23 Apr 1955
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1955
Page
1
President Eisenhower honors Jonas Salk and his family for polio vaccine work as stenographers and aides crowd the lobby. Sherman Adams chats with the three Salk children in the lobby while the rose garden ceremony honors the vaccine developer and Basil O’Connor.
The Federal Reserve Board raised stock margin requirements to 70 percent effective today, up from 60 percent, to curb credit use amid rising markets. The move follows a prior increase from 50 to 60 percent on March 5, with Wall Street forecasting a near term dip and possible rebound. Keith Funston said the NYSE would enforce the new rule strictly, stressing concern for sound credit in share ownership. Reserve Board data show margin debt at record highs for 24 years of tracking.
Neil Dan says he may need assistance to remember to set clocks forward for the time change. He notes his wife and daughter-in-law will help.
A catalog line lists sections for amusements editorials bridge letters classifieds radio TV comics women’s page deaths and sports with a note about today’s pictures on page 18. The brief index denotes feature coverage distribution across sections.
Secretary Hobby proposes a voluntary national advisory committee to guide vaccine allocations to states. Each state would set its own pri orities while free immunization for school children continues. The plan, approved by Eisenhower, targets supplies for doctors serving nonfree recipients and notes about 25.6 million children could be vaccinated by July 1.
Las Vegas reports Survival City, a mock suburb used to study city resilience, will be detonated in an Operation Cue test. The blast will destroy homes, industries, a radio station, power and gas infrastructure, and several towers, with 2,000 armed forces and hundreds of civil defense workers involved.
Albuquerque mother shows faith in polio ignorance as she writes to the school officials amid concerns over immunization policy and public health. The one paragraph fragment hints at a broader debate on vaccination.
State Income Tax Bureau director George Klein reports a discovery of potential tax anomalies. He states the probe targets high earners and unreported income, with officials promising further audits and corrective actions.
A reader reminder explains turning clocks ahead by one hour before bed to shift from standard to daylight time. It notes the clock will read 3 AM after the 2 AM change and that this ends when daylight time begins in the spring.
Weatherman Andrew P. Keller predicts increasing cloudiness tonight and tomorrow with showers or thunderstorms by Sunday night. A 72 degree high is expected tomorrow, warmer than Jackson Mississippi at 89 yesterday and Texas at 102. The western storm moves on, Syracuse sees little impact. Winds become light tonight, then southeast 15 to 20 mph tomorrow.
In Chicago Mercy Hospital surgeons separated head joined twins Deborah Marie and Christine Mary Andrews born October 1. The sisters, now 4%-hour post operative, are reported in satisfactory condition after the first apparently successful head separation. Their father Wilfred J. Andrews and mother Norene note the family addition includes another daughter Patricia aged five.
Dutch transport Bout man crew says a Communist Chinese warship carrying 1300 people sank in Hangchow Bay after striking a rock. Five hours later no trace of passengers or crew was found, only the hull above water. Chinese naval craft surrounded the area as the Boatswan diverted from Japan to Shanghai answered the distress call.
Premier Nikolai Bulganin told Western reporters at a Molotov reception in Moscow he favors a summit parley but the timing depends on President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Eden. He declined a fixed date and indicated readiness to meet the Big Four leaders once the date is set.
A typhoon with winds up to 115 mph returns toward the southern Ryukyu Islands between Okinawa and Formosa. The Manila Weather Bureau places the storm about 500 miles southeast of Okinawa at 2 PM as it moves northwest on a 200 mile front at roughly 10 mph.
Premier Chou En Lai stated that China does not want war with the United States and is willing to negotiate directly on the Taiwan Formosa issue to ease Far East tensions. The message, circulated at the Bandung Afro-Asian conference and broadcast by Peiping radio, touched on U.S. recognition and the inclusion of Nationalists in talks.
A Paris dispatch says a reliable source near the Asian African conference claims China will soon release the U S airmen held on espionage charges. The State Department earlier said 76 Chinese students with technical training were allowed to depart, with no deal reported regarding the airmen or civilians.
Western delegates at the Afro-Asian conference report elation after Chou En-lai suggested Nationalist participation might be discussed while not committing further. He indicated willingness to negotiate with the United States if a mediator is offered. A noon meeting with eight nations followed, including Sir John Kotelawala of Ceylon to discuss easing Formosa tensions.
President Eisenhower pressed White House aides and the State Department on reported Chinese Communist willingness to negotiate on Formosa. The president’s weekend farm visit was interrupted for about an hour as Acting Secretary Hoover and press secretary Hagerty discussed the offer.
Missing 6 year old Samuel Kanasola Jr was found in Syracuse after a daylong search. Patrolmen Stassi and Shostack recognized him from a police description and brought him to Syracuse Police Headquarters. He said he left home with his fishing pole to fish in the old canal and got scared, deciding not to return.
A quip notes never biting a man when he is down since he may rise again and retaliate. A brief, classic humor line in a daily panel.
Fragmentary telephoned plea in Berlin led to police radio alert and an arrest tied to alleged poisoning claims. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
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