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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1953

Page

3

Kidnapped secretary found wandering. abductor arrested

Miss Betty Sisk a 24 year old secretary was abducted from her home by Gerald Reakoff 22 of Hazel Park armed with a public safety item. She told police she was hurt in his home and dragged from her home at about 3 am by the suitor who said he would take her to a hospital. After six hours he released her near the city outskirts and police later arrested him at a bar. She was hospitalized for injuries and said she had a first date with Reakoff Saturday night.

Detroit Betty Sisk Gerald Reakoff Hazel Park Reakoff Miss Sisk Sisk Oakland County

L A Boys Set Model Plane Endurance Mark

Fourteen year old Ronald A Redwald kept a miniature monoplane aloft for six hours and 22 minutes at Los Angeles aided by his 12 year old brother Richard. They beat a three year old record of one hour 17 minutes before wind forced the craft down. The brothers credit a ground fuel feed through guide wires and one watched by their parents Herb Rehwald and Mr Mashieu, an Academy of Aeronautics director. The record falls short of the eight hours 31 minutes unofficial mark set by Sherman Helt of Fayetteville, North Carolina last month.

Los Angeles Ronald A. Redwald Richard Sherman Helt Fayetteville N. C Herb Rehwald Lew Mashieu The Academy of Aeronautics

POW Stayed Behind to Expose China Reds

Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson, 23, remained with 22 other Allied prisoners at Pyoktong North Korea after most were repatriated. In Tokyo he said he stayed to gather evidence proving Communists are rotten to the core and to avenge killed comrades. He claimed Reds promised favors and a chance to study communism, then planned a U.S. revolution. Dickenson anticipated some peers might return home with explanations.

Tokyo Soldther Virginia America Edward S. Dickenson Panmunjom Dickenson Tokyo Army Hospital Pyoktong North Korea China Reds Russia United States Communist Party of the

Communist Leader Robert Thompson Clings to Life

New York police report communist leader Robert G. Thompson remains in critical condition after a head beating by a federal prisoner last Friday. He is said to be resting comfortably despite the severity of injuries.

New York Robert G. Thompson Thompson

AMA President Attacks VA Admission Policy

Dr Edward J. McCormick president of the American Medical Association called the Veterans Administration policy of admitting all patients who sign a pauper's oath a threat to private enterprise. He warned that VA care, now limited to those who cannot pay, has no authority to question an applicant and foresees an expensive system of free government medicine unless regulations change during his Oklahoma City speech at the Oklahoma Clinical Society autumn conference.

Oklahoma City Edward J. McCormick American Medical Assocation Veterans Administration McCormick Oklahoma Clinical Society

Asthmatic Dies From Smoke Inhalation in Fire

P John Gallagher, 68, of Rockvale, died in a Florence hospital after inhaling smoke during a Sunday fire that swept his seven residence. Firefighters battled the blaze as neighbors watched. Gallagher had a history of asthma and suffered the fatal attack amid the flames. Authorities investigated the cause of the blaze and noted Gallagher’s age and residence in Rockvale, Colorado.

Rockvale Colo P. John Gallagher Florence

Cartier Delivery Week Month Year Rer Rey Pt

Fragmentary notice appears with postal markings and price figures. It references a March 16 1839 second class matter designation at Long Beach California and a long standing postal act. The readable bits hint at a publication entry or delivery note with prices.

Rer Rey Cartier Mall Pst Long Beach California

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