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Couple Offers Rewards for Knowledge About SonThe mysterious disappearance of their son, Pfc. Oliver Keefer, Jr., 24, who has been missing since November 3 from Camp Atterbury, Ind., has prompted Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Keefer, Sr., 15 East Prentiss street, to offer a totalof $1,200 in rewards for locating him.A $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrestand conviction of any person or I -persons responsible for his disan- years, with only a year to go onpearance has been made by the Keefers in the belief that he has met with “foul play.”However, the army has officially classified him as a deserter. And the Keefers offer S200 as a reward for his arrest and con-his current enlistment, the parents find it difficult to believe that he would desert.The last word heard from their son was a letter last September, written at Camp Atterbury. Theviction as a deserter, if the army's , ^ , . .. rclassification is correct. Ietter offered no ’dicatl™ of* * * !thing unusual.THE KEEFERS explain their! A Korean veteran, the army pri-delay in- seeking his whereabouts because they “dislike the publicity.”Since their son has served sevenCom Is Ahead Of Normal; Much Now 'Laid By'DES MOINES K-Pj— Town's corn is ahead of normal and 85 per cent of the state’s com acreage has been “laid by.” the Iowa Weekly Weather and1 Crop bulletin said today.The bulletin said weather conditions the past week have been “generally ideal” for rapid growth of com.Cutting of the first crop of rod clover is about 85 per cent complete. harvesting of winter wheat has started in southwestern Iowa.and most areas report thin, spotty stands for oats.The bulletin noted that the aoven-day period ending July 6 marked the sittth week in a row with above-normal temperatures in Iowa.FINES TOTAL $28.25 Motorist* paid 84 fine* amounting* to $28.25 at the traffic bureau In the city hall Monday for park' ing violations occurring in Iowa City. There were 17 fines of 25 cent* each for Overtime meter kvMaUon*.vale entered service in April 1946 and was stationed at Camp Atterbury on his return to the UnitedStates, after serving about a year from the beginning of the Korean war in July .1950.According to the 50-year-old father, a painter at University hospital, no official word from the army of his disappearance has been received. However government agonts did visit the Keefer home last November seeking information concerning the son's whereabouts.• * •THE WORD of the Army's classification as a “dcserLer” came from an older brother. Burton Keefer, now serving in Korea with a younger brother, Bobby, and who learned that the army has classified Oliver in that category. Bobby, according to Mrs. Keefer, does not 1 yet know of his brother's disap-!!1pearance.Since hi* disappearance, Mrs. Keefer’* letter* to her aon have returned unopened. She *atd thatshe wrote her son’s company commander at Camp Atterbury but dH4 not receive a reply.The parents last saw their aon around Christmas of 1951, when he wm homo tfn furlough. Mrs. Ktefer said her son rarely spoke of hi* army life.Private Keefer was born in North Liberty. His family moved to Iown City whon he was two year* old, Ha attauM Iowa CHy ktfjph aofaooL
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Iowa City Press Citizen
Iowa City, Iowa, US
Tue, Jul 07, 1953
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