Worldwide tribute spurs Salk vaccine drive
The world honors Dr. Jonas Salk with dime and dollar gifts and plans to produce and distribute the polio vaccine. In Ann Arbor a Send Salk a Dime drive raises rapid responses. San Diego schedules mass inoculations for 34,000 children. New York State plans to inoculate about 1,000,000 schoolchildren by June with Polio Foundation vaccine.
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Daly Mirror
Mount Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
Ann Arbor
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Pollo Foundation
van Riper
Railway Express
San Diego
Houston Chronicle
Barrows
Foundation
New York State
Hermann E. Hillehos
Hilleboe
Polin Foundation
First Package Hawaiian Holiday Flight Departs Today
Trans Ocean Airlines sent 50 passengers from Long Beach Municipal Airport on the first of six planned package trips to a Hawaii holiday. The $287 deal includes week long travel, lodging at Edgewater Hotel, and sightseeing. Orange County Farm Bureau and Huntington Park Chamber of Commerce sponsor trips with routes May 23, May 30, and August 29 in Fullerton.
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Long Beach Municipel
Hawaii
Edgewater Hotel
John Maxwell
Orange County Farm Bureau
Fullerton Chamber of Commerce
Huntington Park Area
Huntington Park Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma City Wins Cowboy Hall of Fame Site
A 51 member western states committee chose Oklahoma City as the site for the proposed Cowboy Hall of Fame after two ballots. Dodge City and Colorado Springs trailed, with Oklahoma City offering to cover half the construction cost. Governor Raymond Gary led the Oklahoma delegation, while Dodge City rallied a large Kansan delegation led by Gov Hall and Sen Schoeppel.
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Dodge City
Kan
Colorado Springs
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Andrew
Schoeppel
R.kan
Denver
Hall
Hall of Fame
Oklahoma
No Criminal Action Stems From Check Cashing Firm Turmoil
The district attorney announced no basis for criminal action regarding Cole's Check Cashing Service in Los Angeles after meetings with company reps. The crisis began March 31 when state charges halted the service, causing funds issues across five Southern California counties as hundreds of checks bounced. Wathan Newby Jr. blamed careless bookkeeping, while six auditors and a district attorney aide audit the books, with discharge expected after a one to two month examination.
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Wathan Newby Jr
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Youth found with Crosby badge faces charges in LA
A 17 year old Los Angeles boy was interrogated after being found with a San Diego County special sheriff's deputy badge issued to Bing Crosby in 1937. Investigated for impersonating an officer and curfew violation after a car stop on Long Beach Freeway near Long Beach Boulevard.
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San Diego
Bing Crosby
City Juvenile Bureau
Long Beach
Long Beach Blvd
Eisenhower Grandchildren and Nixon Daughters Deny Salk Shots
White House secretary James Hagerty stated Ike grandchildren and Nixon daughters never received Salk polio vaccine. He said a reporter’s tip about a prior vaccination was baseless, citing Mrs. Barbara Eisenhower and Rose Wood as confirming no shots. Secret Service quoted Nixon as calling the report a malicious falsehood and said his children will get the vaccine in turn at public schools.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
James C. Hagerty
Barbara Eisenhower
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Hagerty
Rose Wood
Florida
Nixons
Secret Service
J. T. Sherwood
Austrians May Invite Big 4 to Conference
Vienna eyes a top level four power meeting to end occupation years. Chancellor Julius Rab not Reab returns from Moscow and may invite foreign ministers or heads of state to Vienna for April 27 parliament session marking Austria’s 10th liberation anniversary. Washington opposes Russian moves to restrict Austria’s sovereignty or bar alliances. Moscow reports suggest talks on Austria’s military future and a communique says Austria will not join alliances nor permit bases.
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Austria
Russia
Julius Reab
Moscow
Washington
United States
Germany
Admiral Stump Reports to Ike on Asia Briefing
Admiral Felix Stump, commander of U S forces in the Pacific, briefed President Eisenhower in Augusta on the Far Eastern situation after arriving from Pearl Harbor. He declined to discuss the report’s specifics and offered no assessment of Red China’s intentions, noting the visit followed a golf game with Cary Middlecoff.
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Felix B.stump
Pacific
Cary Middlecoff
Stump
Washington
Imosa
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China
Pearl Harbor
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Defense
Navy Departments
British Rail Workers Threaten Nationwide Strike May 1
British rail engineers and firemen threaten a nationwide strike starting May 1, potentially paralyzing the nationalized network. The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen seeks an eight shillings weekly raise, while railway management offered smaller increases. The dispute follows a government tribunal recommendation and ongoing negotiations with the British Transport Commission.
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London
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Eden
National Union of Railwaymen
Engineers’ Union
British Transport Commission
Kiss of Gold and the Little Godfreys Firing Shocks CBS
Arthur Godfrey fires nine performers from my song group the Little Godfreys causing a flood of offers from other shows. Marion Marlowe receives up to 53,000 per appearance, while others like LaRosa seek new bookings after dismissal. Godfrey plans earlier freshness across CBS programming as Disney’s Disneyland creates competitive pressure.
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Marion Marlowe
Godfrey
el Sullivan
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Marlowe
the Marines
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Christian Rerter
Ius
LaRosa
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Hag
Teterboro
Ania Plantation
Marian Marlowe
Columbia Broadcasting System
Little, Godfreys
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Walt Disney
Gas leak closes 18th Street near Alamitos Avenue
A gas leak in front of 1497 Alamitos Ave prompted police to close 18th Street before noon today to prevent ignition. City crews arrived and began repair work, with traffic restrictions in the area as repairs proceeded.
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Alamitos Ave
18Th St
Sabotage Charged As 9 Cars Of Flyer Jump Track
In Nashville Tennessee investigators report nine cars of the Louisville and Nashville Flyer derailed during a strike era incident. Non operating crew and passenger casualties were minor while authorities probe for the saboteur with the FBI consulted. Rail officials say track bolts and rails were loosened and removed near the derailment, suggesting insider involvement.
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Suistrike
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Herej
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Whittemore
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Six injured in Torrance head on crash on Pacific Coast Highway
Six people suffered severe cuts and other injuries in a late night head on collision on the Pacific Coast Highway near Madison Street. Injured were Donna Hughes 22 James Hughes 23 Michael Sternby 5 Roy Abramson 29 Lester Fredrickson 35 and Pauline Fredrickson 30. A passer by Francis Ward 28 narrowly escaped injury when his jeep overturned in a ditch while stopping to view the wreck.
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Torrance
Pacific Coast Hwy
Madison St
Harbor General Hospital
Donna Hughes
James Hughes
Michael Sternby
Deni St
Wilmington
Roy Abramson
Flint Ave
Lester Frederickson
Pauline Frederickson
Narbonne Ave
Four Youths Die in Pomona Crash
Four youths died in a crash on the Long Head Freeway near the Dominquez Pacific Electric overpass and on Ventura Boulevard near Calabasas. John Marshall Garrell Jr., 16, Rocine White, Fernandez, Miss Arevelo, and Carroll were reported dead on arrival or at hospital after their cars collided or overturned in separate incidents.
Rioting inmates seize hostages in Texas hospital siege
A mass riot at a state hospital led to five hostages stabbed or wounded as patients demanded better treatment. Authorities reported police numbers and guards surrounding the facility while hostages were moved to a top-floor ward under a heavy security perimeter.
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Castner
Bill Curtis
Clyde White
State Institution
Rusk
Jacksonville
Allen Dotson
Cherokee County
Six on Sailboat Reported All Right
A 62-foot privateer sailboat with six aboard was located eight miles off Dana Point and reported all right. The vessel owned by S. W. Foster of Newport Beach had left San Diego for Newport Wednesday amid high winds, with one son-in-law from San Diego expressing concern.
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S. W. Foster
Newport
Beech
Foster
H. W. Going
San Diego
Father Kills Self After Divorce Threat in Detroit
In Detroit a 24 year old William Vanaman killed himself and his two children with cyanide after his wife announced divorce plans. Police report he prepared a poisoned water mixture and forced both Sharon 1 and William Jr 11 to drink before dying himself. the 22 year old mother was seeking police protection.
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William Jr
Vanaman
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Joanne Elizabeth “Strickland
Panela
Strickland
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