Blast Wrecks Navy Officers' Home in Brooklyn Yard
An explosion at a Navy Yard officer's home collapsed a wall, killing two civilian Navy firemen and injuring nine including the duty officer, his wife, and son. Firemen identified were Francis Conklin and Frank Licotta. Cmdr. George Greer, his family outside, escaped injury. Cause believed to be gas from a water heater. a seismograph record followed, with uncertainty if it was quake or blast.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Navy
Cmdr
George Greer
George Jr
Greers
Brooklyn Hospital
Columbia University
Palisades
N. Y
Fordham University
Bronx
Better Man Than Hopalong Visits Dying Boy
Denver report details a surprise meeting between six year old Paul Henry Haley, dying of cancer, and President Eisenhower who visited him after reading a Rocky Mountain News story. Paul told Ike he admired him, and the boy declared the president “a bigger and better man than Hopalong Cassidy.” The brief encounter included a tour of the presidential limousine and a radio tribute, highlighting the child’s dying wish and the president’s unexpected outreach.
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Paul Henry Haley
Donald Haley
Denver
Eisenhower
Paul
Associated Press
Riseancmee
Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong
Dwight Eisenhower
Rocky Mountain News
Jean
David Stolberg
Ike
Warning on High Blood Pressure Hazards and Associated Diseases
A historical notice warns sufferers of high blood pressure about risks such as apoplexy paralysis heart and kidney or liver disease and pneumonia. It links stressed elimination and plethoric states to worsened rheumatism eczema psoriasis and other conditions, noting certain organs trigger disease as weight remains high.
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Francis Conklin
Frank Licotta
Zuglity
Meee Naa Tia
Ted W. Brown
Perfect Health Institute
Ofterorin
Ocean Blvd
Titi Ag My
P. My
Tawa
Thurs
Santa Monica
Santa Monica Blvd
L. A
S. Broadway
Entira
Lhe
By Marvin L.arrowsmith
Butler Stee
America
E. C. Livingston Co., Inc
Telegraph Rd
Los Angeles
Paso Robles
San Diego
Bakersfield
Frasno
Salinas
Ventura
Furniture Mart
Locust Ave
Alexis Carrel
DR. J
Sonja
Shoke
Pettorns Wittoy
Willow
Porren
Tay
L. B
Berry Forrester
Termino Ave
Unetian Blind Co
East Tenth ST
American Ave
POL
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