Vaccine Embargo Eases as Parke Davis Batch Cleared
Washington reports the Public Health Service expected to release embargoed Salk vaccine late Thursday and resume polio vaccination after a six day halt. Officials anticipated several hundred thousand doses passing double checks, with findings to be shared with health authorities and physicians nationwide.
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Public Health Service
Parke, Davis and Company
Detroit
Parke, Davis
Two US soldiers face court martial in Korea war prison case
Sgt James Gallagher and Cpl Harold Dunn, both former POWs, are charged by the First Army with collaboration with the enemy and mistreatment of fellow prisoners. Gallagher faces an unprecedented murder charge for killing a fellow prisoner. Both are confined at Fort Jay Governors Island while awaiting trial. no date has been set. Dunn, who said he sought anti Communist lectures, was crowned king at the New York state fair in Syracuse in 1953.
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Brooklyn
Harold M. Dunn
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Parke Davis Tests Additive At DeWitt For Slower Vaccine Absorption
Parke Davis officials conducted field tests in DeWitt County NL to evaluate an additive that, when mixed with their vaccine, slows absorption into the bloodstream and lengthens immunity.
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Highway 74 Re routes to F Avenue in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids officials win city council approval to reroute Highway 74 onto F avenue NW and widen Highway 30 (Sixteenth avenue SW) to four lanes from Sixth street to 149 intersection. Projects planned for this summer with costs not yet estimated. storm sewers and drainage work slated.
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Smith wins divorce after card beating allegations
Canon City, Colo. Joseph Smith, 76, was granted a divorce after testifying that when he beat his wife at cards she insulted him and threw the deck, saying the behavior ruined his desire to win. The testimony framed the marriage as a game marred by hostility.
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Two Minneapolis Teens Admit Iowa Auto Theft Rampage
Darrell Mattila 15 and Bob Illingworth 14 confessed to stealing three cars from Minnesota and a Tama County burglary. They were held in the county jail after a chain of thefts from Minneapolis to Kenyon Waterloo and Tama, plus a cash register theft near the Maidrite cafe. Investigators linked them to a separate assault claim but ruled them out as the suspects who slugged Edward Heatherton.
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Bomb explosion at Valcartier army base kills three civilians
A rocket type bomb exploded at the Valcartier army base killing three civilians and injuring others. Authorities launched an investigation into the incident and its causes.
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Single pupil earns class of 1955 diploma at Atalissa
Marvin Hinrichs 18, sole member of Atalissa high school’s 1955 senior class, received the valedictory and diploma during commencement in the school gym. Supt. W. W. Weekly presented the diploma after Rev. L. L. Dunnington spoke. Hinrichs active in basketball baseball and band. observers included Mickey Stewart and Hinrichs’s sister Marilyn.
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Reds chase U S airman over Baltic in jet encounter
A U S air force pilot, flying a T 33 from Wiesbaden, reported Communist MIG fighters chased him across the Baltic Sea to Kastrup in Copenhagen. He landed safely. no gunfire occurred and nationality of the MIGs was not known.
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Fire Kills Four Brothers in Los Angeles Home
Four brothers aged up to four years died in a Los Angeles house fire started when a 10 year old half sister, while searching for a diaper with a lighted candle, accidentally set rags afire. Neighbors pulled the girl to safety as parents Leroy and Frances Franklin faced financial strain and had gone out to a movie.
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Milton L. Kapp New President of the Jaycees
Milton L. Kapp elected president of the Cedar Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce for the fiscal year beginning July 1. He serves as administrative vice-president and has been active in the Jaycees for over five years. Successor as administrative vice-president is William M. DuVall.
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Ambro Advertising Agency
Cedar Rapids
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Robert T. Olson
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Jack E. Bergstrom
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Argentine senate approves education bill to end Catholic instruction
The Argentine Senate unanimously passes a bill to end Roman Catholic religious education in public schools and sends it to the House of Deputies for consideration. The action follows a formal debate as lawmakers push secular education reforms.
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Peiping Pledges Aid If War Breaks Out In Europe
Peng Teh-huai defense minister of Peiping declared that China will cooperate with the Soviet bloc in defending Europe and will fight aggressors if war erupts. He spoke at the Warsaw conference observer session and urged peaceful coexistence while warning aggressors that the balance of power favors the camp of peace and socialism.
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Paving Bids Cut $46,000 Off Estimate
Cedar Rapids bids for a $700000 paving project came in lower than expected. Haegg Construction Company posted the low bid at 642265.10, with Quad City Construction and Central Engineering following. The project covers 6.9 miles of streets and four alleys, prompting anticipated reductions in property assessments.
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Okowinski couple face delinquency charge for trip
In Chicago, Mr and Mrs Okowinski who cannot speak English took their 8 year old neighbor boy on a week long trip to California thinking it a favor to their son. Bruno 10 backed the plan. Police planned to charge with abduction but juvenile officer says it will be reduced to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Michael McGrenera 8 is the other boy involved. he stayed with them until authorities intervened.
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Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Daughter's Drowning
Miami report states Russell Ton gay began a decade long prison term for the drowning death of his daughter, an incident described in local court records.
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Miami
Russell Tongay
More Protection In 56 Says Salk
Pittsburgh report quotes Dr. Jonas Salk stating the current three shot polio vaccine series will give better protection in the 1956 polio season than in 1955. He notes minimum intervals of two to four weeks between doses and seven months between the second and third, and stresses the program targets ideal conditions for the season when protection is needed.
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Jonas Salk
Salk
Art Gifts From West Germany To CRU Program
The Christian Rural Overseas Program will receive 47 artworks including lithographs wood engravings copper etchings and prints from West Germany as thanks for aid from the group which has sent 20 million dollars worth of food to 50 nations in eight years.
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Christian Rural Overseas Program
West Germany
Pupils Do Better On Tax Returns
Chicago report says high school students show higher accuracy in tax return filing than adults. Revenue Commissioner T. Cole sman Andrews notes millions of pupils train for returns and asserts 92 percent of theirs are correct versus 75 percent of adults' accuracy.
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Chicago
T. Colesman Andrews
Big Four reach Austrian state treaty agreement in Vienna
The United States Britain France and Russia clinched a Western backed Austrian state treaty after nine days of talks. The accord allows Austria to be free and sovereign, with about 70 000 troops of Russia and Western forces to leave. U S officials indicated signing would occur within days and Dulles had considered delaying his Vienna trip for further news.
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U S Sabre Pilots Clash With MIGs Over Yellow Sea
Lt Colonel Robert E. Dawson said eight US Sabres faced at least 32 Communist MIGs in the Yellow Sea area near Kunsan Korea. He reported an eight minute dogfight in which two MiGs were shot down and two possibly downed while his planes stayed out of aggression in a defensive engagement.
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Mamie Eisenhower Visits Gettysburg Home for Weekend
Mrs Dwight Eisenhower to Gettysburg home with her mother Mrs John Doud for weekend. The trip marks her first outing since canceling engagements April 30. White House notes she and Mrs Doud drove up Wednesday and the President plans to drive up Friday. Friday is Mrs Douds 77th birthday. White House physician says her condition is about her usual state of health.
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