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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1951
Page
1
Allied Truce Team Breaks Off Talks at Kaesong
Gen Ridgway announced after a six hour session that the U N truce team would stay in its lines until the Communists provide a satisfactory explanation for troops sighted near Kaesong. He cited flagrant violations of the July 14 pledge to keep a five mile radius clear of troops and promised resumed talks only with assurance of non recurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
Ridgeway
Ridgway
U. N
Armed Services Radio
Peng Tei-huai
Kim Il Sung
Adm
C. ‘Turner Joy
Cen
Reds
Associated Press
Walker Jury Stands 11-1 in Murder Trial
Riverside August 4 AP The foreman of the jury trying Air Force Sgt. Lawrence J. Walker on murder charges reported the panel stood 11 to 1 in favor of one verdict since the first ballot. Judge Waite urged fair discussion and noted the case could demand reasonable minds agree. The jury, comprised of women and one man including a Negro juror, deliberated after requesting autopsy evidence and a transcript. Walker, from Newark New Jersey, is a supplying sergeant at March Air Force Base charged with two counts of murder plus kidnapping assault with deadly weapon and rape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Air Force
Lawrence J. Walker
Richard] Cook
Russell S. Waite
Grace Long
Walte
Waite
Newark
N. 1
March Air Force] Base
Two Navy Pilots Rescued At Sea After 30 Hours
London reports two United States Navy pilots Lt. John H. McConnell and Ens. Oliver N. Neeson ditched in the Mediterranean from fuel exhaustion and were rescued after 30 hours in rubber dinghies. They belonged to the carrier Coral Sea with the Sixth Fleet. search involved more than 320 planes and 1,100 hours of flight time. Rescuer was Lt. Gene R. Lewis of Whittier, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States Navy
Mediterranean
Navy
John H. McConnell
Camp Hill
Ens
Oliver N. Neeson
Brockton
Mass
U. S
Coral Sea
U. S. Sixth Fleet
Cloudburst Flood Strikes Salt Lake City Area
Rain and flood conditions hit Salt Lake City as a cloudburst lashed the region. Police reported near record aid requests with residents seeking help from flood services and emergency responders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Sat
Buena Park protest trial canceled amid uproar in town
A mass meeting planned in Buena Park to protest a mistrial was called off after a loudspeaker message urged attendance. Henry Ford McCracken faces retrial on a murder charge tied to Patty Jean, with officials open to public hearings as a committee of 12 seeks a fair trial and possible new proceedings next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Park
Henry Ford McCracken
Etter
Patty
Jean
Afat- Jentil
Orange County
Monora
James Davis
James Musick
Patty Jean
McCracken
Air Liner Missing With Seven Aboard Near Vancouver Island
A Norseman seaplane operated by Queen Charlotte Airlines carrying pilot Captain Ted Williams and six passengers disappeared off the west coast of Vancouver Island between Muchalat Arm and Tofino. Five QCA planes joined the search and an RCAF rescue plane patrolled the area overnight seeking signals. Names of passengers were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Queen Charlotte Airlines
Vancouversland
QCA
Norseman
Muchalat Arm
Tofino
Royal Canadian Air Force
EB. C
Ted
Williams
Fehallos
B.C
Rescue Plane Flies Wounded Seaman to Diego
A 21 year old Navy apprentice seaman Joseph Davis Jr of Baltimore Md was being flown to San Diego from Mexican waters last night by the Coast Guard with a doctor aboard after being wounded Friday by a 20 mm shell explosion aboard the SS Marias. The first flying boat damaged its tail assembly during a landing near Clarion Island. A second plane was sent. the crew aided repairs and treated the wounded man before both planes returned to San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Coast Guard
Joseph Davis Jr
Baltimore
Marias
Clarion Island
Caddy Dies After Being Struck by Driven Golf Ball
San Mateo report of a fatal golf accident details 14 year old George Fuller Jr son of a United Airlines foreman at San Francisco Airport who was struck in the forehead by a driven ball yesterday. Anthony Cancille of San Francisco carried him to a hospital and was treated for shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Mateo
George Fuller Jr
United Airlines
San Francisco
Anthony Cancille
Intercollegiate Football Suspension at US Military Academy Proposal
Highlights from the teletype outline major items including a proposed suspension of intercollegiate football at the United States Military Academy, with further note on political feuds in Tennessee and looming 1952 campaigns. Obituaries are on Page C-10 and forums on Page A-20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military Academy
Ian
Fulbright
Othee
Tennessee
Army Engineers Join Desert Hunt for Port
Army engineers joined mounted posse men in fanning out over the desert today to search for a Pasadena couple whose abandoned plane was found earlier this week. Sheriff Jim Washus directed the search saying a miracle could happen, but he held little hope they would be found alive. Klaus W. Martens, 28, and nurse June Walker, 26, former Malverne N Y, vanished on a flight from Los Angeles to Blythe Calif on July 15. Their undamaged plane, nearly out of gas, was found miles southeast of Yuma Ariz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Ariz
Pasadena
Calif
Jim Washus
Klaus W. Martens
June Walker
Malverne
N. Y
World Assembly of Youth Opens Today at Cornell Campus
Delegates and observers from 36 non Communist nations gather at Cornell University to open the World Assembly of Youth triennial general meeting. The program includes discussions and workshops centered on Youth and Human Rights led by well known international figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uhagca
N. Y
Cornell University
World Assembly of Youth
Jana Tails
East German Youths Rally Threaten Berlin Blockade
East Berlin bands of blue shirted Communists threaten to storm West Berlin in retaliation for westbound export restrictions. A peace rally opens with hundreds of thousands of youths marching, while Western riot squads guard streets and about 500000 youths are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
Berliner, Zeitung
East Berlin
East Pechin
West Berin
Walter Ulbricht Stadium
Tongay Babies May Try Channel Today
Tongay water babies hope to board a yacht for a fishing trip that may become an attempt to swim the channel. Russell Tongay of Miami, father of Bubba 5 and Kathy 4, announced plans to sail from Dieppe in the English Channel, with varying statements about his schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LE Trefury
France
Arged
Tongay
Russell Tongay
Miami
Fla
Bubba
Kathy
Dieppe
Gem Hijacking Nets $50,000 in Buena Park
A Diamond broker from Los Angeles says two men forced his car off Manchester Boulevard near Orange Thorpe to steal a sample case containing diamonds worth $50,000. A second case with over $100,000 in stones was left behind. The suspects, one unmasked, fled in a sedan after a brief confrontation. A 1950 model car was used as the get-away. Local deputies investigated and collected weapon details but could not obtain the plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Park
Manchester Blvd
Orangethorpe Blvd
Nathaniel Corday
Los Angeles
Orange County
Corday
San Diego
Don EnEarl
Clarence Double
Jesse Buckles
Mobilizer backs 40 hour week with overtime pay policy
AP report cites Mobilization Director Charles E. Wilson urging continued 40 hour weeks with time and a half for overtime to boost morale and defense output. He warns dropping premium pay could disrupt wage stabilization and provoke union pressure for higher base rates. eight to forty hours deemed efficient for production with limited exceptions. Wilson’s stance is supported by Interagency and Labor-Management Manpower Policy committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
General Electric Corporation
Defense Mobilization
Interagency Manpower Policy Committee
Labor-Management Manpower Policy Committee
Kentucky Voters Favor Governor In Early Returns
Kentuckys primary returns show Gov Lawrence Wetherby leading Democrat rival by about 39 000 votes with 2063 of 4123 precincts counted. Republican contest remains unsettled as Eugene Siler and W Howes Meade lead with about 2035 precincts reporting. Mrs Joseph Murphy seeks a State House seat in a rough race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Lawrence Wetherby
Kentucky
Wetherby
Howell Ww. Vincent
Jesse Cecil
Eugene Siler
W. Howes Meade
Siler
Washington
Trankfort
Court of Appeals
Joseph. Murphy
Stanford
House of Representatives
Atlantic City
Venus Ramey
Robeson Jr Denied Passport to Berlin
York reports Paul Robeson Jr son of the Negro singer was denied a passport and could not attend the Communist sponsored World Youth Festival in Berlin He quoted Mrs HB Shipley head of the State Department passport division saying his present activities were considered adverse to U S interests and travel abroad would be against national interests
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Paul Robeson Jr
Apple
Berlin
HB. Shipley
State Department
United States
Purse Recovered by Honest Finder After Theft Claim
Miss Hale reported losing a purse containing 120 dollars during a Long Beach police interview near Golden Avenue. Officer Sperry recovered the purse moments later from Catherine Billings who had found it and turned it in. The contents were intact and Hale noted the finder’s name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crminals
Criminal’ Récords Division
Los-Angeles
Long Beach
Rooney
Re, Sperry
Catherine Billings
Miss Hale
Truman to visit Margaret Truman in weekend stay
President Truman remained at Blair House this weekend to visit his daughter Margaret who had recently returned from a European trip. Margaret has spent the past two weeks at Independence and at the White House Blair House vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Blair House
Margaret
Independence
Allied forces push three miles near Yonchon in Korea
Allied troops attacked along a western front west of Yonchon, gaining up to three miles as they pressed the line for a fourth straight day. Chinese forces rallied in rugged hills near the Imjin River as warplanes hammered Red supply lines and targets from air and rail yards, despite cloudy skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
Yonchon
Yorichon
Parallel 38
al' Hillery
Pate
Hnes
Chinampo
Hwangju
Pyongyang
Kwon
Ban Lifted on Japan Trips by GI Families
Tokyo reports the Far East command lifts the 1950 travel ban on dependents of U S soldiers and occupation personnel. Limited numbers may travel in November, based on housing and shipping conditions. Priority given to longest separations from families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo
Two Die As Boat Sinks In Gold Cup Race
In Seattle on August 4 two men died when the speedboat Quicksilver of Portland sank during the final heat of the Gold Cup race. Orth Mathiot, owner and driver, and Tom Whitaker, his mechanic, were lost as the vessel made a wide turn and vanished in a spray. Coast Guard later recovered Mathiot’s body. wreckage and life gear were found at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Quicksilver
Portland
Orth Mathiot
Tom Whittaker
Coast Guard
Mathiot
Mathiot's By Nearly Two Hours Later. E Quicksilver
Bodies of Seven Colorado Flood Victims Recovered
Fort Collins reports flash floods along Hocky Bote Canyon cause heavy damage in northern Colorado. Seven people drown including four from a Denver family. Beverly Johnson, 15, is among the recovered bodies. Victims identified include George Fost, 40, and Annabelle Fost, with two more bodies found downstream. Damages to bridges and college equipment rise as highways remain blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Collins
Colo
Colorado
Denver
Familly
Dotta
Buckhorn ‘Creek
Harold Johnson
Beverly
Mable
Walevue
George Fost
Fost
Annabelle
Ae Bien Agatele
Fost Cols
Inin
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Allied
Joy
Gen. Ridgway
Fie
P & T Adventurer
Tullahoma
By Robert Geivet
Air Liner
Diego
Spon
Belmont Pier
Bixby Park
Southlend
Sparte
Army
Desert Hunt
Mobilizer
White House
Eis We Blair
House
Potomac
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