Doctors urge polio shots through peak summer season
A panel of 30 family doctors and public health officials concluded that continuing polio vaccination during the summer peak is safer than halting the program. The group warned a small risk of vaccine-related paralysis exists but said benefits rise with polio incidence and should not deter immunization.
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New York
National Foundation For
U.S. Public Health Service
Leonard Scheele
U.S
Hart E. van Riper
Foundation
American Medical Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
Basil O'Connor
Printing error diversifies Peoria comics section
The Peoria Gazette reports that today's colored comics section appears in a different form due to a printer error. To compensate for omitted strips, an extra page was inserted into the regular comics section.
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Peoria
Gazette
Uncertain U S fate for ex GIs freed by Reds
Washington reports three former GIs released by Red China face possible prosecution and years of legal wrangling upon return to the United States. They were among 21 U S army POWs dishonorably discharged for refusing repatriation and joining communism. A long process of homecoming accountability is seen ahead.
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Washington
Red China
United States
Defense Department
Army
Justice Department
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Inter-Service Committee
John E. Hull
Only Two Ask To Go Home From Red China
Peiping radio said five former U N soldiers who stayed in Red China after the Korean war were granted permission to leave but only two asked to go home. Among the five were two Americans. one chose Japan, another the United States, a Belgian chose the United States, and a Belgian and a Belgian chose Laos. Seventeen other former American soldiers who chose life in Red China could leave if they wished. Details continued on page 4.
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Tokyo
Red
Red China
Peiping
KCRG TV Starts Tower Test and relocates transmitter
KCRG TV begins testing its 1,085 foot tower today with power rising from 33 000 to 50 000 watts during early testing and up to full power by week’s end. Engineers moved the transmitter from Bertram road to the new highway 150 site and will run test patterns as the schedule shifts. The move may cause brief receiver adjustments and interruptions while viewers and engineers refine signal from Iowa’s tallest structure.
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Cedar Rapids
Kcrg-Tv
Bertram Road
Highway 150
DuMont
Carl Rollert
Kcrgtv
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Homestead Tax Credits Hit New Record
Cedar Rapids reports a new high in homestead tax credit applications with 1955 totals at 17,261.80 as of Saturday, and the year’s total likely to rise to 400 or 500 more by July 1. The 25 mill credit applies to a maximum $2,500 valuation, topping at $62.50.
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Cedar Rapids
Jim Scolaro
Scolaro
Memorial notices and tributes from Cedar Rapids area
A collection of in memory notices from local groups and individuals in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Entries include tributes from Parlor City branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers and K of D Circle, with amounts noted where listed, and other society memorials for family and friends.
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Cedar Rapids
Wholesale Beer Distributors Association
John Donnelly
City
National Association of Letter Carriers
Laura Turner
W. W. Crissman
F. E. Swann
Frank O’brien
C. E. Vaughn
Gertie Baker
Violet Baker
C. J. Murray
K. Littlejohn
Elizabeth Lawler
McDermott
Fred Parrott
Alice Lawler
Blue Bird
Queens of
Garfield School
T. Z. Cook Women's Relief Corps
Walter F. Nesper
Nesper
Amvets Auxiliary No
East Circle
King’s Daughters
R. J. Campbell
Union Veterans of Civil War
F. W. Mulson
First Baptist Church
Parlor City
Royal Neighbors of America
Ernest L. Escher
Bruzeks
Mary A. Lane
Olga Nast
Dad
H. G. L. E. Club
Waubeek
Palm Grove
Supreme Forest
Mary Black
Kluckhohn Convicted in Shooting Death Case
Richard Kluckhohn son of Harvard professors was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Bernice Sewell a government worker in Raleigh North Carolina The jury deliberated about five hours and sentenced him to five to ten years in prison with a 25 fine noted on the record and an appeal filed to the state supreme court
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Raleigh, N.C
Richard Kluckhohn
Harvard University
Clawson Williams
Kluckhohn
Bernice Sea
Arlington
Atty
Howard Manning
State Supreme Court
Lester V. Chalmers
North Carolina
Navy Jets Crash in Storm Hit Kansas and Colorado
In a severe thunderstorm Saturday night three navy F9F jets crashed in Kansas and Colorado. A fourth made a safe forced landing and a fifth is missing. Kansas troopers say pilots likely bailed out. search planes from Lowry Field Denver and Civil Air Patrol joined the hunt near Leoti and Garden City.
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Garden City
Kan
INS
Kansas
Colorado
Harold Flickenstein
Kansas Highway Patrol
Leoti
44Th Air Rescue Squadron
Lowry Fields
Denver
Civil Air Patrol
Gar
Selkirk
Srreeenene
Robert Taylor and Ursula Thiess Welcome Baby Son Terence
Hollywood actor Robert Taylor and his German-born wife Ursula Thiess welcomed their first child, a seven pound baby boy named Terence, on Saturday. Thiess previously has two children from a former marriage, an 11-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son.
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Hollywood
INS
Robert Taylor
Ursula ‘Thiess
Llounce S
Taylor
Terrence
Thiess
Fire Wipes Block in Kansas City East Side
A major blaze in Kansas City's east side Saturday night destroyed five businesses and damaged a square block. The AP reports the loss at more than $250,000 with seven injuries, none serious.
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Kansas City
Peron Takes Full Command as Argentina Quashes Revolt
President Juan D. Peron placed the army in control of Argentina amid a state of siege after Thursday’s naval air revolt. The army ministers took over, aiming to avert civil war while freeing several priests and detaining others for protection.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Army
Naval Air
Hoegh urges vets to hold faith in United Nations
Gov. Leo A. Hoegh urged Iowa veterans to reaffirm faith in the United Nations to sustain freedom. Speaking at the VFW encampment banquet in Cedar Rapids, he said a strong UN helps resolve world differences through conferences and agreements. The event drew about 850 attendees with leaders such as Elmer D. Christine and Truman J. Ramsell among speakers. The march through the encampment continued with plans for future leadership and a Grand Encampment Ball.
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Leo A. Hoegh
Iowa
United Nations
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gov. Hoegh
America
Hoegh
Cedar Rapids
Nashua
Hubbard
Des Moines
Elmer D. Christine
VFW
Herecel Griffith
National l Auxiliary
Sherman Olson
Denison
National Senior Auxiliary
Truman J. Ramsell
Eldora
Everett Davis
Burlington
Churchill's Pet Lion Destroyed After Prolonged Suffering
London AP reports Sir Winston Churchill authorized the euthanizing of his African lion Rota at the London Zoo to end months of illness and old age. The 17 year old animal, presented in 1943, sired about 60 cubs and had shown notable fighting spirit until the end.
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London
Sir Winston Churchill
Rota
Winston
Zoological Gardens
Churchill
Head of Church Council Injured in Collision
Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, president of the National Council of Churches, was hurt in a two car crash near Wabash Indiana. He was taken to a hospital in fair condition with head injuries. Ford Smeltzley of Wabash, driving the other car, was seriously injured. Blake's chauffeur was unhurt.
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Wabash, Ind
Eugene Carson Blake
Philadelphia
National Council of Churches of Christ In America
Here
Blake
The
Presbyterian Church
Ford Smeltzley
Wabash
Smeltzley
Surprises Expected in Big 4 Talks
Molotov arrived in San Francisco on a four day U N mission ahead of the Big Four foreign ministers meeting. He declined to reveal strategy for the United Nations tenth anniversary events and the July Geneva summit while U N officials and Western leaders gathered in the city. Strong expectations prevail that he will present unexpected moves on disarmament and Asia with support from neutralist figures like V K Krishna Menon.
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San Francisco
INS
Pee M. Molotov
United States
United Nations
Kremlin
Oakland
Bay
Colorado
Wyoming
Molotov
U.N
Eisenhower
Southern Pacific
Opera House
Fairmont
Geneva
Dag Hammarskjold
Big Four
Disarmament
Far East
V. K. Krishna Menon
India
Court clash over music noise scorned saxophonist
In London a civil suit brought by three musicians prompted a judge to mock the saxophonist, saying he thought the saxophone was excluded from music and makes a noise like a cow. The remark sparked brief controversy in the courtroom.
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London
INS
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