Civil Defense Spending Tops 17 Million in State Funds
Sacramento reports California's home preparedness program has cost or been earmarked over 17 million since Korea began. Of that total five point one seven million went to medical supplies and equipment, stored in Sacramento and Pomona warehouses. Localities and counties account for most of the rest with federal aid funding. A balance of five point four three four seven five two million remains from the original twelve million appropriation, awaiting legislative action to unfreeze.
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Sacramento
Calfornia
Walter M. Robertson
Civil Defense
Pomona
Warren
Small Plane Falls One Dies One Hurt
A private plane crashed on takeoff from Hobergs Resort south of Lakeport California killing Lee Seaton the San Mateo based pilot and injuring passenger Walter Fowler from San Francisco. Fowler sustained broken legs and internal injuries and was hospitalized at Lakeside.
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Lakeport
Calif
San Mateo
San Franciscan
Hobergs Resort
Here
Lee Seaton
Walter Fowler
Lakeside Hospital
French Reds Headquarter Raid by Police Stand Off
Paris and other French cities witnessed a major police operation against the Communist National headquarters as doors were breached and tons of secret documents seized. The overnight raids were part of a crackdown following Jacques Duclos arrest, with no casualties reported and officials promising swift examination of the seized materials for Kremlin plots.
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Paris
Kremlin
France
Moscow
Red
Jacques Duclos
Red Party
Trelaze
Duclos
Place de l'Opera
Ministry of Interior
Matthew B. Ridgway
Europe
Clouds Darken Most of Country on Last May Weekend
A weather summary reports widespread cloudiness fog and rain across much of the nation with the Midwest seeing showers and wind. Rain extended from eastern North Carolina to southeastern New York and southern New England while a band of showers and storms crossed from eastern upper Michigan to central Oklahoma. Great Lakes area saw thunderstorms and Phoenix cooled from 102 to 71 after a hot spell. May was unusually cloudy and wet in the Middle West as Chicago recorded only nine sunny days.
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Midwest
North Carolina
New York State
New England
Upper
Michigano
Missouri
Oklahoma
Great Lakes
Phoenix
Ariz
Middle West
Chicago
San Diegan Drowns in Rancho Santa Fe Reservoir
A San Diego man, Basil Johansen, 21, drowned at a reservoir on the former Douglas Fairbanks ranch near Rancho Santa Fe after a canoe overturned. He was fully clothed when thrown into the water.
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San Diegan
del Mar
San Diego
Douglas Fairbanks
Rancho Santa Fe
Basil Johansen
Mule Goes To The Dogs In Dixie Pet Food Trend
Washington reports the southern mule, once a farm staple, is being replaced by tractors and fed to dogs at two cents a pound. Representatives Rankin Cannon Bolling and Doughton weigh in on the mule’s decline, noting its WWII contributions yet acknowledging the tractor era.
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Washington
John Rankin
D.miss
Cotton Belt
Dixie
New South
Zoo
Clarence Cannon
Ace Weede Auuulle
Cannon
Rankin
Beck
Richard Bolling
D.-Mo
Kansas City
Burma
Robert L. Doughton
D.N. CC
Muley
Masses of Russia Incited Against West
Moscow reports show mass protests by foreign residents at home and abroad as Soviet anger rises over Western moves. Riots on Koje Island and accusations of germ warfare fuel bitterness, with strikes and demonstrations planned across Europe and Asia.
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Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Korea
Koje Island
Hitler
Germany
France
Japan
Italy
West Germany
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Bonn
Toy Conran
Long Beach Blvd
Tito
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
White Palace
Belgrade
Jovan Kratovil
Pride OF Dixie Just Pet Food
By Francis
Kelly
Gla
Perk
Barker Bros
Barkers
S'x21
Barker Bros. Broadway
Locust, Long Beach
Visser
By Eddy Gilmore
Red Police
Buergerablage
Free West Berlin
Steinstuecken
No Man's-Land
Berlin
Ana Pauker
Politburo
Czechoslovakia
Jan Sevcik
Czechoslovak National Front
China
Broadway
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