Polio Vaccine Dosage Review At Air Force Center Meeting
At the Air Force Center in Washington polio experts including Dr Jonas E Salk meet at NIH to decide if vaccination should pause at the polio season peak and to examine reducing Salk doses without losing effectiveness. Officials discuss batch re testing, delays, and funding for free vaccine for poor children as U A W backs a 28 million dollar appropriation.
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Washington
U.P
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Hart E. Yan Riper
Jonas E. Salk
Salk
National Institutes of Health
Polio Foundation
van Riper
Basil O’connor
Foundation
Public Health Service
C.I.0
United Auto Workers
Reds Mass 800 Jets Close To Formosa
Taipei May 20 The chief of Nationalist China's air force said 800 Red combat planes are within 600 miles of Formosa. Gen Wang Shu ming named MIG15 MIG17 TU2 and IL28 models and noted bases in Shanghai and Nanking could attack Okinawa and the Philippines. He reported four new airfields are being built and two hour 15 minute air raid drills were held across Formosa and the Pescadores.
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Formosa
Nationalist
China
Air Force Today
Tiger
Wang Shu-ming
Red
Shanghai
Nanking
Okinawa
Philippines
Wang
Chiang Kai-shek
Pescadores
Vaccinations Come To A Halt In Terre Haute
Dr. John M. Sullivan, in charge of the Salk vaccine program in Terre Haute and Vigo county, said the second series of inoculations is held up until official approval is received. He noted delays from state health officials and warned the full program may need re-establishment once a go-ahead is issued.
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Terre Haute
Vigo County
John M. Sullivan
the Tribune
Andrew Offutt
Alfred Marshall
Hinkle Named Labor Commissioner by Gov Craig
Indianapolis May 20 Gov Craig named George F Hinkle 36 of South Bend personnel director as state labor commissioner effective June 1 He succeeds David Harms who resigned without explanation Hinkle a Republican was a former CIC official at Studebaker United Auto Workers Local 5 and a World War II pilot Dorothy Kirk will continue as head of the conciliation service in the Labor Department
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Indianapolis
Craig
George F. Hinkle
South Bend
Hinkle
David Harms
Elkhart
C.I.C. United Auto Workers Local 5
Studebaker Corp
Dorothy Kirk
Harris
Conciliation Service
Labor Department
Kladis Unhurt After Speedway Spin At Indy
Danny Kladis of Chicago, age 38, lost control on the southwest turn at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway while practicing for the 500 mile race. He spun into the infield at about 135 mph but emerged uninjured and the car showed no damage.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Danny Kladis
Chicago
Spui
Kladis
Air Force Status Conflict Rattles Pentagon Brass
Washington May 20 The administration’s brief on Soviet air power has triggered mixed statements from officials while the Russians remain silent An Air Force intelligence chief Brig Gen Woodbury M Burgess backed off claims that Russia’s air force rivals or exceeds the United States defense leaders say Burgess exaggerated and that he was misquoted Eisenhower had dismissed the idea of U S air superiority slipping to the Soviets as ground observers formed a sharper view of Burgess remarks and a Pentagon briefing was anticipated Continued on Page 10 Column 3
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Washington
Air Force
Eisenhower
Woodbury M. Burgess
Continental Air Defense Command
Selfridge Field
Mich
Russia
U. S
Sen
Symington
D.mo
United States
Senators Seek Higher Ups In Grafting Ring
Senator McClellan states his Senate Investigations subcommittee will expose higher ups in a nest of small grafters feeding on military contracts. He cautions no evidence of large scale corruption in procurement, but promises further proof of deeper levels beyond two days of hearings, as a former chief inspector’s testimony continues.
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Washington
Sen. McClellan
D.-Ark
Senate Investigations
Armed Forces Day Program Opens Tomorrow
Activities for Armed Forces Day span four days with open houses at area installations. Wabash River Ordnance Works invites tours Saturday morning. Terre Haute Ordnance Depot offers bus tours and Civil War papers showing Company C of the 85th Regiment. The Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center will tour the building and display small weapons. Army Reserve Training Center will show training aids during visiting hours. Hulman Field will host static displays including a T-33 A F-80 and J-33 A23 on Sunday.
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Wabash River Ordnance Works
Terre Haute Ordnance Depot
85Th Regiment
Terre Haute
Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center
South Fruitridge Avenue
Marine Reserve
Marine Unit
Army Reserve Training Center
South Fifth Street
Hulman Field
Indiana Air National Guard
Weather Card For The Day By O S&S Weather Bureau
At 6 a m the Neon reading was 58. By 9 am it rose to 0 then 2 pm 3. Sunrise 5 22 sunset 8 01. River stage 3 2 feet and falling.
Local Weather Conditions Summary
Yesterday's high reached 83 degrees with a low of 50 overnight. A trace of precipitation was recorded.
Terre Haute Area Forecast For Fair, Warm Weekend
Forecast for Terre Haute and vicinity calls for fair weather with little temperature change tonight and Saturday. Low around 55, high near 82. Indiana statewide expected to be fair and warm today with mostly fair tonight and Saturday. temperatures similar, with highs around 82 and tonight's low about 55. Temperature readings noted as 59 at 6 am and 84 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Vicinity
Indiana
Traffic Resumes On Restored C and E L Tracks
Rail service over the Chicago and Eastern Illinois line will restart at 4 pm after a derailment near Fort Branch Indiana damaged 500 to 600 feet of track. Some 35 to 40 cars derailed, but no injuries were reported. Salvage crews work several days to clear wreckage, with the locomotive and forward cars continuing to Danville Illinois.
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Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Ft. Branch
Ind
William P. Reder
Fort Branch
Earl Hollen
Hollen
Danville
Ill
Cost of living down slightly in April report
Washington May 20 The government reports April’s cost of living index fell one tenth of a percent to 114.2 percent of the 1947-49 average, the lowest since May 1953. Lower automobile prices and a small rent decline drove the dip, with car prices dropping about four percent from March to April.
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Washington
Aryness Joy Wickens
Labor Statistics
Five Thousand Flee Rising Rivers Across Three States
Dust Bowl floods crest forced about 5 000 people from their homes across Colorado Oklahoma and Texas with emergency aid from Army Red Cross and state officials. The Purgatoire and Arkansas rivers swelled sending many to shelters while Trinidad La Junta and Eastland reported evacuations and damage including homes and a church washed away. Flood threats linger as rains ease but runoff may worsen levels in coming days.
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Red Cross
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Trinidad
Colo
la Junta
Arkansas
Eastland
Tex
Sangre de Cristo
Rockies
Kansas
Texas Pan
Crushed driver found after truck wreck near Hagerstown
Eugene Crabtree, 26, of Dayton Ohio, was found dead in a wrecked tractor trailer after it crossed U S 35 and Indiana 1, travelled through a field and a country cemetery. State Police reported the crash occurred shortly after midnight and a coroner's report was delayed awaiting determination of death.
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Hagerstown
Ind
Eugene Crabtree
Dayton
Ohio
U.S. 35
Ind. 1
Here
Crabtree
Fair mild weekend forecast for Indiana
The Weather Bureau forecast a pleasant weekend in Indiana with near normal temperatures in the high 70s by day and low 50s at night. Showers are possible in southern Indiana on Sunday, but otherwise spring picnics should proceed. Warm weather expected Saturday and again by Tuesday.
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Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Indiana
Terre Haute to House Air Defense Ground Observer Center
Terre Haute has been chosen as the new site for the Air Defense Ground Observer Corps Filter Center. Capt. Charles M. Kendrick announced the approval from Ent Air Force Base Colorado. The center will relocate from South Bend to the former McKee-Rogers auto building at Sixth and Walnut. The site will cover areas north to Rochester east to the Ohio border south to Bloomington and west to Decatur Illinois. Several hundred civilian volunteers will be needed to man the center and plot information from 366 observer posts for evaluation and relay to air defense centers.
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Terre Haute
Air Defense Ground Observer Corps
Charles M. Kendrick
United States Air Force
Sixth and
Walnut Streets
McKee-Rogers Auto Building
Wilford and
Paul McKee
The
Terre Haute Bronze
Senate Debates Over Federal Aid For Roads Intensify
The Senate opened a major clash over highway funding with Democrats pressing a five year 18 billion plan led by Sen. Gore to replace the administration's 10 year 39 billion proposal. Republicans concede little chance to stop the substitute and hope the House accepts the President's plan for a conference compromise. Senators Martin and Bush commented on the dispute.
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Senate
Albert Gore
D. Tenn
Senate Public Works Committee
House
Edward Martin
Prescott Bush
Conn
Indiana auto safety inspections flag one in twelve failures
Indianapolis May 20. One out of every 12 automobiles checked in safety inspections this spring failed to pass the tests. Indiana Office of Traffic Safety reports director J. L. Lingo said 11 of every 12 merit approval and receive inspection stickers. Most common faults defective lights tail step and head.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Office of Traffic Safety
J. L. Lingo
Delivers Own Child Mother’s Secret Is Relaxation
Titusville Florida May 20 Mrs Ellerbe W Carter Sr a fortyish housewife went about her duties as her day old daughter slept in a crib unattended at the family home yesterday the sixth birth without a doctor Her 71 year old husband Gen Ellerbe Carter Sr remained at his office A Negro housemaid Ruthie Lee assisted but grew excited and was given the afternoon off Mary Lou Culbertson writer for the Daytona Beach News Journal a family friend arrived as Mrs Carter washed the newborn The mother had taken a whisky drink before the birth but said relaxation was necessary not just for the drink She was found dusting a piano with the baby asleep nearby
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Titusville, Fla
Ellerbe W. Carter Sr
Gen
Ellerbe Carter, Sr
Ruthie Lee
Miss Culbertson
Senate Moves To Override Eisenhower On Postal Pay Veto
Democratic strategists push to beat President Eisenhower's veto of an 8.8 percent pay raise for about 500,000 postal workers. The Senate will vote after Tuesday debate, House action follows if two thirds is achieved. Sources say opinions split, with expectations of a close override showdown.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Singapore unions ignore strike call amid student protests
In Singapore on May 20 a meeting of 30 unions adjourned before midnight without action on a general strike demand to support 3,000 Chinese students staging a stay-in in two city schools. The students protest government reopenings and expulsions linked to conscription and have backed all strikes tied to the unrest.
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Singapore
British Railway Strike on May 28
London dispatch reports a planned British railway strike set for May 28. Transport unions warn of possible service disruptions affecting passenger and freight travel across the country.
Forest Fire Devours 5500 Acres in New Jersey
A mega blaze swept across more than 5500 acres of New Jersey woodland on May 20. Servicemen fought the flames as Serene forest fires extended through sections of the state and burned a wide area of the Lakehurst Naval Air Station.
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N. J
New Jersey
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
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