Four alcoholism programs run by the Community Personnel Guidance Board and Central Park Institute were relocated in Spokane. All 52 employees of the program were laid off shortly after because of financial problems after relocation and the closing of Edgecliff Hospital.
The Seattle Times said “hundreds of cans of vegetables, fruits, ice cream mix, Vienna sausages and other items, including 100-pound sacks of pure cane sugar,” were being opened at the Smith Cove naval station and sold for hog food. The 13th naval district headquarters public information office said the commodities were condemned for human consumption.
Two people in the Spokane area were bitten by bats within a week, an adult woman from Fruitland, Washington, and a 17-year-old boy in Valleyford. Both were given a series of anti-rabies shots, said Edward M. Pickett, the environmental health director for the Spokane County Health District.
