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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1954
Page
2
A striking blonde caused a traffic pause at a busy Los Angeles intersection at 8 a.m. Sunday. Mrs. Pat Coenen found her, fed her oat meal, and brought her to the police station where officers aided in the tense situation. Marilyn Hollister was later reunited with her relieved parents after frantic calls.
Spring in Battle Creek Michigan brings a car accident with 350 damages and a downed utility pole. A Kansas City dress mishap ends with a girl’s lipstick tattoo washing away. Former Governor Folsom hints at Alabama highway sign changes for a friendlier welcome. An Air Force sergeant marries a German stenographer after a 9000 mile hitchhiking journey. A long married couple celebrate a third wedding vow with playful biscuits. A crow bound for Frankfurt ends up in Frankfurt Germany. Denver police pose for a yearbook-like photo lineup after a camera error. Galveston firemen respond to a false alarm as a dispatcher’s missing man is found unharmed.
Seoul adopts a Korean time zone 30 minutes behind Japan causing confusion for international travelers. The move alters 4 o clock departures and 3 o clock arrivals, disrupting schedules as Korea asserts independence from Japan time and questions remain on the arrangement. Meanwhile U S forces report 70 more soldiers declared dead in Korea, previously listed as missing.
Police and customs officials questioned 36 passengers, mostly Americans, about the discovery of 1196 foreign-made watches packed in two boxes in a crew locker of a Pan American Airways plane. The watches were found after the plane loaded here for a flight from Hong Kong on Sunday.
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