17 Mar 1951
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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1951
Page
1
In Los Angeles on March 16 the State Board of Social Welfare adopted a tighter old age pension policy. Pensioners face ceilings on spending from outside income for special needs, with excess amounts deducted from the $75 monthly grant. Rent limits were set at $40 for a single person and $65 for a couple.
City Council debates hospital expansion funded by upland oil revenue. A Citizens Committee proposal offers one million dollars yearly for six years for better facilities. The piece warns the council must decide if upland oil funds are appropriate and notes ongoing deliberations.
The Daily Graphic reports Britain will produce its own atomic weapons and plan a first test of a British atomic bomb in Nevada, indicating a major step in nuclear development.
Aerial reconnaissance tallies at least 6000 Red casualties in a single North Korean barracks area as American cruisers, a Dutch and American destroyers, and three frigates shell the position. An additional 2000 casualties were reported by the Lind in nearby enemy concentrations.
Henry C. Stephens a 64 year old hotel resident at 427 E Broad way was hospitalized at Seaside with foot and head injuries after a City Lines bus struck him at the First St and American Ave intersection. The driver Walter Lee Carpenter 40 of 1941 Canal Ave said he was traveling south on American Ave and turned west onto First St when the accident occurred.
Residents of Lakewood and East Long Beach reported a mysterious blast late last night. Police and fire investigators could not determine the origin, but the disturbance felt as if beneath ground and likely south of the Long Beach airport.
SAN FRANCISCO March 18 UP Movie actress Madge Mere dith Marjorie Masson was recommended for immediate release by the Adult Authority Board. She had been jailed for five years to life for the kidnap beating of her business associate Nick Gianaclis The Greek Gianaclis 41 led the investigation initially sparked by Erle Stanley Gardner. Masson insists she is innocent and claims she was railroaded into prison.
Violet Telis Kay's hatred of her parents emerges in testimony about Kay Frances Erickson, a 10 year old abused girl described as abnormal and unwanted. Artist Mike Verdugo and foster mother Miss Herling are tied to the case against Violet John Berling charged with torture murder.
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