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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1953
Page
2
A dispute on Southeast 26th Street in Oklahoma City centers on Mrs. Ada Rowan and her 15 cats amid claims of a flea epidemic reported as millions, with a jury trial in Police Judge Mike Foster's court and a cat transport to an animal shelter after crates spilled.
At Panmunjom the sight of a single Black prisoner in shock drew the momentary stillness as returning UN prisoners called by name and stepped from a truck. Marines lifted him, and medical men received him after an officer urged action. The scene contrasted with others as he stood unmoved.
President Eisenhower will depart Saturday morning by plane for Denver Colorado for a vacation lasting at least three weeks. Mrs Eisenhower will accompany him. The trip includes official business at Lowry Air Force Base and a stay at Mrs John S Doud's home in Denver.
W. Dr. Frank Forest Barham, 74, longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express, died at home after a long illness. He led the paper from 1922 to 1950, then served as advisory publisher to David W. Hearst. Barham helped bring the 1932 Olympic Games to LA and Barham Blvd was named for him in 1932.
Burkeville Virginia residents faced a water shortage not from drought but from a nonworking water pumps. Army water trucks supplied the town for three days before the issue was found. The pumps were restored and the filter left on caused seven percent chlorine in the water, bleaching clothes. By Wednesday the problem was fixed and conditions returned to normal.
Gen Sun Yup Paik, South Korean Army chief of staff, says the entire people of South Korea welcome the returning ROK prisoners but they must first be checked physically and mentally. About half of the sick and wounded prisoners exchanged last April remain in custody.
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