City Hall Year in Review for Shapiro Administration
The editorial assesses the first year of the Shapiro administration in City Hall. It praises businesslike operations and water agreements, criticizes the salary plan capitulation, UR delays, and notes progress in industrial promotion and port work, with hopes for stronger leadership and clearer decisions in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shapiro
State Department of Civil Service
Jacobs
Syracuse
Water Board
Onondaga County Water Agency
Rockefeller Breaks Silence on Featherbedding Rail Laws
Governor Rockefeller acknowledges full crew laws must be changed or repealed to help railroads survive financially. He cites New York requirements and a New York Times article quoting railroad testimony about unnecessary third brakemen on short freight runs and the cost to operators, urging cost cuts and modernization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
New York State
New York Times
Corning
N. Y
Newberry Junction
New York
Pennsylvania
State Line
Viewpoints on typewriter industry and international competition
Washington Star notes Remington Rand plans to shift non electric typewriter production to Europe and highlights Underwood Olivetti, Royal McBee and Smith Corona earnings declines. Spokesman cites high US labor costs, European recovery, trade barriers, cheaper European automation and subsidies as factors shaping the market. The piece reflects on broader economic competition and industry concerns amid a coal mine blast near Phillips and a foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington Rand
Europe
Underwood Corporation
Olivetti
Italy
Royal McBee
Smith-Corona
Erican
Two Killed In Mine Explosion At Sanford Phillips Mine
Two young Newburg residents Truman Burke and James Tarleton about 24 were trapped when a gas explosion sent slate crashing in the Sanford Phillips coal mine about 13 miles southwest of Kingwood. Rescuers found their bodies before midnight. inspectors planned to enter the mine to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Kingwood
W. Va
Newburg
Truman Burke
James Tarleton
Ford Phillips
Freedom
Morgantown
Sanford Phillips
Here
Albany rate hike eyed by Western New York Motor Lines
Western New York Motor Lines Inc of Batavia filed a tariff amendment to raise most fares starting Jan 1. Excluded are Elmira local routes Penfield Divisions and Thruway Buffalo to Rochester reserved seats. Other cash fares rise five cents with proportional increase for round trips and commutation tickets. Inter urban routes radiate Rochester Buffalo Oswego Watertown Penfield Elmira and Syracuse via Walcott with Through service Buffalo Elmira and Elmira area locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Service
Western New York Motor Lines, Inc
Batavia
Ashe
Elmira
Penfield
Buffalo
Rochester
Oswego
Watertown
Syracuse
Walcott
Admitting Red China to the UN Seen as Kennedy Pitfall
The piece argues against admitting Red China to the United Nations, citing Dean Rusk’s 1951 speech and Khrushchev's colonialism critique. It warns that appeasing Moscow and Peiping could invite disaster and cites U.S. senators and Kennedy advisers opposing the plan.
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David Lawrence
Red China
Kennedy
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations
Moscow
U.N
Soviet Union
Dean Rusk
Far Eestern
John F. Kennedy
Rusk
Manchuria
Siberia
Sinkiang
China
United States
Peiping
Community of Nations
Republic of China
People of
China Institute In America
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
USN
Sen
Paul Douglas
Illinois
Kenneth Keating
New York
Weather report previews light snow and mild temps
The local forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a period of wet snow today and tonight into Friday. Daytime highs near 30, low temperatures in the 20s, with southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
The Great Letdown After Christmas Humor
Hal Boyle notes a nationwide mood between Christmas and New Year as a dulling ennui settles in. People avoid carols and chores, the office stalls, homes show tired trees, and a general desire to retreat into a cocoon prevails until the new year restores activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Santa Claus
Moment of Meditation for Economic Security and Growth
Prayer asks for divine guidance to curb inflation and harness national talent, industry, and resources. It seeks wise leadership, sustainable economic and social progress, and the preservation of the American dream for future generations.
Kennedy Wins New York Electors With Liberal Party Help
Final New York State results show Kennedy would have lost without Liberal Party votes totaling 406 117, with 363 666 margin over Nixon. NYC contributed nearly 240 000 Liberal votes to Kennedy, while statewide Nixon led in a straight two party count. Intraparty tensions in New York threaten leadership changes at Tammany Hall and state party chair, as De Sapio and Prendergast defend their records amid post election power plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Tucker
Washington
John F. Kennedy
New York State
Bay State
Nixon
New York
Empire State
Liberal Party
Frankin D. Roosevelt
Tammany Hall
Kennedy
Liberal
New York City
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Big City
Kings County
Brooklyn
Bronx
Kings
Department of Urban Affairs
White House
California
New
Woodrow Wilson
Fdr
DeSapio
Prendergast
Watertown approves bonds to buy railroad property
Watertown City Council approves two municipal bond issues totaling 119000 to buy the New York Central property for an off street parking lot at Public Square. A third bond of 52000 to build offices for railroad leases was withheld. The council also votes to transfer city sales tax collection to the Jefferson County office effective April 1, 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
New York Central
Public Square
Jefferson County
Bridge by B. Jay Becker Tops Masters Play
North dealer, not vulnerable, shows a duplicate pair hand where contracts ranged from four hearts or spades to a slam in hearts spades or no trump. South’s six notrump attempt aimed to gain extra points, while misfired six spades and six hearts contracts yielded varied results across tables.
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B. Jay Becker
Twhco
Hearts
Heart
Weat
South
East
West
Declarer
Ang
Hast
Boutsimade
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Rocky
Washington Star
RAESE
PSC
Sugar Daddy
Albany
Hal Boyle
Noeth
North
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