Eisenhower Averts GOP Tariff Clash by Postponing Renewal
President Eisenhower sidestepped a likely intra party fight over tariffs by delaying a three year renewal of the Reciprocal Trade Act. He urged hearings this year and action in 1955 while allowing a one year extension. Reed Simpson and Millikin back the postponement with renewed hearings and possible one year extension.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Reed
Daniel A. Reed
House
Ways and Means Committee
Charles H. Percy
Bell and Howell Co
Chicago
Simpson
Rep
Richard M. Simpson
Ways and Means
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Senate
Millikin
R-Cole
Senate Finance Committee
Administration
GOP
Report on Salk Polio Vaccine Safety
Chicago reports no serious reactions or deaths among over 400000 schoolchildren given Salk polio vaccines. Dr. Robert F. Korns presented findings at the Illinois State Medical Society. Dr. Hart E. Van Riper says the first phase of nationwide tests is complete and successful with 644138 children in 44 states having the first injection. Two polio cases occurred among study groups in Florida and Michigan and Texas. one Florida child did not receive vaccine. Final evaluation expected next year. second shots underway with most children already begun.
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Chicago
Robert F. Korns
Illinois State Medical Society
Hart E. van Riper
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
New York
Korns
Florida
Texas
Michigan
Albany
N.Y
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
van Riper
Geronimo Honor Roll Announced
Geronimo announces honor roll for six week term with 14 high school 7 junior high and 21 grade school students. Notable high school names include Gene Lanmann Edna Devine LaVanda Blackburn Lola Mae Ray and others. Junior high lists Roberta Mallow Phil Garrett Don Whitney Sherry Pittman Nancy Cox and John Frost Phillips. Grade school roll features David Lee Ray F W McCuiston Jr Barbara Hennessee Kaye Pittman and more.
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Geronimo
Pug Hastings
Gene Lanmann
Edna Devine
LaVanda Blackburn
Lola Mae Ray
Marilyn Miller
Bertha Devine
Eva Mae McCuiston
Zelda Crank
Harvey Lewis
Floyd Tenopir
Reba Schrader
Richard Garrett
Joe Robert McCuiston
Edward Bard
Roberta Mallow
Phil Garrett
Don Whitney
Sherry Pittman
Nancy Cox
John Frost Phillips
Jo Ann Carver
David Lee Ray
F. W. McCuiston, Jr
Barbara Hennessee
Kaye Pittman
David Dossey
Carl Blackburn
Ronnie Ughman
Barbara Werger
Carolyn Pittman
Richard Astings
Janie West
Betty Ann Sanmann
Henry Ray
Sharon Johnson
Alice Baughman
Carolyn Strackoff
Peggy Baughman
Mary Bohanan
Shirley Newby
Margaret Phillips
Mary Jane Ray
Reporter discovers his car on fire after calling for fire info
Tony Stein of the Lynchburg Daily Advance called Lynchburg fire division for a story. He learned his own car was burning, and ran downstairs to see the vehicle severely damaged. A passer-by had reported flames minutes after Stein left the office.
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Lynchburg
Tony Stein
Lynchburg Daily Advance
Fire Division
Stein
Missing Man Found In Locked Trunk In Middletown
Fred Mueller a 55 year old missing since Tuesday was found and rescued yesterday from the locked trunk of his automobile after he became ill while driving about 50 miles from home. A passing motorist heard pounding from the trunk near New Paltz and freed him.
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Middletown
N. Y
Fred Mueller
Mueller
New Paaltz
Square Dance Festival At Fort Sill Indian School
The Southwest District Square Dance association holds its semi annual festival Saturday in the Fort Sill Indian School gymnasium. Callers from Lawton Fort Sill Chickasha Duncan Fort Cobb Mountain View Roosevelt Frederick Altus Erick and Walters join. Intermission features kids squares Tate and his little Taters Lawton Rosie and her little Roses Mountain View. Kent Gardner and Jannet Holland Walters perform an exhibition waltz.
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Southwest District Square Dance Association
Fort Sill
Lawton
Chickasha
Duncan
Fort Cobb
Mountain View
Roosevelt
Frederick
Altus
Erick
Walters
Tate
Taters
Rosie
Kent Gardner
Jannet Holland
First Washington Monument Steam Elevator Took Ten Minutes
A historic note states the first steam elevator inside the Washington Monument required ten minutes to reach the top, contrasting sharply with today’s elevator which reaches the summit in about 70 seconds.
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Washington Monument
Area Men In Service in Fourth Army Food Service School
Sgt. Charles O. Coburn, husband of Mrs. Gertrude Coburn of 1803 Taylor, is now an instructor at Fort Hood Texas in the Fourth Army Area Food Service school. The training includes courses for cooks and mess stewards.
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Charles O. Coburn
Gertrude Coburn
Taylor
Fourth Army Area Food Service School
Fort Hood
Tex
Soldier Arrives in France to Join European Zone
CWO Roy L. Peddy arrived in France to join the European Communications Zone in Jaumont as a personnel officer with the 223rd Quartermaster Battalion. He and his wife Marie reside at 2509 Cornell. Penick promotion honors Earnest L. Penick of Lawton to airman first class. administrative specialist with Fifth Air Force Headquarters in Korea. He is a 1951 Elgin high school graduate who enlisted in May 1951.
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Oone
France
Roy L. Peddy
Marie
Cornell
European Communications Zone
Jaumont
223Rd Quartermaster Battalion
Earnest L. Penick
Earnest B. Penick
Lawton
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Elgin High School
Air Force
U S Welcomes Nicaragua Bid For American Meet On Reds
The United States welcomed Nicaragua suggesting a meeting of American foreign ministers to discuss the Communist threat in the western hemisphere. Officials said the precise position is undecided, but Latin nations’ concern could lead to a conference under the Rio defense treaty or the Caracas anti Communist resolution to combat communism in Guatemala. A Swedish ship delivered 2000 tons of Czech arms from Poland to Guatemala, a matter the State Department called grave.
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Washington
United States
Nicaragua
Western Hemisphere
U.S
Central America
Rio
Caracas
Guatemala
U. S
Poland
State Department
el Espectador
Puerto Barrios
Guatemala City
The
New York Times
Europe
Guillermo Sevilla
Sacasa
Amer
Tipton Seniors Graduate as Lawton Delivers Address
Tipton high school auditorium hosted graduation exercises with Dr. Sherman P. Lawton of the University of Oklahoma delivering the commencement address. Valedictorian was Mary Jane Cornelison, daughter of the school superintendent, and salutatorian was C. A. Hartwig Jr. Both posted high averages, 3.67 and 3.57 respectively, among a list of graduates including Wylodean Berry and Jimmie Lou Coffer.
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Tipton
Tipton High School
Sherman P. Lawton
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Mary Jane Cornelison
G. C. Cornelison
C. A. Hartwig, Jr
C. A. Hartwig
Cornelison
Hartwig
Wylodean Berry
Jimmie Lou Coffer
Charles Ray Craig
John Bunce DeYong
Wallace Rolland Fields
Max Earl Givens
Kenneth Ray Harrison
Jack Robert Herring
Mary Yvonne Hines
Loretta Marteney
Jo Ann Muligan
Charles Utah Mills
Neva Sue Pyle
Earnestine Seals
Zackie Carl Shaw
Doyle Glenn Weatherford
Hazel Harlan Witt
Fifth Grader Produces Brief Vacation Story
An Oklahoma City Franklin community edition notes a fifth grader’s vacation tale told in terse lines. The concise piece depicts schools out, kids eager, and teachers sharing the wait.
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Oklahoma City
Franklin Community Newspapers
Rattlesnake Bite Sends Man to Hospital for Treatment
A rattlesnake bit him and he was taken to a hospital for treatment. He received medical care and was described as stable.
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Thehor Gilbert-Woods Drug CO
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William Galbraith
Ican
Perai
Mey Tti
General Electric
Southwestern Radio & Sound
Oldsmobile
Dr. Seden
Penney’s
Kra Dare
Charley Wade
Oldsmobile Co
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