Confidence in Salk polio vaccine amid Cutter concerns
Public health officials stress confidence in the Salk polio vaccine while investigating possible faults in Cutter Laboratories batches. Eight polio cases and four suspected cases occurred after first shots, chiefly in California, Idaho, and Illinois, prompting a halt to Cutter use and a pause in West Coast inoculations.
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California
Pocatello
Idaho
Chicago
Denver
Diem-Supported Army Clashes With Binh Xuyen in Saigon
Fighting raged in Saigon as Ngo Dinh Diem’s army battled the Binh Xuyen rebels over control of South Viet Nam’s government. Reports said 120 killed, 300 wounded, with mortars, shelling, and fires across Saigon and Cho Lon. A cease-fire allegedly arranged for 5 p.m. Saigon time.
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Paris
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Petrosky
Cho Lon
Phu Lan
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Ely
Gruenther says Russia would lose European war today
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that despite Soviet strength in Europe they could not win a war now due to NATO air superiority. He warned Soviet capabilities are high but not in the same league as NATO in delivering nuclear weapons and cautioned against overestimating Moscow.
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Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
Gruenther
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman urges defense of civil rights at Chicago talk
Former President Harry S. Truman warned Decalogue Society of lawyers to vigilantly protect individual rights in a free society. He called the Bill of Rights the most sacred part of the Constitution and stressed government must stay under the law to prevent a feared rise of tyranny.
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Harry S. Truman
Decalogue Society of Lawyers
Organization For
Humanity
Utah Widow Wins American Mother of the Year Title
Lavina Christensen Fugal a 75 year old Pleasant Grove widow and mother of eight travels to New York City to accept the American Mother of the Year crown. She has been a teacher homemaker churchwoman farm leader and noted for her family centered approach and community service.
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Utah
New York City
Lavina Christensen Fugal
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Gan
Pleasant Valley
Jens Peter Fugal
The
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Utah County Planning Board
Neutral Sit In If Talks On Formosa Involve Nationalists
Sen George proposed that a neutral nation might represent the Chinese Nationalists at talks on Formosa while noting that the Republic of China or an agreed representative would need to be involved. The idea drew opposition from Chiang Kai shek supporters and raised questions about U S policy toward Communists. Senate leaders Knowland and McCarthy criticized direct talks with the Reds, stressing Chiang’s central role.
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Sen. George
D-Ga
Formosa
George
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
China
Chou En-lai
Formosa Strait
Eisenhower
Chou
N. Knowland
Ralif
Senate
Knowland
Republic of China
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Cincinnati
Red China
Chiang Kaishek
Reds
Yoshida Urges Non Red Chinese as Fifth Column
Former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida advocates using 10 million overseas Chinese outside Red China as a fifth column to detach Communist China from the Soviet Union. He says splitting the bloc best counters the Far East threat and notes freedom and trade could sway overseas Chinese to support democracy. He spoke to the Tokyo Foreign Correspondents Club and warned against underestimating communist power.
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Shigeru Yoshida
Red China
Soviet Russia
Far East
China
Russia
Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
Yoshida
Tokyo Foreign Correspondents Club
Associated Press
Asia
United States
Italian Red Misses Bid In Election
In Rome opening ballot for the Italian presidency the Communist backed Ferruccio Parri led with 308 votes but fell short of the two thirds needed, forcing a second ballot. Ce sare Merzagora trailed with 228 votes while incumbent Luigi Einaudi had 120. many blanks came from monarchist and neo fascist groups. The vote occurred at the Montecitorio Palace in a largely ceremonial session. Merzagora, 56, was named to succeed Einaudi by the Christian Democrats and is senate president.
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Reds
Cesare Merzagora
Mario Scelba
Christian
Montecitorio Palace
Chamber of Deputies
Parriang Merzagora
Christian Democrats
Merzagora
Einaudi
Senate
Operation Cue Delayed By Weather For Third Time
In Survival City Nevada the 40 kiloton atomic test was postponed again due to unfavorable winds. More than 5 000 observers braved a chilly desert night as officials canceled the shot minutes before the 5 15 a m schedule. A weather conference at 4 45 a m preceded the decision.
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Nev
Yucca Flat
Air
Nixon Says House Pounds Foolish On Budget Cuts
Vice President Nixon criticizes the House for cutting almost half of the requested funding to expand the State Department exchange of persons program. He says the information program is indispensable and warns against penny wise and pound foolish budgeting.
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Washington
State Department
McCarthy Blasts Eisenhower Over Missing U S Servicemen
In Cincinnati Senator Joseph R. McCarthy accused President Eisenhower of abandoning American servicemen to the enemy. He cited a Senate committee inquiry into 481 men held in Communist China and urged residents to pressure their elected representatives to act.
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U.S
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State Department
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China
United States
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
McCarthy
Legislature Votes Funds For Schools
Ohio legislators adjourn after nine bills including an emergency measure to appropriate more than 51 million dollars to cover the state’s school subsidy shortfall for the two year period ending June 30. The Senate approved a 100 million dollar bond issue to fund a Korean War veteran bonus, with 80 million estimated actual cost.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. Frank McClure
Ashland
Senate
House
California Serum Not In Use Here
Middletown health commissioner Robert McConaughy confirmed all polio vaccines used yesterday came from Wyeth Laboratories in Marietta Pa. He noted the vials carried control numbers checked by federal health authorities and the Ohio State Health Department. A teletype from Surgeon General Scheele and Mrs Hobby prompted a halt to Cutter vaccine use. inoculations at Middletown High were halted briefly until clearance. Wyeth vaccine was used county wide. six prior polio cases in western states may have shown illness before inoculation.
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Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Leonard Scheele
Public Health Service
Robert McConaughy
Middletown
Wyeth Laboratories
Marietta
McConaughy
Ohio State Health Department
Oveta Culp Hobby
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Greene and Lady Brokerage Company
Benjamin Sawyer
Middletown High School
Butler County
Ohio keeps polio inoculation pace despite Cutter concerns
Ohio health director Dr. Ralph E. Dwork said the polio vaccination program will continue after six Cutter vaccine related polio cases in Western states. He noted no evidence the Cutter vaccine caused the attacks and cited continued use in Dayton and Mansfield with recalls underway.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ralph E. Dwork
U.S. Public Health Service
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Clouds Bring Rain Tonight With Warmer Sixties Forecast
The Miami Valley expected to see scattered rain tonight and tomorrow with a mid 70s high. Overnight low around 42 and a projected low near 32. Temperatures run roughly seven degrees above yesterday's peak of 68.
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Miami Valley
State Replies To Sheppard Bid For New Trial
Cleveland officials signal a brief response to Dr Samuel H Sheppard's bid for a new trial based on new evidence The reply will rest on the lack of new facts and reliance on opinions The defense cites a 50 page affidavit by Dr Paul L Kirk asserting Sheppard's innocence of the wife slaying.
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Samuel H. Sheppard
Paul L. Kirk
Saul S. Danaceau
Danaceau
Kirk
Samuel R. Gerber
Dr. Kirk
University of California
Sheppard
Fall Kills Daytonian From Crane at Wright-Patterson
Dayton electrician Lawrence M. Stafford aged 64 died after falling 23 feet from a crane at Wright Patterson Air Force Base officials said he apparently lost his footing.
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Ohio
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Lawrence M. Stafford
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