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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1964
Page
7
An advertisement touts Smirnoff as crystal clean with no taste or odor due to filtration through 14,000 pounds of activated charcoal. The copy claims it is dryer in a martini, smoother on racks, and mixes perfectly with any pour.
Four men trapped for six hours at the 1800-foot deep nuclear test shaft emerged reporting a mild ordeal. They described hot meals, coffee, and conversation while cable untangling and rescuers above ground conducted the operation.
The first 1964 smog alert was called today in Los Angeles after the ozone reading topped 51 parts per million. The alert lasted three hours from 12:28 pm with choking fumes and poor air quality felt downtown.
Washington reports the Public Health Service urged nine new polio vaccination drives this fall and winter focusing on children. Sabin, developer of the oral vaccine, dissented, arguing adults should also be immunized and that most cannot easily be identified as immune. Surgeon General and committee emphasized infant immunization and local decisions on vaccine type and age groups.
New York reports that 175000 mail carriers will work overtime for donations to the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation. A total of 25 billion letters will be sent on October 3 and 10 to raise 250 million dollars for the memorial.
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