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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1952
Page
1
Voters expected to flood polls Tuesday to choose President and Vice President, 34 Senators, 432 Representatives, and 29 Governors. More than 55 million projected turnout, with 98 million potential voters overall. weather forecast generally favorable. Republicans seek to break Democratic five election win streak with close Senate and House margins and 25 to 23 governor split.
A professional gang used an acetylene torch to burn into a steel safe at the Raisin Market on Paramount Boulevard in Downey and escaped with about $20 000 in cash and checks. The burglary, reported at 6 50 am to the Norwalk sheriff s station, left two torch tanks and water cooled debris in the room. Investigating officers trace the method to a torch gang arrival in Southern California and possible internal accomplice. Det Sgts Serrano Russell Viney and Deputy Dewyer led the probe.
A teenage couple, Robert C. Lane age 19 and his bride Bonita Rae Mash, died in a head on collision with a semi on Highway 80 near El Centro while returning to Compton from Yuma after their wedding. Lane, a corporal at Camp Cooke, and Mash were former students of Compton and Torrance High Schools. Lane reportedly fell asleep at the wheel before the fatal crash.
Defense Department reports 358 Korean War casualties. 258 new combat deaths and injuries, 197 wounded, 36 missing, with casualties in action and accidents noted in the latest tally.
In Liverpool Roy Thompson ten had a metal splinter removed from his hand while David Thompson ten had his appendix removed. Surgeons later discovered the wrong appendix had been taken from Roy and rushed David in for the correct procedure. Roy remains in care awaiting a second attempt to remove the splinter.
General Eisenhower closed his final day of campaigning in Boston with a denouncement of Democrats over alleged bigotry. He told about 5000 in Mattapan that Cardinal Spellman Rabbi Silver and Bernard Baruch had denied the charge for him. He rode through South Boston Dorchester and West Roxbury stopping at a Jewish delicatessen and planned a televised program that night. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. backed him as crowds cheered despite light rain. The Korean War and survival issues loomed as the campaign’s central concerns.
Adlai E Stevenson braces voters with a personal last appeal as he prepares a national radio television address from Chicago. He plans to vote in Half Day NL before returning to Springfield to await results. Campaign manager Wilson Wyatt predicted at least 400 electoral votes and 32 states, though private doubts linger.
An argument in a Mexico City bar over who would win the U S elections led to a knife fight that killed one man and seriously cut two others. Police reported the incident as a violent political quarrel with no immediate suspects.
Main political speeches on radio and TV today feature Gen. Eisenhower, Sen. Nixon, Gov. Stevenson, and the President across stations KNBA KECA KITV KX TV KECA KEI KFI KNX. Broadcasts list times and cities, highlighting national figures in multiple markets.
The note lists where to find content across the paper including Black Combing on B1 Boyle on B3 Bridge on B5 and various sections such as Classified Ads Comics and Obituaries with page designations and related topics like Arts Tires and Weather Activities across multiple pages.
Rioting convicts at Ohio Penitentiary faced mounted guards as state patrolmen and Ohio National Guard moved in with rifles machine guns and bayonets. One convict Carlyle Noel 30 of Cincinnati was killed and three others wounded as shots and crossfire echoed through cell blocks G H I and K.
A Pacific typhoon 500 miles southeast of Okinawa roared toward southern Japan with winds up to 160 miles an hour. The storm’s trajectory and intensity were reported by the weather bureau as authorities warned of potential impacts on coastal areas and shipping.
Long Beach faces a pivotal election with major implications for oil resources, public works, and local prosperity. The editorial argues Eisenhower supports protecting state and city rights, while Stevenson could undermine them, urging strong turnout to safeguard Long Beach's future and resources.
Fort Worth police and FBI nabbed Floyd Hill, 40, arriving at a field with a garden hoe to dig up loot from a $248,000 robbery of Manuel F. Madriaga and Candido de la Torre at the Western Hills Hotel. About $128,000 was found in a thermos jug. $4,250 in U S defense bonds and $1,700 in cash were also recovered. Three men face charges in the case, including Orville Chambless, Gene Norris, and Sam Cresap, linked to interstate transportation of stolen property and luring the Cubans to Texas. The victims planned to use funds for a counter-revolution against Batista.
USS Towa returns to Long Beach after a second Korean tour for a five day stay at the naval shipyard. About 4000 relatives greet the 2200 crew aboard as Mayor Chace and Hollywood figures welcome the warship. The ship fires heavy batteries in the combat zone and receives leave, with a transfer ban announced.
Washington reports the Army issued a January draft call for 48 000 men. Since resumed in 1950 the selective service has listed 1 202 430 drafted or listed for induction. Monthly averages sit around 41 460 with past peaks near 80 000 and lows near 10 000 as services shift reliance between volunteers and conscripts.
New York actor Darren McGavin aged 30 who plays Casey, Crime Photographer on TV was arrested after leaving the scene of an accident. Police traced his car to a cab, and he was nabbed at his Park Avenue apartment following a cab incident near 47th Street precinct.
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