Allied POW Release Brings Hope Amid Korean War Strife
A group of 394 Allied prisoners freed from Communist captivity arrives in Panmunjom on a sunny day. U N Command says the Reds held 2 000 to 3 000 more Americans and thousands of South Koreans remain unaccounted for. U N forces report unrest on Koje Island as hundreds of inmates riot and guards use gas and fire to restore order.
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Panmunjom
Reds
U. N
U. S
Washington
A Jeekew. Clark
Far East
Clark
United States
Tokyo
Koje Island
Korea
Red
Jefferson Connor Officially Listed As Killed in Action
The federal government notified Mrs. Mattie Mills that her grandson Corporal Jefferson L Connor, 29, was killed in Korea on an unreported date after being previously listed as missing since July 20, 1950. He served in Europe and the Battle of the Bulge, joined in 1942, and arrived in Korea in March 1950 with an early unit. Survived by his grandmother, an uncle in Yuma and two aunts in St Louis area, with addresses listed.
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Mattie Mills
Missouri Ave
Cpl
Jefferson L. Connor
Korea
Connor
Eugene Mills
Yuma
Ariz
Barbara McDonough
East 12Th
Ted Wade
North
Missouri
Weather Summary From United States Weather Bureau
Reading at 3 hour intervals from 2 p m yesterday to 11 a m today shows highs near 98 and a low around 66 with a record of no precipitation in the last 24 hours. Forecast calls for mostly fair dry weather, hot afternoon today, mild nights, with a high near 100 and a low about 65.
North Korean Officials Seized as Spies in Red Purge
Tokyo reports cite 12 high North Korean officials prosecuted for plotting to overthrow the regime and spying for U.S. agents. Names include Rhee Syng Yop and Pak Hong Wong, former cabinet figures, with Pak jailed amid power struggles between Chinese and Moscow trained factions.
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Tokyo
Communist
Pyongyang
U. S
Rhee Syng Yop
Peoples Censorship Committee
Special Secret Police
Pak Hong Wong
Lee Sung Yup
Pak
Lee
ROK
Kim
Yenan
Moscow
North Korea
Korean Communist Party
New Presbyterian Church to rise in Ruidoso after donation
The First Presbyterian Church of Ruidoso will construct a new building funded by a $10,000 donation from C. A. McClintock of Midland Texas. The revival of plans follows the contribution to the building fund and solidifies the project.
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Ruidoso
First Presbyterian Church
League Bloca Scores Highlight Pitching Drama
New York edges out opponent 8 to 6 in a game featuring Johnson Bearden Fornieles and Lollar on offense with Lopat Reynolds and Berra contributing on the mound and in the field as late scoring plays decided the outcome.
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New York
Johnson
Bearden
Fornieles
Lollar
Lopat
Reynolds
Berra
Eisenhower Cites Gains Of Regime In Radio Address
President Eisenhower touted a good start toward an honest efficient national regime and world peace in a network radio address. He noted twelve congressional actions on defense aid refugees taxes and economic controls while warning against further aggression and stressing free peoples must unite. He acknowledged problems remain and signaled cautious optimism about the road ahead.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Congress
America
U. S
Korea
Russia
Asia
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Kinsey claims 85 percent of women violate sex laws
Dr. Alfred Kinsey told a Chicago news conference that 85 percent of American women violate sex laws at least once in a lifetime, a figure drawn from his forthcoming book Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. He said prosecutions are rare because laws clash with actual behavior.
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Chicago
Alfred E. Kinsey
Indiana University
Kinsey
Institute For Sex Research
Bloomington
Ind
Northwestern University
Thunderstorms Sweep Wide U S Areas With Light Rain
Showers and thunderstorms crossed the nation with light rainfall. The heaviest rain fell in a 100 mile belt from southwestern Iowa to Lake Superior. Virginia, the Carolinas, the Northern Rockies, and the Pacific Northwest saw light rain. Cooler air reached the North Atlantic Seaboard while the Upper Great Lakes warmed. most other areas stayed steady.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Lake Superior
Virginia
Carolinas
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
North Atlantic Seaboard
Great Lakes
Dulles and Rhee to initial Korea security treaty draft
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and South Korean President Syngman Rhee will initial the draft of a U S Korea security treaty tomorrow at 10 a m local time. The pact would provide for U S aid in new Communist aggression and allow American bases in Korea as talks focus on unification and post armistice issues.
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Seoul
John Foster Dulles
Syngman Rhee
United States
South Korea
Dulles
Rhee
Korea
Eisenhower
U. S. Senate
Philippines
Tokyo
States
State Department
North
Maxwell D. Taylor
Young Rider Hurt In Water Jug Accident
George Hunter 16 of 1422 S Cahoon Ave was taken by ambulance to St Marys Hospital after an arm wound opened by a fall at Capitan Theatre 314 N Main St. The four inch cut on the left arm bled to the bone as he dropped a jug of water at 8 05 this morning.
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George Hunter
S. Cahoon Ave
St. Mary’s Hospital
Shine Parlor
Capitan Theatre
N. Main St
Suits Filed for Debt and New Divorce Case Added
District court adds three more debt suits and another divorce filing, reaching 16 cases this month. The divorce action is styled Ann Gilbert versus L M Gil.
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Ann Gilbert
L. M. Gil
Dope Flow From Communist China Faces U S Crackdown
Federal agents say a yearlong effort fights a persistent heroin flow from Communist China via Hong Kong to the West Coast. The Narcotics Bureau reports pure heroin in U S traffic, with Hong Kong as a source. Hong Kong police and U S agencies cooperate, but progress in stopping shipments remains uncertain.
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Washington
China
U. S
Hong Kong
Narcotics Bureau
B. T. Mitchell
Mitchell
Far East
New Mexico Marines Describe Capture and Escape in Korea
Marine Pfc Salomon Padilla of Old Mesilla and Pfc Henry Campbell of Las Vegas, both New Mexico locals, spoke after their return in Operation Big Switch. Padilla recounts being wounded in Outpost Vegas and awakening to Chinese troops urging surrender, while Campbell recalls wearing a MacArthur style hat in prison and sabotaging lectures by flicking the lights during Chinese lectures.
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Freedom Village
Korea
New Mexico
Pfc
Salomon Padilla
Old Mesilla
N. M
Outpost Vegas
Punker
Henry Campbell
Las Vegas
Campbell
Bids Sought for U S 87 Improvement Near Pueblo
Colorado Highway Department to open bids in about two weeks for a project five miles south of Pueblo, including grading stabilization structure placement and asphalt surfacing. Estimated cost is 355 047 dollars.
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Denver
Pueblo
Colorado Highway Department
Albuquerque Officer Charged With Embezzlement
Sandoval County Deputy Sheriff I. M. Vigil faces a criminal complaint charging embezzlement. Vigil also runs the Albuquerque Merchant Police Assn.
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Albuquerque
Sandoval County
I. M. Vigil
Vigil
Albuquerque Merchant Police Assn
New Scenes Added to Lincoln Billy the Kid Pageant
The Lincoln pageant The Last Escape of Billy the Kid adds two new scenes The Killing of Tunstall and Bringing in the Kid directed by Ralph Bonnell grandson of Frank Coe. Johnnie Thomas of San Patricio portrays the Kid with local actors LeRoy and Wilbur McKnight in key roles. The event runs tomorrow and Sunday at 8 p m with townspeople aiding in the reenactment near Rio Bonito.
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Lincoln
Southwest
Old Lincoln
Billy the Kid
Kid
Johnnie Thomas
San Patricio
Lincoln County
Ralph Bonnell
Ralph
Frank Coe
Tunstall
Johnnie
Mickey
LeRoy McKnight
LeRoy Mc
Girls Here's Kind of Man to Take to Altar
In Inglewood California William Kemp promised his bride a cup of tea every morning of their marriage. On their 60th wedding anniversary Mrs Frances Mary Kemp, now 80, thanked him for the 21 915th cup served and he replied a promise is a promise.
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Inglewood
Calif
William Kemp
Frances Mary Kemp
Former Red Cross Director Joins Allied Teams in Korea
Clair S. Hoffman, former Red Cross field director at Walker Air Force Base, re assigned from Walker to Korea last March. He is one of 17 Americans on Allied Red Cross teams aiding prisoners of war in North Korea after the armistice, distributing personal items and facilitating free telegraphic services.
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Red Cross
Walker Air Force Base
Clair S. Hoffman
Walker
Korea
Air Force
Roswell
Hoffman
East
American Red Cross
North Korea
Chicago Siblings Buy Carter's Lodge in Ruidoso Deal
Edward and Earl Hoganson of Chicago purchased Carter's Lodge in Ruidoso from H. E. Carter. Price not disclosed but described as one of the area’s largest recent transactions. The Hoganson brothers plan extensive improvements.
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LODGE
Edward and
Earl Hoganson
Chicago
H. E. Carter
Hogansons
Ex Prisoners Describe Brutality In Pyoktong Camp
Veteran accounts from Korea recount mass burials and executions for alleged propaganda activity as Allied POWs near the Manchurian border faced repatriation delays. Survivors cite 3,000 prewar POWs at Pyoktong with 1,400 living mid 1951 to 1953, and widespread deaths from dysentery pneumonia and malnutrition amid harsh winters and rigged care.
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Jim B
Stan Carter
Freedom Village
Korea
Era
Arean
Pyoktong
Manchurian
Park Young Ho
Kaesong
U. N
I. C
Junior E. Dunlap
McCorkle
W. Va
Yalu River
Dunlap
William Skipper
Gallivants Ferry
8. C
Jauary
Indiana
Harry C. Copeland
Muncie
Ind
Copeland
U. S
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Knight
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McKnight
LeRoy
Man Goss
le Roy
Wilbur
McSween
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