Weather and crime blotter from Long Beach edition March 5 1951
Cloudy with light rain probable today and cooler conditions after a high of 61 yesterday. In other news burglars stole nitroglycerine dynamite and detonators from a storage farm near Wichita County risking death if all explosives detonated. authorities warn of professional use and spread alerts across several states.
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Amex
Torrey
Long Beach
Calif
China
Here
Tommy Mendenhall
Mendenhall
Hammett Vance
Wichita County
Claude Morrison
Arches County
No Trace Of Man And Son From Seal Beach Abduction
Police and Secret Service hunted for David Belt and his 10-year-old son after an escapee abducted the boy from Seal Beach Elementary School. No trace found at press time. Belt’s wife recounts a 2-year-ago failed attempt to abduct another child. Meanwhile three teens believed drowned were rescued by a fishing boat after their rented boat broke and they were stranded near Long Beach Harbor.
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Dick Tolbert
David
Freddy Belt
Belt
Seal Beach
Ruth
David Balt
Secret Service
David M. Belt
David Jr
Ocean Ave
Alline
North
Long Beach Harbor
Coast Guard
John Brokosski
E. Ninth St
Jack Wiswell
Corlett
Ave
Compton
Harley Chesshire
W. Cereza Way
Pierpoint Landing
Federal Breakwater
War Correspondents in Korea Hear Public Interest Question
A two way radio discussion between Korea and New York City reporters reveals a question about home attention to the war. Answers note interest is usually there unless strikes divert attention. Casualties exceed 1200 weekly, total over 50 000 with more than 20 000 dead or missing.
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Korea
New York City
Horse Bites Child As Pet Scene Turns Sour
Four year old Zalma C. McMillan, of 3243 San Francisco Ave, was bitten on the hand by a horse while petting two horses at 3223 San Francisco Ave yesterday afternoon. The child received treatment at Seaside Hospital and was released.
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Zalma C. McMillan
San Francisco Ave
Seaside Hospital
Fire damages Walter P. Story Building in Los Angeles
A blaze on the 10th and 11th floors of the Walter P. Story building in downtown Los Angeles caused an estimated $15,000 in damage. About 75 firefighters battled the fire and brought it under control.
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L. A
Los Angeles
Walter P. Story
Opium-Using Foes Picked Off by Allies
United Nations soldiers report irrefutable proof that Chinese Communists used opium to fuel drugged assaults in the Kyongan area southeast of Seoul from Feb 7 to Feb 10. Greek battalion troops described opium use, dangerous, glazed-eyed behavior, and numerous enemy deaths as they repelled three Red attacks during a three day battle near Seoul.
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Lee Ferrero Toryo
INS
United Nations
Kyongan
Seoul
Kapralos
First Cavalry Division
Reda
Million Dollar Baby Babs Hulton Shrugs Fourth Marriage
Inside Stories reports Babs Hulton, famous five and dime heiress, ending her fourth marriage in Mexico. An alleged USC UCLA game fixing attempt led to one man jailed in Los Angeles. Prices rollbacks loom as Eric Johnston pledges further actions.
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Five and Dime
Babs Hulton
Mexico
USC
UCLA
Los Angeles
Eric Johnston
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