New Health Secretary Seeks Caution On Broad Changes
President Eisenhower's appointee Marion Folsom says he will not push major changes as he assumes health and welfare duties August 1. He aims to learn the department, tackle tough topics like federal aid to education and expanding private health insurance, while signaling patience on vaccine distribution.
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Eisenhower
Maureen Gothlin
Washington
Marion B. Folsom
Folsom
White House
Public Health Service
Adminster
New Reserve Program Features Outlined by Finney
Washington reports details of a new reserve program affecting youths and military service. It outlines compulsory reserve duty totaling six years for new entrants, with five years active and ready reserve, plus one standby year. It explains penalties for nonparticipation and defines call up rules, training, and enlistment options across services.
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John W. Finney
Washington
America
Congress
Traffic bottleneck blocks Mazatlan coastal highway
Mazatlan Mexico reports a bottleneck on the West Coast route after a truck collided with a ferry and a nearby landslide near Tomelin halted traffic. Over 400 cars, many carrying American tourists, remained stalled as cleanup and repairs were needed to reopen the road.
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Mazatlan
Mex
Nogales
Tomellin
South Peppered With Petitions For Integration
Atlanta dispatch reports a surge of petitions demanding rapid school integration. The NAACP has circulated about 20 petitions across six states urging local districts to begin integration planning by a September 1956 target, though petitions carry no legal status unless courts demand compliance after 90 days. Louisiana NAACP attorney A P Trudaud notes boards may cite state laws to resist now.
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Mississippi
J. P. Coleman
United Press
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
South
Louisiana Naacp
A. P. Trudaud
Garden hose thief moves to Bartlesville
In Bartlesville Oklahoma a man reported his garden hose vanishing into the ground after he left it coiled two weeks earlier. The incident follows a prior claim by seven year old Sandra Laverty of Oklahoma City that a devil dragged her hose away and she tried to drown it by poking it into a hole and turning on the water.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Oklahoma City
Do. A. Robinson
Sandra Kay Laverty
Four Lawton Men Enlist in Navy
Four Lawton youths joined the Navy in the past week announced by Chief Petty Officer Erick Zuber. Bennie Aaron Jackson, 17, of No 9 Columbia. Verdell Lewis, 17, of 106 Bell. Raymond Floyd Kaufman, 17, of 2027 Washington. Gerald Mario Airaudi, 19, of 1802 Andrews. Airaudi graduates Lawton High and will complete nine weeks of basic training then enter a nine week aviation program at Norman High.
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Lawton
Navy
Erick Zuber
Bennie Aaron Jackson
No. 9
Columbia
Verdell Lewis
Bell
Raymond Floyd Kaufman
Washington
Gerald Mario Aiaudi
Andrews
Airaudi
Lawton High School
Norman
Malayans Hold First Election In Malaya Vote
Malaya's multiracial population votes today to elect 52 of the Federation's 98 Legislative Council seats with the British high commissioner to appoint the remaining 46. Police guard polling stations as parties contest mainly between the Malay Chinese Indian Alliance and the Malay Negara party.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Federation of Malaya
Legislative Council
Donald MacGillivray
Federation
Straits Settlements
Penang
Malacca
Britain
Negara
National
Gambler Erickson hit with over five million in tax liens
Gambler Frank Erickson faces federal income tax liens totaling more than 5 million dollars. Filed by the Brooklyn IRS, liens reference 1947 taxes of 1,801,415 and 1948-1950 taxes of 3,212,010 against Erickson and his wife Amelia. Erickson previously served prison terms for tax evasion, bookmaking, and conspiracy. Details of the government's claim were not disclosed.
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Freehold
N. J
Frank Erickson
Brooklyn
Internal Revenue Service
New Orleans
Erickson
Milan
Mich
New Jersey State
Michigan Penitentiary
New York
Amelia
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