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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1951
Page
2
Actor Robert Coogan aged 26 and Louis McClure 25 were sentenced to three years probation and fines of 250 dollars for possessing marijuana. Coogan is brother of silent film star Jackie Coogan. McClure said the marijuana can belonged to a friend.
Assistant U S Attorney General James M McInerney said about 2500 Communists will be hunted down and prosecuted within several weeks after the Supreme Court ruling. He noted only party leaders would face indictments and that the San Francisco area is a key center of Communist activity.
New York City police estimate 6000 school age youths are drug addicts, revealed at a three day narcotics hearing. Lt Bernard Boylan of the narcotics bureau cited rising figures while Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein pledged rapid action, as 21 arrests followed a major dope sweep across Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn. The inquiry drew criticism from the city board of education and the United Parents Association, representing about 250000 parents.
Sen. Joseph McCarthy charged Gen. George C. Marshall and Sec. of State Dean Acheson with leading a “conspiracy of infamy” to bring communism to the United States. He offered a 169 page indictment citing memoirs, and criticized U. S. foreign policy while backing Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
California public schoolteachers deserve praise for loyalty to American ideals, says Sen. Hugh M. Burns. The state Senate un-American activities committee chair notes the report on Communist infiltration aims to alert teachers to dangers, not indict the profession of about 70,000. He emphasizes respect for teachers and rejects broad blame.
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