Reds Free 95 Yanks 275 Due Saturday Swap Ends Sunday
Red forces freed Maj. Gen. William F. Dean and announced 275 Americans would be released Saturday, the largest group yet in the Korean War prisoner exchange. About 450 to 500 Americans were still in Kaesong, with British and South Korean prisoners also due Saturday and Sunday. The Allies warned of potential German warfare propaganda cases among the final releases.
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Reds
Panmunjom
U. S
William F. Dean
Dean
U.S
Kaesong
Red
Repatriates Testify On Soviet City Sketches For Russians
In Korea War era testimony officers described being forced to draw detailed maps of American cities Detroit Seattle New York and Los Angeles as well as airfields and radar sites. They warned the sketches were likely meant for Soviet intelligence and feared an atomic attack.
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Inchon
Korea
Detroit
New York
Seattle
Los Angeles
Jack E. Perry
Canyon Rd
Laguna Beach
Calif
United States
Perry
Harold A. Steiner
2Nd St. Long Beach
South Korea
Thomas T. Mounts
Phoenix
Ariz
Pentagon
Mounts
San Francisco
Chicago
Steiner
Eisenhower approves U S aid of surplus crops to Jordan
President Eisenhower used new authority to ship up to 20 000 tons of surplus farm crops to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for famine relief. The action, under a law he pushed, covers up to 100 million dollars in surplus commodities overseas and was issued from his vacation White House. The exact crop type and value were not specified.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Jordan
Commodity Credit Corp
Congress
State Dulles
Agriculture Benson
Harold E. Stassen
White House
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