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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1951
Page
1
Allied leaders warn that truce talks may resume or break. Gen. James A. Van Fleet says UN forces can whip the enemy in the present battle area as Reds face hunger and shortages ahead of winter. In Tokyo officials study a harsh Communist note to Ridgway noting Kaesong bombing as a pretext for adjournment.
Aug 24 Tampa Florida A flaming engine dropped from a B 29 during a training flight from MacDill Air Force Base. The 2500 pound engine fell from about 1500 feet as First Lt. Paul X. Greenwade of Farmersville Texas guided a safe emergency landing. The left onboard engine burst into flames. the crew of ten remained aboard as they returned.
In Louisburg North Carolina on August 24 seven elephants fled a circus parade when a small dog attacked. The stampede lasted three hours as riders were dumped, animals chased through fields, and a rider narrowly saved by an Indian trainer. Police and circus staff corralled the herd near Sycamore Creek after a long pursuit.
Washington reports July price index for moderate income families rose to 85.5 percent of the 1935-39 average, up 0.2 point since mid June. Food and rent led increases, while clothing fell 0.3 percent. The Bureau presents both old and new index figures after method changes.
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Metz France August 24 UP Basel Calais express rammed into a Frankfurt Paris train near Metz Ten killed including two Americans and about 40 injured many US soldiers among them Alphonse MacLaughlin Durham NC and Everett J Whalen Norwich CT Injured Americans sent to hospital as Basel bound train rear ended the Frankfurt bound train at Sanny sur Nied station about 10 miles from Metz The engineer halted the express after a safety signal was ignored by the Basel Calais train
CHICAGO Aug 24 A family of six died in a head on collision between a truck and an auto south of Chicago Police named the victims as Robert D Bowers 45 his wife Irene 40 and their four children Judith 10 Alice 8 Ruth 6 and James 4 The truck driver Russell Barees 27 of Milwaukee Wis was unhurt
Senate finance committee chairman said final action on a personal income tax hike could slip to after Oct. 1. He noted two MIGs were shot down near North Korea as U S Sabrejets attacked 40 Red MIGs, with the effort aiming to boost withholding rates and ease taxpayer burden. timing remains uncertain as lawmakers revise tables showing impact at various income levels.
Aug 24 Mexico City reports flood from a bursting 60 foot dam at Cardenas 150 miles north killed dozens and left 23 missing. The disaster followed a killer hurricane sweeping Jamaica and the Gulf coast. 27 bodies recovered in town near the dam while searchers comb cornfields and rail workers' homes for victims.
Burglars stole about 3000 pounds of meat including beef pork ham lamb and chicken from a market in Los Angeles. They also took a deep freezer and a grinder used to process meat for hamburger. Owner Joseph Spieler reported the loss and noted the missing freezer and grinder.
Severely clear today and tonight with morning low clouds. Tomorrow will be clear this afternoon with a high near 81. Variable winds.
A United Airlines DC-6B crashed into a hill near Oakland, killing all aboard. Fifty people died as wreckage and bodies scatter a 200 yard radius in a ravine after the nonstop Chicago to Oakland flight stopped at Hartford and Cleveland. Pilot Marion W Hedden reported a routine check minutes before the impact.
The Coast Guard reports receiving an SOS from the 3,688-ton Spanish freighter Castillo Guadalrest about 600 miles northeast of Bermuda. Radio contact with the stricken ship has failed. two merchant ships nearby, City of Agra and Emanuele V Parodi, speed toward the vessel.
The United States rejected a renewed Czech demand to curb broadcasts of Radio Free Europe into Czechoslovakia. The note said the U S remains committed to freedom of information and dismissed claims of espionage or incitement. Prague protested July 21 and the note defended American broadcasting as legitimate.
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