Polio Program Expands Reach Across Health Fields
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announces expansion beyond polio into five research areas including virus research and nervous system disorders. Basil O'Connor states new efforts will aid 8,000 birth defect cases and arthritis patients under 18, while not duplicating other agencies.
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Adults Need Self Control and Faith to Mature
The article argues some adults lack self control and inhibit their impulses. It warns a world of widespread immaturity would be chaotic with no regard for laws. It asserts only those who entrust their lives to God gain true self discipline.
Dulles to Attend Baghdad Pact Parley in London
Secretary of State Dulles announced he will travel to London for the Baghdad Pact meeting bringing together the United States Britain Turkey Iran and Pakistan. He noted speculation over Iraq sending a delegate and joked about jet travel efficiency.
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Death Takes Travelogue Originator
Hollywood AP Burton Holmes the man who originated the movie travelogue died today at his Hollywood home He was 88 and had long been ill Holmes a Chicago native sparked a travel film era in 1897 with illustrated travel talks his early work covered Europe Japan and Spain and his career evolved into more polished presentations
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Defense Construction Funds Cut
The House Appropriations Committee cut more than half a billion dollars from Defense Department construction requests. It targeted the Air Force Academy as an example of loose fiscal procedures, trimming 300 million of the 1.0015 billion requested for the Air Force. Navy and Army cuts followed, with projects deemed nonessential. The panel criticized planning and cost estimates and urged reallocation of unused facilities.
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Reds Turn to Alter Japanese Middle East Peace Plan
In UN Security Council debates the Soviet Union proposed amendments aiming to condemn U.S. intervention in Lebanon and to demand immediate U.S. withdrawal from the country. The Japanese plan favored by the council would strengthen the U.N. observer group to secure Lebanon’s independence and permit U.S. troop withdrawal. The Soviets warned they will veto the resolution, while backing a summit approach under Khrushchev remains uncertain.
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Adams Inquiries Prompt Textile Firm Rebates Probe
A House investigator reports a 1957 ruling by the comptroller general reversing a 1942 decision and enabling a $41,284 rebate to Raglaine Worsteds Inc of Manchester New Hampshire. Rep. Bates presses on how the penalty appeal was handled amid inquiries from Adams, then Eisenhower aide. The case involves delays due to European style machinery parts and earlier extensions for a $653,500 serge cloth contract.
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FiveYearOld Karen Gordon Feeds On Real Food
Five year old Karen Lee Gordon, born without an esophagus, eats solid foods for the first time after a successful operation replacing part of her esophagus with her lower intestine. At St Mary’s Hospital in Decatur she celebrated a birthday with cake and ice cream and then went home to a new world of meals and a big appetite.
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Moonshine Series: Most moonshine goes on market
Edward J. Mowery reports that about 89 percent of moonshine production is marketed commercially through illicit outlets, feeding speakeasies and gas stations from the Mississippi to the Atlantic Coast. Licensed Beverage Industries officials call for early action to curb this criminal traffic and its $1 billion annual revenue loss.
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Eisenhower Backs U N Summit Talks With Britain
President Eisenhower yielded to British insistence and signaled support for a possible United Nations Security Council summit on the Middle East crisis. White House officials said a summit is within the UN charter and could be pursued openly or via notes to Moscow. Prime Minister Macmillan would attend if a special session is arranged, Lloyd said in London. Khrushchev proposed a five power emergency summit at Geneva including Nehru, seeking direct talks among the five governments.
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Lebanonese Worker Quiets Wife Amid Beirut Rebels
In Beirut a purchasing agent describes living under 73 days of rebel fire as curfews change and hospitals run late. Camille Birbari details late nights at work, nerve wracking calls to his wife Aida, and narrowly escaping bomb blasts while navigating rebel held streets.
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Withdrawal Of Troops Predicted In Lebanon Crisis
Beirut reports say former premier Hussein Oweini, meeting with Robert Murphy, predicts a U S troop withdrawal as Lebanon stabilizes. Marines face heavy nightly gunfire near Beirut airport. one Marine killed. Lebanese army moves to high ground. sniping reduces. Murphy acts as mediator in the succession to Camille Chamoun.
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Horseless Carriages Tour Set
The North Carolina Horseless Carriage Club will stage its annual car tour beginning tomorrow with 66 vintage cars and 150 enthusiasts. The route includes Charlotte Gastonia Gaffney Spartanburg Greenville and Hendersonville with a Miss South Carolina parade in Greenville and a final stop in Hendersonville Saturday.
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