Financial Status of State Pleases Governor Adams
Governor Sherman Adams says the 1950 Legislature will finance about 1 million dollars in higher state salaries and teacher pensions without new taxes. Liquor store, tobacco, and racing tax receipts exceed budget estimates, keeping New Hampshire economically sound for a brighter year ahead. Tobacco revenues approach 2.5 million annually, with voters to see further state reallocations during the next session.
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Concord
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Iself
Mares
Fox
Governor's State Reorganization Commission
Fish and Game and Liquor
Railroads Get First Crack At Dwindling Coal
An emergency government order grants railroads priority access to coal from mines, aiming to avert rail transport disruption during the holiday travel season and upcoming winter weeks. The measure, issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission, takes effect just after midnight and runs until February 25.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Governor Confers on Portsmouth Steel Plant Site
Governor Sherman Adams of New Hampshire met with Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp chairman Hi Batcheller to discuss possible steel operations in Portsmouth. Adams noted the coast of Portsmouth as the feasible site and expressed optimism while returning to Concord with official Frank Merrill. The New England committee had spoken with other steel firms.
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Portsmouth
Albany
Sherman
Adams
New Hampshire
Allegheny-Ludlum’ Steel Corp
Hi+ Jand
Frank D. Merrill
Batcheller
New
Adams and Merrill
Concord
New England
Portsmouth Construction Drops 1949 $4 Million From 1948
Building activity in Portsmouth in 1949 totaled about $1.2 million for new buildings and additions, far below 1948’s $85.8 million peak boosted by the New Hampshire Public Service plant. Weaker permitting included 280 total permits vs 390 in 1948, with declines in houses garages and alterations.
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Portsmouth
James T. Whitman
New Hampshire Public Service Company
Gosling Road
Whitman
Public Service Company
Be It Known Be It Known Christmas Editorial
A Christmas editorial urges reflection on freedom and the United States federation. It extols John Doe and Mary Doe as symbols of liberty, warns against subversion for a divine right to rule, and calls readers to defend constitutional rights and the ballot.
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Charles Francis Coe
United States
John
Mary
John Doe
Mary Dee
Mary Doe
Earth
John Dos
Moscow
Record Sales Ring Merry Yule Tune On Cash Registers
Cash registers in U S department and retail stores chimed a Christmas tune as holiday shopping peaked. The U S Department of Commerce noted November store sales down 2 percent from 1848 levels, while department stores hit a new weekly record by Dec 17. A spot survey found most cities showed strong Christmas buying, with Detroit reporting a drop only in appliances and liquor.
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The
Associated Press
U. S. Department of Com Merce
Federal Reserve Board
Retail Merchants Association
Detroit
Motor City
Traffic Fatalities Lead Holiday Toll
Traffic fatalities dominated the holiday death toll as the nation began the extended Christmas break. Of 60 violent deaths since Friday evening, 51 were road-related. A Texas farm family of five perished in a gasoline truck collision, trapped as flames engulfed their burning car. A five-year-old Texas boy also died when his playhouse of flimsy boxes burned after the incident.
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Texas
French government wins narrow confidence vote on budget
Paris reports Premier Georges Bidault’s coalition survived a close budget ballot with a 303 to 207 margin. The lower house backed the proposed 2.257 trillion franc budget, but fate depends on later item-by-item discussion and votes. The outcome leaves Bidault’s Popular Republican Movement Radical Socialist alliance precarious as scrutiny continues.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Hidault
Bidauilt
Radical Socialist
Holy Year Opens On Joyous Note Despite Rioting
Vatican City December 24 Pope Pius XII opened the 1950 Holy Year amid joyous bells and Communist led clashes. Thousands filled St Peter's and nearby squares as anti Franco demonstrators clashed with riot squads and a U S embassy car was overturned. The opening proceeded despite disturbances and a near general strike canceled after police promises.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter's Basilica
Rome
Vatican
Basilica of
Santa Maria Maggiore
Martin Artajo
U. S
Mild Disapproval Meets Papal Unity Plea
Pope Pius XII urged all faiths to unite under the Roman Catholic church to combat militaristic atheism. Leading Jewish and Protestant spokesmen offered disapproval or silence, agreeing with reinvigorated religion but rejecting joining the church in Rome.
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Pius XII
Rome
Pilgrimage to Bethlehem Marred by Rain and War
Rain and war echoes mar Christmas Eve pilgrim journey to Bethlehem. Jewish and Arab forces guard the armistice line with mines being cleared as delegates from the U.S. and other pilgrims travel from parts of Jerusalem toward Bethlehem. Mass at St Catherine’s Church near the Nativity will be led by Msgr Gustave Testa.
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Bethlehem
Prince of Peace
Jerusalem
U.S
St. Catherine's Church
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Portsmouth Herald
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Market St
Tel
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St. Peter's Square
Chamber of Labor
Mario Scelba
St. Peter's
St. Paul's
St. John Lateran
St. Mary Major
Colosseum
Unita
Mar
Warren's
Kittery
Maine
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