Confidence Restored in Salk Polio Vaccine Amid Cutter Concerns
Health authorities voiced renewed confidence in the Salk polio vaccine while investigating Cutter Laboratories batches after eight children contracted polio within a week of their first shot. Six makers supplied vaccines. Cutter halted further use as tests proceed. Cases centered in California with some in Idaho Chicago and Denver. officials urge continued vaccination elsewhere.
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Washington
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Leonard Scheele
Public Health Service
California
Pocatello
Idaho
Chicago
Denver
Arizona
New Mexico
Hawaii
Nevada
Utah
Delay Inoculation In Jackson County
In Jackson County the inoculation of about 900 first and second grade children with Salk polio vaccine was postponed for one week. The program had been set to begin Thursday afternoon. Dr. F. J. Swift Jr. cited parental confusion and uncertainty as factors while noting the vaccine would be refrigerated in Maquoketa. The delay follows guidance from the Jackson County Medical Society and still allows completion before school terms end in May.
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Maquoketa 2
Jackson County
F. J. Swift
Towa
Parke-Davis Co
Detroit
Maquoketa
Jackson County Medical Society
Swift
Loyalty Day Proclaimed by President Eisenhower
President Eisenhower proclaims May 1 as Loyalty Day and urges national ceremonies to observe the day. He calls upon citizens to participate in appropriate patriotic observances.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Don't Score Here Don’t Score Here Fee Council Glufts 1955
A garbled 1955 Faralrriae text fragment mentions a fee council dispute and a resident tramman or man with unclear references. The readable portion hints at a local governance issue and possible dates, but content remains fragmentary and uncertain.
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Fee Council
Faralrriae
Farm Bureau Bill Moves to Governor for Veto or Approval
Iowa legislation to separate Farm Bureau units from county extension offices goes to the governor after House approval of a minor Senate change. The bill creates a leadership and funding plan for extension offices and allows shared building space but not adjacent quarters.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
U. S
Benson
Fires Claim 12 Lives In Chicago
Two blazes within a half mile in Chicago's Halsted Milwau kee area killed at least 12 people including a fire captain. Eight recovered from the Green Mill Hotel ruins. four perished in the adjacent four story apartment blaze. Police and coroner deem arson possible as investigators probe both fires.
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Chicago
Green Mill
Walter J. McCarroon
Halsted St.Milwaukee Ave
Saward Duller
Hansford Meek
Lyle Lariviere
Stanley Wozniak
Third Delay For Civil Defense Test In Nevada
Atomic test chiefs postponed the big civil defense test for a third time due to an unacceptable fallout pattern. Nearly 5,000 observers were sent home from Yucca Flat as winds again spoiled the chance for a shot with Friday or Saturday doubtful. Main fallout danger cited for Alamo and Elgin in north central Nevada.
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Yucca
Nevada
Pacific Coast
Alamo
Elgin
County Board Awards $129,276 Road Contract to Missouri Valley Limestone
The Fottawattamie County Board of Supervisors awarded a $129,276 road improvement contract to Missouri Valley Limestone Co of Des Moines. The project covers roughly 130 miles of county roads with about 56,700 tons of crushed stone surfacing. Work starts May 1 and should finish by July 15.
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Fottawattamie County Board of Supervisors
Missouri Valley Limestone Co
Des Moines
Paul Mahoney
U. P. Elects Three New Vice Presidents
The Union Pacific Railroad announces the election of three vice presidents at a New York meeting. W. R. Rouse remains western general counsel and head of his department in Omaha, R. M. Sutton stays general auditor in Omaha, and Frank E. Barnett of New York City becomes eastern general counsel.
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Union Pacific Railroad
W. R. Rouse
Western
R. M. Sutton
Omaha
Frank
FE. Barnett
New York City
Eastern General
Board of
New York
Dutch Ratify Paris Treaties Clears Final Hurdle
The Dutch Senate approves the Paris treaties with a 32 to 2 vote and the lower house backs the accord on March 30. The pact ends occupation and integrates West Germany into WEU and NATO while controlling Saar. Final signings in Bonn Brussels and Washington due before May Paris meetings. Adenauer aims to build a German armed force to half a million, with three years to reach readiness.
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Hague
Netherlands
Paris
West Germany
Western European Union
WEU
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Germany
Bonn Republic
West
Saar
France
Bonn
Brussels
Washington
Konrad Adenauer
Pre-Audit Repeal Fails to Reach Majority in Iowa House
DES Moines Iowa Rep Carson leads bid to repeal pre-audit for Board of Education and Fair Board purchases. House 54 to 40 falls short of two thirds. Rep Mensing says sponsors see no use. End of campaign said by Rep Goode as state board pushed for changes citing lost discounts and earlier letters from SAT President Virgil Hancher.
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Handher
Goode
SAT
Virgil Hancher
Carson
Hotel Plaza Closes in Des Moines After 50 Years
Des Moines landmark Hotel Plaza closed its doors Thursday after decades of operation. The site, once Wellington House, is slated for development likely a parking lot or ramp. President Theodore Roosevelt stayed there in 1901.
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Des Moines
Wellington House
Theodore Roosevelt
Former U S ambassador urges India seat on UN council
Milwaukees regional Democratic women’s conference heard Mrs Eugenie Anderson, former U S ambassador to Denmark, call for India to receive the permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council now held by Nationalist China.
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Milwaukee
Eugenie Anderson
U. S
Denmark
India
United Nation
Security Council
China
Dark Money Mystery Shrouds Omaha Council Bluffs Deals
A man with a Kansas City address converted at least 27000 in hundreds into traveler's checks in Omaha and Council Bluffs. FBI and Secret Service investigate why he carried cash, used different names, and fled after banks noted the transactions and issued alerts.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Secret Service
State Savings Bank
Kansas City
San Francisco
State Savings
City National Bank
City National
Council Bluffs Savings
City
FBI
U.S
St. Joseph
Cigar Smoker At Tender Age Of 3
In Bethalto Illinois Earl Eugene Welton age three smokes cigars daily spending a dollar a week. His mother says he prefers cigars to candy and would rather have them than any treat. The family physician advised that smoking would not hurt him though the child admits liking a pipe too but fears lighting due to matches.
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Bethalto
Earl Eugene Welton
Earl C. Welton
Earl
Storey cautions on Grand Rapids veterans facility use
In Lansing on Wednesday Senator Bert J. Storey urged World War I and II veterans not to snub the Spanish American Veterans facility in Grand Rapids. He recalled brief service and claimed they helped defeat Spain and aided World War I efforts.
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Lansing
Mich
Bert J. Storey
Michigan Senate
Grand Rapids
Storey
Spain
Labor Bureau Post To Kallem
Des Moines reports Inspector Curt M. Kallem of Elsworth named deputy commissioner of the Town Bureau of Labor succeeding Gerald A. Tilton who resigned after being fined for petty larceny. Tilton had served six years as a state employee.
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Fortier
Des Moines
Curt M. Kallem
Elsworth
Town Bureau of Labor
Gerald A. Tilton
Kallem
Frank B. Means
Means
Tilton
Dubuque
Waterloo
Labor Bureau
Hoegh
Arthur T. Wallace
Boy Moves Fast Saves Father's Life in Ballwin Farm Crash
In Ballwin Missouri a tractor crash left Raymond Hendrix injured while his 11-year-old son Richard used a belt as a tourniquet to stop bleeding and prevent further harm. The boy recalled training as he shut off the ignition as the tractor reared and toppled toward his father. The incident occurred on the Henin farm near Ballwin.
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Ballwin
Raymond Hendrix
Richard
Dickie
Henin
Hk. Leas
Senate Confirms Bedell And Smith
Des Moines reports Mrs. Virginia Bestel of Spirit Lake was confirmed for another term on the State Board of Parole after a Senate executive session. The body also confirmed Gerald W. Smith of Creston to the State Liquor Control Commission for a six year term, while Russell Lundy’s nomination to the State Highway Commission was not acted upon.
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Des Moines
Virginia Bestel
Spirit Lake
State Board of Parole
Senate
Bedell
Gerald W. Smith
Creston
State Liquor Control Commission
Parole and Liquor Commission
Russell Lundy
Hoegh
State Highway Commission
Senate calls adjournment at 5 P. M Friday in Des Moines
DES MOINES The Senate passed a resolution urging adjournment of the Legislature at 5 p m Friday. If the Nowte agrees, clocks would stop at the specified hour and lawmakers may finish most bills this week before sending them to the governor.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Billa
Isolated tornado strikes Gustafson farm near city line
A tornado hit the Gustafson farm on Star Route one mile east of the city, damaging a broader house and a barn on a hilltop. The Gustafsons and Graves family slept nearby unaware until morning as debris blew across the area. Damages include a $2000 estimate for the brooder house and extensive barn damage with one car inside undamaged.
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Victor Gustafson
C. R. Campbell
Route 1
Brooder
Graves
Gustafsons
Star Route
Keeline Chicken Ranch
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Gustafson
Gary
Donna
House Appropriation For State Parks And Lakes
The State Conservation Commission may receive 1,173,000 to spend on park and state lake improvements with final allocation left to the commission. The bill passed the House 91 to 2 and now goes to the Senate. A separate measure allows counties to form conservation boards, levy taxes, issue bonds, and finance park acquisitions including a Mosquito Creek Lake Manawa diversion project with 130,000 earmarked.
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Senate
Countes
Boards of Supervisors
The
Conservation Commission
Mosquito Creek
Lake Manawa
Iowa Legislature Action on Ways and Means and Local Bills
The Iowa Legislature sent to the governor four Senate resolutions calling for a State Fair Employment Practices Study Commission. A bill to raise agricultural land tax credits to 10 percent of a million dollars annually was passed by the Senate and sent to the House. Current appropriation for the purpose is five million per year. Seven House bills were sent to the governor including one to allow county school boards to establish special instruction for mentally disabled youths and another to permit bridge construction in cities with populations of 3000 or less by the county. A Senate bill authorizing $6,877 to pay drainage assessments on State Conservation Commission land in Muscatine Des Moines and Fremont counties passed by 89 to 0.
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Senate
State Conservation Commission
Muscatine
Des Moines
Fremont
Saigon under siege as Diem fights Binh Xuyen rebels
Saigon endured a night of fire as Ngo Dinh Diem declared war on the Binh Xuyen Society. Nationalist infantry paratroopers backed by tanks attacked the rebel private army, threatening government control while Diem urged calm over the radio.
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Saigon
Indochina
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Binh Xuyen Society
Diem
Sagen
Conant Nominated as Ambassador to West Germany
President Eisenhower nominates James B. Conant former Harvard president to full ambassador role in West Germany after serving as high commissioner since February 7 1935 and assuming ambassadorial rank June 17 1953 following treaties restoring sovereignty to West Germany
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Washington
Eisenhower
James B. Conant
Federal Republic of Germany
Conant
Harvard University
U.S
West Germany
White House
Frost May Hit Southwest Iowa Thursday Night
Frost possible in low areas of Southwest Iowa Thursday night with temperatures dipping to 37 under clear skies. A warm swing to near 75 expected Friday with sunny skies. Recent storm brought 2.98 inches rain in five days statewide, with Sibley recording 2.50 inches and Sioux City 1.21 inches amid hail and wind in parts of the northwest.
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Iowa
Sibley
Sioux Cry
Mason City
Lamont
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Burlington Railroad Anniversary May 31 Observed
Des Moines House passes a resolution urging a May 31 observance for the 100th anniversary of the Burlington railroad’s arrival in Iowa along the Mississippi basin. The measure congratulates Iowa cities on progress since the line reached the river. It moves to the Senate for consideration.
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Des Moines
Burlington Railroad
House
Senate
Burlington
Iowa
the Mississippi
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