Polio Vaccine Shifts Age Risk After Salk Introduction
With the Salk vaccine, polio cases among five to nine year olds fell from 24 percent in 1952 to 16 percent in 1956. Meanwhile preschool children under five rose from 29 to 39 percent, infants one and two years old had the highest shares, and ages 15 to 40 stayed around one third. Authorities urge vaccinating under forty, especially the youngest, to protect wage earners and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Senate Finance Probe Could Reshape View Of U S Finances
Senator Harry Byrd urges a sweeping, calm inquiry into U S finances arguing inflation, debt of 275 billion dollars, and tax fairness demand scrutiny. He expects the study to, in effect, reveal how to trim deficits and adjust spending without harming essential services. The call echoes a broad, warless assessment of fiscal policy and economic levels.
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Harry Byrd
Virginia
Senate Finance Committee
Tory
Byrd
U.S
Finance Committee
United States
Checks and Balances at Work in Supreme Court Evolution
A veteran observer discusses how constitutional checks and balances operate in U S politics. He cites Franklin D Roosevelt’s court-packing threat, McCarthyism, and recent high court rulings on civil rights, Jennings, Watkins, and loyalty cases as proof that the Supreme Court acts to protect individual liberties while Congress and the presidency adjust laws.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
House Un-American Activities Committee
House
John T. Watkins
McCarthy
America
Jencks
Congress
Roosevelt
Charles Evans Hughes
Dntted Feature Syndicate, Inc
British embassy party tests heat as Queen's birthday celebrated
Washington notes describe a muggy embassy party for the Queen's birthday with Sir Harold Caccia enduring the heat in a heavy coat. Guests remark on the dignity of the monarchy while military guests seek relief at an air conditioned bar. CIA staff adopt new evasive lines to avoid revealing work.
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Sir Harold Caccia
Harold
Capitol Dome Beer Lobby Triumph Stirs Solon
Wisconsin assembly discusses liquor lobbying strength as beer and liquor interests push measures through both houses while Gov. Thomson faces pressure over late tavern hours. Analysts note reapportionment and urban voting power influence, with praise for skilled lobbying and criticism of record vote avoidance.
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University of Wisconsin
Thomson
Northland
Wisconsin
Milwaukee County
Family bonds and common purpose in modern households
A reflective piece on true family unity beyond blood ties, stressing shared goals, mutual sacrifice, and prayer. It contrasts superficial kinship with a deeper family cohesion built through collective effort and love. It then presents a drought era note on farm labor shortages and a closing question about rhetoric.
Eisenhower faces fight over government ownership of industry
David Lawrence argues the Hells Canyon vote shows Democrats favor expanding federal control and brands the GOP as opposing state socialism. The piece warns that if Democrats push ownership of utilities, steel and other sectors, it could shape 1958 and 1960 campaigns and test the administration amid budget aims.
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Senate
Hells Canyon
Watkins
Utah
Republican Party
House
Democratic Party
Eisenhower
America
Tennessee Valley Project
Tennessee River
TVA
Federal Power Commission
United States
Judiciary Committee
Tavern license refresher courses in council action
Twenty years ago in 1937 the council required tavernkeepers Len Garske and Ray Peterson to take refresher courses to settle disputes involving Jack Sheetz and William Roubik. Alderman Banashik opposed Roubik while Hugh G. Corbett chaired the new Upper Mississippi Valley Commercial Association. Evelyn Nesbit’s life and rebound at a New York supper club are noted. Oiling Trempealeau County highways is listed.
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Council
Len” M. Garske
Temple Tavern
King
Ray Peterson
Jack Sheetz
William Roubik
I. S. Banashik
Roubik
Hugh G. Corbett
New Upper Mississippi Valley Commercial Assn
Evelyn Nesbit
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Trempealeau County
Reflections on Hanging by Koestler in Literary Guidepost
Koestler recalls three months on death row during the Spanish Civil War and argues for reform of capital punishment. He cites English executions, juries denying mercy, and brutal past episodes to claim capital punishment is savage and final, noting similar debates in the United States and worldwide.
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Arthur Koestler
Macmillian
Koestler
England
New York University
Edmond Cahn
La Crosse Tribune Masthead and Circulation Rates
The La Crosse Tribune lists staff roles including editor and general manager and notes mailing details. It provides home delivery and mail subscription rates for La Crosse and surrounding areas with rates by distance and duration, and mentions newspaper affiliations and contact channels.
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la Crosse Tribune
4Th and
Cass Sts
la Crome
Wis
Cisas
la Crosse
le Crosse Tribune
Lee Newspaper Group
Associated Press
Tribune
JANN @& KELLEY, INC
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Chicago
Detroit
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Los Angeles
Atlanta
Onalaska
la Crescent
Sunday Tribune
Koy Mail
la Crose
Quiz column offers facts on Caravaggio strudel and Angel Falls
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau provides questions and answers on topics from Caravaggio painters to strudel dough beating. Readers learn about Polidoro Caldara, Michelangelo da Caravaggio, strudel pounding, early steering levers, eye donation rules, U S senatorial succession, and Angel Falls discovery by Jimmy Angel in 1937.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St. NW
Washington, D.C
Caravaggio
Polidoro Caldara
Polidoro da Caravaggo
Raphael
Michelangelo da Caravaggio
Hearing Aids Improve with Edwin P Jordan M D Advice
Dr. Edwin P Jordan notes advances in hearing aids surpassing old ear trumpets. He explains varying causes and degrees of hearing loss, the value of expert diagnosis, and the need to choose adjustable devices suited to individual hearing deficits.
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Edwin P. Jordan
M.D
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