Los Angeles Transit Strike Triggers Massive Downtown Jam
Los Angeles faced a major transit strike as 2,600 workers walked out, pushing 100,000 more cars into downtown traffic. Police widened patrols to ease congestion while both sides argued over a pay raise and contract terms, with a Friday meeting to decide on acceptance of an offered deal.
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No Responsibility Claimed in Action On Polio Vaccine
Secretary Hobby distance herself from government actions on the Salk polio vaccine program saying responsibility lies with Surgeon General Scheele and the Public Health Service. She asserted she could not have acted differently and noted legal limits overrule her power. The Cutter vaccine issue remains under study as officials discuss safety concerns amid ongoing investigations. Members of the 420th Military Government Company later held a weekly drill with rifle training and announced new noncommissioned officers.
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Island recluse leaves Isle of Man fortune to nurse and orphans
The 86 year old recluse Ellen Cubbin left 950,000 pounds and major properties to a nurse, an orphanage, a yacht skipper, and several charities. The will requires memorializing her son Robert Cubbin. Nurse Jimima Campbell defends Cubbin as generous despite being labeled a miser.
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Youth Inherits Over Seven Million From Family Tragedy
New York reports 12 year old William Burton heir to Max Bernheimer estate after patriarch Wayne Longergan killed Patricia in 1943. Accounting shows he will inherit 7.18 million once approved, with 3.06 million already delivered. guardian is his grandmother Lucille Burton.
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The Babe’s Own Story From Mildred Didviksan Zaharias
Fen Hibbs hails Babe Didrikson Zaharias as the world’s greatest woman athlete and shares her modest home life, her travels, and the day she learned she had cancer in a vivid profile. The feature promises one of the warmest human-interest pieces in years.
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Minister Calls Necking in Church Abolished in Wales
LLANDYSILIO WalesTac Hey Noch Williams told his young parishioners to stop necking in the church The church sits on an islet near Wales with a seventh century causeway linking it to the mainland It is a favorite lovers lane according to the vicar in his parish magazine He urged couples to honor the house of God and act with respect.
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Five youths die in Somerville Route 206 crash
Five youths returning from a church league softball game were killed in a head on collision with a truck on Route 206 in Somerville New Jersey. A sixth youth was critically injured as pipes spilled on the road. the truck driver from Rosendale New York was treated and released. An eyewitness described the sudden crash and dust cloud.
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Bevan Plans Race For Labor Treasurer
Aneurin Bevan announces he will run for treasurer of the Labour Party at the autumn convention. He faces Hugh Gaitskell, current treasurer and rival in the leadership contest as Clement Attlee nears retirement. Gaitskell, 49, previously defeated Bevan for treasurer in a recent race.
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Clement Attlee
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Harriman Plans Three Week Trip Abroad
Harriman and wife. Averell Harriman of New York state to depart from New York City to London July 30 for a three week trip including visits to London Paris Rome and Israel with return by air. Governor's office announced the trip. Extended forecast notes above normal southern temperatures and cooler northwestern areas with low rainfall. In Michigan G G. Mennsen Williams signs bill cutting marriage license waiting period from five to three days.
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Dallas Man 42 First Polio Death of 1955
In Dallas a 42-year-old man died four hours after hospitalization from polio, the city’s first polio death of 1955. A 7-year-old child with a light case and another boy labeled a Salk case were not linked to the vaccine. Doctors at Parkland Hospital said neither case was caused by the Salk shots.
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Antarctic Explorer Hooper Dies in England Home
Southport England Frederick John Hooper an antarctic explorer who helped locate Captain Scott’s last camp died yesterday at his home Hooper aged eighteen joined Scott’s final expedition and later led a search party after Scott’s team vanished Hooper sailed the world three times before his polar service.
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Robert Scott
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