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The Oregon Statesman will open
for - business next Tuesday taorn
ing, April 7, in Its new. modern ,
. plant at Church and Chexncketa .
streets." There will be no interrup-
, tion of publication. Announce
ments of i MOpen House will be
made later.
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WOGUBUf
Held on 'Abortion Charge
By PHIL. SLOCTJM
Staff Writer, The Statesman
WOODBURN Crackdown on the abortion racket spread to Mar
lon County Tuesday night with the arrest of a 65-year-old Woodburn
chiropractor following a grand Jury indictment charging him with
manslaughter in connection with an abortion.
Bespeckled Dr. Sherman R. Smith, whose offices are at 238 Grant
St- Woodburn, was arrested here about 7:30 Tuesday night by Mar-
Congress has passed the bill cre
atine a department of Health,
THiiratlon and Welfare. Since
Eisenhower asked for it, he will
sign the bill and is expected then
to appoint Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby,
present head oi seaerai oecuwijr
Agency as Secretary of the new
department. She has sat in cabi
net meetings since holding her
rare sent office.
If the new departments takes
over the functions of the present
FSA it will embrace a variety of
public services. As listed m tne
Congressional Directory they art:
American Fruiting nouse lor
Columbia Institution for the
Deaf
Food and Drug Administration
Howard University (College
for Negroes in Washington)
Office of Education
Office of Vocational Rehabili
tation Public Health Service
Social Security Administration
Thus the new department will
Include a number of bureaus of
prpat imnortance. and some which
touch intimately the lives of the
people. The Food ana JJrug Ad
ministration is primarily a test
ing and policing agency for pro
tection of the public. The Office
of - Education administers appro
priations for public education. The
Public Health Service has grown
to be one of the larger bureaus
and in cooperation with state and
local health offices seeks to im
prove health conditions among the
-people. L
The biggest division bossed by
Mrs. Hobby is the Social Security
ition. This is the Dureau
which distributes old
(Continued bn editorial page. 4)
Planes Over Salem
Just practicing
.Wondering what all those planes
were doing flying over Salem last
' night? No cause for alarm; it was
just seven aircraft from the Navy
squadron partaking of night flight
training during a current two
week cruise, and they'll probably
be up again tonight. The squad
ron, consisting of 16 pilots, will
conclude their training cruise
' Sunday.
IKE. AIDES CONFER
WASHINGTON UH President
Eisenhower presided Tuesday at
day-long special session of the Na
tional Security Council, top policy
making agency on hot and cold war
strategy. ,
Animal Crackers
8v WARREN COODRICH
PAIRS
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tat mtjlltaxe care of the kip$4
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si yiiiropirscor
ion uouniy dnenxx J-fenvcr z oung
on a bench warrant issued oy
Circuit Court Judge Rex KimmelL
Earlier in the day, a Marion
County grand jury returned an
indictment against Smith after
hearing evidence by District At
torney Kenneth Brown.
The chief witness was believed
to have been the mother of the
unborn child. She is described as
a 37-year-old unmarried Willam
ette Valley woman. She was said
to be about two-month pregnant
at the time of the alleged abortion.
Smith was held in Salem jail
last night in lieu of $7,500 ball.
He is expected to be arraigned
Wednesday morning in Salem cir
cuit court.
The chiropractor was alone in
his office when the arrest was
made. Accompanying Sheriff
Young was a Oregon Medical As-
Lsociatioa investigator, Woodburn
rouce uniex neu (jaikins, plus
newsmen and photographers.
Smith was calm in face of the
arrest.
I have never performed an
abortion," he said flatly, "there's
nothing: here I'm ashamed of."
He said he had been practicing
in Woodburn for. the past, four
years and previously in Dallas for
21 years. Smith said he received
his chiropractic degree in 1922
from the Pacific Chiropractic Col
lege in Portland. (Story also on
page 2.)
Mail
In 6 London
Slayings Taken
LONDON If) Scotland Yard's
big 'manhunt got results Tuesday
and James R. Christie, 55, was
formally charged with murder In
the investigation of the strangling
of six women at his old flat on
grubby Notting Hill.
Arrested by a lone constable be
side the Thames onlv five mil
from the grim "house of murder,"
tne mild - looking clerk was
booked on a charge of murdering
his wife Ethel, 54, one of the
victims.
Her body was found last week
under the floorboards of their
kitchen at 10 Rfflington Place. The
bodies of three younger women
were found walled up in the flat
and the bones of at v least -two
other victims were recovered from
as beans buried in the garden. -'
The arrest climaxed a vv.
long manhunt in the bizarre mur-
aer mystery.
.The balding Christie readily ad
mitted his identity to Crmstahl
Ledger.
Christie was strolling alon th
sunbathed Thames embankment
seemingly unconcerned, when the
constable spotted him this morn
ing. Retirement'
, By WINSTON H. TAYLOR
Staff Writer. The Statesman
Some 40.000 state and local etni
pioyes u Oregon had no retired
ment system yesterday, but they'll
i i i 7
uyc m aouDie one any aay now.
And scores of them who have re4
urea in recent months were bach
at work to get in on the increased
benefits. .- .
As authorized by the Legislature
last week, Oregon took steps to put
its - governmental workers - under
the federal Social Security pro
gram, eirecuve as soon as the US.
accepts. It had to cancel the state
system first,, but will renew it
later.- ; - -r
For most present employes cov
ered by the s statePubUc Retire
ment System, launched in 1946
including state. schooL dtv and
county workers the change will
mean , higher retirement benefits,
lower contributions, survivor's in
surance. -rV.- -;V pJ -:
But the change most apparent
right now is for those who have
Missing
Many
The Oregon Statesman,
ecretairy;
Swede Given
Nomination to
Succeed Lie
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. Iff)
Russia and the Western powers
Tuesday dramatically broke their
long deadlock over the 40,000-a-
year, tax-fref? chief --!tive Job
in the U.N.
They pushed through the Securi
ty Council a surprise nomination
of Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden
to succeed Norway's Trygve Lie
as secretary-general. :
The often-used Soviet veto was
withheld on Andrie Y. Vishinsky's
return here from post - Stalin
talks at the Kremlin with the new
Soviet Prime Minister Malenkov.
The break came when the Big
Five permanent members of ' the
11-nation Council the U.S., Brit
ain, France, Russia and National
ist China agreed on the Swedish
economist and deputy foreign min
ister as a final compromise.
This climaxed nearly three years
of bitter wrangling over the post.
The necessary final approval of
Hammarskjold in e 60-nation
General Assembly is expected to
follow soon without difficulty.
Hammarskjold, blonde 47-year-old
bachelor son of Sweden's World
War I Prime Minister Hjalmar
Hammarskjold, was in his home
country when word of his nomina
tion in the secret Council meeting
was announced. '
Never Mentioned
His name (pronounced Dahg
Hahm'-mahr-sh-uld with the. ac
cent on the hahm) never had come
up before as a possible candidate
during recent fruitless maneuver-
ings to fill the post.
.The council vote- was. Ifr
with Nationalist China abstaining,
apparently clause Sweden recog
nizes Red China. The Nationalist
abstention amounts to approval
since a negative China vote would
have vetoed the decision.
Lie, who offered his resignation
last Nov. 10 because of heavy buf
feting from both East and West
mostly from Russia appeared
relieved to hear decision had
been reached.
Lie Pleased
"I am a free man," he told re
porters smilingly. -
Diplomats h a 1 1 e d ' Tuesday's
agreement as a major break.
Many of them have predicted that
if the problem of new secretary
general could be solved, a break
on other larger Issues causing
world tensions would follow. -
The Soviet agreement with the
West the first of Its kind In
many months came on the day
Vishinsky, newly named perma
nent delegate here, made his first
appearance at U. N. headquarters.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (A Dag
Hammarskjold, Swedish deputy
foreign minister, said early Wed
nesday he would have to talk with
his Swedish colleagues before de
ciding whether to accept nomina
tion as secretary general of the
United Nations.
His nomination by the Security
Council, Including Russia, sur
prised him and Sweden, officials
said.
Blood Day in Salem
Type "O" bleed Is especially
needed Thursday at the Red
Cress bleed drawing, "because
ef Increased casualties la Ko
rea," director Mrs. Virgil J. O
Malley said. The drawing will
be held from neon to f p jn. in
the downtown Armory. 396 Fer
ry St The pubHeU Invited to
participate. 1
System Changeover AWects 40,000;
g to Work Temporarily! to Qualify
recently retired. As ther went
back onto the payrolls this week.
one official at the Statehottrs said
"It has all the earmarks of
homecoming.'
50t Eligible
Possibly 500 persons are eligible
to do this, estimated" Max Man
chester, executive secretary of
PRS. To be eligible for Social Se
curity, persons must have earned
at least S50 in each of six quarters
since Jan. 1, 1951. . - -
' For practical' purposes, said
Manchester, this- rules out most
people who retired before last
May. He noted that some could re
turn to the state briefly and com
plete their time in . private ' em
ployment. But long time employ
ment "to catch up" with the state
is . virtually impossible, because
the retired employes already have
been replaced,
- Those who return need to be on
the payroll aftd at work only on
the day the Social Security ad- j
minis tra tor accepts the agreement,
with Oregon.. But jnobody knows 1
Sodom, Ozvgoiu WdnMdcrj April ! 1853
Willamette U; Reservists Win
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Willamette University's Reserve Officer Training' Corps received the lilghesf possible rating Tuesday
its annual federal Inspection by Air University officers. Shown in the reviewing stand at McCol
loch stadium during the review are, from left, Mai. Norman 'Campion, commanding officer; Dr. Rob
ert Fenix, President O. Herbert Smith, Dean Mark Hatfield, CoL John A. Cosirove and MaJ. Dwtrht
Harley. Cosgrove, from AFROTCj headquarters in Montgomery, Ala And Harley. from the University
f Kansas, are members of the Air Force reviewing team now touring the nation's colleges and univer
sities. (Statesman photo). (Story en page 2.) I
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One part of the annual federal inspection of the Air Fore Reserve
Officer Training . Corps, which contributed : to their winning the
V highest possible rating , Tuesday afternoon, was the personnel in
roeetion conducted br CoL John A. Coscrove. Montcomerr. Ala.
Cosgrove (left) is shown above.
Rollin Cocking. Robert Alfred, -William Bjorkman, Dennis Muir
and Fred Teeves. (Statesman photo).
PDaonli bdu dDperraBomi
WASHINGTON UP) The United States Tuesday announced a
major forward step in the atomic race with Russia the first actual
operation of an atomic power plant designed for submarines.
The atomic sub is expected to revolutionize underseas warfare,
and a congressman predicted in time of war it may run surface ves
sels completely off the seas. r - ' -
The Atomic Energy Commission
disclosed that it had successfully
placed in operation on dry land
at Arco, Idaho a test duplicate
of an atomic device which will be
placed on the world's first known
A-powered suDmersiDie;, tne u&
Nautilus, now under construction.
'Navy men say the atomic sub
will be able to cruise thousands of
miles without refueling. They say
it will move faster, dive deeper
and be far more stealthy In mili
tary maneuvers than any, conven
tional sub now afloat.
The big advantage of atomic sub
marines over convention, types is
that uranium fuel does not require
air for combustion. An atomic sub
won't require batteries for sub
merged operations, and therefore
wouldn't have to surface to re
charge those batteries like an ord
inary sub does.
In theory, an atomic tub could
stay submerged for days, weeks.
perhaps even months, depending
on the amount of atomic fuel it
carries and upon limitations of the
submarine's human crew.
when that day will be, and the
day before or after does not quali
fy. , '"-jv -.... v ',
Manchester said the-employer
must accept the retired person's
temporary return, but indications
were that all or most agencies ex
pected to offer this convenience.
7 State Employee r -v
This affected approximately 97
state employes, 10 in Marion
Cotmty, S in, Salem School Dis
trict but none for the City of Sa
lem. (See story on page 12.) r , , .
Here's how tne alteration will
effect present employes .who have
been under the state "retirement
system: "
I Contributions Under the state
setup these have ranged from Z.ll
to 10 J per cent, averaging 8.19
per cent, depending upon age. sex
and classification, at time of em
ployment. The federal deduction is
1H per -cent.: The employer
matches the amount In either case.
The state has taken its deductions
only on ray up to $3,000 per year,
but this will : be .. raised now to
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March Wqs
Well Behaved
There was very little lion In
March. It came In like a lamb and
went out like a lamb. All in all,
a well behaved month, noted the
weatherman. ,
Rainfall was .7 Inches above
normal, bitting a 4.93-inch total.
Temperatures averaged 444) de
grees, 1.9 degrees below normal.
Highest temperature was 75 on
the eighth and a low of 24 on the
first Ten days the temperature
was 32 degrees or below,
j Greatest - rainfall in a 24-hour
period was 1.24 inches on the 15th
and 16th. A trace of haU was not
ed on the 12th, 16th and 28th.
The weather bureau here record
ed only one clear day, six partly
cloudy days and 24 cloudy days,
s As for the first day of April
It will be sunny, says the weather
man. - i
equal the federal plan up to $3,600.
. Now the contributions will be
one-half -of what they have been
to the state system (unless pay is
over $3,000), plus the federal 1ft
per cent. . , j, tZ.
Many Will Save
' It is considered by these who
have, studied- the . program that
persons now paying more than
per cent will save by the change. .
Benefits The .state system's
payment of . these also is , cut in
half, then the Social Security pay
ment', added on. The . theoretical
State maximum has been $125 per
month . for 30 years' service, but
some have exceeded this by hav
ing long service prior to the sys
tem's inception in 1946. v
i ' The federal maximum is $85 per
month for an average $250 month
ly salary over six, quarters. This
is for a single man. But Social Se
curity provides additional - pay
ments for the wife, if she is over
65 years and for dependent chil
dren under 18, which is not avail
able through the state plan.
(Additional details on page 2.)
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Power
No. 5
Top Rating
Solons Defeat
ass
Tax Changes
By HECTOR I FOX
a Associated Press WHter '
The Legislature, turning the cor
ner into what . rtsJiopes will be
adjournment in three weeks, dis
posed of three more issues Tuesday.-
They were:
... 1 Completed legislative action
and sent to the governor the six
bill program simplifying the tax
structure by placing into the gen
eral fund the Income tax receipts
now used to offset property taxes.
2 House defeat of the Portland
General Electric company's bill to
permit court appeals from deci
sions of the hydro-electric com
mission. The .vote was -41 to 28
against.:
senalt defeat oMhe'pToposaf
j to extend unemployment compen-
buuu coverage io nrms ; employ
tag one or more persons. Pres
ent law sets the minimum at four
employes. ' , .
There was- a move, however,
toxget the PGE's bill back on the
House floor for reconsideration.
Debate on the bill, known as
the "Pelton dam" proposal, was
a continuance from Monday, when
it was temporarily stymied by a
question of constitutionality.
Opponents, led by Rep. Monroe
Sweetland, Milwaukee Democrat,
declared the power company was
attempting to gain control of the
Deschutes River. They argued the
proposed dam would be insignifi
cant compared to some federal
dams, and that it would break
an agreement, between the states
and federal government to reserve
the Lower Columbia for fish de
velopment. . - .
Need Stressed '
Proponents countered that Cen
tral Oregon needed the dam for
power and the federal! govern
ment had contemplated -such a
project long before fish groups
became Interested in using the
Deschutes.
The Senate wrangled more than
an hour over the "one or more"
unemployment compensation pro
posal before accepting, by a vote
of 18 to 12, a minority report of
its labor and Industries ; committee.-
Sen. Warren A. McMinimee, Til
lamook, said the present $75 mil
lion surplus in the fund could be
exhausted in 4V 1 years if the
state's industry were to suffer a
prolonged slump. He contended
the bill was threat to free, en
terprise. -
The bill would have brought
about 33,000 more workers under
the jobless pay program;
Xaw Oat of Balance' j
Sen. Phil Brady, Portland, who
led the unsuccessful fight for the
majority recommendation, told the
Senate that "any law is complete
ly out of balance unless it ex
tends . complete coverage, ;
Committee continued j to plug
away at clearing their desks of
bills. . . . .
' The House educational commit
tee 'recommended approval- of a
bill that - would permit school
teachers eligible for retirement
to continue for one-year periods
on written request of school su
perintendents and approval of the
school board, v f . . '.'
" The House 'commerce and utili
ties committee appproved two pro
posals permitting railroads to fur
nish free flight, heat and water
service to, 'communities in an
emergency,,and requiring; common
carriers ' to get permission of the
public utilities commissioner be
fore abandoning station.' ' -
C Principal legislative action Wed
nesday is expected on a House
bill to forbid . picketing to Influ
ence workers to join a union. . ."
The Senate agriculture commit
tee, .at the request of the dairy
industry and state board of g
riculrure, voted to introduce a bill
to give the state milk adminis
tration full authority to deny milk
dealer licenses in a sales area that
the Administration thinks is already-served
adequately.
. (Legislative news on Page 4)
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Mepori;Conde.imims
a
'ison
: Alexander . Qu it
Clarence Gladden, Retired Federal
j Pen: Of f icialj5 Hired by Control Board
T: By ROBERT E. CANGWARE
j-;- -;' City Edilor, ,Tlie Sutesman i .
i'l Penitraliary harden Tirl O'SIalley wa$ fired by
the Oregon Board of Control Tuesday night and a new
Warden was installed at the State Prison immediately.
Thenew-. warden is Clarence T. Gladden, 50, re
cently retired after 23 years' with the Federal Bureau
of Prisons at McNeil Island, Leavenworth and Terrs
Haute: s-f- -l., .
r Gov. Paul Patterson. Secretary
of State Earl T. Newbry.and SUte
Treasurer Slg Unander took their
surprise action at the penitentiary
Tuesday at 9:30 p. fix. a few hours
after receiving a report of a re
cent investigation . of the Oregon
prison by three out-of-state war
dens. , , L ' f .
t These Investigators said in their
formal report: i :' ! -
i "We do not hesitate to state that
the degradation, lack of control
and general confusion in the Ore
gon State Penitentiary is without
parallel in our experience.? ; i
To Seek Retirement . "I
r At the same time Tuesday night.
Prison Superintendent George Al
exander, former warden here,
told the Board of Control he
would ask for retirement imme
diately in order to facilitate the
change in prison .operations.
And Gov. Patterson! declared
that the new warden was given
complete authority at the prison
and a free hand in any Immediate
changes he considers necessary.
This came after reporters, at a
10 o'clock press conference In the
governor's office asked I whether
Deputy Warden Lawrence O'Brien
would stay on the job. -
Summary ef Report I .
; Summarizing a report' loaded
with criticism of prison conditions
here, the investigators Wardens
J. E. Ragen of Illinois, U E. Clapp
of Idaho and G. N. Jameson of
South Dakota said flatly: -
1 -We feel the institution can
burst Into flaming revolt at almost
any moment, and even if It should
not, the continuation , of, the de
grading practices now going on
should be stopped, at once, and the
Institution returned to proper control,-
7
I Neither the personality nor the
integrity of Warden CMalley was
at issue in the report, but the in
vestigators recommended "imme
diate hiring of a competent war
den to take over immediately." (
They also recommended:
- That all convicts be locked up
and fed in their cells until con
trol and discipline are restored.
Fall, Control to Warden 1
. That the Board of Control should
set' general policies but turn full
authority over to the Warden.
(Divided authority between war
den and superintendent was ques
tioned in a section of the report)
: O'Malley, prison warden here
since September, 1951, was taken
by surprise Tuesday night.
He told reporters, -Without giv
ing me a hearing, this is really
something. Maybe it's better off
for me, but it sure comes as a
surprise." He said he would study
the investigation report and make
a press statement Thursday.
(Additional details on Page 12)
At the Legislature
Br The AMocUted Preti
TUESDAY
Boum kuls 31-28 the bill to permit
appeals from hydroelectric commission
decisions. - j
' Senate votes 18 to U against extend
ing unemployment insurance to firms
hiring fewer than tour worker.
8ent pew unanimously the six
bill package of tax tmplKyln' Icfla
latton and sends It to the gorernor.
Seven -man committee appointed to
study bulletin program. t
WEDNESDAY 1 '
Both Houses meet at 10 a.m. ' 1
: House to consider bills to increase
salaries of elected state officials, and
for earlier publication of Oregon Blue
Book. . i
BUI to baa picketing to force work
era to loin unions
to be
debated
by
House at a pun.
UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (
Red China's offer to settle the Ko
rean prisoner of war issue was re
ceived Tuesday fcy U.N. Assembly
President Lester B. Pearson.
Be told the Assembly he hoped
it would provide a basis for peace
and that he had dispatched it to
all 17 jc members and to the uni
fied ! command, 'i - -
Pearson Informed appuuaing
Assembly delegates of this major
dMwbmnmt in the Korean dead
lock as the Soviet Union and India
moved to bring up tne .Korean is
sue again in the U.N. here as soon
as possible. .,
V -K iTHchna Mfiv. Indian
delegate,' told Pearson tthat his
government has instructed him to
that th Knrean situation be
shoved ahead of other questions
on the Assembly's agenda.
Pearson replied that the new of
a : mm TiA China's Premier-
Foreign Minttr Chou En-Lai cer
tainly would he taken up ai rD
munjom - la new armistice talks,
but Menon insisted on It being
talked about here, too. -
Russia a new ; cities ; permanent
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WARDEN VIRGIL O'MALLEY
Fired . by Board ef Control
McKay Due at
it Dam
une 10
- PinNEVnXE Secretary cT
Interior McKay is planning hia
first trip back to Oregon in time to '
be on hand for dedication of
Detroit Dam, which is scheduled
tentatively for June 10.
Maj. Gen Samuel D. Sturgis Jr
chief of Army Engineers, also is
hoping to attend the ceremonies,
when . the first power will be
turned on from the new dam on
the North Santiam Ri r. east of
Salem. ; . .
William iaurp, assistant re
gional counsel fot the Bureau of
Reclamation and currently secre
tary of the Columbia Basin Inter
Agency Committee, announced the
tentative plans Tuesday, and said
western governors also were beine
invited. .. j,;
Burpee said basin committee
members would ( attend the cere
monies before going on to Central
Oregon to tour reclamation proj
ects and to hold a meeting at Bend
June 11.',: 1
The first power production from
the dam will be 50.000 kilowatts.
In October another 50.000 kilowatts .
wm be added, and the following
April 18,000 kilowatts will come
from the Big iCliff re-regulating
dam downstream from the Detroit
Dam. i ,
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TO RECAST (from U.S. weather Bu.
reau. McNary Field. Salem): Partly
cloudy today. Fair tonight, but with
increasing cloudiness. Considerable
high cloudiness Thursday, k lowly ris
ing temperatures with hi today near
S3 and- low tonight nfcTi Tempera,
ture at UM a.m. was 34 dorees.
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Itaee SUrt ef Weather .Tear, Sept 1
This Yes.
Last Yeaf
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delegate. Andrei Y. Vishinsky, was
reported asking the Political Com
mittee of the Assembly to reopen
the Korean case next week. .
Menon talked with Vishinsky and
it was reported he told Vishinsky
he regretted the situation was net
clarified months ago. Vishinsky
replied: "Let us hope it gets clar
ified now."-.
MUNSAN. Korea (f) Guarded
hopes for peace arose in this ar
mistice base Wednesday from the
Allied command's readiness to re
sume truce talks if new Commu
nist truce moves are sincere.
' Sen. Mark dark. Vmr V-t ,v
mander, made clear in s note to
tne communist niga command
Tuesday that --. both sides . first
Kami VI wrvr4r mit in m'rr'Yi . n wrm. .a
Isick and wounded prisoners before
iBrranrfn t4fnr m twiumnflnn i
armistice negotiations. -Communist
liaison officers re-
ttvrti Clark's nntM at that armlt.
tlce town of Fanmunjom without
comment. Thev said at a tomm!n- '
ute meeting they would deliver Lis
A . ...... Aft .
message to wgner auuonues.
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