Hanscom Center Reports Mass Regional Spending and Assets
A military research center analysis shows Hanscom Field and Cambridge Research Center generate substantial local economic impact. Local vendors handle about four million dollars annually in goods, plus over a million to wholesale distributors, with the Post Exchange and Commissary buying local. The Cambridge Center has 192 active contracts worth 129 million, mainly with Massachusetts firms, while rebuilding Hanscom Field aims for two thirds of a 60 million project and beyond with 20 million more planned. Asset values as of July 1 1956 include inventories seven million eight hundred forty eight thousand three hundred two dollars, equipment nineteen million three hundred sixty five thousand five hundred seventy four dollars, and aircraft at forty one million five hundred ninety three thousand two hundred fifty six dollars.
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Greater
Boston
Hanscom Field
Post Exchange
Post. Exchange
Cambridge Research Center
New England
Massachusetts
Congress
L G. Hanscom Field
Speeders Nabbed By Concord Timer On Wood Street
Concord Lexington police used an electrical timer borrowed from the Concord police to trap speeders on Wood Street near Bedford Airport. In minutes 35 violators were nabbed. Lieut. James F. Carr led the detail. the 35 will be arraigned in Concord District Court next week.
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Concord
Lexington Police
Concord Police
Wood Street
Bedford
James F. Carr
Concord District Court
TV changes loom for fall network season
Media and talent shake ups headline the fall TV season with Omnibus renaming subscribers as sponsors Ed Murrow getting a larger ash tray Ralph Story and Hal March teaming for next years projects Jonathan Winters likely to gain NBC show Danny Thomas to appear in a wheelchair Ernie Kovacs to permanently take over the Tonight slot CBS may move Johnny Carson NBC eyes Parker on Bandstand Buddy Hackett trains for Stanley show ABC seeks sponsors for Frontier Judge and Joan Davis Alabama launches educational network Wagner Bros buys NBC daytime slots for Jinx Falkenberg launch plus Pat Buttram quips about wolf whistles
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Wora
Ed Murrow
Ralph Story
Hal March
Jonathan Winters
Nbc-Tv
Asree
Danny Thomas
Thomas
Peter Lind Hayes
Arthur Godfrey
Cbs-Tv
Frank Parker
Frank
Parker
NBC
Godfrey
Buddy Hackett
NBC TV
Stanley
Jackie Gleason
Buddy
Ernie Kovacs
Abc-Tv
Frontier Judge
Joan Davis
CBS
Johnny Carson
Miss Brooks
Alabama
Birmingham
Munford
Andalusia
Queen
Whigey Junction
Wagner Bros
Sheehans Reunion Planned at Liberty Tree House
The Sheehan family reunion is set for Sunday September 9 at the Liberty Tree House with a 1 pm roast beef dinner prepared by Mr and Mrs Leo E White. Members will attend an 1130 mass at Our Lady Help of Christians Church West Concord, followed by sports games and a business meeting led by Mrs Alice Lee McNeil president of Hamden CT formerly of West Concord.
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South Acton
Sheehan
Associates
Liberty Tree House
Leo E. White
Our Lady Help of Christians'Church
West Concord
Alice (Lee) McNeil
Hamden
Connecticut
Army Physical Fitness Drives Soldier Readiness
The Army emphasizes physical training through obstacle courses calisthenics and road marches to maintain stamina. Soldiers participate in weekly compulsory sessions and voluntary athletic activities with gymnasiums and equipment loans. Elite tests include a 500-point standard featuring pull ups sit ups push ups squats and a 300 yard dash. Private First Class Bronislaw R. Mogenis and Specialist Third Class Russ S Griffin Jr are cited among new fitness entrants and a Wilmington Delaware soldier performs high volume push ups nightly.
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Washington
Solier
Bronislaw R. Mogenis
Grier Avenue
Elizabeth
U.S. Army
Europe
Russ S Griffin, Jr
Guyton, Gatdig
35Th Quartermaster Pack Company
Fort Carson
Colo
Vais Hic Classons
Wilmington
Del
62Nd. Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
Ex Bedford Pastor John Donegan Dies in Weymouth
The Rev. John Donegan 65 former pastor of St. Michael’s Bedford died in Weymouth after a long priestly career of 40 years. A requiem Mass was held at Immaculate Conception East Weymouth with clergy from the region in attendance. Burial was in St. Patrick’s cemetery Nodland. He served as Army chaplain in World War I and held posts in Watertown Worcester Readville Wellesley before East Weymouth. He is survived by two sisters and one brother.
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Bedford
Immaculate
Concord Man at Medford dies suddenly at home
Concord Eugene J. Kelley aged 67 a retired New Bedford policeman died at his Medford home on Tuesday evening August 28 after being stricken. He resided in Concord the last two years and is survived by his wife Margaret E Murphy a daughter Mrs. Donald Barnes and a son Eugene J Kelley Jr all of New Bedford. His funeral was held at Gaffey Memorial Funeral Home Medford with a solemn high mass at St Francis of Assisi Church and burial in Oak Cemetery Medford.
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Concord
Eugene J. Kelley
Fern Street
New Bedford
Emerson Hospital
Margaret E. Murphy
Donald Barnes
Eugene J. Kelley, Jr
Gaffey Memorial Funeral Home
Medford
St. Francis of Assisi Church
Jn Oak Cemetery
Boxboro Couple Welcomes Second Child Wiggin Smith
Mr and Mrs Charles W Smith Hill road announce the birth of their second child and first daughter Wiggin Smith on August 18. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Fred Crane of Dalton and Mr and Mrs Sumner Smith of Lincoln.
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Boxboro
Charles W. Smith
Hill Road
Daugh
Wiggin Smith
Fred Crane
Dalton
Sumner Smith
Lincoln
Water needed to fill an average bathtub
An average-size bathtub requires about 45 gallons of water to reach full capacity.
Probation Bill Urged by Concord League of Women Voters
Concord group backs H 3245 as senate ready to vote after September 25. The measure strengthens the probation department, abolishes the old board, creates a new committee, and expands the commissioner's authority to set statewide standards. It aims to cut costs while improving juvenile treatment and statewide operations. State Senator Richard I. Furbush urged contact to push passage.
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Concord
Concord League of Women Voters
House of Representatives
Senate
Wessell
Department of Probation
Board of Probation
State Department of Probation
Richard I. Furbush
State House
Boston
Bedford Air Base Valued At 100 Million
The Air Force announced that Bedford Air Base now valued over 100 million dollars. The assessment includes aircraft valued at 41 million dollars.
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Bedford Air Base
Bedford
Air Force
Campaign Posters Restricted From Public Properties
Campaign posters face tight limits as police stress enforcement of laws against placing notices on poles fences or private property. Authorities cite Charter 2686 Section 126 banning postings on any property without owner consent with penalties up to ten dollars and removal of unlawful signs along highways.
Concord Justice To Try Tort Cases
Judge Pierre A. Northrup will sit in the civil jury sessions of the superior court to try motor tort cases starting Monday September 10. The District Court of Central Middlesex judge is among those chosen under a new legislative act to handle cases in the higher court during his absence. Maurice McWarter will preside at the Concord court during his weeks away.
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Concord
Pierre A. Northrup
District Court of
Central Middlesex
Superior Court
Northrup
District Court
Ate Justce Maurice McWarter
Concord Court
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