01 Nov 1951
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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1951
Page
1
Chuck Cheatham reports on a new tax law targeting bookies, portraying Uncle Sam as taking 10 percent of all bets and threatening to curb illicit wagering. The piece argues the change stems from public apathy and corruption as bookies resist scrutiny.
Peace prospects brighten as the 14th armistice session opens with Allies demanding Kaesong return to UN control and Reds holding the city by default. Communists warn talks may stall again if concessions are not accepted. Page 4-A.
A three car collision at Fourth St and American Ave sent Peggy Greshem 42 of 2324 E Broadway to Seaside Hospital with facial cuts and possible chest injuries. Police arrested Seaman Wellthan G Johnson 19 of the USS Navasota at the scene on suspicion of drunk driving.
Solon Harold K Levering plans to introduce a bill at the March budget session to roll back California taxes to the 1948 level. He seeks cuts in the state sales tax personal income tax and franchise taxes and other levies.
Report of a Rotary Club session where John Morley, a war correspondent back from a global assignment, gave a fine talk but with questionable information and reasoning about Russian oil and the Iranian crisis. The audience, including meet attendees, questioned several claims and urged better documentation of asserted authorities.
In Pittsburgh Beltzhoover area twenty seven people including four children were injured when gas explosions from two six inch mains caused fires. Fire crews fought flames for over three hours after the first blast by nightfall on October 31.
In Washington on October 1 American military leaders assured Sen Lyndon B Johnson that winter clothing for service members in Korea will be sufficient through year end. Defense officials confirmed the supply is adequate to meet expected demand this winter.
Rodolfo Ghioldi communist presidential hopeful was shot in the back during a political rally in Parana on October 31. Two others were wounded as police detained several suspects. Ghioldi was taken to a hospital in delicate condition with a lung injury.
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