Public Health Service rejects smaller polio vaccine doses
The Public Health Service rejected cutting shot doses to stretch scarce polio vaccine. It advised caution in starting first shots during the polio peak from mid August to mid September and allowed second shots then with careful local consideration.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Jonas Salk
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Foundation
The
Health Service
Weekend talks begin for Ford UAW contract dispute
Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers opened a weekend bargaining session with a June 1 contract deadline looming. The union seeks a guaranteed annual wage a pay raise and other gains as 135 000 Ford workers vote on the strike. Walter Reuther avoided specifics citing ongoing agreements.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
Walter Reuther
Reuther
UAW
General Motors Corp
GAW
Chrysler Corp
Detroiter Hotel
Auto Company
Bank President Convicted in Des Moines Check Kiting Case
Guy D. Schooler 69, president of Hartford Carlisle Savings Bank Carlisle, was convicted on five counts in a check kiting scheme after a seven hour jury deliberation in Des Moines. He faced potential penalties up to one year in prison and $5000 fine. Harry Cairns, former Cambridge bank cashier, was fined $500.
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Des Moines
Guy D. Schooler
Hartford-Carlisle Savings Bank
Carlisle
Schooler
Orville Stevens
Stevens
Cambridge State Bank
Carlisle Bank
Harry C. Cairns
Cambridge Bank
Germany's 641 Youth Hotels Hit Record 1955 Reservations
Germany reports 641 youth hotels with about 6,000,000 reservations in 1955, an all time high for youth hostels. The figure highlights steady postwar growth in youth travel and accommodations.
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Germany
Willard Palmer to Appear on WMT TV Interview
Willard Palmer of Ainsworth, named 1955 Iowa Jaycee Outstanding Young Farmer, will be interviewed on WMT TV Monday at 5 55 p.m. Palmer won the state contest sponsored by the Washington Jaycee chapter and is now a candidate for national honors.
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Willard Palmer
Ainsworth
Iowa Jaycee
Wmt-Tv
Palmer
Washington Jaycee
Boy Wounded Shielded by Father in Kentucky Shootout
In Somerset Kentucky a 12 year old boy was wounded when his father Otis Whitaker used him as a shield during a gun battle with deputy sheriffs. Whitaker and two deputies were injured as deputies searched a Pulaski County farm for illicit whisky still products. The boy remained in critical condition while Whitaker and deputies recovered from shotgun and pistol wounds.
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Somerset
Otis Whitaker
Whitaker
Pulaski County
Otis Lee Whitaker
Claude Dalton
Raymond Meece
Moscow Radio denies atomic submarine existance
Moscow Radio declared there is no atomic powered submarine, calling the Nautilus a figment while noting potential value if it existed. It also mentioned possible agreement with Eisenhower on a globe girdling atomic freighter, citing Soviet views on peaceful atomic energy use.
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London
Moscow
U.S. Navy
Eisenhower
Radio Moscow
V.A. Leshkotsev
U.S
Soviet Union
Leshkotsevy
Memorial Services Planned for Navy and Marine Veterans
Washington will host a Navy and Marine memorial service at 8:30 a.m. on the Crooked Creek bridge off highway one. Rev. Harley Gelhaus, a former Sea Bee, will speak on Monday May 30. Veterans urged to assemble at VEW hall at 7:30 a.m. in dress blues.
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Navy and Marine Memorial Service
Washington
Crooked Creek
Highway One
Harley Gelhaus
Sea Bee
VEW Hall
Emergency cesarean fails as mother and baby die in New Jersey
In WEST NEW YORK New Jersey a desperate cesarean using improvised tools fails to save the baby of a pregnant mother killed by an ex suitor. Alfred Carpenter 35 shoots Mrs June Empson 26 then dies by suicide. Doctor Vincent Raccaia performs the operation. the infant dies 15 minutes later.
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West
New York
N.J
Alfred T. Carpenter
June Empson
Carpenter
Vincent Raccaia
Edwin Mullins
Mrs. Empson
State Center Banker Ruled Guilty by Jury
William L. Haesemeyer 43 president of Central State Bank State Center was found guilty by a district court jury of false entries in bank records. The panel deliberated about five hours on one of three indictments. he faced charges of embezzlement and making excessive loans to a bank officer.
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State Center
Marshalltow
William L. Haesemeyer
Central State Bank
Haesemeyer
Tickets On Sale For Country Club Dance
Tickets for the first dance of the 1955 season at the Washington Golf and Country Club went on sale today. Club members and guests may buy tickets at Sitler Auto Parts, Phillips Drug, or at the club counter.
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Washington Golf and Country Club
Bill Sitler
Sitler Auto Parts
Phillips Drug
Coun
Direct Talks Seen Between China and U S Within 60 Days
New Delhi reports say direct negotiations between the United States and Communist China on the Far East crisis are likely within sixty days. Krishna Menon returned from Peiping with responses on a possible cease fire and the release of American fliers, with Nehru and Eden to be briefed and possible further talks in Washington.
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New Delhi
India
China
United States
Red China
V. K. Krishna Menon
Peiping
Krishna Menon
Formosa
Nehru
Moscow
Soviet Union
Britain
Washington
Bandung
Indonesia
State Department
Dulles
Priests Arrested in Peronera Raids Amid Church Separation Push
Federal police in Buenos Aires conducted a three day series of raids on private homes and convents arresting several Roman Catholic priests. The action follows Congress moves to sever church ties with the state and end tax exemptions for religious groups as President Peron weighs signature.
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Buenos Aires
Miguel Gamboa
Congress
Juan Peron
Cordoba
Peron
House
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Boone Woman Fatally Hurt in Auto Crash
A Boone woman died of injuries suffered in a car truck crash Friday night on U S 30, 22 miles south of Boone. Merrill Runyon, 23, was in critical condition, Eva Lou Runyon, 20, escaped with minor injuries. Sheriff says the car cut in too close after passing the semi truck, was knocked into a ditch and flipped back onto the highway. The trio had closed a nursery school they operated in Boone.
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Merrill Runyon
Boone
To Hold Yoder Rites Sunday Near Kalona
Funeral services for Jacob J. Yoder aged 67 who died at his home north of Kalona will be at 2 p m Sunday at the East Union Mennonite church Burial will be in the East Union Mennonite cemetery and the body will lie at the Yoder funeral home in Kalona until services
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Kalona
Jacob J. Yoder
East Union Mennonite Church
East Union Mennonite
Yoder
Legion Post Carnival to Aid Washington Fourth of July
The Leon Beatty American Legion post sponsors the Grand American Shows at the armory grounds in Washington Monday Tuesday and Wednesday next week with gates at 6 30 p m. Proceeds fund fireworks and celebration items for this year’s Fourth of July. Harold Jarvis, post commander, says the show has been well received in prior runs.
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Leon Beatty
American Legion Post
Armory Grounds
Washington
Legion Post
Harold Jarvis
Hospital admissions rate hits new high in U S data
Report notes patients are admitted to U S hospitals at a rate of one every two seconds, reflecting growing demand on health systems and care capacity across the nation.
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U. S
Mass Indochina Troops Move on Saigon Front
Government massed naval units and ground troops in the Mekong estuary to crush Hoa Hao and Ba Cat forces threatening Saigon and Cholon. Casualties from April 28 to May 8 totaled 215 killed, 1,500 wounded, 8,000 houses destroyed, and 35,000 left homeless as officers were arrested for desertion and treason.
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Saigon
Indochina
Mekong River
Binh Xuyen
Cholon
Popular Revolutionary Committee
Eisenhower
Bai Dai
Viet Nam
Lung Xuyen
Can Tho
Mekong
Ba Cat
Tran van Soai
Hoa Hao
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Sherman Hotel to Erect Largest Canopy in Loop
The Sherman Hotel in Chicago plans a vast canopy on a Loop corner, extending 260 feet one way and 200 feet the other with 6,000 feet of fluorescent lighting planned for the installation.
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Chicago
Sherman Hotel
Sabrejet Aims for Same-Day U S Round Trip
1st Lt. John M. Conroy of the California Air National Guard flies an F-86 Sabrejet from Los Angeles to New York and back in a bid to break the record for a same-day cross-country trip. The mission includes fuel stops at Denver Springfield Columbus and Albuquerque with a return target by 6:40 p.m. CST.
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New York
Los Angeles
Armed Forces
John M. Conroy
California Air National Guard
San Fernando Valley
Floyd Bennett Field
Pacific Ocean
Air Force
Conroy
Denver
Colo
Springfield
Ill
Columbus
Ohio
Albuquerque
N.M
Air National Guard
Harve P. Wilson 83 former supervisor dies in Washington
Harve P. Wilson 83 of 434 East Harrison street died at 9 p.m. Friday after months of illness. A former Washington County Board of Supervisors member and Jackson township farmer, he retired and moved to Washington in 1936. Survived by wife Ethel, two sons Glenn and Harold, daughter Ressa Brown, and several grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday in Jones funeral home with Dr. William J. Grossheim officiating. burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Born April 12, 1872 in New Boston Illinois, he married Mary Logue in 1895 and wed Ethel Grecian in 1940.
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Harve P. Wilson
Harrison Street
Wilson
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Jackson Township
Jones Funeral Home
William J. Grossheim
Elm Grove
Mr. Wilson
New Boston, Ill
W. A. Wilson
Kathryn Woodard Wilson
New Boston
Washington
Mary Logue
Ethel Grecian
Presbyterian Church
Glenn
Harold
Ressa Brown
Kalamazoo
Mich
Bert Wilson
Mt. Vernon
Ruth Pearson
Ainsworth
Billy Graham Draws Near Half Million in London Crusade
Billy Graham wraps up his second London crusade after a week of rain soaked services attended by about 334,500 at Wembley Stadium and 56,000 on Friday night when 3,546 joined in making Decisions for Christ. He will rest before holding meetings in France West Germany Holland Belgium Denmark and Norway.
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London
Billy Graham
Greyhound Racetrack
Continent
Wembley Stadium
Christ
France
West Germany
Holland
Belgium
Denmark
Norway
Jet refuel stops timed for five minute quick fill
North American Aviation and the Sabrejet program arranged official timing of the flight by the National Association of Aeronautics at each refuel stop, insisting on five minute turnaround.
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North American Aviation Co
National Association of Aeronautics
Special Movies For Children Planned At State Theater
A Washington State theater will show eight Monday afternoon films for youngsters this summer. Organized by the YWCA and Washington PTA groups, season tickets cost $1 and welcome rural and other community children. Adult tickets required for accompanying relatives. Films include Geb lant Bess, Canterville Ghost, Aye Get Your Gun, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Fearless Fagan, Secret Garden, Alexander Graham Bell, and Stable mates.
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State
Washington
Young Women’s Christian Association
Parent Teacher Associations of Washington
Mary Gale Letts
YWCA
Geblant Bess
Fearless Fagan
Secret Garden
Alexander Graham Bel
Francis
Stablemates
PTA
Children's Library
Weather forecast for Iowa with warm spell ahead
United Press Iowa reports a continued mild day with temperatures climbing to 55 to 62 degrees by Sunday night. Expect mostly clear skies with a warm, partly sunny Monday ahead.
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United Press
Iowa
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