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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1955
Page
4
Clarence Mitchell of the NAACP Washington Bureau calls for full freedom from racial segregation by 1963, addressing Florida NAACP members. He ties the goal to the Emancipation Proclamation centennial and urges swift progress in civil rights.
Top polio experts including Jonas Salk outlined plans to finish inoculations with a revised timetable. A joint review will recheck vaccine lots from Cutter and other makers, aiming for lot by lot clearance while vaccines already issued remain in use.
A two-year-old boy wandered from his grandparents’ home in the Oregon Coast Range foothills and prompted a large search. Police and volunteers backed by three blackhounds scoured the area as the child, lightly dressed, was missing for hours in freezing dawn temperatures.
SAN LUIS OBISPO County sheriff says Robert Earl White, 21, of Fort Lauderdale Florida, stole a plane from Palo Alto Airport and crash landed it on Highway 101 south of San Luis Obispo due to poor visibility. He was booked on theft charges.
The Basic Diagnostic Office claims a three step 45 minute treatment can restore hearing for many with loss from nerve, catarrh, or bone conditions. A client reports discarding a hearing aid after three treatments. First treatment offered for $3 at 927 E Broadway Long Beach and 2836 E Florence Huntington Park.
Chicago dispatch reports Rodney Dee Brodie, 3, world’s most famous head-sharing Siamese twin, shows signs of recovery after emerging from a 55 hour coma on Mother's Day. Doctors warn brain hemorrhage may still threaten him.
NATO welcomed West Germany as its fifteenth member at a council session. Dulles called the move historically significant and urged enduring peace through strong defense. Adenauer vowed to pursue world peace and freedom, noting German suffering in WWII and renewed commitment to security. The meeting foreshadowed talks on German reunification and wider global issues beyond Europe.
Steve Snyder escaped unharmed when a glider he attempted to fly under a bridge crashed. The accident destroyed the group’s sole aircraft, forcing the North Georgia Soaring Society to disband.
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