Fund Started to Aid Eight Polio Victims
A fundraising drive by WREX and the Innebago County Polio Foundation helps the Walsh family of Durand where eight of fourteen children have polio. Four are in Rockford hospitals, four cared for at home. Doctor Leonard says Edward 16 worsens with bulbar polio while David 17 improves. both rely on iron lungs. Lorraine Walsh, 18, appears on Strike It Rich in New York City with relatives, as priests note prayers are sought.
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Rockford, IL
UPA Fund
Keron Walsh
Durand
Walsh
Rockford
WREX
Innebago County
National Polio Foundation
Charles Leonard
David
Edward
Leonard
Julie
Rose Ellen
Lorraine Walsh
New York City
CBS
Leonard Walsh
Joseph Driscoll
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Father Driscoll
Durach
Three Negro Students Break 166 Year Racial Barriers at UNC
In Chapel Hill North Carolina three Negro youths Leroy Frasier Ralph Frasier and John L Brandon were admitted to the undergraduate school marking the first such enrollment at the 166 year old University of North Carolina They will commute from Durham and take aptitude tests before starting classes The move follows a federal court order and signals a broadened access while LSU Arkansas Tech and Henderson State also admit Negro undergraduates under court orders.
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University of North Carolina At
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Leroy Frasier
Ralph
John L. Brandon
Durham
Hillside
Frasier
N. C. Mutual Life Insurance Agency
Brandon
College of Commerce
LSU
Ay Starte
William B. Rodman
North Carolina
Ltmastees
U. S. Supreme Court
Arkansas
Arkansas Tech
Russell Isreland
Henderson State Teachers College
Arkadelphia
Fact Finders Hear Dockers Grievances
A new citizens fact finding committee meets to consider dock union grievances against the New York New Jersey Waterfront Commission. The Port of New York sees heavy activity as about 20 000 stevedores resume full schedules after an eight day strike ending Wednesday. The ILA plans to present its bill of particulars to the commission by October 1. The committee's creation is denounced by New Jersey Governor Meyner as presumptuous. New York Governor Harriman has urged the union to address the commission directly. The ILA accuses the commission of abusing power and harassing longshoremen. the commission denies the charges and accuses the union of lawlessness.
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New York-New Jersey
Port of
Newyork
International Longshoremen's Assn
Uind
Bistate Lommission
Lunion
TILA
William V. Bradley
Bradley
New Jersey
Robert B. Meyner
Averell Harriman
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Commission
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Romance of Odette Sansom and Churchill Ends in Divorce
Capt. Peter Churchill files for divorce from former Mrs. Odette Sansom naming a co respondent Hallowes. Mrs Churchill reportedly will not contest. The couple, both spies in occupied France, met during World War II after Sansom helped Churchill escapeGestapo capture and torture, later receiving the George Cross and Legion of Honor. A film about her wartime story exists.
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London
Odette
Peter Churchill
Odette Sansom
Hallowes
Churchill
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