17 Oct 1951
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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1951
Page
1
Analysis notes General Eisenhower faces immense diplomatic tasks amid multinational forces under his command. A commentator highlights pay gaps, saying American sergeants earn more than European colonels, signaling tensions as allies endure unequal wartime strains. Continued on Page 26.
The Senate preparedness subcommittee drafted a report on the Marine Corps noting morale sagging in some Leathernecks units. The document, prepared for release, was reportedly set for issuance the following day.
The 43 day Douglas strike nears end as UAW-CIO workers vote at 3 p.m. tomorrow on a top level union request to return to work. Local 148 president Oval Pierce called a mass meeting at Veterans Memorial Stadium to discuss the Wage Stabilisation Board recommendations under Walter P. Reuther. The union executive council in Washington voted unanimously to end the strike pending wage advice, with officials saying turnout at the meeting was mandatory for about 10,000 workers.
A phantom bullet from an orange grove at twenty minutes past midnight wounded 10 year old Patricia Eien Bryant on Florence Avenue, breaking her right arm. Detectives consider it part of a string of shootings by a phantom rifleman in the area, with no confirmation the same gun killed an East Los Angeles housewife or wounded others.
Search planes hunted for a survivor from an 11 man Air Force Stratocruiser crew. A continuous SOS signal and flickering light were reported 180 miles southeast of Nova Scotia. A Newfoundland Air Force flying boat from Hermon Field sighted the light briefly but radar found nothing.
Allied troops moved within four miles of the Communist base at Kumsong as American, Colombian, and South Korean infantry gained between one and two kilometers in the fifth day of the offensive. U S Sabrejet pilots claimed nine MiG-15s downed with others damaged, while the USS New Jersey bombarded enemy positions with heavy gunfire.
In Cairo and Ismailia riots flared as anti British mobs clashed with troops. British fire left eight Egyptians dead and 74 wounded. at least 104 injured overall. Ismailia, Port Said, and Alexandria saw major unrest with hundreds arrested. Egypt dispatched 700 policemen to Ismailia to restore order.
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