Five Orphans From Japan in U S for New Homes
Five Japanese war orphans aged 3 to 8 arrived in the United States for foster care and adoption. They were greeted in San Francisco by Mrs Albert Sharpe of Dallas and by relatives and nuns from the Franciscan Mission Sisters. The children will be placed with new families in Illinois Ohio New Jersey and California as part of refugee relief under 1952 act. Since arrival they have met prospective hosts including Mr and Mrs Pedley of Glen Ellen Calif and Mrs Ellen Eckhart East Orange N J.
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Hospital transfer at Taegu to South Korean army
The U S Army today handed over the medical facilities of the 25th station hospital in Taegu Korea to the South Korean army. The transfer marks a milestone in postwar cooperation as Korean forces assume closer medical duty.
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Dancer Nabbed for 1953 Kidnapping Faces New Abduction Charges
Los Angeles court reports show carnival dancer Barbara Lee Collins 27 arrested by the FBI for a current kidnapping charge involving a missing Dexel Waymond Brock and two children abducted in 1953. Brock, aged 14, found in Baldwin Park, is in Juvenile Hall. Collins also known as Barbara Lee Grimm faces arraignment. The case links to prior 1953 abductions in Washington DC and New York. Officials note Collins traveled to the West Coast with the child and stayed with unidentified workers.
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Washington
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Rare Vintage Wine Turns to Mercurochrome Poison
Honolulu report tells of 28 year old Ben Pakele who fell ill after drinking what he believed was rare vintage wine. Doctors revealed the liquid was mercurochrome, noting the only resemblance to wine was its color and administering the antidote promptly.
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Ben Pakele
Kin Rescued in Fire in San Francisco Tragedy
A 56yearold man, John W. Redmond, died from burns after leaping to smother flames on his mother Emma Redmond whose nightgown ignited while she warmed herself by an electric heater. Firefighters rescued Mrs Redmond but she suffered severe burns covering about one fifth of her body.
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