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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1954
Page
2
Polio inoculations began in 17 counties aided by a National Foundation effort. Fanny Farmer donated 1,000,000 lollipops to ease children’s fear as Dr. Jonas Salk described the vaccine’s antibody-building action and the nationwide rollout continued with booster plans.
The West Virginia Conservation Department recounts a tale from opening trout season. An eager angler perched a foot over a lake awaiting the 6 a.m. start and planned to drop the line when the whistle blew. A trout leaped and snagged his dangling bait, yet witnesses backed the angler, sparing him a citation.
U S Housing Administrator Albert M Cole labels the nation’s slums the number one housing scandal and urges the Chamber of Commerce to back a public program to shelter displaced families. He links slums to tax losses, cites FHA investigations, and challenges business leaders to propose alternatives. He also critiques Marxist teaching in schools and notes a San Francisco court convicted four for harboring a Communist leader, with sentences up to 11 years.
Mrs Eding Jacobsen a five foot housewife surprised a six foot burglar in her Los Angeles Up home on Monday. He struck her with her high heel but she defended herself, delivering a bruise to his nose while sustaining minor facial cuts. The burglar fled, dropping her wallet as he sped to a pet shop.
Publicity agent notes an old Newkirk Ave custom where expectant parents show gender by porch bulbs pink for girl blue for boy. A blue and pink bulb pair appeared yesterday signaling a newborn. Cleburne Texas plans a centennial with a coal locomotive on stage, Santa Fe supplying one after finding a backache veteran fireman. Wesley Keith, 23, hospitalized for a stab wound after a drunken fingernail cleaning incident.
Vice President Nixon urged the Senate to restore 6 million dollars vetoed by the House for the U S student exchange program with friendly nations. He told a Senate appropriations subcommittee the program counteracts Communist propaganda and spreads the American message. Eisenhower sought 15 million dollars for the coming fiscal year, but the House cut it to 5 million.
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