CATHETERS PUT IN DOCTORS' HEARTS
Five young Air Force doctors underwent dual catheterization of heart chambers to test a redesigned gravity suit. Dr. Owen L. Slaughter reported the procedure at Aero Medical Association, finding the suit raises leg and abdominal arterial resistance to improve brain blood flow, shaping new compression design.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Owen L. Slaughter
Evansville
Ind
Aero Medical Association
Slaughter
City Bids Placed for Ravenna Drive Bridge and Pump Station
City engineers reviewed six bids for a bridge and sewer pump station at Ravenna Dr and Rivo Alto Canal in Naples. Guy F Atkinson Co of Long Beach submitted the low bid at 148,699 while other bids ranged up to 238,742. The existing canal bridge will close about six months for replacement with a reinforced concrete span. The pump station replaces an aging structure and will be financed from the Tideland Oil Fund if council approves.
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Jess D. Gilkerson
Sam E. Vicker
Ravenna Dr
Rivo Alto Canal
Naples
Guy F. Atkinson Co
Long Beach
W. Well
Hoagland
Tideland Oil Fund
Pension Payment Bar Proposed for Diplomat Vincent
Rep. Clar dy of Michigan urged Congress to bar payment of former diplomat John Carter Vincent’s pension from State Department funds. His $8,100 annual pension would be returned less 4 percent interest. Clardy criticized the loyalty board findings and cited Vincent’s ties to Alger Hiss and controversial comments about MacArthur.
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Washington
ULP
Rep
Clardy
R.mich
Congress
John Carter Vincent
House
Un-American Activities Committee
Prohit
State Department
Vincent
Tha Clardy
Tom
Tru- Man
Dulles
Tangier
Alger Hiss
China
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Hiss
Army Plans Early Test of Two Atomic Cannons
Las Vegas Nevada Army officials say two 280 millimeter atomic cannons will fire non nuclear shells in the coming weeks at the Frenchman Flat proving ground to precede the first atomic artillery shell on May 23. One gun will fire a nuclear warhead projectile to end the current test series, while the second serves as a standby.
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Army
Las Vegas
Nev
IUP
Department of Defense
Fiat Proving Grounds
Here
State's Odd Fellows Elect Grand Master
Edward A. Seeley of Los Angeles was elected grand master by delegates at a state wide convention of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Fresno Wisconsin. He succeeds C. Alvin Beach of Sacramento as grand representative and the officers chosen include Charles H. Aenderson Los Angeles deputy grand master Frank D. MacBeth San Francisco grand secretary Charles L. Podge Martinez grand treasurer Albert Gommo San Francisco grand
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Fresno
Edward A. Seeley
Los Angeles
Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Seeley
C. Alvin Beach
Sacramento
Charles H. Aenderson
Frank D. MacBeth
San Francisco
Charles L. Podge
Martinez
Albert Gommo
Atlanta Elects Three Negroes in City Elections
Mayor William B. Hartsfield wins a fifth term amid a strong Negro bloc showing. Dr Rufus G Clement defeats J H Landers for a school board seat, marking a historic bid by a Black candidate since Reconstruction. Clement tops 22,142 to 13,800. Townwide vote basis noted.
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Atlanta
Charlie Brown
Fulton County
Clared Hartsfield
Rufus G. Clement
Atlanta University
J. H. Landers
Landers
Clement
Atlanta Board of Education
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Press Science
California
State
Odd Fellows
William B. Hartsfield
The
American Municipal Association
Clyde Reddick
Oakland
ICOF
American Ave
Desmond's
Southland
Tropeze
Coronado
Linaire
Desmond
Southern
Broadway
Dacron
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