Historic polio vaccine trials begin April 12 nationwide
Health officials launch large field tests of Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine across the United States. Half a million to a million children will receive shots to determine if the vaccine can prevent paralysis, with results expected after the summer polio season. If effective, tens of millions could be protected in coming years.
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Jonas E. Salk
Pittsburgh
Alton L. Blakeslee
Science Reporter
New York
Jonas E. Salk and
University of Pittsburgh
Salk
National Foundation For
Nature
Dr. Salk
Romanian Runner Says Food Situation Is Catastrophic
Paris reports quote Romanian cross country athlete Luigi Dumitru asking for political asylum. He describes insufferable living conditions, severe food shortages, and government quotas affecting his family, while noting a resistance movement and police vigilance amid Romania’s political climate.
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Paris
Luigi Dumitru
France
le Bourget
L'Humanite
Dumitru
Romania
Cars Test Safety Belts In Police And Fire Vehicles
TORONTO Aiirecraft type safety belts are being tried in police and fire department automobiles. A study of accidents showed the most vulnerable area is at the right hand of the driver where the passenger is thrown by collision against the dashboard or through the windshield. It has been called the death by own action seat.
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Toronto
Bright northern lights may illuminate Earth less than full moon
A compact note states that bright northern lights could illuminate the Earth at about half the brightness of a full moon, indicating their visible impact is significant but not as bright as a full lunar reference.
Medicine man rebuked as health food quack
Kansas City report profiles an old time medicine man turned food fad purveyor. Dr Horace L Sipple of the Nutrition Foundation warns about health foods health aids and diet supplements marketed with scare campaigns promising quick fixes. He says many people waste money on unneeded products and diets and warns such quacks endanger health through unsupported claims.
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Kansas City
Horace L. Sipple
The
Nutrition Foundation
New York
American Chemical Society
Sipple
Nutrition Quack
Union Organizer Completes Term In Kentucky Jail
Arthur Chaney, United Mine Workers organizer, released from Union County Jail in Kentucky after a one year sentence for banding and confederating during a labor dispute. Virginia sought extradition for a six month term and $500 fine for contempt of court, but Judge Tom P. Richards ruled the state lacked authority to hold him. Chaney faced an interstate extradition bid over a civil contempt charge tied to picketing near Grundy, Virginia.
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Morganfield
Arthur Chaney
United Mine Workers
Union County
Virginia
Chaney
Buchanan County
Tom P. Richards
Ia Brashear
Hubert Meredith
Owensboro
Greenville
Frankfort
UMW
Grundy
Earl Suver
Madisonville
Poplar Ridge
Sturgis
Two Chinese Mile Scales For Uphill And Downhill
National Geographic Society notes the historic Chinese use of two distance scales, one for uphill miles and another for downhill miles, reflecting terrain specific measurement practices.
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National Geographic Society
American Editors Will Visit Russia
London reports Moscow authorized a party of 21 editors from small town American newspapers to visit the Soviet Union after a direct appeal to Premier Malenkov. James L. Wick of Niles Ohio led the group, with uncertainty on how many will actually enter Russia. Wick notes prior exchanges and hopes for more people to visit and foster exchange. The report also notes 1953 food spending rising compared with 1939.
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London
Moscow
Soviet Union
Russia
Aproval
Georgi N. Malenkov
James. Ll. Wick
Niles
Ohio
New York
Wick
Funeral Announcements From Midway to Beaver
A cluster of notices lists funerals and services for Garten William of Midway, infant Danny Carbet Holt, Ruth Anna Freeman of Beaver, Fannie Collins of Beckley, with service times, burial sites, and arranging funeral homes including Calfee, Melton, and Trent Funeral Home. Details cover locations, dates, officiants, and listed survivors and pallbearers.
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Garten
William
Midway
Calfee Funeral Home
Freeman
Ruth Anna
Beaver
Weston
Melton
Beaver Baptist Church
C. H. Miller
Oak Vale
Norman L. Collins
Beckley
Eldridge Collins
Chicago
Ilinois
Effie McPheeters
Cincinnati
Ohio
Beatrice Powell
Blanche Watson
Mattie Fox
Carrie Pinnix
Edna Howard
Bertha Hill
Maude Taylor
Hattie Wiley
Lloyd Bigger
Cards of Thanks for Rev. A. J. Ward
The Ward family expresses gratitude for sympathy and support during the illness and death of husband and father Rev. A J Ward. They thank Beckley Hospital doctors nurses attendants Trent Funeral Home Dr Collins Rev N G Harris Rev S A Abram Mahan and Longacre Church ushers, flower and card sender, and those who provided transportation.
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A. J. Ward
Beckley Hospital
Co. D. Trent Funeral Home
Collins
N. G. Harris
S. A. Abram
Mahan and Longacre
Elizabeth Ward
Notice of Trustee's Sale Beckley WV 1954
Notice announces a trustee sale on April 30, 1954 at 10 AM for W B Swilling er widow and property in Beckley described by boundary lines, to satisfy a note held by Beckley National Bank. sale at Raleigh County courthouse front door. cash terms. Also includes WV Turnpike Commission bid invitation for Contract No 38 with bids due April 15, 1954, listing sign types and quantities and inspection details.
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Slick
Reservoir Rd
Beckley
Felix
Dial
Ford Tractor
George Sweeney
Intermont Express Company
Glen Morgan
W. Va
Raleigh County Sanitary Service
W. B. Swillinger
Grover C. Trail
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Beckley National Bank
Second Street
First Avenue
Berman
Kilgore
A. P. Farley
L. H. Davis
WB. Swillinger
Angelo Cummo
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Princeton
Charleston
Mercer
Raleigh
Faytte
Kanawha
Wilson Street
Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendorf
Greenbrier Street
Liberty Street
New York
D. H. Morton
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AP Science Reporter
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Kentucky
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Pasonanie
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Main St
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Main Street
Kut & Kurl
Mabel West
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Amos E. Quesenberry
Vance Drive
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Edward Parrish
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Beckley Furniture
RCA Victor
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John W. Eye
Wright
Foste Hardware CO
Frank
Ton
Snow Thor
Prince St. Dial
Thomas Snuffer
Orchard Avenue
Mabscott Vicinity
Boston
Christy
Elwood Hatfield
Harold Williams
Pang Oe
Harvey
Sander
WARDS
Montgomery Ward
Cam Thompson
Homer
Mountain
W. James
Reliable
Lewis Transfer CO
Valley Drive
Cal Cooper Transfer
H. T. Christian
Prince St. Avon
AVON
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Standard Coffee Company
Rainelle
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G. I
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Beckley Hotel
Watkins
Sprague
C. C. Hunter
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Barberton
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Seidman
R. L
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Fayetteville
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Toner Concrete CO
Roy A. Jones
First Ave
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Price Brothers
Pallorum
U.S
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Tenn
Warren
Love
Kent
Jersey
Walter _Humphrey
Pax Branch
D. W. Snuffer
Lester
Fred Mann
Dry Hill Road
Radford
Specia
Dixie
Raleigh Glass & Mirror CO
Fette
Mgr
City Ave
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