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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1954
Page
8
In West Hartford Connecticut Jeffrey Truesdal eight headed officials to enter the pet parade contest with a can of angle worms as his entry and walked away with second prize.
The Labor Day weekend traffic deaths totaled 360, the lowest in six years, with 33 drownings and 82 other accidents. Compared to past holidays, 360 is below the NSC estimate of 390 and far under 461 in 1981, as President Eisenhower urged careful driving to curb fatalities. The worst crash occurred near Tipton, Indiana, killing six. California logged 24 traffic deaths, nine drownings, and four other fatalities.
Marin County police sought a suspect described as a wise guy who placed a detour sign on the Sir Yvaness Drake Highway over the weekend. The sign directed traffic into an abandoned railroad tunnel, diverting holiday traffic through the area.
Nationalist warplanes hit Communist shipping along the China coast and damaged a Red gunboat and more than 100 wooden junks and five motor vessels. Defense ministry said bombers also struck Wuyu Island Chimei and Amoy within artillery range of Quemoy, amid renewed hostilities after Friday’s five hour bombardment of the island. Lt Gen Chang-i-Ting called the attacks a major retaliation for Quemoy.
George A. Inagaki of Venice, a flower grower, was re elected national president of the Japanese American Citizens League at its 13th biennial national convention in Los Angeles.
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