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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1953
Page
4
The report tallies U N and allied losses in Korea with 412 times red losses in the conflict. U S deaths and wounds total 124 784 from 24 119 dead and 100 665 wounded. North Korean and other UN casualties run high, with nonbattle tolls included in surveys.
In a tense Bronx pursuit, four robbers halted a bank cash pickup drawing a 9-car and motorcycle police response. One bandit was killed, three were captured, and $5000 recovered after the car crash near Willis Ave bridge. Mastermind Charles Jetter led the raid, with victims Solomon Salberg and the diner crew in fear. James Sanders injured, two others seized on assault and robbery charges.
A planned tribute at Rock Island arsenal will fly massed Confederate flags over the graves of 1860 soldiers for Memorial Day marking the first northern cemetery display. The National Cemetery hosts Union soldiers from various wars and now will observe an annual Confederate flag tradition, per arsenal adjutant Waldo W. Goetsch.
Acting Gov. Goodwin J. Knight signed bills doubling the commercial fish tax from 50 cents per ton, in effect since 1917, and creating a new fish and game district covering Long Beach, San Pedro, and Seal Beach waters. Live bait nets are now permitted and a prosecutorial course is set for net or trap captures.
The U S Army in Europe ends the midnight curfew effective June 1 allowing soldiers to stay out past midnight for the first time since Loe curfew was enacted. The rule aimed to cut serious nighttime incidents tied to drinking.
New York AP reports Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to die in Sing Sing electric chair the week of June 15. Judge Kaufman set the date for June 18 after repeated defense attempts to delay. Government opposed further delays, citing frivolous tactics.
Allied forces hurled back Chinese assaults above Seoul as 8500 plus troops were committed in the western front with 6500 more in the east central front. Turkish and American units fought to retake Outpost Carson amid heavy casualties amid intense combat near Bloody Ridge and surrounding positions.
Washington reports that President Eisenhower and Senator Taft moved to smooth tensions over Korea and Far East policy. Taft, hospitalized in Cincinnati, and Eisenhower publicly differed on peace talks, with Taft urging a pullout if truce talks fail. Taft Jr said Taft clarifies his views were personal and not a critique of administration policy.
South Korea objects to the latest Allied truce proposal and threatens to boycott talks. Maj. Gen. Choi Duk Shin’s letter to Lt. Gen. Harrison criticizes indefinite captivity and calls for a revised plan. Choi’s stance is supported by President Syngman Rhee and criticized by U N and Western diplomats.
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