Polio Clinic Delays In Taylor County Amid Health Concerns
Taylor County health officials postponed second shots for 685 children who received the Salk polio vaccine last spring. The delay, advised by the county medical society, follows safety concerns and seasonal factors. State health authorities warned Taylor to surrender its surplus serum while clinics retool for later dates.
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State Health Department
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Indian Scalped By Policeman
New York police detective Frank Martorella grabbed the suspect Henry Serrette by the hair during a preliminary search, tearing off his wig and causing five narcotics packages to fall to the floor as officers sought evidence in a narcotics case.
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Frank Martorella
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Jeweler's Wife Breaks Up Thieves Theft Try
DETROIT police said two thieves planned a distraction to steal watches from a jewelry store during a repair visit while one man pocketed items from the showcase. The jeweler's wife interrupted the theft, and both suspects fled, leaving the loot and their own watch behind.
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Detroit
West Virginia Temperatures Expected to Rise This Week
UNITED PRESS reports a five day forecast for West Virginia with temperatures 6 to 8 degrees above normal. Expect rising temperatures over the weekend and into early next week with scattered thundershowers likely.
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West Virginia
Plane Crashes, Game Goes On
In Lasham England a glider crash landed during two cricket games as pilot William Jordan aged 35 among spectators remained calm and slipped in quietly. The incident caused no interruption to the match play and Jordan reported the landing was controlled and uneventful.
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Mrs Hobby Bids Farewell To Cabinet Ride
Oveta Culp Hobby tears up as she resigns from the post of first secretary of health education and welfare. President Eisenhower and the cabinet praise her service at a White House farewell meeting. She receives a large inscribed glass bowl as a gift.
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Looming Court Hearing Over City Manager Pay
The August 4 hearing in Taylor County Circuit Court concerns former City Manager L J Lear Sr and a back salary claim of about 1146.64. The petition asks for a writ directing payment and the city demurs, with both sides set to argue on August 4 in Gratton.
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Taylor County
L. J. Lear, Sr
Gratton
W. Merle Watkins
Francis Warder
John Burdett
Warder
J. Guy Allender
Allender
Loar
Lear
Ilegally
Police Fire on Cuban Student Protest at Havana University
Cuban police fired automatic weapons into the air to scatter a Thursday night protest by University of Havana students. One student was injured and several were arrested after a demonstration calling for leniency for a member of the student federation jailed for possessing explosives.
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Havana
University of Havana
Ike Says 6.O. P. Unity Can Win
President Eisenhower told Republicans that a strongly unified GOP could keep control of the national administration forever. He spoke at a breakfast honoring GOP lawmakers as they prepared to adjourn and return home. All but 11 of the House and Senate GOP membership attended with Cabinet and White House staff.
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Washington
Eisenhower
State Says Serum Must Be Returned
West Virginia health officials state Taylor County may render unused free vaccine to the state on Aug. 4 and then return it to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The policy aims to make the shots available to first and second graders. parents would pay for fall doses unless costs are covered by government. Taylor County cancels its entire second round, following 685 first-round recipients and 104,000 statewide pupils.
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Charleston
N. H. Dyer
Taylor County
National Foundation For
West Virginia
Dyer
U.S. Signals Change in Cotton Surplus Policy
Washington reports the administration shifted signals on cotton surpluses, indicating the government will not flood the world market with its large stock of more than 6 million bales under the price support program nor authorize an export subsidy for U S cotton.
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Government loses bid to deport longshore boss Bridges
Bulletin San Francisco reports that the government today ended a 16 year effort to deport prominent longshore leader Harry Bridges. The decision concludes a lengthy immigration dispute involving Bridges and federal authorities.
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San Francisco
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Goa Demands Rise From Goa Union Demonstration
India’s government repeats demand to close the Portuguese legation after a Goa union demonstration. Officials say Panjim remains Goa’s capital as population figures rise to about 600 008.
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Angry U S protest note to Bulgaria over airliner attack
The United States prepared an angry protest note to Bulgaria for the unprovoked destruction of an Israeli airliner. It demanded indemnity for the 58 dead and survivors. Swiss diplomats will deliver the note due to lack of formal relations.
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United States
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Moscow
Oxford Professor Declares Ghosts Real in Houses
Dr Henry Habberley Price, 85, logic professor at Oxford, said at a conference that ghost stories can be true and that haunted houses exist though less common than researchers claim. He noted true stories lack the sensational drama of fictional tales.
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England
Henry Habberley Price
Oxford University
Price
Princeton
Explorers Set New Low In Cave Depth Record
A group of French cave explorers reported reaching a world record depth of 3,050 feet below the surface while exploring an underground river.
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Grenoble
France
Royal Thai Air Force Receives Its First Jet Planes
Manila dispatch reports the Royal Thai Air Force received its first jet aircraft, a T33, landing at Clark Air Base in Pampanga Province on the final leg of a journey to Bangkok. American and Thai pilots piloted the jets.
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Manila
PJ. JR
Clark Air Base
Pampanga Province
Bangkok
Man Walks Out Of Pants In 102 Degree Heat
In Lima Ohio a police response followed reports of a man removing his trousers in public amid 102 degree heat. Witnesses described the man exposing underwear as bystanders watched. The incident occurred Thursday as officials investigated the bizarre scene.
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Lima
Ohio
Museum proposal for American History in Chicago basement site
The Museum of American History has opened in Chicago in the basement of a home, directed by two 12 year old directors. The unusual setup signals a local initiative to establish a history museum in a private residence with young leadership.
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Chicago
Museum of American History
Army chiefs conclude Far East visit with Seoul HQ move
Gen Lemnitzer and Gen White, top U.S. Army commanders in the Far East, return to Tokyo after a rapid three day trip that aided relocating forward headquarters to Seoul from Japan. In England, Thomas Rush, 44, was jailed for excessive eating.
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