Portsmouth Rent Controls Draw Mixed Public Opinion
Residents show apathy toward extending rent controls while Manchester rental office reports several requests for increases. Portsmouth naval shipyard officials oppose removing controls and warn higher rents may trigger wage hikes. The state Rent Advisory Board granted a 1.5 percent increase last September for landlords with no prior raises. Tenants largely favor continued controls, with one renter noting a decade of steady rent and minor repairs but more work needed.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth Herald
Manchester
Ralph Lakin
Portsmouth Naval
Laking
New Hampshire Rent Advisory Board
Lakin
Civil Service Room
New Artificial Heart Shown to Surgeons
Cleveland December 4 AP report on a compact heart lung machine kept ready at Hahnemann Hospital Philadelphia for use during difficult heart operations. Dr Bailey explained tests on dogs showed the device could revive circulation after clinical death, offering hope for new cardiac procedures and treatments pending safety for humans.
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Cleveland
Hahnemann Hospital
Philadelphia
Bailey
Allan Freeman 66 Shoots Self in Portsmouth Bank Basement
Allan G Freeman 66 custodian of Portsmouth Savings Bank shot himself in the bank cellar with a 32 caliber revolver. Death occurred about 9 30 am and was discovered about 4 pm by his wife Mrs Bessie L Freeman daughter Mrs Sewell Rines and Patrolman Clayton F Osborn. He had been in ill health for over a year and leaves two daughters and two grandchildren.
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Allan Freeman
Allan G. Freeman
Market Street
Portsmouth Savings Bank
Wendell P. Clare
Freeman
Clare
Bessie L. (Smart) Freeman
Sewell Rines
Portsmouth
Clayton F. Osborn
Clinton
Town
Charles and
Mary Alice (Gailbraith) Freeman
Clinton Business College
Coy Sanborn
Florida
Exeter Woman 56 Seriously Injured In Car Crash
Mrs Lena Cote 56 of Spruce street suffered possible fractured spine cuts bruises and shock after being struck by a car at Railroad avenue Exeter police said she was crossing at a busy intersection when hit by a Temple vehicle driven by William H Terople 71 of Main street He was cited for driving so as to endanger Cote was transported to Exeter hospital by police and treated by Dr Willard Montgomery Terople delivers to West End Drug Store and was en route to work when the collision occurred
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Exeter
Exeter Hospital
Railroad Avenue
Lena Cote
Spruce Street
Winter Street
Columbus Avenue
William H. Terople
Exeter Pharmacist
Main Street
Temple
West End
Exeter Municipal Court
Brewster Seeks Conditions for Yugoslavia Aid
The Truman administration seeks aid for Yugoslavia with Republican support but under conditions. Senator Cain proposes tying food and aid to a Spain accord, while Senator Brewster urges linking relief to Tito allowing Greek children and religious leaders to leave Yugoslavia. Senate committee members anticipate early approval of a $38 million food relief request amid hearings.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Brewster
R-Me
Marshal Tito
Connady
D-Tex
Senate’ Foreign Relations Committee
Taxi License Renewal Deadline Set in Portsmouth
City Clerk Amelie J. Bellucci announced that taxi drivers must renew by December 31. Drivers should bring old identification cards to Bellucci's office to renew and pay a $2 fee. There are about 116 registered cab drivers in the city.
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Portsmouth
Dea
Amelie J. Bellucci
Bellucci
Huge Red Traps Encircle Yanks in Korea Crisis
AP dispatches report UN forces in retreat southward as Chinese Communist numbers swell. U S Eighth Army may defend Seoul while Hungnam port remains contested. Marines suffer brutal losses around Changjin reservoir and Hamhung. Casualties mount as Chinese units mass toward Hungnam.
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United Nations
Korea
Pyongyang
U. S. Eighth Army
Seoul
Korean
Hungnam
MacArthur
North Korea
Manchurian
China
U.S
J. Lawton Collins
Britain
Attlee
Washington
Truman
Irench
U. S
Changjin Reservoir
Hagaru
Intense Storm Threatens Snow Across Pennsylvania and New York
A weather bulletin reports a rapidly deepening storm centered over central Virginia moving northeast. Expect five to ten inches of snow in central Pennsylvania and central eastern New York, with rain along New York’s coast and snow in western New York, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. coastal tides up.
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Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Delaware
Eastport
Jacksonville
Portsmouth Chest Campaign Falls Short in 1951 Drive
The Portsmouth Community Chest campaign raised only 20 000 of a 30 020 goal, forcing seven Red Feather agencies to operate with smaller budgets in 1951. Donor letters were mailed to 3 500 contributors as YMCA, Family Welfare, Salvation Army, District Nursing, YWCA, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts report shortfalls ranging from 500 to 4 400 dollars. G Herbert Wood cites multiple reasons for the weak showing.
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Red Feather
Portsmouth
Maurice E. Witmer
Chest
YMCA
Salvation Army
YWCA
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Okce
G. ‘Herbert ‘Wood
Naval Yard Workers Receive 780 In Suggestions Awards
Capt Edward C Craig USN presided over a Portsmouth naval shipyard ceremony honoring 35 employees for beneficial suggestions. William Eyarson of Kittery led the group as $780 in cash awards were distributed among recipients including Paul Fitepatrick of Kittery Thomas Foley of Dover William Seymour and William Holland of Portsmouth.
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Edward C. Craig
USN
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
William “E. Eyarson
Kittery
Instrument
Everton
Thomas Foley
Dover
William T. Seymour
William J. Holland
Atom Bomb Debate Divides Portsmouth Residents
A Portsmouth Herald telephone poll shows citizens split over using the atom bomb in Korea to stop the Chinese Communists. Opinions range from immediate use to withholding, with fear of World War III and further conflict cited by locals and a clergy member.
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Portsmouth
Korea
Portsmouth Herald
Theodore Hay
Miller Avenue
Abs. Marcons
Exeter speaker warns U S losing if start Asia war
Nathaniel Peffer, Columbia professor, told about 500 at Phillips Exeter Academy that the United States would fight alone and lose if a third world war began in Asia. He argued for recognizing Communist China at the UN, rethinking aid to Chiang Kai-shek, and urged Western Europe defense to secure allies. He proposed six points including holding the Chinese Communists in Korea and recognizing Communist China.
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Nathaniel Peffer
Columbia University
Exeter
Asia
Phillips Exeter Academy Chapel
Korea
Peffer
United States
Chiang ‘Kai-shek
China
United Nations
Seventh Fleet
Formosa
Russia
Truman
Pacific
France
Great Britain
Europe
Far East
Pyongyang
Yalu River
Jean Family Loses Epping Home in Fire
Mr and Mrs Alfred Jean of Epping lose their eight room Fremont Road home and barn in a late night blaze. Fire crews from Epping Newington Raymond Exeter and Lee fought for over three hours aided by Portsmouth mutual aid as water shortages hampered effort.
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Jean
Epping
Alfred Jean
Fremont Road
Pfan Than Fm
WMG, Weed
Am UK
Uanlu
Phyllis Dow
Andrew Morel
Newington
Raymond
Exeter
Lee Fire’ Department
Lee
Portsmouth Fire Department
Agepit Jean
Jeans
Antonio
Albert
Alphonse
Joseph
Jerome
Agepht Tean
Berlin Vote Sets New Record as Reds Are Spurned
West Berlin held a record 90.4 percent turnout in municipal elections with 1,504,414 ballots cast from 884,091 eligible voters. Socialists lost a third of their strength to Christian Democrats and Free Democrats while Mayor Ernst Reuter pledged a united three-party coalition against Soviet aggression. East German officials reported talks between Adenauer and Grotewohl on unification and a common constitution.
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Berlin
West
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Ernst Reuter
New House
Soviet Zone
ADN
Otto
Grotewohl
Eta
Konrad’ Adenauer
Unifimany
Council Schedules Closed Meeting On Bus Stop Question
The city council will meet twice this week, first in private then in public, focusing on a bus stop in front of the North Congregational church. Planning board members will discuss new zoning ordinances at the closed session. City Manager Edward Peterson will present a preliminary report by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, kept confidential. The December regular meeting is Thursday at 7, with an engineer’s incinerator report possible and traffic issues on the agenda.
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Ralph Ramedell
Bouton
Maine
Edward Peterson
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Peterson 3
Peterson
U S Reds Indicted On Contempt Count
Five defendants including Steve Nelson and Marcel Scherer were indicted for contempt of Congress. The Western Pennsylvania Communist organizer Nelson allegedly ran a Red cell at the wartime University of California radiation laboratory. Bohm Rossi Lomanitz and David Fox, scientists in the same laboratory, faced related accusations.
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Washington
Steve Nelson
Communist Party
Western Pennsylvania
University of California, Radiation Laboratory
Marcel Scherer
Nelson
House
Ub-American Activities Committee
David Joseph Bohm
Giovano Rossi Lomanitz
Irving ‘David Fox
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Charles P. Bailey
Hahnemann
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American College of Chest Physicians
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R-Wash
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Smith
The
Associated Press
Hamhung
John N. Feaster
North Congregational Church
Mr. Feaster
Samuel Gerstein
Columbia Street
Feaster
Phillip G. Marcous
Wentworth Read
Chiang Kai-Shek
U.S. Reds
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