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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1951
Page
3
A Long Beach newspaper item notes the final day of a spring fair, with the weather forecast predicting clear skies today and Monday and cooler conditions on Monday. The wall-to-wall page mentions foregone details and a local phone line for information, dated June 3, 1951.
The Eighth Army commander Marvili ed his earlier announcement as censorship tightened on front dispatches. Ground gains of up to two miles were reported on the central front Saturday as Van Fleet said the pursuit phase of the Korean War ended. He stated the Chinese army should go home and clarified his remarks referred only to immediate battlefront issues. The Army will continue to stop the enemy where possible as retreating forces complicate encirclement opportunities.
Betty Jane Barton, a 20 year old Los Angeles City College student, was crowned Miss Long Beach after competing against 15 contestants at Municipal Auditorium. She will represent Long Beach in the Miss America pageant in Santa Cruz starting Friday. Shirley Carretti and Joan Scanton rounded out the top five after a close decision.
The city council election next Tuesday may mark the most important council in city history with a potential 175 million in harbor area spending. The federal government is likely to deem the oil region exempt from titeland litigation, with the Justice Department and Supreme Court expected to concur, as efforts to extend the exempt area continue.
Two escaped convicts Donald Robinetta 22 and Edgar Weaver 25 captured Saturday night near Simi in Ventura County after robbing a Paramount sporting goods store and kidnapping Gus Ambheim and three companions. They fled Moorpark before deputies opened fire and halted the chase. Police identified the suspects from a photograph by Albert Branch 42.
SIOUX FALLS 5S B dune UK Tom Amburn, sweetheart of 18 year old Betty Thompson, both from Alabama high school, was told to return to duty after claiming they would postpone their marriage indefinitely. Commander F H Bund ordered Amburn to Norfolk Naval Air Station from urgent leave for the wedding.
San Francisco reports a major price war looms as a large department store announces cuts on fair trade merchandise aiming at hundreds of items. The move follows early reductions by rivals and predates a landmark Supreme Court decision affecting fair trade laws.
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