Experts Vote To Continue Salk Polio Program
A panel of polio experts voted 8-2 to recommend continuing the Salk vaccination program this summer amid safety concerns. Surgeon General Scheele said the risk of paralysis from vaccination is negligible and the health service supports ongoing immunization while seeking safer virus strains. Dr. Rivers and Dr. Salk urged evolving the schedule to fewer early injections and boosters later, as officials monitor vaccine safety and effectiveness.
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Thomas M. Rivers
Rockefeller Institute For Medical
Davis Cleared After Judge Dismisses Theft Charges
Homer Davis known as Davis, 36, of 208 Daniel Boone Dr., won dismissal of grand larceny charges for alleged theft of 1180 from Thurman Dehainant’s car after court delays and missing officers. Two co defendants remain for grand jury action. No action against officers. A separate incident notes bricks thrown at a Greyhound union office during a driver strike.
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Homer
Daniel Boone Dr
South Charleston
L. M. Mortis
Thurman Dehainant
Second Ave
W. W. Fisher
Fisher
Melvin F. Withrow
Bullitt St
George Edwin Fraser
Sissonville Rd
Dehathaut
Atlantic Greyhound Corp
Drivers' Union
Court SL
Trophy for Top Soldier at West Virginia National Guard
The Gov. Okey L. Patteson award is presented annually at the West Virginia National Guard encampment. The Sun Day's Gazette State Magazine Section details the trophy's story and lists past winners.
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Gov. Okey L. Patteson
West Virginia National Guard
Gazette State Magazine
Medina Here Defends Fifth Amendment At Airport Stop
Federal Judge Harold Medina, en route to Asheville, NC, defends the Bill of Rights and the Fifth Amendment. He notes his role in the 1949 Communist trial and calls for upholding civil liberties while joking about the Davy Crockett craze and a traveler’s rights.
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N. C
Kanawha
Mary Chilton Chapman
the Gazette
Harold R. Medina
U. S. District Court
Southern District of
New York
U. S
Testimony Planned In Arizona Father's Murder Case
A daughter, Mrs. Frazier, agreed to testify against her father Frank Hautem in the murder trial of his wife Josephine Hautem. Judge Taylor ruled her testimony important but conditional on Arizona funding travel and child care. Hautem’s alleged financial withdrawals and safety deposit box holdings are cited as context.
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Hautem Frazier
Woodland
di Tasloe
MAU Geneatopeae
Frazier
Frank A. Hautem
Tucson
Ariz
Josephine Graham
Charleston
Arizona
Eorlier
Peyton
Hautem
Ike Teases Hints He'll Race Again in 1952
President Eisenhower teased the possibility of seeking a second term during a speech in Concord New Hampshire before a crowd of about 15000 in State House Plaza. He joked about Governor Sherman Adams finishing his lectures on New Hampshire while noting the audience’s reaction to the notion of another term.
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New Hampshire
White House
State House Plaza
New England
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Sherman Adams
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Adams
Hire Help Here Ad Circulated Then Canceled
An in person job ad seeks an experienced cook at the corner of Capitol and Quarrier Streets. The Advertiser ran the notice for one day before canceling it. The Gazette urges quick action to reach 82,000 plus families daily and over 90,000 on Sundays.
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Child drinks half a fifth of wine. mother unsure
Walter Steven Haynes, two, drank half a pint of muscatel wine after allegedly taking it from an icebox. A Charleston ambulance rushed him to St. Francis Hospital where doctors pumped his stomach and reported his condition satisfactory. The mother, Wanda Lee Haynes of Elk Two Mile, said the child was playing with the bottle in a toy truck and she found him unconscious on the kitchen floor later.
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Walter Steven
Charleston
St. Francis Hospital
Molotov Accepts Western Plan for Geneva Big Four Talks
Soviet foreign minister Molotov appeared to accept Western plans for the next month's Big Four summit in Geneva. Dulles and Molotov discussed arrangements at a luncheon in Suburban Hillsborough. The agenda includes reducing tensions and peaceful settlement, with Eisenhower, Faure, Eden, and Bulganin as initial chairs, and talks set for up to six days at the Palais des Nations.
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Russia
V. M. Molotov
Geneva
John Foster Dulles
Molotov
Hillsborough
Dulles
Eisenhower
Edgar Faure
Anthony Eden
Nikolai Buljganin
Palais Des Nations
U.N
Raiders Reinforced as Vice Squad Sees Appointments
Mayor Copenhaver announced two new officers to Charleston's Vice Squad. Sgt. Garland Weir now commands the unit and Patrolman R L Gunnoe is added as detective while Det. George Nunley joins the staff. He warned of rising illegal betting and bookmaking near Capitol Street and noted more prostitutes in the city.
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Copenhaver
Garland Weir
R.L. Gunnoe
Charleston
Itol St
Quarrier St
Capitol St
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George Nunley
McDonald Sees Discrimination in Steel Wage Offer
Pittsburgh June 24 U S Steel Corp offered the CIO United Steelworkers a wage increase averaging more than 10 cents per hour the union rejected it as inadequate union president David McDonald said workers will not be treated as second class citizens He noted the industry profits this year and the offer’s insufficiency The union plans around the clock talks and may meet with VP John Stephens over the weekend about a strike threat next Thursday involving about 150 000 USW members in the steel industry
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United Steelworkers
David McDonald
McDonald
Clifford Hood
U. S. Steel
Big Steel
John Stephens
USW
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Cripple Falls Refusing Rescue In Coal River Tragedy
James McCoy 22, crippled by polio, drowned in Coal River near Lower Falls while attempting to save his younger brother Bobby, who slipped into the water. Firefighters could not revive McCoy after nearly two hours. funeral arrangements unnamed. He leaves mother Mrs Mary McCoy and sisters Mrs Gilbert Upton Mrs Paul Myers and Wanda, all of Charleston.
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Beach
James McCoy
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Roy McNeely
McCay
Edly
Thomas McCoy
Bobby
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Gilbert Upton
Paul S Myers
Wanda McCoy
Lal
Mary McCoy
Bartlett Mortuary
Playground equipment added at Coonskin Park
Twenty one new pieces of playground equipment costing 3500 will be placed in use today at Coonskin Park announced by Commission Chairman Paul R. Anderson. They will be set at various spots, especially where shelters exist, to attract Kanawha County families despite transportation challenges for children.
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Commission
Paul R. Anderson
Anderson
Kanawha County
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