Kefauver Enters Democratic Presidential Primaries
Sen Kefauver announces entry into the Democratic presidential nomination race and plans to contest multiple state primaries, aiming to balance campaign time and funds. The drive for the Portsmouth Community Chest ends with 33200 collected, 76 percent of goal, thanking volunteers and noting remaining contributions.
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Portsmouth Community Chest
USO
John 3. Lary
Washington
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Coonskin
NATO Ministers Chart Policies for Global Hot Spots
Fifteen NATO foreign ministers met in Paris to coordinate policy on global danger zones including the Middle East and Asia. Dulles warned of new fronts, while discussions covered Turkish British participation in Baghdad Pact and Goa tensions with India. Portugal urged Article 4 contingency talks, Spain’s potential NATO entry eyed, and a wider economic cooperation aim noted.
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Paris
Atlantic Alliance
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U. S
State Dulles
Russia
Middle East
Asia
NATO
Portugal
Indiana
Goa
NATO International Secretariat
Paulo Cunha
India
Cunha
Macao
China
North Atlantic
Spain
United Nations
Heinrich von Brentano
Harold Macmillan
Portsmouth Bonds for Civil War Enlistment Bonuses
City faces claims from a Boston firm over two Civil War era bonds redeemable in 1868 valued at 300 and 100 dollars. The bonds funded enlistment bonuses to spur local men to join the Union. Council hearings follow discovery of the uncashed notes amid 1863 draft riots and the practice of substitutes and volunteers.
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Portsmouth
Dixie
Boston
Robert C- Violette
Joseph P. Marden
Old Custom House
Daniel and
Penhallow Streets
North
Samuel Batchelder
Hampton Falls
William Maxwell
Porismouth
Hope Still Lives for Missing Stevie Damman in Christmas Wish
EAST MEADOW N Y A shiny tricycle waits for little Stevie Damman at Christmas though he may not see it. Stevie age three disappeared Oct 31 from in front of a local supermarket. His Air Force family, Jerry and Marilyn Damman, mark their fourth wedding anniversary as a nationwide search continues with hope. A new tricycle sits ready for Stevie and thoughts of Pamela, seven months, who is his sister.
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Lary
Chest Office
Industrial
North Mercantile
South Mercantile
Internal Revenue
Portsmouth Air Force Base
B44th
AC & W Squadron
USAF
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth Hospital
East Meadow
N.Y
Stevie Damman
Stevie
Air Force Set
Jerry
Marilyn Damman
Pamela
Jury Weighs Damages in Portsmouth Country Club Case
In Concord the Portsmouth Country Club land condemnation case heads to a jury after 14 days of trial. Government attorney Maynard argues the club’s property should be valued as of last July 20 at 150000 dollars, noting the club’s lack of testimony on depreciation and replacement costs. The club’s Stanley Burns contests the figures as prejudicial while jurors hear final arguments and await the judge’s charge.
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Concord
Portsmouth
Maynard
Country Club
Inhole
Greenland
Portsmouth Country Club
Stanley M. Burns
Dover
Burns
Connor
Charles Stowell
Nashua
Ralph F. Hammond
Rye
Ralph V. Amsden Jr
Stratham
U.& District Court
Portsmouth Air Force Base
Club
Henry J. Homan
Robert Trent Jones
Edward Z. Burnham
Homan
U N Deadlock Over Security Council Seat Persists
United Nations General Assembly enters sixth ballot round to resolve a disputed Security Council seat. The United States backs the Philippines while Yugoslavia, backed by the Soviet Union, seeks the seat alongside Sweden and other proposed options. Britain and others resist changing the London agreement.
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U.N
Security Council
United Nations
N.Y. M
U. N. General Assembly
United States
Philippines
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Britain
Sweden
China
Italy
Austria
U. N
London
Asia
Burke to Die on Sing Sing Electric Chair
New York district court sentenced 38 year old Elmer Burke a vicious gunman and jailbreaker to die in the Sing Sing electric chair during the week of January 23. Burke was convicted on multiple counts of armed robbery and murder tied to a string of violent crimes.
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New York
Elmer
Trigger) Burke
Sing Sing
Vets to Seek Special Session on Korean Bonus Funds
Governor Dwinell asked NH veteran groups to survey members on calling a special session to cover a $500,000 deficit in Korean bonus funds. Attorney General Wyman ruled the money must be voted by the Legislature. Regular session begins January 1957. about 5,000 more veterans may be eligible. Leaders from American Legion, VFW, DAV, and Catholic War Veterans attended. Jewish War Veterans pledged cooperation.
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Concord
Dwinell
New Hampshire
Louis C. Wyman
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Old Friends Visit President at Farm
President Eisenhower hosts two longtime friends at his Gettysburg farm in a gesture of hospitality. Alise Nielsen, a Denver mortgage banker and Rocky Mountain lodge owner, is welcomed as the second old friend to visit in two days, following a lunch with Clifford Roberts of New York, who was en route to Augusta National Golf Club before his heart attack.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Colorado
Alise Nielsen
Nielsen
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Clifford Roberts
New York
Augusta
Ga) National Golf Club
Roberts
Augusta National
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Keene
J. Alfred Dennis
Dennis
Elliot A. Wright
Keeneman
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Robert A. St. John
House of Correction
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Keene Evening Sentinel
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