1955
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Events
- April 25 – More than 700 first and second grade pupils in Charlottesville received their first Salk polio shots this morning.[1] Later that week, vaccinations were given to Albemarle County students.
- Polio, an infectious disease affecting the nerves of the spine that often causes paralysis, had reached its height of infection rates in the early 1950s when Dr. Jonas Saulk successfully developed a vaccine that dramatically decreased the infection and death rates due to the disease.
- September 26 – The battered body of Mrs. Eleanor Rose Rhodes, 34, was found this Monday morning, in a small wooded section on Cabell Avenue just off Preston Avenue. Police Chief J. E. Adams said it as murder.[2]
- November 11 – A commission of the Governor completed a study for a program to block the integration of Virginia's Public Schools. This would include calling the General Assembly for a special session to pass legislation calling for a constitutional amendment. The idea was to make it easier for private schools to be funded with local government money. The State Supreme Court ruled earlier in the week that that was unconstitutional. The commission was chaired by Senator Garland Gray. [3]
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Pupils at Johnson ES in Charlottesville received their first Salk polio shots.
References
- ↑ Web. Over 700 Local Children Receive First Polio Shots, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, April 25, 1955, retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ↑ Web. Woman’s Body Found Bludgeoned to Death, The Tribune, Roanoke, VA Saturday October 8, 1955
- ↑ Web. Education Commission Completes its Work; Gray Delivers Report to Governor Stanley, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family