Fresh Air Children Arrive for Two Weeks in Seacoast Area
Seventy New York children arrived in Portsmouth after a delay caused by a train wreck near New Haven. Sponsors and Exchange Club members welcomed the youngsters amid rain and a busy waiting room before they departed for host homes along the Seacoast.
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New York
Boston
Seacoast
New Haven
Portsmouth
Exchange Club
William Harrington
Portsmouth Area
New York City
Frederick Chadbourn
Susan
David
Mary Anh Perpmnan
Chadbourn
Mary Ann
Aaron Chadbourn Jr
Lee
Fortamonth Herald
Rent levels for 350 FHA housing units in Portsmouth area
The FHA and HHFA set rents for 350 Portsmouth Kittery defense housing units with monthly rates of 65 for one bedroom 75 for two bedrooms and 82 for three bedrooms not including services. Rents reflect take home pay of shipyard workers and aim for up to a 7 percent return for developers. Locations include 152 units near new Portsmouth High School and WHEB on Lafayette Road plus 50 Spinney Road units and 48 Falkland Way Atlantic Heights units with 100 more in Kittery on Dennett Road and Route 101 Wilson Road.
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Federal Housing Administration
Portsmouth
Kittery
FHA
New Hampshire
Office of Rent Stabilization
Portsmouth-Kittery Critical Defense
William F. Baker
Manchester
New York City
Home and
Housing Finance Agency
Baker
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
HHFA
ORS
Joseph F. Kelley
Arlington
Mass
WHEB
Lafayette Road
Pmon
Westfield Park Associates
Spinney Road
S. Gordon Task
Lucien O. Geof Trion
Falkland Way
Atlantic, Heights
A. Bruce Sturges
Eliot
Dennett Road
Route 101
Wilson Road
ANZUS Establishes Formal Pacific Military Cooperation
In Honolulu, the United States Australia and New Zealand launched a formal peacetime security system with a cautious plan to keep non Communist Pacific states out for now. A joint military staff will meet periodically at Pearl Harbor Melbourne and Wellington, signaling a key step in implementing last year's San Francisco treaty.
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Honolulu
U.S
Australia
New Zealand
Security Organization
Pacific
Dean Acheson
Richard G. Casey
T. Clifton Webb
United States
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
Melbourne
Wellington
N.7
Rain Lifts Drought Hopes for New England Farmers
Three days of intermittent rain altered drought prospects across New England. Sherburne Pumping Station reports 1 1/8 inches this month, Boston over 3.71 inches, and zones from Connecticut to Portland receiving a quarter to three quarters of an inch yesterday. New Hampshire seeks disaster area designation to unlock federal aid via long term, low interest loans from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. the initial FHA approval was sent to Agriculture Secretary Brannan.
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New England
Sherburne
Boston
Connecticut
Portland
New Hampshire
State Agriculture Department
FHA
Agriculture
Brannan
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Massachusetts
Maine
Petition for Portsmouth Air Force Base public hearing grows
Seventy-one more residents signed a petition to urge the City Council to hold a public hearing on the proposed Portsmouth Air Force Base. The new signatures bring total to 105 and were presented at the city clerk’s office yesterday. The Council will consider the petition tonight.
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Portsmouth Air Force Base
New Hampshire mill worker plans appeal of deportation
Fin nish-born Carl Latva, 49, of Wendel NH, ordered deported for signing a 1934 Communist party card, will appeal to the U S Circuit Court of Appeals. His counsel says the appeal will be filed within a week as Latva defends his record as a law-abiding immigrant with two sons in the U S Navy.
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Boston
Charles E. Wyzanski Jr
Carl Latva
Wendel, N. H
Finland
Latvia
Frederick F. Cohen
Latva
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Wyzanski
Wendell
Alex Lewka
Herbert Dooling
Veteran's Council
U.S
McCarran
Latya
United States
Pori
New Hampshire
Communist Party
AFL
Rhee Re-Elected By Big Majority
Pusan Korea aging President Syngman Rhee was swept back into office by an overwhelming majority in nearly complete unofficial returns from Korea's first direct election of chief executives. Rhee's choice for vice president Ham Tai Yung, a Presbyterian minister, piled up a commanding lead over eight opponents in late returns from Tuesday's election.
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Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Rhee
Ham Tai Yung
Democrats Welding Political Machinery
The Associated Press reports growing Democratic unity behind Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson with Southern states like South Carolina and Georgia backing him. Eisenhower builds support in the Republican camp with Taft backers aligning with him. Tennessee's primary looms for McKellar and Browning as Missouri Michigan and Kansas returns trickle in.
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Associated Press
Democratic Party
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
South Carolina
Stevenson
Democratic
Mississippi
Stevenston
Texas
Smith
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Len.b. Jordan
Idaho
George T. Hansen
Utah
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Tennessee
Dixie
K. D. McKelJlar
Senate
Gordon Browning
Missouri
Michigan
Kansas
Storm Strikes Epping Area Damages Homes Pets
A severe storm hit Epping causing a lightning strike that shattered an elm tree on Mill Street. The Currier family’s dog tied to the tree died, one pig perished, and another pig is in very bad condition.
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Epping
John H. Currier
Mill St
Kittery Housewife Fights Kitchen Fire and Burns
Mrs. George K. Donnell saved her home in Kittery by entering a burning kitchen to extinguish a fire with a chemical extinguisher. She received slight facial and arm burns while her 9 month old daughter Laura was safely handed to another resident. Firefighters noted rapid spread along painted kitchen walls and ceiling and estimated replacement of the kitchen ceiling and adjoining wall.
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Kittery
Admiralty
George K. Donnell
Boush St
Cab Driver Robbed of $65 in Warner
Emile Lavigne owner of Queen City Cab Company says a fare in Manchester led to a Warner robbery. He was bound with baling wire at gunpoint after being directed to a lonely road and forced to surrender $65 before the attacker fled.
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Warner
Manchester
Emile Lavigne
The
Queen City Cab Company
Lavigne
Newrt
Hire
Truman May Ask Special Session On Price Controls
President Truman hinted at calling an extra session of Congress to seek a stronger price controls law. He said a decision would await developments and he would act if necessary. Ellis Arnall, price stabilizer, discussed resigning but Truman hoped to keep him aboard. He cited rising food prices, drought, and Congress scrutiny as factors shaping possible action.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Ellis G. Arnall
Arnall
White House
Office of Price Stabilization
Greek Soldiers Open Fire on Bulgarian Troops on Gamma Island
Greek general staff said Greek forces fired on Bulgarian troops on Gamma Island in the Evros River after Bulgarian presence was observed last night. Greece warned Bulgarians by loudspeaker before firing. UN peace sub-committee was present. The dispute centers on river boundary shifts and control of the island amid years of border flare-ups. Three Greek soldiers were killed in a prior Bulgarian attack on July 27 on a Greek patrol.
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Alhens
Greece
Gamma
Evros
Gamma By & A.m
United Nations Peace Sub
Tetanbul
Bulgaria
Sofia
Aegean Sea
Weary Firefighters End Third Week on Mountain
North Baldcap Mountain area endures third week of a fierce fire on a 2895 foot peak as woodsmen, state foresters, and National Guard troops battle 85 degree slopes. Forester William Messeck Jr reports three stubborn spot fires and near constant wakefulness while 120 acres burn. Winds softened and showers brought limited relief, with praise for the troops deployed last night.
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North Baldcap Mountain
National Guard
Fur labels tighten under new English name law warnings
Washington readers are warned that a new fur labeling act requires coats to use the true English names of animals. The FTC lists 100 or 59 true names to replace terms like river sable and genet, banning deceptive names. Violators face up to a 5000 dollar fine or a year in jail.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Heald Chosen to Lead New Hampshire Publicity Bureau
Concord NH David Heald of Newport Sunapee State Park manager named executive director of the New Hampshire Publicity Bureau effective Sept. 15. Bureau president James M Ley announced the appointment with reports of a salary above Healds state pay of 6000. Heald is former vice president of the State Hotel Association director of the New England Hotel Association and vice president of the Eastern Ski Operators Associations. The bureau is privately sponsored and non profit to promote the states recreational industrial and agricultural interests.
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Concord
David Heald
Newport
Sunapee State Park
New Hampshire
Heald
State Hotel Asociation
New England Hotel Association
Eastern Ski Operators Associations
The
Publicity Bureau
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ANZUS
Joaqii Elizalde
Philippines
Manila
Japan
N.H. Man
District Director of Immigration and Naturalization
Henry Nicholls
Stuart Symington
St. Louis
Symington
James Meredith
Buck) Taylor
Democrats
Finais
National
Cannera Association
Carlos Campbell
Association
William E. Messeck Jr
U.S. Weather Bureau
Messeck
Beaver
Harvey H. Hannah
FTC
WOO
Bureau
James M. Ley
Cape
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