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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1953
Page
4
Officials consider Chou En-lai proposals to hand over war prisoners to a neutral state. Nehru’s absence on the Indo-Burmese frontier delayed formal reaction. Government sources say India would not serve as a dumping ground for POWs due to Korea era violence.
A birthday party for five year old Dwight Eisenhower II was on the White House schedule with President Eisenhower planning a surprise visit after a National Security Council meeting. The president wanted to see the youngster enjoy the periscope given as a birthday gift.
Police say former studio worker Charles Leo McGarry, 65, of Venice, shot attorney Richard K. Gandy, 53, in Gandy's office after being jailed for child support arrears. Gandy had represented McGarry's ex-wife in a support case. Judge Orlando Rhodes had sentenced McGarry previously for failing to pay support for his invalid daughter.
Five men detained in connection with the murder of Mrs. Mabel Monahan on March 9 were released due to lack of evidence. Sally Davis, 46, W. A. Upshaw, 34, former aides of gambler Mickey Cohen, Baxter Shorter, 43, and W. J. Allan, all were freed, with John P. Wilde, 50, a former Cohen aide, released earlier.
Sheriff deputies in El Monte sought two women for questioning in the slaying of landscape artist Lincoln E. Eddy, 37. Eddy was found shot at his home with a moonlit sandscape painting beside him. his wife Arline, 29, and Eddy’s brother-in-law Verrol Kemnitz were present. Neighbors reported seeing Eddy enter with two women in jeans and sweaters, one carrying a rifle, about two hours before.
FRANKFURT The Army cook of an American general was convicted by a U S Army court martial of operating a house of ill fame in Army quarters. Pvt. Riley J Butler 34, cook for Maj Gen Harlan N Hart ness commander of the U S Fourth Infantry Division was sentenced to five years in prison at hard labor. Butler of Leavenworth Kan pleaded innocent to charges he and his wife Ruch used their Army quarters here as a haven for couples carrying on illicit relations. The sentence includes dishonorable discharge and is subject to military review.
An 11 year old boy playing with his father's shotgun shot and killed his 6 year old niece in Perris. Albert Leonard Rogers said the girl Rose mary Gowdy was lying on a bed when the weapon discharged. The incident followed an accidental discharge cited in bills to liberalize workmen's compensation benefits, which were rejected by the Assembly Finance and Insult the farm house committee.
Baxter G Rankine former adviser to Dr Francis Townsend will speak Wednesday noon at 131 West Fifth Street Lewis Reese will outline ballot propositions at the event.
The White House confirmed that Dr. A. V. Astin has been dismissed as director of the National Bureau of Standards, an agency within the Commerce Department. Secretary Sinclair Weeks prepared to address the Senate Small Business Committee with a statement on a new policy for the bureau.
The Assembly military affairs committee approved a bill to extend the state's educational benefits to Korean War veterans and the measure has been passed by the Senate.
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