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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1955

Page

3

Troops Fight Inland in Operation Surfboard Exercise

The 38th Regimental Combat Team from Fort Lewis advances through a 20 mile canyon toward a simulated missile site near San Simeon California as part of Operation Surfboard. About 6,000 mechanized troops assault the beach with support from 41,000 Marines and 80 Navy ships while observers from several nations monitor the action.

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Walter White Dies Civil Rights Leader and NAACP Aide

Walter White, longtime NAACP executive secretary since 1931 and a tireless fighter against segregation, died Monday night from a heart ailment. The New York native aided landmark racial justice battles, including school desegregation, and earned federal advisory roles under FDR. He is survived by his widow Jane White and siblings in New York.

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SEC Gives Clean Slate to Brokers in Senate Probe

SEC Chairman Ralph Demmler told the Senate Banking Committee that brokers show no broad wave of illegal activity, while noting ongoing efforts to close loopholes. He warned abuses often arise as unfair practices and overreaching, with the line between ethical and unethical hard to draw. The hearing included feuding between Fulbright and Capehart over Galbraith testimony.

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Youth Shot in Invasion of Mansion in Hollywood Hills

Police say a group from North Hollywood High entered a seven story Hollywood mansion on Mulholland Highway. James A Moore Jr., 17, was shot in the leg and hospitalized after a confrontation with resident James Lancaster who fired blanks and then live rounds. Five youths were booked on burglary suspicions.

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Cars Snarl on Hollywood Freeway After Screw Spill

A stalled car on the Hollywood Freeway near Mulholland Drive caused a backup as police and motorcycles arrived. A truck spilled hundreds of screws from its trailer after being directed to shift lanes, blocking traffic until two truck drivers cleaned the screws with brooms borrowed from a nearby filling station.

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Vietnamese Parley On Revolt Threat

In Saigon Premier Ngo Dinh Diem opened private talks amid demand from Hoai Hao Cao Dai and Binh Xuyen groups for greater government representation within five days. The armed sects claim 30,000 to 40,000 men and seek control while Diem’s national army clashes with Hoa Man forces led by Gen. Le Zvinh in a five day ultimatum.

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Pat Ward Denies Nude Photo Identity In Trial

New York reporter recaps Pat Ward denying she is one of two girls in nude photographs used as evidence in the Jelke obscenity case. Ward testifies she visited John Jolie Jelke's apartment in Minot, drank, and fainted after learning a nude photo may feature her. she could not identify the subjects in the two photos shown by attorney George Washington Herz.

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Mediation continues as Bell strike reports new cable damage

A federal mediator keeps negotiating in Atlanta as Southern Bell Telephone Co and CIO Communications Workers of America discuss the nine day old strike. Company says no major toll lines near Savannah were cut, while a Montgomery Alabama cable was shot and other lines near Atlanta were damaged by bullets. CWA says union members did not participate.

Atlanta GB Southern ‘Bell Telephone Co CIO Communications Workers of America Savannah Montgromiery Ala Atlanta CWA

Frankfurt Bean Diet Ends in Knife Fight

A shipboard fight on the SS Exchequer left a crewman hospitalized and its cook charged with assault. John Chatman and James Copeland, both 29, due to a dispute over eight days of frankfurters and beans. Police say the dispute started when Chatman complained in the galley about the meals.

Boston James F. Copeland New York John Chatman John Ward Export Line Exchequer Chatman

Korea Decorates Retiring U N Chief

South Korea’s leader pinned the Taeguk Gold Star medal on retiring U S Far East commander General John E Hull at a farewell ceremony in Seoul City Stadium. President Rhee praised Hull for moral and material support to build up the ROK army and thanked him for his service.

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Tanker With Cargo for Reds Turns Back

The Finnish tanker Arube carrying 13,000 tons of jet fuel for the Chinese air force turned back from Red China after crew mutiny during a blockade protest. They sought port of Colombo then sailed toward Singapore before being ordered to Constanza in Red Romania. The Seamen's Union announced the action and left observers speculating on the next move by the shipping company and Beijing.

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Reds Repeat East Europe Arms Threat

London reports that Pi Russia reaffirmed a plan for a unified communist military command in Eastern Europe should West German rearmament be ratified. Moscow said talks among nine allied states showed full unity on treaty principles and command structure. American officials view the move as propaganda to oppose rearmament.

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Quebec man crosses under Detroit bridge to enter US

Jean Claude Simard, 23, of Quebec, crawled along a mile long catwalk beneath the Ambassador Bridge in darkness and drizzle from Windsor to Detroit, was rescued by police and firemen, and detained for immigration questioning after reaching a concrete blockage on the American side. He wore a Detroit Red Wings emblem and spoke of liking hockey and Richard, Montreal’s Rocket Maurice Richard.

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