Calif to Get New Polio Vaccine Supply
California health officials report a fresh supply of Safe Sail polio vaccine is en route to replace impounded Cutter serum. Los Angeles County and Berkeley will coordinate to resume inoculations for first and second grade pupils with parent consent on file. Long Beach plans May 9 second injections if vaccine reaches in time. about 51,000 children have had first shots, 43,000 remain.
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Los Angeles
Kenneth H. Sutherland
Sutherland
California
Los Angeles County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Parke Davis and Co
Cutter Laboratories
LU. S. Public Health Service
California Patio Advisory Committee
Berkeley
Kenneth Sutherland
State Health Department
L. B
J. D. Litwack
Long Beach
Litwack
Data Radioed 4 600 Miles Save 7 Lives
At Wheelus Air Force Base in Tripoli seven men were saved from suffocation by fumes from rust inhibitor. An urgent Allied radio message from Tripoli prompted help via Military Amateur Radio Station at Devens Massachusetts. An antidote could be administered if a broken capsule released nitric acid antidote, and all seven were out of danger within hours.
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Ft, Devens
Mass
API
Army Post
Wheelus Air Force Base
Tripoli
Fey Devens
Dope Addict Couple Sent To Hospital For Treatment
On June 4, 1954 Gordon Keith Clark and his wife Diane were arrested for heroin possession. They found religion, engaged in weekly counseling, and were sent by Judge Joe Raycraft on August 14 to the Metropolitan State Hospital narcotics center for treatment becoming the first local couple to be admitted. They worked in the hospital laundry and butcher shop and attended psychology classes with weekly consultations from Rev. Raymond O. Aikens.
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Bert Resnik
Gordon Keith Clark
Diane
Raymond O. Aikens
Clarks
Gordon
Evalyn Clark
Metropolitan State Hospital
Norwalk
Aikens
Joe Raycraft
Raycraft
Judge Raycraft
Rev. Aikens
Polio Outbreak Grows as Vaccination Debated
The nation reports 12 polio cases in California with 17 treated children total, while the Surgeon General defends the vaccine and notes no unusual nationwide pattern. Washington lists 106 new weekly cases across 47 states, with 11 vaccine-related infections among first-shot recipients. The Cutter vaccine is under exhaustive inquiry to determine fault, with potential scenarios including accidental live virus or dormant virus.
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Washington
Califorrnia
Leonard
Scheele
Public Health Service
The
Health Service
California
Idaho
National Institutes of Health
Had Enough Beaten 2500 Times In 25 Years Marriage
CHICAGO Mrs. Anna E Benjamin 41 charges her husband John 47 beat her at least twice weekly during 25 years of marriage. Thursday she rejected reconciliation. Attorney Norman Becker estimated the beatings total 2500. Judge Elmer N Helmgren said he would hear the pending divorce suit May 6.
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Chicago
Sai
Anna E. Benjamin
Norman Becker
Elmer N. Helmgren
Italian leftist elected president on fourth ballot in Rome
Giovanni Gronchi, 67, a Christian Democrat and World War I resistance leader, was elected Italy's second president by a joint Parliament session. He won on the fourth ballot after three earlier rounds failed. Premier Scelba backed Merzagora before withdrawing. Gronchi had presided as Chamber of Deputies president since 1948.
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Rome
Giovanni Gronchi
Elesent
Italy
Christian Democrat
Gronchi
Luigi Einsuci
Chamber of Deputies
Mario Scelba
America
Scelba
Christian Democrat Party
Senate
Cesare Merzagora
Newspaper Navigation Cues and Page References
The note lists where to find sections among pages and tells readers the pages for Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Editorial Financial Obituaries Theaters Tides Temperatures Wilson Women Your World and Shipping Table with page numbers A- or B- designations. It serves as a guide to locate features across the publication.
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Boyle
Wilson
Fear Bulwark Against Reds Will Topple
The United States reaffirmed support for Premier Ngo Dinh Diem's Viet Nam government as it fights the Binh Xuyen rebellion in Saigon. State Department officials said Washington recognizes the government of Free Viet Nam led by Diem and will not acknowledge Bao Dai as premier, while pressing for a quick end to fighting to avoid chaos in the region. Separate from Indochina, a large Sequoia National Forest section near Bakersfield will reopen to logging, leasing 289,000 acres for five years with potential cuts up to 75 million board feet annually.
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Washington
United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
Saigon
State Department
Edgar Faure
France
Diem
Henry Suydam
J. Lawton Collins
Collins
U. S
Bao Dat
Suydam
Bao Dai
Indochina
Dulles
Ngo Dinh Diet
Binh Xuyen
Laut
Department
Bnd
Bai Dai
French Riviera
Sao Dai
Eisenhower
Iop Security Council
White House
Sequoia
Bakersfield
Sequoia National Forest
Paris
Edigar Faure
Faure
Erie
C. Douglas Dillon
Nguyen van Vy
Bao ‘Dai
Cao Dai
Hoa Heo Re
Weather outlook: Increasing cloudiness and light showers
The forecast calls for growing cloud cover with a chance of a few light showers on Saturday. Temperature remains nearly steady with little change expected.
Dairy owner sues over Milker machine electrocution
Britschgi, an Artesia dairy owner at 21600 Balshire Ave, seeks $5,000 damages after five Holstein cows died and 20 others suffered milk-loss when a milking machine electrocuted July 5, 1952. He accuses Brown Brothers of Bellflower, a dairy equipment firm, of improper installation. The case is before Judge Harold C. Shepherd in Superior Court.
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Artesia
Toh’ I, Britschgi
Balshire Ave
Brown Brothers
Bellfower
Harold C. Shepherd
I Britschgi
U S approves eighty five million aid to India
New Delhi Finance Minister C. D. Deshmukh told Parliament that the United States has provided India with 85 million dollars in financial aid over the past seven years.
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India
U.S
New Delhi
C. D. Deshmukh
United States
Boy With Gun Kills Friend After Dog Startles Shooting
In Compton a 15 year old fired a .45 caliber pistol during play after a dog jumped onto his back. Michael Murphy 14 died instantly from a shot to the heart. Dean Worrell 15, neighbor and owner of the weapon, was questioned by police.
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Compton
Michael Murphy
E. Caldwell St
Young 3 Murphy
Medical Center
Dean Worrell
E. Caldwell Sr
Michael
Young Murphy
Ki Poe
Charles Youngquist
Oungquist
Seoment
Elsie Eastwood
Caldwell St
Jatin
Patsy
Connie
Leonard
Patricia
U S Studies Sending GIs to Formosa
The United States weighs sending a token ground force to Formosa as Senate Republicans back President Eisenhower's approach to the Chinese Communist threat. Senator Capehart supports the president while Senator Jenner pushes a nonbinding resolution opposing any territorial transfer via talks. General Howley warns that negotiating with communists signals intent to gain concessions through talks.
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Washington
Sen Capehart
R-Ind
Senate
Eisenhower
Formosa
Capehart
Sen
Jenifer
Jenner
United States
China
Formosa Strait
Chou Enlai
Dulles
Frank L. Howley
Berlin
New York University
Chou
Howley
Internal Security Subcommittee
Far East
Georgi Zhukov
Diem claims victory as Viet Nam turmoil escalates
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem declared victory in the Saigon Cho Lon clash with the Binh Xuyen Society while Bao Dai’s authority looms. Civil conflict leaves up to about 1,000 dead or wounded as fires raze homes. Bao Dai orders staff changes and may meet Diem abroad. U.S. envoy Dillon meets Faure amid tensions.
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John Roderick
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Bao Dai
Diem
Biph Xuyen Society
Cho Lon
U.S
Binh Xuyen
Cho Laon
French Riviera
le van Ty
Beinh Xuyen
Nguyen, van Vy
Drof
Small Plane Crash in Delaware Kills Three
A small plane crashed near Wilmington involving Floyd Quillen 37 Elsmere Win Pratt 35 Newport Francis Hogan 20 and others. The crash occurred after takeoff from TuPont Airport as a front brought light rain expected to spread Saturday afternoon. Investigators said the cause was under study and Dulles was expected to testify on foreign aid next week.
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Wilmington
Seana
Washington
Secre
Floyd Q
Tary
State Dulles
U.S. Weather Bureau
Quillen
Win
S. Pratt
Elsmere
Francis Hogan
Newport
Foreign Relations Committee
George
DTE
TuPont|Ga
Dulles
1955 Seen Record in Prosperity
U S Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks told Hannover industrial leaders 1955 may bring all time prosperity for Americans. He warned against depression talk and predicted imports, especially raw materials and food, will rise. He cited figures on GNP growth, home ownership, productivity, population, and a construction boom, urging tariffs be kept for investment and trade.
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Hannover
Germany
U. S
Sinclair Weeks
U.S
America
United States
Europe
Ree Weeks
Senate hearings on subversives ban open
Senate internal security subcommittee opened hearings to back a bill enabling the government to bar suspected subversives from defense plants. Wilber M. Brucker and Justice Department representatives were to testify as the first witnesses, with Sen. Butler of Maryland sponsoring the measure.
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Washington UF
Senate
Wilber M. Brucker
Defense Department
Justice Department
Internal Security
Sen. Butler
R-Md
House Judiciary Committee
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Lynwood
General Hospital
Calif
Long Beach City
Robert Carlson
Celebram
South
Binh Xuyen Society
Bulletin Washington
S. Viet Nam
Delaware
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