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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1951
Page
1
Allied forces repelled three dawn charges by Chinese Reds trying to retake a key Kumsong hill after three days on the line. The attacks began about 1 20 a m with company strength, swelling to battalion size as supporting fire pounded U N positions on the central front.
Navy reports a dysentery outbreak aboard the Army transport USS Mellette in San Juan Harbor quarantining 100 sailors and tallying about 40 hospitalized cases as of October.
The United States tested a medium-sized atomic device in the desert, joining the large and baby bombs. The detonation occurred at dawn, with a bright flash and wide visibility up to 225 miles away. Radiation detected near Beatty-Lathrop Wells was deemed harmless.
In Panmunjom talks the United Nations and Communist negotiators failed to advance on an armistice buffer zone. Each side proposed a demarcation line with the UN favoring the current battle line and North Korea area, while the Reds pressed for a 15 mile pullback and offered the Ongjin Peninsula in exchange.
The White House declined to comment on rumors of an early meeting between President Truman and Winston Churchill, who is returning as British Prime Minister, as speculation swirled in Washington.
AFL firemen and oilers walked out at nine of eleven St Louis public high schools, threatening to halt classes for about 20,000 students. The union seeks a $12 raise from $288.80 monthly, and the strike may expand if others refuse to cross picket lines.
AFL plumbers withdrew pickets near the vital atomic plant construction site in Oak Ridge Tenn after three days of halted work. Other AFL craftsmen had honored the lines while union leaders planned a meeting to decide on returning to work. An Atomic Energy Commission spokesman cautioned that resolution would depend on tomorrow's day shift reports.
clear skies give way to fog or low cloud late tonight and early tomorrow. Temperatures show little change. Light variable winds shifting west to southwest, around 12 miles per hour, with calmer conditions tomorrow afternoon.
A crowded Greyhound bus struck a loose concrete block on a bridge approach and plunged 40 feet, killing seven and injuring 22 aboard. The slab was torn from an abutment by a prior automobile accident, and the crash left the bus overturned on railway tracks below. Rescue efforts freed victims while a priest conducted final rites for the dead. One survivor, Air Force Lt. John R. Haber, walked away.
A large group of stevedores and about 200 police faced off at Pier 90 New York as nonstriking workers moved to reopen docks amid mass pickets. AFL Longshore boss Joseph Ryan reported crews attempted to work but were blocked by the line. Mayor Impellitteri denied police bias and defended protection for workers.
Two houses were damaged by a homemade bomb yesterday in the fifth explosion here since last Thursday. Floyd Johnson's year old daughter Melsine was showered with broken glass as she slept near a window but was not hurt. Nine windows were broken in the house next door. Police believe the bombs are set off by youths driving around.
Treasury prepares tables to blend two federal tax rates for 1951. The plan combines the lower rate for Jan–Oct with the higher rate from Nov 1, creating a single annual tax figure due in March. Withholding will balance the two-rate period so most taxpayers face a simplified calculation.
Quick Mc Clellan Air Force Base fire crews saved 11 airmen aboard a Hasvan pound B-29 after a late night takeoff crash. The craft broke in two and burned, a civilian firefighter died of a heart attack while aiding the scene. Lt. Richard Mace was seriously injured. The airmen, a replacement crew for Hickam Field, Hawaii, escaped with minor injuries. An Air Force Board investigates the incident.
Gloria King storms her annulment hearing with a water dousing of Sheppard King in Houston. The case stalled with postponed proceedings to December 19 as lawyers debated the marriage at issue and questioned court integrity.
President Truman awards the Congressional Medal of Honor to Majors Reginald R. Myers and Carl L. Sitter for remarkable feats at Chosin Reservoir. Both officers, aged 31 and 29 respectively, are attached to the Marine Corps School at Quantico and helped break a Communist trap amid brutal winter fighting.
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Los Angeles detectives pursued fingerprints to identify a woman whose naked body was wedged into an old two handed cloth covered trunk found in a weed patch. The unidentified victim, 35 to 40, about 122 pounds and five feet tall, likely slain elsewhere with evidence suggesting a ten day concealment. An autopsy was ordered as clues included dated newspaper pages and clothing in the trunk.
Maine's first snowstorm of the season disrupted northern and western utilities and communications. Six inches fell at Houston in Acrostate County, Rangely saw five inches by evening, Farmington faced two hours of darkness from broken limbs, and Franklin County reported numerous minor accidents as lines and power were disrupted.
Paris October 29 Adm William Fechteler US chief of naval operations urged an immediate NATO decision on an Allied commander for the Atlantic region. He said lack of such a commander hinders defense planning and pressed that roles be filled by NATO nations, without specifying American or British preference.
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