Lugosi Held No Addict Asks Help
Bela Lugosi, 71, famed Dracula star, is to attend a psychopathic court hearing today on his petition for commitment to a state hospital for help with a narcotic habit. Doctors say he is not a narcotic addict, but has used narcotics intermittently for about 20 years.
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Lugosi
Los Angeles
Bela Lugosi
Dracula
Boris Karloti
Los Angeles General Hospital
Logosi
General Hospital
Hollywood
Motion Picture Relief Fund, Inc
Woodland Hills
Lake Elsinore
Navy seeks 95 million for Los Alamitos Naval Station
The Navy asks Congress to approve a 95 million construction program at Los Alamitos Naval Air Station in California. Testimony released by the House appropriations subcommittee shows plans to replace many buildings over the next five years. Next year requests include 180 thousand dollars for a new parachute shop.
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Navy
Congress
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Los Alamitos
House Appropriations Subcommittee
California
Chemical Plant Blast Injures Eight In Institute West Virginia
A chemical plant explosion at the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp in Institute Kanawha Valley sent eight workers to hospitals with burns and injuries. Fire from Unit 4 was brought under control within two hours.
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Institute
W. Va
GPA
Kanawha Valley
Carbide and
Carbon Chemicals Corps
Big Three Accept Russia Proposal for Austria Parley
The United States Britain and France accepted Russia’s plan for a foreign ministers meeting at the earliest practicable date to restore Austria’s independence. Ambassadors will meet Austrian officials in Vienna May 2 to prepare for the higher level talks. A three power working party will study Vienna procedures starting Monday with U.S. officials en route. West German participation to be included on German questions.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Austria
Vienna
State Department
Moscow
U. S
Monay
London
Nehru Attacks NATO as Champion of Colonialism
Bandung Indonesia Prime Minister Nehru blasted NATO as a protector of colonialism urging neutralist policy for the 29 Asian African nations. He urged coexistence to curb world tension while the conference faced a deadlock over Communist colonialism amid Kotelawala’s challenge to Soviet led dissolving Cominform.
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Indonesia
Nehru
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Fatih Rusty Zolla
Turkey
NATO
Ceylon
John Kotelawala
Red
Salk Receives White House Citation From Eisenhower
President Eisenhower honors Dr. Jonas Salk with a formal citation in the White House Rose Garden for developing the polio vaccine. He calls Salk a benefactor on mankind and praises the scientists and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis for enabling the breakthrough. Basil O’Connor accepts the award for the American people, noting the nation’s collective effort behind the vaccine.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Jonas E. Sak
Salk
White House Rose Garden
United
National Foundation For
Basil O'Connor
Foundation
Flooding, Crashes Surge as Southland Receives Storm
The heaviest rainfall of the season drenched the Southland Thursday night into today, with Long Beach tallying 14.7 inches for the period. Nearby areas reported heavy totals, while nine Long Beach traffic accidents injured ten people and Westminster faced flood threats to a cemetery and home. A two car crash in San Pedro killed a Lomita woman and critically injured five others. Sybil MacLaughlin and Helen Dielen sustained injuries from slippery sidewalks. The Weather Bureau forecasts scattered showers tonight and sun on Saturday as Westminster budgets drainage upgrades near Westminster Memorial Park.
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Long Beach
Artesia
Bellflower
Compton
Downey
Mita
San Pedro
Paramount
Westminster
Seal Beach
Los Alamitos
U. S. Weather Bureau
Sybil K. MacLaughlin
Ohio Ave
Broadway
Helen Dielen
8Th St
Seaside Blvd
Seaside Hospital
Ohio Train Collision Injures 20
A Pittsburgh to Cleveland Morning Steeler collided with steel freight cars on the Pennsylvania Railroad through Bedford Ohio injuring about twenty people. Police and ambulances evacuated passengers while hospitals reported more injuries. The diesel engine derailed and several cars were damaged trapping passengers.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bedford
Edward Prasek
Maple Heights
Marymount
Navy Eyes Atom Powered Surface Ships As Submarine lauds
Secretary Charles S. Thomas testified before the House Appropriations Committee that atom powered propulsion offers major potential for surface ships. He noted Nautilus may prove power plants last two to three times longer and outlined a four year shipbuilding program totaling 1.317 billion dollars for 34 new warships and 281 conversions, including a fifth supercarrier and five conventional diesel submarines alongside three nuclear ones.
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Washington
Theavy
Secretary of the Navy
Charles S. Thomas
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Weather Outlook: Partly Cloudy with Showers Tonight
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a few scattered showers through tonight. Saturday will be sunny with continued cool temperatures.
Islanders ready to battle police over Faeroe doctor
Faeroe islanders of Bordo prepare for a clash with 120 Danish riot police as authorities seek to remove Dr. E Halvorsen from his district post. Islanders, angry at his two year illegal tenure, blockaded harbor access and forced officials back to the ship amid dance and defiant demonstrations.
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Faeroe Islands
Copenhagen
Bordo
Denmark
Faeroe Group
North Atlantic
Iceland
Shetlands
Bordo Fishing
Kaksvig
Klaksvig Harbor
E. Halvorsen
Mondal
Faeroe
Halvorsen
The
Sweden
Faeroes
Elkjaer Hansen
Feilberg Jorgensen
First Injection of Heroin Our Teens Education Profile
Excelsior High School principal Richard Gahr discusses youth narcotics exposure emphasizing that not only athletes or clubs are at risk. The piece profiles former student Gordon Keith Clerk, who recounts a brutal initiation from marijuana to heroin after graduation, including a detailed, cautionary account of drug use and a paraphrased reminiscence.
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Richard Gahr
Excelsior High School
Yur Wan
Sordon Keith Clark
Diane Lee Skelly
Mariijuana
Gehr
Gordon Keith Clerk
el Aviador
Gordon
Buddy
Chuck
Democrats Cry Over Ike Military Cuts After Formosa Crisis
House Democrats accused President Eisenhower of a serious mistake in ordering manpower reductions, citing secret testimony by Navy Secretary Carney and Admiral Barney. They warned U S forces cannot sustain Far East strength under the cutbacks. Rep. Price said the administration is balancing a budget on a shoestring in critical times.
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House
Eisenhower
Formosa
John
McCormack
Navy
Charles 5. Thomas
Robert Barney
Naval
Hursday
Far East
Eisenhuner
Carney
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Melvin Price
D.il
House Armed Services Committee
Index of sections and page references
A listing shows the newspaper's section locations including Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Editorial Financial Obituaries Radio and TV Shipping Sports Theaters Tides Temperatures Wilson Women Your World and page numbers for each. It reads like a guide to where to find various content across the issue.
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Boyle
Wilson
Challengers Claim Only 3 of 9 Seats
Louis E. Wolfson expressed that his bid to gain control of Montgomery Ward & Co. fell short, securing only three of nine director seats as the annual meeting opened amid sharp exchanges and procedural fights. The outcome hinges on votes tallied over the next two to three weeks. Avery’s camp retains control for now.
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Chicago
Loouis E. Wolfson
Montgomery Ward & Co
Wolfson
Avery
Wolffson
Slvearold Sewell Avery
John Barr
Ward
Helpless Girl Burned to Death in Blaze
In Winchester Kentucky a fire trapped Bobbie Jean Shelton who had spent most of her 11 years in a wheelchair since an illness at age two. While her parents were away the blaze broke out and she died in the chair.
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Winchester
Bobbie Jean Shelton
Ce Ulness
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