Long Beach Naval Hospital funding blocked in House
Rep. Clyde Doyle reports the proposed 3.89 million dollar Long Beach Naval Hospital appropriation has been withdrawn by the Defense Department medical policy board. Doyle condemns the action as economy driven and says he will press Navy Secretary Kimball for reinstatement, noting related hospital reorganization moves. Possible sites include VA Hospital grounds or Terminal Island.
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Plot to Kill Korea Chief Rhee Told
PUSAN, KOREA, June 13. A Communist plan to assassinate South Korea President Syngman Rhee and terrorize the capital before elections on June 23 was revealed today. Gen Won Yong Duk said 40 infiltrators and 70 armed guerrillas were involved, disclosed through Red documents found on captured dissidents. South Korea faces political crisis over the presidential election.
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Polio Graduate Betty Lou Roseville Shines at Ceremony
Betty Lou Roseville, 19, a bedridden polio victim, graduates with top honors in a cap and gown ceremony. She received a California Scholarship Federation award and a four year straight-A record while completing school from her car due to disability. Ralph Donaldson handed her diploma as 2,500 people cheered.
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Nation to decide steel workers stance on Taft-Hartley law
The nation awaits how steel workers will respond if the Taft-Hartley act is invoked. It allows the President to seek an injunction forcing an 80 day cooling off period before strikes, followed by a government supervised secret ballot on the managements last offer. If rejected, actions continue.
Heat Sweeps Great Plains as Fires Break Out
Heat marks fall across the Great Plains with dozens of cities recording 97 to 104 degrees and a third day of extreme heat. Dry winds whip dust as North Dakota farmers plan seed clouds while prayers for rain rise. Farther east, storms lash the Great Lakes region with lightning killing two farmers near Illinois and Minnesota and a wide Chicago thunderstorm awakening residents.
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One Saved in Crash at Sea
A B 29 crash landed in the Pacific 75 miles west of Kwajalein killing roughly ten of eleven crew. Fragmentary reports say one survivor was rescued by a crash boat from Kwajalein as a second B 29 circled and the lone survivor was picked up.
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Willian E. Scripps Dies at 70 in Michigan Farm
Detroit News president William E. Scripps died at his farm near Lake Orion, Michigan. He founded Radio WWJ and WWJ-TV, shaping Detroit broadcasting and daily press.
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