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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1952
Page
10
San Bernardino P I O reports 13 airmen killed in a Dec 1 C-47 crash. Recovery teams at 10,000 feet say lowering bodies will take weeks and ropes. No survivors found. 25 volunteers from Orton AFB head to Dollar Lake camp to aid wreck-site access amid storm and rugged terrain.
An oil barge exploded off Staten Island early Monday after catching fire. At least two men on board were reported injured. Local authorities investigated the incident and assessed the damage and casualties.
About 30,000 people attended the Wings Over the Nation air show at Municipal Airport closing a three day event. Jet fighters and diverse aircraft drew crowds as the XF-83 parasite jet, B-29 mother ship combo, and Navy F2H Banshee appeared alongside Convair 340 and other military and civilian planes.
The National Board of Americans for Democratic Action urged liberals to avoid dogmatic appraisal of the new administration. ADA leaders met since the election, in which they supported Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson for president, saying Eisenhower's win was not a repudiation of liberalism.
Senator Estes Kefauver condemned President Truman's remarks on General Eisenhower's planned trip, calling the commentary name calling and urging unity behind the foreign program. He said Eisenhower's stance shows no trick solution to the Korean War and praised his caution.
Washington advertising executive Worman Kal, head of the inaugural committee subcommittee on unauthorized practices, said the committee will bear the cost of official programs and related publications. He added advertising is banned from parade floats banners and other material to be used in the inaugural parade.
In Dallas a 3-year-old boy aided his grandfather Odis Ward and Doyle Harvey in disarming a robber at a Safeway. The trio fought the thief, who wore a .38 revolver, to the ground, breaking three soft drink bottles during the struggle before the suspect fled.
New York UM reports Dr Milton Eisenhower brother of the president elect has accepted the chairmanship of the American-Korean Foundation. Palmer Bevis, executive director, says the non profit non political non sectarian group aims to bring American and Korean people closer culturally socially and economically. Dr Eisenhower president of Pennsylvania State College says he discussed chairmanship with friends including John Foster Dulles.
In a store brawl money lay strewn and glass counters shattered. Ward suffered a bad head laceration while a boy named Johnny shouted encouragement, refusing fear as the struggle spilled onto the floor and outside the door.
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