Week of April 8, 1955
Presidential Eisenhower feels that some technical military secrets have been
“made available to the enemy” by publication in this country. Asked to cite some
specific example, Secretary James C. Hagerty refused to do so on the ground it
might be of further help to the enemy.
Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab assures the West he will make no treaty deals in
Moscow without the approval of the Western Big Three powers. Raab and a
delegation are scheduled to fly to Moscow for peace treaty talks at the invitation
of Soviet Foreign Minister V.M. Molotov.
In Britain - Prime Minister Eden assigns his former duties as Foreign Minister to
Harold McMillan.
Wow!
- The Navy discloses successful experimental
flights by a weird looking contraption called a “flying
platform” which ascends vertical and hovers in the air.
The pilot stands in the center of the platform, which looks
like a round dining room table. To steer the machine, he
merely leans in the direction he wants to go.
Long awaited report
- The world is told that its hope for
finding an effective weapon against crippling polio have
been realized. The Salk triple antipolio vaccine,
administered last year to 40,000 children in 44 states, has
protected a large percentage of the vaccinated children
against the paralytic effects of the three types of polio
virus.
Dr. Jonas E. Salk
will receive no royalties from sales of
the polio vaccine on which he worked long and
tirelessly. His work was a contribution to humanity
financed entirely with the funds of the National Polio
Foundation. The mass test alone cost $10 million and
the foundation has contracted to spend an additional $3-
$9 million on inoculation doses for children this summer.
Dr. Jonas E. Salk who says development of his polio
vaccine came as “no surprise,” said his own children
were among the first to receive inoculations soon after
he began his first tests on human beings - in May of
1953.
