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April 30, 1955

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300,000 Got Cutter Shots; City Tightens Rule on Sales; 300,000 RECEIVED CUTTER VACCINE

By Morris Kaplan

Van Riper repts nearly 300,000 in 5 states and Hawaii inoculated with Cutter vaccine; Foundation has now donated vaccine for 3,576,000 initial injections in 28 states and DC; NYC Health Dept adopts Sanitation Code amendment to bar black mktg; rejects proposal on priorities for children; NY County Med Soc moves to comply; AP repts total of 26 cases among those inoculated (Calif 14, Idaho 7, Washington 2, Illinois 1, Colo 1, Georgia 1); health agencies rept nothing detrimental to health so far found in Cutter vaccine; 11 experts conf, Washington, with Pub Health Service officials; Salk, Francis, attend; Van Riper, commenting on Georgia case, stresses need for probe to determine if polio infection occurred prior to vaccination; NYC Health Dept repts on inoculations with Cutter vaccine; will not make pub names of dis; NY County Med Soc scores use of vaccine by adults; Wagner urges Fed controls, wire to Eisenhower; Justice Dept watches prices

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U. S. REITERATES VIETNAM BACKING; Renews Support for Premier After Paris Asks Removal -- Mansfield Sees Plot U. S. REITERATES VIETNAM BACKING

By Elie Abelspecial To the New York Times

US State Dept reiterates backing for Diem; Collins leaves for Saigon; Mansfield again urges US cut off aid to Vietnam if Diem is overthrown; criticizes Bao Dai role; Sen Humphrey urges removal of Bao Dai, not Diem; Maj Gen Montague reptdly will succeed Lt Gen O'Daniel as US Mil Advisory group chief

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Notable Births

Nicolas Hulot

1955Nicolas Hulot, French journalist and environmentalist[ā€ ]

Nicolas Jacques AndrƩ Hulot is a French journalist and environmental activist. He is the founder and honorary president of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation, an environmental group established in 1990.

David Kitchin, Lord Kitchin

1955David Kitchin, English lawyer and judge[ā€ ]

David James Tyson Kitchin, Lord Kitchin, PC is a British judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2018 to 2023. He has also served as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 2011 to 2018.

Pradeep Sarkar

1955Pradeep Sarkar, Indian director and screenwriter (died 2023)[ā€ ]

Pradeep Sarkar was an Indian director and screenwriter, best known for directing Parineeta (2005).

Zlatko Topčić

1955Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian writer and screenwriter[ā€ ]

Zlatko Topčić is a Bosnian screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He has written a number of films, including: Remake, The Abandoned, Miracle in Bosnia; theater plays: Time Out, I Don't Like Mondays, Refugees; novels: The Final Word, Dagmar, June 28, 1914.

Historical Context for April 30, 1955

In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[ā€ ]