Return of Prisoners From Korea Includes 437 Allied Captives
Two ambulances carried the largest group of stretchers since hostilities started. Communists freed 437 Allied captives, including 4 Americans and 343 men of seven nations, while 30x Americans left in Russian ambulances. Many wounded were too weak to move without aid. Australian, French, Turkish and Colombian prisoners were noted among those released.
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Anmonjom
Korea
Nanjom
Licopters
Freedom Village
Colum
Civilian-led policy eyed for national military strategy
The Adv. Association, in its seventh annual meeting, set to endorse a civilian-dominated plan to draft national military strategy. The Joint Staff would shift to civilian control, with George C. Kenney expected to lead the association and Hoyt S. Vandenberg to join its board. Deputy Secretary Roger M. Kyes cautioned that defense cuts risk long-term impact amid hydrogen bomb test news.
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Sshington
Ans
Leisors
George C. Kenney
Association
Hoyt S$. Vandenberg
Air Force
Kenney
Ax Fon
Agates
Ise
Roger M. Kyes
Ckie
Cole Says Soviet H bomb test was of respectable size
Rep. W Sterling Cole said the Aug 12 Soviet hydrogen bomb test produced an explosion of most respectable proportions and was more than just an atomic blast. He noted U S detection within hours and said the United States remains in a preeminent position in the atomic arms race with Russia.
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Washington
W. Sterling Cole
R-N. Y
U. S
Cole
United States
Free World
Russia
United Press
Last Fall
Enwetok Atoll
Eisenhower
GI Executed by Reds After Run Shot in Back at POW Camp
In Freedom Village Korea an American soldier, about 19, was publicly executed by Chinese Reds while fellow POWs watched. He was shot six times after being told to run, the crime cited as shooting a Chinese captor. The incident occurred June 5, 1961 at a mining camp near North Mores.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Sat
Doyle L. Reedy
Chelsea
Oklo
North Mores
Pfc
Kemmeth H. Connacher
Altoona
Gunfire Quells Second Uprising At Reformatory
At Washington State Reformatory guards fired to quell a second uprising in two nights. A riot began Thursday, a man was killed and three injured, with buildings set afire. Inmates tore bleachers for fires as guards patrolled and warned that shots would be fatal if breaks for the wall occurred.
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Monroe
Wash
Washington State Reformatory
Defense Heads Refuse to Alter Protested Clause
The Defense Department will not change a controversial clause in Armed Forces Institute contracts, saying it reflects congressional intent. Fourteen universities refused to sign, fearing it would limit faculty control. The clause bars payment to anyone who advocates or belongs to disapproved organizations, with loyalty investigations rather than affidavits used in questionable cases.
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Washington U.P
Defense Department
Armed Forces Institute
American Council of Education
Congress
Armed Forces
iDefense Department
Defense Appropriations
Reds Deploy Storm Troops in East German Factories
Berlin reports say Communist authorities are deploying hard core party loyalists and informers as storm troops in East German factories to crush worker resistance amid ongoing unrest. A West German worker was shot in the arm by Communist police at the French Soviet border while being detained.
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Berlin
East Germany
Eisenhower hosts trout fry on South Platte banks
President Eisenhower fished briefly near Denver but cooked for his party after elbow pain limited casting. He surveyed the $200 million Korean relief program with Harold Stassen and met Nebraskan officials while a swift stream fed rainbow trout to the gathering.
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Denver
United States
Mr. Eisenhower
South Platte River
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Philip Young
Civil Service Commission
Nebraska
Dwight Griswold
Sher‘sman Adams
John Meoney
Eisen‘ynower
Floyd Akers
Washington Auto
Kevin McCann
The
Defiance, O., College
Aksel Nielsen
Bal F. Swan
Jis Tragy
Earlijer
Father and Child Die in Auto Mishap
Madison Wisconsin reports Robert Oldham age 24 of Indianapolis and his daughter Roberta age 4 were killed when their auto sideswiped a truck on a highway 15 miles south of Madison. Ruth Odham and son Ronald age 3 were treated for minor injuries. Coroner Norman Anderson said Oldham appeared to doze at the wheel. Truck driver James Magee of Chicago was uninjured.
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Madison
Robert Oldham
Indianapolis
Roberta
Here
Ruth Odham
Ronald
Norman Anderson
Dane County
Oldham
James Magee
Chicago
Returnees Reach San Francisco August 28
The second group of returning American prisoners of war is to reach San Francisco on August 28 aboard the Navy transport Gen W. W. F. Hase, the Navy announced late Friday.
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San Francisco
Navy
W.W. F. Hase
Monarch Returns to Iran as Zahedi Welcomes Shah
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi lands at Tehran airport amid lavish welcome by Premier Zahedi and cabinet. Officials kiss the shah’s feet as royal family, guards, and a band celebrate the return after a brief exile. Security tight as Mossadegh’s overthrow aftermath unfolds. Empress Soraya remains in Rome.
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Iran
Shah Mo‘hammed Reza Pahlevi
Fazollah Za Shedi
Uited
Lou W. Henderson
Imperial Guards
Shah
Baghdad
Iraq
Rome
Zahedi
Mohammed Mossadegh
Ayratollah Zeyed Kashani
Mossadegh
Moasadegh
Soraya
United States aims to exclude India from Korea peace talks
United States pushes to bar India from the Korean peace conference while Britain Russia and Western Europe oppose. Latin American bloc appears pivotal with India possibly winning 136 votes but the U.N. assembly nears a two thirds majority decision. Russia reportedly ready to attend if invited and the final setup may wait for the next session.
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United States
Cefeee Vic
India
Britain
Russia
Lodge
U. S
U.N
Krishna Menon
Andrei ¥. Vishinsky
Assembly
Burma
Indonesia
Liberia
North Korea
China
World Organization
Weather summary for Wisconsin and Minnesota states
The forecast notes sunny Pleasant conditions in Wisconsin with high around 80 to 86 and lows 54 to 62, while Minnesota expects mostly fair weather with possible Sunday afternoon thunder showers in the extreme northwest and cooler conditions there.
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San
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Minnesota
City Hall
Bachstal
France Ends Largest Labor Trouble In 17 Years
Paris reports easing crisis as about 2,000,000 workers return to jobs. Communists orbiting a walkout faced a government-brokered deal with Socialists and Catholics to end strikes. Bakery unions press for pay raises with a three day stoppage while some mines and transport workers remain idle in parts of the country. Officials say it will take time to restore normal services as non Communist unions backed recalls, leaving a limited number of deputies seeking a vote of confidence.
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Paris
France
Hment
National Assembly
Joseph Laniel
Two Die in Florida Navy Plane Crashes
Two Navy pilots died in separate crashes in Florida. A twin-jet Banshee crashed in Arlington, Jacksonville, killing the pilot whose name was withheld pending kin notification. In Key West, Ensign William Patrick Shanahan, 23, died when his Hellcat plummeted into the water from 1000 feet. his body was not recovered.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Arlington
Jacksonvile
Killee
Key West
Wiliam Patrick Shanahan
Dumbuque
Gates Open For 1953 State Fair in Milwaukee
Milwaukee officials opened Wisconsin's 1953 State Fair for a nine day run with a preview crowd of 19,851 topping last year's. A parade from downtown marked kickoff and Armed Forces Day was the first day theme. Twin Guernsey calves born to Arnold Fusseth's herd and pre fair judging ribbons highlighted opening activities. Auto racing begins with 43 entries in a 100 mile stock car race scheduled Sunday.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Armed Forces
Fair Park
Guernsey
Arnold Fusseth
Stoughton
Clarence Cramer
Dousman
Fair Park Oval
Captives Report Dean Seen in Camp No 4 in Korea
UPI reports Sgt. Edward Williams of Vicksburg Mississippi said prisoners told him Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, the senior American prisoner, was seen in Camp No. 4. Dean was captured after Taejon in July 1950 and may have been moved from Camp No. 2 to officers camp.
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Freedom Village
Korea
UPI
Willam F. Bean
Edward Williams
E. Ave. Vicksburg
Miss
Dean
Williams
Wiliams
Taejon
City Takes Lonely Boy to Heart But Roof Caves In
Oklahoma City reports Milton Mowdy, a 17-year-old AWOL paratrooper from Fort Campbell, found desolate on courthouse steps after losing his mother in an auto accident. Sheriff's office, seeing community support, offered schooling and adoption options. then a Eugene paper reveal triggered interest, but the roof caved in as the boy, posing as Roy Edwards, was confronted at a high school game by coaches.
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Oklahoma City
Milton Mowdy
Reo
Ft. Campbell
Coburg
Dre
Roy Edwards
Honely
Oregon
Mowdy
Eugene
Ore
Aedl
The
Iff
Husky Sheriff's
Bob Turner
Mundy
Mondy
Morte Lanin
Tive
McCarthy Seeks Final Hearing on GPO Infiltration in California
Senator Joseph McCarthy pressed a two day hearing in California into alleged Communist infiltration of the Government Printing Office. The session, open to the public and televised, was to feature two unidentified women and admitted Communist William C. Taylor. McCarthy warned the case could be more important than the Hiss matter as GPO prints secret material for the AEC, Navy, Army, and State Department, potentially linking Reds to sensitive files.
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Los Angeles
Calif
UPI
Joseph McCarthy
Alger Hiss
Wisconsin Republican
William C. Taylor
Taylor
Baltimore
McCarthy
GPO
Government Printing Office
Atomic Energy Commission
Navy
Army
State Department
Freday
McCarthy Bs Baid
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