Polio Vaccine Program Faces Safer Standards After Flaws
Federal health officials released a comprehensive report on polio vaccine manufacture errors found during mass inoculation. The study cites live viruses in final mixtures and gaps in manufacturer records, while promising new biologics and safer procedures to advance disease prevention efforts. Chicago halted certain vaccinations due to polio cases, as Idaho reported new cases linked to vaccinated children’s close associates.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Special Health Service
Health Service
Scheele
New York Times
Hobby
Chicago Board of Health
Roland R. Cross
Illinois
Chicago
Idaho
Fair Board Considers Site Swap for School Plans
County Fair directors discussed using the fairgrounds for a new senior high school as an alternative to adding to the current building. Citizens advisors Dan Ault and Clifford Fritz presented the idea, but no official vote or conclusions were reached.
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County Fairgrounds
Citizens Advisory Committee
Citizens Group
Dan Ault
Clifford M. Fritz
Fairgrounds
Fair Board
Ault
Fritz
Fred T. Burgy
Herman J. Schmitz
Harold S. Haworth
O. L. Hare
Ernest W. Hayes
Louis R. Wolleson
WEKZ
American Legion
Reuben Pagel
Floral Hall
American Bishop Freed by Red China
Catholic Bishop Frederick Donaghy of New Bedford Massachusetts arrived in Hong Kong after nearly five years confinement in Red China. He was arrested December 1950 and after five months imprisoned, then placed under house detention. He was tried three days ago convicted of subversive activities and expelled.
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Hong Kong
Frederick Donaghy
New Bedford
Mass
Red China
James Edward Walsh
Cumberland, Md
Shanghai
Dong
Wuchow
Kwangsi Province
Citizens advisory panel surveys Monona Blooming Grove high project
R W Blaha chairman along with Herbert Lanz and William Amstutz members of the citizens advisory committee on school building plans were in Madison last night to study the Monona Blooming Grove joint district high school project. The new building, for 810 students, is slated for completion by the fall term opening. The group then met Elwin Willett, district building committee chair.
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R. W. Blaha
Herbert Lanz
William Amstutz
Citizens Advisory Committee
Madison
Monona-Blooming Grove
Elwin Willett
Legion Group Installs Schild At Green County Meet
Walter Schild of Juda was installed chef de gare of the Green County 40 and 8 group at a meeting last night in the Legion Home. Installing officer was T. C. Raymond of Madison. Other officers named include Alvin Riese Juda chef de train Daniel F. Sullivan Belleville cor respondent Arthur Klingbeil Brodhead commissaire intendant Harold D. Schulz Monticello conducteur Russell Howard Belleville sous conducteur Raymond D. Fritz garde de la porte Robert J. Alder historian Doran R. Zwygart avocat Wayne G. Russell aumonier Samuel H. Pickett commis voyageur Glen au lampiste Herbert Dobson Blanchardville Set du drapeaux Robert Bernstein Brodhead cheminot Kenneth W. Stuart Monroe cheminot Dean Peterson Brodhead cheminot and Dr David Ruehman medicin.
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Walter Schild
Juda
Green County
Legion
T. C. Raymond
Madison
Alvin Riese
Chef de Train
Daniel F. Sullivan
Belleville
Correspondant
Arthur Klingbeil
Brodhead
Commissaire
Harold D. Schulz
Monticello
Russell Howard
Dean Peterson
David D. Ruehlman
Exiled Cuban ex-secret police chief slain in Havana gun battle
Havana police killed former secret police chief Jorge Agostini in a gun fight last night. An associate of deposed President Carlos Prio Socarra s he had returned from exile under an assumed name.
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Havana
Cuba
Jorge Agostini
Agostini
Carlos Piio Socarras
Rehearsals Start Sunday for June 18 Picture Conference
Two group rehearsals for the Green County Picture Press Conference are set for Sunday. Women contacted by Mrs Albert Aeberle will meet at 2 pm in Turner hall to learn their parts. Men may bowl and demonstrate hornussen for press and TV cameras on June 18, practice at Town Hall cheese factory four miles west of Monticello on County Trunk C.
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Green County
Albert Aeberle
Turner Hall
Town Hall
Monticello
Kuhne
Ed Bregenzer
Town Hall Factory
Karnussen
Picture Project Plans Shaping Up
Indications that more than 20 writers and photographers will attend the Green County Picture Press Conference were noted at the committee meeting. Acceptances come from newspapers networks and magazines. 17 reporters and cameramen will join. The list includes Wisconsin State Journal Madison Capital Times Milwaukee Journal Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Beloit Daily News Rockford Star Hoard's Dairyman Olsen Daily Publications CBS Newsfilms B F Goodrich magazines Allis Chalmers Minneapolis Star Chicago North Side Newspapers Miller High Life and a Rockford color postcard film.
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Green County
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison Capital Times
Milwaukee Journal
Milwaukee Sentinel
Associated Press
Beloit Daily News
Rockford Star
Hoard’s Dairyman
Olsen Daily Publications
CBS Television Newsfilms
First unit arrives at Camp McCoy for summer drills
The advance party of the 32nd Division reached Camp McCoy Wisconsin to prepare for summer training exercises. About 800 soldiers are led by Lt. Col. William G. Kastner division adjutant general in charge.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
William G. Kastner
Parts Shortages Force GM Plant Closures and Walkouts
GM closed 20 assembly and body plants idling 60,000 workers due to strike related parts shortages. The UAW and GM negotiate a contract with Ford style concessions while walkouts halt parts flow to plants in Detroit Flint Buffalo Indianapolis Muncie Toledo Baltimore and more. GM seeks legal rulings on guaranteed pay tax exemption and defense contract costs as talks resume before Sunday deadline.
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General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford Motor Co
Walter Reuther
GM Chevrolet
Detroit
Flint
Bay City
Saginaw
Mich
Buffalo
Tonawanda
N. Y
Indianapolis
Muncie
Ind
Toledo
Ohio
Baltimore
Ford
Washington
Tariff Concessions Help Swiss Goods Reach U S
Washington reports the United States granted tariff concessions to Switzerland to offset higher duties on watches and movements. The agreement lowers duties on Swiss braids handkerchiefs cameras embroidery sewing and timing devices knit underwear and coal-tar derivatives. Reductions range from 12 to 50 percent affecting about 8.1 million dollars in annual Swiss shipments to the United States.
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Washington
United States
Switzerland
Canada
Belgium
First Atom Unit Sold to Switzerland for Peaceful Research
The United States agrees to sell a first research reactor to Switzerland for 180000 dollars. The reactor, powered by enriched uranium leased for five years, will be used solely for peaceful atomic energy research and shown at the Geneva UN conference August 8 to 20. Switzerland’s Henry Torrente attends, with Atomic Energy Commissioner Strauss and Assistant Secretary Marchant signing.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy
Lewis L. Strauss
Livingston T. Marchant
State Department
Switzerland
Henry Torrente
Atomic Energy Commission
United Nations
Geneva
Russia
Kidnap Claim Probed After Racine to Monroe Drive
A 19 year old Racine youth reported being forced at knifepoint to drive from Racine to near Monroe. Sheriff Humber said no trace of the described abducter, a tall Black man in a black shirt and brown trousers, was found after Lonergan was questioned and released.
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Racine
Monroe
Samuel F. Humber
Thomas D. Lonergan
18Th Street
Lonergan
Ajax
Highway 11
Elkhorn
Normal Students Receive Diplomas From Platteville College
Dr Milton Longhorn spoke at commencement for 13 Green County Normal school graduates. Principal Otto W Lund noted turnout lower than last year but predicted doubling of graduates next year. Diplomas were distributed by J R Schesser. The program included a choir directed by Marilyn J Hanson. Names of graduates include Bennet Davenport DeVoe Flannery Hoff Jacobson Keehn Peckham Purcell Schesser Smith Spring Zentner.
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Milton Longhorn
Platteville State College
Green County Normal School
Otto W. Lund
Longhorn
Lund
J. R. Schesser
County Normal School Board
Clarence C. Warfel
Normal School
Marilyn J. Hanson
Evelyn Johnson
Elsbeth Ruth Bennet
Monticello
Rose Ann Davenport
Albany
Vera V. DeVoe
Monroe
Helen Flannery
Argyle
Marie H. Hoff
Brodhead
Corrine Jacobson
Sth
Leona M. Keehn
Brooklyn
Neva Peckham
Rosemary Purcell
21St Avenue
Rita Schesser
Frances L. Smith
Belleville
Louise Spring
Doris I. Zentner
8Th Avenue
Lake Area Opposes Boys School Plan Near Silver Lake
Residents of Dousman Eagle North Prairie and surrounding towns oppose a six million dollar state boys school planned for Silver Lake in the Kettle Moraine forest 15 miles southwest of Waukesha The plan approved by Gov Kohler and Republicans faces local petitions and mixed support from area officials including Bruno Wingerter while others warn of escape risks and property devaluation.
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Waukesha
Silver Lake
Dewey Cory
Dousman
Kohler
Senate
Here
Kettle Moraine State Forest
Eagle
North Prairie
The
Bruno Wingerter
Donald Johnson
Lary Wolf
Dousman Construction Company
Kettle Moraine Forest
President Signs Postal Pay Hike
Washington reports President Eisenhower signed a law raising postal workers salaries by 8 percent on average, about 164 million dollars annually. The package, the third postal pay bill in 10 months, includes authority to reshuffle jobs to curb inequities and boost efficiency. A 6 percent retroactive raise from March 1 and a 2 percent reclassification boost take effect later, with larger gains for some supervisory staff.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Summerfield
Wrecked Swedish Tanker Johannishus Sparks Dutch Search
In Rotterdam a Dutch tug moved toward the burning Swed ish tanker Johannishus after a fire in the English Channel. Nineteen crewmen are missing and feared dead, with salvage and rescue efforts underway.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Alice in Dairyland entrants head to Portage for regional contest
Green County's two Alice in Dairyland contestants Shirley Leopold and Kathryn Chambers head to Portage with 28 other finalists from nine southern Wisconsin counties for a regional contest. Winners advance to the state finals in Wausau June 23 and 24 to crown the next Alice in Dairyland ambassador.
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Green County
Alice In Dairyland
Portage
Wisconsin
Shirley Leopold
Kathryn Chambers
Boscobel
Bob Dearth
Monroe
Caryl Teasdale
Darlington
Janet Scheckel
Prairie du Chien
Richland
Sauk
Columbia
Iowa
Crawford
Lafayette
Green
Grant
Dane
Wausau
Dairy
Good Will
Mary Ellen McCabe
Ladysmith
Woman’s Civic League
Raulf
League
Wisconsin Assembly approves motor fuel tax increase bill
The Wisconsin Assembly voted 57 to 40 to approve a two cent boost in motor fuel taxes and sent the measure back to the Senate with an amendment. The bill would raise $20 million yearly for highway funding and traffic patrol expansion.
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Madison
Assembly
Senate
Kohler
Pommerening
R-Wauwatosa
Motor Vehicle Department
Board of Health
UW Alumni Association Re-elects Mrs Schindler
Mrs John A Schindler has been re elected to the board of directors of the Wisconsin Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin. She will serve another three year term starting July 1. The annual meeting at Memorial Union is scheduled for Saturday June 18.
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John A. Schindler
Wisconsin Alumni Association
University of Wisconsin
Schindler
Memorial Union
Mrs Riemer Monroe Woman Dies of Heart Attack at Home
Grace Riemer 62 of 1800 21st Avenue died at 3 25 p m yesterday after a heart attack. Born February 2 1893 in Clarno Township she married Benjamin Riemer January 9 1912. Survived by daughter Mrs Robert Keegan and other relatives. Funeral Sunday at 2 p m Stuessy Funeral Home with Rev Bernard Bartel officiating. burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Grace Riemer
21St Avenue
Riemer
Grace Sommerfeldt
Clarno Township
William and
Amelia Maske Sommerfeldt
Benjamin Riemer
Staver
Martintown
Monroe
Frederick
Immanuel Evangelical United Brethers Church
Robert Keegan
Robert Sommerfeldt
H. F. Neyman
Hortonville
Minn
Paul Schroeder
Jay Trumoy
Orange
Calif
F. M. Hallstrom
Webster
S. D
Stuessy Funeral Home
Bernard Bartel
Immanuel Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Youth Dies in Crash Near Columbus
Farl J. Kurtz, 21, of Route 1 Reeseville was found dead early today in his wrecked auto east of Columbus after failing to negotiate a curve at the Dodge County Trunks T and TT intersection, the power pole strike.
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Columbus
Farl J. Kurtz
Route 1
Reeseville
Here
Dodge County
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U.S
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Lake Area
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ATOM
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Seawolf
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Richard Laning
Groton
Conn
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Don Wilkinson
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