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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1951
Page
17
Editor John S. Knight argues taxpayers of all sizes face mounting burdens from taxes and military spending. He warns of inflation and fiscal danger if Congress fails to cap expenditures, urging restraint to avoid deflation and a hollowed future.
The piece outlines how Western influence hinges on Iran amid Soviet maneuvering in the Middle East. It warns Iran may drift toward Moscow if Western efforts fail, urges a timely solution to keep Iran in the Western orbit, and notes Britain's pullout from Abadan and Iran’s oil economy at risk.
Public interest article from the Long Beach Branch of the Los Angeles County Medical Association advocates blood donation. It explains transfusion benefits for hemorrhage shock and extensive injuries, notes blood banks and the Red Cross supply local patients and aid the warfront, urging individuals to donate a pint.
In New Orleans a week before the Mid-South Championships, Dr. Richard Greene of New Orleans demonstrated a decisive bridge hand. Greene avoided the short trump squeeze by preserving two trumps in dummy, enabling clubs to develop and defeating the contract while opposing West could not overtake the play.
A columnist reflects on a boy deemed a born leader by guiding peers into rough behavior. The piece argues that leadership reflects group dynamics, not inherent virtue, as any youth can steer others toward their preferred path.
A delegation of Amvers who went to the White House to lodge complaints with President Truman reports he warned them to take it easy. He was quoted as saying he is a contrary person when people jump on his boys. The Independence man should look again as some of them are down so low you can’t move your foot without stepping on them.
A young Oregon man and Korea veteran, arrested for the accidental shooting of a girl at a party, stated to the coroner's jury that he could not recall the incident and suspected he had consumed too many drinks. The girl died from the injuries.
The Post Office Department says there are no plans for any other new stamps this year 1951. The stamp honoring the American Chemical Society was released Sept 4 1851. The earliest reference to Conestoga wagons is Feb 26 1750 in the Pennsylvania Gazette. Eight government positions held by Chief Justice Fred M Vinson are listed including congressman from Kentucky associate justice and chief justice. The sun’s diameter is about 864000 miles making a circumference of 2714000 miles. Earth would travel about 580 million miles to orbit the sun.
A mixed set of quotations mentions John Foster Dulles urging full funding for protection of the free world and Edward W. Barrett claiming a large budget could steer anti-Communist efforts via a grassroots truth campaign. The passage also includes self-promotional lines attributed to Dick Savitt and unspecified claims about the battleship Missouri’s cost and patriotic messaging.
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