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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 11, 1957

Page

5

Need Leader With Nerve, Truman Says

President Truman urged a courageous national leader to outdistance the Soviet satellite program. He spoke in Columbus during a stopover en route to a Veterans Day address in Walh, West Virginia, reflecting on the atomic bomb development and recalling President Roosevelt.

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Veteran's Day Reflection Highlights Heroic Marine Valor

A veteran's day reminiscence recalls Marines in Korea during the autumn offensive of 1952. Joe Vittori and Al Gomez, among others, act with courage as they defend a hill. Vittori falls after saving comrades. The piece honors fallen soldiers and their bravery in battle.

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Cold Wave Sweeps Great Lakes to Florida

Powerful cold snap and heavy snow batter the Great Lakes and Northeast, dipping temperatures to the teens and single digits from Indiana to Maine. Record lows spread across cities including Indianapolis, Louisville, and International Falls as snow piles up up to eight inches in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and northern regions amid strong winds. Deaths linked to weather are reported nationwide in the northern third of the country.

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Labor Leader Backs Knight in Senate Bid

Labor chieftain DeSilva of the 24,000 member Retail Clerks union says labor will back Gov. Goowin Knight for the Senate and Atty. Gen. Enna G. Brown for governor. He cites Knight as a liberal ally and Brown as a strong pairing, despite Knight being a Republican and Brown a Democrat.

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Springfield Bridge Collapse Shuts Downtown

A 90-foot steel truss bridge in Springfield Ohio collapsed Sunday dropping through telephone lines into Buck Creek. The 70-year-old structure, heavily used by downtown traffic, fell with no injuries reported. Officials blamed the sudden failure on unknown causes affecting the downtown area.

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Salt Lake barge damages trestle disrupting rail traffic

A barge assisting in the Great Salt Lake causeway project rammed the Southern Pacific trestle Saturday night, knocking out about 60 feet of structure and halting rail traffic. An earlier study had deemed the bridge structurally sound.

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