Polio vaccine not near says Maricopa official
Don Willis, March of Dimes director for Maricopa County, says a protective polio vaccine is not around the corner. After a New York meeting, he notes polio research is promising but requires long steps from animal tests to human use and field deployment. Scientists are designing final solutions while progress remains uncertain.
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Don Willis
March of Dimes
Maricopa County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
New York City
Foundation
Willis
Pink felt circles cushion china plates in dining setup
Instructions describe using pinked felt circles of varying sizes as shock absorbers between china. dinner plates receive eight pads cut one inch smaller in diameter than the plates, while circles for salad plates and other dishes are cut accordingly.
Engineers to Discuss Union at Phoenix Meeting
All professional engineers in the area are invited to a meeting of the Arizona Society of Professional Engineers at 8 p.m. today in the Phoenix Union High School Administration Building. Methods of merging 15 prominent engineering societies in the country into one unit will be discussed.
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Arizona Society of Professional Engineers
Phoenix Union High School
North 11Th Avenue
Eastern Star Visit and Local Events in Mesa
Mesa notes report the Arizona grand matron Elsie Dungan and grand patron Paul Yates visiting for a banquet at Taylor's Inn with an evening meeting honoring Mrs. M. N. Harmon. Also announced are the Pepper Street Players production Kind Lady May 11-12, and local honors in Red Cross, Navy Mothers, and a Tri-State LDS convention at Mesa High.
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Eastern Star
Mesa
Pepper Street Players
Mary Elizabeth Lewis
Jack Coggins
Wanda Beck
Lorin Burt
Jack Matthews
Porgy Roberts
Patsy Coleman
Alice Shumway
Jane Hawkins
Max Hawkins
Ruth Burt
William Lussier
John Scott
Francis Lewis
Jealous husband kills wife and rival in Grand Rapids
In Grand Rapids Michigan on April 16 Robert Leroy a 39 year old paper company president shot and killed his wife Wayne 38 and Art Westlund 50 after a dispute over infidelity. Leroy then killed himself. Robert Leroy Jr. phoned police and protected his siblings. Westlund and Wayne were staying at the Leroys swank home overlooking a lake after moving from Scarsdale last September. Westlund and Leroy had been drinking. Leroy’s note blamed infidelity with Westlund. Westland lived in Scarsdale with his wife and daughter and worked as Fisk Tire national sales manager.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Robert W. Leroy
Wayne
Arthur Westlund
Scarsdale
N. Y
Robert Leroy, Jr
Leroys
Grand Rapids
Westland
Leroy
Arnold Pigorsh
Westlund
Art Westlund
Paper Corporation of America
Michigan
Fisk Tires
Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to UA Professors
Three University of Arizona faculty members receive Guggenheim fellowships with grants from 2400 to 3000 dollars. Recipients include Dr. Bertram S. Kraus anthropology, Dr. Joe Truesdell Marshall zoology, and Dr. Ruth Lee Kennedy Spanish from Smith College Northampton Massachusetts.
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Tucson
University of Arizona
Bertram S. Kraus
Joe Truesdell Marshall
Ruth Lee Kennedy
Smith College
Northhampton
Mass
British Oil Plant Barely Operates Amid Strike Turmoil
TEHRAN April 16 AP The Abadan refinery of Anglo Iranian Oil Company remained almost shut despite 3,200 workers returning to their posts and no picket activity. Reports from the oil center say agitators intimidate others from reporting, with Iranian army patrols guarding the world’s largest refinery, hub of the company’s operations. Korea’s population is about 30 million and area 85,246 square miles, slightly larger than Idaho.
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Tehran
Iran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Abadan
Southern Oil Center
Korea
Area
Idaho
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Navy Mothers
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Mesa High School
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West Main and
Macdonald Streets
Alfredo
Ygnacio Martinez
Irving School
Lupe Mendoza
Sharon Mulleneaux
British Oil Plant
Oonnar
Booper's
ADA
Dusty Rose
Kelly
Furnitus
Rowe
Orpor
Toshio
Riy
Ashian
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