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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1954
Page
6
An ad promotes PASTEETE powder to sprinkle on dental plates to stop teeth from sliding or slipping. It claims to hold teeth firmly without side movement or a pasty taste. It also says it neutralizes plate odor and sour taste and can be found at drug counters.
Seoul police say two South Koreans were killed by explosions while collecting driftwood this week. Investigators consider whether booby traps set by Communists in North Korea were responsible and whether the explosives were deliberately attached to driftwood.
The army announced that two infantry divisions the 251st and 2nd will be withdrawn from Korea but not as units with plans to reduce manpower in the 2nd and 25th Divisions. The 2nd will move to the United States with some personnel returning to Hawaii. The 25th is to be reorganized as a smaller escort unit.
Readers can win $10,000 top prize or one of 10 140 prizes by guessing the six August Reader's Digest articles readers will like. Free entry blanks available at news dealers or with the August issue. Entries must be postmarked by midnight August 25.
Paris ordered authorities to pursue James O. Ben Youssef, a prisoner linked to a murder and nationalist violence. North African police detained the fugitive in Casablanca after a photo show and roominghouse tip. French troops and local police held him for questioning as part of a cross borders probe.
Historical notes say two divisions pulled from Korea may be stationed at Okinawa with no clear destination for the other. The 25th and 2nd Divisions served deep into the Korean War, the 25th rushing from Japan to the Pusan perimeter and the 2nd repelling three Chinese offensives as U.S. forces halted the May 1951 Red drive.
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