Control of Vaccine by U S Eyed
Health secretary Oveta Culp Hobby signaled possible federal controls on Salk polio vaccine distribution and use. A 11 member advisory panel urged a voluntary plan prioritizing allocations, while senators pressed for federal oversight to curb favoritism and ensure high risk groups receive vaccine. Dr. Jonas E Salk emphasized spacing doses to build lasting immunity during his Atlantic City talk.
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Eisenhower
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Atlantic City
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American Society of Clinical Investigation
SEATO nations back plan to defend Southeast Asia
Military experts from eight SEATO nations reached a principle agreement on a master plan to defend Southeast Asia against Communist aggression, according to informed sources on Tuesday.
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Philippines
SEATO
Southeast Asia
Russians Demand Article To Return Refugees From Austria
In Vienna the Soviet Union pressed for a treaty clause allowing Communist interviewers to visit Austrian refugee camps and arrange wholesale deportations of 36 000 refugees back to Eastern Bloc nations. The United States opposed Article 16 stressing humane treatment amid recent Soviet abuses. the treaty conference opened with hope of progress across multiple articles.
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Russia
Austria
U. S
Germany
Dulles
Radford Says U S Will Do What It Must for Formosa
Admiral Arthur W. Radford told reporters on Tuesday the United States will do whatever is necessary to defend Formosa. He denied plans to send Marines or troops and cited ongoing discussions on training Nationalist forces with expanded American training units.
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Formosa
Washington
INS
Arthur W. Radford
U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter W. Robertson
Eisenhower
Robertson
O. K. Yui
China
Formosa Strait
Officers Named By Interim Unit Des Moines Iowa
The legislative budget and financial control committee met in Des Moines and elected Rep. Henry Stevens as chairman and Sen. J Kendall Lynes as vice-chairman. Sen. George O Malley was chosen secretary. The panel adopted rules allowing press access to all meetings except executive sessions or when members vote by secret ballot.
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Des Moines
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Legislative Budget and Financial Control Committee
Henry Stevens
Jefferson
J. Kendall Lynes
Plainfield
George O'Malley
Parks Commissioner Jones treated at St Luke's for heart ailment
Cedar Rapids reports Parks Commissioner Dick Jones, 64, is hospitalized at St Luke's after a heart ailment recurrence. Officials say he was admitted just after midnight in fairly good condition and limited to family visits. He previously faced similar issues last October and November.
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Cedar Rapids
Dick Jones
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jones
School Board Approves Additions for Cedar Rapids Two Schools
The Cedar Rapids school board approved adding six classrooms to each Wright Kenwood and Grant Wood Erskine buildings to handle growing enrollments. Projects cost about 90 000 to 100 000 dollars per addition, with Perkins and Will of Chicago set to finalize plans and seek bids soon. Ongoing picketing and possible operating engineers strike threaten fall openings. completion for September is uncertain. Funding comes from a 212 mill construction levy, and enrollment projections show tight capacity in Wright Kenwood and comfortable but tight in Grant Wood Erskine.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Wright
Erskine
Perkins and
Will of
Chicago
Clyde Parker
Ruse B. Doolin
Wright-Kenwood
Kenwood
Grant Wood - Erskine
Grant Wood
Doolin
Kenwood-Wright
Grant Wood-Erskine
New Site Sought For Armed Forces Training Center
Cedar Rapids officials explore a new site for an armed forces training center amid protests over the current school board site off First Avenue SW. An inquiry committee should study all possible locations, with Col. John N. Green and reserve units present at a Monday meeting. The Army and Navy plan to invest about $500,000.
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Cedar Rapids
Army
Navy
Chamber of Commerce
John N. Green
Des Moines
Iowa Military District
Army and Navy
First Avenue
Labor Unity Seeks Name For AFL CIO Merger
AFL and CIO merger talks stall over the name for the combined group. George Meany says naming disputes may cause trouble but leaders have agreed on a constitution with the name blank. Conventions are planned in New York in December to ratify the merger once a name is settled.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
American Congress of Labor
George Meany
Meany
Walter Reuther
AFL Executive Council
New York
Wave of Terror Follows Boy's Slaying by Hoodlum
In the Bronx threats of retaliation surface after 15 year old William Blankenship Jr. is shot. Name plates vanish from doorbells as warnings target residents who spoke about the murder. Police seek first degree charges against Frank Santana 17 and bail for Ralph Falcon 16. Community fear rises with vigil, funeral crowd clashes, and calls for public safety changes.
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Bronx
William Blankenship, Jr
William
Frank
Tarzan” Santana
Daniel V. Sullivan
Santana
Hyman Korn
France Aligns With United States Behind Diem Support
United States planning full backing for Ngo Dinh Diem in South Viet Nam amid opposition from French and Vietnamese leaders. Paris signals shift to back Diem with Bao Dai possibly sidelined, as Washington hints at cutting aid to dissenters. Ambassador Collins instructed to secure 100 percent French and Vietnamese support.
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State Department
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Paris
France
U.S
Diem
J. Lawton Collins
Viet Namese
Bao Dai
French Riviera
South
Saigon
Collins
Extension Voted On Doctor Draft Extension
The House Armed Services Committee approved a two year extension of the doctor draft law until July 1 1957 by a 27 to 5 vote. The bill includes federal scholarships for a limited number of medical and dental students and keeps the 100 dollar monthly extra pay for doctors dentists and veterinarians in armed services. The new scholarship plan would fund schooling for about 300 physicians and 126 dentists who commit to five years of active duty after graduation, with a cap of roughly five percent of graduates.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Army Eyes Arctic Subway Expedition to Greenland Ice Cap
The army said on Tuesday it will send a 172 member expedition to the Greenland ice cap this summer to test the feasibility of an Arctic subway. The project aims to avoid weather navigation and trail marking issues in surface travel across the 700000 square mile ice cap, potentially giving rise to an underground city of ice.
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Washington
Greenland
Arctic
Pair Accused of Slaying Shot On Highway
Two men Cecil Green and Le roy Eggleston, alleged accomplices in the slaying of wealthy oilman William Clark on May 19, 1953, were shot and wounded on a highway northwest of Fort Worth. Green was in critical condition, Eggleston wounded in the arm, and co-defendant Harry Huggins remained free on bond. Clark's widow, 43, is charged as an accomplice.
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Fort Worth
William Clark
Here
Cecil Green
Texas
Leroy Eggleston
Harry Huggins
Clark
Grand jury told to probe nursing home transfer
District Judge Milton J. Glenn instructed the Dubuque county grand jury to investigate the transfer of 14 state mental patients to Ideal Resthaven in Dubuque from the State Mental Health Institute of Independence. He urged scrutiny of compliance with Iowa law and possible neglect, noting Tobin's facility lacked a state license since 1952 and that $840 monthly claims have been paid.
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Milton J. Glenn
Dubuque
Dubuque County Board of Supervisors
Mental Health Institute of Independence
Glenn
Board of Control
Grand Jury
Ideal Resthaven
Tobin
Don I. Meyer
Dubuque Lumber Company
Mes
Independence
D. L. Kyer
Louis Rund Hurt in Second Farm Tractor Accident
Louis Rund 29 ex prisoner of war who served in Korea was seriously injured when a tractor overturned on him at his rents farm ten miles south of Traer. He crawled free and was taken to a doctor then to St Francis hospital Waterloo after being driven from the scene by his brother Paul. Rund was captured May 18 1951 and held in a Korea POW camp for nearly two years.
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Traer
Louis Rund
Korea
Rund
Hisrents
Rand
Paul
St.Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Linda Christian Divorces Tyrone Power
Actress Linda Christian wins a divorce from Tyrone Power in Santa Monica and gains custody of their two children for ten months a year. She receives a share of Power's gross earnings for 11 years plus a 36 percent stake in two films, plus community property in Mexico City and West Los Angeles.
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Linda Christian Tuesday
Tyrone Power
Power
Mexico
Cedar Rapids Forms Dog Control Committee To Study Ordinance
Mayor Milo Sedlacek named a group of eight men and two women to study Cedar Rapids dog control. The committee will meet and draft recommendations for council action before June 1, following Monday’s public debate on restricting dogs from running at large. Members include a veterinarian, attorney, Kennel Association and Humane Society leaders, and local residents. The panel plans to deliberate without council members, with its first meeting set after national humane group visits Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids News
Milo Sedlacek
Cedar Rapids
Sedlacek
Sadowsky
Cedar Rapids Kennel Association
Russell H. Anthony
Larry Hawks
G. K. Thompson
Iowa Supreme Court
Oscar Anderson
C Avenue
T. B. Hlubucek
Louie J. Pochobradsky, Jr
C Steet
Larry Andrews
National Humane Organization
Step Would Have Saved Boy's Life
In Joliet an 8 year old boy named William Vancil was killed by a speeding Rock Island train after wandering with his twin sister Joan from a playground onto a railroad trestle. One step to the side could have diverted the tragedy as Joan escaped by leaping to a ten foot embankment.
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