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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1953
Page
17
At Panmunjom 96 per cent of Korean prisoners of war refused communism as 19 of 483 chose repatriation to North Korea. A North Korean general sat on a sunny beach watching, while loudspeakers were drowned out by POWs singing. Interviews continue with Chinese prisoners planned for Wednesday.
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold said a million dollar U S loyalty probe now nearly 80 percent complete has found no evidence against any American citizens on U N staff. The U S government began the inquiry after many staff refused to answer. FB I investigations on 1400 cases are in, with more incoming. some derogatory information was found but Hammarskjold stressed it does not imply loyalty doubt. He also noted non U S governments provided information about their citizens on the U S payroll, some political and some personal.
The New York Stock Exchange and all commodity markets except the New York Produce Exchange were closed as Election Day observed in Boston Cincinnati Detroit Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Grain exchanges and other commodities remained open while the New Orleans Nation Market operated normally and the New York cotton exchange closed.
The London stock index shows renewed strength today with gains across multiple sectors. Firms like Bosch, Parers, and Te rms report higher share prices while rubber, chemicals, and consumer goods stocks contribute to the broad advance. records show mixed results across industrials and energy, with several names posting modest advances and others only steady.
In Chicago the livestock market showed mixed to steady trends. Hogs opened steady to higher, while sows and lighter hogs drifted lower. Cattle posted varied moves with prime steers and heifers in demand, veal and bulls mixed, and sheep trading unevenly. Prices quoted included primes near 17.00 to 19.00 for select hogs, and steers reaching into the mid teens with prime heifers around the 22.0s. Slaughter lambs and wool offerings showed modest activity with selective gains in fat cattle and bulls, while cull stock remained under pressure.
Grain market movement shows a sharp drop at the open as prices slide after a weak trading session. Market observers cite lower export demand and fund selling as reasons for the early slide amid volatility in futures and cash markets.
Atlanta police captain Tom A. Andrews battled more than 50 officers and an armored car for five hours in his home before being overcome by fear and tear gas. He fired multiple weapons. a deputy sheriff and a detective aided entry as he was carried unconscious to Grady Hospital. A doctor will assess his sanity for possible charges.
California farm receipts for the first eight months of the year fell from 1.6059 billion to 1.5605 billion, with livestock income at 645.0 million down slightly from last year and crop receipts at 915.5 million versus 1.0599 billion a year ago, per the U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
In Albuquerque Senator Anderson criticizes proposed closing of regional soil conservation offices. He says the regional offices were the spark plugs of the soils program and fears the effort will weaken conservation work.
United Nations soldiers at three locations near Camp Munsan P report seeing flares and hearing rifle shots around the prisoner of war compound. An Indian forces spokesman denied any shootings, saying the only explanation may be fireworks during Divali Festival week.
Port Jervis New York reports a 17 year old girl Joyce Fulmer and 17 year old Charles W Jones were found dead in a parked car in an apparent murder suicide after a note indicated pregnancy and parental opposition to marriage. Police found two .22 caliber rifles in the vehicle.
Sen Wallace F Bennett proposed a new Republican slogan in a Salt Lake City address to the Republican Women's Club. He spoke amid uproar over Ezra Taft Benson farm policy and discussed party unity.
Alden Minn United Press report details Portia Howe mother of Pfc Richard Tenneson one of 22 U S POWs who refused repatriation waiting for a passport to the Far East. A corporal at Camp Io indicated fear of government jail influenced his friend to stay. Army blocked travel to see son. State Dept passport request filed with unclear outcome.
A 57 year old oil worker, Paul Ray Walker of Sunshine Acres, was killed instantly at General Petroleum Well No 186 K near Santa Fe Springs when a block and tackle aboard the derrick struck him as two slack cables dropped. Co workers R T Allen R W Stratton and Ward K Mosley witnessed the tragedy. Company superintendent A W Titus said it was the first fatal accident in the Santa Fe Springs field in about twenty years.
Leonard Kernes, 25, was wounded by a stray bullet while deer hunting near Custer South Dakota. The shot from across a canyon caused a compound fracture and led to the amputation of the lower part of his right leg. News notes that thousands hunted in Nimrods crowds at the Black Hills hunt.
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