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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1951
Page
2
The Defense Department released list No. 355 identifying 64 additional Korean War casualties. The report details 10 killed, 18 wounded, 21 missing in action, 1 prisoner of war and 14 injured in battle zone accidents.
King Leopold of Belgium abdicated after 17 unhappy years, urging Belgians to rally around his elder son Baudouin I who takes the throne. Leopold signed the abdication in the royal palace as Baudouin prepared to take the oath, with the cabinet holding power in the interim.
Phoenix July report states two Civil Air Patrol fliers were killed while searching for two missing men who disappeared June 20 on a flight from Tucson to Abilene. The accident occurred during ongoing rescue efforts. Local authorities released scant details.
The United States orders two Hungarian diplomats withdrawn in retaliation after Hungary expelled two Americans. Lajos Nagy and Peter Varkonyi are declared persona non grata, with Emil Weil named to replace Horvath as minister. Washington notes a pattern of retaliation with iron curtain states.
The twisted wreckage of a missing plane and the bodies of Dale and Carl Sexton of Tucson were found. The search ended with the deaths of two men later identified as Ernest W. Schmidt of Glendale, Arizona, and Roscor I. Wilson of Tucson. The crash occurred at Bowie Airport.
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