30 May 1952
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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1952
Page
1
A committee of about 1500 sailors aboard the Manchester unanimously voted the fund should go to Rickly. Capt. Frost said the crew had been informed of the boy's train and home port listed as Long Beach. See Manchester, Page.
In Tokyo on May 30, communists lodged a formal protest over reports of further deaths of North Korean prisoners on Koje Island and urged the United Nations to halt these killings at once.
President Truman vetoed the tidelands oil bill claiming it would grant a precious national heritage to a few favored states. He offered a compromise while Senate allies, led by Tom Connally, pledged to override the veto. The measure returns to the Senate for action.
A memorial day editorial laments expanding military cemeteries as war dead increase. It notes overcrowding worldwide and links cemetery growth to national population and economy. Korea deaths are highlighted as especially tragic, with continuation hinted on page 18.
Allied forces fought rebellious prisoners on Koje Island Korea killing four North Korean inmates and wounding three. Violence spread to Yongehon compound nearby with three civilian internees killed and 13 injured, marking a second day of bloody prison disorders.
Capt. Frederick M. Diener and S/Sgt. Robert Engstram, both stationed at Long Beach Air Force Base, dodged a catastrophic disintegration of a faster-than-sound trainer near Municipal Airport. They walked away with minor injuries and were treated at the base dispensary. Diener suffered a three inch cut by the eye. Engstram had bruises and nervous pains.
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