The Franklin Evening Star from Franklin, Indiana • Page 1

couiity'j rrp Time lFnuAimn.nEJ LOCAL rORECAil: HOT, HUMID 'ADS paper VOLUME 69. NUMBER 19. FRANKLIN. INDIANA, MONDAY. AUGUST 3.

1953 ii uitnu 710. Nwt PRICE: FIVE CENT3. lEvieejimck Police-Sponsored Ride Is Dig Fair Success 19 Families Meet For Reunions At Serves in Korea Si. OSS- iiTTt i a Laige Gattieiiog Swell Crowd During Busiest Weekend FranlvM'hite Nation Unites In Paying Tribute To Fallen Leader Stats Ftineiul For Senator Tuft Held Today In Capitol City Park Sunday MrHWU' 14 WASHINGTON. 3 iTNSi A nation led by its sadd'-ned President 1 tribute to Senate Majority Leader Eoba-rt A.

Taft today at a state fan- i th-' United States Capitol, wher-' the stalwart Ohioan achieved greatness matched by 'I 1 i5 Police Reporters Live Hollywood-like Live The Indianapolis Times i arried a feature currently on how Heze Clark. 71 years old, oldest working police rcaiorter in the spent 15 and one-half hours on his birthday "covering" a double murder. He had but two hours sleep the previous night. Heze, with unflagging tutelage "broke me in" to cover the run, and a greener b-ginner he probably never met. Heze was so uncompromising with duty that he insisted upon calling the private hospital! daily.

He had been looped when a woman jumped out of the window of a piivote mental institution one time. Heze, whose picture as a foot La! I hero adorned the second IanaluH wall in the bioomingtcn hotel, epitomized in real life the Pvt. James Allen Bingham, pic-turil abovi-. is prtsently statiain-d with the Kith Field Aitilla-ry at Ch'uu lion, Koaei. aa i a.i al.ng to his Wife what liv'IS it Avelllla.

Pvt. a lata'al his ba-'i; training tally thi-. Sumuter at Camp Chafa-e. Aikansas. niu! left l-1t.

Lewis, Yesterday and last night, more than of the plain citizens to whom Taft was a symbol of selfless devotion to country and party filed past the unopened casket in a silent, poignant outpouring of gri-f. F.isenhoer and the First I.ad beaded the mourners who in the Capitol rotunda at 11a f.ar a National memorial Se I it. ilii' what the Chief La-; tailed the country's l.j-i- Mr. and Mrs left the er.erutive mansion for the Capital at 10 If. a r.i., to give persona! pti- 0y at tha' County 4-11 Fair laul v.eek, of the Summer.

Contributing ta.a Lee JUoari, F.O P. president; 4-H Fair Ends In Downpour Saturday After Clear Week Rained Out Tiactor Pull, Lost Evenf, Is Postponed Till Monday After a week of hot, cla-ar weather, the county -1-11 Fair ended Saturday night in a downpour. The storm, whiah followed an evening of lightning anal threatening skias. brought an abrupt halt to the half-completed tractor pulling contest whiah was going on the granalstar.il. Officials an-nouna-ed that tha- camtcst woulal be finished nt 7 p.m.

Maitiday niht. When the rain began, pulling was in pra.gress on tha- tKM) imuiial w-. ight and nbamt half of the -JO entrants Laid been eliminated. There are no tractor weight distinctions in the contest una! each machine is judged on the percentage of its own weight v.hich it can move. Winners In the traitijr driving contest Satur.lay afternoon, Marvin llar-b.

1 1 ana! Alt.m lia.iiijht.-rty, ba.th of Clark Township, won the juni.ir an.l senior 1 II divisions. liouherty scored 214 out of a 2f.a) points and I'm tuniier-up in the senior ilas-j, made a score of 1 9-1. For the second year, Vernon Price of Needham township won th-open class driving event, scoring 22,3 out of possible 2.r0 Jioints. Ga-lla' Ba-Ilsha-illicr, 1' I all, I ill ToWII- shiip. was lauiiia-r-up with 22 a' Mil lit S.

Price bettered his a no. er-forniaiii a' at a spa-i ial ca.nt.-st Saturday evening with Bensha itiu-r anal Altai II 1 la UJ lial saa.lillg 2.1 pa Gooding's amusements anal I'iab-s IlloVa-al a. S.ltlildav 1 1 1 1 1 1 I a Villa' where the C'lllilVal Will VV a-c-k -la a 1 1 1 a Il i el 1 1 at tha1 Fair tha-its Exhibits Wa-ra- t.ika-n alow a over tha- weekend anal tents were ba-ing reiiiaived M.il!iv morning. Results ol I.llita-Sts Mill! jllalin.j (Continued on Page Sit) 7 So Tim tr.ii! v. ill I.e.- a lal-arly to Parte M.t cr.aJir.,1 -it rj on 'hi.

-t .11 i.lal rjanJ.i lea ure ie cf :al.ai. irtltb! lldiulcf it) PA Mui.i riats vtrc. left tai ri Cf the OP A cc riiniittctirvin; l.rv in Haii.Le. Jail, ci i i ary-1 i easUic of The busiest weekend cf the summer for the ity park was a iunaxed Sunday by the reunions of fam ilies. One cf tha1 largest gatherings was that of the family, attendi-ci by nearly 10.

It was their reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Will Etter. aged and were the oldest ersons present.

Mr. and Mrs. Iiavid Etta-r of Independence. Kansas, traveled the farthest distance to attend. Next year's officers will be president.

Oscar Tresslar; ia'e-president Bertha B-ak; secretary. Ruth Kroe-ning; and treasurer. lJulcie Canary Sixty-five of Smiley family were present here for their fifth annual reunion. Albert Columbus was nanieal presuh nt fair the mining year. Other new fiflia ers are: William Charles Smiley.

Blaaiiiiinata.n. vice-presida nt Madeline Miller, Columbui, sea re tary; Ina Heiidi ickson, Ailairis, Inali-ana. treasurer. Smiley of Hope, 7.. ana! lit bora Wolfe of Columbus, tine -and one-half months, were the and tin1 youngest rnemba-rs the family present.

Next year's reunion will be held on tha' first Sunday in August at Homier Park, (- llllllbliS. Hold lllh Reunion The 17th reunion of tha Vaste family was held here Sunday with present. Mrs. Peter Barber. Miss Alpha Vaste.

and Mrs. Ray Suhre were named as the roup's na'W presialent. via e-president anal secretary-treasure r. gusts inilua)a-d Mr anal Mrs. Henry T.

Fir-, ins ami d.aughteis from Middlctown, Ohio, 'r. and Mrs. Peter Barber. Davtou. Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Yirgi! Yaste anal Mr. and Mis. Ray Suhre.

Indiana -lis. The family will meet here na-xt ye ar on the first Sunday in August. Among the oldest reunions was that of the' Freemnn-Ste'mbaraer family which met for the 40th year. Thi 52 persons present represented 10 families. New officers of tha1 group are: Robert Ellis, president; Forest Freeman.

Indianapolis, (Continued on Page Three) vste tl.eir Le- tare the ttate i Ifjin. At the f.ini:l le.ile-t. the rite- in the C.iitol wre brief. Sen. lifts Ohio colleague, John W.

lii i l.er, was hosen to de liver the eulogy. The invixation by the Rev. KreJeru Biown Hart is. Senate Chaplain, ata! the benediction by the llrv. Bernard Brasl amp.

Chaplain ol the lioti-a of It. preventatives, inplc.t.d the s. duled l-itual. Matiiie Band I'lavs The Marine Band played the hymns in whiah raal.t ional! final sa.laae time of jjre-at sorrow. By Senate n-s tlution.

guests invited tai attend the funeral seivia-e besides th. an.l Mrs. Eisenhower and Conr-ssional dek-ga-tions headed respectively by Vice President Richard M. Nivon am; Speaker Joseph W. Martin.

till Mass in huled: Chief Justice Fr-d M. Vinson and all of tlu associate justiavs of the United States Supreme Court: members of the cabinet; and diplomatic corps; the chiefs of th Army. Air Force. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard; distinguished political leaders. The Senator's lodv is to be taken tonight to his native Cincinnati, where private services will lie conducted tomorrow at 10 a m.

CST in the Indian Hill Episcopal church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Senator's father. William Howard Taft. -7th President of the United States, is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Mr. Eisenhower delayed his d-jvaiture for the Governors' conference at Seattle. to take part in the tribute to the man he defeated for Presidential nomination, then turned to for warm! v-giv -'i friendship and counsel. The Senator's 1-nly was brought from New York to Washington Sur-day in a Military Air Transport Service' plane Three Sons Attend Three of his four sons RiK-rV Horace, r.nd Lloyd aecorr.p trial! the The eldest san. William Howard Taft III.

V. Amhas-sador to lrelan.1. remained with h.s mother in the grief- shadowed. ur-t Continued an Pace Jive 11 4f 4 operated ior the tin.e iu Piovtiu the i.t ijJiii-i: -i Jal.hil -emati, 1- the Popular Fair Ride To Operate Weekly In Drnmnrn Dzrl II! I vf IIU.U i Ul it 17 Merc'ionts Sponsor Tractor Drawn Cars; 250 Ride Sunday Sponsored by 17 chants, and uniii-r t'a of the Frarkiin PfJ.ai ariv! ha- Fra'ei it OiJ county nv-r- l1 SllitaTV i iia ll tiner.t I- the P.a- ii I.Oait-a-. drawn "l.i J.ly-riale" vvil Sunday in Province opa -ate Park af- ter thttr nncvation at tha reci r.t 1-11 Fair, With the mi Board, he kiddy fu'l'T.

of the Paik trains will be in from 2 to ft p. m. in the pr! under police and K. () P. sn 'i Slain.

Tr.a' tiny two anal h.orsc -Hivn-r ractors. uravv inij eight aud nnv cars in traverse ne hi'ls ar.d dips of Prcvince Park for P'. a rich-. AM ptoceed; from cont'ssia'ri wiil to iv ic bc tta rment anal children's priileits in the community. Operating Sunday.

Aug. 2, approximately chlldivn rode the cars in lour more tria.n hopped h. boar.l the any was fair It and a- tl.a SHitsoia Listed Mei. ints sponsoring the a r.ai us ars and contributii their own and via a atiains the Gi e-e-n o.nl Lumber Company, Wag-! goiu r's rv ice nta Wannls a 'an-i div'a-r Bui. Sales.

Alexander Chc v- a-1. t. Kee hng Studebaker Sales. Sub-j i Continued on Page Three) Officers Elected By County PMA County Productta-an As-soi i.iti.in offi. iaU were eleaMed at the annual cout cotiv entiain was Fr.J lay in the PMA office.

lb1 afaf fleers an1: chairrn.m. Chane'is a-bairm ni: ria Fisher ba Via ar Lyons. Huth Galey. sea-. and Paul Briggs.

Hetring vice- regiuar pu'm-rst --alternate; alternate at ft E. Gree-n offia manager the cour.tv con- 1). 1 0' a ntion ho ware present includ ed: Hugh Blue Rive-r and N.r.oveh townships: Wayne Handy. C.atk tow n.shin; Arthur Waiters, Franklin tov ship: Lester Shank. nsU tova ie Fisher, ft ham township: Victor Lyons.

Picas-ant township. Forrest Bamett. Unit township; and Chester A. White River township. THE WEATHER Data furnished by J.

L. Van-Cleave, observer for the Franklin fo-opeiative weather station. SATLRDAY. Al'G M.txtmi:m temperature 97 0 temperature Precipitation SUNDAY. AUG.

Maximum temperature 93 G9 70 .03 Minimum temperature Precipitation Low- during night Eainfai! during night FORECAST Partly cloudy with possible thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. Continued humid and quite warm in south part of state. iyncrr, i Floyd Buntin Is New Benzol Owner Floyd Buntin, an employe of the ti7o! cleaning plant on East i sa.n reet fr mora, than 2" years, tanlay thtat he has lull ownership of tha- firm. Mr. Buntin.

who ha, owned a one-third interest in the1 plant fwauuht the remaining p-irt f-om Wallace Bowman who is retiring from the business. Mr. Bowman had operated the cleaning establishment since January, 12H. when he took over its management from the Ke-mp brothers. Mr Buntin went to work tha re in November of that year.

The new owner plans no immediate changes in the firm's services air cla-aning plant. Wasl.iliKtaitl In -lei June IS. 1 He is s-iviiiE with tlu- Anny lnta-lli- fall.a1 Oltiae at His address is: 1'vt. J.aiha-s Allen lling-! him. US f.

.1 ilea-lipcMters 'Battery, Fitth Ki-Ki An.ll.-ry, A P. I) L'O i tliia-Ier, all FulKisa Cal. July Weather Is Slightly Below Normal Averages TemjH-ra'ures during July 1 floTl av a rayed 02 a a ali gra-e ba low- normal in 'pita- a.f tlie hot days occurring hroucliotit tha' month. The nini.v or ma an 1 em pa-rat ure wii' 7 al la a's. Normal ta-miia r-i 1 1 for July is 7o 'I da-erees.

The lir-t five- alavs of Jeilv w. ri. warm. Ita.ni tha- f.th ta IS it was cool, warmint' up ai'ain on the P.uh to 21-t. tlen a-oail again a.n tha- 22nd ai'Jath a.ial eiuhiit' with et reine-ly hot weiither from tha- to 2.1 si.

1 ware II days durtn' July on whiah tha- mercury soared tai tit) or jilinu-. TVia1 ure range for tha- mouth was ti degrees. The lowest temperature was Ti'2 decrees '-ecairda'd on July 11 vvhik" tha1 higliest temperat was a 'J7 de-gra a -i oi Jttlv oO. Tha' last Wea ol tha- mnth -is the ith an averaga- temper ol ala--g I for July was above normal. ii i f.i' 1 during the month atnoimia .1 to I main Normal r-iinf-ill for July is 2.7! inches heavies! rainfall for any 2 1-hour pa-rind a'n ai.inteal to 2 11 in ln-s re-cordeal on f.

and t'a. There were five tluitial. i storms tha" month. All it. a- tainfall ocitirrea) during two patio is, July 1 to -iiul July 17 22.

To'al Ta i -i ii ri fair the year up to 1 is f'i ina-hes. Norma! pi e- ipitat ion f. 'bis sama- period is 22.17 inches Cl-ar wa-aha-r prevaih-al throughout tha- mon'h. were 2ii days of clear skies. -1 partly cloudy and only on.1 cloudy day.

Tha- month enaled with extremely hot dry we it ba prevailing. Crops were in good exaella-nt a-ondition generally wi'h th- -c-ption of to-iriaiaac-s whia Wa-ra- making slow- progress. bute medical supplies, igare's and candy to the inmates of the camps. This will ba- tha first time the Communis's permit ta-d any-Allied re-present a ives of the Real Cross north of th" ba'tlt- line. Arrangements arc being made to send observer teams from the neutral commission to inspea't designated ports of entry on each side and to that r.eith.

side increases its force-, or eapiipment. Local Churches In Joint Worship Fifth of a scries of joint services of the Tabernacle Christian and First Presbyterian congregations was held Sunday at the Tabernacle church, with Dr. John F. Williams of the Presbyterian church in the pulpit. Mrs.

Robert Evans was the soloist. Holy Comm jnion was observed. Next Sunday's union service will be at the Presbyterian church, with the Rev. Richard E. Lentz.

former minister of the Tabernacle church, preaching the sermon. The Rev. James Lawson, pastor of the Christian church, who is attending Union Theological Seminary in New York, has been asked to write a pape telling of the inter-faith venture of the two churches. Knowlaml Slated To Succeed Taf As G.O.P. Leader WASHINGTON.

S- Wii i iin F. Km -i '1 .1 Ri 1 I n'l'-i-a favoi Mia a a al ha- lata- Sa il it Taft as majority leader. Wh--n he was forced to ir! Va 11 U- UP Viailk bi-i illness, Taft haiul-picl Vaarolal t'aliforiiian to be l. a.l. r.

Kn has no known opposition. If lected, he l.P.a'.oubte would resivn as chairman of the COP com v. it tee. Sela'ct'ions for the leadership and po'i-y pos's will le a -aanssder -d at a Ila. pubha'an confa-r-ena tin.orroa'.

leaders that th-Vaala'tship vacancy shuhl be fillet! immediately to avoid th; possibility of parly unrest before the Congress reconvene for its sec-onal Sa-ssion in January. As aa-ting b'ader. Know land has ully steere-d 'the aalmims tration's "must" program, inehu'ing soma st ronglv-npposed measures, through the Seiiatt-. Oscrveis believe the policy i hair-manship will go to a senior Republican, possibly Sen. Fa't gu-siin.

h. The name of Sen. l.cv-aratt al-o liuires in the s' a ul ition. NEESE TO TELL OF TRIP TO EUROPE Riahaid Neese of Franklin will de-svi ihe his trip to the British Isles an.l Europe at th.1 weekly Kiwnnis Cub me. ting ta be held Tuesday at th- 1 chvreh.

ur.rv Cangra- M. Ne, Pl.lala SalT Ila' H. suirm- nv Ck-e Pu I dlla l'r: Clu ul tcu.t it ava ri-ome. the sav i spent to trave-I la tig d.s-t.uiivs for a handful of cantied lard. fUaur.

milk an.l be ar.s. People Despt-rate Listening to their stories, one? eoM-d b. gin to understand why one Germans are willing to Communist gur.s ana! tanks iwith their bare ftst? for the sake aaf a few- poiinds cf food. The stor-i explained why then: sands cf East Germans jammed railroad stations artel clashed with chtb- guards to protest the Red ban on -ravel to West Berlin. Most of the East Germans, made i ary by propngar.ala alvv.st Amcri- can spies.

ret use to ta-K to i West arm newsrreri. They wanted to p-'ek up their food parcels and lt'ave any questions. here and there an East Ger- m-n storv wou'd be willing to tell A housewife wearily related how she stood up in a train for almost eight hours. She paie! almost two days wages to ride the 175 miles from Erfurt in Thuringia to Berlin. "The train was full of people commg to West Berlin for the food." she said.

Then her mouth tightened as she grimly explained: "There are so many of us that the VOPOs Communist policemen) i i a i 1 1 I version of the police M.mv legendary stoi irs about Heze were in the making at the time he taught me the police run. We had a charater named Willie Ford who was Uing arrested almost daily. To keep tr.n Hre parted up the arrests above our typew titer until thev totaled almost dozen. Willie saw the stories and roused Heze out of bed one morning to "teach him a thing or two." Heze invited Willie into the 1 yard and we picked Willie up in an ambulance to haul him to the link up when he was through Heze a thing or two." Ulf the beat i Heze refcreed wrestling lnmts. In oik' of these bouts in To ir.

Vinson hall, a wrestler with his head hanging over the edge of the platform Rasped that his oponent was dioking him to death. re-jiindtr was. "You do the rasshn I'll tell you when vou are ch.iking." Dead. Injured Child Is Toughest of Runs On another occasion a weary rewrite man took sheaves of notes on a story about horses hitched to a milk wagon wandering away and finally landing on a sandbar in the river. In an effort to be facetious, the rewrite man asked Hete if by thanco lie had the horses' names.

Heze said wait a minute. thumted through his notes and said the ray one was named Tom and the brunette Jerry. The white of human godliness and the black of human deviltry are daily spread on the police blotter. The "emergency." (the police reporter rides with the squad on siuh calls had runs averaging over 100 a vear where there were violent deaths. Toughest of all these was when a child was mutilated for life or killed bv accident.

Mob Psychology is The Most Terrifving My most terrifving run as a po- lice teporter was when a ball game broke up and some 700 angry fans rushed our emergency squad and took a prisoner away from us. There is something about mob psv- chology that will put fear in vour heart you never forget. In ears of covering police runs, there was only once that it was my lot to witness third degree cruelties of police. On that night police sto.vl in a ring striking a thief with clenched fists, never letting him fall, because he would not disclose the hiding place of his accomplice. Contrasted with this brutality, on another night, the toughest Sergeant on the force, knelt in the mud and rain with his newly-pressed trousers to help a chicken thief who was dying, say a child hood prayer.

"Nvivv 1 lay me down to sleep A Bizaire Hanging Was Staged in Stale Lessons that Heze Clark, a master craftsman, taught me alwvut police reporting stuck. They were invaluable in bigger assignments such as covering the D. C. Stephenson klan case. John Pilhnger's career in crime, violent deaths in mine disasters, tornadoes the big flood, and even in writing about a Jap who received a direct hit from a M-l rifle in his stomach outside a bombed out house in which war correspondents were sleeping.

The bizarre of all violent death stories coming my way had to do with the Federal government hanging a prisoner in the Marion county jail yard. The Federal marshal had a distaste for the job and to assist him. a famous Illinois hangman was hired. To keep the hangman soler. he was locked for the night in a eel! in the Federal building.

Victim Met His End Drunk, Singing Hymns The culprit was a Kentuckian with a glass eye and in a wheel chair. He was so disconsolate that he w-as given the hangman's whisky that had been impounded. This cheered him up until he went to his reward "confessing" a (Continued on Page Four) Shivers of Texas Pen Governors lUeetllW 111 IV est SEATTLE. An AHa-i Shivers (INS Gov e.xas opt tn thi annual coViina nf. nn IV with a l.eyriota sneech a -aliinu f.

ir ma ire rit raLi iam in tlia- a i Tha' Taxis 1 in a spaa ah prtparaal for ala-hv-ry at tha- first LliSlIK -SS Sa-Ssi-alt C'f the fiVa--day eia -m a-, daalared: "The habit of turning to Washington for help and of turning over to the ft government the Means OV 1 I that help has Hj.ir position to l.ft help states in hems.lv a Si.iv a I th onfcTa-nf-e liairman, faint inued ol power in- evit; akens a "overnmeni. Wherevar a highly centralized government exists, thera is danger that Caimm-inists will infiltrate1 'ha- unit and capture the' whole." Shiv. is er has a ia i saic Pre sieu'nt Eiscnhow-wants th it cla-ar of the state's aceiti- a-s. President To Speak The Pr ill Ila a- sessi El Si ii l.a ta ai iVa' tend the llurtp'ira sJdent has sent worp itifairm.ill tomorrow a confer- arnoig. Mr.

anal Trea-ury Sa-cr 1 ii -Iiia-v are s( ,1 p. m. i CUT to at- banajaa at vv be tha1 prina tla l.i ut I'. The g.v ernairs gat here'd this morning tai Speil Ollt details of the need I Continued on Page Five) Mrs. Orville Fisher Dies in Hospita! Services Tuesday For Neeuham Resident Mrs.

Lucy Ellen Fisher, wife Orville Fisher of Needham, dud 10 o'clock Saturday evening of at in the Johnson County Memorial Hospital where she hail undergone surgery. She haa! been in failing health far two years and her condition became seriocs three weeks ago. Fune ral srv ice's are to ba1 conducted in Vandivier mortuary day afternoon at 3 o'clock with burial follow ing in Greenlaw cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Morulay night anal Tuesalay time for the services. They are invited to attend the rites.

Mrs. Fisher was born Sept. 26. 1SS0 in Needham township and was the daughter of Benjamin F. and Mary Walden Patterson.

The Patterson family came from Ireland and settled in Pennsylvania, later moving to Kentucky and then to Needham township. She became the bride of Mr. Fisher on April 3. 1912. and they began housekeeping on their farm where they resided for 41 years.

After Mr. Fisher retired from farming they moved to their present home in Needhara. Mrs. Fisher was a member of th-? Needham Christian church where she taught a Sunday school class for 56 years. She toot a great interest in the church and was active in the Misionary and Ladies Aid societies.

Surviving with Mr. Fisher is a son. Loren Fisher, of Hau Gallie, one granddaughter, Mischelle. and two sisters, a twin sister. Mrs.

Clark Owens, and Mrs. Harry Shuck, of Franklin. Red Cross Inspection of POW Camps Clears Way for Prisoner Exchange PANML'NJOM. Aug. 3 (INS United Nations and Communist Bed Cross representatives signed an agreement toalay which cleared the way for Red Cross "mercy teams" to go into both North arid South Korea and inspect prisoner of war camps.

The first prisoners in operation "Big Switch" will be released Wednesday and the Red Cross teams will visit other captives still Hungry East Germans Riot as Reds Ban Acceptance of American Food BERLIN. Aug 3 tINSi Angry Fast Germans wore reportaal today to have burned food stores and fansght Red police in hunger riets set off by the Communist ban on acceptance of fret' American food. Fighting oacurred at several railroad stations where huncry Germans tried tai pile aboard overcrowded trains for the journey to West where free fed supplies are' Capt. Clarke Now On Dutv in Korea WITH THE 10TI I INFANTRY DIVISION in Korea. Army Capt.

Gilson E. Cl.llk.-, IS, whose- Mary, and two chilahen. liva- at ltil W. Aal.iuis PianUlin. is serving with tha- 1'lth Iiifnitiy Division in Ka.l ea.

Originally a California National Guard unit, the -KMh lof.iiitry Division was f. Ja-ralied in P.iot) ami filled with n.en from si ita1 in tha- The division received intensive combat training vv bile i vnii' as a sea inity lot. a- in Japan In-fore being Ka.i.-a in early Captain CI tike, son of Mrs Finnic T. Clarke, oi Mali, i -j an assistant personnel and administration officer. lb is a veteran of World War II and served 1 the European Theater.

His dec. I ntions inalud-- the Bronze Star Medal. Combat Infantryman Badge, GaK.d Conduct Europa-a'n-African Middle Eastern Thea'er Ribbon, American Theater Carnpiign Ribbon and UN and Korean Sarr- ic- Ribbons. LjATf BULLETINS By Internationa Newt Servlc PANMUNJOM More than SOrt American prisoners of the Korean war were spending their last day in captivity today and may be on their way home by Friday. WASHINGTON.

The Senate today confirmed the appointment of Theodore C. Streibert of New York as director of the U. S. information agency, which became an independent office Saturday under a reorganisation plan that took it out of the state department. SEOCL South Korea's ancient capital of Seoul, anticipating close ties binding the nation to the United States will roll out the red carpet today for Secretary of State John Foster Dulles.

WASHINGTON. Rep. Daniel A. Reed (R)'N. said today he will be 'happy" to introduce President Eisenhower's request for social security expansion but.

declared he would not give it his "blanket endorsement" pending further study. ATHENS Agence France Presses reported tonight that a missing French airliner with 41 person aboard including an American woman and her young child made a forced landing today on an island in the Aegean sea near Crete. The airline identified the American woman as the former Marjoiie Clark, of Portland, Ore. in camps. The exchange of 12,763 Allied Nationals including 3.313 Americans and 74.0OO Red prisoners is expected to take ab.iut a month.

The final dress rehearsal of operation "big switch" was helaj at the Munsan truce camp by the Allies today. Fifty American soldiers from the 25th Division who themselves are slated to return home took the part of prisoners and went through the various routines to assure of exchange operation. The joint military armistice commission also met today and decided on a site near Panmunjom for their permanent headquarters. The headquarters will be located on neutral ground exactly on the truce line of demarcation which divides the Korean peninsula. The agreement on the dispatching of Red Cross teams was reached after the Communists withdrew a proposal to confine the teams to Munsan and Kaesong, the Communist truce headquarters.

Allied representatives insisted that the teams be allowed freedom to visit any and ail prison camps in Korea and the Reds finally agreed. The first teams will probably leave Panmunjom tomorrow. Sixty men from each side will serve on the teams and will distri All Fast Ga-rman rail work were plae'ed on an emergenc'v alt rt and vacatiens were canci lied to cop with the new- crisis. Kepevrts from Ceittbus, in Brar.ii-cnburg province, said a hooting throng overpaiwtred Communist police' and released a trainload c'f East Germans who had been arrested for acct'pting Western f-vd packages in We'st Bt'rlin. Soviet tro'ps were reported have clubbed the rebellious throng intj suVuniSsion after East Ga-rman police faile'd tai disperse th.1 rioters.

Troops Alerted Soviet tanks and troops were reported waiting in the outskirts cf East Borlin. alerted for action t3 help Red police smash any r.ew riots. Infuriated workers in the Leur.a industrial area two million strong were reported preparing a mass pro'est strike against the Red crackdown on hunger marches to West Berlin for the free food packages. Hungry, tired, afraid of questions, gaunt East Germans told of the hardships which drove them to defy their Communist overlords and flock by the thousands to West Berlin for free food parcels. They told when they dared to won't dare stop us.".