New Standards Put In Place For Salk Vaccine Issues
A Public Health Service report outlines new and safer standards after mass production problems threatened a built in safety factor. Surgeon General Scheele says the vaccine holds promise for preventing polio, with lessons aiding future virus disease control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Special Health Service
Health Service
Dr. Scheele
Scheele
GM shuts 20 plants as parts shortage drives idle workers
GM closed 20 assembly and body plants idling about 60,000 workers amid wildcat strikes and parts shortages. UAW chief Walter Reuther warned of a Sunday night strike unless GM matched Ford concessions. Plants affected include Detroit and Flint Michigan. Buffalo Tonawanda New York. Indianapolis Muncie Ohio. Baltimore and more.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford Motor Co
Walter Reuther
John W. Livingston
GM Department
Therm
GM Chevrolet
Flint
Bay City
Saginaw
Mich
Buffalo
Tonawanda
N. Y
Indianapolis
Muncie
Ind
Toledo
Ohio
Baltimore
Livingston
Wildcat
Ford
Southgate
Los Angeles
Steel Union Winding Up First Drive
CIO United Steelworkers opened wage talks with Inland Steel and others as six major producers face a June 30 strike deadline. The union seeks sizable raises, with earnings in the industry around 2.33 per hour and observers estimating 12 to 15 cents likely if a deal emerges.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Inland Steel Corp
USW
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
U. S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Sunday Journal preview highlights summer plans and local updates
Sunday’s Journal previews activities as school ends. Kids outline summer plans while Boy Scouts prepare at Camp Hook. Goodwill Industries advances with Middletown plant plans. Police Captain Fitzgerald discusses his promotion and return to uniform in a feature.
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Bill Verth
Camp Hook
Goodwill Industries
Middletown
Grads To Hear Talk By Ike At Penn State
President Eisenhower will fly to Penn State University for a commencement address at University Park if weather allows. Milton S. Eisenhower, Penn State president, will present an honorary degree to his brother. A 20,000 crowd is expected and the event will be broadcast nationally. If weather turns bad, travel may switch to rail. The president will stay with Milton and then depart to Gettysburg for the weekend.
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Ike
Penn State
Washington
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
University Park
Pennsylvania
Milton S. Eisenhower
Air Force
Phillipsburg
Milton
Gettysburg
Odds And Ends Left Legislature Races To Wire
Ohio lawmakers held a Friday session to push 16 floor votes as they near a June 23 adjournment. Key measures include a brains before bricks training program for mental health care and a two tag display requirement for license plates. The House failed to approve a constitutional amendment for annual sessions, with 65 votes for and 46 against. a village mayor term change also fell one vote short. Senate proposals included credit for substitute service in the Teachers Retirement System for periods 1921 to 1949.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
Off Course Plane Blasts Sabre Jet in Germany Tragedy
A U.S. 12th Air Force spokesman said an off course American plane triggered the scramble of two F86F fighters. One Sabre exploded over a Rhineland village, killing the pilot as flaming debris set two cars ablaze and burned a motorist. The unidentified craft was a friendly plane misrouted on a routine flight. Lt. Gen. Robert M. Lee noted such intercept scrambles occur frequently.
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Ramstein
Germany
U.S. 12Th Air Force
Rhineland
Robert M. Lee
Air Force
New Tariff Concessions Granted To Switzerland
The United States granted new tariff concessions to Switzerland to offset higher duties on watches and watch movements. The agreement lowers rates on Swiss hatbraids, cameras, embroidery and other items by 12 to 50 percent, averaging a 44 percent cut. Swiss shipments to the U S totaled about 8.1 million dollars annually. Canada and Belgium also gain tariff relief on certain goods to offset domestic objections.
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Washington
United States
Switzerland
Canada
Belgium
Dulles Seeks Quick Senate Vote on Austrian Treaty
Secretary of State Dulles appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to push fast approval of the Austrian peace treaty signed in Vienna on May 15. Committee Chairman George says no opposition is expected and a smooth path through the committee and possibly to the Senate awaits the treaty. Dulles authored the document. the Big Three pursued it in numerous sessions with the Soviet Union since 1946. The Russians ended their opposition this spring.
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Washington
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vienna
Sen. George
D-Ga
Senate
Soviet Union
Fatal Door Latch Accident Claims Madison Child
In Madison Nebraska young Frank Thomas Geary, aged 2, exclaimed to his mother Mrs. John Geary as she backed the family car from the driveway. The door latch snapped and the door flew open, causing the child to fall to his death.
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Madison, Neb
Frank Thomas Geary
John Geary
Frank
TVA Power Plant Proposed Instead of Line Linkup
The House Appropriations Committee backed a Fulton TVA steam plant plan, earmarking funds to start its construction and rejecting a Dixon Yates power line. The action could leave the Dixon Yates project without an outlet, fueling a partisan floor fight ahead of the 1956 campaign.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Dixon-Yates
House
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority Power System
TVA
Fulton
Ten
Congress
Dixon- Yates Group
Middle South Utilities Co
Edgar H. Dixon
Southern Co
Eugene Yates
Dixon-Yates Group
Atomic Energy Commission
Energy Tva
Fulton Tva
Mississippi River
Dixon
Eisenhower
AEC
Southeastern Power Administration
Southwestern Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration
Reclamation Bureau
Army
Ike Signs Bill Hiking Postal Pay
President Eisenhower signed a law boosting salaries for about 500000 postal workers by 8 percent on average, about 164 million dollars yearly. The measure includes reclassification to raise some supervisory pay and dates back March 1 for the base increase.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Summerfield
Department
Dayton Teen Invites Ike to Graduation
Dale Mote an 18 year old Brookville High School senior in Dayton Ohio sent President Eisenhower a graduation invitation. The White House replied with congratulations making it a memorable gift. He begins naval boat training with the United States next Monday.
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Dayton
Ohio
Dale Mote
Brookville High School
Eisenhower
Dale
Ike
White House
United States
Scattered Showers Damp Weekend Weather Outlook
A dour weather forecaster says today will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and tomorrow. Highs range 68 to 73 today and 65 to 70 tomorrow with Sunday little change. Overnight low mid 30s tonight and yesterday’s high reached 74 with a 60 morning low. Rainfall yesterday was 0.1 inches.
Checking Hall Cap And Uniform Contracts Secret Witnesses To Testify
The Senate Investigations Subcommittee held secret testimony for two unnamed witnesses as it resumed public hearings on military uniform contracts. Chicago hat maker Harry Lev, questioned for a fourth day, claimed his patents on grommeted visored caps give him advantage, denied sharing ideas with procurers, and described his fortune from military cap profits.
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G. Milton Kelly
Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Harry Lev
Lev
Chicago
Army
Marine Corps
Pinsk
Poland
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Air Force
Leo
McClellan
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