Oswego City Council Backs 1961 Budget Bright Outlook
Mayor Ralph Shapiro told aldermen that 1960 was one of the city’s worst years but predicted a much brighter 1961. The session approved wage increases for police and firemen, funding for an $11,000 ambulance, a new Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, and various budget transfers and condemnations as part of routine year end business.
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Ralph Shapiro
Oswego
Shapiro
Common Council
Daniel Mahoney
Major Shapiro
Mahoney
State Department of Audit and Control
Edwin M. Allen
State Civil Defense Commission
Commission
John O. C. Conway
James P. Cullinan
Blue Cross
East Third St
FE Cayuga
Seneca Sts
Sereno Tanner
Loblaw
Civ Welfare Department
John Pusauskas
Frances Hollop
Board of Health
Department of Works
Highway Fund
J. Francis Gill
City Chamberlain
Water Department
Kenneth D. Jensen
Department of Public Safety
Budget Commission
New York State Youth Commission
Cty
Turrill St
Liberty St
Hillside Ave
The
Palladium Times
Benjamin M. Bough
State Board of H Equalizaton and
Albany
Gov
Rockefeller
Edward F. Crawford
Henry A. Wise
Inside Job Suspected in Florida $400000 Armored Car Heist
Tampa police and FBI link the $400000 theft to an inside job at an armored car service. Thieves used a true key, a coded password, and timing to bypass alarms, stealing moneybags while coins were left behind. The vault held about $1 million in cash and checks.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
FBI
E. A. Rasdale
New York Market Eggs and Butter Prices Report
New York wholesale egg offerings show ample supply with spot demand spotty. Whites and Browns listed with various weights and price ranges. top quality, extras, and mediums detailed. Butter offers ample with good demand and prices unchanged.
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New York
Bayonne Propane Tank Blast Injures Four
A storage tank with liquid propane exploded in Bayonne New Jersey injuring four men, one critically. Firefighters contained the blaze at Sun Gas Products Corp in Constable Hook near New York Bay, evacuating residents within five blocks. Stanley Buchalski 40 of Chester New York suffered third degree burns over 40 percent of his body. Others injured were Billy Rowan Harold McCarter and Earl Lewis. A missing man was later located and reported alive.
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Bayonne
Sun Gas Products Corp
Stanley Buchalski
Chester
N. Y
Bayonne Hospital
Billy Rowan
Earl Lewis
Port Jervis
N.Y
Harold McCarter
Buchalski
Lewis
Explosion at propane storage crippled by flames
A fire at a propane storage site began with a spark igniting gas drums and a large storage tank erupting in a roaring blast. Witnesses Police Sergeant Edward Folger and Marine Pvt. Edward Vida described the intense explosion and immediate emergency response as crews aided nearby residents.
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Buchalski
Hin
Edward Folger
Marine Pvt
Edward Vida
Congo Rebels Enter Katanga as Fighting Resumes
Rebels from Stanleyville entered northern Katanga and contacted Baluba tribesmen in ongoing clashes with President Moise Tshombe’s regime. A United Nations report notes the force moved via Kivu Province and nears Kongolo, a focal point in the Katanga conflict.
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Congo
Katanga
Leopodville
The
Stanleyville
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Kivu
Kongolo
Tshormbe
Congo Crisis Sees Gizenga Regime Claim Legitimacy
Rebels led by former Deputy Premier Antoine Gizenga establish a Communist leaning authority south of Stanleyville in Kivu province. Gizenga says his government is Congo’s only legal regime after he gained control over Christmas. provincial President Jean Mirohu and three ministers were kidnapped.
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Mies
Stanleyville
Antoine Gizenga
Congo
Kivu
Katanfa
Gizenga
Jean Mirohu
Promers Missing After Leaving Pakuvu in Christmas Day
The promers were believed en route to Stanleyville after leaving Pakuvu, the Kivu capital, under heavy escort on Christmas Day. Rebels in north Katanga imply Gizen ga has firm control of Kivu allowing his forces freer movement throughout a province with over 3 500 Europeans.
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Promers
Stanleyville
Pakuvu
Kivu
Katanga
Gizenga
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