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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1951
Page
8
Fort Ord reports Pvt. Harry Oliveira, 20, on his first day of basic training collapsed during a routine march and died before reaching the hospital. An autopsy indicated rheumatic heart disease as the cause. Oliveira enlisted at Lemoore.
Los Angeles report says Glendale concerns rise over possible Army reuse of Camp San Luis Obispo site shared with California National Guard. Maj. Gen. C. D. O'Sullivan says a grand jury will review evidence and conditions for state property inventory and potential federal cooperation.
Newport R I March 15 Four Atlantic fleet destroyers which saw action with U N forces in Korean waters returned yesterday with 1200 crewmen after a 60000 mile cruise. The destroyers Fred T Berry Norris Keppler and McCaffery took part in rescuing downed pilots bombing missions and a December evacuation at Hongnam including a tiny junk loaded with nearly frozen Koreans.
J D Quigg recounts a 1912 style leave from Korea, catching an Australian C47 from Taegu, noting the Bowling Alley airstrip defense, a flight over rice fields and brown mountains, meeting a merchant mariner named Charles Pine, then reaching Hiroshima aboard a Bethlehem coach and a Japanese hotel wake up.
SACRAMENTO March 15 UP California seeks tighter defense belts but its Institutional building program remains large and underfunded. State Public Works Director C H Purcell warns federal limits would slow expansion of public facilities, noting 1951 plan totals 86 million with 7 million under contract. He argues curtailment would hinder essential government capacity amid population growth and wartime-era deficits.
Los Angeles reports Dr. Harold B. Boyd of Memphis at a medical evangelists convention says modern youth suffer more fractures than a generation ago due to mechanized childhood. He notes even younger tricycle riders are at risk and calls for pediatric fracture awareness.
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