Air Base to Get First Active Unit Early in January
The 4018th Air Base Squadron will activate at Portsmouth Air Base on January 8 with 18 officers and 180 airmen. Lt. Col. Andreas A. Andreae said personnel arrive in stages through March 1955, with full complement by April and 48 local civilians to join. The unit will handle housekeeping tasks for future arrivals while a six-squadron air base group is planned. Snow delays caused temporary layoffs for equipment operators, not permanent, pending better conditions.
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Air Force
Portsmouth Air Base
4018Th
Andreas A. Andreae
Col
Andreae
8Th Air Force
Fort Worth
Texas
Portsmouth
Col. Andreae
State Might Lose 5 Million in Road Aid If Budgets Pass
Concord New Hampshire officials warn the state could forfeit about five million dollars in federal aid for highway construction over the next two years if the Legislature approves the State Police and Motor Vehicle budgets. Eighteen major road rebuilding projects slated for 1955-56 would be delayed two years, with the work largely cost shared 50-50 with federal funds. Commissioner Merrill cites a 12 percent budget rise to 40,038,888, highlighting a 3,276,250 line item. Clarke notes most increases fund automatic salary raises while federal construction aid would rise only if other state funds are not tapped. The Motor Vehicle budget request grows to 1,047,492, up 65,199. The police seek 20 additional troopers.
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Concord
New Hampshire
State Public Works and Highways Department
Frank D. Merrill
General Court
Frederick N. Clarke
State Police
Eisenhower to Gift Paintings to White House Staff
President Eisenhower will greet White House staff and gift them with replicas of a George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart. About 700 staff members are invited to the East Room gathering before the First Family travels to Augusta, Georgia for holidays. The President plans to stay in Augusta through Jan. 3, golf at Augusta National, and draft three messages for Congress including the State of the Union and budget and economic reports.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
George Washington
Gilbert Stuart
Eisenhowers
Augusta
John §. Doud
Denver
Augusta National
Congress
Capitol
Drawbridge Stalls Train Service In Portsmouth
A large number of Boston and Maine Railroad commuters in Portsmouth were delayed by a drawbridge failure outside Boston caused by an electric power outage. The bridge stayed upright halting five tracks as trains faced delays with a 9:40 a.m. departure due in Portsmouth at 11:15 then not arriving by 12:15, and the return to Boston scheduled for noon.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
Portsmouth
Boston
Associated Press
Hoston
Winter Hurricanes Lash British Isles Third Straight Day
Winter hurricanes battered the North Sea for the third day, with at least 24 dead across the British Isles. Distress calls came from ships along the British, Belgian, Dutch and north German coasts as winds to 88 mph toppled structures and flooded coastlines. Shipping sought safe harbors while hopes faded for the Belgian freighter Henri Deweert and its 19 crew.
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London
North Sea
West Europe
English
Henri Deweert
Holland
Netherlands
Petra
Scotland
Germany
British Isles
Steet
Seiner Returns to Kittery After Coast Guard Hunt
The 40-foot Schoodie seiner, missing for 40 hours during a snow storm, sailed into Badger Island and anchored under its own power with all five crew members unharmed. Coast Guard searches intensified but the vessel rode out the storm near Isles of Shoals. Skipper Bert Wiley of Thomaston reported engine trouble and a late repair, deciding against risky entry until seas calmed. Crew: Sylvester Fanning, Stanley Stone, Walter Anderson, Harold Clark.
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Kittery
Badger Island
Coast Guard
Bitter Young Man Alone With His Thoughts Dr Sam Amazed
In Cleveland a shocked and bitter 30s neuro surgeon Samuel Sheppard sits in a county jail cell after being sentenced to life for second degree murder. His pastor Rev Alfred C Kreke says Sheppard is amazed at the verdict and still wonders how the jury reached its decision following a two month trial that highlighted his extramarital affair with Susan Hayes and the death of Marilyn Sheppard on July 4.
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Sam
Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Alfred C. Kreke
Kreke
Sheppard
Susan Hayes
Bay View Osteopath
Marilyn Sheppard
Seabrook Family Flees Flames Into Zero Cold
Seabrook residents recount a flash fire that tore through the Homan home on Lower Collins Street near zero temperatures. Mr and Mrs Homan and their five children escaped with only the clothes they wore as three Seabrook Volunteer Fire Department trucks battled the blaze. The fire destroyed Christmas toys and gifts meant for the children, recalling the family’s prior tragedy when leukemia patient Lara Homan died in 1952 after a Christmas hospital visit. The family mourns yet clings to life as the season looms, with Christmas once more in doubt.
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Seabrook
James ‘ Homan
Collins St
Homan
Wentworth House Becomes New State Shrine
Gov. Hugh Gregg accepted a deed turning the Wentworth House on Little Harbor Rd into state property for preservation as a New Hampshire historic shrine. The 49 room mansion, associated outbuildings, and a 40 acre island were transferred Tuesday in Concord. The site will be named Wentworth Coolidge Mansion and administered by the Recreation Division.
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Gov. Benning Wentworth
Little Harbor Rd
New Hampshire
Harbor Channel
Hugh Gregg
Concord
Henry Coolidge
Boston
J. Templeton Coolidge
Gregg
Coolidge
Wentworth-Coolidge
Benning Wentworth
Court of Appeals Rules on Validity of McCarran Law
The U S Court of Appeals upheld the 1950 Internal Security Act known as the McCarran Act in a 2 1 ruling The decision supports registration of the Communist party and related groups and allows the case to move toward the Supreme Court Judge E Barrett Prettyman wrote the majority opinion noting the act and the Subversive Activities Control Board order are valid as law The court found the Communist party substantially directed by the Soviet Union and under its control The ruling preserves the government’s ability to require officers and members to register and disclose finances and activities
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Communist Party
McCarran
Pat McCarran
D-Nevy
le Ft
Justice Department
Communist-action
Supreme Court
E. Barrett Prettyman
Subvers
Wyman Rules on Contract for Maine Turnpike Project
Atty. Gen. Louis C. Wyman ruled that a $1.07 million highway contract must go to W. H. Hinman Co. of North Anson unless the governor and Executive Council deem the firm nonresponsible. The ruling supports Public Works Commissioner Frank Merrill's selection of Hinman as the low bidder, despite a bid line item miscalculation affecting totals for the two mile toll turnpike segment south of Dover. The council was told Sanders and Griffin and Morrison-Knudsen’s joint bid totals differed by about $7,193.61 from Hinman.
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Concord
Louis C. Wyman
Maine
Executive Council
Hugh Gregg
Wyman
Public Works
Frank D. Merrill
W. H. Hinman Co
North Anson
Dover
Merrill
Landers
Griffin
Morrison-Knudsen
Portsmouth
Gregg
Governor's Council
Sanders
Hinman
Plans to Extend Runway Prompt New Talks at Portsmouth Club
The Air Force shifts from taking half the golf course to seeking the entire property to enable runway extension at Portsmouth Air Base. Attorney Stanley Burns says negotiations can start after year’s first, with property appraisal underway and data compilation ongoing.
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Iry Club
Portsmouth Air Base
Greenland
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Country Club
Air Force
Stanley M. Burns
Dover
Col. A. C. Stewart
Army Engineers’ Real Estate Division
Boston
Vane
Stewart
Burns
French Assembly Still Wrangles Over Arms for Germany
Deputies in Paris debated West German rearmament with opposition pressing to adjourn until Saar agreement clarity. Premier Mendes France warned he may seek a confidence vote to prevent delays. Radical-Socialist Vincent Badie filed the adjournment motion as talks resume after Monday discussions.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes- France
Vincent Badie
Saar
Master’s Opinion Opens Path for Oyster River School
Judge Leonard C. Hardwick in Rochester issued a master's opinion in Stratford County Superior Court upholding that Madbury cannot legally withdraw from the Oyster River School District. The ruling could clear the way to finish the $324,000 consolidated school serving Durham, Lee, and Madbury, ending a delay tied to a withdrawal vote last April.
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Durham
Oyster River
Leonard C. Hardwick
Rochester
Stratford
County Superior Court
Hardwick
Madbury
Lee
GIs Return From Christmas Leave in River Crash Tragedy
A 26 passenger airliner carrying 23 GIs home for Christmas crashed in the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh. Ten men remained missing, 18 crew and soldiers were saved, pulled from oily water by rescuers forming human chains. Pilot Harold Poe, 33, reportedly ditched after running out of gas.
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Pittsburgh
Monongshela River
Walter Ketchel
Allegheny
Newark
Colorado
West Coast
Here
Allegheny County
Harold Poe
Seattle
Wash
McKeesport
Greater
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New State Shrine
Court of Appeals
Mendes-France
Han
Tate
Crawford's Lobster Co
Badger's Island
Ruth Shoe Co
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Portsmouth Herald
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