Senate Democrats push broad free polio vaccine program
Senate Democrats introduced a bill to provide free Salk polio vaccine to every American child, aiming for fair nationwide distribution beyond Eisenhower’s plan. The measure, led by Hill of Alabama, seeks committee action and faces Republican concerns over distribution control while Basil O’Connor urges universal access. New Jersey returns its vaccine stock for retesting at Wyeth’s request.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Hill
D-Ala
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Committee
Sen
Murray
Montana
Europe
Douglas
D-Ill
New Jersey
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
New York
Wyeth, Inc
Marietta
Carl E. Weigele
Wyeth
Theft of Corn From CCC Bin Site in Osceola Iowa
A theft of 1200 to 1400 bushels of government corn from the CCC bin site in Osceola was reported to Iowa ASC headquarters. Holes cut in two steel bins and gate pad lock damage allowed corn to be removed, likely over multiple trips during Memorial Day weekend. State and Clarke County ASC officials investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
CCC
Osceola
Iowa Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Headquarters
ASC
Clarke County
Dwight Meyer
No Progress Reported in British Rail Strike
Britain faces a sixth day of nationwide railway stoppage as ASLEF and the NUR fail to reach wage talks. Seventeen thousand engineers and 70,000 ASLEF members press for a 1.12 dollar weekly raise, while 20,000 NASDU dockers strike at six ports, complicating transport and trade.
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British Rail
Stanley Godfrey
London
Britain
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
General Purposes Committee
Trades Union Congress
Walter Monckton
Eden
ASLEF
National Union of Railwaymen
NUR
British Transport Commission
Metropolitan
Hull
Manchester
Garston
Liverpool
Rochester
National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers Union
NASDU
Transport and General Workers Union
TGWU
Neighbor Held in Fatal Beating of Woman
In Pensacola Florida neighbor Hyacinth Bayhi 35 is jailed on an open charge after allegedly beating to death 45 year old Mrs. Sarah Margaret Harris in a living room. Bayhi cited a dispute over the death of her 16 month old son Humbert Aundre Bayhi in 1953 after rats poisoned potatoes.
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Pensacola
Fla
Sarah Margaret Harris
Hyacinth Bayhi
St Paul Attorney Strapp Disbarred for Moral Turpitude
John J. Strapp a 44 year old St Paul lawyer and former bank official was disbarred by the Minnesota Supreme Court for a felony related misappropriation case. He pleaded guilty in federal court to diverting 600 dollars from a bank and received a suspended sentence with five years probation. The court noted the sentence terms do not affect disbarment since the statute requires conviction of a felony or moral turpitude based offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
John J. Strapp
Minnesota Supreme Court
Strapp
American National Bank
First Senate president John Langdon from Portsmouth NH
John Langdon of Portsmouth New Hampshire served as the first president of the United States Senate. His leadership marked the early organization of the Senate during the nation’s founding era.
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United States
Senate
John Langdon
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
740 Graduates Commissioned at Annapolis
The Naval Academy’s 115th class of 740 graduates was sworn in at Dahlgren Hall in Annapolis Maryland with 10,000 spectators. Class honor man Thomas F Staten of Rochester NY posted a 93.3 average. Lucius Perry Gregg of Chicago became the fifth African American graduate and chose the Air Force. Secretary Thomas urged future Navy leaders to balance technology with strong leadership and responsibility.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Navy
Thomas
Air Force
Marine Corps
Dahlgren Hall
Thomas F. Statan
Rochester
N.Y
Academy
Josephus Danils
Lucius Perry Gregg
Chicago
Woman's hip injury leads to $20,000 Supreme Court ruling
The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld a $20,000 jury award to Selma Graalum of Minneapolis who broke her hip at the Radisson Ramp after a police officer directed pedestrians around a blocking car. The ruling affirmed the Ramp’s liability while the city was also named but not found liable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Selma Graalum
Minneapolis
Radisson
Minnesota Supreme Court
Miss Graalum
Radisson Ramp, Inc
Leonard E. Miller
Rolf Fosseen
Miller
Raddison
Call Conclave to Map Wider Economic Unity
In Messina Sicily six nations of the European coal steel community agreed to call an international conference on broader economic unity for western Europe. France resisted giving sovereignty to any international control body while West Germany showed caution. Ministers from France West Germany Italy The Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg concluded a two day session with no date set for the main meeting and a plan to have experts draft recommendations before October 1.
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Messina
Sicily
European Coal-Steel Community
Europe
France
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Schuman Plan Coal-Steel Group
Five Day Forecast for Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin
Average temperatures run 24 degrees above normal in the northwest to 48 degrees above normal in the southeast. Normal highs range from 70 in the north to 81 in the south. lows from 45 to 58. Cooler western areas Sunday and eastern areas Monday, then a warming trend by mid next week. Precipitation totals 1 to 2 inches with showers and thunderstorms continuing this weekend and again in western sections by mid next week.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
U S Ships Handed to Korea as Aid Funds Buy Navy Craft
Nineteen small harbor craft were turned over to South Korea by the U S Army in Pusan as part of a 117 ship program funded by U S aid.
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Pusan
Korea
South Korea
U.S. Army
U.S
Senate Approves $3.2 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
Senate backs a 3.2 billion dollar overseas aid program with no immediate cuts. The bill authorizes seven years of aid, with money to be set by separate appropriations. Debate highlighted opposition to funding levels and loan versus grant distributions.
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House
Senate
Rowland Evans JR
Washington
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Appropriations Committee
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mansfield
D-Mont
Jackson
D-Wash
Humphrey
D-Minn
Yugoslavia
U.S
Bolivia
Guatemala
Haiti
Parents Return Son's Medal to White House
Ottley and Ethel Coulter residents of Lemont Furnace Pa return their son 1st Lt John R Coulter’s Purple Heart to the White House. They argue the honor is an empty gesture since their son is believed a prisoner of war in North Korea, presumed dead Jan 31 1954. They sent a letter to President Eisenhower criticizing the medal and its purpose and referencing Truman era orders. They insist the medal should not be awarded to parents when their child is still held.
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Lemont Furnace
Korea
White House
Ottley R. Coulter
Ethel
John R. Coulter
Coulter
North Korea
Air Force
Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Red
Yalu
United States
Tragic Tractor Incident Claims Life of 9 Year Old
Adaza, a Green County community, suffers a fatal accident when nine year old Thomas Bled runs into a tractor operated by his father John Brend to cultivate corn. The boy died on arrival at a Lake City hospital.
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Adaza
Warner Thomas Bred
John Brend
Green County
Lake City
Police Probe Fatal Knifing of Catholic Priest
Chicago police investigate the stabbing death of Rev. John Chiramal a 40 year old Indian born Roman Catholic priest founder of Boys Town in India. He died at Mother Cabrini Hospital from chest and arm wounds after collapsing at the Little Sisters of the Poor residence on the near West Side. Police say robbery is a likely motive as about $22 was found on him and his wallet is missing.
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Chicago
John Chiramal
India
Father Chiramal
Mother Cabrini Hospital
Little Sisters of the Poor
Near West Side
Rotary International
United States
Albert Dismaracis
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Auburn
Marshal Tito
Russia
Red China
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
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Frank J. Bradley Agency
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