Polio Vaccine Talks and Global Affairs Highlight Night
Dr. Jonas Salk and top medical figures met secretly in Washington aiming to release a polio vaccine enabling two shot immunity for millions of children. The Seawolf, the world’s second atomic powered submarine, is slated for launch July 21. Royal honors awarded to Roger Bannister Alec Guinness. Princess Margaret attended with other royals to see Danny Kaye.
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Jonas E. Salk
Washington
Gueen Elizabeth TE
Roger Bannister
Alec Guinness
Margaret
Danny Kaye
Palladium
Theodor Koerner
Mark Clark
U. S
Americas
Russia
Konrad Adenauer
National Council of Churches
Mexican Railways Struggle to Pension Aging Workers
Mexico's government owned railroads report over half their staff are past retirement age yet cannot be pensioned due to funding gaps. Management says retiring all eligible workers would cost about 60 million pesos annually, roughly 70 million dollars.
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Mexico City
Ico
Nitro youths named for UN pilgrimage and city traffic panel
Burdette and Cook will travel to New York for a United Nations Pilgrimage sponsored by the Grand International Order of Odd Fellows. The Citizens Traffic Advisory Committee meets at City Hall to plan Charleston traffic changes with local and visiting officials attending.
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Mra
E. R. Hively
Bill Burdette
Donald Cook
United Nations
New York
N. Y
Grand International Order of Odd Fellows Lodge
Burdette
H. E. Burdette
Nitro
RFD 1
Poca High School
National Honor Society
Thespians
George Cook
18Th St
Nitro High School
Nitoca Junior Lodge
Cool
Masquers
Cook
Weirton
J. Roy McGinnis
Russell Whittington
Nitoca Lodge
Riley ‘Gunnoe
Inter - Sentinel
Lodge
Grand Junior Lodge
Russell
River
Gunnee
Sentinel
Elk
Citizens Traffic Advisory Committee
City Hall
Charleston
Charles E. Hodges
Robert Mitchell
City of
Wilmington
Del
Charleston Group
Charles Hamilton Jr
Copenhaver
Dewey Williams
James McWhorter
Walter
Churchill Hosts Open House as Crowd Floods Westerham Estate
A large crowd gathered at Sir Winston Churchill's Chartwell manor in Westerham drawing several thousand people. The event occurred as visitors swarmed the 82 acre site including gardens and woodlands while signs and security measures were visible. Proceeds from the day reportedly supported homes for the elderly in the parish.
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Westerham
England
Winston Churchill
Chart
Churchill
Pedestrian Struck by Car on Route 60 Hospitalized
Thomas Monroe, 60, an employee of Joe's Surplus and Supply Co., was injured when a car struck him at the Route 60 and old St. Albans road intersection around 6 p.m. He remained in serious condition at Thomas Memorial Hospital with fractured ribs cuts and possible head injuries as state police investigate.
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Thomas Memorial Hospital
U.S. Rt. 60
St. Albans Road
Thomas Monroe
Joe’s Surplus and Supply Co
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