Long Beach Sailor Aids Evacuation At Hungnam Beachhead
A Long Beach sailor, Clarence D. Mayfield, BM 3-c USN, saved equipment and material from falling into communist hands during the Hungnam evacuation. He served aboard the attack transport USS Algol and helped operate small boats to retrieve gear as troops withdrew, with South Korean boat crews assisting under U S Navy orders.
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Long Beach
Navy
Hungnam
Clarence D. Mayfield
BM_3-c
USN
Howard C. Mayfield
Linden Ave
Algol
U. N
Uke Mayfield
Jittery Refugees Reach Honolulu
HONOLULU March 14 The transpacific liner President Cleveland arrived with 628 passengers the most it has carried. Many were missionary refugees from Red China who spoke little fearing reprisals for talks left behind. An aged missionary said the Communists require a local guarantor for exit permits and that Shanghai is changed from a bustling city to a country town under the regime.
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Honolulu
Transpacific
Cleveland
Orient
Red China
President Line
Hong Kong
China
Shangai
Shanghai
Chicago
Twenty Nine Nations Offer Koreans Aid
In Pusan on March 14, twenty nine United Nations have offered 21 million dollars in aid to South Korean civilians. The U N Commission for Rehabilitation and Unification of Korea reported that 260 million dollars also was pledged for reconstruction projects by U N agencies governments and individuals.
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Pusan
Korea
United Nations
U.N. Commission For Rehabilitation and Unification of Korea
U. N
Hunting Is Fun Again Says Arkansas Contractor
Maurice H. Runnells of Mabelvale Arkansas details a return to vigor after using HADACOL for deficiencies in vitamins iron and niacin. He reports relieved aches improved appetite better sleep and improved overall condition while working in the demanding construction business. He recommends HADACOL to others suffering similar symptoms.
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Maurice H. Runnells
Mabelvale
Arkansas
Wwe
Runnells Serive
Hadacol
Iodine 131 Used to Fight Thyroid Cancer Link
Los Angeles reports that radioactive iodine offers hope against inoperable thyroid cancer and helps treat hyperthyroidism. Dr Earl R Miller, UC radiology professor, told a 12,500 doctor convention that after thyroid removal, oral radioiodine targets cancerous masses, causes normalization or replacement by thyroid extract if needed. The process hinges on iodine affinity to thyroid tissue.
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Los Angeles
Earl R. Miller
Miller
University of California School of Medicine
U.S. Veterans In
San Francisco
U. S. Public Health Service
San Francisco Public Health Service
Ialumni Association of the
Medical School
College of Medical Evangelists
Pomona Mayor Re-elected in City Primary
Pomona March 14. Mayor Alan G. Orsborn is re-elected after nearly complete returns from yesterday's city primary showing he won a majority over three opponents.
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Pomona
Alan G. Orsborn
Dividend Checks on Gl Insurance to Arrive in April
The first checks for the second special dividend to National Service Life Insurance policyholders will reach Long Beach early in April, per the Veterans Administration. Nationwide total dividends amount to about 685 million dollars, calculated by policy duration in 1948–51, policy face value, and insured age. Average payout is expected near 175 dollars, about half the 1948 average. only policies in force 1948–1951 qualify, lapses before 1948 do not.
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Long Beach
Veterans Administration
Czech Officers Accused in Anti state Plot
Gen. Alexei Cepicka named Maj. Gen. Redrich Reicin and Lt. Col. Karel Lopold as participants in the antistate plot to hand Czechoslovakia to the capitalist west. Cepicka linked them with former Foreign Minister Vince Clementis and other top Communists now on trial for conspiring to assassinate President Gottwald and move Czechoslovakia toward capitalism.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Alexei Cepicka
Redrich Reicin
Karel Lopold
Reicin
I Cepicka
Vince Clementis
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J-c
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Westinghouse
Aaron Schultz
Regula
Pine Avenue
Oscar Jessing
Kathy Hardin
Barbara Hudson
Bonnie Despeaux
Sandra Smith
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Reds
Munists
Klement Gottwald
Wilton
Axminsters
Tony Blik
North Long Beach
E. Broadway Lab
Brown Laboratories
Calif
Press-Telegram
la Sauer
California
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