Recapping Plant Fire Ravages Portsmouth District
A early morning blast at the Frank D. Perkins Co recapping plant on Ceres S. destroyed the one story facility causing an estimated 60 000 to 65 000 in damage. Levi Barker 43 inside suffered first degree burns while firemen and bystanders escaped injury as rubber cement tires fed the blaze and transformer outages affected utilities.
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Portsmouth Water Trent
Frank D. Perkins Co
Ceres S
Frederick R. Crompton
Brentwood
Levi Barker
Barker
Portsmouth Hospital
Crompton
Portsmouth
Tron Co
Portsmouth Fruit and Produce Co
Ceres St
Portsmouth Herald
Governor probes bid for agency audit in New Hampshire
Gov Lene Dwinell says he is reviewing a demand from the New Hampshire Taxpayers Federation for an immediate post audit of the Fish and Game Dept. over unpaid bills to Charles W Floyd Clothing Co of Manchester. Director Ralph G Carpenter welcomes probe, noting potential bookkeeping improvements.
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Concord
Lene
Dwinell
New Hampshire’ Taxpayers Federation
State, Fish and Game Dept
Barry T. Mines
Charles W. Floyd Clothing Co
Manchester
Red Cross Flood Relief Donations Sought
Frank Riordan, chairman, urged immediate money gifts to aid flood victims in Connecticut and Massachusetts. He said funds are badly needed and will be forwarded to disaster areas by the local chapter, noting money should be directed to the disaster fund rather than clothing.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Red Cross
Frank Riordan
Riordan
Massachusetts approves 55 million flood relief bond
Massachusetts Legislature passes two bond issues totaling 55 million dollars for flood recovery and road and bridge repair. Governor Herter flies to Hartford to brief President Eisenhower as storms threaten Western New England rivers. Southbridge evacuates 60 residents from the flats amid illness fears. water purification units operate for 17,000 residents. Vermont and Canadian rail services plan to resume partial routes to support relief and recovery efforts.
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Boston
Herter
Hartford
Cann
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Southbridge
Massachusetts Cio
J. William Belanger
State
CIO
Vermont
New York
Central Vermont Railway
New England
Canadian National Railways
Points
Montreal
Promises of Flood Aid to Congress If Necessary
President Eisenhower toured flood devastation in six northeastern states and pledged swift federal action. He said a special session could be called to appropriate funds, and worked with governors to ensure aggressive long term flood prevention including insurance. Civil Defense Chief Peterson outlined a $75 million need from the emergency fund, with allocations to Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Jersey, as agencies were instructed to cut red tape.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New England
Rhode Island
Southbridge
Hartford, Sonn
Eisenhower
Congress
North
South Carolina
Val Peterson
Peterson
Washington
Pennsylvania
Rhodesland
New Jersey
Oake
New York
Shipyard to Get Contract For Second Atomic Sub
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is slated to receive a contract for its second atomic powered submarine, with the award to be announced by the Navy Department. The project, funded in the 1956 budget, follows last year’s 20 million for the Nautilus class and 14 million for the Growler conventional boat. The yard now employs about 7,200, with training ongoing at Electric Boat Co in Groton where both atomic subs Nautilus and Sea Wolf are built.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
U.S. Sea
Styles Bridges
Ments
Navy Department
Portsmouth
Congress
Sen. Bridges
Cornelius 5
Seabring
USN
Electric Boat Co
Groton
Conn
Copper Thieves Get 30 Day Jail Terms
Two Massachusetts men Norman L. Books and Paul I. Dubis were sentenced to 36 days in the Brentwood House of Correction and fined 50 each after pleading guilty to copper sheathing larceny at the Cook Estate in New Castle. They were captured after eluding police on Lafayette road, later confessing following investigation in Portsmouth and Rye. The incident marked a second copper theft at the estate in three days.
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New Castle
Massachusetts
House of Correction
Brentwood
Cook Estate
Norman L. Books
Rowley
Paul I. Dubsis
Newburyport
Lafayette Road
Woodlands
Wild Rose Lance
Louis McCarthy
Dibhetts
Greenberg
Portsmouth
Rye
Elwyn Road
Philbrick
Clinton
Dahlberg
Carl A. Waye
Richard A. Kent
Stevenson, Conn
Carl Abraham
Hearing on Pepperrell Cove Harbor Upgrade Planned
Tomorrow a public hearing is set in Frisbee School Auditorium at 7 to discuss Army Corps of Engineers plans to build a breakwater linking Gooseberry and Fishing Islands and dredge a Chauncey Creek channel to six feet. U S Rep Robert Hale and likely Maine senators may attend with Gov Muskie invited. Selectmen urge residents and boaters to testify in favor as projects supporters cite protection of the harbor and town wharf from heavy seas and long-term economic losses.
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Kittery
Pepperrell Cove
Frisbee School
Army Corps of Engineers
Chauncey Creek
U.S
Robert Hale
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Selectman
Wiliam EB. Dennett
Board of Selectmen
Cove
Cape Ann
Portland
Hale
Douglas J. Armsden
Natural Gas Project to Begin Work in Portsmouth Area
Preliminary work for bringing natural gas to Portsmouth and vicinity starts tomorrow with heavy machinery to Islington street near Bartlett street for a tie-in station. Allied New Hampshire Gas Co. of Portsmouth handles the project with Gragg Construction Co. of Tulsa. The 24 mile pipeline from Haverhill Mass will see actual work in two to three weeks at a cost exceeding a half million dollars.
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Portsmouth
Islington Street
Bartlett Street
Allied New Hampshire Gas Co
Gragg Construction Co
Tulsa
Oklo
Haverhill
Mass
George S. Barwick
Gold
Barwick
Exeter
Flying Boxcar Crash Kills At Least Ten Near Charleston
A C119 Flying Boxcar from Charleston Air Force Base crashed into three private homes near the base killing at least ten people. The base reports four civilians and six crew members died. seven crew members were initially unaccounted for. The plane, on a training mission, lost engine trouble after takeoff and struck a tree before bursting into flames near U.S. Highway 52, ten miles from Charleston.
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Charleston
S.C
Charleston Air Force Base
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Second Atomic
Arthur Tibbetts
Sagamore Avenue
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Maine Sea and Shore Fisheries Commission
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Atlantic Fisheries Union
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Frank
Prishee
Army Engineers
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York
Sise Agency
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