Twenty GIs Shipped From Tokyo To Valley Forge For Rest
Twenty tired American GIs released by the Communists in Korea arrived at Valley Forge Military Hospital after a secrecy shrouded journey from Tokyo. Some stretcher cases, ill with vitamin deficiencies, lung and foot issues, were given steak dinners and could call relatives. security was enforced due to fatigue and anti Communist concerns.
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Phoenixville
Korea
Valley Forge Militaryospital
Tokyo
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Campbell
Philadelphia
Returning Reds Stage Clothes Tearing Riot
North Korean war prisoners at Panmunjom staged a 30 minute clothes tearing anti American exit from Allied captivity. About 25 of 500 sick and wounded detainees at the Red receiving center acted disruptively as doors opened. Lt. Col. Leo T. Dulacki called the group the most fanatical he had seen and said disturbances nearly broke out before authorities redirected the scene.
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Red
Leo T. Dulacki
U. N. Control
Dulacki
Omaha
Neb
Harry M. Odren
Odren
Dunn Center
N.D
U. N
Derby day skies brighten Kentucky for 79th Derby
Clear skies greeted Derby visitors as the 79th Kentucky Derby opened in Louisville. A forecast called for partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures around 79 degrees. Trainer Jack Hodgins scratched Dixiana Farm's Spy Defense, saying his horse isn’t in the same field as the "Big Grey."
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Louisville
Jack Hodgins
Dixiana Farm
Clean-up Time opens with citywide free paint drive
Chicago raised 89 painters for a rapid 11 minute single coat on a North Side house as Mayor Martin H. Kennelly started the 1953 clean-up campaign. Fifteen minutes finished by 50 painters on a second house, and 10 painters took 15 minutes on the third. Three of 350 houses were chosen for the test.
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Chicago
North Side
Martin H. Kennelly
75 American POWs named in North Korea camps
Sgt Harry A Cutting of Belle Plaine Iowa and Kansas City Missouri today provided the names of 75 American prisoners of war still held in Communist North Korea camps. Cutting, released in a Panmunjom exchange, smuggled the list past the Reds in a small Chinese notebook. The prisoners were said to be in good shape and the list includes Jane Chioan Kenneth Woodring and Cleveland among others.
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Tokyo
Harry A. Cutting
Belle Plaine
Kansas City
North Korea
Cutting
Bill Moore
Kansas City Star
Reds
Panmunjom
Jane Chioan
Kenneth Woodring
Cleveland
Communist Policemen Deserting to West Berlin Rise in April
West Berlin officials report 315 Communist people's police fled to the West in April, bringing total desertions from East Zone since January 1 to 1,198. The exodus equals about four full companies.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Zone
VA Changes Loan Rules
The Veterans Administration announced it removed credit controls on GI loan gratuity use effective April 25. The 4 percent gratuity on the guaranteed portion can now cover taxes and insurance or loan payments, allowing GI home loans with no down payment and 30 year terms if private lenders approve.
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Washington
The
Veterans Administration
Eisenhower plan to scrap watchdog office sparks Senate protest
Sens. Long of Louisiana and Stennis of Mississippi urged President Eisenhower to reverse his move to abolish the Office of Director of Installations, a small defense watchdog credited with saving billions by curbing waste. They warned abolition would restore Pentagon brass control over military construction and challenge the reorganization plan now before Congress.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Eisenhower
Sens. Long
Louisiana
Stennis
Mississippi
Congress
Long
Pentagon
MIGs Over Korea Face Inconclusive Air Battle
U N Command launched hundreds of Sabre jets and fighter bombers over North Korea in search for Red MIGs and targets. No MiGs were sighted. several rail targets near Pyongyang were hit. Thunderjet pilots claimed two bridges destroyed, two damaged. Western Korea saw strikes by Australian Meteor and Marine Panther jets and Sabres. B29s from Okinawa bombed Haeju peninsula and Taechon, Uchon targets. South Korea activated its 3rd Corps on the Eastern Front. US Sabres shot down three MiGs over the weekend. one Sabre lost to engine trouble.
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Seoul
U. N. Command
North Korea
Okinawa
Haeju Peninsula
Kaesong
Taechon
Uchon
U. S
Eighth Army
Far East
Air Force
Seven Die In Bridge Collision In Kansas City
A head on crash on a bridge over the Missouri River in Kansas City killed seven people. Police identified the victims as Leo Bannister Odessa Missouri Patricia Ann Mullin John Edward Mefford Willie Munson Donna June Munson Mabel Grider and Bedford Grider all of Kansas City. Donna June Munson aged about 18 died in a hospital hours after the wreck.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Leo M. Bannister
Odessa
Patricia Ann Mullin
John Edward Mefford
Willie Munson
Donna June Munson
Mabel Grider
Bedford Grider
Hall Names Ohioan GOP Executive Chief
Vermilion Ohio former congressman A D Baumhart Jr was named the Republican National Committee's new executive director and Robert Humphreys named the committee's publicity chief. The appointments were announced Friday by chairman J Leonard W Hal.
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Vermilion, O
A. D. Baumhart Jr
Citizens-for - Eisenhower
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Robert Humphreys
Committee
Stairman
J Leonard W. Hal
Communists Seek One Day Halt in Truce Talks
In Panmunjom the Communists asked for a one day recess in the Korean truce talks while proposing four Asian nations India Pakistan Burma and Indonesia as potential neutral custodians for 48000 prisoners who refuse repatriation. Allied and U N leaders weighed options noting Sweden and Switzerland as possible guardians while cautioning no fixed policy exists.
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Robert Truckman Panmunjomp
Nam I
India
Pakistan
Burma
Indonesia
William K. Harrison
Korea
Reds
Washington
United States
U. S
Sweden
Switzerland
Sparkman says some Democrats may back Eisenhower more
Senator Sparkman of Alabama says in next year's elections some Democrats running for re election may claim stronger support for President Eisenhower than Republicans. He cites Southern Democrats backing Eisenhower's foreign policy and likely some domestic policy, noting no clear divergence yet. He predicts Democrats could win back House seats in marginal areas, retain Southern Senate seats, and challenge Republicans nationwide, while Republicans plan aggressive southward campaigning.
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Sparkman
D-Ala
Eisenhower
Sparkmen
South
Alabama
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House
Review Planning For Atom Power. Committee Weighs Review
A Senate House atomic energy sub committee says most government atomic power plant projects should undergo expert committee review before Congress votes funding. The panel may halt or alter some projects, but submarine reactor work already far along will not be reviewed.
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Washington
Senate House Atomic Energy Subcommittee
Congress
Hinshaw Rcalif
Pilot lands flameout Panther jet at Alameer field
P-Ens. Peter Vought, 24, son of Chance Vought, piloted a Navy Panther jet that suffered a flame out at 24,000 feet over Alameer California. He chose to stay with the aircraft, glided to a dramatic emergency landing at 280 mph, tearing tires and traversing 8,000 feet of runway. No injuries to pilot or plane. Other fliers expressed shock.
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Vought
Game Postponed National St Louis At New Yon
A scheduled game between St. Louis and New Yon was postponed due to rain and cold weather conditions. No makeup date announced yet.
Adoption of Schools in Korea Proposed
Washington reports South Korean schools, bombed and makeshift yet crowded, could be adopted by American schools, clubs and organizations. Milton S. Eisenhower said groups can help by sending food and clothing and urged contact with CARE in New York or the National Education Association in Washington for information.
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Washington
Milton S. Eisenhower
First Ave
New York City
National Education Association
Sixteenth St
N. W
D. C
Tornado Toll Rises Across Deep South in Alabama
Severe storms roared through Alabama killing seven people and injuring at least 12 as twisters traced a 60 mile path from Ashland toward Calera and Trussville. In Warner Robins Georgia a separate tornado killed 18 and injured 250 to 300. Debris fed fires, power outages, and damaged homes across Meigs County and nearby towns.
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Warner Robins
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Ashland
Decatur
Tenn
Meigs County
Carl Harmon
Freedols Return Home From Korean Captivity Flight
Forty weary but happy Americans with months in North Korean prison camps were en route to California on the last leg of their journey. Their Stratocruiser was due at Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco at 9 30 a m EST. The plane the third with U S bound former prisoners left Honolulu early this morning with 12 stretcher cases aboard.
Statistics Indicate Strike Activity Down
The Department of Labor reported that during the January to March period in 1953 strike activity fell from the prior year. About 550,000 workers participated in 1,300,000 stoppages, causing 3,350,000 man-days of idleness, versus 744,000 strikers in 1,409,000 stoppages and 4,310,000 man-days lost in the same period a year earlier.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Department
Laos Fights to Hold Luangprabang Amid Vietminh Push
Vietminh forces close on Luangprabang as northern and eastern columns converge within a day’s march. French Union troops rush reinforcements to defend the Laotian royal capital guarded by Luangprabang’s 6,000 residents with U.S. guns and American aircraft. Moscow backed Ho Chi Minh is believed to have massed about 40,000 troops into the Laos invasion tied to Kremlin aims in Southeast Asia.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Luangprabang
Namhou
Mekong
Laos
Moscow
Ho Chi Minh
Red China
Kremlin
Southeast Asia
68 Marines Families Told They May Be Alive
Washington reports the families of 68 missing Marines were told there is a possibility the men are alive and prisoners of war. Names were not released. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. notified families that information suggests survival, though official status remains missing until further confirmation. Families will write to the men as Communists indicated they can forward mail.
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Washington
Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr
Marine Corps
Atomic Blast Delayed A Week
LAS VEGAS Nevada atomic blast postponed from today to May 16 because the test site remains too radioactive for workers. Intense radiation from last Saturday’s explosion prevents access to Yucca Flat proving ground for setup. Final detonations in the spring series are now scheduled for May 7 16 and 23 with the first firing of atomic artillery shells planned for May 23.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca Flat Proving Ground
Worker Risks Death To Save 'Pal Of Mine'
CHICAGO A gas explosion in a 54 foot caisson hole halted work as James Lavelle 27 and John Bullestran 45 entered the pit to rescue a coworker. Bullestran tied Lavelle to a rescue seat as the winch hauled them up. Lavelle suffered concussion fractured ribs and possible internal injuries. Bullestran declined hero praise saying there was no heroism involved.
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Chicago
James Lavelle
John Bullestran
Bullestran
Lavelle
Presbyterian Hospital
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