Week of April 8, 1953

The United Nations and the Communists settle on April 20 as the starting date for

an exchange of sick and wounded prisoners of war after the Reds emphatically

turned down an allied proposal to begin earlier.

Allied and Red staff officers complete

final details of the first prisoner

exchange of the Korean war, clearing

the way for the actual start on Monday.

Reports that the Eisenhower

administration is coming to grips with far

Eastern peace problems, which may

arise following a Korean truce, are

topped off, with the Eisenhower

administration denying any plan to divide

Korea.

More reports say the Eisenhower administration is willing to accept a settlement

in Korea based on a boundary at the narrow waist of the peninsula. The new line

between Communist North Korea and the South Korean Republic would be

about 90 miles north of the present battle line.

Yielding, President Eisenhower agrees to be at the Washington Senator’s

opening game. He originally passed up the occasion because he was to have a

round of golf with Ben Hogan.

A group of South Dakotans digs up the remains of famed

Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and reburls them on a hill

overlooking the Missouri River in South Dakota. Transfer

of the old warrior’s remains climaxes a feud between the

two States over the grave site that reached into

Congress, as well as the Governor’s mansions. The

grave-digging party was led by Clarence Grey Eagle, a

Bullhead (S.D) Indian who claims to have power of

attorney from three is Sitting Bull’s granddaughters to

move the body. The new site is within the standing Rock Reservation.

The Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. with 40 filling stations cuts gasoline prices to 19,9

cents a gallon for straight run fuel and 22.9 cents for high test. Gas had been

retailing as high as 30 ½ cents a gallon for high-test before a half-cent reduction

was announced by several companies.

Week of April 8, 1953

In Shawnee, OK - Jim Thorpe is buried a few miles from

where he began the sports career that was the admiration of

the world. Thorpe died March 28 of a heart attack.

Sports - Ben Hogan recaptures the Masters in Augusta,

winning by 5 strokes.

Entertainment - Italian film actress

Anna Magnani visits the U.S. for the

first time. At a press conference in

New York, the actress said she

finds American men and women

“beautiful.” As for American women,

she said, “They are all extremely

beautiful. I’d love to be as slim as

they are. The Roman atmosphere

makes women fat.” She’s in New

York for the premiere of her latest

picture, “Bellissima.”

Actress Gene Tierney divorces Oleg Cassini - New

York dress designer. She’s now linked romantically with

Aly Khan, prince and patron.

MGM terminates Mario Lanza. He had two

pictures remaining under an agreement.

The termination has to do with “The

Student Prince” of which, had to be delayed

due to Lanza no-shows.

Television news -

CBS-TV announces that beginning May 1, it will maintain its own

worldwide newsfilm department, with camera and sound crews in

world capitals and important news centers in America, Europe and

Asia.

DuMont debuts “Dark of the Night” - a dramatic program.

Friday night television -

CBS - Perry Como, Mama, My Friend Irma, Schlitz Playhouse of

the Stars, Our Miss Brooks, Mr. And Mrs. North