley, but a Hollywood star in four Broadway runs, comments on her children adopting American ways. She recalls British schooling and laughs at a child calling her knucklehead, seeing it as a mild Americanism. Her daughters Melanie and Francesca, born in California, travel widely with her and blend cultures.
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Deborah
Scotland
America
Anthony Bartley
New York
Wheat Corn and Cotton Lead Farm Price Debate
Farm prices stay low while living costs hit records. Wheat cotton and corn, the nation’s bread and clothing crops, face surplus and potential federal controls. Government price supports protect farmers amid rising retail prices and a large grain stock. Trade and export pressures threaten future prices as demand shifts and inflation lingers.
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Sam Dawson
New York
U. S. Treasury
Atoka Minister Preaches Revival at Indiahoma Church
A revival at the Indiahoma Methodist church begins Sunday August 16 at 8 p.m. with Rev. Don L. Forsman of Atoka First Methodist preaching. Nightly services continue through August 21 announced by Rev. Leslie G. Shearer.
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Indiahoma Methodist Church
Don L. Forsman
First Methodist Church
Atoka
Leslie G. Shearer
New Putty Cracks Radio Leaks in Microwave Horns
A new putty has been developed to plug radio leaks in horns of directional microwave antennae used to beam television programs across the country, similar to those in the Bell System.
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Bell System
Population Growth Surges From 1936 Rates In 2253 A D
Population is rising three times faster now than in 1936 says Peyton Hurst head of the local social security office. He cites figures from the census bureau noting births and deaths have sped up and immigration and emigration have shifted, with net gain jumping from a new citizen every 35 seconds to every 12 seconds.
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Peyton Hurst
Social Security Office
Census Bureau
America
Hurst
Gunman Robs Smith Grider Food Market in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City an unmasked gunman robbed the Smith and Grider Food Market at closing last night, taking 3250 dollars as employees swept and counted cash. The thief kept the weapon in his belt, fled in a waiting car, and bystanders were unaware of the heist during the quiet robbery.
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Oklahoma City
Smith & Grider
E. Lee Smith
Smith
Red Leader Dims German Unity Hopes
James Marlow shows Malenkov’s two hour Sup reme Soviet speech dimming the German unification prospect. He argues the Kremlin aims to split Western allies, pressuring France to side with Moscow while promoting disarmament and détente measures.
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James Marlow
Washington
Russia
Malenkov
Supreme Soviet
France
Germany
Eisenhower
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Churchill
House of Commons
South Korea Gifts Dulles With Photo Album
The Korean government information office sent a green 12-page, 14 by 12 inch photo album to U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles as a token of friendship. It contains 12 large pictures from his post armistice visit with President Syngman Rhee in Seoul. They discussed and began a mutual security treaty between South Korea and the United States.
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Seoul
Office of Public Information Today
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
United States
AFL backs plan to change Taft Hartley rulings
CHICAGO AFL leader George Meany said reports of aDraft Eisenhower plan to amend the Taft Hartley Act showed potential improvement even as business groups oppose change. The AFL Executive Council session in St. Louis set Sept 21 to map national tactics while Taft, the act’s author, died as the message circulated to Congress. Meany and others questioned who blocked formal sending of the draft to Capitol Hill.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Congress
AFL
George Meany
Senior
Labor Federation
Capitol Hill
Meany
St. Louis
Nixon
Sen
Taft
Ohio
White House
AFL Council
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Winfield, Tenn
Joseph Timpanaro
Lyndhurst
Quincy O. Moore
Farmerville
Bernard Bull
Wilkes-Barre
Joe J. Ascue
Bluefield, W. A
Henry Miller
Magnolia
Miss
William J. Smith
Xenia
Til
Clyde A. Keck
Sparta
Joseph W. Predla
Howard D. Estell
Columbus
James J. McMillen
Francis R. Curtin
Wit
Robert E. Crawford Jr
Carthage
Cartlon G. Morman
Portland
Ark
William T. Costlow
St. Michaels
Dominic J. Cantillo
Roxbury
Charles H. Butler
Gibsland
Lawrence A. Busbee
Ruskin
Fla
Alfred W. McNei
Framingham
Thomas J. Eichhorn
Milwaukee
Ore
Leroy V. Lam
Upperco
James E. Miller
Granite City
Ill
Lee E. Merworth
Midland
Leland R. Kyle
John McKeown
Philadelphia
Ralph M. Grainger
Hallsboro
N.C
Locksley H. Hutchens
Yadkinville
Harold M. Keck
Bethlehem
Delmas F. Floyd
Minden
Solon W. Duncan
Fort Meyer
Clifford E. Benoit
Cambridge
Bobby F. Fitzpatrick
Clifford
Robert E. Fogle
Dorset
Hio
Richard H. Hettinger
Joplin
Ansay Elmer Frost
Heidelburg
George H. Hill
Chance
Harold M. Hammond
Belvidere
Harry C. Gennaro
Rockford
Charles J. Douthitt
Shelbyville
Raymond D. Hess
Honaker
Marvin E. Dorsey
Winter Garden
Roylin Lacy
Frankfort
Lemon S. Hill
Hugheston
W. Va
Richard A. Holmquist
Boone
Melvin E. Kammrad
Sheffield
Iowa
Edward J. Faust
Norristown
Henry J. Isula
Lackawanna
James W. Falk
Reelsville
Ind
Joseph A. A. Fontaine
Gonic
N. H
Frederick R. Keys
Greene
Russell Kingston
Kattawa
Joseph T. Kowaleski
Buffalo
N. Y
Thomas R. Jackson
Ottawa
Richard Price
Stuart
Fila
Reinol J. Gonzales
Memphis
Celso J. Montoya
Albuquer
N.M
Charles L. Cooke
Mathews
Leonard Beasley Jr
Gary
Set
Oscar Best
Warsaw
Howard Tates
Detroit
Marshall Robinson
Toledo
Peter J. Guidy
Lafayette
James W. Green
Louis M. Gilmore
Lubbock
Harold J. Neal
Greensboro
Tsuyoshi Nishimoto
Hilo
Hawaii
Elliott Sortillo
Charles Glenn Pixley
Youngstown
Archie J. Cookson
Pasadena
Julius J. Barber
Atlanta
Deborah Kerr
Dorothy Roe
AP Women’s
Britain
Hollywood
Knucklehead
Indiahoma Church
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Statul
Ron Stephens
Joe Ford
Reas
Russell - Ford Insurance Agency
D Ave
Aramee OA Tn Il
Gunman
State Department
West
ROK
Owen Baked
Wiest
Ave
Pittsburgh Paints
Farmers Lumber Company
Hes
Oldsmobile
Second Street
Bendix
Southwest Radio & Sound
Clint Ewing
Builders’ Equipment & Supply CO
Cache Road
Otto Howard
Lawton Property Owners
Howard & Howard
D Avenue
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