25 Dec 1951
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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1951
Page
1
A home front reflection contrasts Christmas at home with the GIs in Korea. The piece presents a G I version of The Night Before Christmas as a poignant, repeated vignette. It notes comforts at home versus the soldiers’ distant experience and hints at continuation on page 22.
Police charges that vice squad members used Gestapo like tactics and shook down hotel and nightclub operators for Christmas loot were denied by spokesmen. City Manager Sam E. Vickers met with 15 operators threatening grand jury action unless action, while Chief William H. Dovey welcomed a probe. Vickers would not remove the men without concrete evidence. Meetings involved Officers Town Club and Wilton Hotel representatives amid tensions over alleged shakedowns and demands for Christmas cheer.
United Nations officials charged that Communists took Allied prisoners of war outside Korea. They said the POW list of 50 000 was short of the total believed in enemy hands, signaling deteriorating talks at Panmunjom and hardening stances in the exchange committee led by Rear Adm Libby.
A Downey train collision at Woodruff Avenue left Teresa Arlette Cox 4 months old in critical condition with head injuries. Her mother Antoinette Cox 27 suffered forehead gash and knee injuries. Tanya Ann 2 was cut about the face. Engineer Harry Schachleiter of La Mesa operated the 16 car freight train. The accident occurred at a blind intersection as the car skidded into the side of the train.
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