Flu vaccine testing aims to protect 200 million in summer
Federal health officials expect enough trial results by early June to set doses for mass production. The program plans to immunize 200 million Americans in summer with testing at NIH and expansion to Houston and Rochester, with children to follow in May. Minor arm soreness expected in about one in four or five recipients.
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National Institutes of Health
Houston
Tex
Rochester
N. Y
Theodore Cooper
Alexander Schmidt
Food and Drug Administration
Secret 1957 Gaither report on missile gap finally published
The 1957 Gaither Commission report prepared for President Eisenhower warned of a looming Soviet missile gap and urged costly defense spending and fallout shelters. The 519 page document, long disputed, predicted Soviet intercontinental capability by 1959 1960 and influenced Kennedy's 1960 campaign. By the 1970s arms control limited such deployments.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Gaither Commission
Soviet Union
H. Rowan Gaither, Jr
Ford Foundation
United States
John F. Kennedy
Slater
Easter Dinner Guests Spread Across Monroe Area
Monroe families hosted Easter dinners with relatives from Lincoln Creston Columbus and Genoa plus guests from St Edward and Columbus. The gathering included the Wurdemans Jenny Ditter and Heins families among others who spent a week visiting area relatives before returning home. A separate political note referenced President Garfield and U S Soviet arms race talks with upcoming hearings on nuclear warfare and preparedness.
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Monroe
Lowell Wurdeman
Randy
Lincoln
Bertha Wurdeman
Elmer Chohon
Louise Bachman
Creston
Stanley Bachman
Fred Borchers
Wilbur Heins
Jamesa
Texas
TaVern Brandt
Carroll Borrs
Heins
Lewis Johnson
Anna Johnson
Helen Pearson
Genoa
Erilhnson
Umbus
R.W. Johnson
Stella Hobbensiefken
Leonard Johnson
Francis Stetz
St. Edward
Is Murcek
Shirely Baumgart
Mary Murcek
Mary Lynn
Gatherings honor first communicants
Mr and Mrs Gervin Kudron hosted a dinner Sunday to honor their son Jeff s first Communion. Guests from Columbus Humphrey Platte Center and Omaha attended including Jackie Schmidt Kristine Slizoski and their families in honor of first Communions.
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Jim Schmidt
Otto Schmidt
Harry
Platte Center
Cecilia Rosenthal
Tarnov
Bob Fischer
Danny
Adrian Staroscik
Omaha
Rick Dubsky
Michelle
Ed Slizoski
Kristine
American pilot earns first US man powered flight
Retired Air Force pilot Joseph A. Zinno pedaled a tiny aircraft aloft, covering over 80 feet in a brief flight. The attempt marks the first recorded U S man powered plane flight and seeks a 50 000 pound Kremer prize for a figure eight around two pylons.
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R.1
UPI
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Air Force
Joseph A. Zinno
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Zinno
United States
Henry Kremer
Purchal families gather for Easter dinner at St Joseph Hall
John Purchal Sr and wife lead a large Easter gathering at St Joseph Social hall Platte Center. Attendees included Matt Purchal and family Don Zavadil Humphrey Regner Rech Hetherington Ottis and others from Omaha Cedar Bluffs Fremont Yankton Curtis Columbus and Platte Center.
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Dan Ottis
Fremont
Jeanne Liebig
Yankton
So. Dak
Tom Ottis
Curtis
Columbus
Frank Ciboran
Ed Purchas
Ann Frese
Marcel Liebig
Platte Center
Detroit's giant garage sale to plug budget hole
Detroit hosts the world’s largest garage sale at Cobo Hall to offset a projected $100 million deficit. More than 20,000 shoppers queued four hours before opening, grabbing items from 100,000-plus lots including park benches and fire trucks.
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Theodore Iliff
Detroit
UPI
Cobo Hall
John Weight
Seagrave
Patti Knox
City Public Information
Hike-bike Move Set for May 15 in Lincoln
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne announced a one week delay for the Capital Association for Retarded Citizens hike-bike. The event is now scheduled for May 15 with sponsorship forms available at Lincoln Public Schools or by phone.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Nebraska
Capital Association
Osborne
Lincoln Public Schools
Capital Association For
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Monroe Area
James A. Garfield
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Shades of Wright Brothers
Columbus, Nebraska
Columbus Telegram
Cowboy
Wrangler
Estern Felt
Perma
A &Bd
26Th Avenue
America
Insurance Corp OF Boston
Broad St
Boston
Mass
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