Mexico Storm Destroys Power Lines and Walls
A derecho type storm hit Mexico at about 4:45 p m. causing heavy damage across Main Street and surrounding blocks. Trees fell blocking roads for hours, skylights and a metal roof were torn away, and power lines were knocked out for seven hours. No injuries were reported. Firefighters and deputies worked to reopen streets and handle emergencies as Niagara Mohawk crews restored service by late evening.
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Mexico
Everett Backus
Mexico Independent
Backus
Main St
Mexico Academy
Central School
Beck
Pulaski Hill
Jefferson St
James Feeney
William Jackson
Charles Holmes
Leon Price
James McDermott
Shumway Pharmacy
Dr. G. A. Freund
E. C. Dexter
Niagara-Mohawk Power Corp
Niagara-Mohawk
Inj
Osweep
Fulton
Syracuse
John and Wayne
Harry Oney
Ora Lawton
Merwin R. Upcraft
Mexico Village
Harold Russ
Power Company
Oswego
Robert Barney
Barney
Kemen
Patha
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Roasted raccoon found atop capacitor pole near New Haven
A well roasted raccoon was found on a capacitor pole north of New Haven by a Niagara Mohawk Power Company crew during an emergency repair after yesterday's storm. The animal short circuited the circuit causing flames but no service was lost. William R. Wright, the office manager, reported a potential buyer for the roasted animal for his main meal.
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New Haven
Niagara Mohawk Power Company
N-M
William R. Wright
Mr. Wright
Fraternity to Buy Lake View Hall in Oswego Area
Beta Tau Epsilon Inc plans to purchase Lake View Hall from Oswego State Teachers College Foundation Inc under an order by County Judge Don N. Stacy. Located on Route 104 west of the city, the former O'Keefe's Restaurant will sell with real estate and personal property for 35000 dollars.
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Fraternity
Lake View Hall
Oswego State Teachers College Foundation, Inc
Beta Tau Epsilon, Inc
Don N. Stacy
Route 104
O'Keefe
Motorist fined for following too closely in three car crash
William J. Skinner, 18, of 150 West Mohawk Street, was found guilty in City Court this morning of following a car too closely and causing an accident with injuries. Judge Thomas M. McGough imposed a $10 fine. The Forks of the Road collision at 9 51 Sunday evening sent two teenage girls to Oswego Hospital with alleged injuries.
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William J. Skinner
West
Mohawk St
Thomas M. McGough
Skinner
Oswego Hospital
Flooded Oswego pumping station raises design concerns
A four foot flood engulfed Oswego's new pumping station after a heavy storm. Water flooded the pump room due to surface water backing up a 36 inch outlet pipe while the plant remained in operation. The city asks Buffalo firm Nussbaumer Clarke Velzy to inspect for design or outlet issues.
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Kenneth D. Jensen
Water Board
Jensen
Buffalo Engineering Firm
Nussbaumer, Clarke & Velzy
Sheldon Ave
Fire Department
Water Department
Davis Mengel Win Oswego Bridge Marathon Title
Davis Mengel Jr and Mrs Charles Mengel Jr topped the Oswego Country Club Winter Bridge Marathon with 51 080 points after winning six of eight games. Ronald Westgate and Rob ert Deady led the overall points race with 45 400 points from five wins. Twelve teams totaling 44 players competed in the event.
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Charles F. Davis
Arthur C. Mengel Jr
Umbert Cimildoro
William J. Sample
Nelson G. Tanner
Charles L. Dain Jr
Samuel G. Castaldo
Stuart Kines
William F. Wilke
Charles S. Allen
Robert Deady
Ronald A. Westgate
Harry H. Tiffany
Charles N. Bohnsack
Hospitals pause court actions in New York strike
Mayor Robert F. Wagner said five of six nonprofit hospitals struck by nonprofessional workers delayed seeking court injunctions. The sixth hospital had an injunction and planned to press contempt against striking workers. The Local 1199 union includes nurses aides, kitchen staff, elevator operators and orderlies demanding recognition as bargaining agent.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Pot
City hit hard by heavy rain storm yesterday
Oswego endured a rapid downpour of over a half inch in under an hour with 30 mph winds from a southwest to west direction. The storm flooded basements at the city water pumping station and damaged utility equipment at Wilcox Bros. Grocers warehouse and other sites along West River Road and West Fifth Street Road.
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Oswego
Mexico
Lake Ontario
New City
Kenneth Jensen
Wilcox Bros. Grocers, Inc
First St
William R. Wright
Niagara-Mohawk Power Co
West River Road
Country Club
West Fifth Street Road
Klock
Willgoose Urges YMCA Support at Rotary Talk
Dr. Carl E. Willgoose of Oswego State Teachers College spoke to Rotary International at the Hotel Pontiac on building a new YMCA. He praised local Rotarians for helping with the Child Accident Prevention campaign and urged Oswego to pursue a community building effort balancing work and recreation through YMCA activities.
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Carl E. Willgoose
Oswego State Teachers College
Rotary International
Pontiac
YMCA
Willgoose
Charles Goldstein
A. P. Goodwin
Oswego
Truce Talks Rumored in Algeria Overseen by De Gaulle
Rumors circulate in Paris political circles that active negotiations for an Algeria truce are under way. Officials decline to comment while President De Gaulle reportedly directs talks, signaling a possible pacification timeline without assigning dates or specifics.
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Algeria
Paris
Opi
de Gaulle
Fire damages home on County Route 126 near Dugway
Local volunteers under Chief Fred Davidson responded to a morning house fire at about 11 40. Damage estimated at 500 dollars to the kitchen and attic of the George Priest home near Dugway on County Route 126.
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Altmar
Fred Davidson
George Priest
Dugway
Hungarian-American actor Peter Lorre suffers heart attack in Granada
The 55 year-old film villain Peter Lorre collapsed in Granada Spain and is reported in critical condition. He is in town for a movie and arrived from Washington D C for the production.
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Granada
Spain
Peter Lorre
Villian
Oswego Sixth Ward Councilwoman seeks re election
Alderman Frances C. Batchelor announces her candidacy for re election, seeking continued service as Sixth Ward representative. She cites experience, support for port development, parks and playgrounds, social security for city workers, and thoughtful consideration of tax impacts guiding a better Oswego.
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Frances C. Batchelor
Oswego
Port of
City of
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Fort Ontario
Osweep
Osween
Rain Delays Oswego Baseball and Softball Games
Wet grounds halted Oswego Catholic High and Oswego High baseball and softball plans yesterday and today. Oswego Catholic versus Altmar Parish Williamstown was postponed with no play date set, while Oswego High’s varsity and JV contests were moved to tomorrow if conditions allow. A-P-W and Cortland State games also faced postponement with late starts possible. Opening City Softball League games were postponed with hopes to resume tomorrow night.
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Oswego Catholic High
Altmar-Parish-Williamstown
Fort Ontario
Gordon Reese
Oswego
Auburn
Oswego State Teachers College
Cortland State
New York Stock Market Quotations Listing Many Firms
Stock quotes furnished by Yoster Adams NYSE Syracuse office list Armco Steel Amn Tel Tel Anaconda Copper Armstrong Cork Arch Top Santa Fe Avco Mig Baltimore & Ohio Bethlehem Steel Boreing Aircraft Borg-Warner Briggs Chev Canadian Pacific Celanese Chesapeake & O Chrysler Cities Service Cole Fuel & Ir Columbia Gas Consol Edison Continental Can Continental Motors Copperweld Steel Corn Prods Refining DuPont Dow Chemical Eastern Gas & Fuel Kodak Fairchild EnAirp Ford General Electric General Motors Goodyear Greyhound Gulf Oil Harvester Tel & Trl Jones & Laughlin Steel Kennecott Copper Lehman Liggett & Myers Lockheed Marine Midland Montgomery Ward Monsanto Natl Biscuit Natl Lead Natl Radiator N Y Central Ry N Y State E&G Niagara Mohawk Outboard Motor Peabody Coal Penick & Ford Pennsylvania R R Pacific Lighting Pepsi-Cola Phelps Dodge Phillips Radio Corp Republic Steel Reynolds Tobacco Shell Oil Sinclair Oil St Regis Paper Roebuck Shell Oil.
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Yoster & Adams
New York Stock Exchange
Syracuse
Warren St
Harrison
USA
Armco Steel
Amn
Tel & Tel We
Anaconda Copper
Armstrong Cork
Arch, Top
Santa Fe
Avco Mig
Eeeaee
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
AQA
Borg-Warner
Scan
Briggs Ag
Cheat BS
Bullard
Canadian Pacific
Celanese Corp
Bla
Chesapeake & O. R
Chrysler
Case Cities Service
Cole
Fuel & Ir
Columbia Gas
Consol, Edison
Continental Can
Continental Motors
Copperweld Steel Aid
duPont de Nemours
Douglas Aircraft
Dow Chemical
Eastern Gas & Fuel
Fastman Kodak Fairch
Ford Motors
General Electric
General Dynamics
General Instruments
General Motors
Glidden Corp
Victor Dean
Allied Chem. & Dye
Allied Stores
Alis Chalmers
Airlines
Can .O
Home Products
American Motors
Goodrich
Goodyear
Greyhound
Gulf Oil
Harvester
Internail
Tel
Trl
Jones & Laughlin Steel
Kennecott Copper
Lehman Corp
Eaeee Liggett & Myers
Lockheed Aire Xd Toons
Marine Midland
MOTO
Ess Ein
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical Natl Biscuit
Natl Dairy
Radiator Tease
N. Y. Central
R. Rooy
N. Y
E& Go
Niagara Mohawk
Aviation Northern Pacific Ry
Outboard Motor
Peabody Coal
Penick & Ford
Pennsylvania
R. R. Pacific Lighting
Pepsi-Cola
Phelps Dodge
Phillips Pete
Radio Corp
Republic Steel
Reynolds Tobacco
St. Regis Paper
Sedlright-Oi
Falls
Scars, Roebuck
Shell Oil
Sinclair Oil
Vernon trainer Bailey bullish on 24-horse stable at Vernon Downs
Bailey reports solid pace work as his 24-horse stable trains daily for the May 28 season opener at Vernon Downs. Tulip Festival leads the group after a 2:03.4 mark last year and a three-race win streak. Firestar and Casa Chico also show strong form while other baileys charges like Virginia Belle Forget Shy Scott Mohawk Mite and Michty Moe train for various owners including R Ward Beard Albert Eisman and Josephine DiPascale.
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Vernon
Jack Bailey
Vernon Downs
Bailey
Firestar
Thomas W. Murphy
Casa Chico
Cagablanca
R. Ward Beard
Cornand
Shy Scott
Albert Eisman
Rochester
Michty Moe
Billy Grayson
Josephine DiPascale
Bank holdup nets $15000 in Califo n area
Gunmen held up Hunterdon County Trust Co. in CALIFON New Jersey and escaped with about $15000. A third suspect drove a getaway car and all three were captured later in Phillipsburg near the Delaware River crossing. Police say the men fled via Rt 22 then altered course to a free bridge. Detectives Sat Jacinto Gammino and Patrolman John Ahart spotted the car and arrested the trio, identified as Hillward Duckworth Edward Olson and Robert C Lippincott all of Miami Florida. Duckworth previously lived in High Bridge New Jersey Olson formerly of Inwood New York and Lippincott formerly of Chester Pennsylvania.
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Califon
N. J
Hunterdon County
Phillipsburg
Easton
Philipsburg
Sat. Jacinto Gammino
John Ahart
Clinton
Hillward Duckworth
Edward Olson
Robert C. Lippincott
Miami
Fla
Polier
Duckworth
High Bridge
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Central Schol
Oswego County
Twister
Johnsons
St. Peter's Hall
East Albany
Auspices of Rosary
Altar Society
the Palladium-Times
Oswego, N. Y
Tues
Davis-Mengel
Kingsford Foundry
West First St
W. First St
Candy Works
Bridge St
New York Telephone Co
U. S
Washington, D. C
Mrs. Batchelor
RS. Frances Batchelor
Associated Press
Leroy Pete
Alend
Pevey
Chicago
Baltimore
Washington
Boston
Kensan City
Detroit
Cleveland
Kansas City
Ballimore
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
Cincinnat
K. Franciscs
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cincinnati
San Francisco
N.Y
Smith Corona Mar
Southern Pacife
Sperry Rand Corp
Oil of Indianand
Oil of N. J
Socony-Mobil Ou
Oil of Calif
Studebaker-Packard
Sunray Mid-Con
Texas Co
BSR
Texas
Eeeeesaee
Hlec
Bond & Share
Dow Jones, Inc
Harry T. King
A. M
Harold “Mose” Leroy
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