Gallant Ship Reaches Port After Seven Years of Duty
The LST798 arrives at Long Beach after seven years of service in the Far East, including World War II and the Korean War. Twenty-five combat pilots, including Medal of Honor recipient Col. R E Galen USMC, owe their lives to the vessel which conducted 49 amphibious landings and rescued twenty-six sailors.
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Long Beach
Calif
INS
United States
Long Beach Harbor
Far East
Snug Harbor
Orient
Col
R. E. Galen
USMC
LST
799
789
Army Transport Service
Paul D. Drummond
Portland
Oregon
Navy
Mayor’s Name Misspelling Delays Village Plaque
Seven Hills officials unveiled a metal plaque for the new recreation building but the inscription read Mayor Ray Calkin instead of Calvin. The error caused embarrassment and the plaque was sent back for recasting to preserve the correct name.
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iMayor
Cleveland
Ray Calvin
Seven Hills Village
Ray Calkin
Smokers Report Signs of Mouth Cancer in Survey
The New York state division of the American Cancer Society reports that 11 of about 190000 men aged 50 to 69 interviewed from 1951 onward showed mouth cancer symptoms. Each man received cancer literature and consulted a physician, though none had lung cancer. The link to smoking remains undetermined.
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Syracuse
Cancer Society
Alan Stevenson
New York State
American Cancer Society
Stevenson
Jacoby on Bridge Crime Unmasked in a Spade Signal
Oswald Jacoby presents a bridge problem where a signaling mistake by East and an incorrect lead by West betray a “crime.” The hand ends with Declarer making the contract, but the analysis concludes West was the culprit for signaling wrongly and misdirecting the defense.
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Oswald Jacoby
West
East
Confused Card Game Fragment Shows Lost Spade and Club Beats
A fragmentary description from a card game mentions missing spades and a return of a club. The snippet implies South must discard a club along with two spades and a diamond, but the context is garbled and unclear.
Princess Margaret Wishes Chaplin Luck at London Premiere
Princess Margaret personally wished Charlie Chaplin luck at the London world premiere of Limelight. Police linked arms to steady crowds as 10 000 spectators jammed the glittering event with Mink jewels and parade lights illuminating the scene.
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London
Princess Margaret
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Bells Hoyces
Chaplin Faces Possible Expulsion as U S Alien
Charity and chaos marked Chaplin’s return to Britain after a night in America. His two children Geraldine and Michael wandered during the confusion, triggering a frantic search at the Odeon theater where Princess Margaret appeared in a white fox fur jacket and diamond necklace. The princess congratulated Chaplin and wished him luck amid a tense prospect of being banned as an undesirable alien.
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Chaplin
Leicester Square
Britain
Geraldine
Michael
America
Odeon Theater
Princess Margaret
Famela Mountbatten
Tgle Art
United States
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Inchon
Jacoby
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Declarer
Akog
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Val
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Rick
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Jazzz
Cail
Iowa
Floor Covering CO
Maz
THE
Merchants National Bank
Commercial Loans Safe Deposit Boxes
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cash
Hart Schaffner
Marx
GGG and
Hickey Freeman
Knox and
Stetson
Armstrong's
Aermstrong
Daylite
Kesha
Manhattan
Saturday Evening Post
Kasha
Armstrong Street
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