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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1951
Page
4
A brief voter guidance contrasts machine picked incumbents with selecting candidates on their merits. The message urges voters to participate on June 5 and evaluate individuals rather than party or slate. Emphasizes independent judgment in local elections.
Three independents ROY HILTON, FRANK FITZGERALD, and F DONALD MAY oppose incumbents. They accuse backers of unfair endorsements and oil money influencing districts. The statement cites anonymous campaigns and board ads linking incumbents to honest government while urging voters to seek reasons behind Solid Nine endorsements.
SEATTLE May 26 Nearly 1700 Khaki clad veterans returned from Korea under the Army rotation program. The GE combat soldiers, all with six months in Korea, arrived aboard the Marine Adder at Seattle Port of Embarkation. Families cheered as they rode to Fort Lawton processing center in 100 trucks while crowds lined the streets and showered confetti along a welcome lane.
In Redwood City on May 26 a new Safeway store on El Camino Real was nearly wiped out by fire. Fire Chief John Lodi estimated the loss at about $500,000. only the brick walls remained standing.
A set of test questions prompts varied responses on topics from book costs to geometry and voting. Readers see arithmetic puzzles, area calculations, and scheduling time constraints, with scattered references to a column’s answer key and page navigation.
Evelyn Dampier of Tunas Mo wins the Madisonville Sidewalk Cattlemen's contest on Why I Think Texans Are Liars. She accuses Texans of lying about weather love and scenery and recalls a snowy February trip.
In New Haven a divorce ruling was granted after a peculiar exchange in superior court during an informal hearing. When asked if her husband ever took her to any social functions, the respondent replied that he had taken her only to a wake. The judge granted the divorce citing the context.
Jesse Anna Lecinah, 69, starts Montana bound journey in the same prairie schooner used 37 years ago. After visiting a sister in Lakefield last fall, she heads back to spend her old age among her friends the cowboys, aiming to cover 1100 miles in five months.
Reported at the McCracken trial the defense plans a surprise while investigators describe bloodstains in a borrowed car trunk and the search for a murder weapon. Police note an entrenching tool found near Tra buco Canyon was not used in the crime.
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes announced the nation’s crude oil excess production capacity has fallen to under 500000 barrels a day from over 3700000, urging new reserves and capacity buildup. He named Edmund C. Bateson acting chief of the exploration and reserves branch of the Petroleum Administration for Defense.
Chief petty officers testified that the motor launch was overcrowded and moving fast when it capsized on Thursday. About 150 men were aboard as the Navy board investigated the disaster that left at least 16 dead and three missing.
Allied air and ground forces pressed into Korea as retreating Chinese troops faced heavy losses. Fifth Air Force fighters claimed over 1000 enemy killed in the Inje sector while Thunderjets strafed retreating Reds. U S and Allied units crossed the 38th parallel at multiple points, with ships and destroyers shelling roads as daytime movement by Chinese forces drew surprise.
At the United Presbyterian Church general assembly in Des Moines on May 26, a proposal urging the church to oppose universal military training in peacetime was struck from a reform report after debate. Rev Cyrus McCown of Los Angeles introduced the measure. Dr John H Gerstner of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary argued it contradicted historic reformed positions.
Hollywood report notes a rift as Mrs Sylvia Ashley returns from Nassau. Clark Gable not at the airport or ranch and remains silent. She stays with her sister in Santa Monica. MGM confirms no public comment.
Britain petitions the World Court to compel Iran to submit the oil dispute to arbitration or face charges of violating international law. A 5000 word complaint accuses Iran of not negotiating and seeks protection for British nationals and retention of company ownership pending final ruling.
A Minneapolis couple and their dog finished a 120,000 mile voyage in a homemade schooner named Tantalus arriving in Ketchikan Alaska. Warren Christianson and Faith Christianson 30 and 29 sailed from Minneapolis over 18 months via the Mississippi Caribbean Panama Canal and Pacific coast with three San Diego crewmen Merle Dick Ken Hilbert and Fred Parker who joined in San Diego last February.
Rome May 26 Italy holds local elections across a third of the country seen as the biggest test since 1948. Premier Alcide de Gasperi and Communist chief Palmira Togliatti led bitter campaigns as about 10.6 million voters were eligible today with another 7.6 million to vote June 10 and the rest in the fall.
A mathematics statistician from Columbia University provides answers to some questions from today’s Selective Service examinations for college students. The notes cite a 54 percent figure and reference a question set marked PIL 6 and Eight.
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