Missouri Polio Vaccine Program Recommendations
Missouri Division of Health urges continuing polio vaccination through the summer season for children who have received first Salk shots, but advises against giving new shots to those who missed initial doses during peak polio season. The memo notes initial injections yield weaker immunity and higher risk, while second doses offer stronger antibody responses. vaccine availability is expected within a month or two, and families may opt out with notice for adjustments.
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Missouri Division of Health
James R. Anos
Pollo
Hearthon
Amos
Missouri
Local teen earns state college scholarship from American Legion
Dorsey Tynes, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Tynes, 160 St Mary's Blvd, won a one year Central Missouri State College scholarship. The award, announced by Charles W. Minkey, commander of the local American Legion and Boy's State counselor, honors seven Legion sponsored scholarships. Top recipients receive trips to Ray's Nation in Washington, DC, while five others gain scholarships to state colleges.
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Dorsey Tynes
Air
Eid
J. B. Tynes
St Mary's Blvd
Central Missouri State College
Charles W. Minkey
American Legion
Boy's State
Young Tyres
Ray's Nation 19
Washington, DC
Remmeng
Teuts Wetcumber
Ray's Nation
Iim
Tynegisvu
Nationalist Party
Weyal
Sev
Qnome
U.N Session Seen Worthwhile Ahead of Geneva Talks
Western and Soviet bloc leaders hailed the UN anniversary session as worthwhile with useful diplomacy. The weeklong meetings fostered better understanding of summit expectations in Geneva next month and reinforced resolve to press disarmament progress. President De Echo N. Van Kleffens ended the session with a pledge to push for war-scarce disarmament.
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Russia
Ior
Bern
Geneva
U.N
Echo N. van Kleffens
We U.N
Weather brief for Telferson City and Central Missouri
Cloudy to night and Tuesday with chances of showers. High near 80 Tuesday. Kansas City and nearby areas show variable readings, with river and temperature notes appearing garbled. Readings include 35.8 for some location and a forecasted 45.0 for another area.
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Telferson City
Central Missouri
Law Fonteht Stear Teysneratuner
Kansas City
Meonville
Aetternon City
Fen
Tureday
Setters City
Voesnay
Sugar Beet Storms Flood Wyoming Towns and Roads
Torrington and surrounding towns suffered severe flooding as a storm dumped up to 20 inches of rain. Sugar beet crops in the North Platte Valley were damaged, communications failed, and highways were inundated. The National Guard assisted, the sheriff opened the Torrington armory for shelter, and Red Cross provided food and care. Power cuts affected hospitals and transit, with eight hours of rain and hail followed by receding waters.
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Torrington
Wyol
Wyoming
North Plattt Valley
National Guard
Traveyan
Te Cits
North Platte
Fort Laramie
Lingle
Guernsey
Ivalley
U.S
Stan Hathaway
Red Cross
10 Persons Fined For Speeding Here
Ten persons were given a total fine in a local police court action for speeding. Names listed include Whitlam, Kansas City. Clinton Dowsding, Rt. 3 Charney A. Hnnes, Kansas City. Mars Ellen Bland. Hross Efron. Bred Leibnon, New York. Crynelly, Megayten. Ott Willm Mi. Hutt 4ha Hughes St.
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Sioc Ty
Iday
Ali
Charres
Whitlam
Bales
Kansis City
Clinton
Rt. 3
Charney A. Hnnes
Kansas City
Cara
Ellen Bland
Ireland Candidate Fails to Get Vote Not Even His Own
John McGovern, an independent candidate in Pawn Count elections, failed to secure a vote, not even from his own supporters. The Dublin Mail editorial noted most expected his win but suggested he attracted little backing overall.
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Ireland
Ghranaad
John McGovern
Aly
Ihe
Dublin Mail
Nationalist Planes Damaged by Reds Near Matsu Islands
The Nationalist Defense Ministry reported Chinese Communist MiGs attacked an unarmed commercial Catalina plane near the Matsu Islands. A P-33 training jet was shot down, plunging into the sea 10 miles south, with one pilot unaccounted for. An American officer aboard the Catalina was briefly wounded, later said to be unharmed. Newsmen were barred from approaching the Catalina upon landing at Taipei.
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Taipe
Formosa
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Matsu Islands
Rayne
Chen Kuamin
Catalina
Taipei
Pinehill
Pla
Tung Chia
White Dog Island
Matsu
Maihland
WS. Miliary Advisers Group
Desert Tragedy Claims Two Lives In Harsh Sands
Chester Bunker, 67, and Lyle Robertson, 49, survived after their jeep sank in drifting sand near Amazon Canyon. They spoke of extreme heat, thirst, and having little chance of rescue as two companions died of exposure. Heat, sand, and broken gear shaped a deadly desert outing that claimed multiple lives.
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Bunker
Robertson
Thompson
Twentynine Palms
Los Angeles
Iit
Uist
Chester Bunker
Rer
Wednessay
Armazan ‘Valley
Amazon Canyon
Here
Calvert Wilson
California
Games Thompson
Missouri Republicans name seven member special committee
Missouri Republicans named a seven member special committee to resolve patronage disputes among top leaders State Chairman Perry Compton and members Bull Welsh and Exielle Tanner The panel includes Roscoe C Hobbs William G Moore Jr Anne Richards Harriett Combs and Compton with power to endorse or reject federal job applicants within ten days and refer any contested choice to the panel for a majority decision
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Columbia G
Missouri
Ans
Compton
Welsh
Tanner
Tannner
Roscoe C. Hobbs
St. Louis
William G. Moore Jr
Anne Richards
Brookfield
Harriett’ Combs
Independence
Slaying Case Goes To Circuit Court
Ruth Tate, 21, of near Dixon, bound over to the September term of Circuit Court after a preliminary hearing on a first degree murder charge in Maries County Magistrate Court. She is charged with fatally shooting Rudolph Null, 6, her step-brother and brother-in-law, during a family argument near Dix on May 25. The preliminary was held before Magistrate Clem C. Gove after Judge Paul S. Bollenbeck recused on defense motion alleging bias.
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Vienna
Ruth Tate
Dixon
Maries County
Osige County
Paul 5
Bollenbeck
Auto truck collision injures four near Algoa
At 12:40 am, four people were injured in a two-vehicle crash near Algoa as a garbage truck collided with a car. Dorothy Lee Ortmeyer, 9, was the most seriously hurt and admitted to St. Mars Hospital with cuts and bruises. Also injured were Sylvester Schaffer, 38, driver of the truck, and Amy Schaffer, 28, both of Jefferson City, and Leo Ortmeyer, 46, driver of the car. Damage was about 1000 to the auto and 750 to the truck. North Korea air buildup violates the armistice, Seoul says, with 580 planes and three divisions of MIG jets, plus pilots and crews, alleged by the Republic of Korea government.
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Algoa
Ltruck
Aired Schaffer
Jefferson C
Ortmeyer
Sylvester Schaffer
Seoul
North Korea
Republic of Korea
ROK
China
Mmore
Koverhinedt
Henry Gabriel Roberts
New Franklin
Horney Teale Hammondy
Bounsile
Hammondy
Robertg
Howard County
Llgid Stack Weson
Lebanon
Carl Edward Lee
Linn Creek
Grandglaze Bridge
Lee
Wilson
CIO United Steelworkers threaten strike over wage policy
The Wage Policy Committee authorized its president to call a strike at Thursday midnight if no wage agreement is reached with the basic steel industry.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Area Crashes In Six Months Reach Six Year High
In the Central Missouri area, six months of 1954 have produced 27 highway fatalities, matching the total for the first half of last year. The weekend brought several serious injuries including Norman Daniel Smith, 25, of Montgomery City, who suffered five broken ribs and a broken neck after an accident on Highway 40 near High Hill. His brother Sherrill Smith, 21, was hurt with lacerations and possible internal injuries. A head on collision on Route 40 east of Kingdom City injured Joseph C. Finney, 54, Ashland. Joseph Hunt, 43, St. Louis. and John Miles, 44, St. Louis. All were hospitalized. Additional damage occurred in other crashes, with several injuries reported and damages listed. Continued details awaited.
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Missouri
Bua Kells
Stover
Glenda Kruse
Hermann
State Highway Patrol
Norman Daniel Smith
Montgomery City
Audra County Hospital
High Hill
Sherrill Smith
Contol
U. S
Kingdom City
John Miles
St. Louis
Callaway County
Fulton
Finn
Iassi
Hunts Auto
Seach
Snowball Business Operates From House Stand
In New Orleans Mrs. Paul Spurlock's children run a snowball stand outside her residence attracting male customers. The kids used unconventional syrups and spiked snowballs with liqueurs. Mrs. Spurlock investigated and recovered the bottle, ending the operation.
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New Orleans
Paul Spurlock
Area Legion Favors Foundation Plan Adoption
The eighth district American Legion in California adopts a resolution backing the Mis sul lis s ered foundation plan to be voted statewide Oct 4. Roscoe Enlee Post No 5 initiates the measure, part of five resolutions to be sent to the national convention in St Louis July 5-17. The group also urges Congress to fund a robust veterans employment service operation and supports raising post dues to $1.50. Delegates Pearl Waite Paul Souder and Sam Jewett were named for the Miami national convention in October.
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Eighth Distinct American Legion
California
Terday
Roscoe Enlee
St. Louis
Congress
Veteran's Employment Service
U. S. Employment Service
Missacci_ Division
Ft. Leonard Wood
Tie
Nt Miss Sistrict
Waite
Cardinal
Paul Souder
Chamois
iSam J. Jewett
Boonville
Miami
Fla
Koy
Dulles Ike to Confer On Foreign Policy Plans
Secretary of State Dulles heads to Bangor Maine for talks with President Eisenhower on foreign policy issues including the shooting down of an American plane by Soviet fighters. They will also cover the UN anniversary meeting in San Francisco and next month’s Big Four summit.
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Washington
Dulles
Bangor
Maine
Eisenhower
United Nations
San Francisco
New England
Ite
Unese
Thulles
State Department
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Parmachenee Lake
New
Lake Club
Frederick Payne
Rmaine
Congress
Margaret Chase Smith
Skowhegan
Edmund S. Muskie
Woods
Disarming Formula May Be Proposed at Big Four Summit
Washington reports that the United States Britain and France likely will propose a disarmament formula at the next Big Four summit to address European arms tensions. Dulles returns from San Francisco after UN anniversary events and reviews Mordov's response to compensation talks over a downed U S Navy patrol plane. Molotov offers to pay half the damage, an unprecedented gesture, but the U S says the plane did not fire and seeks full reparations.
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Washington
United States
Hritain
France
Russia
Europe
Dulles
Harold Han
Antoine Pinay
New York
San Francisco
United Nations
WV. M. Mordox
Alaska
Siberia
Saint
State Department
Molotov
Oviris
U.S
Merc
Predict Showers For State Areas
Southwest Missouri faces heavy rain and likely showers and thunderstorms today and tomorrow. A Red Cross emergency call urges donors as only six units of O negative were needed and four volunteers responded.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Carthage
Moptin
Red Cross
St. Mary's Hos
Lois
William Schiuler
Hobart Roark
Edwain Coffell
Marcellus Schrehnan
Polynesian design catamaran eyes transpac fuel by 93-year skipper
The Waikiki Surf, a twin-hulled craft built from plywood and fiberglass, sailed from Hawaii to California in 45 days challenging the Coast Guard forecast of 26 days. Skipper Ernie Nowell, 93, and four crew members aboard the $29,000 vessel hope to enter the transpacific race starting July 4, despite potential handicap issues.
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Santa Monica
Cali
Hawaii
California
Waikiki Gulf
Coast Guard
Ernie Nowell
Waitaki
Nowell
Waikiki
Rudy jCrow
Woerty
Gillox
Choy
Woody Brown
Richard Muirhead
Wally Froiseth
Honolulu
60 Per Cent of State Farmers Favor Controls
Vienna reports Indian Prime Minister Nehru touring Austria as thousands greet him en route to Sareztonya talks. He plans returns to Vienna then to the conference with diplomatic envoys in Europe. Nehru and Polish Premier Franekiewicz issue a statement on peaceful coexistence as relations with Red China are discussed.
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Vienna
Waidian
Nehru
Virna
Ware
Josef Crrankiewieg
Ats
Choy En-lat
Mikolai Bulganin
Peron Frees 19 Opposition Leaders in Argentina
In Buenos Aires the Peron regime released nineteen Radical party leaders detained since the 1950 revolt, four more opposition members remained jailed, and police in Eva Petrona Buenos Aires province arrested two Communists and two Radicals on rumor charges. The government also lifted flight bans on commercial planes over Argentine territory, though private and air club flights remained restricted.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Velrdo
Weaders
Radical
Juan D. Peron
Eva Petron
Radical Party
Peronistas
David ‘Michel Torino
Saka
E Tatean
Co Au Peron
Shaper
Inter-American Press Assn
Preedan J
Traffic Fatalities Total 12 in Week
Missouri reports 12 traffic deaths in the latest week with a slim margin up or down year to date. The state patrol notes totals for the year near 406 and June fatalities at 64 so far, with six days remaining in June and potential to lower the annual toll versus last year.
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Missouri
State Patrol
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