Parallel Between Polio Vaccine and Smallpox Debate
HAL BOYLE examines the 1955 polio campaign and echoes 18th century fears about Jenner’s smallpox vaccine. The piece notes public doubt, parallels between Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Jenner, and how safety tests evolved. It compares testing, acceptance, and outcomes, suggesting eventual eradication of both diseases.
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Jenner
Jonas P. Salk
Salk
Dr. Jenner
U. S
Philippine Islands
North Western to Cut Service Between Milwaukee and Chicago
The Chicago and North Western Railway told the Wisconsin Public Service Commission it will drop two Sunday trains between Milwaukee and Chicago on June 26. Train 223 departs Chicago at 2 p.m. and reaches Milwaukee at 4 p.m. via Kenosha Racine and South Milwaukee. Train 218 leaves Milwaukee at 5 35 p.m. and arrives in Chicago at 7 30 p.m. after intermediate stops.
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Chicago and North Western Railway
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Milwaukee
Chicago
The
Railway
Kenosha
Racine
South Milwaukee
Fate of 11000 German youths abducted by Soviets unknown
Berlin based RIAS reports ten year mystery of more than 11,000 German youths aged 16 and 17 seized by Soviet occupation forces after World War II. The station says 16,000 total abducted with only about 4,800 returning home.
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Berlin
RIAS
Soviet Union
Germany
Freed Pilots Head Home After Chinese Release
Three of four U S jet fighter pilots freed by China last Tuesday head home with families aboard a special air force plane. Capt Harold Fischer Swea City Iowa Lt Lyle Cameron Lincoln Neb and Lt Roland Parks Omaha accompany the trip. Lt Col Edwin Heller Wynnewood Pa stays for 10 to 12 days for medical therapy. Fischer recounted bluffing as a Russian pilot to the captors and recalled his parachute escape after his MIG was damaged near the Yalu River in 1953.
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Honolulu
U. S
Hong Kong
Special Air Force
Harold Fischer
Swea City
Iowa
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Roland Parks
Omaha
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
North Korea
Reds
Fischer
Yalu River
Manchuria
Dorothy van Bank Fischer
San Antonio
Tex
Smashed Car Phooey Goldfish Was Saved
Mrs. Rose Bryant lost control of her car when a goldfish slipped from a bowl on the seat as she turned a corner in Great Falls Montana. She saved the fish but crashed into a parked car, with damages over 300 dollars.
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Great Falls
Mont
Rose Bryant
Plan Silver Lake Recreation Center Opens Friday
The old Silver Lake grade school will become a social center on Friday June 10. Residents donated 210 for equipment. Two horseshoe courts are complete, lighting is being added for night use. Open 7 p.m. to 10 30 p.m. Monday through Friday with activities like basketball shuffleboard dancing checkers and table tennis. An outdoor area 70 by 40 feet may be blacktopped for shuffleboard and basketball.
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Silver Lake
Probate Court Calendar Set for June Session
The probate calendar for the June term lists 23 estates and related filings with last day for filing claims and adjustment of claims. Items include estates of Finkler Kerkman Williams Stone Wiegert Rudolph Watts Travis Gould Pucci Neumann Seitz Ungemach Grotsky Barr Schlapik Nolan Stahl Grotsky Martin Weiskopf Dehmlow Kalagian plus administrative and probate of wills. County Judge W W Davis presides.
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W. W. Davis
Lawrence H. Finkler
William B. Kerkman
Edward H., Williams
George Fe, Stone
Harry O. Wiegert
Charles Rudolph
Margie Rose Watts
Don C. Travis
John J. Gould
Gaetano Pucci
Frieda A. Neumann
Frieda Neumann
William J. Seitz
William C. Ungemach
Rose Grotsky
Zena Barr
Alexander Schlapik
Stephen Nolan
Steve Nolan
James W. Stahl
Samuel M. Grotsky
Samuel Grotsky
Sam M. Grotsky
Sam Grotsky
Ernest E. Martin
Lanie Weiskopf
Lena Weiskopf
Marjorie C. Dehmlow
Jack Kalagian
Hoover Commission Sees Mixed Fate for Foreign Aid
The Hoover Commission urged continued U S foreign aid while calling for substantial spending cuts and efficiency. Eight of twelve members favored brakes, but all endorsed ongoing military economic and Point Four assistance to other nations. The panel offered 11 recommendations, aiming to save at least 360 million dollars annually without undermining aid goals.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
U. S
Commission
United States
Free World
Eisenhower
Foreign Operations Administration
State Department
12 Subjects for New Stamps
Postmaster General Summerfield announced twelve subjects for stamps to be issued in the new ordinary series. The plan reduces regular issues to 18 denominations, discarding 14. Six of the existing stamps have already been released, with descriptions and dates for the remaining twelve to follow.
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Washington
Summerfield
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Mount Vernon
the Alamo
Stamp denominations list historical figures and values
The record lists various historical figures assigned to stamp denominations from 20 cent to $5. It notes already issued stamps depict George Washington on 1 cent and a set including Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln James Monroe and others with color variations noted for the Statue of Liberty.
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Ence Hall
Monticello
Benjamin Franklin
Robert E. Lee
John Marshall
Susan B. Anthony
Patrick Henry
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
James Monroe
Statue of Liberty
Promoter Pattillo Higgins Dies at 92 in San Antonio
Pattillo Higgins, renowned promoter and discoverer, died of a heart attack in San Antonio yesterday. Higgins, aged 92, was famed for promoting major oil ventures and his early involvement in the oil boom.
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San Antonio
Tex
Pattillo Higgins
Jiffywhite Toilet Cleaner Promises Easy Cleaning
An advertisement touts Jiffywhite a unique cleaner for toilets sold at P&G Store 6200 22nd Ave. It claims quick dirt removal with a special hand mop and soap-like suds for about 98 cents per quart including the applicator mop.
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P&g
22Nd Ave
Higgins fortunes rise from Spindletop to millions
The famed Spindletop oil field near Beaumont yielded Higgins wealth after a lean spell during the 1892 1901 exploration. He later sold his holdings there for more than three million dollars. Hurricanes Hazel and Carol in 1954 killed 168 people.
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Beaumont
Higgins
Hazel
Carol
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39Th Ave
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Goldfish
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Badger
Eighteenth Avenue
Tom Bienemann
Paul Thomas
Tcs
Wisconsin Electric Power Company
Demonte Bus
BTN and
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Kenosha Savings and Loan Association
6Th Avenue
State Farm Mutual
State Farm
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