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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1953
Page
7
Police report a hit and run left a car abandoned after it struck Ray Will Eyer, 57, of 830 Junipero Ave. near 10th St. and Gaviotal Ave. Eyer’s wife suffered minor bruises and was taken to Community Hospital. The fleeing vehicle was impounded.
Rep. John Taber forecasts a billion-dollar annual program over three years turning unused military warehouse stock into revenue. Proceeds from selling unneeded materials to armed services could fund power development and help balance the federal budget, with warehouses freed for needed items. Eugene James Lyons of Rahway, New Jersey, is appointed assistant postmaster general in charge of personnel.
John Richard Jensen 28, former Camarillo State Hospital patient, charged with kidnapping robbery and attempted murder in the assault on Marin L. Piper 21 hitchhiking to Bakersfield. Bail set at 25000. arraignment scheduled December 1. Police found a modified gun in Jensen’s car intended to fire at the back seat passenger. Jensen previously killed a playmate in 1939 and has been in and out of mental hospitals.
Los Angeles records show three former harbor officials refused to disclose trips charged to the city expense accounts, totaling over 8000 dollars, until overruled by city attorney. The board members named include John B. Chadwick John E. Carroll and traffic manager T. G. Maddox.
Admiral Felix B. Stump, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, flew from Saigon to Hanoi to observe the war between French Union forces and the Vietminh. Harbor officials denied the trips were junkets, saying they aimed to boost harbor business opportunities.
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