Victory Over Polio Serum Safe and Effective
Ann Arbor reports the Salk polio vaccine is safe and effective, 80 to 90 percent against paralytic polio in tests. Dr. Thomas Francis Jr. and Dr. Jonas E. Salk announce schedules for two to three shots, booster timing, and expected licensure within 48 hours. The findings show low major reactions and strong protection, with detailed breakdowns by polio type and study area.
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University of Michigan
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Pittsburgh
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Canada
Finland
County Vaccination Clinics This Week
Dr. S A Ford Raleigh County health officer announced a county polio vaccination program to start this week depending on vaccine shipment. Fifteen centers will inoculate 5229 first and second graders with Salk vaccine, voluntary, with additional vaccinations planned for other children.
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Raleigh County
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Raleigh County Medical Society
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Charleston
County Medical Society
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Beckley
National Foundation For
Give children priority for Salk polio vaccine says AMA
Dr Dwight H Murray AMA board chairman urged today that children receive priority in polio vaccination. He noted the vaccine’s success as a landmark in medicine and advised parents not to rush for shots for themselves since many adults are immune. He called for no financial barrier to vaccination and cited organized plans by medical societies with health officers.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Dwight H. Murray
American Medical Assn
Murray
Napa
Calif
License for Vaccine To Be Issued Today
Washington secretary of Welfare Hobby will license the Salk polio vaccine for general use at 4 p.m. EST with Mrs. Hobby’s signature required before sale. The Welfare Department said the signing would occur in the secretary’s office after noon. Licensing approval came from Dr. William Workman of NIH Biologics Control Laboratory, who had telephoned in praise after evaluating the vaccine in Ann Arbor earlier today.
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Secretary of Welfare
Hobby
Ann Arbor
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Indictment for Attempted Murder Dropped in Raleigh Court
On motion by the Prosecuting Attorney the Raleigh County Criminal Court nullified an indictment charging Robert Anderson of Beckley with attempted murder. Prosecutor Anthony Sparacino said the complainant failed to appear twice at scheduled trial dates.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
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Beckley
Anthony J. Sparacino
Calloway Heights Baptist Church Debt Stated
Rev B L Jones says Calloway Heights Baptist Church carries an indebtedness of 3500 dollars. The church aimed to retire the debt by September as previously claimed debt free status appeared in an editorial.
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B. L. Jones
Jones
Invitations Sent For Tonight's Raleigh Meeting
Over 200 invitations have been issued for Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association's annual membership meeting tonight at 8 p.m. in Room 10 Memorial Building. Miss Helen Smithson of Alderson will speak. the public may attend. A year in review of the association's work will be presented by Mrs. C. C. Sanders.
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Raleigh
Snowstorm halts traffic in Rockies in April blizzard
An April snowstorm swept the Rockies and Western Plains, halting travel across wide areas. Heavy wet snow with gusts to 60 mph blanketed Wyoming and eastern Colorado, with up to 12 inch falls near Kimball Nebraska. Hundreds of motorists were stranded as eastern Wyoming roads closed and Cheyenne faced paralysis while Nebraska farmers welcomed the moisture amid drought. The storm also brought scattered thundershowers to western Nebraska and Oklahoma, with hail around Garland Texas and rain spreading from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic states.
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Wyo
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Tex
Kansas
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Atlantic States
Virginia
Michigan
West Virginia forecast shows warm spell then cooling
Cloudy tonight with scattered showers and possible thundershowers Wednesday. Low temperatures 46 to 54. Temperatures average 2 to 3 degrees above normal into Sunday, then cool midweek, and turn warmer Friday and Saturday. Rain and storms total about a third inch, with regional readings for Beckley Oak Hill and river stages noted.
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West Virginia
West Virginia to inoculate 123000 pupils now
West Virginia plans statewide polio vaccination using the Salk vaccine for 123000 eligible pupils. State Health Director N H Dyer says immediate action possible after meetings with health and school officials. Vaccinations will be free at schools with parent consent, targeting first through fourth graders not previously immunized in field trial counties McDowell Wayne Putnam Kanawha Cabell.
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West Virginia
N.H. Dyer
University of Michigan
National Foundation For
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Wayne
Putnam
Kanawha
Cabell
Virginia and S Carolina urge time to desegregate schools
Supreme Court arguments focus on how and when to end racial segregation in public schools with Virginia and South Carolina seeking delayed timelines while Negro-parents’ lawyers push for immediate desegregation by next fall. The hearing covers Kansas Delaware Virginia and D C cases with broader impact on 17 states.
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Jury panel seated for Fayetteville murder trial of Gloria Vandal
Fayette County jury panel selected to decide Gloria June Vandal fate in infant son murder case. Opening statements expected. 23 chosen with 10 to be excused and one alternate. Concurrent pleas heard for four defendants, including forgery and petit larceny, with sentences imposed.
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Fayetteville
Gloria June Vandal
Fire at Charles Street home reported near City Avenue
Beckley Fire Department responded to a residential fire on Charles Street near City Avenue at 12 28 p m. The blaze was extinguished and investigators had not released details on the cause or extent of the fire.
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Slashing Probe Leads to Two Arrests in West Virginia
Raleigh County officers moved two men from the Raleigh County Jail to Charleston for questioning in a string of Sunday night fire slashing incidents between Naoma and Glen Daniel. They will take lie detector tests. The Whitesville Detachment of State Police assists the probe. Pete Dickens, 22, of Pine Knob, and a 17-year-old Pine Knob youth were arrested Monday and booked for investigation at the jail. Investigators found tires stashed on a school bus, a truck, and three cars.
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One Youth Sentenced Two Others Given Probation
Three Dry Hill youths pleaded guilty to petit larceny in Raleigh County Criminal Court during January. Donald Ray Ratliff, 17, received a jail term, while Jerry Edward Ratliff, 19, and James William Buckland, 19, were placed on probation for one year each with restitution and prosecution costs to be paid.
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Dewey McGraw
Millard Gwinn
Charles Freeman Jr
Meadow Bridge
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Dry Hill
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Warrant Dismissed in East Park Petit Larceny Case
A warrant against William Mose Minnefield of East Park for petit larceny was dismissed today after he appeared before Magistrate J P Meadows. The complainant was Mabel Turner, East Park.
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East Park
J. P. Meadows
Mabel Turner
He Had a Good Alibi
Police drop Edward Schirmer from bank robbery inquiry in Queens after confirming he is in Sing Sing Prison on parole violation. The incident concerns the Chase Manhattan Bank Woodside branch, claimed as the largest bank cash heist on record.
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New York
Edward Schirmer
Queens
Woodside
Chase Manhattan Bank
Schirmer
Sing Sing
Beckley mayoral candidates split on special levy issue
Beckley voters will decide on a revised city levy at the August 3 election along with mayoral races. Candidates differ in stance with Evan Hall in favor, H B Ashworth in favor with limits, Curley Allen backing voter decision, and Elgin Hall leaving it to the public. One candidate did not answer.
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H. B
Pete” Ashworth
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Elgin M. Hall
Ford in wage fight as UAW readies talks with Ford
Detroit reports the CIO United Auto Workers launch fresh contract bargaining with Ford Motor Co amid the broader auto industry battle for year round employment. In Washington Secretary Dulles warns of a possible world crisis if Communists push a peace at any price. Eisenhower proposes a larger foreign aid program to raise living standards in Asia. Senator George notes a U N resolution against force in Formosa Strait is being considered.
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Formosa Strait
Rain Delays Openers Force MLB Postponements
Presstime Bulletins report rain washing out three major league openers and delaying several others. The New York Giants and Phillies at Philadelphia, Brooklyn versus Pittsburgh at Ebbets Field, and the Yankees against Washington at Yankee Stadium all faced postponement into Wednesday. Secretary of State Dulles disputed Edward J. Corsi’s charges after his dismissal, saying his ouster was not to appease Congress.
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