07 Jun 1955
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Newspaper
Somerset Daily American
Location
Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1955
Page
1
Italian third graders in Turin sent letters and drawings thanking Jonas Salk for the polio vaccine. The messages praise the discovery, ask for recognition, and include hopeful images of microscopes, angels, and a world saved from illness.
Pope Pius XII told Catholic contractors and management executives that private enterprise remains central to Christian social doctrine. He supported limited state intervention but urged that man is the ultimate end and driving force of economics.
Robert A. Clark 53 of Pittsburgh died after two blasts at The Staging Post Inn near Irwin. State police indicated a leaky gas line under the cabin caused the explosions. Petroleum products are noted as used by Neolithic age men.
Mountain Playhouse opens its season with Charles Crain as Canon Daniel McCooey in The Wayward Saint. Richard Woods shines as Lucifer and Baron Nicholas de Balbus, while Miranda Jones and Miranda Womack deliver standout supporting performances. The show features striking lighting by Jean Wilhelm and stagecraft that highlights the priestly austerity. Paintings by Margarita Ziff March adorn the gallery. next show Apple of His Eye opens June 13.
Scientists warn that without human agricultural activity corn crops would decline and potentially vanish from the earth. The claim suggests that neglect of corn farming would lead to widespread crop loss.
Harrisburg June 6 The House highways committee chair Anthony J. Petrosky says there is little chance for bipartisan home rule highway proposal to gain committee consideration soon. The plan by John F. Stank and Albert E. Strausser would permanently allocate motor funds to local governments with 25 percent of all motor funds distributed to municipalities.
Historical note identifies William Dawes as the other rider with Paul Revere on the midnight ride. Dawes joined Revere to alert colonial militia and citizens of British troop movements during the 1775 alarm.
Secretary of Defense Wilson asked Congress for an additional 356 million dollars to accelerate U S production of B52 intercontinental bombers and more for arms race research. The requests were made at a closed door Senate appropriations subcommittee session chaired by Sen. Chavez. The Pentagon plans a 35 percent production rate increase for the B52 fleet.
In Urbana Illinois burlap is marketed in new colors under the name grass cloth Local foods specialist Mary McAuley of the University of Illinois suggests using the fabric to dress the family table making place mats by fringe final edges Burlap remains a very inexpensive material The piece also mentions a sea unicorn with a long spiral tusk extending from its lower jaw up to ten feet.
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