Discarded Safety Testing Blamed for Cutter Polio Incident
The Public Health Service blamed the Cutter polio vaccine incident on weaknesses in discarded safety testing procedures and said new standards provide safeguards against live virus in vaccines. The report details that some Cutter lots contained live virus, causing polio, and outlines factors behind this contamination and updates to production and testing requirements.
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Washington
Public Health Service
The
Health Service
PHS
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Price-Fixing Sparks Debate Over Milk Markets
Virl P. Randolph Jr. of the Virginia Milk Commission urged de control of retail milk prices in Arlington Alexandria and Manassas arguing that Potomac area Washington distributors operate without controls and do well. He voted for de control while two members favored keeping price fixing in those markets.
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Richmond
State Milk Commission
Arlington Alexandria
Manassas
Potomac River
Washington
Virl P. Randolph Jr
Glauber
Commission
Arlington - Alexandria
Randolph
Arlington-Alexandria
Atty
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Potomac
Cool Weather Slows Peach Harvest in Appalachia
Cool weather over the past two days slows peach ripening across the Appalachians. A low 60 and high 74 were recorded as rain is forecast this evening and tomorrow. the Appalachian Peach Council urges limited picking to spread shipments and notes prices around 2.50 per bushel for Elberta peaches.
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Appalachian
Associated Press
Appalachian Peach Council
Martinsburg
W. Va
Elbertas
Czechs Cut Armed Forces by 34 000
Vienna reports Radio Prague says Czechoslovakia will demobilize 34 000 this year following Geneva talks and improved international ties. Western estimates place Czechoslovakia’s armed forces at about 240 000 with 200 000 reserves and 260 000 in police and border guard units. Russia had announced a 640 000 demobilization target by December 15.
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Vienna
Austria
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Radio
Prague
Red
Margaret L. Hodgson
Rehabilitation May Take 100 Million in Flooded Areas
The government launched a broad rehabilitation effort in the flood stricken Northeast. President Eisenhower ordered an overall plan using funds and resources from multiple agencies with advance approval from congressional leaders. They expect reimbursement from Congress next year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
James C. Hagerty
White House
Army Engineers Gauge Flood Damage in Northeastern States
The Army Engineers estimated flood damage at 1.6 billion dollars and warned of a major rehabilitation effort. Lt. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, chief of engineers, called it one of the era’s toughest flood recovery tasks after inspecting the disaster areas.
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Washington
Army
Noah
Samuel D. Sturgis
Sturgis
Nationalist Party In Morocco Seeks Treaty Revisions
Istiqlal delegates in France pressed for revision of the protectorate treaty and a return of Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef to the throne. Talks with Edgar Faure followed by a plan to consult Ahmed Balafrej, with protests mounting among North African colonials over French policy after a weekend of bloodshed.
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Aix Les Bains
France
Morocco
Istiqlal (Independence
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Edgar Faure
Istiqlal
Geneva
Ahmed Balafrej
Faure
Balafrej
Paris
National Assembly
North Africa
Algeria
Boy 15 Killed in Cement Mixer Accident
In San Leandro California Robert Tesche 15 was killed when he crawled into a cement mixer at Best Concrete Co and the machine started accidentally. Bernard Blondin Jr 13 was with him. Police said the revolving blade killed Tesche instantly as officers began investigations.
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San Leandro
Calif
Robert Tesche
Bernard Blondin Jr
Best Concrete Co
Tesche
12 Year Old Spelling Wizard To Visit Farm in W Virginia
Gloria Lockerman the 12 year old Baltimore spelling prodigy visits a Gap Mills West Virginia farm for a family reunion and a weekend escape. She has won 16000 dollars and contemplates a 32000 challenge with a 4000 education fund if she falters. Her grandparents drive her and a TV audience follows her progress.
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W. Virginia
Baltimore
Gloria Lock
Erman
West Virginia
Mrs
Fay Trust
Gap Mills
W. Va
Roanoke
Gloria
Vivian Key
New York
Thomas D'Alesandra
Christine Moore
Booker T. Washington Junior High
Edith hurricane expected to reach 125 mph by Saturday
The fifth hurricane Edith tracked in the Atlantic with current winds near 80 mph and forecasters predict center winds could surge to 125 to 135 mph by Saturday. The storm moves west-northwest about 13 mph with gales extending 150 miles north and east from center.
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Miami
Fla
Edith
Atlantic
Gordon Dunn
Weather Bureau
Puerto Rico
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Connie
Diane
Dunn
Carolinas
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Canada
Bad Tires Blamed for Record Turnpike Death Toll
Bedford Pa. seventeen people have been killed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike this month the highest monthly toll since the road opened. Capt Shingleton Sheaffer says bad tires and heavy rainfall plus driver error are to blame and police are cracking down on unsafe tires.
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Pa. Turnpike
Bedford
Shingleton Sheaffer
Turnpike
Associated Press
Sheaffer
Campbell Heads Red Cross Flood Relief Drive Here
Charles A. Campbell Jr was named chairman of the Winchester and Frederick County Red Cross flood emergency fund drive. The goal is 900 with civic clubs aiding industrial calls for donations to aid disaster victims and homeless families.
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Red Cross
E. Roland Harriman
National Red Cross
Eisenhower
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Diane
Washington
Philadelphia
American Bar Assn
Denver
White House
Army
Campbell
Charles A. Campbell, Jr
Winchester
Frederick County
Charles Toan
Winchester-Frederick County
American Red Cross
S. Braddock St
American National Red Cross
Ike's Administration Called Most Corrupt Since Harding
Milwaukee based CIO PAC director Jack Kroll called the Eisenhower administration the most corrupt since the Harding regime and labeled it the big mink administration. He warned that continuing in office would allow Wall Street domination of government.
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Ike
Harding
Milwaukee
Wis
Jack Kroll
CIO Political Action Committee
Eisenhower
Airman Schmidt and wife reconciled in Oregon
Airman Daniel Schmidt and Una, who had married another man, are reunited and reportedly happy. The wife arrived in Portland and they went into seclusion at an Oregon beach resort. Schmidt had been released from a Red Chinese prison and had filed for divorce in California. Neighbors say the couple never had a chance to settle their issues, and arrangements for Una's visit followed Schmidt's arrival to see his mother.
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Portland
Ore
Daniel Schmidt
Una
Oregon
Schmidt
California
Robert Thomas
Ray Peters
Three youths sought in assault and robbery near Clearbrook
State police issued a statewide alert for three men aged 18 to early twenties who attacked a 16 year old girl and robbed her male companion at gunpoint near an orchard west of State Rt 672 near Clearbrook. The victims, from Jacksonville NC, were picked up in Scranton PA. The Buick with New York plates was seen leaving the scene. police planned further searches and to recover a suitcase left behind.
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Clearbrook
Jacksonville
North Carolina
Scranton
Pennsylvania
W. B. Broach
Pesce
Welltown Pike
New York
Shovel Burglar Nabbed in Detroit After Five Year Hunt
Police identify the so called Shovel Burglar as William E. Schlitz a 44 year old plumber sales man with four prior prison terms. He allegedly looted about 1000 homes on Fridays adding cash jewelry and valuables and left a shovel as his calling card.
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Detroit
William E. Schlitz
Southern Michigan
Winchester Skies Thursday Overview of Planet Visibility
Astronomical notes list times for sunrise at 5 34 a m and moonset at 11 12 p m with Antares near the Moon on Sept 2. Visible planets Saturn and Jupiter are recorded high overhead in the evening sky with Saturn in the southwest at 7 43 p m and Jupiter at 4 3 a m with references to Vegas as a sky sighting context.
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Antares
Vegas
Saturn
Jupiter
Tices
Cannes
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