Polio vaccine crisis unsettles U S inoculation program
Washington reports a key vaccine meeting to decide whether the polio inoculation drive proceeds, pauses, or ends. Surgeon General Scheele notes safety of most vaccine. Cutter link to paralytic cases explored. welfare secretary cites $13.35 million for free vaccine and distribution across states.
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Washington
Kenneth F. Valentine
Pitman-Moore Co
Zionsville
Ind
Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Berkeley
Alio
Cutter
Rep. Klein
House Commerce Committee
Roswell Perkins
Tell Klein
Scheele
The
Haring
Cutter Laboratories
Welfare Hobby
House Committee
Butler Visit May Tip Shivers Party Role
National Chairman Paul Butler tours Texas to clarify Allan Shivers role in 1956 Democratic affairs. Shivers previously led Texas Democrats into the Republican fold for Ike in 1952, facing Loyalists who branded him a turncoat. Butler’s nine-city swing through Lubbock Big Spring Dallas Tyler Waco McAllen Weslaco Houston aims to gauge and influence factional loyalties ahead of the national convention.
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Allan Shivers
Texas
Paul Butler
Shivers
Wright Morrow
Wallace Savage
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Morrow
Savage
Adlai Stevenson
Party of Our Fathers
National Democratic
Stephen Mitchell
Mitchell
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Butler
Austin
Rayburn
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Johnson
Democratic Advisory Committee
Hilda Wienert
National Party
Democratic Executive Committee
State Committee
National Committee
Ger
Dallas
Alger
Lubbock
Arch S. Underwood
Athens
Big Spring
Democratic Party
Tyler
Waco
McAllen
Weslaco
Houston
Young Democrats
Corpus Christi
Senate Panel Approves New Postal Pay Bill
The Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee approved a new postal pay bill with average raises around 8 percent for 500,000 workers. The measure costs about 162 million dollars yearly and keeps a 6 percent floor, while avoiding some upper-bracket hikes sought by Eisenhower. The panel’s action follows Eisenhower vetoes of prior proposals, and party-line votes split on overrides.
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Washington
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Post Office Committee
Olin D. Johnston
DSC
Sen
Carlson
R-Kan
Johnston
Sen. Neely
D-Wva
Alin D. Johnston
D-Sc
White House
House
Rep
Rees
Murray
D-Tenn
Pool To Open Here Friday At Towle Memorial Park
Towle Memorial Park pool opens 1 p.m. Friday for the summer season run through August. Hours are 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily except Wednesday and Sunday until 6 p.m. The staff includes lifeguard Bernie Hagins water superintendent Grant Teaff and concession operator Suzanne Houston. A Red Cross water safety school may be held, with plans to cooperate with youth groups. The pool is public with no exclusive use. Repainting and a preservative coat on bleachers completed.
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Towle Memorial Park
Jack Dillon
Dillon
Bernie Hagins
Grant Teaff
Suzanne Houston
Red Cross
Radio Stations Test Conelrad Alert System Nationwide
All AM stations will join a 45 second test at 2 30 p m CST to practice the Conelrad alert system. In an actual emergency stations would cease regular broadcasting and switch to 1240 or 640 kilocycles for Civil Defense instructions. The test aims to deny enemy raid planners ability to locate targets by tuning regular frequencies.
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Washington
Foote Urges Value of People at Snyder High Commencement
Dr. Gaston Foote, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Fort Worth, reminded Snyder High School seniors that people, not things, are most valuable. He warned that only what one can do with what they have determines worth, urged against idleness, and stressed serving God and community. The address capped the ceremony as Majorie Smith gave the valedictory and Suzanne Houston the salutatory, with Wiman presiding and diplomas awarded by school officials. Scholarships were announced for Harriet Redwine, Bruce Evans, Myrtle Scott, Robert Mayse, Herbert Portis, Suzanne Houston, and Marjorie Smith.
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Snyder High School
Harriet Redwine
McMurry College
Bruce Evans
Snyder Youth Fund
Myrtle Scott
Snyder Parent-Teachers Association
Robert Mayse
Suzanne Houston
Herbert Portis
Snyder Lions Clubs
Majorie Smith
Lee Watson
Gaston Foote
First Methodist Church
Fort Worth
Snyder
Foote
The
Lions Club
Marjorie Smith
Big Four meet date still undecided says Pinay
French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay said Eisenhower accepted July 18 21 as possible for the summit but no final decision exists. White House said 18 21 is one option while Russia has not formally accepted the invitation. Hagerty noted several time and place alternatives are under consideration. Pinay added the final decision will come from the Foreign Ministers in San Francisco during UN anniversary events.
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Paris
Antoine Pinay
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Russia
United States
Great Britain
France
Britain
Soviet Union
Hagerty
San Francisco
United Nations
Pinay
Five Die In Auto Crash Near New Braunfels Texas
Five persons were killed in a head on crash four miles south of New Braunfels on U S 81. Three members of a Elgin Texas family Lincoln Frank Creppan 42 Bobby Joe Creppan 22 and Shirley C Creppan 19 and Cpl Max R Beltran Roundrock Tex stationed at Fort Bliss died instantly. A C Edward L Harper Akron Ind stationed at Randolph Air Force Base San Antonio died of neckles an hour after the accident. He was alone in the second car.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Here
U.S
An Elgin
Akron
Ind
Randolph Air Force Base
San Antonio
Motion To Adjourn Rejected By House
In Austin the House refused to take up a resolution for final adjournment of the 54th Legislature. A 91-33 vote killed Rep Will Smiths motion to hear the measure by the House as a committee of the whole. Smith urged action on the delayed 5 million dollar tax bill to end the lagging Legislature.
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Austin
House
Will Smith
Smith
Senate
Third House
Ben Glasing
Kingsville
Reading 97 Degrees Sets Warm Weather Tone
Snyder reported a muggy afternoon reaching 97 degrees after a cool spell from rain. Overnight temps stayed warm around 70 degrees with 76 degrees recorded at 7:30 a.m. today.
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Snyder
Weather outlook for Texas regions with storms and warm spells
North Central Texas experiences cloudy skies and warm temperatures with scattered thunderstorms Thursday and tonight in the northwest area. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with no significant temperature changes from South Plains to Pecos Valley and eastward today through Thursday. East and South Central regions remain partly cloudy and warm with scattered storms in the northwest this afternoon and windy coastal conditions with mostly fresh southerly winds.
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Texas
West Texas
South Plains
Pecos Valley
South Central
Dulles Warns Against Trust Of Russians
Secretary of State Dulles told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that a perceived reversal in Soviet policy should not be seen as danger ending. He warned the Free World must avoid misreading a "false dawn" and noted four shifts in Soviet policy as not yet clearly understood.
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Dulles
Washington
Congress
Free World
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Pravda
Yugoslavia
Britain Heads To Polls In Quiet Election Eve
Britain awaits the Thursday vote as Eden’s Conservatives and Attlee’s Laborites contest the 630-seat House of Commons. Voters focus on the Derby as much as the election amid calm campaigns. Polls open 7 am to 9 pm. counting starts at close, result expected Friday.
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Colin Frost
London
Britain
Eden
Attlee
House of Commons
Herbert Morrison
Laborite
Pewith
The
Express
Labor
Gallup
Birmingham
Morgan Phillips
Red
Laborites
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National Foundation For
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