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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1951
Page
8
Well informed diplomatic circles here say they expect the U S ambassador to The Netherlands Setden Chapin to be replaced and indicate that Mrs Perle Mesta minister to Luxembourg may be appointed as ambassador to The Netherlands.
In Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital a paralyzed polio survivor, Richard Pierce, 28, spends weekly hours assembling a racing car engine in his room with his brother guiding him. Fellow patient Gene Roehling, 39, and others at Lincoln Park Chess and Checker Club cope by reading, breathing with auxiliary muscles, and sharing stories as they face life in iron lungs.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance bulletin notes that a man now has an 88 in 100 chance to survive from age 23 to 52, up from 74 in 100 in 1960, reflecting longer life expectancy during the years from marriage to the last child leaving the home.
R Edwin A Cottrell, a nationally known city government expert and former Stanford dean, will speak at the YWCA next Friday at 7 30 P M. The event is sponsored by Civic League and other groups as part of discussion on a proposed new city charter amid financial crisis from a California Supreme Court decision. Invitations go to the mayor, council, Harbor Commission officials, candidates, and civic groups. all interested citizens are urged to attend.
Cpl John Keith Waller of the British Army, who deserted to East Germany and then returned, was ordered placed on trial as a deserter. British authorities set a court-martial for Monday at troop headquarters in West Berlin. Waller left his post May 26, 1950 and returned this week, represented in East Berlin with U S Army deserter Robert Natskakula of Pittsburgh as a fighter for peace.
Melbourne march 31 Australia cuts regular army minimum enlistment age from 18 to 17 announced by Army Minister Josiah Francis. The move aims to expand recruiting and bolster forces during Easter period.
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