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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1952
Page
2
Paris July 21 General Matthew Ridgway supreme Allied commander in Europe flew to Athens to inspect Greek forces belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
General Mark W. Clark states the Communists doubled air and ground strength in Korea but could not mount a major offensive for more than two to three weeks. He cites ample supplies yet limited movement due to U.S. air attacks and credits UN forces with intensified training and defenses. He notes enemy strength rising from 500,000 to about 1,000,000 ground troops and 1,000 to 2,000 aircraft, about half jets.
In Panmunjom secret talks the United Nations and Communist armistice delegates met for 20 minutes and adjourned with no progress on prisoner exchanges. An executive session is set for 11 a.m. tomorrow. Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols will be replaced by Lt. Col. Joseph J. Borchert as U N command spokesman, while Nuckols becomes Air Force public information officer in Tokyo. A veteran journalist noted Nuckols’ 13 months at Panmunjom without advance progress.
Trellis Mae Peeble writes home from Chicago that Democrats lack leadership and a woman’s touch could help. She and peers deem Adlai Stevenson the best chance to beat Eisenhower, deriding Kefauver Kerr Russell Barkley Harriman and Mamie comments with playful satire. The letter ends with a plea for money after dancing with a Texas delegate.
President Truman told Congress that despite a heavy defense burden the economy is improving and living standards are rising. He urged a negotiated settlement to the steel strike and outlined optimistic projections for growth, deficits, and employment through 1960, with cautions on inflation and policy tools.
The third and final test on gamma globulin for polio protection began in Sioux City Iowa with 16 1500 children to be inoculated In prior tests conducted in Provo Utah and Houston Texas 38805 children participated half receiving gamma globulin and half a control substance The area reported over 200 polio cases in this testing region
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