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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1954
Page
4
Reports from Panmunjom say the exchange of prisoners proceeded with minor hiccups and rain as Red forces destroyed the armistice accord authority. Chinese and North Korean captives moved south while some Americans, Britons, and Koreans asked for repatriation.
Flood danger eases as skies clear. Angeles Crest Highway reopened with chains. mountain roads remain risky with closures from Big Pines to South Fork and Canyon sites. Snow totals reach 6 inches to a foot in higher elevations. resorts report 5000 foot snowfall. A washout blocks Benedict Canyon. Topanga Canyon undisturbed two miles inland. Weather systems from Alaska and west of Eureka threaten more rain and snow, threatening Central California by Friday. County Agricultural Commissioner notes ongoing storm impacts.
A chaotic yet orderly exodus sees Chinese and North Korean prisoners streaming toward freedom. As trucks roll from Panmunjom and Ascom City, veterans wave flags while camps burn tents and smoke drifts over the area. The mass movement, timed with harvest delays, marks a dramatic turn in the Korean War era.
Gen Lucius D Clay former U S military governor in Germany told a Philadelphia banquet audience Tuesday night that the Korean war would have ended sooner if total war had been used in the early stages Freedom is at a cheap commodity he said There must be an end to concession and compromise to ease tensions which prolong the settlement of issues that prevent peace He predicted no further fighting in Korea unless a world war occurs and called 1954 a year of major decisions in Western Europe
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