Pole on Truce Team Given U S Asylum
A Polish member of a neutral nations truce inspection team in South Korea received political asylum from the U S Army after a dramatic break during an inspection flight. The man, Jan Hajdukiewicz, 28, was a civilian interpreter at Nangnung on Korea’s east coast. Earlier Polish fugitives included Lt. Franciszek Jarecki and Lt. Zdislaw Jazwoinski, who escaped by MIG jet to Bornholm, and Captain Oswiklinski who fled to Europe in 1949.
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Korea
Free World
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Zdislaw Jazoienski
Poland
Bornholm
Baltic Sea
Arecki
Jazwenski
Dan Oswiklinski
Batory
Gerherde Bisler
Europe
London
Woman uses Food Can to kill East German cop at Babelsberg
East German housewife killed a Communist policeman with a two pound can of lard at Babelsberg station as he attempted to seize her Western food parcel. She fractured his skull and was arrested by East Zone police. The report cites private East Zone contacts and notes high parcel distributions in West Berlin.
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U.S. High Commission
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West Berlin
Mostly sunny with light clouds through Thursday
Weather outlook calls for mostly sunny skies through Thursday with scattered clouds and a few sprinkles near the mountains. Temperature remains steady with minimal changes across the period.
Repatriated POWs Arrive Ashore From Gen. John Pope
More than 400 former American prisoners of war landed at Fort Mason aboard the Navy transport Gen. John Pope as fog limited visibility. The fifth repatriation ship docked, bringing the total to 1,590 POWs home from Korean captivity. Walter Reynolds of San Pablo, a 20 month POW, led the group down the gangplank to cheers from relatives while Brig. Gen. Ralph S. Glasgow welcomed them.
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San Francisco
Navy
John Pope
Fort Mason
Panmunjom
Pope
Walter GO
Reynolds
San Pablo
Calif
Seventh Regiment
F Cavary
U N Holds Ultimatum on Missing Allied Captives
U N officials say Communists withheld 5404 Allied captives including 944 Americans and demand prompt accounting. Maj Gen Blackshear Bryan urged release or full accounting at a half hour armistice meeting. Washington officials say lists may take two days to finalize.
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Bryan
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Rita Hayworth rejects Aly Khan million divorce offer
Hollywood star Rita Hayworth angrily turned down a one million dollar divorce settlement announced by her Paris attorney. He said a million dollar trust would be set for their daughter Yasmin, but Hayworth insisted she will determine Yasmin's upbringing as an American. She emphasized that money cannot buy her child's religious or cultural future.
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Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Kahn
Paris
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Yasmi
Hayworth
United Press Early Today
Yasmin
Reds Wrote Oatis Letters to Wife
Prison torture by Reds forced William Oatis to write to his wife. Police coached the letter saying she would understand, then dictated it for him. A forthcoming Press Telegram serial will recount Oatis two years in prison and the coercive methods used to extract confessions.
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Czechoslovakia
Associates Press
William Oatis
Reds
Oatis
Press-Telegram
Little Bobby Schoen Dies Of Cancer At Lakewood Plaza
Lakewood Plaza youth Bobby Schoen aged three, diagnosed with cancer in June, died at home after a birthday party two months early. He lost his left arm to surgery in hopes of halting the cancer, which spread. Neighbors provided support and bought him a pedal tractor. Graveside services set for Sunnyside Cemetery with memorial at East Side Christian Church. He leaves parents Tack and [last name], and a brother Richard who will be four in November.
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Lakewood Plaza
Bobby
Nipamo Ave
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Schoen
Sunnyside Cemetery
East Side Christian Church
Richard
Two Teens Rescued From Rip Tide At Long Beach
Rita Mollison and Eleanor Kovacik, ages 13 and 14, both of Fresno, were swept 100 yards offshore by vicious rip tides on Gainden Avenue at Long Beach. Lifeguards Dean O'Hare and Joe Rancatore rescued them near Magnolia Pier in a rescue boat. both girls required no medical attention. Lifeguard HQ noted heavy surf and rip tides this year as guards watched Alamitos Bay entrance for danger and small craft in trouble.
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Rita Mollison
Eleanor Kovacik
Fresno
Magnolia Pier
Dean O’hare
Joe Rancatore
Alamitos Bay
Plane crashes into home in Van Nuys injures three
A jet trainer, reportedly a 1-33 from the Air Force, plowed into a private dwelling in suburban Van Nuys at 11:74 am. It demolished the garage and struck the rear of the house. Three people were taken to the hospital. The crash left the residence severely damaged.
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van Nuys
Air Force
Awful Joke Triggers Woman's Suicide Over Taxes
In Los Angeles a 63 year old woman Amelia Mollie Gross killed herself after fears sparked by a door to door tax check. Police say coworkers at a creamery spread the joke that she would go to jail, though her husband Andrew notes her tax papers were in order.
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Woma
Amelia Mollie Gross
Andrew
Martin Rules Out Extra Congress Session
Washington SPL Martin W. Martin Jr. ruled out a special session of Congress later this year saying there will be plenty of work next year. He spoke to newsmen during a Capitol visit and indicated no extra session this year.
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Congress
Washington
SPL House
Seph W. Martin Jr
Capitol
Classifieds and Sections Listing
An index of newspaper sections and page designations including Beach Combing Page B-1 Billy Rose A-13 Boyle A-3 Classifieds B-15 to B-19 Comics B-2 Crossword A-8 Editorial A-2 Financial B-14 Obituaries B-2 Radio TV B-0 Shipping Table B-13 Southland Cities B-1 2 Sports A-15 14 17 Theaters B-8 Titles Temperatures B-13 Women 8-4 5 4 Your World A-2
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New Hurricane Dolly Forms Near Turks Island
A hurricane with 95 mph winds formed suddenly near Turks Island, 800 miles southeast of Miami, threatening the Bahamas. Miami Weather Bureau forecaster Grady Norton said Dolly is developing quickly in the embryo stage and in a bad position for Florida. The storm grew from an easterly wave that stretched from Puerto Rico to the Virgin Islands, with heavy rains reported there.
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Six Reported Killed as Shells Hit British Craft
Off Hong Kong a Chinese Communist warship fired on a British Navy launch injuring one and killing six crewmen. The 1710 ton destroyer Concord picked up casualties and returned to Hong Kong for treatment. Reports also claimed a Chinese Nationalist vessel attacked the destroyer St. Bride's Bay further up the China coast.
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London
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