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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1950

Page

4

Tea Will Be Served at Prison Lawn Reception

Warden John Cranor announced plans for a social reception at the state penitentiary on the prison lawn. He explained the event will include entertainment and refreshments for guests on the evening of August 20 following the arrest incident involving a prisoner who resisted with a knife.

Walla Walla Wash Hearne Texas John Cranor B. F Lerday State Penitentiary John Alcoholics Anonymous Meadows Baden Meadors

Texan in Korea Prisoner Says AWOL Scout Made Front

Tokyo dispatch reports Pvt. Reuben K. Kimball of Baytown Texas, AWOL from a medical unit, identified by a North Korean radio broadcast as a prisoner. The 23 year old ex truck driver and boxer allegedly joined front line action at Taejon, protected journalists, wore cowboy boots, and boasted front line feats before recanting the tale.

Tokyo Reuben K. Kimball Baytown Pisan Taejon Atraighit Kimball

Baytown man's son cited in Red propaganda broadcast

Propaganda broadcast from London quotes Reuben K. Kimball Jr claiming U S air force tactics in Korea are to blame. The Baytown resident says he has not been notified his son is missing or captured, while the report says Kimball Jr and an INS correspondent were captured July 26 after Deane was wounded. The father calls the broadcast a common wartime dodge and questions the veracity while noting his son aided journalists near Taejon and reportedly shot a Korean ship with a pistol before helping them escape.

Baruwa Reuben Bimbo Baytown U. S. Air Force Korea London Pyt. C. Kimball Jr Seoul Reuben K. Kimball Jr Department of Defense New China Young Kimball INS Philip Deane Deane Teachive Gunres New China News Agency Kimball Sam Tat Aga Field U. S

GE Offers Pension to Workers

General Electric announced a pension plan offering a 3125 monthly minimum to full time employees who reach normal retirement age after 25 years of service. The plan requires employee contributions and includes social security benefits.

New York General Electric Co

Reds Fail To Break Trap In Chinju Front Action

American forces repelled a desperate Red breakout in the Chinju area as the 5th and 35th regiments closed in to trap Communist troops. Heavy NK casualties reported while U.S. artillery and helicopters moved wounded and tanks opened supply routes. Patrols and regimental posts faced continued attack as reinforcements pressed the fight.

Don Warson Korea Chinju U.S U. 5 S

Road Used In Jet Takeoff At Bastrop Highway

Austin dispatch reports Col Cy Wilson of the 487 Fighter Escort Group took off from State Hwy 21 near Bastrop in an F 84E Thunderjet. Earlier Lt Glendon K Dunaway of the 524th Fighter Group made an emergency landing on the same asphalt road.

Austin iBeygstrom Afb Cy Wilson Ath State Hwy. Tl Bastrop Glendon K. Dunaway 524Th

Amphibious Drill For Cadets And Midshipmen

Fourteen hundred future officers prepare for amphibious training as 800 Naval Academy midshipmen and 600 West Point cadets sail aboard the USS Bayfield to Little Creek Virginia for assault landings and beach procedures.

Annapolis Army Navy Naval Academy West Point Little Creek Uss. Bayfield

Operators Defy Seizure Strewn St Louis Transit Disrupted

ST. LOUIS Aug 11 Some streetcar and bus operators defied state seizure of the transit system and disrupted public transportation. Groups of people waited for buses as fifty-six of the city lines were operating at 6 30 p m CST. Eleven bus lines were out of service.

ST. Louis Unes

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