Exeter Rope Skipping Champ Sets Speed Record
Gordon Hathaway a former Navy rope skipping exhibitor and Exeter school physical education instructor holds a speed record of eight skips in 30 seconds and 1300 jumps without a miss. He has organized rope skipping programs for 48 girls and 101 boys across Exeter schools and inspired student records.
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Ad. Hathaway
Exeter de Arly
Pacific Ocean
Exeter
Heith
Gordon Hathaway
Gordo Musculanus Wyers
Sch
Hathaway
Exeter Nan
Quincy
Mass
Boston University
Teler
Court
Steet
Peggy Colcord
School Street
Barbara Taylor
Epping Road
Joan Larey
Maple Street
Gordon J. Hathaway
Jean Larey
Sandra Montgomery
Main Street
Epping
Portsmouth Herald
Carlson rallying Democrats to fight power rate hike
Carlson a Meriden Democrat urged an open review of excessive electrical rates at a Public Service Commission hearing. He planned to attend in Claremont and confer with leaders in Concord Manchester and Nashua. The rate case targets a Jan 1 surcharge based on fuel costs and faces calls to keep the hearing open for further input.
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Carlson
Claremont
Harry Carlson
Meriden
New Hampshire
Mwe
Public Service Commission
Tomor~row
Public Service Company of
Claremont Eagle
Concord
Manchester
Nashua
Newport Selectmen
Ernest R. D’amours
D’amours
Roving Romeo Nabbed in Berlin Girl's Apartment
Edward J. Lada 28 a former paratrooper who breached the Russian siege and escaped a US stockade was captured by American agents. He was found in a Berlin Zehlendorf apartment after a charge of illegal entry.
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Romeo
Berlin
Edward J. Lada
Lada
Nal
Thomas F. Lancer
Mashal
Berliner Steel
Zehlendorf
First Sliding Accident Reported In Portsmount
Portsmouth police reported the city’s first sliding accident of the snow season. A four-year-old boy, Eric Cunningham of 48 Whidden Street, was struck by a car on Pleasant Street and taken to Portsmount Hospital. Driver Robert Stewart of 15 Franklin Street said the boy slid from a hill into his path on Meeting House Hill. The child was not seriously injured.
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Portsmouth
Pleasant Street
Eric Cunningham
Whidden Street
Robert Stewart
Franklin Street
Stewart
Meeting House Hill
16 Story Plunge Fatal to Suspect In Spy Inquiry
New York Dec 21 AP a former state department official named in congressional testimony as having leaked secrets to Red spies died last night in a 16 story fall from his Manhattan office Duggan 48 an expert on Latin America served 1930 to 1944 and was president of the Institute of International Education Police labeled the death undetermined pending further inquiry and said he either jumped or fell The probe tied to Francis Sayre and the Sayre grand jury Comey Mundt indicated Duggan was named in testimony by Isaac Don Levine as one of six officials who shared confidential information with a suspected spy network The Carnegie foundation figure Alger Hiss faced perjury charges related to similar accusations and was indicted recently The death occurred as Duggan prepared to testify and as Sayre faced questioning
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New York
State Department
Department
Laurence Duggan
Manhattan
Duggan
Mundt
Rs.d
House Committee On un-American Activities
Washington
Federal
Grand Jury
Francis B. Sayre
Institute of International Education
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Carnegie Foundation
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Cordell Hull
Isaac Don Levine
Plain Talk
ECA Halts Reconstruction Funds for China
Economic Cooperation Administration suspended all reconstruction projects in China totaling 70 million dollars. Paul G. Hoffman announced the halt after a White House meeting with President Truman during his world inspection trip, with only isolated planning cases allowed.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
China
ECA
Truman
White House
Hoffman
Shanghai
Congress
Forgery Suspect Grilled in Hatchet Assault Case
A 29 year old former Wentworth hotel employee James V Castagno is questioned at Hillsborough county jail Manchester by four Massachusetts police in connection with a hatchet attack on Elizabeth Finck 51 wife of a Northampton insurance broker. Castagno previously bound over on forgery charges and denies involvement.
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Wentworth
Hillsborough County
Manchester
Florence
Mass
James V. Castagno
Portsmouth
Massachusetts
Simes Prink
Frink
Castagno
Elizabbeth Finck
Northampton
Roosevelt Kin Believed Among 33 Crash Dead
A CNAC C54 Skymaster crashed near Basalt Island ten miles from Hong Kong killing all 33 aboard. Reports said Quentin Roosevelt, grandson of Theodore Roosevelt and CNAC vice president, was aboard, though confirmation varied as rescue efforts recovered 31 bodies and weather hampered details.
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Roosevelt
Hong Kong
Chinese National Airlines
Skyminster
Shanghai
Basalt
E. M. Allison
Wichita
Kan
CNA
Allison
Bias Bay
China Sea
Charles Sundy
Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Chinese National Airlines Corp
Befair Island
Full pardon for Barbara Roberts convict slayer of father
Concord New Hampshire AP. Governor Dale and the executive council granted a full pardon to Barbara Roberts 22 confest slayer of her father at Christmas time two years ago. She served a year of a three to five year sentence for fatally shooting Sylvester Roberts 52 on the Roberts farm Dec 21 1946. Her body was found Sept 1947 after her brothers questioned her. She pled guilty with brother William 16. he was placed in state custody. The pardon is described as in her best interests and she is released from Vermont prison and with relatives.
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Concord
Der
Barbara Roberts
Dale
Executive Council
Gilmanton Iron Works
Sylvester
Merchant Mariner
Barbara
Roberts
William
State Probation Department
Vermont State
Fire damages auto shop roof on Market Street
Fire damaged the roof of the Market Street auto parts company at 328 Market Street. Abraham Wolfson of 420 Richards Avenue, the owner, said the blaze began near an overheated chimney and that damage was slight.
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Market Street
Auto and Parts Comepany
Abraham Wolfson
Richards Avenue
Seaman Missing From Tanker Near Boston Harbor
The tanker Flying A reported that James B. Garner, 22, of Fowler Kansas, disappeared while on watch. Coast guard and police boat crews searched waters at the harbor entrance near Boston yesterday for Garner.
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Boston
James B. Garner
Fowler
Kan
Garner
Five Rockingham Countymen Drafted for Induction Dec 28
Five Rockingham countymen including two Portsmouth residents will report to Grenier field Manchester for army induction December 28. Names include Martin Brown 24 of 934 Maplewood avenue Portsmouth dry cleaning establishment manager Hugh A. McDonald 24 of 296 Aldrich road Portsmouth former electrician Raymond J Theberge 24 of Salem mill worker Robert Cooney 25 of Danville lumberman and Roland Gamache 24 of Derry truck driver. They pass physicals and will be classified at Exeter draft board 111 Water street.
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Rockingham
Portsmouth
Grenier Field
Manchester
Exeter
Martin Brown
Maplewood Avenue
Hugh A. McDonald
Aldrich Road
Raymond J.theberge
Salem
Robert Cooney
Danville
Roland Gamache
Derry
Leona Papoulias
Rockingham County Draft Board
Armed Forces
Draft Board
Water Street
Joseph Leary
Woodbury Avenue
Marlo T. Castricone
Schlem
Truck Crackdown Nets $1,420 in Fines Here
In Portsmouth municipal court today sixteen truckers and three other motor vehicle offenders paid a total of 1,420 in fines and 102.60 in costs as state police and the motor vehicle department intensified their drive against overloading. The Alan Haulage Co. of Brighton Mass. paid 175 plus 6.70 costs, the highest fine. Others include Jenny Manufacturing Co. North Hampton 75 plus 6.70, First National Stores Somerville 75 plus 6.70, George E. Kane Boston 75 plus 4.70, Joseph C. Melvin Camden Me. 100 plus 4.70, and Maine Freightways Portland 100 plus 4.70. An overload charge against Hugh Gallagher Bangor was continued for Jan 6. he also faces a license charge. A sailor at the Portsmouth naval base, George C. Mer, is mentioned.
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Bixteen
Portsmouth
Alan Haulage Co
Brighton
Mass
Jenny Manufacturing Co
North Hampton
First National Stores, Inc
Somerville
George E. Kane
Boston
Joseph C. Melvin
Camden
Frank Bishop, Jr
Fairfield
Arthur FE. Arnold
West Kingston
R. I
Lewis J. Hawes
Waterville
James N. Lund
Oakland
Cyril S. Fletcher
Edward J. Velecea
Stonington
Arthur Kennedy
Cape Elizabeth
Malcolm Jacobs
Caribou
Maine Freightways
Portland
Leroy E. Tucker
Jonesport
Air Reduction Sales Co
Hugh Gallagher
Bangor
Gallagher
Portsmouth Naval Base
George C. Mer
Flames Sweep Philadelphia Hotel Two Die Amid Fire
A Westminster Hotel blaze in downtown Philadelphia killed two guests on the third floor. Niney five escaped. two guests and a firefighter were burned. Names include Charles Mabe and Mrs Madeleine Drost. Fire started around 5 am on the west end.
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Philadelphia
Westminster
Charles Mabe
Madeleine Drost
Three Power Berlin Admin With No Soviet Participation
The United States Britain and France announce a three power government for Berlin without Soviet involvement. Western commanders will run the allied zone while awaiting Soviet adherence to four power accords. Dutch forces in Central Java intensify actions against Indonesian republic, sparking regional tension and UN talks.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Jean Ganeval
Komandatura
Netherlands
Indonesia
Republic
Economist Warns of Tax Rise Fueling Revolt
Washington AP reports Chamber of Commerce official Dr. Emerson P. Schmidt warned a Senate subcommittee that new taxes along with higher 1949 state and local taxes could trigger an inflationary revolt. He cites 25 percent of national income as a critical tax take and cites federal, state, and local taxes absorbing that share as evidence.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Emerson P. Schmidt
Senate
House
Congress
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