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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1956
Page
3
Kansas health officials report 114 polio cases through Sept 8, with 40 in people over 20 and seven deaths, urging immediate vaccination for adults under 45 as well as children. Dr Hood notes strong immunity from youth vaccination and warns adults not to neglect protection against polio despite low overall incidence.
A Globe quadrangle topographic map in Southwestern Douglas County is prepared for distribution by the State Geological Survey at Kansas University. Issued jointly by federal and state surveys, it follows the Clinton quadrangle issued last month.
Frosty air spread from the lower Great Lakes to the Atlantic Coast as autumn set in. Temperatures dipped to the 30s in Virginia and North Carolina with freezing readings possible, while the Southeast and Florida stayed mild in the 50s to mid 70s. An uptick in southerly flow warmed the central regions, with 40s and 50s inland and upper 70s in the Southern Plains. Mostly fair skies extended east of the Rockies toward the Eastern Seaboard.
KC workers at the Swift & Co. packing plant tally 781 to 390 to reject a strike. About 1,500 employees, members of the National Brotherhood of Packing House Workers, oppose joining a national strike effort.
London observers critique Adlai Stevenson's campaign style as too clever and evasive. The writer contrasts Stevenson with Eisenhower, praising Eisenhower's focus on issues and restraint from political vaudeville. The column lampoons Stevenson’s jokes about golf and painting and argues they distract from policy.
Princess Margaret flies from London on a five week official visit to British territories in the Indian Ocean and East Africa. Queen Mother Elizabeth waves farewell as the four engine Argonaut carries her daughter aloft. Queen Elizabeth II and family vacation at Balmoral, with the romance split last October.
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