Tuberculosis Remains Leading Infectious Killer in Los Angeles 1951
The Los Angeles City Health Department reports 1951—tuberculosis rises to ninth as a death cause but remains the top infectious disease. Heart disease, cancer, and vascular disease lead overall with 8159, 2319, and 2484 deaths respectively. TB caused 462 deaths and 7256 TB patients were in sanitariums or at home.
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Los Angeles
City Health Department
George M. Whi
Heme
Bowron Attacks Hoffman at Los Angeles Hearing
Former Mayor Fletcher Bowron repeated charges that Rep. Clare Hoffman treated him discourteously in a Los Angeles public housing hearing last May. Bowron said the hearings were timed to hurt his reelection, noting he was defeated by former Republican Congressman Norris Poulson.
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Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
Clare Hnffman
Mich
Los Anos Publi
Bowron
Floff
Clare Hoffman
Condolences Poured In For Former Labor Secretary Tobin
Condolences continued arriving for Maurice J. Tobin former U S Labor Secretary who died of a heart attack at his Scituate summer home. He was 52. President Eisenhower sent a telegram praising his service as mayor governor and cabinet member. A requiem mass will be sung at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross with Truman and Cardinal Spellman among expected dignitaries.
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Labor
Maurice J.tobin
Scituate
Eisenhower
California Flood Control Projects Win House Senate Conferees
A 421.7 million dollar Army Engineers bill for flood control navigation and power projects, including about 30 million for California, cleared House Senate conferees though awaiting final approval. The conference split the difference between House and Senate totals, with California items funding Cherry Valley Reservoir 200 000 dollars Folsom Dam 8.8 million Los Angeles County drainage 6.2 million Humboldt Harbor 250 900 Pine Flat 2.9 million and Sacramento River 3.8 million Whittier Narrows 896 000 among others. Continuous.
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House
Senate
California
Army Engineers
Panama Canal Zone
Conference Committee
Appropriations Committee
Cherry Valley
Folsom
Los Angeles County
Mouse
Humboldt Harbor
Pine Flat
Sacramento River
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Buyer to pay ten thousand for eye offer in Texas farm ad
A 28 year old Texas farm wife offered to sell an eye for ten thousand dollars to secure her family. Frank Benbow a retired Wichita Kansas contractor accepted after doctor advice while vacationing in Colorado. He lost his left eye in 1929 while freeing a mule and his right eye now fails. The woman seeks funds to pay debts and move the family to Alaska. Her husband approved the ad stating the chances of an offer were slim.
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Knox City
Texas
Wichita Falls
Record- News
Frank Benbow
Wichita
Kan
Cascade
Colo
Benbow
Colorado
Alaska
Secrecy Surrounds Rockefeller Child Custody Case
New York Mrs Barbara Sears Rockefeller reportedly won the first round in a secret Supreme Court proceeding against her estranged husband Winthrop Rockefeller. The court calendar offers scant details and indicates possible restraint related to an Arkansas divorce. Neither counsel would comment and Justice Rabin said he had not reviewed the papers.
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New York
Barbara Sears Rockefeller
Supreme Court
Winthrop Rockefeller
President Calls Cadets Good Ambassadors
President Eisenhower described Civil Air Patrol cadets as good ambassadors as about 100 cadets from each state and territories gathered in the White House rose garden. The group will visit 17 countries this summer and were selected for outstanding citizenship work.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Civil Air Patrol
White House
Jail Officer Involved In Dog Killing Plot In Florida
Walton County sheriff says town marshal John Donaldson and four teenagers were arrested on cruelty to animals charges after affidavits claim he paid youths to kill a homeless stray dog. The dog was bludgeoned with an iron pipe. All five posted bonds of 100 dollars. Donaldson has led the town marshal role in Defuniak Springs for about five years.
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Defuniae Springs
Fla
UPI
Aubrey McDonald
Walton County
John Donaldson
Donaldson
Theater Tax Repeal Moves to Senate Action
Senate Finance Committee head Miliken will fast track a House passed bill to repeal the 20 percent tax on movie theater tickets. The measure would cost 100 to 200 million dollars in annual revenue and faces Treasury concerns and potential amendments as the Senate schedule fills. Theater operators say declines in business since television justify relief while opponents note broad excise tax parity.
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Washington
Milliken
R.-Cole
Finance Committee
House
Eisenhower
Treasury
Congress
Senate
Witnesses disavow subversive movements at assembly
In New York, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Witnesses adopted a resolution denying any support for violent overthrow of governments. About 125,000 Witnesses attended the New World Society Assembly at Yankee Stadium as Nathan H. Knorr reaffirmed that Jehovah’s law supersedes human law. The group says it awaits Jehovah’s kingdom and emphasizes noninvolvement in violent political action.
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New York
Jehovah's Witnesses
New World Society Assembly
Jehovah God
Jesus Christ
Witnesses
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Yankee Stadium
Nathan H. Knorr
Society
Witnesses’ Faith
Conference panel splits flood control funds in 1954 bill
A congressional conference committee agreed Monday night to split the difference on a 1954 flood control and rivers and harbors appropriation. The House favored 416,391,600 for Army Engineers civil functions, the Senate 475,762,900, with a total around 445,000,000 to be submitted. Ellender noted removal of a Senate item of 1,000,000 for Toronto reservoir start in Kansas.
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Washleruise Wull
Congressional Conference Committee
House
Senate
Army Engineers
Allen J
Ellender
D.ja
Conference
Toronto Reservoir
Kansas
Wet Tropical Air Covers East U.S. Weather Spread
A wet tropical air mass blanketed the eastern U.S. from the Rockies to the Atlantic with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Rain totals included 6.37 inches at Cape Hatteras and over an inch in several areas, while two tornado clouds were reported near Scottsbluff Nebraska and near Veteran and Yoder Wyoming. Cool fronts chilled the West while the South and West stayed hot.
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Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Ft. Smith
Ark
Mt. Washington
N. H
Dickinson
N. D
Drouth Strikes Virginia Crops
Virginia crops suffer a mid-summer drought with agriculture officials warning damage may exceed 50 million dollars. Officials expect further losses as hot dry conditions persist across the state.
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Virginia
Richmond
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