Shortage of Candor Frays Public View of Salk Vaccine
The Public Health Service faces criticism for delaying and withholding clear explanation as the nationwide polio shots pause, while Surgeon General Scheele defends safety checks. Public trust hinges on candid communication and safeguarding, not bureaucratic control during a critical vaccine shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Washington
Public Health Service
Eisenhower
Equalization and Progress in North Carolina and Kentucky Derby
Lynn Nisbet highlights data from Dr. Hobbs showing North Carolina whites hold far more wealth than non whites, with tax structures and school funding tied to local valuations. A Wilson County centennial edition lauds eastern NC growth, while Dare County shows high valuations but regional disparities persist. In sports, the Kentucky Derby crowns Swaps, beating Nashua by a length and a half at Churchill Downs, with jockey Willie Shoemaker describing the finish.
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Wilson County
Wilson Daily Times
Wayne
Johnston
Edgecombe
Nash
North Carolina
Wilson
Eastern Carolina
Enterprise
Times
Nisbet
Little Dare
Forsyth
Durham
Guilford
Dare
Ashe County
Greensboro
Raleigh
Churchill Downs
Swaps
Nashua
Willie Shoemaker
Silent Shoe
Egg-heads overreact to McCarthy era fears in 1954
Kingsport Times notes a Fund For The Republic survey found few Americans fear the Bill of Rights is at risk and only eight percent worry about world events while one percent fear Communist subversion. The piece mocks campus scholars for alarmism and urges them to mingle with common people.
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Joe McCarthy
Fund For the Republic
Ivory Towers
Europe
United States
Mao as linchpin of Chinese Communist leadership
The piece outlines Mao Zedong as the central figure in Red China, ahead of Zhou Enlai and Chu Teh, with Liu Shaoqi and Chen Yun in key roles. It traces Mao’s influence since 1949, notes Chu Teh as military head, and compares shifts in leadership to Soviet lines, stressing the importance of personality power in Communist governance.
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Hacrete
Litvinov
Kremlin
Molotov
Stalin
Khrushchev
Mao Tze-tung
Chou E-lai
Mao
Chou
Chu Teh
Peking National University
Hunan
Hu Shih
Manling Chiang
Chinese Communist Party
Chen Tu-shu
Chen
Karl Radek
China
Soviet
Russia
Chiang Kai-shek
Chinese
Communist Party
Kuomintang
Chiang
Nanking
Peking
Liu Shao Chi
Liu Shaochi
Chen Yun
Chou En-lai
Taxpayer burdens split by race and county in North Carolina 1953
Dr S H Hobbs Jr analyzes local ad valorem taxation across 100 counties showing whites hold $5.25 billion in taxable value while non whites total $214.7 million. Per capita whites average $1 760 and non whites $199, with Forsyth and Durham leading, Ashe and Swain among lows. He warns local valuation limits state equalization aids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolinians
Bank and Building-Loan Association
S. H. Hobbs Jr
Forsyth
Durham
Ashe
Swain
Endurance and faith weave through a readers notes column
A rambled column links Baptist conventions in Miami to local politics in Sanford and High Point, praises flexibility in daring river swims by Daggett and Beer, and reflects on endurance in scripture. A late-night visitor, a white rat, prompts musings on life and mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
John S. Daggett
William K. Beer
Los Angeles
Albert Schweitzer
Coleridge
Governors Indulge Soft Soap in Capitol Conference
George Dixon notes Democratic governors G Mennen Williams of Michigan and Averell Harriman of New York meeting in Washington for a 1956 presidential campaign discussion. Hugh White of Mississippi adds farm unemployment points while Jo Withers demonstrates a talking mask that records speeches by inhaling and exhaling, sparking satire on reporting methods.
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Capitol
Ave
Gov. G. Men
Hugh L. White
Mississippi
Williams
New York
Harriman
Paul Butler
Jo Withers
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania
Quote targets Wilson Roosevelt and Truman on blood of American boys
A quotation condemns Woodrow Wilson Franklin D Roosevelt and Harry Truman for shedding American boys blood. The speaker blames Roosevelt and Truman more, asserting Wilson did not work with Communist Russia.
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Woodrow) Wilson
Franklin D
Roosevelt
Harry) Truman
Mr. Wilson
Russia
Joseph Meek
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High Point
N. C
R. B. Terry
Holt McPherson
D. A. Rawley
C. W. Patterson, JR
Charles B. Loflin
Associated Press
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
University News
Kingsport Times
George Sokolsky
Starnaton
Meebe
Eneryone
Guilford County
Mecklenburg
Little Dare County
Sampson County
Mountains
Coastal Plain
Sampson
Dare County
Surry County
Union
Boards of Commissioners
Alleghany County
Gates County
Hobbs
Gulf
Chatham
Lee Counties
Charles Pearson
W. A. Bivins
Woodrow W. Robbins
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Convention
Miami
Fla
Raleigh News and Observer
J. Y. Jordan
House
Joran
Sanford
T. Paul Wilson
E. W. Fields
Joe B. Watson
J. M. Mason
Watson
Mason
Paul
George Dixon
Statler
White House
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