President Orders Fair-Share Check On Distribution
President Eisenhower ordered a federal survey to assure all sections of the nation get a fair share of the Salk polio vaccine. Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby, HEW secretary, will conduct the survey and report, focusing on voluntary methods. New polio cases run about two thirds of last year’s rate with 61 cases last week.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Oveta Culp Hobby
Russia
Hagerty
Washington
Public Health Service
Watkins Defends Refugee Program Amid Corsi Charge
Senator Watkins defended the refugee immigration program against Edward Corsi who called it a scandalous failure. The judiciary subcommittee pressed the inquiry after Dulles dismissed Corsi as adviser on refugee problems. Watkins said progress is slower but the program is being carried out, despite Republican Corsi's charges.
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Washington
Watkins
Utah
State Department
Edward Corsi
Dulles
Corsi
New York
Congress
Wet Windy Night Ahead Weather Update
Assistant meteorologist notes gusts up to 35 mph tonight with rain showers or thunderstorms. The storm moves east by tomorrow, bringing cooler air and a high near 62 degrees. A Gulf of Mexico-fed warm spell earlier warmed Buffalo with record-like highs. Lows dip to around 30 tonight.
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Alexander Sadowski
Gulf of Mexico
Sadowski
Buffalo
Business leaders urge upward review of predictions
Today's editorial notes top U.S. businessmen push for revising this year's forecasts upward. Sree Sylvia Porter's column on today's page discusses why optimism grows and how markets may respond amid shifting economic signals.
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U.S
Sree
Sylvia Porter
Six Slayings Confessed by Paroled Burglar in Three States
Leslie Irvin, paroled burglar, confessed to six killings in Kentucky and Indiana. Victims included three men and three women, with a pattern of binding hands behind, forcing kneeling and head Shots. Evansville police say the area murders are cleared, though details remain limited.
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Henderson
Ky. U
Kentucky-Indiana
Kirby Stevens
Evansville
Ind
Freedom for Austria Reported as Approved in Moscow
Chancellor Julius Raab, telephoned from Moscow, proclaimed Austria will be free and recover its native soil. The statement, issued through the Austrian Conservative Peoples' Party, cited homeward return for prisoners and internees and noted no details of Moscow negotiations.
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Austria
Julius Raab
Moscow
Raab
Kremlin
Norbert Bischoff
United States
France
Britain
Witness Admits Altering Testimony in Pakistan Grain Project Probe
A Senate Investigations subcommittee heard that Robert Pinner, an FAA engineer, was allowed to change his earlier testimony on the $2.4 million Pakistan grain storage project funded by FDA. Three other witnesses failed to appear, prompting a threat of swift action unless they provide a valid excuse. Chairman McClellan recessed the hearing to 2 PM to decide next steps amid bid controversy over the winning contractor.
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Senate
McClellan
D.-Ark
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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Foreign Operations Administration
Pakistan
FDA
Fog Shuts New York Airports as Dense Fog Envelops
A thick fog blanketed the New York metro area prompting shutdowns at all major airports and hazardous driving conditions across the region.
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New York
Todays Chuckle on Baby Names and Rich Relatives
A light column notes parents choosing a baby name can be challenging while some families rely on wealthy kin for inspiration or support. The quip implies naming decisions intersect with family wealth and expectations.
Eisenhower urges Congress to join world trade group OTC
President Eisenhower asked Congress to authorize U S membership in the Organization for Trade Cooperation OTC to counter Communist dominance. He warned rejection would weaken free world unity and may trigger new trade restrictions harming U S exports.
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Eisenhower Toflay
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United States
Free World
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Organization For Trade Cooperation
OTC
Geneva
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
International Monetary Fund
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Winnie Toasts Sun With Wine in Sicily
Sir Winston Churchill enjoyed Sicilian sunshine for the first time since his arrival on Tuesday. He celebrated by ordering champagne and red and white wine as he relaxed in Siracusa. The initial two days were cloudy before today.
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Siracusa
Sichy
Winston
Onondaga County students receive three polio vaccine doses
A partially released list from the Syracuse and state health departments names Onondaga County school children who took part in last year’s Salk polio vaccine trials. The Herald-Journal will publish more names in tomorrow’s edition. many entries include student names and street addresses from Assumption School and nearby areas.
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Onondaga County
Syraease
State District Health Departments
Herald-Journal
Court Arguments On Segregation In Public Schools
The Supreme Court heard arguments from the Eisenhower administration and Solicitor General Sobeloff on how to proceed after last May’s ruling on school segregation. The administration urged progress toward desegregation without a fixed deadline, while cautioning against coercive measures. The case centers on the court’s next steps to implement its historic decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Steward
U. S
Simon B. Sobeloff
Sobeloff
Albany Signs Compromise Education Bill
Governor Harriman signed the compromise omnibus education bill adding 3.5 million dollars for non English speaking and handicapped classes. It sustains a 13 dollar per pupil emergency grant, creates nursing scholarships, doubles state scholarships for graduates, funds town highway grants, and preserves upstate aid at 1953 levels with five year tapering from 1956.
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Albany
Harriman
Graham Preaches To Scot Convicts
American evangelist Billy Graham preaches to convicts at Batlinnie Prison in Glasgow Scotland. The report notes security and the reception by prisoners as he delivers his message with a hopeful tone for reform.
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Graham
Glasgow
Scotland
Billy Graham
Batlinnie
Cav
Ike Turns To Painting And Fishing In Augusta
President Eisenhower, rain delaying golf, paints in a second floor bedroom at Augusta National. He works on a new canvas with special lighting as Vice President tries fishing at Ike's Pond behind the cottage, stocked with bass and bream.
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Augusta. Ga
Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Course
Augusta National
Ike
Drunk Driving Denial in Court for Rupert Morgan
Rupert V Morgan 47 of 221 Hawley Ave pleads not guilty to drunken driving and dangerous driving after his car struck a parked vehicle. Bail set at 1000 for the charge and 5 for a related count as court date April 22 is noted. Police report Morgan arrested after collision near Prospect Ave. vehicle struck Samuel Felicia at 403 Prospect Ave.
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Hawley Av
Truman H. Preston
Joseph Giacehbe
Morgan
Morgaree
Anna Gened
Samuel Felicia
Prospect
Czechs Crash Land Stolen Plane Near Regensburg
Two Czech students Karel Kucera 20 and Zdanek Nachmilner 19 crash landed a stolen sport plane in a northern Bavaria field near Regensburg. U S authorities detained them for interrogation amid cautious handling following a prior case of a Russian teenager seeking return from West Berlin.
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Germany
Bavaria
Karel Kucera
Zdanek Nachmilner
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Velery Lysikov
West Berlin
Firebug Sought After Rush of Car Fires in Toronto District
Police seek a firebug who set thirteen late model cars ablaze in Toronto Bay Bloor District last night. Two nights earlier, multiple Cadillacs were torched in the downtown area. no Cadillacs were involved in last night’s incidents.
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Toronto
Bay Bloor
St. George
Polio Vaccine Trial Lists Released By Syracuse Herald Journal
The Syracuse Herald Journal begins publishing names of about 6700 local children who received all three Salk polio vaccine shots in 1954 trials. A special reporting team matched coded lists from the Poliomyelitis Evaluation Center in Ann Arbor to local participants.
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Onondaga County
Herald-Journal
Herald- Journal
Ars
Syracuse
Albany
Ann Arbor
Mich
More Tomorrow on Salk Vaccine for Local Children
The Herald Journal will publish additional names of children who received the Salk polio vaccine tomorrow and possibly Saturday. Dr. John T. Gentry and Dr. David E. Bigwood released the information to ease parental concern about protection. Parents of 1954 test participants will be informed by schools later, with consent slips for next month's vaccination program.
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Herald-Journal
John T. Gentry
David E. Bigwood, Jr
Syracuse
The
Gentry
Salk
Dr. Gentry
Solvay Man Reunites With Brothers on Dockside Reunion
Andrew Arate of Solvay aged 50 reunites with brothers Michael from Naples and Leon from Pittsfield as liner Roma docks from Italy. Michael, 22, and wife Michaelina, 36, plus three sons witness meeting. Michael plans to settle in Pittsfield with his family.
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Roma
Italy
Andrew Arate
Solvay
Michael
Naples
Leon
Pittsfield
Mass
Michaelina
Andrew
Micha
Mitchell Sticks Fast To 90 Cent Pay Floor
In Washington a Senate labor subcommittee hears Mitchell defend the 90 cent minimum wage floor as President Eisenhower proposed. He argues raising it to 1.25 would hurt interstate chain stores and cause serious unemployment, potentially affecting about 2,000,000 workers nationwide. The hearing follows the president's January State of the Union address.
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Ekenhower
Mitchel
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