Eisenhower Boards USS Helena Off Guam After Korea Review
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower completed a close look at the Korean War situation and then boarded the heavy cruiser Helena off Guam on the voyage home. En route to Pearl Harbor the ship would pick up John Foster Dulles for a Far East strategy review. The effort aimed at a wise, definite victory in Korea, with no quick solution but confidence in eventual success.
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Eisenhower Ship Heads Into Typhoon After Korea Tour
President elect Eisenhower sails aboard the Helena en route from Pearl Harbor after a three day tour of the Korean War theater. The cruiser heads east through tropical storm conditions while discussions with Dulles shape the new administration’s policy toward South Korea.
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Republic of Korea Army
Ge Aml Maliraagerie
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Elect Hisenhower
Weke Island
John Fas
Arthur Says Clear Definite Korea Solution Exists
General Douglas MacArthur asserts a clear and definite Korea solution that would not raise the risk of a wider war. He spoke in New York, claiming insight into a plan that could end the Korean War without escalating global conflict.
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Korea
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Rain Fizzled to Drizzle Over Southern California
A brief weather update says a heavy area dropped few drops on Long Beach and faded, ending the storm. The forecast from the weather forecaster predicts a weekend with mostly sunny skies and only patchy clouds, as the cold front moves away.
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Long Beach
Chamber of Commerce
California
Mexico agitators freed as secret police release 300
Mexican security forces freed more than 300 agitators Friday who had been jailed during the curpuration of Mexico's new president as a precaution. The move followed a period of heightened tension and widespread political maneuvering across the capital.
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Menico City
Mexico
G I World Problems in Postwar Britain
The piece notes U S GIs in Britain, numbering 35,000 Air Force personnel, distorting local wages and spending. It cites higher pay and commissary access as factors, with tensions arising from social clashes and entertainment scenes as American soldiers differ from British civilians.
Federal agent jailed for grand jury secrecy
A Federal Narcotics Bureau supervisor George White of Boston refused to name a confidential informant to a federal grand jury. Judge David Edelstein sentenced him to jail for contempt but he was released after promising to purge himself and reveal the informant on Monday.
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Federal Grand Jury
George White
Boston
Narcotics Bureau
New England
Grand Jury
David N. Edelstein
White
Pittsburgh Blast Kills Three Children and Wounds Three
A gas accumulation caused a three story home explosion in Pittsburgh’s northside. Three children are dead and three others missing. authorities fear more fatalities as fire crews remove debris and search the wreckage. A mother, Rose Moulin, sobbed as she recalled her children David 14 James 10 Richard 13 Geary 6 Robert 5 and Lois 12. Police say a gas line may have been ruptured leading to fumes entering the house.
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Tittsburgh
Stephen Adley
Pittsburgh
Thomas Martin
Martin
Rose Moulin
David
James
Richard
Geary
Robert
Lois
Teen Robber Held After Tujunga Store Heist
A 16 year old Sunland Tujunga boy Clayton Van Noble was captured by police after a department store robbery in Tujunga. He admitted stealing to buy Christmas presents and was fired upon by Officer Thomas J. Tizhe when he fled. The loot totaled 307 dollars.
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Tujunga
Clayton van Noble
Thomas J. Tizhe
Blonde Carhop Pleads In Court Over Flat Tires
A blonde carhop asked Superior Court judge Ralph K. Pierson to intervene with her estranged husband Meredith Taylor over tire tampering. She testified he often spied at her home and caused four tires to be deflated, forcing her to miss work. The court awarded one car to the husband and the furniture plus the other car to Mrs. Taylor, and warned her about tire tampering.
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Ralph K. Pierson
Virginia Taylor
John Ave
Meredith
Joddge Pierson
Taylor
Circulatory disease top killer in Long Beach health review
Long Beach health officer Dr. T D Litwack reported that circulatory diseases, including heart ailments, account for almost half of local deaths in 2012 with 1242 tied to the category. Cancer was second, nervous-system diseases rose, infant mortality fell slightly but prematurity affected many infant deaths, and motor-vehicle and other accidents drove violent deaths.
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Long Beach
T. D. Litwack
Health Department
Litwack
Damaged Danish Ship Safe in S F
In San Francisco the Danish motorship Peter Maersk docked after a fire at sea injured two officers and destroyed the navigating bridge. The ship was en route from San Francisco to Manila with 12 passengers and cargo, turning back when the blaze started in the captain's day room and spread to the bridge. Captain Jens Skjellerup and Chief Officer Charles Lundgreen were hospitalized with severe burns.
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Peter Maersk
Manila
Jens Skjellerup
Charles Lundgreen
Lakewood group votes to oppose piecemeal annexation
The Lakewood Taxpayers Assn. voted Friday night to oppose piecemeal annexation near Greater Lakewood to Long Beach. Gene Nebeker urged backing the junior chamber’s campaign, but the group declined financial aid. Attorney Robert Devitt argued annexation would improve representation and services. president Stanley Burrows said the stance may not preclude full annexation in the future.
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Robert Devitt
Stanley Burrows
LTA
Four Die When Car Plunges From Bridge Near Somerset
State police report four occupants burned to death after an auto went off Route 219 near Somerset early today. Bodies charred beyond recognition. identities not yet established. Victims believed to be two young couples.
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Somerset
Route 219
Santa Trunk Mixup Leads to Missing Packages
Mrs. Karnes and Mrs. Sullivan, both San Pedro residents, shopped in downtown Long Beach with Mrs. Scott and later loaded gifts into the wrong four door Ford trunk in a parking lot at 500 Locust Ave. A reward is offered for returning the packages via Terminal 21777.
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Santa Claus
B. T. Karnes
38Th St
San Pedro
Glenn Sullivan
Paseo del Mar
Long Beach
Hita Scott
Pt. Fermin Cafe
Karnes
Astoria Confesses Bank Robbery Tells of $1260 Theft
A full confession to a $1260 bank robbery in Long Beach was made in Astoria by Robert M. Smart, 23. He stated he acted alone, spent much of the money on gambling, a car, and meals, and planned to return to Long Beach to face charges. The motive cited was marital troubles, not drinking. Police connected him to the crime after identification by teller Phyllis Reames and cooperative Long Beach officers.
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Leding
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Renton
Wash
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Frank Henry
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Aman
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