12 Dec 1957
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Newspaper
California Pasadena Independent
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1957
Page
1
World News in Brief reports President Eisenhower will light the national Christmas tree on December 23 and deliver a holiday message at the Pageant for Peace as 500 communities join nationwide Yuletide observances.
London officials hunted for the origin and destination of a female sheepdog found in a baggage car after she ate a shipping tag. In Tokyo, traffic woes led the police to employ a psychologist for the cops to curb chaotic streets.
Canada signed a contract to export about 50 tons of uranium concentrates to West Germany for roughly 10 million dollars. External Affairs Minister Sidney Smith said the uranium is to be used solely for peaceful purposes.
In Oakland an advisory committee faced a 75 minute deadline to decide if Salk polio vaccine should be released to the public. Dr. Howard J. Shaughnessy testified the committee, of which he was a member, met for 215 hours, while Cutter Laboratories faces a $360000 suit alleging live virus in vaccine caused polio. Oveta Culp Hobby, then secretary, urged a fast decision in 1955.
Kentucky Senator John Serman Cooper urged a four year program of economic loans to democratic Europe to reinforce NATO and deter Soviet gains. He argued U S aid should be spread to allies, with stronger economic development, to preserve deterrence and keep bases under Western control.
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