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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1951
Page
2
The Long Beach mayoral race remains unsettled as Clarence Wagner reportedly gathers a rival ticket against incumbent Mayor Chace. Wagner seeks the job himself but backs another candidate, a move seen as significant by council members pursuing higher political ambition.
Indiana remarks at a Republican dinner accuse the Truman plan for cease-fire talks of appeasement. Taft says the 38th Parallel truce would empower the aggressor and that the president has no plan to secure victory in Korea. He warns of 10 to 20 years of mobilization, higher taxes, and erosion of liberty.
United Nations dispatch reports Soviet chief Malik proposed immediate talks between the U N and Korean belligerents to negotiate a cease fire and armistice with mutual withdrawal from the 38th parallel. The offer, delivered in a Price of Peace broadcast, contained no preconditions and followed Western calls for clarity on Soviet peace aims.
U N headquarters relays Malik speech to the White House and State Department. Acheson stays at his Maryland farm while Rusk Nickerson and Perkins discuss the plan. Officials note the offer’s frontal posture and seek details, with allied consultations set to begin slowly before any shift in UN Korea operations or President’s Tulsa address.
Several hundred long range National Guard members began a 15 day artillery training encampment at Camp Irwin in the Mojave Desert. The Long Head unit, with the 2nd and 720th AAA battalions, is led by Captain Clifford R. Rogers and Lieutenant Colonels Willis T. Lyman and Glenn A. Duke. Accompanying units hail from Campton Norwalk Lynwood San Pedro and Gardena.
Tokyo dispatch reports Lt Gen James A Van Fleet Eighth Army commander states UN forces are in business as usual despite Soviet cease fire talks. Malik proposals receive wait and see reaction from Allied HQ. Ridgway kept informed but silent. Local soldiers voiced mixed views as Seoul residents resist halting at the 38th Parallel.
European officials mixed skepticism and cautious optimism over Russia’s Korea cease fire plan announced by UN delegate Jacob Malik. London and Bonn praised talks while warning against Russian bluff. Paris and Dublin urged acceptance of talks. Lie sought more time to study details.
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