Cure Near Says Senate Hearing Brings Hope for Cancer Cure
A Senate Appropriations panel heard researchers claim progress toward a cancer cure. Dr. Cornelius Rhoads of Sloan Kettering testified that with adequate funding, researchers have high hopes as studies show chemicals antibodies and viruses acting like guided missiles can destroy cancer cells. Dr. Sidney Farber cited a liver cancer case cured in a child now six. The panel is urged to approve four million dollars more than the administration request to fund the expanding National Cancer Institute program amid cancer’s rising impact.
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Washington
Senate
Cornelius Rhoads
Sloan-Kettering Institute of New York City
Senate Appropriations
Lister IU Cd-Alan
Rhoads
Ment
Sidney Farber
Harvard University
Children’s Hospital
Boston
House
National Cancer Institute
Charles Cameron
American Cancer Society
Vaccine Bill Wins Support as Morse Demands Hobby Ouster
In Washington on May 17 the administration’s polio vaccination plan won swift bipartisan backing in Congress. Senator Morse blasted Secretary Hobby for alleged incompetence in vaccine handling and urged her firing. A 28 million dollar measure to fund free vaccines for ages 1 to 19 was introduced in the Senate by H Alexander Smith and supported by Chairman Hill. a House companion was sponsored by Chairman Priest. Morse accused Hobby and Surgeon General Scheele of crude policy while Hobby defended PHS actions in a Senate hearing and prepared to visit polio patients as controversy over vaccine distribution continued.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Sen
Morse
Hobby
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nd
Hill
D-May
Senate Labor Committee
Smith
House
Priest
Tenn
Commerce Committee
Senate
Owen Roberts Dies at Home
Owen Josephus Roberts 80 longtime U.S. Supreme Court justice known as The Great Dissenter died at Bryncoch near Valley Forge after a four month illness. He had been bedridden and left a Philadelphia hospital to die at home with family at his side.
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Owen Roberts
Phoenixville
w—Owen Josephus Roberts
U.S. Supreme Court
Bryncoch
Valley Forge
Philadelphia
State aid formula kept for next year under assessment act
The Legislature carves to distribute funds by a 1952 style formula while awaiting auditor June figures on general school fund money. Insured actions avoid larger county cuts, with 17 counties facing potential decreases under prior plans. The new act, signed by Maryland’s governor, pressures counties to raise property assessments to bolster school funding. Stonewall Jackson majorette closes with a baton like umbrella twist at home.
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Thomas F. Stafford
the Gazette
Martanit
Alva Anderson
State Board of School Finance
Marland
Rhinebeck woman guilty in party line fire case
A Dutchess County jury found Mary J Kayes of Rhinebeck guilty of refusing to answer a fire report on a country party line. The case tested a state law on using party lines in emergencies. Sentencing set for May 24 with bail set at 500 dollars.
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Poughkeepsie
Dutchess County
Mary J. Ss
Rhinebeck
Sue Case
Kayes
John HR. Schwartz
Atomic Sub War Possible Undersea Nuclear Tests Reported
Navy seeks funds to advance atomic submarine program and defense officials disclose underwater nuclear tests off the West Coast. Soviet submarine development suspected as the Defense Department and Atomic Energy Commission announce an underwater device explosion in the eastern Pacific as part of anti submarine warfare research.
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Navy
Russia
Congressional Atomic Subcommittee
Charles Thomas
Naval Chief of Operations Adm
Robert J. Carney
Subcommittee
Henry L. Jackson
Pacific Ocean
United States
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Dulles Praises German Alliance in Public Report to Eisenhower
In a joint radio-TV address from the Oval Office, President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles expressed cautious optimism for peace and real progress in top level talks with the Russians. Dulles cited Austria’s independence, West Germany's NATO rearmament, and signs the Soviet Union may be adapting to global norms.
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John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Dulles
Russia
Eisenhower - Dulles
United States
Free World
Oval Office
Europe
Washington
West Germany
U. S
West
Soviet Union
Moscow
America
Minnesota
Coal Show Showcases West Virginia Miners At Cleveland Event
The American Mining Congress Coal Show in Cleveland's Public Auditorium draws about 500 West Virginians and thousands of attendees. Experts including W. F. Diamond of Island Creek Coal Co and Woods G. Talman of U S Steel discuss full extraction mining, pillar and undercutting methods, and auger drilling to reduce hazards. The exhibit features $5 million in equipment and demonstrations of mining and ore extraction.
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Wallace E. Knight
the Gazette
Cleveland
West
U.S
Des Moines
Iowa
U. S
W. F. Diamond
Holden
Island Creek Coal
Island Creek
Pocahontas No. 4
Logan County
Diamond
Auger
Woods G. Talman
Gary
U. S. Steel Corp
Talman
Mountain State
Father's Day Gift Guide Focuses On Budget Treats
A brief feature describes Father’s Day as a holiday akin to Mother's Day with a focus on affordable gifts. It highlights simple items suitable for dads, emphasizing cost-conscious options and practical tokens of appreciation.
French Heiress Found Dead in New York Penthouse
Diane Chandon a 25 year old member of a French champagne family was found hanged in a Fifth Avenue apartment in New York. Police ruled the death an apparent self inflicted act after a four hour inquiry. She had arrived from Paris two weeks earlier with Mr and Mrs Edward Sparrow and their daughter Helen.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Diane Chandon
Paris
Miss Chandon
United States
Edward G. Sparrow
Helen
U.S
Sparrow
Count Frederick Chandon de Selailies
Flandre
Chou Enlai spurns Formosa cease-fire talks
Premier Chou Enlai rejected cease-fire negotiations with the United States over Formosa. He said there is no China U S war and spoke to the National People's Congress Standing Committee via Peiping radio. He signaled talks only on U S withdrawal from Formosa.
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Tokyo
Chou Enlai
Red China
United States
U. S
Formosa
China
National People's Congress
Feiping
Peiping
Chou
Western Pacific
Taiwan
Tai[yan
Chow
Tte
Bandung
Indonesia
Rented First Day Seven Roots Under Underpass
A terse notice notes rental activity on the first day near Spring Hill area with mention of seven roots and a monthly amount of 360. No further details about tenants or property.
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