Construction Starts On Natural Gas Pipeline Link
Portsmouth officials announce a six inch natural gas pipeline from Haverhill Massachusetts to local mains about 24 miles, with tie in stations under preparation. Exeter connection completed and Islington street work begun as Grage Construction Co of Tulsa, Ohio gears up for roughly half a million dollars in costs.
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Portsmouth
Islington Street
Portsmouth Herald Phatn
Haverhil
Mass
Exeter
Grage Construct Houl Co
Tulsa
Ohia
Allied New Hampshire Gas Co
Portsmouth Herald
Air Force Aims to Set First Supersonic Flight Mark
The Air Force races to establish the world’s first official speed record for flight faster than sound. A North American F100C Super Sabre and new ground-based camera systems are used at Edwards and Palmdale to measure near supersonic runs for a potential Sept announce at the Philadelphia National Air Show Thompson Trophy. Col. Horace A. Hanes leads test flights as official judging of the 15 to 25 kilometer straightaway proceeds.
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Washington M
Air Force
Philadelphia
Palmdale
Calif
Hanes
Fayette, Ill
F. K. Pete Everest
Edwards Air Base
North American Aviation Inc
Los Angeles
National Aeronautic
New Stain shire Turnpike Profits Highlight Five Year Run
The State Highway Department reports the 14 mile New Stain shire Turnpike earned nearly one million dollars in its first five years since opening. Toll revenue totaled 1 715 480 dollars with 307 000 dollars from other sources. The toll road cost seven million dollars and bonds were paid off 700 000 dollars. Since opening in June 1950, traffic reached 1443 million vehicles, exceeding early estimates. A 2 mile Rochester to Dover extension is under construction and due next year. The Nashua to Manchester section of the Frederic E Everett tolturnpike opened last Saturday, with plans to extend north to Concord and beyond pending federal road programs.
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Concord
State Highway Department
New Stainshire
Portsmouth-to-Seabrook
Rochester
Dover
Nashua-to
Manchester
Frederic E. Everett
Congress
Merrill
Laighton Orders Post Audit Of Fish and Game Books
Gov Lane Dwinell announced that Legislative Budget Assistant Remick H. Laighton will soon begin a post audit of the State Fish and Game Department's books, moving ahead a plan initially set for fall. Barry Mines of the New Hampshire Taxpayers Federation urged an immediate audit citing unpaid bills to a Manchester clothing firm spanning one to three years.
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Concord
Lane Dwinell
Remick H. Laighton
State Fish and Game Department
Laighton
Barry ‘I
Mines
New Hampshire ‘Taxpayers Federation
Fish and Game Department
Manchester
Foes of McGinnis Named in Lawsuit Over Rail Stock
John B. Rutherford of New York City seeks removal of 10 Amoskeag Co trustees and repayment of more than 220000 alleging bonds converted to New Haven stock votes to back Frederic C. Dumaine’s slate in a proxy fight. Suit filed in Suffolk Superior Court cites 1954 conversions and misused trust funds to influence control of the New Haven Railroad.
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McGinnis
Boston
John B. Rutherford
New York City
Amoskeag Co
New Haven Railread
Rutherford
Amoskeag
Suffolk Superior Court
New Haven
Frederic C. Dumaine
Th New Haven
Patrick B. SteGinnis
Dumaine
Pierre Dumaine
G. Weabody Gardner
George P. Gardner Jr
Albert 5. Hunt
Ralph Lowell
William B. Snow
Robert G. Stoné
Amoskeag ‘Trust
Weather winds to bring cool week in New England
Boston area experiences fair and cool conditions with morning clouds giving way to sun. Temperatures should top out in the 70s, with tonight’s readings in the 50s to 60s, and a continuation of cool air for the next couple of days.
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Boston
New England
Weather Bureau
Government Sess To Work Finding Flood Aid Funds
Washington leaders move to assemble 80 to 100 million dollars for flood relief without a special session. Val Peterson reports agencies mobilizing to assess early relief options as Eisenhower weighs emergency funding and possible transfer of existing appropriations.
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Washington
Congress
Northeast
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
White House
Eisenhower
Peterson
Sup Peterson
Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate ‘Appropriations Committee
Ig Bread
Ground Observers Quit in Protest of Manchester Site
Manchester civil defense chief plans to keep the Ground Observer post despite a mass resignation of three volunteer spotters led by supervisor Mrs. Nunzio Tonta. They demand relocation to the city outskirts citing noise and limited northern visibility. Col. Conrad H. Lanza praises the post as among the finest but notes volunteer shortages limit hours.
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Manchester
Co. Lanza
Air Force
Manston Gunman Kills Three at English Base
An American airman went on a two gun spree at South England’s Manston base, killing three people and wounding six, before being shot dead by U S Air Police. The gunman, identified by British police as Napoleon Green, opened fire with a revolver and carbine, then fled toward the beaches as victims included an American sergeant, another American serviceman, and a Royal Air Force airman. Three other American personnel and three British civilians were wounded. the case prompted a massive beachside police chase and tribute to next of kin notices in the United States. The report notes uncertainty on several details and promises further identifications later.
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Manston
England
South England
U.S
Royal Air Force
Air Force
United States
Napoleon Green
Hurd
Nelson Gresham
700 Relief Housing Units On Way to Massachusetts
Massachusetts flood relief progresses with 700 housing units and Army bridges en route. 500 trailers from Norfolk and 200 prefab homes from Groton will aid Hampden Hampshire Franklin and Berkshire counties. Bridges from Marion Ohio arrive in Worcester to restore routes for Southbridge and Charlton, enabling weekend exodus. Civil defense plans barricades to keep sightseers from relief zones as community morale improves.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Civil Defense
Marion
Ohio
Worcester
Southbridge
Charlton
Norfolk
Paul ¥. Quinn
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Catholic Charities
Red Wing derails near Lowell injuring eight crewmen
In Lowell a collision between Boston & Maine Red Wing and a freight train derailed ten cars of the passenger and four cars of the freight. Eight crewmen were injured, including Kenneth Brannock who sustained severe injuries. Passengers were not hurt, relief trains assisted travel, and service continued with some rerouting. A tank car toppled into the Concord River after the bridge incident at Six Arch.
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Lowell, Blass
Boston & Maine
Boston o-Montreal Red Wing
Concord River
Kenneth Brannock
Badgers Street
Concord
N.H
St John's Hospital
Brannock
mRom
Cowell
Montreal
Boston
Red Wing
Lowell
Lowell Junction
Portland
Wilmington
Weather Bureau Plans For Prediction of Floods
Weather Bureau officials say improvements in forecasting floods are coming as Congress funds the agency with 40 million dollars for the year plus 150 million more than the prior year. Funds will support research, new facilities, and radar aided detection to warn of flash floods and heavy rainfall heading toward rivers and valleys. The University of Miami will study radar based rainfall detection within 200 miles to spot cloudbursts near Nash blades likely targets, aiding headwaters warnings.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Northeast
Congress
University of Miami
Florida
Submarines to be Assigned to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
The Bureau of Ships notified Capt. Cornelius S. Sea Bring USN commander of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard that two submarines will be assigned to the yard. The notification confirms yesterday's report that the yard will construct a nuclear powered submarine and a conventional type submarine.
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Bureau of Ships
Cornelius. S
Contracts Awarded For Two Projects At Local Hospital
Two contracts totaling about 28 000 were awarded to upgrade Portsmouth Hospital with two new steam boilers and oil burners. The Hodge Boiler Co of Boston will supply the boilers and Massachusetts Heating Corp of Boston will install one burner. Trustees plus officials discussed X ray department needs for a spot film device after cost review.
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Portsmouth Hospital
Hodge Boiler Co
Boston
Massachusetts Heating Corp
Richman S. Margeson
State Polio Total Reaches 119 In New Hampshire
Concord reports four new polio cases pushing New Hampshire’s 1955 total to 119, more than all of 1954. The latest cases include a 10-year-old Northfield boy, a 15-year-old Wolfeboro girl, a 12-year-old Wolfeboro boy, and a 30-year-old Pittsfield man. Gamma globulin is being offered voluntarily for under 20 in Wolfeboro, where 17 cases have appeared since late last month.
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Concord
New Hampshire
State Health Dept
Northfield
Wolfeboro
Pittsfield
Wolfehorn
Lake Winnipesaukee
Employment level at Portsmouth shipyard to drop in September
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will cut employment from 7200 to about 7130 by Sept 30, affecting 74 in the Shipfitters Shop and 31 in the Welding Shop. The change, due to workload shifts, adds 20 joiners immediately as notices go out this week.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Anglesmith
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Army Engineers
Ft. Belvoi
Budget Bureau
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Justice Department
Office of Defense Mobilization
Businss
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Arthur
Flemming
ODM
Col
Conrad H. Lanza
Nunzio Tonta
GOC
Philadephia
Groton, Conn
Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and
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Massachusetts Division of Fish and Game
Palmer
Fish and Game Board
Gov. Herter
Merrill Pond
Sutton
New England Extension Service
Cross
E. Roland Harriman Wright
Hartford
Conn
Averell Harriman
New York
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Harriman
Christian A. Herter
Margeson
Staf
Winter Park
Fla
Margesom
Stanford’s Lobster Co
Banger's Island
Kittery
Maine
Meadowbrook
Ran
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