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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1953
Stubborn Soldier Returns to U.S.
Panmunjim, Korea—(U.P.) A pug-nosed farm boy from the Cumberland mountains chose freedom over Communism today. Pfc Edward Dickinson returned to U.S. control at 4 p.m. as 300 officials and newsmen looked on.
Pvt. Dickenson was one of 23 Americans who refused to go home this summer in "Operation Big Switch."
His decision to repudiate Communism raised hopes of ending the Polish-Czech boycott of the Neutral Nations Repatriation commission, a walkout that has up prisoner interviews since Saturday.
The Czechs and Poles had walked out because Lieut. Gen. K. S. Thimayya, NNRC head, refused to permit some 7,000 anti-Communist North Korean prisoners of the Allies to be forced to attend interviews.
Pvt. Dickenson told reporters he had made his decision to come home a "long time ago. I had it in my mind for quite a while," he said, but "had my reasons" for refusing to come home during Operation Big Switch.
Pvt. Dickenson refused to answer most questions asked by reporters. He declined to answer when asked if the Communist used force to prevent him from choosing repatriation, nor would he answer when asked if any of the other 22 Americans still held by the Communists were planning the same move.
When interviewed at Freedom Gate earlier he had said it was "more than likely."
In obvious good spirits, P.F. Dickenson predicted that other Americans who rejected repatriation in August and September might weaken as the Christmas season nears, if not before. They have until Christmas Eve to decide.
In Dickenson's home town of Cracker Neck, Va., neighbors joined a happy farm couple in celebrating their son's decision to leave the Communists and come home.
Carl Knight, editor of the Big Stone Gap (Va.) Post, said "There is no ill feeling. I think he will be welcomed just the same as any other prisoner of war."
Mr. Knight and some 25 townpeople gathered at a neighbor's house early today to celebrate with Van Buren Dickenson, 72, and his wife, 44, as soon as they got word their son, Edward, had sought freedom.
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U.S. Temporarily Winning Big 4 Debate With Britain
Washington—(U.P.)-The United States today held a temporary victory in the Trans-Atlantic debate with Britain over the need for Big Four talks with Soviet Premier Georgi M. Malenkov.
But diplomatic authorities saw clear signs that the idea of a top-level Big Four meeting as championed by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is only postponed, not死。
The American opposition to any early meeting between Mr. Churchill, Malenkov, President Eisenhower and French premier Joseph LANiel was pressed by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles during weekend talks in London.
At his news conference yesterday, Mr. Duffles refused to divulge the precise nature of what he and Mr. Churchill may have said on the issue during their secret "coffee cup" discussions in London. He did say no serious consideration had been given to top-level four-power talks during his discussions with British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault.
In a speech last night in New York before the New York Herald-Tribune forum, Mr. Dulles went further in giving his estimate of the Big Three foreign ministers' position.
Mr. Dulles also said the United States has not been advised that Mr. Churehill entertained any thoughts of undertaking a one-man mission to Moscow. American officials have discounted the chances of such a mission although the possibility has been reported unofficially.
"It is our view that few things would be more dangerous than a meeting which produced the illusion of agreement, without the reality of agreement," Mr. Dulles said.
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Dean Attends Parley Of Newspaper Heads
Dean Burton W. Marvin of the School of Journalism attended the annual meeting of the Stauffer newspaper executives Saturday at Grand Island, Neb.
The first of annual contests was held this year with faculty members of the School of Journalism as judges, Dean Marvin announced winners and conferred the awards at a banquet Saturday night.
Best front page, editorial, circulation promotion, news coverage, and women's page awards went to the Topeka State Journal. Oscar Stauffer is the publisher. Mr. Stauffer heads a chain of 11 newspapers and two radio stations in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and California.
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The School of Education is conducting a series of in-service training lectures for the teaching staff of the School of Engineering.
Engineering Faculty Receiving Lectures
The lectures, given by University instructors, are held in the Faculty Club rooms from 11 to 12 on each Tuesday.
the remaining lectures are: Oct. 27, "Motivation," by A. H. Turney, professor of education; Nov. 3, "Teaching Technique," by Charles E. Johnson, assistant professor of education, and Nov. 10, "Evaluation," by Henry P. Smith, associate professor of education, and Kenneth E. Anderson, dean of the School of Education.
Friday is the deadline for Fulbright applications according to Prof. J. A. Burzle, Fulbright chairman.
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