Senators Clash Over Salk Vaccine Safety Hearing
Democrats and Republicans clash in a senate labor committee hearing over the committee’s right to question Secretary Hobby on the Salk vaccine’s safety. Mrs Hobby defends the administration plan for state flexible free vaccination and notes a 35 million dollar request, while Hill asserts a strict all or nothing federal aid approach for nation wide programs and questions vaccine safety.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Secretary of Welfare
Hobby
Hill
Sen
Bender
Ohio
Sen. Allott
R-Corp
Las Vegas Storm Floods City and Delays Train
Torrential desert cloudbursts drenched Las Vegas causing outages and widespread flooding. The California Zephyr derailed west of Winnemucca, 300 passengers delayed for hours as wreckage cleared. Rain totaled two to three inches downtown, with water depths up to 16 feet in underpasses and damage over 100000 dollars.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
C. D. Baker
Western Pacific Railroad
Winnemucca
Elko
Michigan woman wins Batista Trophy in Havana air race
Ber nice Trimble of Flint Michigan won the President Batista Trophy in the sixth annual Washington Havana Women’s Air Race. Trimble and 25 other women pilots completed the 90 mile leg from Key West in calm sunny weather.
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Cuba
President Batista
Bernice Trimble
Flint
Mich
Miss Trimble
Key West
Cedar Rapids Raises for Parker and Lundquist Approved
Cedar Rapids school board voted a three year contract for Supt. Clyde Parker at 13 250 annually and raised Business Manager E W Lundquist salary from 8000 to 8400 with a 250 car allowance to continue The increases take effect July 1 and aim to align pay with other cities Parker previously earned 12600 in 1954 55 ranking near the bottom among seven large city superintendents.
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Cedar Rapids News
Clyde Parker
E. W. Lundquist
Cedar Rapids
Parker
Lundquist
Sandoe Jordan
Dubuque
Des Moines
Sioux City
Mason City
Lundgquist
Waterloo
Merchants Bank Plans 100 Percent Stock Dividend
Shareholders at a special meeting authorized the bank’s directors to issue a 100 percent stock dividend pending comptroller of the currency approval. If approved, the bank’s capitalization would rise from $500,000 to $1,000,000.
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Cedar Rapids News
Merchants National Bank
Masons Open Three Day Grand Lodge Session in Iowa Coliseum
Iowa Masons opened a three day grand lodge communication in Cedar Rapids with more than 400 delegates and 321 of 549 lodges represented. The event featured praise for the million dollar Iowa Masonic library, a $1297.14 donation, and plans for continued sessions through Thursday including elections and a 6:30 dinner at the Roosevelt hotel.
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Iowa Masons
Memorial Coliseum
Iowa
Coliseum
Iown Masonic Library
Theodore Zacharias
Ackley
Iowa Grand Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Wilbur F. Earhart
Stuart
Esther Barber
Iowa Order of Eastern Star
Bernice Sundberg
Laurens
Tew
Roosevelt Hotel
el Kahir Shrine
Scottish Rite
Amana
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Karl Waggoner
Mason
GM Workers Idle As Walkouts Hit 63 400
After a major strike, 63 400 General Motors hourly workers were idle Tuesday as 24 plants remained closed or limited. UAW Vice President John W. Livingston ordered locals to call members back to work while overall disruptions stemmed from grievances and contract dissatisfaction.
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Associated Press
General Motors
United Auto Workers
John W. Livingston
Court Affirms Dismissal of Lattimore Indictment
The U.S. Court of Appeals divided four to four to uphold District Judge Youngdahl’s ruling that the latest indictment against Owen Lattimore is too nebulous to prepare a defense. The October 1952 charges remain, offering either trial on those five counts or a Supreme Court appeal to reinstate the new indictment.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Owen Lattimore
Luther W. Youngdahl
Lattimore
Congressional
Supreme Courts
Saved by Crying Of Baby Brother
In Hattiesburg Mississippi an 18 month old Lloyd Odom Jr. helped save his four year old brother Jimmy from a closed abandoned refrigerator. Jimmy was found soaked with sweat and biting his arm in apparent agony but is expected to recover, with doctors noting it could have ended badly if not for the baby’s cries.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Lloyd Odom
Jimmy
Man Dies After False Teeth Strangled By Cough
George Hillberg aged 62 died in Galena Maryland after a coughing spell caused him to swallow his false teeth, leading to fatal strangulation. The incident occurred Monday and is being investigated by local authorities.
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Galena, Md
George Hillberg
Chiefs Rule Out German Neutrality In US Talks
President Eisenhower and West German Chancellor Adenauer say the concept of neutrality cannot apply to Germany. They disclosed broad agreement on Russo German relations and the goal of German reunification, with collective security seen as key to independence. Krishna Menon called for tensions to lower as talks with the president continued.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adenauer
Germany
White House
Russia
Contractors Say Schools To Be Ready
Contractors told school officials and citizens that classrooms toilets and cafeterias should be ready for use when school resumes in the fall despite strikes and other delays. Bey Construction said tile shipments and a few odds and ends may push completion to late August while warning Sept 1 may be missed for full completion.
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Wright and Erskine
Roy Bey
Bey Construction Company
Bey
Ottumwa
Lincoln School
Erskine
Lincoln
Abels
British rail strike ends after deal with rival union and government
London reports 17 day stoppage ends as ASLEF reaches settlement with the National Union of Railwaymen and the British Transport Commission. Campbell notes the NUR stood aside, back to work immediately, with wage talks to follow within seven days. Officials warn rail system backlogs will take days to ease.
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London
British Rail
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
National Union of Railwaymen
British Transport Commission
Jim Campbell
NUR
Campbell
ASLEF
Transport Commission
The
Boost of Air Funds Voted by Senate Committee
The Senate appropriations committee approved a 31.8 billion dollar defense bill boosting air force funds by about 0.35 billion to expand long range bombers. The bill allocates 348 million more than the house for the new fiscal year starting July 1, chair Sen. Chavez said the Air Force would be the world's most powerful. Army and Navy funding remained near house levels, with added money for the Air Force and the Office of Research and Development.
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Washington
INS
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Sen. Chavez
D-N.y
VU. S. Air Force
Army
Navy
Air Force
Office of iResearch and Development
Federal Raise of 7 5 Percent Approved
Washington committee approves a 7 5 percent pay raise for 1 000 000 white collar federal workers. Moss proposal for 8 percent is rejected but will be brought to the floor for a vote.
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Washington
House Civil Service Committee
Moss
D-Calif
Man Amputates Own Foot by Accident in UK Hospital
Harold Millard a 57 year old man in Wolverhampton England amputated his right foot by using a hack saw to relieve plaster cast pressure. He severed three inches above the ankle but felt no pain due to the fractured leg. His sister found him and he was taken to hospital for treatment and transfusion.
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Wolverhampton
England
Harold Millard
Millard
A Ship Plan Vetoed In Atomic Energy Committee Row
The Senate House Atomic Energy Committee rejected President Eisenhower's plan for an atomic powered exhibit ship sailing the world. The panel approved 25 million to build an atomic reactor for use in a surface ship and 5 million to support other nations' reactor programs. The vetoed project involved an exhibit ship while a nuclear ship engine for Yenar purposes was approved. Rep Holifield described the five million allotment as a strong program.
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Washington
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Holifield
D-Calif
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