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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1952

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Allies and Reds see-saw in bulge fight near Korangpo

In the Sasi Bulge battle four miles west of Korangpo and six miles northeast of Panmunjom, UN infantry won a ground objective after a brief clash but lost it to a counterattack. The exchange featured tanks, self propelled guns, heavy artillery, and at least one Allied air strike as U.N. forces pressed to straighten the forward line.

Seoul Korea United Nations Sasi Bulge U. S. Eighth Army U.N Korangpo Lasi Bulge Korangpe Panmunjom U.S Eighth Army

Rescue Ends Strange Case at Salt Lake

Ricky Hendricksen, 14, freed after 79 days of captivity and torture by bank robber John D. Billett, 24, who admitted kidnapping the boy while robbing a Salt Lake City bank of 20915 dollars. Billett led police to the boy after questioning about the robbery. the boy, though outwardly well, was chained to a bed in a shabby home. The mother hailed the release and the reunion with his parents as a Christmas moment. The suspect also claimed to be a special cop and lured the boy to a motel and later a drug-store area residence.

Ricky Henderson Salt Lake City Utah John D. Billett Billett Ben Lingenfelter Ricky Irene Ricky Hendricksen Hendricker S. R. Hendrickson Iofs Anderson Hendrickson Int

Stassen Announces Independent Bid Ahead of Wisconsin Primary

Milwaukee January 8 Harolds E Stassen declares his Republican presidential campaign will run on its own with a full 30 delegate slate for the Wisconsin primary on April 1 He expects a Taft Stassen contest and says Eisenhowers draft support clears the air but his bid remains unaffiliated with a shadow campaign for the General He aims to finish the slate by January 17 and stresses a sole Stassen platform and program.

Milwaukee Harold E. Stassen Gen Eisenhower Stassen Gen. Eisenhower Minnesota Wisconsin Hisenhower Sen

Vanish on Trip to Hospital Girl Feared Kidnap Victim

A 13 year old girl Edith Hickman vanished after riding away in a new convertible with Richard D. Davis alias William Pinkerton 32 who paid with a bogus check. Police call it possible kidnapping as they search Livonia and nearby areas for the pair and Davis clothes and some of Ediths clothes are missing. Edith is among eight children. her father is hospitalized.

Detroit Jan Edith Hickman Richard D. Davis George E. Harmon Livonia Davis William Pinkerton Edith Theirl Price Goulder Hickman

Truman Address on Air TV and Radio Here

President Truman's address to Congress will be broadcast in the area on television and radio. Television stations KNBH KECA will air from Congress at 9 15 tomorrow morning while KNXT telecasts at 9 30. Radio stations KFI KECA and KNX will broadcast the address at 9 30 a m.

Truman Congress KNBH KECA KNXT KFI KNX

57 Miles From Port as Flying Enterprise Nears Fel mouth

Heavy seas halt progress of the Flying Enterprise toward harbor as tug Turmail battles wind and swells. Capt Kurt Carlsen's vessel remains 57 miles southwest of Felmouth, 27 miles south of the Seilly islands, with arrival expected mid day tomorrow if conditions hold.

Safe Harbor Turmail Falmouth Enterprise Kurt Carlson Cornish Felmouth Seilly Islands Hammer Enterprisé England British Isles Woodbridge N. J Martin Carlsen Denmark London Carlsen

Truman and Churchill Review Middle East Tensions

In Washington on January 3, President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill discussed Middle East affairs. Topics included Egypt and Iran, the formation of a Middle East command, and British relations with Communist China. General Omar Bradley attended to brief on Far East matters and regional instability.

Washington Truman Churchill Egypt Omar N. Bradley U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Middle East White House Bradley Burton Y. Berry

Sharp quake felt in San Diego area

A small intensity earthquake tremor was reported in the San Diego area last night at 10:35 p.m. There were no damages. Seismologist Fred Robinson noted the quake appeared centered near San Diego and could not determine the epicenter direction.

San Diego U. A Fred Robinson

Seek Mac State in Every State

AshlandWis Jan Macarthur state in every state goal of a national organization boosting Gen Douglas Macarthur for President John B Chappel Ashland newspaper editor and president of Fighters for MacArthur said We who support MacArthur are determined to give every American the opportunity to express himself on the question The action was planned while the Eisenhower Taft Warren and Stassen forces dangle around trying to figure out which states to enter

Ashland Wis Macarthur Douglas Macarthur John B. Chappel Fighters For Eisenhower Taft Warren Stassen

U N Backed Plan Voted Amid Korean Truce Talks

United Nations political committee approved 51 to 5 a plan enabling regional forces to fight aggression, with the Soviet bloc opposing. India, Indonesia and Argentina abstained. The panel adjourned without voting on a Russian bid to bring Korean truce talks to a Security Council session. Britain and France pressed charges against Andrei Vishinsky for stalling talks.

Stanley Johnson Paris United Nations Political Committee U. N North Atlantic Treaty Organization India Indonesia Argentina Security Council Britain France Andrei Y. Vishinsky

Price rise allowed for single bottle soft drinks

The government authorized soft-drink retailers to raise prices by one cent per bottle on single bottle sales if costs increased by half a cent per bottle. For multi-bottle sales, increases are half a cent per bottle with any fraction rounded up. Manufacturers may also reduce bottle sizes. Previously the limit was 16 cents per case for 12 ounce bottles.

Washington, Jaen, & LP Office of Price Stabilization

Blasts Ruin Two Spitzbergen Mines in One Day

Two explosions hit Spitzbergen coal mines an 11 hour apart on January 8, killing 15 workers and wounding several more. The Store Norske coal mine suffered six dead and three injured, while the Kings Bay mine north of the first site reported nine dead and three injured. District Governor Hakon Balstad said sabotage was unlikely but not to be ruled out.

Oslo Norway Arctic Spitzbergen Islands Store Norske Sportzbergen Spitzsbergen Kings Bay Cosal Hakon Balstad Spitzbergen

Full Page Index References By Section

The notice lists where to find various sections in the newspaper such as Eagle Bridge Classified Ads Comics Editorial Financial Obituaries Radio and Television Shipping Sports Theaters Tides Temperatures and Women’s Activities with page numbers for each item and edition.

Eagle

Copter Rotor Deicer Passes Rigorous Tests

Bell Aircraft Corp reports the first successful helicopter rotor blade deicing system. The rubber boot design, with embedded heating wires, covers about a third of each rotor blade and withstood fifty tests in NH at Naval Air Material Center facilities on Mt. Washington last November and December without a failure.

Buffalo N. Y Bell Aircraft Corp Naval Air Material Center Laboratories Mt. Washington New Hampshire

Revised POW Plan Rejected by Communists in Korea

At Panmunjom on January 8 the UN proposed anew prisoner exchange plan to satisfy Communist objections. Reds called it unacceptable though negotiators in subcommittees were unusually cordial. The plan outlines a staged exchange starting with U N prisoners for Communist ones, then Allied civilians for Communist prisoners, then South Korean displaced persons for Communist prisoners, with written assurances of automatic release for remaining Communist prisoners. North Korea’s Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho deemed the revised plan unacceptable.

Panmunjom Korea United Nations Russia Paris Security Council Adm R. E. Libby U. N

Weather Outlook: Clearing Tonight and Tomorrow

Continued clearing tonight and tomorrow with colder temperatures. West to northwest winds 12 to 20 miles per hour tonight and tomorrow.

Election-Year Session Awaits Truman Talk

Congress reconvened for an election year session amid controversy on defense spending universal military training economic controls and foreign aid. The 82nd Congress opened with 70 senators present and about half the House in attendance as speakers called the session to order.

Washington, Jan Congress Senate House Barkley Rayburn Texas

Walkout Halts Work at Savannah River H Plant

A walkout at the Savannah River H bomb plant in Aiken South Carolina brought work to a near standstill officials said. Between 124000 and 16000 workers walked out with 800 operators and 4500 drivers remaining out and the plant now employs about 18000 to 19000. H E Miller Sr of the International Union of Operating Engineers cited grievances over overtime favoritism and transportation as causes.

Aiken S. C Me & Labor Union Savannah River DuPont Company H. E. Miller Sr Southeastern International Union of Operating Engineers

FBI breaks international luxury car theft rings report

The FBI announced the arrest of eight people in a nationwide luxury car theft ring sweep. Seven detained in New York and one in Hoboken, New Jersey, with 94 cars involved and 66 recovered. The rings specialized in deluxe Cadillacs and forged documents for license plates and shipping papers.

Washington FBI New York Hoboken N. J J. Edgar Hoover Cana Mexico Venezuela New York City Hoover

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