Polio experts back continued Salk shots amid safety debate
A panel of eight polio scientists voted 8 to 3 to endorse continuing the nationwide Salk vaccine program under stricter safety standards. Four abstained, including Jonas Salk. The group urged swapping Mahoney virus for a safer strain when proven, while Sabin urged a temporary halt to protect some children.
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Washington
House Commerce
James A. Shannon
Shannon
Jonas E. Salk
Albert B. Sabin
Cincinnati
John F. Enders
William M.D. Hammond
Salk
University of Pittsburgh
Sabin
Thomas Francis Jr
University of Michigan
Thomas M. Rivers
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
New Jersey
Daniel Bergsma
Horace L. Hodes
American Academy of Pediatric
Seek Release Of Convicted Ol Turncoat
Army Cpl. Claude J. Batchelor, jailed 20 years for collaborating with the Communists while a Korean prisoner, has an attorney petitioning Defense Secretary Wilson for release. Joe Westbrook, who defended Batchelor at a Fort Sam Houston court martial, argues for consistency with recently released flyers who confessed to germ warfare. Batchelor’s life sentence was commuted to 20 years at Fort Leavenworth.
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San Antonio
Army
Claude J. Batchelor
Defense Department
Korea
Joe Westbrook
Kermit
Tex
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Westbrook
Cpl
Batchelor
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Sam Houston
Fund For Family Tops $900 in County Drive
The Keeney Family Fund surpassed $900 today with donations from county sources through noon. Funds are to aid Mr and Mrs Ira Keeney who lost three of their four children in Sunday's flood tragedy. Contributions come from various locals via The Index and ASC office, with Hackler and Raper not yet accounted for in the total.
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Ira Keeney
Keeney
Earl Hackler
Childress
Quanah
Nehru Bulganin urge peaceful Formosa settlement and disarmament
Soviet Premier Bulganin and Indian Prime Minister Nehru urged surrender of Formosa to the Chinese Communists and admission of Communist China to the United Nations. They called for world disarmament and ban on atomic and hydrogen bombs as they affirmed friendship and peaceful co existence during Nehru's Russia visit.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Jawaharlal Nehru
Formosa
China
United Nations
Nehru
Warsaw
Farwell
Russia
Taylor Plans Close Study Of Army Personnel Needs
General Maxwell D. Taylor said he will closely study how large the Army should be when he becomes Army chief of staff on July 1. He arrives after a 16 000 mile Far East trip and vows to define the Army's proper role in national defense.
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Taylor
Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
US Far East
Matthew B. Ridgway
Far East
Europe
Lamesa Faces Water Shortage in West Texas
Lamesa with 13,000 residents faced a serious water shortage on Thursday. City officials urged residents to conserve as wells were failing more than usual. A new 125 gallons per minute well was connected to city lines, while the council eyed buying land to drill additional wells. The water table has dropped due to widespread irrigation.
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Lamesa
W. E. Sealy
Water Department
West Texas
Sealy
North Korea Replaces Air Force Chief After MIG Reward Case
North Korea reportedly fired its air force head after a MIG was flown to Kimpo Air Base in 1953 for a $100000 reward offered by the United States. Captain Lee Woon Young told U S intelligence that Wang Yun was demoted and Noh Keun Suk received the prize. Han Il Moo becomes the new air force chief.
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Seoul
Red
North Korea
United Press
Lee Woon Young
Freedom
Lee
Wang Yun
Noh Keun Suk
Kimpo
Noh
United States
Mark Clark
United Nations Command
Han I] Moo
Soviet Russia
Carter Reported In Grave Condition
Amon G. Carter, Fort Worth civic leader and Fort Worth Star-Telegram publisher, remained in Grave condition at his home on Thursday after several weeks of illness. Attendants noted no overnight change as he continued under an oxygen tent.
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Fort Worth
Amon G. Carter
Midland
College Station
Lubbock
Presidio
Big Spring
Wink
Dalhart
Galveston
Amarillo
Pinay affirms NATO membership amid Molotov peace push
In San Francisco French Foreign Minister Pinay rejects Molotov's peace offensive while reaffirming France's commitment to NATO. He argues regional security arrangements are essential until broad disarmament is real, noting NATO provides the best guarantee of peace and urging unanimous allied defense planning.
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San Francisco
Antoine Pinay
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Pinay
United Nations
Russia
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Molotov
NATO
League of Nations
Atlantic Organization
Crops Damaged By Heavy Rain In Northeast Texas
Thunderstorms struck northeast Texas damaging crops and buildings near Paris and Minter. A storm dumped unofficially 3.7 inches in 40 minutes, with high winds and hail. Roofs, porches, and a barn were blown off, and trees uprooted. Rain extended to Rockston Gainesville and Trenton with varied amounts. Forecasters warned of more storms and temperatures ranged from 55 to 75.
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Texas
United Press
Paris
Minter
John Brown
Rockston
Gainesville
Trenton
Dallas
Fort Worth
Rumor Anderson May Quit As Deputy Defense Chief
Reports of a Pentagon shakeup surface after Army Secretary Levens resigns. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert B. Anderson, an Eisenhower Democrat from Texas, may return to private life within months. Wilber M. Brucker named Army chief. Maxwell D. Taylor named to succeed Ridgway as chief of staff on July 1.
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Army Secy
Robert Stevens
Pres. Eisenhower
Wilbur M. Brucker
Michigan
New England
Brucker
Stevens
Robert T. Stevens
Army
Defense Department
Wilber M. Brucker
Bob Stevens
Taylor
Rumor Anderson May
Washington
Defense
Robert B. Anderson
Charles E. Wilson
Ipi
Pentagon
Robert T. Levens
Anderson
Texas
Navy
Roger Kyes
Eisenhower
Stevens Said In His Resignation Letter To Mr. Eisenhower
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
House Senate Democrats Clash Over Public Housing Plan
House Banking committee voted to scuttle the 540,000 unit low rent housing program in favor of a 70,000 unit administration plan. Democrats warned the Senate plan would not clear the House and noted House bias against government housing. A separate Armed Services subcommittee drafted a compulsory military reserve bill to bypass a segregation row in the National Guard.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
House Banking Committee
Armed Services
National Guard
Masons To Elect Officers At Tonight Meeting
Childress Masonic Lodge No. 695 will elect a new slate of officers during its 8 oclock meeting in the Masonic building here. The announcement said the session will begin at eight and conclude with the vote.
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Childress Masonic Lodge No. 695
Button Sale To End Saturday
Bob Wadsworth reports a deadline for Kids Inc button sales and money turn in by Saturday. Officials praise the boys for strong fundraising to support summer baseball, with a Sunday report expected and an announcement after the contest winners. Local adults are lauded for encouraging purchases and multiple buttons.
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Kids, Inc
Bob Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Fulbright Sees Senate Reject McCarthy Plan
Sen. J. W. Fulbright says the Senate's 77 to 4 rebuke of Sen. McCarthy's resolution shows a repeat of last December's 67 to 22 vote condemning McCarthy. The measure would require Eisenhower to secure Russian agreement to discuss satellite nations before the Geneva meeting, a move McCarthy and Jenner failed to soften, despite party unity and leadership claims it would bind the president.
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Washington
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Josph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
Fullbright
Fulbright
Eisenhower
Geneva
William E. Jenner
R-Ind
United
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Repulicans
China Students Threaten NBC Correspondent Aboard Tjiwangi
Singapore UP report details Chinese students from Indonesia threatening NBC correspondent Jim Robinson aboard the Dutch ship Tjiwangi while he filmed on deck. Robinson recalled Gene Symonds' fatal beating amid riots in Singapore as the crowd grew hostile and a knife was drawn. The vessel carried 842 passengers, more than half Chinese students en route to Red China.
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Singapore
Indonesia
National Broadcasting Company
Jim Robinson
Tjiwangi
Gene Symonds
Robinson
United Press
Symonds
Southeast Asia
Red China
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