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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1954
Page
4
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The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis approved nationwide polio vaccine field tests after safety review. About 500,000 children in 170 communities in 45 states will be vaccinated with active vaccine and 400,000 as controls with inert solution. Early inoculations start in Alabama Colorado Virginia Nevada Utah and Washington.
Tokyo reports the Foreign Office sought external technical help for 23 Japanese fishermen exposed to radioactive particles from the U S H-bomb test at Bikini. Physicians could examine only two of the victims, and Japanese doctors later charged the United States refused to aid. the State Department denied the charge.
Sacramento California general fund balance rose to 60 258 098 in the year ending March 31 an increase of 123 197 126 from the prior year according to Controller R C Kirkwood. Unrestricted revenues deposited in the treasury during the first nine months of the fiscal year were higher than the year before.
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