City Aims to Secure Grade School for Federal Base Families
City and state officials plan a tonight 7 30 p m meeting at City Hall to map how to secure school facilities for children of personnel stationed at Portsmouth Air Base. They seek to use Public Law 815 to obtain Air Force estimates of base families and demonstrate local financial need, bypassing delays that have blocked federal aid for school construction. Attendees include education figures Dr Austin J McCaffery Neil Ackland Lt Col Andreas A Andreae city leaders and the school superintendent.
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Washington
City Hall
Portsmouth Air Base
Air Force
Portsmouth
Austin J. McCaffery
New Hampshire
Neil Ackland
Boston
U.S. Office of Education
Andreas A. Andreae
Board of Education
Robert C. Violette
Raymond I. Beal
Col
Andreae
Four men refuse to answer at Massachusetts Crime Commission
Boston reports four Greater Boston men refused to answer questions before a state Crime Commission probe into the Brink's robbery. The witnesses, related to other jurors and Brink's cases, invoked the 12th Amendment to protect themselves over gambling and lottery questions.
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Boston
Greater
Massachusetts Crime Commission
Federal Grand Jury
Vincent Costa
Richard T. Cunningham
Quincy
Costa
Cunningham
Anthony Pino
Italy
Walter E. Bennett
Norwell
Edward
Brink
Louis L. Venios
Woburn
Pino
Venius
Bennett
Treasury
Attleboro
French Assembly Near Showdown on German Arming Issue
Paris reports the National Assembly raced toward a final decision on West German rearmament and the Western Defense Alliance. Premier Mendes France faced possible resignation as deputies prepared two crucial confidence votes amid heavy police guard and tense debate.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Western Defense Alliance
Pierre Mendes-France
Andre le Troquer
Mendes-France
United States
Britain
West Germany
France
Bonn
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Italy
Western European Union
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Mendes- France
Tito Loyalist Betrayal Charge Shocks Belgrade
Vladimir Dedijer former close associate of Tito faced four counts of betraying Yugoslavia. Parliament removed his immunity and ordered trial amid party accusations, while foreign reporters were turned away. Conviction could carry six months to twenty years.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Vladimir Dedijer
Tito
Dedijer
Yugoslav Communist Party
Central Central Commission
Miloyan Djilas
Djilas
Interstate Group To Study Piscataqua River
Concord hearing set for January 13 at 10 a.m. will address the Piscataqua River basin and New England New York land and water resources as part of a four year interstate survey. The inter agency committee will submit its report to President Eisenhower and consider eleven other projects. notices and speaker registrations are announced by James H R Johnston at Boston and Concord offices.
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Concord
New Hampshire
Piscataqua
New England-New York
Departments of Agriculture
Army, Commerce, Health, Education and Welfare
Interior and Labor
Federal Power Commission
New England
New York
State House
James HR. Johnston
Causeway St
Boston
U N Chief Outlines Details of China Trip
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold outlines plans for a mission to Red China to win freedom for 11 U S fliers and other UN personnel held captive. He will travel via London and New Delhi to Peiping, meeting Eden Nehru and Chou En Lai before returning by Jan 15. Accompanying him are Ahmed Bokhari Per Lind Aase Alm and William Ranallo with the group.
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United Nations
N.Y. G
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Red China
U.S
U.S. Military Air Transport Service
New York
London
New Delhi
Hammarskjold
Anthony Eden
India
Nehru
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Canton
Ahmed Bokhari
Pakistan
Bokhari
U.N. Information Department
Per Lind
Aase Alm
Hammerskjold
I Group
William Ranallo
Pittsburgh
U.N. Assembly
Mortgage Money To Be Available for Home Financing
The 83rd Congress created a Voluntary Home Mortgage Credit Program to ease FHA and VA loan access in tight markets. A four member Manchester area committee with lenders, realtors, builders, and suppliers will seek funding sources. the regional group will not loan funds but arrange financing. Applicants go through the Manchester FHA office to be linked to financing sources, with no guarantees for every request. NH members include J Fred French Manchester Earle Welch Meredith Ernest W Christensen Dover advisor Thomas D Pepper Manchester.
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Seacoast
83Rd Congress
Eyom
Kendall
Manchester
FHA
New Hampshire
Jare J. Fred French
Earle Welch
Meredith
Ernest W. Christensen
Dover
Thomas D. Pepper
Hurricanes Top New Hampshire News in 1954 Yearend List
The Associated Press editors in New Hampshire rank hurricanes Carol and Edna as the state's top news tale for 1954, noting near 11 million dollars in damage plus crop losses and private property destruction. The DC3 crash and a tight Senate primary follow in the rankings.
Top New Hampshire stories of 1954 rated by AP editors
AP member editors pick the year’s 10 top New Hampshire stories. Hurricanes Carol and Edna lead, followed by a fatal Northeast Airlines crash, the 1953 Legislature special session, the Nov. 2 election sweep for the GOP, the $40 million turnpike contracts, a Supreme Court stock-in-trade ruling, ongoing Portsmouth Air Force Base construction, a three-way tie on subversion probes and a Nashua train wreck, plus a two-way tie on state aid to education and UNH hoax claims.
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Nashua
Edgcomb Steel Co
Concord
Associated Press
New Hampshire
Carol
Edna
Northeast Airlines
Norris Cotton
Robert W. Upton
Supreme Court
Portsmouth Air Force Base
Boston
Maine
UNH
Tyngsboro
Mass
Portsmouth-Rochester
State Supreme Court
Bemis Bros. Bay Co
High Court
First Air Force
Portsmouth
Ike to Ask Raises For Civil Service, Postal Workers
President Eisenhower will send two special messages to Congress outlining pay raises for civil service and postal workers plus a program of armed forces pay and benefits. The civil service minimum would rise $125 yearly to top grades at $800, with costs estimated around $202 million annually.
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Ike
Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
Capitol Hill
Little White House
Armed Services
Defense Wilson
James C. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Post Office Department
Civil Service
Civil Services
Postal
Labor Leader Seeks Hearing on Dover Rochester Turnpike Bid
Governor Hugh Gregg said Harry Parr of the New Hampshire Federation of Labor will appear before the Governor's Council to discuss a proposed one million dollar state highway contract for a two mile Dover Rochester turnpike project. Parr asked for a hearing on the W H Hinman Company bid set for 10 30 a m. Public Works Commissioner Frank D Merrill recommended awarding to the North Maine firm.
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Concord
Hugh Gregg
Harry Parr
Hampton
New Hampshire Federation of Labor
Governor's Council
Maine
Gregg
Parr
W. H. Hinman Company
Public Works
Frank D. Merrill
Dover-Rochester
McCarthy Seeks Role in Making of Foreign Policy
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin seeks a seat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to push tougher measures against Communist China and influence Asia policy. He may give up a place on Appropriations to obtain the spot, but GOP changes appear unlikely as Democrats prepare to reorganize the Senate. He defended Van Fleet as an outstanding American general despite a split over his criticism of Eisenhower.
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McCarthy
Washington
Sen
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Asia
China
GOF
GOP
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Sen. Ferguson
Michigan
James A. van Fleet
8Th Army
Korea
van Fleet
Army moves to trim size to new standard
The Army plans to reduce its strength by 73,000 by June next year and 100,000 by mid 1956. Draft calls drop from 20,000 to 11,000 for February, with quotas held through June. Some draftees’ terms will be shortened to 23 or 22 months, while volunteer and re enlistment standards will rise. Some reserve officers on active duty will face tighter efficiency reviews, and twice passed over officers face stricter involuntary retirement enforcement.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
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