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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1950
Page
2
CHRISTMAS PARTIES will be in full swing today and over the weekend. Unnecessary deaths will come from a mixture of alcohol, gasoline and fog. IF YOU'RE DRINKING give your keys to someone who isn't. It may be tiresome to read this sort of thing before all of our holidays. BUT THE MORE people reminded of the danger, the fewer will be killed or injured.
The proposed city charter clearly protects the city's right to develop oil resources in tidelands. The legislative counsel's opinion to Assemblyman William S. Grant confirms no language change altering authority to drill or extract oil. A League of Women Voters committee discussed legal points and believes city rights remain safeguarded.
Adam Tint Stores, Inc. said it will cease sponsoring Radio Commentator Drew Pearson in February. A spokesman cited no connection to Sen. Joseph McCarthy who had pressed for the sponsorship end after a clash between McCarthy and Pearson at the Sulgrave Club in Washington. Pearson called the Adam Hat people very fine.
Police reported a burglar fled with about $200 worth of linen and silverware from Dora C. Robbins at 770 St. Louis Ave. The resident found the door open, shades down, and the radio blasting when she returned from work, the home ransacked.
President Truman told a Kansas City dinner that the nation is in excellent shape to meet the present crisis and that all we need now is time. He urged sacrifice and unity, contrasting critics with Americans ready to bear burdens and meet crises as in 1796 and 1860s.
Mike Ropczycki of Long Beach, twice wounded in Korea, loses to Marine Cpl Gray of the First Marine Brigade for grand marshal of the Pasadena Rose Parade on January 2. Ike recommended a GI take the post. Gray, recovering at Camp Pendleton, will lead the parade and game with the Ropczycki family invited as guests.
Walter Damrosch, 88, famed composer and conductor, died at his New York home of a heart attack. Born in Breslau in 1862, he shaped American music as Newark Harmonie leader, founder of the New York Symphony Orchestra, and promoter of school radio music education. He directed Army bandmaster schooling in France in 1918 and later guided NBC music broadcasts and public lessons, influencing Carnegie Hall’s creation and performances of European masters.
Peking radio quoted Foreign Minister Chou Enlai denouncing the UN three man cease fire panel as illegal and saying Communist China will liberate all of Asia. The broadcast reiterated a three point peace program demanding foreign troops leave Korea, end the Formosa position, and restore Red China’s UN seat. Entezam warned of a future report if no formal reply from Peking is received.
Two submarines and a destroyer aided a live wartime Christmas tale aboard a U S submarine in Japanese waters shot at Terminal Island for KTTV. Aims to recruit Navy reserve crews while depicting dive and surfacing with sonar and walkie talkie cues as the Sawfish crew held a holiday party aboard.
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