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Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1958

Page

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Soviet Union cites U.S. provocation over nuclear flights

In Moscow the Soviet Union announced plans to haul the United States before the United Nations Security Council over alleged American flights armed with nuclear bombs toward the USSR. In New York, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged an urgent Security Council meeting and condemned U.S. military actions as provocative and dangerous.

Moscow Soviet Union United States U.N. Security Council U.S.S.R New York U.N Andrei Gromyko Gromyko U. S Kremlin North Pole

State Dept Denies Accidents Possible in Defense Orders

Washington says there have been no provocative U S flights by nuclear bombers toward Russia and that such actions could not trigger war by accident. It would discuss Soviet charges in the U N Security Council while backing SAC operations as deterrent. White House says Gromyko’s claims are not true and a fuller State Department statement will follow. Eisenhower discussed the matter with Quarles and Herter, who stayed on at the White House after a cabinet meeting.

United States Eisenhower Grosyko U.S Washington U. S Russia United Nations Security Council States Department Strategic Air Command Soviet ‘Union Free World White House Andrei Gromyko Gromyko James C. Hagerty Hagerty State Department Donald Quarles Defense Christian Herter Herter Quarles Jother Quarters Dulles McElroy Polar West

Dodgers Open in Los Angeles as 90,000 Welcome

Ninety thousand fans packed Memorial Coliseum for the Dodgers first home game against the San Francisco Giants. City Hall ceremonies featured Mayor Norris Poulson presenting Walter OMalley with a California bear flag while OMalley gave the mayor the old Ebbets Field home plate inscribed Los Angeles We Are Happy with our Move to our New Home Base The Dodgers. A celebratory motorcade followed from the civic center to the stadium.

Los Angeles Los Angeles Dodgers San Francisco Giants Memorial Coliseum City Hall Norris Poulson Walter O'Malley Dodger Ebbets Field Brooklyn Los Angees Dodgers Civic Business Men

Mike Todd estate valued at 3 to 5 million dollars

New York Surrogate's Court probate filing shows showman Mike Todd's estate estimated unofficially between three and five million dollars. He left half in trust for widow Elizabeth Taylor and the other half to son Michael Todd Jr. Todd died in a March 21 plane crash in New Mexico. will dated April 36, 1957 names executor and trustees.

New York Mike Todd Eliza “Beth Taylor Michael Todd Jr Todd New Mexico Taylor Elizabeth Frances’ Todd Todd-Ao Ke Ae

Todd plans for estate and film career after will filing

Patricia McMahon of Long Beach reports Jon Todd placed third in a homemaking contest and Mrs Todd plans to resume her film work in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She intends to continue Michael Todd Co. Inc., chiefly showing Around the World in 80 Days, while settling the estate.

Todd Long Beach Patricia McMahon Jon Page Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Beach Combing and Bridge Notes From Daily Paper

The edition highlights beach combing features on page B1 and bridge news on page B-1i. Classified items span pages D-2 to D-12 with further listings on D-2 and D-3, plus a crossword on D. Shipping tables appear on D4 and death notices on B-2.

Hal Bosle L. Wilson Womes

Weather update: clouds tonight and Saturday

Low clouds linger tonight with improving conditions by Saturday. Mostly sunny by Saturday afternoon with a high near 75 degrees.

Gebaram Southland's Finest Evening

Netosoap press notes Gebaram Southland hosting a 40 page Finest Evening feature. Event highlights include profiles, arts coverage, and cultural notes presented in a concise newspaper digest style.

Gebaram Southland Netosoap

Khrushchev Under Fire In Cold War Crisis

A dense dispatch argues Khrushchev may be using threats to United States and UN diplomacy to mask internal Soviet tensions. It cites Pravda attacks on an antiparty group and suggests Moscow aims to pressure world peace while amplifying domestic dissent. Continued on Page A-5 Col 8.

Moscow United Stattempt Sovi United States U.N. Security Council Nikita Khrushchev Kremlin Khrushchev International Cou Lter Reson Georgi Malenkov Lazar Murgoslavl Ander Gromyko Pravda Communist Party

Federal Reserve Eases Credit for Fourth Time

Washington reports the Federal Reserve Board cuts the discount rate for the fourth time in five months to 1 percent amid efforts to curb money tightening. The move follows a reduction in reserve requirements and aims to free more lending capital, while gold outflows from the U.S. shift funds abroad. House Ways and Means advances a 5 billion unemployment relief plan extending benefits to 16 weeks and covering 3.8 million workers not previously insured, with a July 1, 1959, expiry.

Washington Federal Reserve Board Camels House Eisenhower Federal Reserve’ Board Chi Ai New Toys Philadelphia Minneapolis Reserve Board Europe Democratic Committee Fed

Navy study proposes using middle aged men as radiation shock troops

A Navy scientist at the Radiological Defense Laboratory in San Francisco discusses using men in their 40s and 50s for radiation cleanup and other duties after a nuclear attack to protect younger sailors. The idea, rooted in work by Dr. Eugene Cronkite, hinges on whether older men can endure exposure and possibly combat tasks, with diet and fitness programs as potential aids.

Washington Navy Armed Services Max A. R. Beenre Radiological Defense’ Laboratory San Francisco Behnke U. S. Naval Medical School Bethesda, Md Eugene Cronkite Atomic Energy Commission Brookhaven

10 Cent Tax Rise Looms for County

Los Angeres reports a possible 10 cent increase in the Basic county tax rate as the 1958 59 preliminary budget nears submission. The proposed rate rise would push the budget toward 500 million dollars, up 87 million from 1957 58. Hearings set for July 7, with County Manager Lindon S Hollinger presiding over daily department head conferences to trim nonessential items. Budget officials plan item by item scrutiny and potential eliminations to meet tight constraints.

LOS Angeres CNL Lindon S. Hollinger Hollinger Eee Kenneth Hahn Hahn

Atom food crate linked to President Eisenhower protest test

The White House said a crate of reportedly radioactive vegetables shipped to President Eisenhower from Berkeley California has been disposed of. Press Secretary Hagerty offered no details on the disposal and Berkeley Friends Society officials noted a similar shipment to England’s Macmillan in protest of nuclear tests. The letter with the shipments claims the items came from a California grocery store and urges suspending all nuclear tests.

Washington White House Riesenhower Calitailal James C.hagerty Eisenhower Berkeley Calif Friends England Macmillan

Ammo ship blast at Okinawa kills dozens of locals

A loaded ammunition ship exploded near NAHA Okinawa on Thursday night. Police estimate about 40 natives were killed while scavenging the wreck for scrap, with no confirmed bodies or boats found. The tally relies on counts of missing villagers and nearby checks.

Naha Okinawa

Flood Havoc Spreads Across Eastern Poland

In Poland the Hug and Narew rivers surge, flooding large eastern and northern areas. The Polish Red Cross warns of potential epidemics as twenty more villages face inundation, affecting thousands of acres. Local officials mobilize relief as river levels remain high.

Mach Poland Warsaw Hug Narew Red Cross

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