16 Jul 1953
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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1953
Page
1
Blond Myrna Hansen, an 18 year old from Chicago, won Miss U. S. A. in the Miss Universe pageant and faced cameras as she accepted the crown. Judging of foreign contestants continues at Municipal Auditorium with Miss Hansen also receiving a $2500 watch, a Hillman Minx, and a motion picture prize.
United Nations Command gave the Communists 48 hours to reply to a new proposal designed to advance a Korea armistice. A messenger delivered the message from Allied Supreme Headquarters to Lt. Gen. Kam K. Harris on Thursday. A 48 hour recess was set to study the plan and Rhee’s pledge to honor the armistice, with the next talks due Saturday at 2 p.m. Long Beach time. Harrison had walked out of the previous session.
Myrna Rae Hansen Miss Illinois rejects claims a film bit helped her Miss United States win. She recalls one line in All American and notes Universal-International’s role as pageant sponsor. She earned the single line after winning Miss Photo Flash. Continued on Page A-3.
A navigational listing notes where to find content across sections such as Beach Combing on Page B-1, Boyle on A-21, Bridge on A-21, and other features including Comics on B-8, Editorial on A-20, Obituaries on 8-2, and Theaters on B-7. It also directs to Tides Temperatures on B-10 and Women sections on 8-4 and B-5, with Your World on A-2.
A young Texas woman, 26 year old Mattie Gunn of Longview, was severely bitten in knee depth surf at Jung Beach by a fish, likely a barracuda. Surgeons at St. Mary's Hospital performed a three hour operation to save her left leg, which was nearly severed between ankle and knee.
In Birmingham a 50 year old man died after tumbling from an operating table during a lung cancer operation. Coroner heard doctors and a nurse briefly turned away after the belt was unfastened. Verdict recorded as accidental death.
Seoul according to AP reports South Korean infantrymen ordered to stay and fight held at Kumhwa as 17,000 Chinese Red assault forces pressed along a 20 mile front. Chinese divisions surged toward Kumhwa from the west while South Korean divisions counterattacked near the Kumsong River, trapping many enemy units in rapid flux. Col William Spicer noted the attacking force surged on Sniper Ridge and other approaches.
At least 300 Americans of an overrun artillery battalion were killed or captured Tuesday during the great Chinese Red surge southwest of Kumsong. The battalion supported the Republic of Korea Capitol Division as 1000 Chinese swarmed 105 mm howitzers, leaving only five to be pulled out. Captain Guy A. Giampa cited 3000 yard firing and rapid Chinese advance, describing desperate hand to hand combat amid wrecked tubes and mangled breeches.
Conditions show lingering fog or low clouds from late night to early morning with minimal temperature change. Winds stay light as patchy visibility affects travel. Local authorities urge caution for drivers and pedestrians during dawn and pre-dawn hours.
A mass of cool air from the ocean brought clouds and a forecast of cloudy night and Friday morning with clearer afternoons. Temperatures held below the mid 90s, downtown hit 85, Long Beach Airport 91, and 50 000 people visited the strand as lifeguards rescued 35 due to strong tide rips. Jellyfish plague continues along the beaches inviting caution.
Moscow announced a third Communist shake up in two days as Timofiy A. Strokach was named interior minister of Ukraine while East Germany ousted Justice Minister Max Fechner for crimes against the republic. Hilde Benjamin was named successor, signaling harsher internal security actions after Beria's purge.
Florence Forsberg, a Canadian stage and film hopeful, is found dead in her West Side apartment after a man identified as Lester Johnson shoots himself nearby. Authorities say a note and blood-stained knives point to a domestic tragedy amid Forsberg's Broadway ties to Wonderful Town and the My Sister Eileen cast, with liquor and distress cited as possible factors.
A mid footing steel radio relay tower on East River pilings toppled onto the Queens shore near a playground with 200 children nearby. Five people in cars or on foot were injured, none seriously, and a power line was torn down causing a blackout for about an hour. The 733 ton tower, erected three weeks earlier by WL8, failed and the cause was not determined.
A House Appropriations Subcommittee reported a 1.1 billion dollar cut in President Eisenhower’s foreign aid request, slicing 800 million from military assistance and about 335 million from economic and other aid. The recommendations go to the full committee, with Eisenhower pressing against further cuts. Congress has authorized over 5.15 billion for aid, but actual funds depend on appropriations. House Republicans opposed restoring cuts to Voice of America and Civil Defense funds, finalizing at 37.7 million for the latter.
AF launches bid for a world air speed record over a desert course at El Centro California. Lt Col William F Barns, a North American Aviation plant representative from Baltimore and Palos Verdes Estates, will pilot the F-86D Sabre Jet with a target speed of 700 mph or more. The record currently sits at 693.5 mph set last November by Capt J Slade Nash in Edwards.
Danny A. Kirchner a 24 year old Long Beach cab driver surrendered today at his attorney's Lynwood office. He was booked on murder charges and arraigned in Compton Municipal Court. Police say Kirchner killed Jack A. Davis 31 cafe owner during a dispute after a reconciliation with Davis's wife Kay Davis 30.
Henry Allen 19 and John Martin 18 were sentenced to the electric chair for the murder of Gaspare Ingargiol a Brooklyn grocer during a $100 holdup last November 2. A jury convicted them two weeks earlier.
A nationwide scan of food chains shows prices rising for steaks beef pork lamb and frying chicken with butter and eggs steadier. Wholesale food costs hit their highest since October 1951 as the Dun and Bradstreet index climbs to 6.74. Meat shortages and higher wholesale demand push more items up, while some staples hold flat.
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