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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1953
Page
9
U S Marines describe enduring grenade explosions and a bazooka strike that damaged their tank hatches, leaving them unable to see and forcing them to stay put until orders arrived to abandon the vehicle and move to company headquarters.
At Councilman Burton W Chace's suggestion the City Council voted to award certificates of appreciation to each member of the Citizens Committee for Public Improvements for community service in investigating public works to be submitted to the voters. Chace, who appointed the committee as mayor, hopes the panel will continue to function as the council's screening agency for suggested projects.
The Dowager Queen Mary dies following a rapid decline after a period of illness. Prime Minister Churchill announces the news to the Commons as world leaders send condolences. The queen, born Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine, Victoria Mary, had endured personal losses and a long career of duty through wars and postwar upheavals. She was born in 1867 and became queen in 1910 after Victoria and Edward VII’s deaths.
Charles W. Thiery, 102, widely described as a bachelor, will escort his grandniece Joan Batchelder down the aisle at Harvard Epworth Church in Cambridge. Joan will marry Donald E. Kest, 25, son of Indianapolis couple Herbert C. Keys. Thiery quips he once was in the military and feels no nerves.
Correspondent Stan Carter reports renewed U S counterattacks to retake Old Baldy, a fortified high point. General Trudeau’s troops faced brutal trench fighting with limited gains as Reds repelled assaults toward northeast and northwest networks. A division officer noted one attack halted and recalled when conditions worsened.
Bekal Shrine Temple plans an 8 p.m. family entertainment at Municipal Auditorium this Saturday. Doors open 6:45 p.m. followed by the temple band from 7:15 to 7:45. Curtain rises 9 p.m. Members and families of Shriners Scottish Rite and Knights Templar are invited.
Two Red companies atop Baldy held two trench networks as Americans and Colombians of the Seventh Division fought uphill from a southeast knob. Since Monday night the red-dirt peak endured constant blasts and death with heavy casualties reported on both sides. Wounded streamed back while helicopters ferried casualties to and from front lines.
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