Five Salk Firms Endorse Govt Vaccine Standards
Washington AP report: Parke Davis of Detroit and Cutter Laboratories of Berkeley along with Eli Lilly Wyeth and Sharp and Dohme endorsed the proposed Salk polio vaccine standards. Pitman Moore remained noncommittal. Declared that some firms see testing increases and possible delays while others see no extra testing needed. The standards apply to all manufacturers for clearance in the inoculation program.
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Washington
Parke, Davis and Company
Detroit
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Pitman- Moore Company
Zionsville
Ind
Eli Lilly and Company
Indianapolis
Wyeth Laboratories
Marietta
E. N. Beesley
Eli Lilly
H. W. Blades
Wyeth
Parke- Davis
Peere
Cedar Rapids sells high school bonds at 1 percent rate
Cedar Rapids school board sold 2.4 million dollars in bonds to finance two new high schools at a 1 percent interest rate after 45 bidding rounds lasting nearly three hours. Northern Trust and Harris Trust of Chicago led the winning group, with a 301 dollar cash premium. The issue funds construction of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington high schools and will be repaid over 20 years. No tax levy increase is expected next year.
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iCedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids’ School Board
Harris Trust and Savings Bank
Northern Trust Company
Chicago
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Northern Trust
Harris Trust
Cedar Rapids
E. W. Lundquist
Lundquist
National City Bank of New York
First National Bank of Chicago
First Securities Company of Chicago
Ernest Kosek Company
Iowa to Receive $462,826 for Free Polio Vaccines
Washington allocates 28 million for free polio immunizations. Iowa would receive 462,826 to vaccinate about 22 percent of its 833,529 uninsured children under 19. Government funding aims to cover shots for eligible youngsters.
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Washington
LLP
Iowa
Trio sentenced in Remington killing by life terms
Two convicted car thieves were given life terms for the slaying of former Government Economist William W. Remington in prison. A third federal convict received 20 years for the fatal beating. All three pled guilty to second degree murder.
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Lewisburg
William W. Remington
Lewis Cagle
Chattanooga
George McCoy
Grundy
Robert Carl Parker
Washington
Convict James Shannon Truthful in Lie Detector Test
A lie detector test for James Shannon 64 indicated he was telling the truth about his 1923 murder innocence claim. Shannon underwent a three and a half hour test by Leonardo Keeler crime laboratory investigator after parole violations.
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Jackson
Mitch
James Shannon
Leonardo Keeler Crime Laboratory
No Opinion On Mixing Beer In Private Clubs For Now
Cedar County case prompts Attorney General's office to defer ruling on legality of mixing drinks in private clubs with beer licenses. Indictments against Tipton Golf and Country Club and Moose Lodge followed seizure of mixed drinks. A court challenge may follow as Judge Buell Maxwell will rule on a demurrer.
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Des Moines
Cedar County
William B. Norton
Kent Emery
Emery
Tipton Golf and Country Club
Moose Lodge
Dayton Countryman
Cedar District
Buell Max
Tragic Train Death of Margaret Newman Near Charleston
Oliver Newman on his front porch beside the Central tracks watched his two year old daughter Margaret play in the yard. A nearby train roared toward her and struck her as he ran toward the tracks. she died on arrival at a hospital.
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Charleston
W. Va
Oliver Newman
New York ‘Central
Margaret
Newman
President asks funds for world’s first atomic powered merchant ship
President Eisenhower asks Congress for 12 650 000 dollars to begin construction of the world's first atomic powered merchant ship in Washington.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Russia agrees to parley amid U S efforts to foil it
Moscow reports state that Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov delivered notes to Western ambassadors proposing a Big Four conference on world problems while accusing the United States of pressuring the talks. Dulles suggested neutrality and warned of repercussions for satellite states. Moscow urged Vienna as venue though the West objects.
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Charles Klensch
Moscow
INS
Russia
U.S
Molotov
Dulles
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Eisenhower
Lausanne
Switzerland
Vienna
West
B 36 Crash in Storm Leaves Dozen Dead in Texas
Sterling City, Texas on Thursday reports a ten engine B 36 bomber crashed after entering a tornado and burned. Fourteen airmen feared dead, with Major A K Barnes of Walker AFB Roswell NM confirming the overdue craft carried 14 aboard.
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Sterling City
Texas
A. K. Barnes
Walker Air Force Base
Roswell
N M
U S Army Identifies Missing Helicopter Crew in Japan Crash
The U S Army named two colonels a captain and a warrant officer among six missing and presumed dead after a helicopter crash off northern Japan. A Japanese fisherman heard an explosion and saw burning gasoline on the water while search craft found a small oil slick and wreckage later washed ashore.
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Tokyo
INS
U. S. Army
Japan
Army
Argentine Catholics Clash With Police in Argentina
In Buenos Aires strong Catholic groups clashed with police and used water hoses as fires burned at scattered points across the capital and major cities. The protests marked the 45th anniversary of a revolt against Spanish rule.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Patson
Polio Cases Rise in Week to 246 Nationwide
The U S Public Health Service reports 246 new polio cases for the week ending May 21, a roughly 20 percent rise from the prior week. Eight cases were among families of vaccinated children, bringing household contact cases to 31 through May 24. For 1955 calendar year through May 21 there are 2,050 cases vs 2,450 in 1954. disease year through April 1 shows 986 cases in 1955 versus 897 in 1954.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Budget Cut Hits White House and Minor Agencies 21 Percent
The House Appropriations Committee cut budgets for the White House and three minor agencies by 21 percent in a record move for the current session. The bill funds the White House and its offices, Subversive Activities Control Board, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission and American Battle Monuments Commission for the year starting July 1. President Eisenhower's requests were approved including 150000 salary and 2,055,500 for operations, plus 366,200 for mansion upkeep and 1,000,000 to bolster his emergency fund.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
White House
House
Subversive Activities Control Board
Foreign Claims, Settlement Commission
American Battle Monuments Commission
Eisenhower
Neighbors Seek Cleanup or Razing Of Cach Property
Cedar Rapids residents demand cleanup or razing of 167 Nineteenth Avenue SW and surrounding sheds arguing the vacant tract is a neighborhood eyesore and safety hazard. They accuse owner Frank D Cach of neglect and seek city action after a vandalism complaint.
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Cedar Rapids
Nineteenth Avenue
Mallory Street
Frank D. Cach
Turnout Shapes British Election Between Eden and Attlee
Britons voted in a national election to choose 630 Commons seats with turnout ranging from light to heavy. Prime Minister Eden campaigned on a getoutthevote tour while Attlee urged Labor voters in West Hamstow. Churchill remained home in Hyde Park Gate as polls closed.
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Tom Ochiltree
London
Eden
Clement Attlee
America
House of Commons
Warwick
Herbert Morrison
Labor Party
Commons
Free Enterprise Party
Attlee
West Walt
Churchill
Hyde Park ‘Gate
Woodford
Jeanette MacDonald Responds to New York Housing Warrant
Hollywood singer Jeanette MacDonald says a New York housing code warrant surprised her and blames the NY property management firm running her rooming house. She had no knowledge of any summons and would respond to proper legal notice, noting the property was held in a trust and managed by a NY firm for about a year.
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Hollywood
LLP
Jeanette MacDonald
New York
Pantie Burglar Returns in Cedar Rapids Theft
Detective Inspector John Hanna reported a pantie theft in Cedar Rapids. A thief stole $14 worth of lingerie from a clothes line on Wednesday night, items owned by three girls at 703 Fifth Avenue SE, between 7:30 p.m. and 6:45 a.m.
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Cedar Rapids
John Hanna
Hanes
Fifth Avenue SE
White House denies Oveta Hobby resignation rumors
The White House stated Welfare Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby has not submitted a resignation. Her husband William P. Hobby lies ill in Texas, and reports of a successor or ambassador Clare Boothe Luce were denied as false.
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Washington
INS
White House
Welfare
Oveta Culp Hobby
James C. Hagerty
Texas
William P. Hobby
Hagerty
Eisenhower
Tornado toll rises in Kansas and Oklahoma towns
Devastating twisters struck 14 communities in Kansas and Oklahoma killing 80 and injuring hundreds. Udall Kansas and Blackwell Oklahoma bore the worst damage as rescue teams, the Red Cross, and authorities mobilized.
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Associated Press
Udall
Kan
Kansas
Blackwell
Okla
Oklahoma
Oxford
Sweetwater
The
Weather Bureau
Geuda Springs
Erick
Durant
Shattuck
Mayfield
Camargo
Leedey
Taloga
Cheyenne
Deer Creek
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Leslie Lawrence
Godfrey S. Stolba
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Charles Schreiber
Stolba
Morrison
Hamstow
Mrs. Attlee
Rooters
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Pantie
Oveta
Raymond King
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Roy Harris
Sheriff's Office
Wichita
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James Willis
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