Vaccine for Polio Made On Big Scale
San Francisco report on mass production of a polio vaccine using chick embryos marks a major breakthrough. Led by Dr. Herald R. Cox of Lederle Laboratories the method promises affordable, scalable vaccine though human trials are pending. The discovery builds on five years of work and cites previous success at Sonoma State Home.
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Herald R. Cox
Lederle Laboratories
New York
University of California In
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
American Medicel Association
Cox
University of California
Berkeley
Hooper Foundation
Karl F. Meyer
Sonoma State
California
Weather Summary Mostly fair through Sunday cool nights ahead
The forecast calls for mostly fair conditions through Sunday with cooler tonight and Sunday. Low temperatures tonight expected 33 to 35 degrees and highs Sunday in the middle 60s. Regional temps listed at 74 SW, 75 SE, 76 NW, and 15 NE with 2:30 pm observations.
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C.R
Grocer and 3 Children Slain Near Chester California
Chester California AP report says grocer Gard Young 43 and three daughters ages 3 6 and 7 were found murdered on an old logging road six miles from Chester. A neighbor boy 4 was injured. Robbery suspected as Young had withdrawn 7100 from a bank and the money is missing. Bodies found in and outside a car trunk. Four victims beaten. motive robbery.
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Chester
Calif
California
Gard Young
Chester Fire Department
Young
Sandra
Judy
Jean
Michael Faney
Schooler
Westwood
Zone Change for New Collins Plant Approved in Marion
Linn county supervisors approved a zoning change for a 52 acre tract on Old Marion road north of Cedar Rapids in Marion Township, from residential to light industrial. Collins Radio owns with Weston Carver and Marie Carver, who supported the move, and a 90,000 square foot industrial building is planned after a hitch free hearing.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Collins Radio Company
Marion
OldMarion Road
Marie, Carver
Weston Carver
Collins Radio
Coe
Chamber of Commerce
Collins
Carvers
Count Ly Board of Zoning Adjustment
Czech Officer Arrests in Czechoslovakia Reported
Belgrade AP dispatch cites Tanjug saying hundreds of army officers were arrested in Communist Czechoslovakia as plotters against the government. Figures varied from about 200 to 600, according to the semi official Yugoslav news agency.
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Belgrade
Tanjug
Czechoslovakia
It Isn't Easy To Convince Board
Miss Norma Macraty of Skidmore College faced a Saratoga Springs registration board to prove literacy for voting. The board rejected a PhD two master’s degrees and a BA as evidence and demanded a notarized Skidmore letter confirming literacy, asking for a high school diploma.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Norma Macraty
Skidmore College
Skidmore
Taft Escapes Elevator plunge in Elkhart hotel
Elkhart Indiana reports that a Taft party endured a ten story elevator plunge as the cage dropped into the basement. Taft stepped out uninjured and quipped it was a nice reception. All passengers escaped unharmed and officials blamed overload for the mishap.
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Taft
Elkhart
Ind
Sen
Chuckle on Smiths Widow and Insurance Payout
A joke line about Smiths widow reacting to a $50,000 life insurance payout. She reportedly stopped crying and offered to donate $5,000 to have him back, implying a fearsome return on loss.
Group Raps Clark on Jury Fraud Probe
Washington Republicans and Democrat Rep Chelf and Rep Keating blasted former Attorney General Tom C. Clark for limiting the FBI’s preliminary probe into 1946 Kansas City vote fraud. They cited Francis Biddle testimony supporting standard FBI preliminaries and questioned Clark’s handling of the inquiry into Enos Axtell and Roger Slaughter in Missouri.
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Raps Clark
Washington
Tom C. Clark
Jscope
FBI
Kansas City
Clark
Supreme Court
Frank L. Chelf
D-Ky
Kenneth B. Keating
Truman
Chelf
Keating
Department
T. Lamar Caudle
Biddle
Francis Biddle
Roosevelt
White House
Eisenhower calls for middle way in Salt Lake City address
In Salt Lake City Eisenhower urged a middle-of-the-road leadership to balance security and liberty, attacking Truman and pledging to end extreme politics while touring the West. He paused in Denver for a rest before a South swing focusing on Texas and campaigning through Arizona and New Mexico. Stevenson vows to fight government corruption in Florida after New Orleans reaction. he cites Illinois cleanup efforts and criticizes Democratic leadership as fallible while defending civil rights stance in Miami rally remarks.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Texas
Eisenhower
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Miami
Adlai Stevenon
Florida
New Orleans
Stevenson
Illinois
Washington
Bay’ Front Park
Ilinois
Democratic National
Truman Campaign Tour Across New York Ends With Rallies
Eisenhower supporters clash with Stevenson backers as Harry S. Truman tours New York State. A tomato throw at Amsterdam and a punch in Schenectady punctuate crowds of thousands. At Grand Central, Truman urged voting for the Democratic ticket while condemning political violence and pledging civil rights support for Negro voters.
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New York
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Harry
Truman
New York State
Amsterdam
Heckler
Batavia
Papa
Ray Chapman Killed in Action in Korea
Ray Chapman 22 son of Mr and Mrs Fred C Chapman of 1909 Grande Ave was killed in action in Korea on Oct 7 according to word received by his parents. He was a navy hospital corpsman attached to a Marine unit in Korea enlisting January 1951 and serving there since July 20 after minor wounds Sept 14 at Bunker Hill. He graduated Franklin High School 1948 attended Doe College and University of Iowa where he joined Phi Kappa Psi. He trained at San Diego and served at Bethesda Naval Hospital before Korea. He is survived by his parents a sister Marjorie a brother David and grandmother Stella Chapman of Moorhead.
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Raymond Curtis Chapman
Fred C. Chapman
Grande Avenue S
Korea
Chapman
Navy
Bunker Hill
Amet Chapman
Franklin High School
Doe College
Delta Phi Epsilon Fraternity
University of Iowa
Iowa
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
San Diego
Calif
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Washington, D. C
Marjorie
David
Stella Chapman
Moorhead
Retail Food Prices Fall Biweekly
Washington AP reports that retail food prices declined 1 percent in the last two weeks of September marking the sharpest biweekly drop since February. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the figures on Friday detailing broader price movements in the food sector.
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Washington
Bureau of Lavor Statistics
Slips from Police Net At Waukon
Waukon area manhunt for George Duffy of Cedar Rapids continued as police tracked a green 1951 Buick and a red 1932 Model A Ford. Deputies, state patrol, Cedar Rapids officers and volunteers faced winding hills and open country, with two near-corners and one machine gun burst during the search. Duffy, tied to a Cedar Rapids murder case, was last linked to a 1951 Buick seen north on Highway 3, while a second car theft near Church prompted renewed efforts. Duffy’s fiancé, Shirley Jean Arnold, is in police custody.
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Art Heusinkveld
Gazette
Waukon
George Duffy
Cedar Rapids
Chickasaw County
Duffy
Church
Rossville
Uso
Iron Mines Hill
French Creek
Minnesota
Highway 3
Tenth Street SE
James P. Hackman
Burlington Street SE
Dutty
Shirley Jean Arnold
Third Street
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Peter K. Olitsky
Lold
Vishinsky
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U. N. General Assembly
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Roger C. Slaughter
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Adlai
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Stanley Stone
Ike
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