Polio Cases Rise in Detroit With 542 This Year
Commissioner reported six new polio cases in Detroit on Monday bringing the year’s total to 542 and 16 deaths. This compares with 170 cases and two deaths at the same point last year.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1958
Page
2
Commissioner reported six new polio cases in Detroit on Monday bringing the year’s total to 542 and 16 deaths. This compares with 170 cases and two deaths at the same point last year.
AP Newsfeatures recalls the Navy Snow Goose blimp and Arctic mooring mishaps as blimp walking spreads from novelty to a possible craze. The piece notes the complex rigging, multi member crew, and comical struggles of guiding a huge helium craft, with vivid scenes of the Arctic landing and admission that many joined in for the novelty.
San Diego. Anna Diaz obtained an annulment of her Valentine’s Day marriage claiming she could not endure living with her husband Miguel Diaz and his 20 dogs. She left the couple two weeks after the wedding.
A line of Nationalist trucks loaded with warheads and solid rocket fuel sits on a pier at Keelung For mosa after unloading Oct 6 from the Wyoming. Four Nike Hercules batteries in the Far East will pick up the equipment later this week to defend against Communist air attack.
In Washington Otis Lee Wiese editor of McCall’s notes women’s shift from home to work over three decades. He cites one third wage earners, rising marriages and families, more cars, and high home ownership with mortgages. He mentions a 1950 census surge and a trend toward togetherness in family living.
The Wisconsin Towns Assn favors routing 5 percent of all state and federal income taxes collected in Wisconsin back to local governments for education. Delegates also backed towns vetoing city and village annexations and opposed statewide referendums on private school transportation aid. They rejected boosts to town board size and charitable donations, while calling for a one cent per gallon gasoline tax hike for town government.
DETROIT AP Three year old Tavanna Patillo and her brother Kennard two suffocated when steam poured from a pipe into their bedroom as they slept. Their mother Ardina 20 said she left them alone briefly to go to the grocery.
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