Newborn in Redwood City Gets Rare Blood Transfusion
A newborn girl underwent a full blood replacement after birth at Sequoia Hospital. Two pints of rare blood from Canadian Cree sisters were used to wash out bile pigments, with an 11 a.m. start and about a two hour procedure. The infant, 6 pounds 3¾ ounces, was born by C section to Nadine Robertson.
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Redwood City
Deetors Tofey
Doetors
Sequoie Hospital
Walter Hamilton
Hamilton
Mail Aid Shot Fighting Thug in $4,000 Holdup
Federal state and county authorities hunted a stocky man after a $4,000 mail truck robbery in Sacramento ending in a bloody hand to hand fight. Driver Herbert Morgan said the attacker, about 45, 178 pounds, 5 feet 10, fled after Morgan wrested a .22 revolver and Morgan was shot in the leg. Postal receipts totaling about 54,000 were stolen from two South Sacramento substations.
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Sacramento
U. S
South Sacramento
Kenneth Hammaklap
Herbert Morgan
Liverpool
England
Sacramento County
Mor
Port
Gan
Morgan
Quakes Cripple Lake County Homes and Stores
Three earthquakes struck Lake County California with shocks at 1:00 am 4:56 am and 8:10 am damaging homes shelves and windows. Strongest quake registered 3 on the Richter scale. Damage in Clear Lake Highlands stores estimated at 1500 with canned goods removed from shelves at You's Drugstore.
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Lakeport
Calif
Lake County
San Francisco
Lakepore
Lower Lake
Clear Lake Highlands
Clear Lake
Upper Lake
Here
University of California Seismograph Station
Berkeley
Sheriff's Office
You's
Highlands
Catholics and Latin Cops clash as Buenos Aires marchers rally
In Buenos Aires mounted police broke up a mass march of Roman Catholics demonstrating loyalty to the church amid government measures. At least 40 marchers were arrested and one officer injured. Retired Brig. Gen. Carlos Garcia Cuevas was among those arrested as worshippers blocked traffic outside Metropolitan Cathedral and sang pro church hymns and the national anthem. The protest followed a mass and came amid a government push to separate church and state during Peron's ongoing clash with the church since November.
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Buenos Aires
Carlos Garcia Cuevas
Metropolitan
Jesus
Argentina
Florda St
Peron
Dutch Military Train Bursts Into Flames After Derailment
A Dutch military train carrying about 200 soldiers derailed between Zicolle and Amersfoort in central Holland and burst into flames. Initial reports said three soldiers were injured as hundreds were dispatched from Oldenbroek army camp to the scene. two hours later firefighters had extinguished the blaze.
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Netherlands
Adeldoorn
UPI
Zicolle
Amersfoort
Holland
Oldenbroek
Wet but Safe Girl Who Lost Shoes Then Loses Herself
In Santa Ana six year old Iris Herman and nine-year-old Judy Scruggs wandered away after being told to find their shoes. They slept over in an abandoned car during an all night rain before returning home soaked. Deputies organized a search but found them only at dawn. Iris and Judy explained they had slept at a nearby auto ruin, carrying Iris's shoes.
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Santa Ana
Iris Herman
Tris
Judy Scruggs
Sheriff's Deputies
Lillie Herman
Raitt St
Judy
Laura Scruggs
Berchard St
Classified page brief from Long Beach Press Telegram May 1 1955
The Long Beach Press Telegram issue from May 1 1955 presents eight daily editions with classified advertisements. It lists contact numbers for the Long Beach office and classified department and notes a price of 10 cents per copy.
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Long Beach
Soviet cancels older peace pacts with Britain and France
Moscow reports the presidium of the Supreme Soviet nullified the 1842 British Soviet friendship treaty and the 1944 French Soviet pact. The move follows Britain and France ratifying the Paris agreement on rearming West Germany, seen by Moscow as a trigger to end mutual assistance treaties. The action coincides with talks in Paris among Western foreign ministers on NATO steps.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
V. MM. Molotovest
Britain
France
Germany
Soviet Union
West Germany
Presidium
Paris
Western
Fire at Mission Water Heater Plant in Gardena
A fire at the Mission Water Heater Co manufacturing plant on Crenay Boulevard Gardena destroyed more than 100 water heaters and damaged parts of the factory. The blaze began in a storage room with crates and spread to other sections. Four County Fire Department engine companies under Battalion Chief William A. Weyant fought the flames, cause undetermined, reported about 6:30 a.m.
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Gardena
Mission Water Heater Co
County Fire Dept
Bat
William A. Weyant
Crennay Blvd
Il Segundove
Kindelbergers Lose Jewelry Worth 4000 Dollars
Mrs. Kindelberger reported $4,500 in jewels stolen from the bedroom dressing table of James H. Kindelberger president of North American Aviation Inc. The loss was discovered after she returned home Friday night in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Phat
James H. ‘Kindelberger
North American Aviation, Inc
Kindelberger
Thome
End of Dixie railroad strike near. rains, floods persist
The 17th day of the Louisville and Nashville railroad strike neared a settlement as negotiators pursued arbitration. Dynamite blasts damaged lines in Kentucky and Alabama, with a bridge hit near Birmingham. The Southern Bell strike saw another explosion in Chattanooga. Weather: heavy rain hit Southern California with floods in Orange County and winds later easing, totaling 10.58 inches for the season in Long Beach.
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Associated
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Washington
Kentucky
Alabama
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Challanooga
National Mediation Board
Buxahatchie Creek
Birmingham
F. W. Kirchner
Corbin T
Corbin
Louisville
California
Weather Bureau
Lkely
Long Beach
Orange County
Stanton
Westminster
Costa Mesa
Santa Ana
San Diego
van Nuys
San Fernando Valley
Burbank
Santa Harbara
Kern
Dagpzett
Inyokern
Mojave
Newport Beach
Los Angeles County
Compton
Long Bea
Lynvrood
San Pedro
Torrance
Anaheim Costa Mess Garden Grove
Huntington
Los Alamitos
Santa_Ana
Seal Beach Stanton
Reds Note Invention of Radio by Russian Scientist
A Russian scientist N. Popov is credited by Reds with the invention of radio, celebrated on the 0th anniversary. Western histories credit Marconi who patented in Britain on June 2, 189 years ago, noting confusion over dates.
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Jor Xuest
Nagg Reins
Red China
N. 3.Popov
Marchese G. Marconi
Britain
Elopement scandal rocks British aristocracy
Susan Dymoke, 23, heiress from Culverthorpe, reportedly eloped with 54-year-old Irish groom Jimmy Webb two months ago. Her mother, Mrs. Lionel Dymoke, laments the class gap and age difference as Capt. John Dymoke, England's hereditary champion, notes his sister’s action and the family’s long royal ties. The Daily Sketch tallies the elopement amid public astonishment.
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London
CPI
Susan Dymoke
Jimmy Webb
Hunt Club
Webb
The
Daily Sketch
Lionel Dymoke
Culverthorpe
Susan
Mr. Webb
Capt
John Dymoke
England
Chear
Richard II
Dymoke
Bus and Truck Collision Wounds 26 In Texas
In Greenville near Farmersville, a Greyhound double decker bus and two Seattle trucks collided after a trailer truck skidded on wet pavement. Twenty six people were injured, six seriously, with one woman losing a leg. All 25 bus passengers and both drivers were hurt.
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Greenville
Texas
Seattle
Farmersville
Greyhound
Weather Brief: Showers Likely Tonight Then Sunshine
A brief weather note indicates few showers overnight with a trend toward partly sunny conditions on Sunday. Wind and temperature details are not provided.
Government calls halt to mass antipolio inoculations
Washington AP reports the government urged a pause in mass polio vaccination pending a Sunday safety report on current vaccine supplies. Surgeon General Leonard Scheele announced the reversal of his own stance after experts examined manufacturing and testing of the serum. Initial state reports show little immediate impact as some areas paused planned weekend inoculations and vaccine stocks were exhausted in several states.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Public Health Service
California decision due on Sunday on polio inoculations
Berkeley III The California director of public health said a decision will be made Sunday on whether to continue the state polio inoculation program. Dr. Malcolm Merrill stated no inoculations are planned before Monday and he will decide after reviewing the panel of medical experts' recommendations on the serum.
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Berkeley III
California
Michigan urges continuation of vaccination program
State Health Commissioner Albert Heustis urged continuing the vaccination drive in Michigan after most counties completed first round shots with no plans for weekend treatments. Oakland County was the only one to schedule shots today but canceled them, per the Page A-3 continuation.
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Michigan
Albert Heustis
Oakland
L A County Plans to Resume Polio Vaccination Program
Los Angeles City and County health officials said they would resume the polio inoculation program on Monday unless the State Department of Public Health orders a halt. Health Officer Roy Gilbert stated there was no official instruction to stop, and Dr. H C Pulley echoed the plan. The programs had paused after Cutter Laboratories serum prompted outbreaks in previously vaccinated children. other firms’ serum was substituted.
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Los Angeles
State Department of Public Health
Roy
Gilbert
H.C. Pulley
Cutter Laboratories
Classifieds and sections reference card
A concise listing shows Where to Find It in the newspaper across sections: Churches Comics Financial Obituaries Radio Schools Shipping Sports Theaters Tides Temperatures with page labels B-2 B-4 B-11 A-3 B-12 B-2 A-6 A-7 B-3 B-2.
Duck in streetcar crash shocks Los Angeles rider
Ut-Anne Lyke a telephone operator was riding a front seat on a streetcar when a window shattered and a duck flew in. The motorman retrieved the bird at Mac Arthur Park as Lyke received two stitches for a wound near her left eye.
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Los Angeles
Anne Lyke
Miss Lyke
MacArthur Park
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