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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1948
Page
3
An Antara dispatch from Jogjakarta says Premier Mohamed Hatta opened red talks with Indonesian reformists and the People’s Democratic Front to reshuffle the cabinet and reintroduce leftist elements into government.
Sen. Taft advocates a specific Republican platform to force clear Democratic pledges in the November race. He argues generalities won’t suffice and urges detailing civil rights and other issues. Discussion on platform committee leadership includes Sen. Millikin and Rep. Halleck with final decisions pending.
In Milwaukee on Memorial Day Alicia the mallard led a brood of nine ducklings through a block of streets near the Astor Hotel. Police halted cars as the family crossed busy intersections toward Juneau Park Lagoon, where Alicia assumed control at the lagoon shore after the treks past the Chicago and Northwestern main line tracks.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a political election plea with candidate names and a call to attend a meeting at 7 PM. The readable items include references to Lang, Jone Int, and KBOX, with generic slogans about voting and wages.
The War Assets Administration has made about 20 million dollars worth of lendlease coal mining machinery mine locomotives and electrical equipment available for purchase by any Marshall Plan country approved by the Economic Cooperation Administration. The items were ready for shipment to Russia when Congress halted long lease pipeline shipments to the Soviet Union.
Former King Mihai of Romania plans to marry in Athens this Saturday. The wedding will involve Princess Betemistocles Sophoulis and Anne of Bourbon Parma, with official announcements expected today.
Pittsburgh tragedy as Huston R. Absher, 26, a Ringling Brothers worker from New Orleans, dies trying to stop a runaway animal wagon. Spectator Mrs. Pearl Clough, 28, of Pittsburgh, is injured with a broken leg. Authorities link the death to the runaway wagon at the circus lot.
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