Begin Polio Shots Monday
Kenosha school children will receive the Salk polio vaccine starting Monday. Dr. E. E. Bertolaet heads the drive, with 173,000 cubic centimeters shipped to vaccinate about 92,000 city children at 9 a.m. clinics across multiple schools. Second doses follow two to four weeks later before June 10.
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E. E. Bertolaet
Elkhorn
Wisconsin
Mitchell Field
Milwaukee
VE Maeve VL Avuul
St. James
St. Mary's
St. Casimir’s Holy Rosary
Southport
St. George
St. Mark's
St. Anthony's
St. Thomas
Mary Nugent
Carl Neupert
Parke- Davis Laboratories
Detroit
Mich
Districts Board of Health
Neupert
Japan Returns to Trade Surplus in 1954 Report Says
The ministry of International Trade and Industry reports Japan moved back into the black in 1954 due to increased American spending in Japan, rising exports, and lower imports. The annual document was released today in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Japan
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Verona Farmer Wounded in Dynamiting Stump Incident
Gottfried Meier, 72, a Verona Wisconsin farmer, was critically injured on Thursday while dynamiting stumps on his farm.
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Verona
Wis
Gottfried Meier
Halt in Salk polio vaccine releases announced
Surgeon General Leonard Scheele said a temporary halt on new Salk vaccine batches is in effect while top scientists review safety and possible conditions for continuing vaccinations. Wisconsin officials, led by Dr. Milton Feig, say there is no reason to pause the inoculation program as vaccine supplies arrive.
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Washington
Leonard Scheele
Scheele
Public Health Service
Madison
Milton Feig
State Board of Health
Wisconsin
Feig
Cars derailment disrupts Milwaukee Road freight near Fall River
Milwaukee Road officials investigate after 21 cars of an 85-car freight derail near Fall River Wisconsin shortly after midnight. No injuries are reported. Freight spills over 200 yards, with cleanup expected to take most of the day as trains are put back on the track.
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Fall River
Wis
Milwaukee Road
Wisconsin Senate kills bill to abolish State Aeronautics Commission
The Wisconsin Senate voted 22 to 4 to kill Sen. Draheim's bill to abolish the State Aeronautics Commission. Draheim said the panel is unnecessary amid cost-cutting drives while opponents argued the Highway Department would not reduce expenses and would need more staff to assume the work.
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Madison
Wisconsin Senate
Draheim
Neenah
State Aeronautics Commission
Padrutt
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
Highway Department
Duke Escapes In Plane Mishap With Windsor Aboard
The Duke of Windsor and 44 passengers on a British European Airways Elizabethan twin engine airliner escaped injury when the undercarriage collapsed after landing at Le Bourget. The aircraft toppled onto its right wing tip and damaged a propeller as it veered off the rain slicked runway.
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Paris
Duke of Windsor
London
British European Airways
le Bourget Field
52nd Street Project Gets First Okay
The Wisconsin assembly gave preliminary approval to a bill placing 6.7 miles of West 52nd Street on the state trunk system between Lake Michigan and Highway 41. If passed by the senate, Kenosha gains a new east–west arterial serving the AMs plant harbor and downtown, but delays are possible if funds are unavailable.
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52Nd St
Wisconsin Assembly
Lake Michigan
West 52Nd St
Kenosha
American Motors
George Molinaro
Assembly
Senate
Molinaro
Assembly Highway Committee
Pluy
G. Helmer Bakke
Bakke
Harold Herzog
Herzog
False alert exposes bugs in warning system across California
Civil defense officials said the false alert revealed weaknesses in the attack warning system but allowed a statewide test of response. In Sacramento the all clear came after 37 minutes. 55 thousand schoolchildren sheltered as sirens and alerts traced through sheriff offices and CD HQs.
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San Francisco
Civil Defense
Sacramento
Stanley Pierson
Oakland
Alameda County
H. P. Gleason
Atom Test Shows Survival Depends Upon House Type
In Survival City Nevada a brick and cinder block two story home failed in an atomic blast while a nearby single story frame rambler survived. A $500 concrete shelter withstood the strike and observers say within a mile and a quarter survival depends on structure type with blast effects felt up to three miles.
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Survival
Nev
Doomsday Drive
Darling
Survival City
Goodwin
State water panel reaffirms Madison sewage diversion order
The state committee on water pollution reaffirmed its Thursday order requiring diversion of sewage wastes from Madison lakes after dismissing a complaint by area residents.
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Madison
State Committee On Water Pollution
Madison Lakes
Weather Forecast Shows Cloudiness and Showers
Increasing cloudiness today with tonight and Saturday showers and thunderstorms. Western areas cooler Saturday while eastern parts warmer tonight. Low tonight 60 to 66, high Saturday 70 to 75. Morning readings ranged from 52 to 55 degrees with 64 at American Motors and 60 downtown.
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American Motors
Eisenhower Meets Advisors On Routine Security Matter
President Eisenhower conferred for about 30 minutes with key military and foreign affairs advisors at the White House. The session was described as addressing a routine national security council matter.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
National Security Council
Hollister Says Mutual Security Program Must Continue
Washington report says John B. Hollister named by President Eisenhower as the new foreign aid chief stated at the White House that the multibillion dollar Mutual Security Program must continue for peace and security reasons.
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Washington
John B. Hollister
Eisenhower
White House
Employment hits April record level yet unemployment falls
Secretary of Labor Mitchell and Undersecretary of Commerce Walter Williams announced a joint monthly report showing employment rising to a record level for April while unemployment decreased from March to April.
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Washington
Mitchell
Walter Williams
Joint Monthly
Elbe Veterans Leave for Moscow Reunion
Nine former GIs who first shook hands with Russians at the Elbe river a decade ago depart from New York for Paris en route to Moscow for a reunion. One member canceled due to wife illness and money woes, later offset by a television quiz show win. Russian hosts will cover Paris to Moscow travel.
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New York
Elbe River
Paris
Moscow
Trans World Airlines
UAW Proposes Reserve Funds For Guaranteed Annual Wage
The CIO United Auto Workers proposed two reserve funds totaling about 0.5 billion dollars to finance a guaranteed annual wage at Ford and General Motors. Each fund would be built from 4 percent of base payroll over five years, with Ford and GM negotiations ongoing and no comment from the companies.
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Detroit
Ford
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Auto Union
UAW
Rainmaking Claimed to Reduce Prairie Rainfall
Canada's government weather service concludes commercial rainmaking experiments in the prairie wheat belt produced less rain, not more, challenging earlier beliefs about their effectiveness.
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Toronto
Canada
Government Weather Service
Prairie Wheat Belt
Two Night Indoor Carnival Teaches KYF Twenty Fifth Year
Kenosha Youth Foundation marks its 25th anniversary with a two night indoor carnival on May 13 and 14. The KYF gymnasium pool and main floors will host sideshows car rides aqua circus and a free variety show. Local business leaders host thousands of youngsters with free admission and nominal fees for some attractions.
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Kenosha Youth Foundation
Kenosha
KYF
Racine
Fire traps sleepers at Skid Row flophouse in Chicago
A flash fire in the Comfort Hotel on West Madison Street trapped men sleeping in the lobby and second floor cubicles, killing at least nine and injuring twelve, with 75 to 100 escapees. Officials suspect a discarded cigarette may have started the blaze, which was contained within ten minutes.
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Chicago
Harry Glos
Comfort Hotel
West
Madison Street
al Reese
James A. Casey
John Bertram
Albert Peterson
Peterson
Near North Side
Barton Hotel
Bricker amendment likely to face Senate floor clash
Senator Estes Kefauver predicted the Bricker amendment will reach the Senate floor but fail to pass. He argued no good would come from debating the measure on the floor, noting it was argued for five weeks last year and defeated.
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Washington
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Bricker
Senate
Kefauver
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