School Board Voting Today in Four Cities
Polls open at 7 in Long Beach Lakewood Avakin and Signal Hill for a likely upset in the Long Beach Unified School District. Officials expect turnout under 20 percent of 177472 voters with results at the John Dewey Middle School Auditorium expected by 10 pm. Incumbents Bre Elizabeth Tudson and M A Duncan face Anne Roseen Kewewile and Woswell Parker with recommendations on page B-1.
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Independent
Smog Linked to Cancer says Los Angeles doctors poll
In a Los Angeles County Medical Association survey doctors report a strong link between smog and cancer. Ninety-five percent of tumor specialists and high percentages of other physicians agree air pollution contributes to cancer and related symptoms. Most respondents see patients with allergies as more vulnerable. many know people who left the area for health reasons.
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Britain Abolishes Draft as Forces Shrink in Five-Year Plan
Britain unveiled a five year defense program cutting 46 percent of armed forces, ending the draft by 1960, scrapping battleships and jet warplanes, while shifting to guided missiles and atomic artillery. The plan lowers manpower from 690000 to about 625000 this year and trims military spending about 17 percent, with a target force of around 375000 in 1962 and major withdrawals from overseas postings.
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Type Consultant Farrar 70 Dies in Northern Tornadoes Rampage
Farrar a Newport Beach typographic consultant died after a heart attack and tornadoes battered the North in a three day 1000 mile rampage. He had checked into Hoag Memorial Hospital March 16 but died suddenly. He rede signed more than 60 newspapers in the United States and is survived by his widow Carol Farrar a sister Beatrice and his son Fred.
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Laguna Head
Hoag Memorial Hospital
Neway
United States
Carol Farrar
Beatrice
Laguna Beach
Fred
Garden City
N. J
U.S. Torn by New Set of Storms
A large storm system sweeps across the United States, triggering alerts from weather agencies. Officials warn of heavy rainfall, strong winds, and possible flooding as the front moves through multiple regions.
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U.S
LeMay Promotion Moves SAC Chief to No 2 of Air Force
Gen Curtis E LeMay, longtime head of the Strategic Air Command, is named vice chief of staff of the U S Air Force in Washington, with the transfer effective after July 1. The change comes as another reshuffle in Army and Air Force leadership unfolds, shifting Lemnitzer and others to new posts.
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Frank ¥. Everest
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Emmett
Rosie”) O'Donnell
Air Force
Economists Debate Inflation and Recession Outlook
Dr. Arthur F. Burns of Columbia University and former Eisenhower advisor, along with Dr. Harold Schreder and Dr. Heinz E. Luedicke, spoke at the Farmers and Merchants Forum. They discussed how far ahead the economy can go when at full capacity and the likelihood of inflation or recession.
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Arthur F. Burns
Economica
Columbia University
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Council of Economic Advisor
Farmers and Merchants Forum
Harold Schreder
Distributors Group
Heinz E. Luedicke
Evictees Return in Revenge Bar Bombing Kills Six in Los Angeles
Three youths tossed a gasoline bomb into Club Mecca, killing six patrons and injuring at least three others in a crowded South Central Los Angeles bar. Witnesses saw three suspects flee before the explosion as police cordoned the scene and fire crews searched the wreckage.
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Barbara Ye George Pennebaker
Howard Marriott
S. Noremandie Ave
Vet Housing Bill Gains in Capital
Washington lawmakers advance a $2 billion omnibus veterans housing measure in the House Banking Committee. The proposal would authorize use of veterans life insurance funds to buy mortgages and expand FHA insured housing for ex servicemen and some non veterans, despite administration opposition and possible veto threats.
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Tornado Toll Rising Across States After Severe Storms
The United Press tallies at least 35 killed and nearly 1,000 injured across 10 states since the storm outbreak began with Colorado blizzards and four deadly Dallas tornadoes on Tuesday. Tornadoes killed 17 people. Center on Strikes Quito Ecuador President Camilo Ponce met Thursday with cabinet ministers amid widespread workers’ strikes.
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Ecuador
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Finches Fight Kids and a Postal Box Nest
A family of finches nests in a metal rural mailbox outside the Vasquez home at 640 E 220th St. Neighbors, including Vasquez children, remove nesting straw but the birds resume. The local postman disrupts the nest during daily mail delivery, while Postmaster Arthur Summerfield contemplates reducing postal deliveries amid a neighborhood bet on the finches’ persistence.
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Arthur Summerfield
Subway Fire in New York Halts 60 Trains During Rush Hour
A smoky underground fire near 103rd Street halted 60 West Side trains, stranding about 50,000 passengers as hundreds evacuated through emergency exits. Three people were overcome by smoke, a fourth with an injured foot was hospitalized, and light outages complicated the scene before the blaze was controlled in about thirty minutes.
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New York
West Side
103D Street
Samaky
Independent reads and notes on California and Naples
Read Golden Years on Page A2L. Salary increase for state college instructors and civil service employees voted by Assembly Ways and Means Committee, Page A-2.
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Naples
Assembly
Ways and Means
Canadian Envoy Norman Leaps to Death in Cairo
Canadian envoy Merbert Norman, 48, killed himself by leaping from a Cairo building after leaving farewell notes. He faced U S Senate inquiries alleging Communist ties, denied by Ottawa. Notes addressed to his wife and Swedish minister were found with his body near his Cairo home.
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Camman
Merbert Norman
U. S. Senate
Brynott Eng
Anti Rabies Bill Approved by Senate Committee
Sacramento report states a bill requiring compulsory vaccination of dogs in any state area designated as a rabies table region was approved Thursday by a Senate committee.
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Sacramento
Senate
Weatherman Bullish on Four-Point Weather Rise Today
Weatherman WM Bullish forecasts a four point rise in conditions today with a cautious tone about April. He downplays market moves and stresses no need to worry about taxes or meeting income obligations.
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Kin to See Mexico Eisenhower Brother to Visit in June
The Fore alen Ministry announced on Thursday that Dr Milton Eisenhower, brother of President Eisenhower, will visit Mexico in June by special invitation of President Huerta according to new reports.
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