Cutter Polio Vaccine Outcry Shocks Nation
Cutter Laboratories vaccine for polio was ordered withheld after eight paralytic cases linked to its use were reported. The Public Health Service in Washington directed immediate withdrawal and a nationwide stop, with officials warning doctors and who received shipments to return unused portions. Local health departments halted injections and urged calm as tests continue.
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L D. Litwack
Litwack
City Health Dept
Pine Ave
Los Angeles County
Long Beach
Lakewood
Signal Hill
James R. Dean
Berkeley
Cut- Iter Laboratories, Inc
National Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
Cutter
San Diego
Ventura
Oakland
Napa
Calif
Chicago
Pocatello
Idaho
Jack Harger
Cutter Laboratories
Public Health Service
Harger
Washington, D.C
Malcolm H. Merrill
California Department of Public Health
Merrill
National Institute of Health
State Department of Public Health
Classifieds and notices wrap the city pages
A brief regional index lists where to find various sections across the newspaper such as Beach Combing on B-1, Editorial on A-22, Obituaries on B-2, Sports on A-24 to A-27, and Tides Temperatures on B-14, guiding readers to specific pages and column areas.
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Boyle
Wilson
Evacuation of 200 Families Near Philippine Volcanos
Manila reports 200 families begin evacuation from the Makaturing and Rorowanga volcanic area on Mindanao Island. Authorities say both volcanoes south of Lake Lanao are spewing smoke and small boulders from craters. Makaturing, 9,025 feet high, has not erupted in 350 years. Rorowanga lies within two miles of Makaturing.
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Philippine
Manila
Makaturing
Roro- Wwanga
Mindanao
Social Welfare Administration
Lake Lanao
Lanao
Rorowanga
Antitrust Suit Targets Hilton Statler Merger
Washington Atty Gen Brownell filed a federal antitrust suit against Hilton Hotels Corp and Statler Hotels Delaware Corp seeking divestiture of Hilton properties in Washington, St Louis, and Los Angeles. The case challenges the Statler merger as violating the Clayton Act, arguing reduced competition in hotel services and major conventions.
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Washington
Brownell
Conrad Hilton
Federal District Court
Hilton Hotels Corp
Statler Hotel
Statler Hotels Delaware Corp
Statlers
Hilton
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Statler Hotels
Justice Department
Hilton-Statler
Department
Star- Wer
Associates
Staller
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Hartford
Detroit
Dallas
United States
Beverly Hills
Calif
Turkey
Hilton Corporation
Chicago
Conrad Hilton Jr
Conrad Sr
Spain
Madrid
Pay Boosts Sought by Steel Union
United Steelworkers notified 88 basic steel firms it will seek unspecified pay boosts for 600000 members. President David J. McDonald said notices were mailed, triggering 30 day negotiations under the 1954 contract. A wage reopening clause and a potential strike by midnight June 3 are included.
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Pittsburgh
Cio
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Volcanoes erupt in Hawaii with lava bursts 50 feet high
In Hawaii’s Puna district on the island’s northeast, volcanoes resumed erupting on Tuesday after a near three week quiet. Lava spouted about 50 feet in bursts as a series of eruptions from February 28 to April 8 razed homes and sugar cane lands, reshaping the area.
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Puna
Hawaii Island
Dutch couple ships pachyderm to Long Beach auto dealer
A Dutch couple raffled a white elephant during a Europe tour and sent the animal to A. McKenzie Jr. in Cerritos, lot of mischief and disbelief as the “ivory tower” elephant is due to arrive at Los Angeles Harbor on May 29 with plans for the owner to be on the dock. The incident drew reactions from Miss Florence Stoner and family, who joke about the prank and await the elephant’s arrival with a Brownie camera ready.
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Long Beach
Florence Stoner
A. McKenzie Jr
McKenzhe
Europe
Tom Sullivan
Ovana Ave
Peg
aKenzie
Stoner
Los Angeles Harbor
McKenzie
Wedding Against Dope Precedes a Heroin Habit
A 1953 report follows 17 year old Diane Lee Skelly and her 21 year old fiancé Gordon Keith Clark as they slide from heroin use toward marriage. Their pattern of dosing continues despite plans for a life together and a hoped abstention after matrimony.
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Diane Clark
Roger, Coar
Diane Lee Skelly
Gordon Keith Clark
Diane
Witting H
Douglas Aircraft Co
Bo Diane
Louise
Man Shoots Two Fells by Officers in Pa. Standoff
In Frackville Pennsylvania a man named Charles Klevis 28 shot two relatives then held his mother hostage for four hours before neighbors disarmed him. He bragged to police and said there was nothing to talk about. His wife and daughter Charlott 15 were wounded during the attack.
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Frackville
Charles Klevis
Joseph Andrushin
Klevis
Cecilia Kleibash
Klebash
Jhead
Charlott
Betty Klevis
Plane crash reported near Kumba in West Africa
A UP report from Lagos Nigeria says an Exench plane carrying 17 passengers crashed near Kumba in the British Cameroons area of West Equatorial Africa.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Kumba
Cameron
West Equatorial Africa
FHA Orders Closing Cost Cash Payment
The FHA tightened mortgage rules requiring buyers with government insured loans to pay closing costs in cash at settlement, coordinating with the VA which aims to end no down payment financing. The VA plans to require upfront closing costs on loans it backs, while FHA retains down payments. no effective date given.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Housing Administration
FHA
Thomas J. Sweeney
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Luck Runs Out He Should Have Let Well Enough Alone
Gary Sanders 22 of Palm Springs eluded deputies during a highway phase for drunk driving. He was later arrested after sneaking up on the sheriff’s squad car parked at a roadside cafe and tying a knot in the radio aerial.
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EL Centro
Gary Sanders
Palm Springs
Sheriff's Deputies
Sanders
Peace Hopes Bright Ike Tells Press
President Eisenhower said he has been in private correspondence with Soviet defense leader Zhukov within the past three weeks, offering slim hope for improved U S Soviet relations. He spoke at a news conference noting cautious optimism about world peace while warning about a Red Chinese air buildup near Formosa. He did not plan a meeting with Allied leaders now but left open the possibility, as Dulles MacMillan and Pinay prepare a May 9 Paris discussion.
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Eisenhower
Zhukov
Red China
United States
Formosa
China
Russia
Foxmasa
Nan Lmm ES
Dulles
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
Paris
Marshal Zhukov
Berlin
Germany
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Orange County
Bellflower Office
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National Order
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F. E. McKenzie
Beat Resnie
Ike
Bares
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Dwight Eisenhower
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South Bend
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Curtis Miller
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