18 May 1951
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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1951
Page
1
Tokyo report states a 400000 strong Communist array breached the United Nations line on the eastern Korean front, driving Allied forces back along a 100 mile battlefront. American and South Korean troops fall back to defensive positions north of Seoul as human wave assaults intensify.
Early today a car traveling east from Pico Ave spun out and plummeted 25 feet from the West Ocean Blvd bridge into the river bed. Radarman 3/C William L. Mickle, 21, of the USS Gurke, a driver, and shipmate Ray Grub, 21, plus Dawn Thomas, 23 of Los Angeles, were passengers. All escaped with only minor injuries.
The Senate Governmental Efficiency Committee endorsed AB 3400 with a de pass recommendation after a brief, no discussion hearing. Sponsor Assemblyman William E. Grant of Long Beach said the amendment clears up disputes over tideland and dry gas funds withheld for general expenditures amid a Trickey suit, with legality yet tested.
US Retail auto dealers were ordered to deduct the cost of spare tires from the price they charge for new cars. The order, effective next Tuesday, aims to stop dealers from charging for spare tires they are forbidden to place on new cars. Many dealers have made voluntary reductions.
The piece argues inflation may pause rather than end, noting abundant consumer goods now but warning the shift to heavy war production will curb civilian supplies. It links current sales slump to the six months after the wartime buying surge.
General MacArthur says he is astonished by President Truman’s claim that he considered dismissing the general for a year before relieving him. He notes the president’s cited reason tied to seeking a cease-fire in the field would be seen as supporting any political move toward peace.
The Office of Price Stabilization said it will close about 1200 restaurants taverns and soda fountains in Northern and Central California for failing to post pricing. District enforcement officer Thomas B Richardson said affidavits are being prepared for mandatory injunctions against those who did not file required statements.
A late forming hurricane raced off the Atlantic toward the Florida Gold Coast. Winds neared 75 miles per hour in a small zone north and east of the eye while the Miami Weather Bureau urged small craft to stay in port and warned that dangerous winds should be diminishing along the coast.
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