Pressure over Cutter vaccine fuels charge at hearing
Rep. Arthur G. Klein said a prominent California politician pressured Welfare Secretary Hobby about Cutter Laboratories licensing for the Salk polio vaccine. Assistant Secretary Perkins denied the charge as false, amid House committee hearings on a 28 million dollar outlay and distribution controls for free vaccine.
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Washington
Arthur G. Klein
California
Welfare
Oveta Culp Hobby
Cutter
Roswell B. Perkins
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Leonard A. Scheele
Public Health Service
Adm. Carney Out As Navy Chief Burke Named In Pause
President Eisenhower nominated Rear Adm. Arleigh A. A. Burke to be chief of Naval operations succeeding Adm. Robert B. Carney who faced a controversy over a potential Communist attack in the Formosa Strait. Burke will assume Aug. 16. Carney’s term ends then.
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Eisenhower
Arleight
A. A. Burke
Naval Operations
Robert B. Carney
Carney
Formosa
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Fisenhower
Maxwell D. Taylor
Matthew Ridgway
Army
Ridgway
Taylor
Burke
Formosa Strait
Thousands Search For Child In Vain
Kalamazoo Michigan May 25 Police held a teen aged hotel busboy for a lie detector test in the disappearance of eight year old Jeanie Singleton as a large search force aided by Civil Air Patrol planes resumed the hunt. Authorities said live prospects were fading while a possible sex offender was questioned.
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U.P
Jeanie Singleton
Jeanie
Mary
Mney Stewart
Civil Air Patrol
National Guard
Naval Reserve
Western Michigan College R.O.T.C
Stewart
FBI
Armed Forces Day parade in Terre Haute hails strength as deterrent
Thousands viewed the Armed Foray parade along Wa bash avenue led by military units moving toward Memorial Stadium. Brig. Gen. Harley Jones, USAF, spoke on strength as the nation’s best hope for peace, saying air power and rapid striking capability deter aggression and keep war costly for foes. Page 6.
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Wabash Avenue
Memorial Stadium
Harley
Air Force
Traffic deaths exceed last year in Indiana
Indiana's traffic deaths for the year reached 383 through Sunday May 22, eight more than the same period last year. Rural accidents caused 298 deaths and urban collisions 85, according to Major Walter P Weyland executive officer of the Indiana State Police.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana State Police
Walter P. Weyland
Former officer sentenced to 15 years for massacre in Sinchang
Seoul report details Yoo Hae Jin, a 34 year old ex police officer from Sinchang, receiving a 15 year prison term for slaughtering 114 villagers in 1950 and 1951 after he admitted the charges. He was arrested in January for the machine gun killings carried out while labeling victims as Communist collaborators.
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Korea
Pyoo Hae Jin
Sinchang
Yoo
Falsehood Wall Clouds Work of Graft Probers
Senate probes into uniform procurement graft face a tangle of falsehoods as witnesses admit to lying under oath. Sen Mundt demands firings for deceit while Army fires contract analyst David Pollack over conflicting testimony. Other witness Joseph Porreca admits receiving gifts tied to a firm under investigation beyond 1952 53. The panel questions Leon Levy's $6670 cash disbursements and whether funds reached government hands.
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Sen. Mundt
R.-S.d
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Army
David Pollack
Quartermaster Corps
Philadelphia
Pollack
Subcommittee
Joseph G. Porreca
Clifton
N. J
Brooklyn
Leon M. Levy
Levy
Lebanon
Bonita Originals, Inc
New York
Storms Kill 5 In South and Midwest Areas
A sweeping storm front across the Midwest and South brought deadly winds and lightning. At Augusta Georgia a wall collapse during a minor league game killed a man and two boys. in Clinton County Michigan a father and son were struck by lightning and died, another boy injured.
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Clinton County
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Chicago
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David Thomas
Sam Madison
Michigan
Weather Summary for Surreal Town Morning forecast
FAIR AND COOL conditions with readings at 6 am 57 degrees noon 66 degrees by 9 am 66. Sunrise 5 29 Sunset 8 05. River stage four feet and rising.
Local Weather Summary
Local conditions report a high of 77 degrees yesterday and a low of 50 last night. Precipitation totaled 0.64 inches, with variable cloudiness persisting through the day.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana
Fair and cool tonight with partly cloudy skies. A slight temperature change is expected Thursday. Highs near 75 and lows around 45. In Indiana the forecast calls for mostly cloudy and cooler conditions today, then fair and cool tonight and partly cloudy Thursday with little temperature change. Street thermometer readings were 58 at 6 am and 67 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Governor Hints On Governor’s Second Term Hope
The governor urged him to run again and said the President seemed pleased by the resolution. The President did not indicate whether he would seek re election in 1956.
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International
Polio Cases Rising After Vaccinations Reach 101
A United Press tally shows 101 children nationwide and in Hawaii developed polio after receiving Salk vaccine. Cutter Laboratories vaccine is linked to some cases, with 56 likely vaccine related. California and Idaho record most post inoculation cases, while health officials stress vaccines are not proven to cause polio except possibly Cutter produced batches.
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U.P
U. S. Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Cutter Laboratories
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Scheele
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Worker killed at gypsum plant in Shoals
Millard Brittain, 43, of Washington, was killed Tuesday at the National Gypsum Co. plant in Shoals when a motor hoisted atop a gypsum mine tipple fell, fatally injuring him as he was being moved to the top.
Indiana Priorities Salk Second Shot Inoculations
Dr Bertram Groebeck Indiana state health director said there is no reason to delay the second round of Salk anti polio vaccine inoculations after the first shot. State Health Commissioner Andrew Offutt declined to advise county officials, leaving local decisions to county authorities.
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Bertram Groebeck
Indiana
Groebeck
Andrew Offutt
Wall of Water Destroys Valley Dam Floods Canarada Area
Officials resume investigation into a private earth dam break that unleashed a 25 foot wall of water along U S Highway 19 near Naal e Man in the Blue Ridge foothills. No deaths, but two houses and two autos destroyed, eight buildings damaged, and 4900 baby chicks drowned at a local farm. Residents narrowly escaped as torrents swept uphill to safety. Sheriff J R Gibson says the dam simply broke and was built 18 months ago for irrigation and recreation.
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Dahlonega
U.S. Highway 19
Blue Ridge Mountains
Naal’e Man
Canarada
Bia
J. R. Gibson
Lumpkin County
Senate Nearing Vote On Federal Highway Aid
The Senate edged toward a pivotal vote on competing Democratic and Republican highway bills. Republicans aimed to force a test by proposing use of a 10 year 39 percent billion construction plan backed by President Eisenhower, while Democrats pushed an 18 billion five year program. If the move failed, GOP leaders planned to send the Democratic bill back to the public works committee, signaling a close fight with potential for a mediating version.
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Senate
Eisenhower
G.O.P
Public Works Committee
House
Joseph
July 18 21 set for Big Four talks with Russia
Paris May 25 French Foreign Minister Pinay said Eisenhower agreed to July 18 to 21 for a Big Four chiefs of government summit with Russia. He noted the West prefers Lausanne Switzerland, while the Russians favor other sites such as Vienna. Site to be announced.
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Antoine Pinay
Eisenhower
Governmmnt
Russia
Pinay
Lausanne
Switzerland
Vienna
Stork on Hackney Hospital Roof Reported
London May 25 Scotland Yard received a telephoned report that a stork perched on the roof of Hackney Hospital's maternity ward. A police car was sent to remove the bird to a zoo.
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London
Scotland Yard
Hackney Hospital
Woman's Shoe Clue Emerges in Danville Kidnapping Case
In Danville area a muddy shoe and an Evansville girl's address on paper surface as clues in a mysterious scream during a car chase. A hat and note promising rescue were found, but police doubt and no missing person has yet been reported.
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Ill
Central Park
Evansville
Ind
Frank Gillespie
Indiana
Chicago
Illinois
Bob Klein
Jane Mix
Powell
Klein
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Ridge Farm
Evans
World Fund Seeks End of Malaria Initiative
Mexico City May 2 The World Health Assembly voted to create a special fund to eradicate malaria worldwide. Governments will be urged to contribute beyond their regular World Health Organization allotments.
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Mexico City
World Health Assembly
World Health Organization
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