Government calls halt to mass polio inoculations
Washington officials announced a halt to mass antipolio inoculations pending a safety report on vaccine supplies. Surgeon General Leonard Scheele led the move after a two day expert review of manufacturing and testing. Some states paused campaigns while Michigan’s health chief urged continuing the program citing safety.
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Washington (P
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Cutter Laboratories
Detroit
Parke, Davis & Co., Laboratories
Quick Thinker Escapes Plattsburgh Crash
Floyd Hayes 21 was thrown under a truck after a motorcycle collision on a city street yesterday. He says he grabbed the front axle and rode it to a stop before crash officials. Hayes was treated at a hospital for leg and hand injuries.
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Plattsburgh
N. Y
Floyd Hayes
Hayes
State Health Board Weighs Polio Vaccination Pause
The Kansas State Board of Health plans to urge a hold on polio vaccination in the state after a U S Public Health Service report. Surgeon general Dr Leonard A Scheele said states should postpone programs pending the Sunday release. Kansas epidemiologist Dr Philip Beary will contact local health officers in areas with incomplete vaccination.
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Topeka
Kansas State Board of Health
U. S. Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Public Health Service
Philip Beary
Kansas
Inoculation program in Kansas faces delays due to safety case
Health officers report uncertainty over statewide inoculation suspension effects on Douglas County. Second round of mass shots for first and second graders slated May 23 with about 22 000 children involved. Kansas plan to proceed remains, but temporary vaccine shipment freeze and Cutter Laboratories safety review may pause vaccinations pending U.S. health service update.
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C. A. McIntyre
Douglas County
MclIntyre
Scheele
Bearg
Wichita
Cherokee County
Ness County
Kansas
U.S. Health Service
Cutter Laboratories
Welles Plans Marriage To Paola Mori In London
Orson Welles filed a formal marriage notice at Caxton Hall register office ahead of his 40th birthday to wed Italian actress Paola Mori. The marriage can proceed within the next three months.
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London
Orson Welles
Caxton Hall
Paoula Mori
Dulles Adenauer Discuss West Germany Strategy
Paris report on first international talks by Chancellor Adenauer with U S Secretary Dulles at the American Embassy. They discussed Germany role in Western strategy, a potential four power conference, and the Austrian neutralization issue amid NATO and WEU ties.
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Paris
Konrad Adenauer
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Germany
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Austria
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Adenauer
NATO
NATO Council
West Germany
Dulles
Formosa
North Atlantic
Harold Macmillan
Noble Gesture Proves Costly To Local Man
Norman Aldrich 38 of Route 5 chased a rolling car from the KU campus hill to Reginald Strait’s yard on La Street, stopping the vehicle just as it crashed. His truck then rolled free and demolished against a telephone pole, leaving the noble act costly.
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Norman Aldrich
Route 5
Fourteenth Street
Kansas University
Aldrich
Reginald Strait
Strait Yard
Court Step May End AOUW Suit in Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court barred Atty. Gen. Fatzer from recovering 110000 from the Ancient Order of United Workmen. The ruling upheld Shawnee County District Court and dismissed Fatzer suit tied to 1951 Legislature funds for a sanatorium building on state land. Roberts chaired GOP and faced lobbying questions. court affirmed title in AOUW. Fatzer declined comment and said no rehearing will be filed.
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Topeka
Harold R. Fatzer
Order of United Workmen
Kansas Supreme Court
Fatzer
AOUW
Norton
High Court
Shawnee
Shawnee County District Court In Dismissing Fatz‘er
Wesley Roberts
ACUW
Roberts
GOP National Committee
Kansas
AQUW
Holton
Kas
Supreme Court
Supreme Cour
Surrender of Germany Ends World War II in Europe
Ten years ago at the map room in Reims, Gen. Alfred Jodl signed Germany’s surrender. Eisenhower’s headquarters marked the moment at 2:31 a.m. on May 7, 1945. The scene showed large maps and the Allied demand for unconditional surrender to all powers.
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Reims
France
Alfred Gustav Jodl
Germany
Eisenhower
Europe
Employment gain seen as possible GOP issue in 1956
Republicans argued a continued rise in civilian employment could undermine Democratic claims in the 1956 campaign. Democrats countered that April figures show significant unemployment in many areas, noting job shortages despite overall gains. Senators Ives Kuchel Kilgore Hill warned of political leverage or harm depending on whether the economy stays strong or deepens jobless spots.
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Washington
Labor and Commerce Departments
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
Sen. Kilgore
D-Wva
Ita Kilgore
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
Hil
Alabama
Ives
Kuchel
Eisenhower
Hill
Rain Delays Track Meet As Lawrence Sees .45 Inch Rain
Storm clouds dumped .45 inch of rain and hail on Lawrence, delaying the Kansas-Kansas State track meet by an hour. Winds, lightning, and a fallen tree caused minor damage. utilities reported transformer blows and telephone service interruptions while May rainfall lags behind normal.
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Lawrence
Oon An
Aarea
Mercury
Journal World Building
South Park Street
Massachusetts
Kansas Power and Light Co
West Twenty-First Street
North
23Rd and
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Burglary at Pasadena Florist Targets Hydrangea and Gold Letters
A Pasadena florist suffered a theft from the Mother's Day display. A burglar took a potted hydrangea, a potted red rose, a brass planter, two boxes of gold letters, and about $250 from the till. Police reported the incident yesterday.
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Pasadena
Calif
Publisher of Kansas City Call Dies From Heart Attack
Chester A. Franklin, 74, owner and publisher of the Kansas City Call, a major Negro newspaper, died early today of a heart attack. Franklin founded the paper in 1919 and remained active in its publication. A friend of Harry S. Truman and Alf Landon, he was a civil rights agitator and is survived by his widow Adam Franklin.
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Kansas City
Chester A
Franklin
Kansas City Call
The
Call
Midwest
Harry S. Truman
Alf Landon
Adam. Franklin
Wichitan New President of Chiropractors Group
Dr. L. L. Hollingsworth of Wichita was elected president of the Kansas Chiropractors Association at the annual convention. Other officers include Rex A. Wright of Topeka as vice president and Harold Coe of McPherson as secretary treasurer. Directors named are H. W. Craig Lawrence W. E. Nicklin Hutchinson Joel L. Wayne Garden City Sotherland Neodesha and A. E. Smith Hoxie. Mrs. Blaine O. Musser of Wichita was renamed president of the auxiliary.
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Wichita
The
Kansas Chiropractors Assn
L. L. Hollingsworth
Rex A.wright
Topeka
Harold Coe
McPherson
H. W.craig
Lawrence
W. E. Nicklin
Hutchinson
Joel L. Wayne
Garden City
Southerland
Neodesha
A. E.smith
Hoxie
Blaine O. Musser
Rainy Kansas meeting boosts science group hopes
Larry Lawrence notes welcome rains Friday night and today coinciding with the Kansas Academy of Science gathering. Water shortage tops discussion, suggesting the group should meet here more often or until the local rainfall deficit is resolved.
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Larry Lawrence
Kansas Academy of Science
Southern RR Strike Near End as Talks Advance
After 57 days the Louisville and Nashville Railroad strike showed signs of ending with night talks in Washington to arbitrate the dispute. Explosions caused more damage as two freight trains derailed in Kentucky and a bridge was damaged in Alabama. A separate 55 day Southern Bell Telephone Co strike saw another explosion in Chattanooga. Negotiators reported reaching a broad basis for ending the rail strike and sending issues to arbitration, with final details to come later today.
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Louisville
Nashville
Washington
Kentucky
Alabama
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Chattanooga
National Mediation Board
Anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Fall
In Saigon today marked as the first anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu fall the end of the French Union struggle with Viet Minh. The retreat began with ceding the Red River delta lands and the plan to evacuate Haiphong the major seaport.
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Dien Bien Phu Fall
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Haiphong
State Claimsmen Elect Topeka
John P. Aderholt of Wichita is the new president of the Kansas Claims Assn. Other officers elected at the annual meeting include Charles Keal of Fr. Scott and Glenn Butler. Topeka will have vice-presidents and Joe Gilmore of Wichita serves as treasurer.
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Topeka
John P. Aderholtf
Wichita
The
Kansas Claims Assn
Insurance Claim Agents Group
Charles Keal
Scott
Glenn Butler
Joe Gilmore
Showers Near End in Kansas Weather Update
TOPEKA The thundershowers bringing moisture to scattered Kansas areas are ending for the weekend. The weather bureau said clouds are clearing westward with fair weather tonight and tomorrow, cooler tonight, warmer in the west and north. Winds, once gusting to 61 mph at Garden City, should diminish. rainfall totals included many spots in the eastern half with amounts up to 0.69 inches. Highs yesterday ranged from 92 to 95, lows from 48 to 63, with scattered hail reported in several counties.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Council Grove
Emporia
Thrall
Gridley
Chanute
Walnut
Burlington
Garnett
Worden
Olathe
Bonner Springs
Tonganoxie
Valley Falls
Lecompton
Salina
Concordia
Wamego
Hill City
Goodland
Pittsburg
K C Detective Fatally Wounded Off Duty
Off duty Kansas City detective William Kenner, on the force since 1932, died after midnight at General Hospital after attempting to take a shotgun from Herschel Williams. Williams, 34, is in custody after admitting the shooting following a clash with Russell Hoover, who was wounded in the foot earlier outside a tavern.
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Kansas City
William Kenner
Kenner
General Hospital
Herschel Williams
Williams
Russell Hoover
Hoover
Twin in Grave Condition After Separation Setback
Rodney Brodie, once the first head joined Siamese twin to survive separation, lies in grave condition at University of Illinois Research Hospital after a brain hemorrhage. Doctors report the critical condition following an unexpected setback.
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Chicago
Rodney Brodie
University of Illinois Research Hospital
Steel and earth shelters endure atomic blast at Cue test
Civil defense tests show shelters of steel concrete and earth surviving a nuclear explosion at Ground Zero distance. Dogs in a concrete bathroom and test animals survived in surface and underground shelters from 1050 to 2750 feet. Task Force Razor commander notes tanks could have been closer.
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Survival City
Nev
Sear
Razor
R. L. Corsbie
Atomic Energy Commission
Si Mile Point
Trinity Church Fire Loss Total Set at 114750
Trinity Episcopal Church fire on April 18 is reported by vestry and Western Adjustment Co to have a fire loss of 114750, to be approved by the insurer. Fire Chief Miller says it is the most costly blaze recalled, with past major fires cited for comparison.
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Trinity Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
Lawrence
Church Vestry
Western Adjustment Co
Churche’s
John Miller
Patee Theater
Sterling Furniture Co
Sterling
Parsons Grocery
Standard Life
Miller
Episcopal Church
16Th and St. Sts
Lawrence Department
Lawrence Episcopal Church
Kansas Traffic Deaths topeka report 1955 totals
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 161 deaths for the last 24 hours to date in 1955 and 166 for the same period in 1954. The figures reflect ongoing yearly totals and compare the current year to the prior one.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Brief Kansas Mostly Clear Skies Favor Weekend
Mostly clear skies with decreasing clouds this afternoon and tonight. Tonight is cooler then warmer conditions expected Sunday in western and northern areas. Temperatures range from around 40 to 50 tonight and near 80 Sunday, with rainfall totaling 0.46 inches through 7 am.
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Kansas
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