Polio Vaccine Status To Be Given Nation In Detailed Report
A detailed national update on polio vaccine status was promised as Dr. Jonas Salk, Basil O'Connor, and officials arrived at NIH. Salk said a few hours or a day would clarify remaining questions while he appeared cheerful and noted it was a lovely day. O'Connor defended faith in the vaccine, stating he had not lost confidence.
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Cinlists
National Institutes of Health
Salk
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
O’connor
Independence
Harry S. Truman
Fort Worth
Detroit
Wayne County
Washington
Michigan
Albert Heustis
Canada
Ottawa
Paul Martin
University of Toronto
Connaught Laboratories
Public Health Service
Scheele
Pigford
D.C
Lubbock
Texas State Health Department
Austin
Leonard A. Scheele
Civic meet in Lubbock for city managers agenda
City managers from Bryan and La Mesa join a conference at the Caprock hotel in Lubbock. A welcome, breakfast, and opening sessions feature speeches by mayoral and city official leaders, with topics on bond programs housing rules and subdivision regulations.
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Bryan
Carroll A. Taylor
Lamesa
Comanche
Moss
Ridley
the Caprock
Hubert Bratcher
St. John’s Methodist Church
Tripp
Murrell R. Tripp
W. E. Routh
Temple
Fannin
Polio Vaccine Guidance From National Health Effort
Officials outline polio vaccine production limits and distribution plans emphasizing speed without overpromising. They warn against bootlegging rumors, political pressure, or adult priority, noting allocations to NIH and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and a goal to vaccinate nine million children by year end.
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Francis
Ann Arbor
Chester S. Keefer
Eisenhower
National Institutes of Health
National Foundation For
Washington
Laboratory of Biologics Control
U.S. Public Health Service
Biologics Control Law
4-H Contest Winners Across Counties Highlight Fair Week
Swisher County leads dairy foods and vegetable team wins while Lubbock Hale and Hale counties claim multiple honors in livestock soil water and safety contests. Over 75 youth and agents prepare for the 4-H Roundup in College Station May 10.
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Lubbock County
Texas Tech
Juanette Williams
Jorja Blackmon
Dairy Foods
Naomi Robbins
Laura Ellen Horn
Jane Williams
Vivian Binion
Page One
Jo Beth Stubblefield
Sharleen Barnett
Barbara Thornton
Swisher County
Juanette Wiliams
Carolyn Jones
Jadine Young
Judy Dawson
Swisher
Nancy Preatt
Sue Campbell
Lynn Club
Lynn County
Denver Ford
Hilton Wood
Joe Roper
Dan Sealy
Floyd County
Norman Brints
David Mount
Dale Kincer
Joe Jones
Stviles Belcher
Dan Schutte
Harold Duke
Kiian Burk
Chris Knch
Hale County
Mack Shubert
Pat Shepperd
Elowwn Ellis
Ralph Miers
Ollie Liner
Plainview
Kenny McEachern
Jesse Masters
Tommy Marshall
Lubbock
Jim Bob Hargrove
Robert Johnson
Bobby Thomas
John Ford
Jerry Scarborough
Mike Shubert
Hockley County
Don Irving Schaub
Billy Guetersioh
Ray Decker
Jones
Wmrls
College Station
Dulles Seeks European Unity Ahead of Big Four Talks
In Paris Secretary of State Dulles outlined a vision of a new Western Europe and NATO role as peace instrument. He planned meetings with MacMillan Adenauer and Pearson, plus Pinay, en route to a Big Four conference. Britain seeks a definite time and place for talks and notes toward a summit, subject to approval.
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Dulles
South Viet Nam
Ban Dai
Sec
Paris
NATO Council
Western European Union
Europe
NATO
U.S
Harold MacMillan
Adenauer
Lester B. Pearson
Antoine Pinay
Atlantic Council
Britain
France
Russia
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
Faithful Umbrella Demo Sparks Rain Claim in Hobart
Bledsoe urged 1 000 people to prove faith by making it rain as umbrellas and raincoats grew to 1 900 in Hobart. Mayor Watkins resisted removing his rain gear while officials debated a test of faith amid advancing sun and clouds. In Britain Eden urged a May 26 general election summit and Dulles pressed for a high level conference with MacMillan and Pinay to set an agenda.
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Bledsoe
Watkins
Eden
Russia
London
Dulles
MacMillan
Pinay
Polio Shots Report No Ill Effects in County
Officials say no polio cases in Lubbock County since vaccination began and no patient suffering any ill effects. Dr. C A Pigford notes he is informed immediately of any outbreak and physicians report no adverse reactions from Cutter Laboratories vaccine recalled by the U S.
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Lubbock County
C. A. Pigford
Lubbock City-County
Pigford
Cutter Laboratories
Bids Open On Four South Plains Highway Projects
The Texas Highway Dept will accept bids May 17 18 on four South Plains highway projects totaling about 15 million dollars. Major items include widening Avenue Q in Lubbock to a four lane divided boulevard and four laning US 87 from Plainview to the Swisher County line, plus grading and paving on Farm Roads 303 and AST across several counties.
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South Plains
U. S
Texas Highway Dept
34Th Street
50Th Street
South Lubbock
Plainview
Swisher County
Lamb County
Cochran County
Hockley County
Stonewall
Scurry
Kent
Mitchell
Haskell
Nolan
Taylor
Callahan
Shackelford
Jones
Howard Counties
Kefauver cites unity as key for Texas Democrats in 1956
Demo chairman Kefauver predicts Texas will back the Democratic presidential candidate over the Republican nominee. He praises Landon Johnson and Sam Rayburn and cites Butler Shivers hopes to head Texas delegation, while urging party unity and loyalty. Also notes Shivers rejects Stevenson and comments on GOP weakness. A Sunday supper menu follows.
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Eisenhower
Sewell
Texas
America
Kefauver
Desert experiment aims to turn Egyptian coast into grazing land
Desert expert Bradford Knapp outlines a plan to reclaim 4,000,000 coastal desert acres for grazing using controlled sheep grazing, windbreaks, and new grasses. 300 varieties tested along 300 miles between Alexandria and Sollum, with aims to extend to 10 to 15 miles inland. Potential 8 to 10 year profit and is tied to Bedouin cultural challenges. Knapp, son of former Texas Tech president, has U.S. Agriculture ties and academic background.
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Knapp
Alexandria
Sollum
Egypt
Ras el- Hekma
Middle Eastern
TECH
Bradford Knapp
Texas Tech
Lubbock
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Dallas
Freeport
Overton
Oklahoma City
Seaman A. Knapp
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Terrell
Texas
Iowa State University
Florida State College
Births of Two Daughters and a Son in Local Hospitals
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs G L Woodruff of Matador on the birth of a daughter at 11 04 pm weighing 6 pounds 8 On the same weekend Mr and Mrs Hector Mackay of 8316 25th St announce a daughter born at 1 55 am weighing 7 pounds 0 The child is delivered at Methodist Hospital The father is an assistant manager at Rocky Ford Moving and Storage Mr and Mrs Myrtle Turner of Ropesville report a son born at 3 13 am weighing 9 pounds 0 The father works as a city lineman in Brownfield at Porter Clinic.
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Elgin E. Crull
Dallas
TMRS
Social Security
Dean Gorham
Texas Municipal Retirement System
Austin
Chicago
Whitney
Ridley
Taylor
Brazil
McAdams
Crutchfield
H. A. Thomason
Wichita Falls
Mackenzie State Park
Tripp
Reese Air Force Base
Wm. H. Gordon
Chas. A. Guy
Avalanche Journal
H. P. Clifton
G. L. Woodruff
Matador
Methodist Hospital
Ford Automobile
Hector Mackay
25Th St
Rocky Ford Moving
Mir
Myrtle Turner
Ropesville
Porter Clinic
Brownfield
Tech Sweeps Rodeo By Broad Margin At Jones Stadium
Texas Tech dominated the Sixth Annual Rodeo with 693 points, doubling Sul Ross 373 and Hardin-Simmons 210. Sul Ross star Tex Martin led individuals with 229 points. Bekky Jo Smith of Hardin-Simmons topped the girls with 205. The event was final for the Southwestern region Intercollegiate Rodeo Association, with Tech and Sul Ross earning national meet bids in Lake Charles, Louisiana. About 8,000 attended the three performances at Jones Stadium.
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Joe Maclaughlin
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
Rough ’N Ready Cowboys
Jones Stadium
Sul Ross College
Hardin-Simmons University
Tech
Sul Ross
HSU
San Angelo Junior College
Odessa Junior College
New Mexico A&m
Tex Martin
Gene Graham
Dave Hopper
Johnny Leonard
Bekky Jo Smith
Hardin-Simmons
Mildred Cotton
Sal Ross
Suelo Caudle
Buddine Fredricks
Intercollegiate Rodeo Association
Lake Charles
Joan McGee
Hereford
Don Workman
C. J. Harderman
D. D. Petty
Lee Cockrell
Don Mitchell
Bil Gray
Hardin Simmons
Bill Watts
Odessa
BF. Yeates
Kenny McMillan
Lyndon Waldrop
Bill Teague
B. F. Yeates
Neji] Love
Hardin- Simmons
Vyfildred Cotton
New A&m
Betty Sims
BrandonicReynolds
San Anegio Junior College
Bob Powell
Dave Hooper
Jack Sewell
Future Farmers of America
Ray Herring
Bobby Lee
Pi Beta Phi
Ann Witty
Nancy Roberts
Queen Contest Row Allegedly Reassigned Winner
Miss Janice Stevenson contested the selection as Toombs County Farm Bureau officials reportedly altered the envelope to favor Sarah Ellen. Mrs Cox Youmans said she sealed the original ballot and officers allegedly held up the envelope to the light. Janice claimed her 4 H work wasn’t decisive though her singing impressed in the festival talent phase.
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Juanita Stevenson
Toombs
Cox Youmans
Farm Bureau
Janice
Sarah Ellen
Ranch-town Texas Tech dance buzz ends in club damage
Deputies investigated a Saturday early morning altercation after a post rodeo celebration at the Cotton Club on Slaten Highway. Youthful revelers caused notable furnishings damage at the venue but no serious injuries were reported.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Cotton Club
Slaten Highway
Texas Tech
Triple Davy Crockett reunion at 1111 Oceans Drive
In Dallas on May 7 a family reunion at 1111 Oceans Drive drew three men named Davy Crockett. David Walkup Crockett 55. his son David Wauchope Crockett 31 of Houston. and David Calvin Crockett 4. The elder, a great grandson of the frontier hero, recounts autograph requests as a department store promotion backs the gathering.
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Davy Crockett
Alamo
Texas Liberty
David Walkup Crockett
Dallas
Davy
David Wauchope Crockett
David Calvin Crockett
Houston
Oceans Drive
Davy Crocketts
Lil Odeans Drive
Houston Crockett
West Point
Corpus lad wins top award in ISL journalism meet
Jimmy Hicks of Ray High School Corpus Christi dominates Conference AA journalism at the ISL state meet earning 331 points and the school the conference championship. Carolyn Frailey Sulphur Springs tops Conference A, Patricia Hope Marfa wins Conference B. Glenn Johnson McCalum High School Austin president Dan Hays Brownsville vice president Miss Lee Cullum Dallas secretary.
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Austin
Jimmy Hicks
Ray High School
Corpus Christi
Hicks
Carolyn Frailey
Sulphur Springs
Patricia Hope
Marfa
Glenn Johnson
McCalum High School
Dan Hays
Brownsville
Lee Cullum
Highland Park High School
Dallas
Lubbock
Adamson
Ttle
Lubboc High School
Virginia Bray
Cornelia Childs
Hub City
Austin High
el Paso
Johnny Caldwell
Richard Shannon
la Feria
Jack Furman
Kerrville
Mickey Wilson
Temple
Leland Carmichael
John McDaniel
Doctors Hope Brodie Twin Hemorrhage Has Stopped
Chicago reports doctors believe the mysterious brain hemorrhage threatening Rodney Brodie may have stopped. The 12 year old Siamese twin who survived a separation operation looks better and rests comfortably, though he remains in a coma from the prior lapse.
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Brodie Twin
Chicago
Rodney Brodie
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Ronald Ammons
Ellis Langston
Don Langston
Hobart
Henry King
Student Union Building
Royce Cawthon
Everett F. Cox
Sandia Laboratory
Albuquerque
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