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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1951
Page
4
Former president proposes a six point program to curb rising prices. Key measures include pay as you go taxation and credit policies, boost savings, curb nonessential spending, tighten materials allocation, and extend direct controls. He urges maintaining defense production and easing hardship while rolling back prices where feasible.
News recounts a looming Chinese push in Korea set for next week as rain aids redeployments. U N officers note up to 1600 Reds killed or wounded and growing Chinese strength with tanks, artillery, and air support concentrated north of Seoul and near Chunchon.
Senator Morse of Oregon on the MacArthur inquiry said a document showed Washington kept MacArthur advised on military and political Asia policies. MacArthur testified he operated in a vacuum and could not oppose policies not known to him. Morse described the Joint Chiefs report covering actions from the Korean War start to April 11, 1951.
Officers say Reds could feed and arm forces for over a week if undisturbed but lack transport from Manchuria. Our air forces disrupt their supply routes with 800 sorties and heavy drops. Nine C-119 aircraft parachuted 35 tons of rations and ammunition to Allied troops on a 5200 foot peak amid rain.
The Navy postponed entry into four compartments of the fire ravaged seaplane tender Valcour after a collision with a collier. Official counts: one known dead, five missing and presumed dead, 19 hospitalized. 149 enlisted men and 14 officers accounted for. One body, Dale Eugene Caley, was identified. Salvage plans delayed due to gasoline fumes. ship to Craney Island for fuel offload before entry. Records aboard the Coast Guard cutter Cherokee hinder precise tallies. Valcour to Hampton Roads then Portsmouth shipyard for salvage work.
HOLLYWOOD May 15 Kay Marie Marx 29 former wife of Groucho Marx had the last word in her marital tiff as she picked up the final papers on the divorce he obtained a year ago. The final decree was entered in Superior Court yesterday at Mrs Marx's request. The comedian agreed to pay Mrs Marx 134215 over 10 years. She was given custody of their daughter Melinda 4 and 1300 a year child support.
In Los Angeles on May 15 CB reporters note Los Angeles elementary schools suspended playground equipment after a 6-year-old boy Lai Casper died last week when he fell from a swing onto a blacktop playground. The Board of Education unanimously voted to suspend equipment until studies and protests regarding blacktop surfacing are addressed.
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