Bomber RB-36 Crashes in Atlantic Four Survivors Rescued
Rescue headquarters report four survivors saved from the wreckage of an American RB-36 bomber in the stormy Atlantic. Twenty three men were aboard. several bodies have been recovered as search efforts continue in heavy seas. Survivors and wreckage were located about 420 miles west of Prestwick, Scotland. The Tenacious and other ships rushed to aid, while earlier flying boats faced hazardous waves and had to return to base.
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London
Atlantic
Reserue
Manchester
Lfe
U. S
Shannon
Ireland
Tenacious
Seventh Division
South Ruislip
Prestwick
Scotland
Weather report for Southern California coastal and valleys
Mostly clear through Thursday with local early morning fog and low clouds in coastal valleys. August 5 1953 highs near 85 and a cool low around 31. Mercury rose to 89 yesterday afternoon. A stray joke about long stairs and landrals appears among stray notes.
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Southern
California
Jimimy
Mercury
Jimmy
New England
Landrauls
Russos favor inviting Red China to parley with West
Moscow said it favored inviting Red China to join a conference with Western Big Three foreign ministers to ease international tensions. It proposed examining measures including armament cuts and banning foreign military bases while not excluding other issues. The U S opposed top level talks, observers doubtful, but Britain and France might show limited support.
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Russ
West
Moscow
Russia
China
United States
Britain
Red China
Insurance Costs Californians $1 7 Billion in Premiums
The California Board of Equalization estimated that insurers collected 1.7 billion dollars in premiums last year. Casualty companies wrote about 1.13 billion in premiums with taxes of 22.417 million, while life insurers reported around 850 thousand in premiums and 11.259 million in taxes.
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Sacramento
Board of Equalization
California
Liberated POWs From 23 States Include Texas Leader
At Panmunjom the first American prisoners repatriated in Operation Big Switch came from 23 states plus Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Texas led with 10 returnees. among next of kin is Pfc Alfred P. Graham Jr. of Company H, ard Battalion, 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Seattle address listed. The roll shows no prisoners from Utah, Idaho, or Oregon.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Texas
Alfred P. Graham Jr
5Th Regiment
1St Marine Division
Afp
Graham
32Nd St
Seattle
Utah
Idaho
Ore- Bon
Eisenhower Heads West for Colorado Vacation Trip
President Eisenhower plans a Colorado vacation after clearing a flood of bills in Washington. He aims to pass most measures before leaving for Denver, while some will accompany him. He will base operations at Lowry AFB with Mrs. Eisenhower’s family nearby and may work in the Colorado mountains.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Colorado
Governor 5
Seattle
Congress
Denver
John Doud
Colorado Mountains
White House
Lowery Air Force Base
Senate
Willam F Knowland
Reds Ease Ban On Berlin Travel
East Germany partially lifts the travel ban to Berlin as riots and protests intensify. About 150000 East Germans, including 50000 from outside the sector, rush to West Berlin for Eisenhower food parcels amid ongoing confiscations and checks by authorities.
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Reds
Berlin
East Germany
Socwt
Mother Of Freed GI Oh So Glad
Portland news: Mrs Frances E Coxe, mother of Warrant Officer Dwight E Coxe one of the first 35 U S prisoners released at Panmunjom, expresses relief oh so glad. Coxe, 28 years in the Army, born in Idaho, from Fresno and now lives with wife Maybelle and six children. He was captured December 1, 1950.
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Portland
Dwight E Coxe
Panmunjom
Coxe
Fresno
Calif
Maybelle
Frances E. Coxe
Idaho
Haven M Quarrie dies at 59 veteran radio star
Haven MacQuarrie, 59, veteran radio personality, died after a heart attack at Good Samaritan hospital. A child actor who rose to radio and television, his programs included Do You Want To Be An Actor Noa h Webster Says and Marriage Club. He leaves widow Gladys two children and a brother.
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Los Angeles
Haven MacQuarrie
Good Samaritan Hospital
MacQuarrie
Noah Webster
Gladys
Soviets Cut Defense Budget by 3.2 Percent for Next Year
Moscow reports a 3.2 percent cut in the defense outlay for the coming year. Finance Minister Arsen Zverev presented the plan to the Supreme Soviet, noting a 43 percent reduction in agricultural taxation and a total budget of 543.3 billion rubles with defense at 110.2 billion. Premier Malenkov led the session as 12,000 members listened, with Molotov, Khrushchev, and other officials present.
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Moscow
Arsen Zverev
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Council of Ministers
Zverev
Russia
Union Council
Nationalities Council
Kremlin
Georgi Malenkov
Sesson
The
Supreme, Soviet
Nationalites Council
Malenkov
Matenkov
Klementi Voroshilov
Viacheslav Molotov
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Lazar Kaganovich
Council of Ministers
U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
Nixon Defends Eisenhower on Defense and Aid
Vice President Richard Nixon told the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention that President Eisenhower is the best qualified to determine defense spending. He defended foreign aid policy and said by December 31, 1955, more combat airplanes would be delivered than planned at a lower cost by cutting waste and personnel.
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Milwaukee
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Eisenhower
Nixon
Nixor
Baseball Scores in American League Report
Baseball scores from an American League card show St Louis vs Boston with a high final tally and pitching notes for Larsen Flowers White and Detroit, plus New York against another opponent with Hoeft Batts and Berra among the contributors. Details include run totals by inning and pitcher lines indicating late-game changes and substitutions.
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St. Louis
Boston
Larsen & Courtney
Flowers
White
Detroi
New York
Hoeft & Batts
Bueha
Me‘Donald
Sain
Berra
Death Valley claims lives of two San Diegans
Authorities identified two bodies found in Death Valley as Charles Henry Ludlow SE 20 and Randall Casey Ludlow 7 of San Diego. They apparently died of thirst after their car overheated and vapor locked. Charles tried to get help. Randall was found near Natural Bridge canyon. Bodies taken to Bishop 120 miles away.
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Badwater
Death Valley
San Diego
Sheriff's
Charles Henry Ludlow SE
Randall Casey Ludlow
Highway Department
Charles Tred
Natural Bridge
Randall
Natural Bridge Canyon
Bishop
Here
South Korea to Sign Mutual Defense Treaty With US
South Korean delegates said they will sign a mutual defense pact with the United States after one more working level conference. Secretary Dulles and President Rhee held talks as aides worked to harmonize drafts and finalize a common front policy for the peace conference. A second issue is the joint administration of $20 million in aid and rehabilitation funds.
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Seoul
Korea
United States
John Foster Dulles
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Rhee and Dulles
Kim Young Shik
Minster
Japan
Rhee
Dulles
Presidential
Washington
U. S
Khan to Sell Yearlings at Saratoga Sale
Prince Aly Khan exhusband of Rita Hayworth is due in Saratoga Springs this week to supervise the sale of 21 yearling horses awaiting bidding at the track.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Prince Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
First Big Switch Repatriates Suffering Tuberculosis
The first group of prisoners released by the Communists today includes 70 Americans and 32 other UN troops. Many are in advanced tuberculosis, doctors say, with more than half of the Americans afflicted. Reports describe death marches, torture, and harsh prison conditions as more prisoners are freed at Panmunjom and sent toward Inchon for return to families.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
Red Double Cross
U. N
Freedom
Freedom Village
Inchon
Censors Bar Freed Prisoners From Detailing Camp Horrors
United Nations guards silence repatriated prisoners in Korea denying full recounts of life in Communist prison camps. Military plans had slated interrogation by intelligence officers before media access. Maj. John Dawat of Richmond, California cited a pilot later said to have faced solitary confinement, but further details were blocked at a press briefing.
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Freedom Village
Korea
United Nations
Secwitg
United Nations Command
Free World
John Dawat
Richmond
Calif
Red Camps
Danjat
Korea Casualties Reach 141 706 in Korea War Report
Washington reports American battle casualties in Korea total 141 705 with 25 494 deaths, 103 038 wounded, 8 705 missing, 3 001 captured, and 1 527 previously missing but since returned to military control. The tally rose by 1 159 over last week as heavy fighting continued.
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Washington
Korea
Defense Department
Sick Prisoners Should Have Been Exchanged In April
UN and U S medical officers report more than half of the 7 cents Americans released in the first day of the prisoner's exchange have tuberculosis. Doctors say many other released UN prisoners also harbor TB, contradicting Red claims that all sick and wounded were freed in Operation Little Switch last April. Aware of reluctance to disclose infections, officials note some men expected to return last April were kept back by the Communists.
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John Daujat
San Pablo
Calif
Ne Panmunjom
Yalu
Daulat
United Nations
Freedom Village
Corp
Richard M. Davis
Booneville
Ark
Davis
Wonju
South Korea
Manchurian
Dulles
Singman Rhee
John Cabot Lodge
Earl McCardle
Eighth Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
Cpl
Raymond Shepherd
Pyramid
Robert J. Coffee
Korea
Toever
Coffee
Long Beach
Dwight E. Coxe
Munsan
U.N
Red
Iman
Col
Fred W. Seymore
Bell
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