25 Aug 1954
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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1954
Page
1
Rio de Janeiro reports widespread rioting directed at U S interests as Vargas body is flown to southern Brazil for burial. One killed and many injured as half a million gather at the airport to bid farewell, while troops patrol streets and a riot car is set ablaze.
An unnamed authoritative source in Tokyo said the United States would back the 7th Fleet with all available military strength if Communist China attacked Formosa. He warned any strike would invite a terrible beating and that allied forces in position could assist the fleet, including American planes in the Western Pacific.
In Wichita Kansas Mrs Bur a 26 year old wife on Pine Avenue reportedly gave birth to quadruplets Tuesday. A boy weighing 3 pounds 34 ounces and a girl weighing 3 pounds 1 ounce survived, both placed in incubators in McConnell Air Force Base hospital where the mother was also listed in good condition. The father listed as an airman. The other two infants reportedly did not survive.
A reader quote about Powell at 2800 Canal Ave describes an attempt to let Daryl drive around the block to pick him up after a parking space was found. The fragment hints at a casual decision amid an unclear event.
A 1-year-old American man named David Samuel Rollins appeared in Enschede, Holland, raving and bearing a tattoo reading So befalls all U. S. fire murderers and Bengsler pilots. He claimed to be a West Point graduate who flew with the U. S. 36th Bomb Group and was prisoner at Stalag 37, though officials doubt his tale. He has been in Roman Catholic Hospital since July 29, with police puzzled by his identity and origins.
In Cleveland CIO official Raymond G Weihrauch 36 chief steward for the CIO United Auto Workers at Irom Fireman Co. was beaten to death during a street fight near his home Tuesday night. Police seek the assailant after a witness provided part of a license plate.
In Hartford City Indiana a car crash left a tree struck and a girl of six at the wheel. Mrs Pearl May Coulter and Mrs Clara Bisel face public intoxication charges and Coulter is charged with permitting an unlicensed driver to operate her car. Judy the child driver spoke of losing her dog as officers investigated.
The forecast notes night and morning low clouds with hazy after noon sunshine through Thursday. The pattern suggests gradual clearing by afternoon with light winds and mild temperatures across the period.
Rabbi Jacob Pressman recounted a kidnapping at gunpoint in Beverly Hills. A man in an Army uniform coerced him to drive to a bank, cash a 420 dollar check, and hand over the money, then fled after expressing dire desperation and threatening the rabbi and his family. The rabbi and officers described the incident and the suspect’s demand for 35000 dollars, with the rabbi noting the attacker apologized after the money was handed over.
Harley H. Kelly a 20 year city employee and chief auditor at the Municipal Auditorium since 1942 was dismissed effective Friday amid irregularities and discrepancies in handling auditorium funds. Assistant City Manager J R McHenry announced the discharge as city officials including M Vickers and Mansell pursue a broader accounting review and investigation by Warren Heistand and John Webb. The civil service board will hear Kelly’s appeal rights.
In Washington the top Pacific commander suggested Russia may be developing an atomic submarine. Pentagon officials note long standing warnings about Soviet naval strength and say Moscow has pursued atomic power for vessels for years, while the United States has built superior submarines.
West German track figure Erich Kruzycki defected to East Germany amid an expense dispute, according to East German press. The former 10 900 meter champion, born in Danzig and aged 43, had previously received West Germany's top sports award from President Theodor Heuss and won the 1952 Sao Paulo long distance event.
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Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer told a Senate subcommittee in Orlando that political interference and policy limits kept U S forces from winning the Korean War He blamed State Department and youth groups for obstructing the effort and said air and ground forces were constrained by higher decisions He argued the war was lost in part due to the Marshall Mission and joint chiefs actions and condemned Communist leadership as destroyers of allied efforts.
In Astor England Valerie Coats told her children a new baby was coming. Five-year-old Kell and Martine returned with a pram claiming a sister, but delivered a five-month-old Nicolas Kealy instead. Police recovered the infant and questioned the children. In Germiston police report a native baby found by a family dog Rover was left at the garden. The baby is in Germiston Hospital and believed to be abandoned.
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