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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1950
Page
2
A quirky classified notice invites buyers sellers and job seekers to contact via Breas Thegram for trades hires and sharing personal stories. Call 65 086 to follow suit and join the listings.
Enid Oklahoma July 15 J 3 Buzzy Brashman fell eighty seven feet from an oil well derrick today but was caught just before hitting the ground by co worker Shorty Matlack. Brashman suffered a broken limb and a fractured nose while Matlack has a sprained shoulder and other possible injuries.
Washington reports plan to expand and speed up Western defense. U S and 11 European partners aim to raise arms shipments above the 1 billion program, double targets, and push production across allied nations. Officials say European rearmament and supply lines are being tightened amid Korea pressures.
Pensioners on any pension are invited to join the Pridham Davis Optometrists plan at 262 Pine Avenue Long Beach. Special payments cover all types of glasses with courteous service and tailored fits. Phone TS149 for details.
A dog won a new automobile at the Niagara Falls Ontario carnival. The winning ticket was drawn during the event, carried by a Niagara Falls resident, Secord, a year-old dog.
Far East Air Forces commander Lt Gen. George E. Stratemeyer praised the F-80 Shooting Star in a statement from TOKO on July 15. He credited the jets with accounting for about 85 percent of North Korean vehicle and materiel losses and flying roughly 70 percent of combat sorties.
In Beulah Mississippi a 7 year old girl Marybelle Long died after a bicycle collision with a truck that struck her and her 12 year old brother, Fred. A dying description helped police identify the truck later linked to Dor Matthews, 42, who admitted the hit and run saying he was drunk and scared.
United States and Australian pilots swarmed over the Kum River near Taejon fighting to hold the line. Mustangs and Shooting Stars bombed and strafed North Korean troops, destroying tanks and barges, with airfield shelling and river fording continuing under heavy artillery fire.
SACRAMENTO July 15 The California Supervisors Association denied seeking to cut pensions and accused Pension Promoter George McLain of trying to frighten recipients into contributing. David W. Bird of San Diego presented a letter from McLain’s Institute of Social Welfare claiming the Weybret committee and county supervisors would cut old age pensions to 65 and take 10 from the needy blind in January. Bird said the association never sought to reduce payments to the aged and would not in the future. He added the home of the association was used to frighten recipients into contributing to a pension promoter scheme.
A shipment of 6000 emeralds from the Colombian government arrived in Chicago under heavy guard and will be shown at the International Trade Fair next month. The gems range from pea size to baseball size, with gold found alongside them in ancient ruins, as stated by Maria Bermudez who traveled from Bogota.
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