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...Holyoke, Mass., Taximan George Hamel advertised: "Tell us where you are-that's all we want to know. We'll take you where you want to go safely, comfortably," got a fast letter from 22 soldiers in Korea: "We are 1 6 miles north of the 38th parallel on the main supply route, third foxhole on the right, off in a rice paddy with very little water in it. Please pick us up as soon as possible...
...their conference table. The Kaesong talks went on behind an enclosure of barbed wire and strictest secrecy, but the Communists broadcast to the world their conditions for a ceasefire: ¶The opposing armies to withdraw to a distance of ten kilometers (about 6.2 miles) north and south of the 38th parallel; ¶The 12½-mile-wide strip thus created across the peninsula to be under the civil administration of the North and South Korean governments; ¶Prisoners to be exchanged; ¶ All "foreign troops" to withdraw from Korea in "the shortest possible time...
...rival. ¶Palestinian, the $57,100 Brooklyn Handicap, one of U.S. racing's oldest stakes (first running: 1887), over Sheilas Reward, by a length; in New York. ¶ David Stanley of Los Angeles, the national public links golf championship, over Ralph Vranesic of Denver, 1 up on the 38th hole; in Milwaukee. ¶Stella Walsh, 40, her own national pentathlon title, with a record 1,932 points; in Berkeley, Calif...
...There is hostility in Korea towards both sides, Rim observed, because of the initial division of his country after the Japanese defeat. When asked his views concerning the South Korean government, Rim points out that the 38th parallel is merely an artificial line made for political reasons, and that he and his countrymen do not want any kind of a separation...
...Koreans started the war a year ago with an attack on North Korea. The North Koreans quickly counterattacked, whereupon "American imperialists," coming to the aid of their "Syngman Rhee puppets," drove into North Korea. At that point Chinese "volunteers" entered the war, quickly pushed U.S. forces back to the 38th parallel, whereupon the U.S. decided to sue for peace. Summed up the Communist Wen Wei Pao of Hong Kong: "The United States has suffered utter defeat. Although she tries to pose as the victor, it should be noted that she has to conduct negotiations at the time and place chosen...