Yalta Details Revealed in Secret Papers 1945
New State Department volume releases more than 40 previously secret documents on the Yalta conference. Moscow pressuring for a split Germany and a Polish friendly government emerges alongside notes from Hopkins praising Churchill’s comic view of Magneto. Secret papers from Hyde Park and various government sources illuminate endgame WWII diplomacy.
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Joseph Stalin
Roosevelt
Yalta
Poland
Soviet Union
Moscow
United
Tes
Germany
State Department
Joseph Heap
Hyde Park
Harry L. Hopkins
London
Winston Churchill
Hopkins
Hospital Survey Initiated for Portsmouth Wing Plan
A $4,000 study of Portsmouth Hospital facilities begins as the first step in a $500,000 expansion. Ritchie Associates of Boston contracted to assess current space and draft plans for a new wing. Richman and Margeson, trustees’ chairmen, announce the start with a report expected by March. Trustees allocated $3,000. Hospital Guild raised the rest.
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Ritchie Associates of
Boston
Richman &. Margeson
Rtady
Hospital Guild
Highest in 14 Years 38500 Traffic Deaths Forecast
The National Safety Council estimates 1955 traffic fatalities at 38500 the highest in 14 years. Projections from 34390 to 38700 deaths for the year spurred emergency enforcement for the New Year weekend. States deploy National Guard and patrols. Christmas toll sets a record with 629 deaths.
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Safety Council
Associated Press
U.S
The
Arizona
Ilinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
National Guard
Texas
State employees vote to merge pension with Social Security
In New Hampshire a state workers referendum approved merging the 10 year old pension system with federal Social Security by 2 095 to 1 151. Gov Dwinell touted savings of about 6 million and expanded benefits while the SEA raised concerns about inequities and refunds. Police prep for New Year roadblock campaign to curb drinking drivers with city and state coordination.
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Concord
New Hampshire
Pers
Dwinell
Christensen
SEA
Lane Dwinell
Frederick N. Clarke
Portsmouth
Martin O. Betz
Quints Return Home to Talk Family Rift
Three of the Dionne quintuplets arrived in North Bay with their brother to discuss family strife with parents Mr and Mrs Oliva Dionne who were not at the door. A source said Mrs Dionne was upset overnight as the group sought to patch up long standing differences that have drawn headlines since the birth nearly two decades ago.
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North Bay
Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Quints
Guints
Yvonne
Cecile
Annette
Oliva Jr
Montreal
Rescue at Somes Sound Falls Short of Calm Seas
Coast Guard and Air Force mounted a swift rescue of seven hunters after their 32-foot motor boat Able Mabel wrecked on a Somes Sound ledge. Three crew were saved by a 40-foot launch and four by Dow Air Force Base helicopter as tides surged, loom of submersion by 2:30 p.m.
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Southwest Harbor
Maine
Coast Guard
Air Force
Able Mabel
Somes Sound
Dowfur Force Base
Bangor
Milk Price Row Draws Dwinell and Council Attention
The State Milk Control Board faced Gov. Lane Dwinell and the Executive Council over milk price rules in New Hampshire. Board chairman Maurice Chase defended the agency’s discretion while acknowledging uncertainty, as a Candia farmer resisted raising his price from 19 to 26 cents per quart.
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Concord
State Milk Control Board
New Hampshire
Maurice Chase
Lane Dwinell
Executive Council
Candia
Chase
Aime Jacob
Jacob
Milk Control Board
John P. H. Chandler Jr
R-Warner
Rye School bond limit raised for new elementary school
CONCORD the governor and Council raised Rye School Districts maximum bonded indebtedness from 225000 to 309000 paving the way to raise funds for a new elementary school. Building plans have been stalled since October when bids exceeded funds after a public hearing by the State Tax Commission last week.
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Concord
Jysd Council
Rye
News4room
State Tax Commission
Portsmouth Considers Taxing Base Housing Project
City officials and the Air Force weigh a tax on 1000 housing units at Portsmouth Air Force Base a move that could reach the Supreme Court and affect federal education aid. City Manager Violette says the city will assess anyway while FHA seeks a legal opinion from New Hampshire officials. The Capehart amendment under the National Housing Act governs the project as Col Andreae notes the Abilene base faces a similar issue.
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Portsmouth
Portmouth Air Force Base
Air Force
U.S. Supreme Court
Thomas E. Flynn
Flynn
Federal Housing Administration
New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
FHA
Heaid
Richard Duncan
Attorney General's Office
Robert C. Violette
Violette
Andreas A. Andreae
Abilene Air Force Base
Texas
Andrese
Capehart
Council Nullifies Move to Give Up Alleyway Rights
The Portsmouth City Council unanimously reversed its December 19 vote to relinquish city rights in a 10 foot alley between Vaughan and Fleet streets behind Congress Street. Attorney Samuel Levy for Winebaum Realty claimed the earlier action was illegal and ambiguous, noting public interests and an easement for his clients. Paras sought to close the alley to permit a $150,000 Fleet Street expansion by W T Grant Co., but the council moved to preserve any city rights and recommend a public hearing, with final word to page two.
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Fleet Streets
Congress Street
Samuel Levy
Winebaum Realty, Inc
Olympic Theater
The
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John Paras
Thomasi E. Flynn
John J. Wholey
Wholey
Winebaum Realty
Levy
Countcil
Paras
Charles M. Dale
Winebaum Reszity
Winnebaum Healty
Fleet Street
W. T. Grant Co
Congress St
Cros
Bay State probes death of area man in jail cell
Massachusetts authorities investigate the death of Donald A. Grenier a 54 year old Hampton man at Danskut Vers State Hospital after an autopsy showed he died of a fractured skull. Newburyport police arrested Grenier for drunkenness twice in 24 hours and say he fell in his jail cell striking his head and sustaining a bruise near the left eye. City officials deny reports he was violent or restrained.
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York
Ross Apgar
Apgar
Hampton
Jobn J. Malek
Malek
Massachusetts
Danskutvers State Hospital
Essex
Newburyport
Id Grenier
O& City
James E. Sullivan
Grenier
Robert ¥. Lucey
Daniel F. Reardon
Doe Sullivan
Sumer B. Annis
State Hospital
Morton Confirmed As Highway Chief
The Executive Council unanimously confirmed Gov. Dwinell's choice John O. Morton as chief of the State Highway Department to fill the term after Maj. Gen. Frank Merrill's death Morton, 53, will lead the department which handles over 40 million dollars in annual road and bridge expenditures Morton is a Concord native who joined the Highway Dept in 1922 left in 1946 to found a quarry company and returned as deputy in 1949 The council also confirmed Joseph H. O'Brien as Alton Municipal Court justice and William F. Batchelder as Plymouth Municipal Court special justice
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Concord
Dwinell
John O. Morton
Frank D. Merrill
Morton
Megrill
Florida
Highway Dept
New Hampshire Sand and Gravel Co
Merrill
Joseph H. O'Brien
Alton
William F. Batchelder
Plymouth
Commuter Tolls Studied by Bridge Authority
The Maine New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority may announce commuter tickets for the Portsmouth bridge to ease rush hour traffic. Andrew Jarvis and Capt Nicholas Nicholas indicate plans to issue ticket books similar to New Hampshire Turnpike pricing to encourage shipyard workers to use the bridge. The Rockingham Hotel meeting will include two new members, John Morton and others, as officials discuss feasibility.
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Maine-New Hampshire
Sarvis
New Hampshire
Rockingham Hotel
Jarvis
John ©. Morton
Morton
Frank D. Merrill
Levee Gap Repaired as California Flood Toll Rises
Work crews fill a levee gap near Yuba City after the California flood that killed 19 in Yuba City and pushed the state toll to 47. Feather River levee holds, 24 homes destroyed, 1,200 damaged. aid floods in from Red Cross shelters housing 4,600 evacuees as Gov Knight seeks federal funds for relief.
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Yuba City
Feather River
Eureka Area
Santa Cruz
Colfax
Tulare County
Susanville
Santa Rosa
Sacramento
Colusa
Hamilton Air Force Base
Stockton
Siskiyou County
Red Cross
Godwin Knight
Federal
Civil Defense Administration
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