Johns Hopkins scientist announces anti cold vaccine
A Baltimore Sun report quotes 34 year old Johns Hopkins scientist Dr Winston H Price of the School of Hygiene and Public Health claiming to have isolated the first true virus of the common cold and to have developed a vaccine tested on more than 400 persons that prevented colds caused by the JH virus in about 80 percent of cases. He cautions the vaccine may not work against all cold viruses and refused to discuss commercial production. Reaction among experts was cautious pending his scientific report.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Winston H. Price
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Price
Baltimore Sun
Weldon Wallace
Union Says Teamsters Must Purge Corruption Or Face Ouster
An AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee report accuses the Teamsters of being corruptly dominated and urges removal of leaders like Hoffa Beck and Brew ater. The AFL-CIO Executive Council will decide penalties, but removal from the federation seems likely, risking a long labor-wide confrontation. Roy Gentry of Rossville dies on the Kansas Turnpike near Lawrence after a truck crash with cattle leaving state officials unsure if a heart attack caused the death.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffar
AFL- Cio
Teamsters
Rossville
Kansas Turnpike
Roy Gentry
Lawrence
Davis Funeral Home
Leavenworth
Plane Lands After Airline Pilot Dies
A Northwest Airlines DC6B carrying 62 passengers landed safely at Madison after Captain Alfred H. Lohmar, 51, died in flight likely of a heart attack between Lone Rock Wisconsin and Rockford Illinois. First Officer Arthur J. Steadman Jr., 33, of Farmington Minnesota took control and completed the landing.
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Madison
Wis
Northwest Airlines
Minneapolis
Chicago
Alfred H. Lohmar
Arthur J. Steadman Jr
Farmington, Minn
Steadman
Lohmar
Lone Rock
Rockford
Everything Is Okay Now for Small Boy
Five year old Michael Maida was treated at Bellevue Hospital after superficial knife wounds. Police say his mother Catherine Maida stabbed him amid parental separation. After mental observation, Michael left with his father Salvatore Maida, smiling and saying his parents love him.
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New York
Michael Maida
Michael
Bellevue’ Hospital
Catherine Maida
Bellevue Hospital
Salvatore Maida
Sori
Murphy Club Speaker at KU International Club Meet
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy will address the KU International Club on the role of the International Club on the campus at 7 p m today in the Memorial Union Jayhawks Room. The event welcomes foreign students other students and townspeople as the club’s first meeting of the school year.
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Franklin D. Murphy
Kansas University
KU International Club
International Club
Memorial Union Jayhawks
Deaths and Funerals In Lawrence Area
Two former Lawrence residents die within days. Floyd Deward Scott 58, of Kansas City Mo, died Monday. services Friday at Watkins Brothers Funeral Home Kansas City with burial in Independence. Survivors include his widow Imogene, mother Hattie, brothers James and Frank, and niece Hattie Hurst. Herbert C Lackey 56, longtime Lawrence resident, died Tuesday in Greeley Colorado hospital. born in Kingman December 30 1900. Survived by widow Amy Lackey, mother Hattie R Lackey, sisters J B Bruce and Elen Akers.
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Floyd Deward Scott
Lawrence
Kansas City
Watkins Brothers Funeral
Independence
Imogene Scott
Hattie Scott
Route 3
James Scott
N. 7Th St
Frank Scott
Hattie Hurst
N. Y. St
Herbert C. Lackey
Roy B. Lackey
W. 9Th St
Greeley, Colg
Lackey
Kingman
Greeley
Acacia Lodge No. 9
Af&am
Amy Lackey
Hattie R. Lackey
Loveland
Colo
J. B. Bruce
Norman
Okla
Elen Akers
Eugene
Ore
Italian journalist Lo Bello recalls Rome and road trips
Lawrence columnist recounts interviewer Lo Bello: praise for Italian government access, a Milan to Palermo rail journey at low cost, and a talk with exiled King Farouk. He describes encounters with Rome professors seeing Corrado Gini’s Evil Eye and rattling keys, plus his Lawrence writing contract and sociology study on Italian magazines.
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Stiows
Kansas City
Lawrence
Rome
Lo Bello
Europe
Corrado Gini
Gini
la Belle
New York
EU Press
Confiscated Liquor Sale Draws Protest
Ottawa officials conduct sheriff sale of confiscated liquor drawing protest from the Ottawa Ministerial Assn led by Rev. William J. Ward. Franklin County remains dry as Christians urge state legislators to change the law and align with public will.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Wiliam J. Ward
Cherokee Publisher Dies in Kansas City
Harry B. Price, 83, publisher of the weekly Cherokee Sentinel in Cherokee, Kansas, died today at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City after a two week hospital stay.
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Pittburg
Kas
Harry B. Price
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
KTA Receives 19.6 Million From Revenue Bonds Payment
The Kansas Turnpike Authority collected 19,613,687.78 from a syndicate for the sale of 19.5 million dollars in revenue bonds. The ceremony in Wall Street included 14 Kansas officials as bidders and observers. Bonds earmarked 15.82 million in 4 percent term bonds and 3.68 million serial bonds finance the 5 mile 18th Street Expressway project linking to the Kansas Turnpike near Kansas City Kansas.
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New York
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Kansas City Expressway
F.S. Smithers & Co
New
Stern Brothers & Co
Kansas City
Wall Street
Fresent
Kansas
Gale Moss
The
Authority
Philip J. Doyle
Frank McDonald
J. Townsend
All Authority
Josef Sorkin
State Highway Commission
Dwight Coburn
Riverview State Bank of Kansas City
Kas
John Lacy Jr
Riverview Bank
Kansas Turnpike
Kanaaz City
Enrollment events set for evenings at Lawrence High School
A schedule lists enrollment activities continuing from 7:30 to 9:30 am and evening sessions at Lawrence High School. A long roster names local clubs and organizations involved in the effort, including Federated Club of Lawrence, Business and Professional Women's Club, PTA, League of Women Voters, Jaycee Jones, and the Chamber of Commerce among many others.
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Lawrence High School
George Adama
Federated Club of
Lawrence
Hazel Andrews
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Albert Bramble
PTA City Council
Kenneth Callicott
Douglas County Sportsman Club
Jim Clark
Cosmopolitan Club
Gordon Collister
University Women's Club
Justine Curry
Ed. Council of Lawrence Teachers
Adda Destherage
Insurance Women of
Lee Fox
Lawrence Free Li
Buddy Gallagher
Lawrence Atotomobile , Dealers Association
C. C. Goble
A. R. Kitzhaber
League of Women Voters
E. A. McFarland
Kansas University
John Patton
Ministenget Alliance
Edyth Salvesen
A.A.U.W
Byron Sneegas
Jaycee Jones
Charles Springer
Lawrence Flower Club
J. B. Stewart
Industry
Ralph Turner
Cecil Ward
H.D A. 5
Admission List At Memorial Hospital
At Memorial Hospital admitted a long list of arrivals including Mrs Helyn Hawkins of 1934 Tenn St Eugene Edgerton Jr of 139 Perry St Mrs Wilma J Cropp 1729 La St Larry Jarvis 806 Mass St Vera Brubaker 1416 Tenn St John Nichols 2331 Mass Stay Mrs Clara Standing 1912 Learnard St Mrs Mary Childers and baby girl 2139 Ky St Delora Cool Route 5 Charlene Winter and Mary Beth Winter 1125 Ky St Jeff Simon Eudora Edith L Elms 235 Maple St Earl P Garver 1036 N H St Jo Ann Jones 904 Mo St Minnie Kimball 327 Calif St Dora E Amerine Williamstown Mr and Mrs M L Stebbins Perry a daughter today.
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Helyn Hawkins
Tenn
Eugene Edgerton Jr
Perry St
Wilma J. Cropp
Larry Jarvis
Mass
Vera Brubaker
St. John Nichols
Clara Standing
Learnard St
Mary Childers
Ky. St
Mo. St
Minnie Kimball
Calif. St
Dora E. Amerine
Williamstown
Rainy Remains of Esther Head For Tennessee After Flooding
Tropical Storm Esther drenches the South with up to five inches of rain as it moves toward Tennessee. Flood warnings issued for Alabama Mississippi and central Tennessee. Two boys drowned in New Orleans canals amid rising floodwaters. Carrie remains far offshore with winds near 85 mph while cold air brings early snow to Montana and other northern states.
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New Orleans
Esther
Tennessee
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Alabama
Mississippi
Greenwood
Burns
Biloxi
Miss
George Fish
U. S
Jackson
Leaf
Pascagoula
Carrie
Bermuda
U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Montana
Helena
North Dakota
Minnesota
Air Force to add Snark squadron to H-bombers
The Air Force announces its first Snark squadron of about 500 officers and men will join the long range bomber arm under Strategic Air Command this year. The unit trains at Hawthorne California and will be stationed at a base to be named later. The Snark aims to extend retaliatory power while ICBMs are developed. The Hawthorne plant is producing Snarks valued at 73 million dollars.
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Washington
America
Air Force
Lterdayts
California
Strategic’ Air Command
United States
Northrop’ Aircraft Co
Hawthorne
Calif
Sunflower Ordnance Works to Cease Operations
Sunflower Ordnance Works will stop production by end of October after a revised schedule for double and triple base powder and solventless sheet propellant. No further production is planned. the Army will place the factory in standby. Assistant manager Sleight notes continuous review of ammunition goals and regrets layoffs of many workers as Sunflower marks 15 years in operation.
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Texarkana
Tex
Radford
Arsenal
Sunflower
Sleight
J. E. Gree
Ordnance Corps
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrence United Fund Kickoff Breakfast Planned
Heard in Lawrence reports the 1957-58 Men's Division kickoff breakfast at 8 a.m. Friday at the Eldridge Hotel to explain the United Fund goal of 530,000 and payroll deductions. Friday noon is the deadline for this week's Journal-World football guessing contest with a turkey prize.
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Lawrence United Fund
Eldridge
Jim Black
United Fund
Journal-World
Governor Docking to Speak at Douglas County Farm Bureau Dinner
Gov. George Docking will be the featured speaker at the Douglas County Farm Bureau dinner meeting on September 30 at 7 30 p.m. at the 4 H Fairgrounds. The event is open to members and friends with Farm Bureau providing dinner minus vegetables and dessert and serving coffee and milk. members should bring their own table service.
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George Docking
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Fairgrounds
Farm Bureau
Banker New Legion Head Elected at Legion Convention
The American Legion elected John F. Gleason Jr., 42, a Chicago banker, as its new national commander at the closing session of its 38th annual convention in Atlantic City New Jersey.
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New Legion
Atlantic City
N. J
American Legion
John 5. Gleason Jr
Chicago
Jet Pilot dazzles with jet era aerials and Hughes vision
Howard Hughes unveils Jet Pilot after a long years delay with unprecedented aerial sequences. John Wayne appears in khaki and blue uniforms while Janet Leigh portrays a Soviet pilot amid striking air force cooperation. Filming at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio showcases high speed jet aerobatics and cloudscape cinematography praised as among the era’s best.
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Hughes
John Wayne
Janet Leigh
Sam
America
U. S. Air
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Effects of Strike Shown Near Lawrence And Topeka
Nationwide telephone strike ripples toward Lawrence with no local picketing yet. In Topeka non-working telephone workers file over 30 Kansas unemployment claims. Installers of Western Electric strike while operators of Southwestern Bell face local picketing. both groups are in Communications Workers of America. Lawrence manager notes no activity here after recent Vik ing 2 exchange project completion.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Western Electric
Bell System
Wester Electric
Southwestern Bell
Communications Workers of America
L. D. Hughes
Kansas State Employment Service Office
William L. Collinson
Banquet for Geologists Delivers Conference Plans
A banquet at 7 30 p m Friday in Hotel Eldridge for about 150 geologists marks the 2nd annual Geologic Field Conference. The Kansas Geological Society and State Geological Survey run the event in Eastern Kansas with speakers Dr. Franklin D Murphy KU chancellor and Dick Harp KU basketball coach. Wendell Johns KS Geological Society president will preside.
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Eldridge
Kansas Geological Society
State Geological Survey
Kansas
Franklin D. Murphy
Kansas University
K. U
Dick Harp
Wendell 8. Johns
The
Polio's Effects Blamed In Local Man's Mishap
A Lawrence man 20, Larry Purvis, blamed a polio attack in 1956 for a fractured ankle and possible knee injury after Rex Allen Gentry 17, driving south on Massachusetts Street, turned back when Purvis yelled. Gentry's brakes failed, pinning Purvis between cars. Purvis was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released, then readmitted for further X rays.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Larry Purvis
St. A
Rex Allen Gentry
Miss. St
Massachusetts Street
Purvis
Gentry
Eudoran Student Wins Naval ROTC Scholarship
Eudora student Thomas Chittenden is among 37 Kansas University men awarded Naval ROTC scholarships for the academic year. The package covers tuition fees books laboratory expenses and 85 dollars monthly. Scholars must complete summer cruises and serve at least three years on active duty after commissioning.
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Eudora
Kansas University
Thomas Chittenden
NROTC
Psychologists study suicide clues in final weeks of life
Two researchers from USC and UCLA analyzed hundreds of notes and cases to identify signs preceding death by own action. They report age patterns, gender and race differences, marital status effects, urban versus rural contrasts, and that common triggers may be less decisive than subtle attitude changes. A book titled Clues to death by own action summarizes their findings.
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Los Angeles
Edwin 8. Shieldman
University of Southern California
Norman L. Farberow
UCLA
Psychologista
Meaning of the Constitution essay by Jane Dunlap
Editor notes a series of high school essays on the U S Constitution. Jane Dunlap argues the Constitution unites states, ensures equal rights, and warns against segregation and unwritten laws restricting worship or schooling. She urges reading the Bible and the Constitution.
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Lawrence High School
Jane Dunlap
United States
Library of Congress
Supreme Court
Unite States
Tugwell Says FDR Willkie Might Have Joined Forces
Rexford Tugwell, Roosevelt brain trust member, says Roosevelt approached Willkie in 1944 about a third party ticket. Willkie would have joined if not for the 1944 election. he died within days of the vote. The biography, published by Doubleday, notes a 1932 conference where Roosevelt called MacArthur and Huey Long the two most dangerous men in the country.
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Tugwell
Willkie
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F. D. BR
Wendell Willkie
Rexford G. Tugwell
Roosevelt Brain Trust
Roosevelt
Doubleday Co
Douglas MacArthur
Huey Long
Louisiana
MacArthur
Army
Atomic test chamber blast beneath desert mesa in Nevada
In Las Vegas 90 miles away no effects were noticed as a small atomic device was detonated 800 feet underground at the Atomic Test Site near the desert mesa. The 10 am explosion marked the 21st summer test and first full scale underground shot, with scientists worldwide awaiting quake-wave data from 600 recording stations to learn how the earth is built.
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Nev
Las Vegas
Local firm named low bidder for KU landscaping project
Kansas Construction Company of Lawrence submitted the apparent low bid of 74,606 for landscaping around Kansas University's new 2.4 million Music and Dramatic Arts building. Kapfer Construction bid 84,863. Two bids with several alternates. work to begin within 30 days and finish within 120 days.
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Kansas Construction Company
Lawrence
Kansas University
Keith Lawton
Kansas Construction
Kapfer Construction
Lawton
Police Court Fine For Driving Wrong Way
Bobby Lindsey of 316 Kim Street was fined five dollars in police court for driving the wrong way on a one way street. The fine will be refunded if he attends one session of traffic school.
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Bobby Lindsey
Kim St
Onway
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Perry
W. H. Sallee
Utica, Kas
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Howard Hughes
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