Salk Polio Vaccination Hold Up Recommended
The U S Surgeon General urged states and cities to postpone Salk polio inoculations until tomorrow’s guidance on whether further testing is needed. Two states reevaluated plans with New Jersey officials ordering suspensions while California urged continued plans pending clarification from Washington.
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Washington
U. S
Leonard A. Scheele
New Jersey
Morris Clark
Jadden' Field
N. J
Board of Health
United Press
Carl E. Weigle
Surgeon Generals
Calfornia
Malcolm
Merrill
California
Rail strike near end as agreement sent to arbitration
An agreement was reported near today to end the 55 day Louisville and Nashville Railroad strike and refer disputed issues to arbitration. Reached after an all night session of union and management with the National Mediation Board, the main features for submitting issues to a neutral decision were decided, with some details still being worked out.
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Washington
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
National Mediation Board
Church State Feud Sparks Anti-Peron March in Buenos Aires
Mounted police broke up a mass march through Buenos Aires as Roman Catholics demonstrated loyalty to the church amid government friction. At least 40 marchers were arrested, one officer injured, and protesters shouted pro church slogans. The demonstration followed a day of labor actions and a stalled polio vaccination plan as scientists pressed for rapid vaccine approval.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Army
Carlos Garcia Cuevas
California
Citys
Metropolitan
Corrientes St
Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill, Jr
Meas
Berkeley
Calif
Jesus
Hat
Tina
Scheele
Sci
Entists
Jonas
South
Florida St
State Plan For Shots Unchanged In New York
Albany report states no change in mass antipolio inoculations planned for May 16 pending a U S Public Health Service committee report on the Salk vaccine. Dr Granville W Larimore notes that state and New York City health departments ordered a delay until the committee releases findings. About one million New York State school children in grades one through four were to receive the vaccine, with some communities planning a May 9 start.
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Albany
U. S. Public Health Service
Granville W. Larimore
New York City
New York State
Mother's Day Menon Off Cool Fair For Peiping
The weather story notes cool fair conditions near Peiping as Mother's Day events unfold and mediation advances in labor talks. Krishna Menon travels to Peiping to arrange U S Communist China discussions on Formosa. Nehru and Menon confer with U S Ambassador Cooper on clarifying U S terms for talks.
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Menon
Peiping
New Delhi
India
V. J. Krishna Menon
United Nations
Eft
United States
China
Formosa
Krishna Menon
Nehru
Bandung
Al-Range
U. S
John Sherman Cooper
Military Upholds Wiretap Evidence
The U.S Court of Military Appeals upheld wiretap evidence from Armed Forces lines in a 2 to 1 decision. It affirmed the conviction of Pfc. Anthony J. Noce of Philadelphia for obscene calls to officers and families while stationed at Fort Richardson Alaska after the fort's phone system was monitored.
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Washington
U.S Court of Military Appeals
Pfc
Anthony J. Noce
Philadelphia
Ft. Richardson
Alaska
Xoce
Sixty Congressmen and families tour United Nations
Sixty members of Congress with their families visited the United Nations. The group toured the headquarters area early, guided by ambassador John Cabot Lodge as chief U.S. delegate and observed the UN complex’s facilities and sessions.
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United Nations
United Natons
Ambacendor Jinew Cabot Lodge
Today’s features and pages tease partial listings
The page snippet lists various features and images for the day with partial captions including deaths and page references. It mentions regular features on following pages and a 16 page for pictures, indicating a magazine style layout with limited readable details.
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Pagis
Cereskak
Wrenens
Survival City Shelter Test Shows Bomb Defense Feasibility
report on Operation Cue civil defense drill reveals shelters withstood a powerful blast. concrete baths and earth mounds protected mannequins and houses while command staff observed blast effects at close range. Atomic Energy Commission officials say the test demonstrates protective capacity against nuclear fallout and debris.
Mrs FDR Declines Pension Claim In Congress Vote
Mrs Frenk Jin D Receivelt says she will decline any pension voted by Congress for widows of the president asserting that Mrs FDR would refuse such a pension. The note reflects wartime social policy debates and public sentiment regarding presidential allowances.
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Vnde Park
Frenk Jin
Congress
Liberal Party Proposes Pension Bill and Party Realignment
The Senate unanimously approves a bill granting an annual pension of 22500 for widows of former Liberals. The Liberal Party structure contemplates cooperation with Democrats, including adding clerical support and potential reentry into the Democratic fold, as reform efforts unfold.
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Senate
Thursty Unanimoud
Hasdie Hand
1956 Omen for Campaign as Job Gain Hails Split GOP
Republicans welcome a rise in civilian employment while Democrats call the April figure misleading citing unemployment in many areas. A Labor and Commerce report shows unemployment down 200000 to about 2962000 and employment up to 1208000 from March to April. Rival senators claim continued gains could hurt Democrats in 1956, while others warn the figures mask regional job shortages.
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Washington U
Labor and Commerce Departments
Ives
R-N-Y
Rachel
R-Calif
Kilgore
D-W.va
Hill
D-Ala
Alabama
Ines
Kuchel
Eisenhower
West German Leader Dulles Confer on NATO Role
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer met with U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in Paris to discuss Germany s role in Western strategy toward the Soviet Union. They reviewed plans for a four power conference and the path to a Western European Union linked to NATO and a potential German peace treaty.
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Paris
Konrad Adenauer
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Germany
North Atlantic
Soviet Union
Adenauer
NATO
United Council
Britain
France
WEU
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Iment
Austria
Lake Placid Slay Suspect Pleads Guilty to Second Degree Murder
James A Call, a 29 year old Korean War veteran and former air force major, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the ambush slaying of Lake Placid Patrolman Richard Pelkey. He received 20 years to life in prison after prosecutors accepted a reduced charge. The case followed a lengthy manhunt across the Adirondacks after Pelkey and two officers were wounded during the August 5 confrontation.
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Elizabethtown
James A. Call
Lake Placid
Cali
Air Force
Richard EB. Pelkey
Pelkey
Call
James Perkins
Watervliet
E. Stewart Jones
Daniel T. Manning
State Supreme Court
Andrew W. Ryan
Sient
Justice Ryan
Clinton
Dannemora
Surviving Brodie Twin Near Death
Chicago reports Rodney Brodie, a head joined Siamese twin who survived a 1952 separation, is now in grave condition with brain hemorrhage after a recent setback. Rodney, 3, has been comatose since yesterday. doctors cannot explain the bleeding.
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Chicsgo
Rodney Brodie
University of Illinois Research Hospital
Rodney
Ferris, Til
Roger
The Brain Turns Loose On Weather
In Suitland Maryland the Weather Bureau tested an IBM built electronic brain to forecast national weather. The machine, leased for twenty thousand dollars a month, will deliver one forecast daily initially and later two, linking past and current data to predict general global weather trends.
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Suitland
Weather Bureau
International Business Machines Corporation
UN Reports Dope Traffic Increase
UN Narcotic Commission notes rising opium production and trafficking from Red China and the Middle East. In Memphis Tennessee, Clarence Anderson is cited as creating a center linked to nar cotics transport, reflecting broader concerns across the American continent.
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Tre 1. S
Amertan
Barber James Allen Sees Wage Rise in May 16 Change
DETROIT UP reports barber James Allen prepared to raise prices from $150 to $1.75, effective May 16, amid market shifts and labor costs. The notice highlights adjustments impacting customers and local commerce.
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Detroit
James Allen
Genan Hatrivis
Reds delay gift packages to U S prisoners in China
Chinese Communists postponed for 15 days a plan to send gift parcels to American captives in Red China. They set a 22 pound limit, higher than WWI rules, and shifted a May start date to May 34, with the Red Cross reporting a later, simpler process after lengthy negotiations.
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Washington
China
Reds
American
Red Cross
U.S
Fas
Chuckle item on dam and surgery unclear report
Fragmentary note mentions a dam, a person named Ted, and a surgery or operation. No clear event, date, or organization is discernible. Further readable details are needed for a precise card.
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Ted Stamm
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Nevada
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