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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1951
Page
2
A loft owned by Charles S. Nadbath in Cleveland reported the theft of highteen racing pigeons valued at 900 dollars. One bird, retired from competition, had been in the flock for 14 years.
HONOLULU October 18 AP A polio victim, 23 year old Mildred Button, was flown home to Traenan California aboard a military transport with an iron lung powered by plane generators. She stayed off the lung only 50 seconds at a time and was attended by an Army doctor, two Air Force nurses, and three technicians. The flight connected in Fresno where she would receive care at the polio clinic. Her husband and one year old daughter traveled separately and would meet in Fresno. Doctors described her condition as extremely critical earlier last month.
Las Vegas reports that the Atomic Energy Commission chaired by Gordon Dean will oversee atomic experiments at Yucca Flat and Camp Desert Rock with hundreds of military observers invited. The tests will not use weapons in tactical field use but target constructed facilities to record after effects.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower landed in France by helicopter ending a three day visit with the Sixth Fleet. He spoke on internal armament inspections as a prerequisite for global disarmament and urged cooperation with Moslem nations while warning about economic strains and rising morale in Western Europe.
San Antonio report quotes Mark McLean a Texas Republican leader saying General Eisenhower would accept the Republican presidential nomination if offered. McLean a finance committee member noted Ike would not walk across the street to seek the nomination, citing a talk during a visit to San Antonio.
In Berlin on October 18 1945 a Brandenburg farmer drew a one year prison term after swapping two pigs a cow and a plowhorse for a young horse. The court said he violated the East West livestock transfer law but escaped harsher punishment due to seemingly favorable terms of the deal.
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