Long Beach POW recounts horror of Korean War captivity
A Long Beach veteran describes torture by Chinese captors in Korea, detailing a staged march, deprivation, and near-fatal injuries. He recalls being used as a “human guinea pig” by Reds, surviving eight days without food, and receiving no medical care until hospitalized in San Diego. He plans to return home at 2670 Standbridge Ave.
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Reds
San Diego Naval Hospital
Standbridge Ave
Long Beach
Press-Telegram
Korea
38Th Parallel
U. S. Army
Army
Arthur J
Bowditch
Koree
Cargaral
John Bowditch
Stanbridge Ave
Democrats Charge Ike Broke Word to Farmers
Democrats accuse President Eisenhower of breaking 1952 farm pledges and warn it could cost Republicans control of Congress next year. The attack, led by three former agriculture secretaries and echoed by Adlai Stevenson, targets GOP farm policy as Truman endorses Stevenson's world tour critique.
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Jack Bell
Chicago
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen. Anderson
D.I. M
Charles ‘Fy
Brannan
Claude Wickard
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman
Jsc
Stevenson
Eiserhower
U- 5 AG Res
G. Menren Williams
Michigan
Williams
Adlai Speech Noise the Aid Declares
Denver report says the White House called Adlai E Stevenson criticism of the Eisenhower administration sound and fury The two political leaders were set to confer in Washington soon after Eisenhower completed a round the world tour and extended an invitation to Stevenson to visit.
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Denver
Wiite House Today
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Stevenson
Washington
Stew In
Tagerty
Contents reference by section and page numbers
The note lists newspaper sections and their page locations including Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Editorial Financial Obituaries Radio and TV Shipping Table Sports Theaters Tides Temperatures Women Your World and page ranges for each item. It serves as a guide to where features appear in the edition.
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Boyle
Bahamas Threatened With New Hurricane Edna Forms in Atlantic
A rapidly developing hurricane named Edna, the fifth storm of the season, was 930 miles southeast of Miami with winds up to 115 mph. Advisory warned squalls and possible gales in the southeastern Bahamas as it moved west-northwest at 17 mph, likely north of Turks Island tonight.
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Wuaml
Atlantic
Miami
Bahamas
Edna
Turks Island
Polio cases surge in Long Beach area this weekend
Eleven new polio cases were reported, lifting the year total to 97 within Long Beach Unified School District. Most cases were mild, with Shirley Mae Collett among the gravest, while officials cautioned the outbreak was not an epidemic.
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Long Beach Unified
Mac E. Algeo
Long Beach
National Foundation For
Potlo
Shirley Mae Collett
Golden Ave
Iren
General Hospital
Robert Kempner
Cartagena St
Dennis Bursell
Lemon Ave
Pauline Weston
Robert George
Gundry A. Donna Austin
E. 49Th
David Taylor
E. Pa
National Foundation
Orange County
Edward Les Russell
Weather outlook with hazy sun to Wednesday
Hazy afternoons continue through Wednesday with night and morning low clouds or fog. Temperature remains steady with a high near 70.
Skipper Overpowered in Abalone Boat Attack at Pyramid Cove
Theodore Deliane, skipper of Lea II, said his 36 foot sport fishing boat was rammed three times by an abalone boat in Pyramid Cove near San Clemente. No injuries were reported. Lea II towed to Newport Harbor as Coast Guard investigates the strange incident and identifies the second and third assisting vessels.
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Lea Tf
San Clemente
Pyramid Cove
Theodore Deliane
Glendale
Newport Harbor
Coast Guard
San Clemente Island
Newport
Atyramid Cove
Delianedis
Ralph Tew
Li Angel
Dellandis
Lea
Its
Spanish Freighter Marie Sinks Off Canadian Waters
HALIFAX Nova Scotia The 3744 ton Spanish freighter Marie was reported sinking today about 560 miles southeast of St Johns Newfoundland. The Halifax salvage tug Lillian is en route and will need three days to reach the stricken ship. Radio reports said she was taking water through a hole at the waterline as the crew pumped to keep afloat while repairs were attempted.
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Halifax
N. Y
Marie
St. Joan's
Founnm Lillian
Warren Plans Not Settled for Future Roles
Sacramento AP reports Governor Warren, after Chief Justice Vinson's death, says his future plans remain unsettled at his first news conference since the tragedy. He notes no decision on a Supreme Court appointment and confirms stepping back from re election ambitions while reorganizing his staff.
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Warren
Sacramento
Cyed M. Vinson
Supreme Court Varancy
Stolen as Baby 29 Years Ago Man Finds True Mother
A Long Beach man learned his true name and sought to be renamed Rene Macias DeRosa after a 29 year search. He located his birth mother Sevilla Bya Huber Eck in East Los Angeles and petitioned Superior Court to establish his identity and adopt his name. He used a three mile search radius and baby pictures to verify the match, and plans to continue homeward to his new name.
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Long Beach
Supérior Court
Rene Macias DeRosa
Euclid Ave
Sevilla Bya Huber Eak
Los Angeles
Edward Raymond
DeRosa
Paraplegic Driver Survives Car Wreck at Park Ave
Marshall L. Minor, 28, paraplegic, lost control of a 1950 model convertible on Park Ave. It slammed into 60 feet of fence at Marine Stadium, rolled over, and wrecked. Minor crawled free, retrieved a wheelchair, and went to a friend’s house for help while police scoured the scene, later discovering he was safe back at Veterans Hospital.
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Park Ave
Marine Stadium
Marshall L. Minor
Veterans Hospital
R. E. Hodzkin
J. R. Kimberling
Soviets Demand China Seat at United Nations Opening
At the UN General Assembly opening the Soviet delegate Vishinsky demanded immediate seating for the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, opposing the Chinese Nationalists. Western delegates expected the issue to be postponed, while discussions on Korea and the assembly leadership began with elections for top posts. The race for Assembly president included Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and Prince Wan Waithayaxan.
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United Nations
Russia
Andrei Vishninsky
General Assembly
Aout
Vishinsky
U. N
Ussr
Central People’s Government
People's Republic of China
Newitr
Assembly
Thia
Nehru
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Wan Waithayaxan
Thailand
Drowning Death Two Car Bucket Tragedy In Arizona
A month old Bellflower baby, Rocky Merle Gadberry, drowned after rolling from a parked car seat into a water bucket near Salome, Arizona. Parents Junior Merle Gadberry and spouse were away from home with another child and a console, returning to find him head down in the bucket. The infant was taken to Johnson Mortuary in Yuma. burial planned in Hobbs, New Mexico.
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Hobbs
N. M
Salome
Ariz
Rocky Merle Gadberry
W. D. Davis
Junior Merle Gadberry
Davis
Gadberrys
Bonanza
Johnson Mortuary
Yuma
Palo Verde Hospital
Blyth
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Bert Resnk
Hull
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John Wittinger
Ziflerzan
Zanesville
Ohio
John
Ike
Adlai
Aid
Mary Gene Martle
Silva St
Paul Williams
Bayar St
Clay Kilesheug
Seventh St
Howard Steine
Pacific Ave
National Foundation of
China
U.N
William J. Basam
Vallejo
San Francisco
Basam
Basem
Mexico
Ensenada
Canada
Verne Scoggins
State Public Utilities Commission
Harold P. Hull
Los Angeles County
California
Thomas H. Kuchel
Mauricio Sr. de Rosa
Hubbard St
Eck
Edward Eck
Red China
Faus Lin
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