Local Customs official runs half million dollar business
Deputy Collector of Customs Joseph Moreshead oversees all New Hampshire duties except Coos county, handling inspections of goods from abroad, cargo aboard oil tankers, and parcel shipments. His varied duties include sealing lockers on ships, collecting duties, advising travelers, and processing foreign shipments with an annual intake over $500,000.
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Communist Buildup Continues as UN Forces Hold Ground
Tokyo AP reports Reds pulling from one buildup area in Korea while pouring fresh troops and supplies into another center for a potential strike on Allied lines. UN officers say they are not worried, expecting possible Chinese strikes in the second week of July along the Uijongbu to Seoul corridor, with strong screening forces and dug-in positions near the Iron Triangle.
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Korea
United Nations
Uijongbu-Seoul
Pyongyang
Iron Triangle
Kumsong
Inje
Yonchou
Air Lines Strike Still Stalemated in Ninth Day
Chicago AP report on the 900 AFL pilots strike against United Air Lines entering its ninth day. Dispute centers on piloting DC6B planes and parallel issues, with President Truman urged to mediate. The airline wants DCGB piloting settled first. the union rejects partial solutions and insists all issues be addressed together.
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AFL
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AFL Air Line Pilots Association
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Local Broadcaster Under Fire Over Air Base Controversy
The Regional Citizens Committee asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate radio broadcaster Charles W. Gray for misreading information as news in coverage of the Portsmouth Newington air base dispute. Loomis of Newington charged bias and crusading for a political cause, offering to provide evidence if transcripts from the past ten days were unavailable.
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Regional Citizens Committee Today
Federal Communications Commission
Charles W. Gray
Portsmouth-Newington Air Base
FCC
Ralph Loomis
Newington
Gray
Loomis
Let
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Sherman Adams
Rint
WHEB
Boston Post
Adams
Iran oil crisis heats as Britons urged to leave Abadan
Secretary Acheson said the United States would not intervene in the crisis over Anglo-Iranian oil in Iran. Britain announced evacuating about 3,000 personnel as the Abadan refinery faced shutdown and the Aghajari field stopped production after tanker withdrawals. Ambassador Shepherd warned of looming storage limits at Bandar Mashur while Mossadegh weighs a cabinet meeting to push nationalization.
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Wan
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Iran
Washington (Ap
State Acheson
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Acheson
Tehran
Francis Shepherd
Aghajari
Aba
Dan
Bandar Mashur
Shepherd
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Mauritius
Abbadan
Shatt el-Arab
Traqi
Ithe
Maine Police Seek Berwick Escapee
State police search southern York county for Francis Murdo, 22, of Berwick, who escaped from the men's re formatory at South Windham. He is described as five feet nine inches, 145 pounds, blue eyes, dark brown hair, last seen wearing a blue shirt and dungarees. He is believed to have a girlfriend in the Kittery and Eliot area.
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WELLS
York County
Francis Murdo
Berwick
South Windham
Murdo
Kittery
Eliot
New Castle School District Receives $1500 Federal Grant
The New Castle school district is notified of a $1,500 federal assist ance grant under a public law aimed at communities with overcrowded schools and parents residing on nearby military reservations.
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New Castle
Correction: Tax Bill Vote Split Recounted
Yesterday's report on Governor Adams sales tax bill said Ways and Means approved 12 to 8. The corrected record states the vote was 10 to 8. The Associated Press had erred in the initial transmission.
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Ways ‘and Means Committee
Adams
Associated Press
Decision Reversed On North Hampton Drive In Theater
North Hampton zoning appeal board reversed a prior ruling on plans for a Lafayette Road drive in theater by Louis Fucci of Manchester. Fucci's earlier petition was denied as prohibited by the National Production Authority. Fucci may seek another hearing as his attorney claims misinterpretation of federal building regulations.
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North Hampton Drive-In
North Hampton
Zoning Commission Appeal Board
Lafayette Raad
Louis Fucci
Manchester
National Production Authoriity
Fucch
Federal Housing Authority
Board of Zoning
Atty
William We. Treat
Hempton
Fucci
Watson Resigns From Fibre Company
Earl E. Watson of 89 South Street resigns as president and general manager of New England Fibre company. He sold his interest to Atty. Francis B. Clark of Amesbury Massachusetts, who will assume Watsons duties. Watson may focus his consulting work in Massachusetts and Connecticut and may reopen an office in Boston or Hartford.
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Earl E. Watson
Southstreet
New England Fibre Company
Watson
Housing Authority Plan Weighs Formation in Portsmouth
The planning board moves to study establishing a city housing authority with federal aid potential. Dover’s authority cited. a special meeting with housing head Maurice E. Witmer and a Boston official may be arranged. The board also discusses regulating television antenna installations for lightning safety, requiring permits and code compliance. A lobster bait house permit request is referred back to the board of adjustment.
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Portsmouth
Planning Board
City Hall
Lucien
Geoffrion
Housing Authority
Dover
Maurice E. Witmer
Franklin J. Bills
Dover Housing
National Housing Authority
Boston
Clyde’ G. Robinson
Robinson
Geoffrian
Wentworth Road
Board of Adjustment
Portsmouth Area Escapes Full Effect Of Bakery Strike
Portsmouth area bakeries are not yet feeling the impact of a two to three week bakery strike by AFL workers in large New England bakeries. Local stores report adequate bread from non striking bakeries, while Manchester plants run at capacity and receive out of state requests for bread. Major strike bound shops cited include Hathaway Nashua and Continental Lawrence, with John J. Nissen Portland identified as non union and unaffected.
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AFL
New England
Manchester
Queen City
Massachusetts
Hathaway
Nashua
Continental
Lawrence
Mass
Washington Roundup on Drugs and Acheson Aid Debates
The Senate Crime committee hears witnesses on teen drug use linked to crime and prostitution as fears rise over epidemic drug involvement in schools. Acheson faces House Foreign Affairs test on 8.5 billion in aid amid Korea cease fire talk and Republican moves to block funds. The House weighs July funding and possible Acheson resignation via salary cut while the Senate considers extending wage and price controls.
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Korea
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South Korea
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Defense Hearings Open on Massive Global Military Plan
Washington opened hearings on a 6.56 billion dollar global U S military construction program. The House Armed Services committee will review the overall authorization bill with separate votes on individual service appropriations. The Air Force seeks 3.548 billion dollars with 546 million for an air base at Portsmouth Newington. Chairman Vinson said sessions would be closed for security. Undersecretary Robert Lovett testified first.
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U. S
House Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Portsmouth-Newington
Vinson
D-Ga
Robert Lovett
Meat shortage lingers in city stores with faint hopeful notes
A Ports Herald spot check finds smaller markets often stocked in most meat lines while supermarkets face severe shortages. Executives blame slow cattle shipments from the West, with wholesalers reluctant to commit. Some stores report better early shipments end of week, but prices and substitutes like fish and eggs grow in use.
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Portsmonth Herald
Tornado Kills Three in Wakeeney Kansas
A tornado ripped through Wakeeney western Kansas killing three and injuring about forty nine. The storm toppled trees, damaged water mains, and knocked out power and communications as it flattened homes and wrecked the hospital. Local reporter Marie Engleman described widespread devastation and overturned cars, with six new brick houses leveled in one block.
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Kansas
Marie Engleman
Hills City
Wakeeney Hospital
Tax Hike Killed on Rockingham Racetrack Bill
CONCORD AP The House defeated a bill to raise state taxes on Rockingham Racetrack by 129 to 158. The measure would have added about $200,000 a year to the state treasury.
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Concord
House of Representatives
Rockingham
Gromyko Kirk Meet in Moscow For Conference
United Nations sources describe rapid U N discussions as the West presses for clarification of Malik proposed Korean cease fire terms. U S Ambassador Kirk met deputy foreign minister Gromyko in Moscow for about twenty minutes seeking details on who qualifies as belligerents and what guarantees prevent a renewed war.
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N.Y
Moscow
Jacob A. Malik
Washington
U. S
Alar G. Kirk
Andrei Gromyko
Malik
Acheson
United States
Kirk
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Urogve Lie
Norway
Nasrodlah Entezam
General Assembly
Entezam
Mongeon
Korea
Ernest A. Gross
Gross
State Department
Burlington
Warren BR. Austin
Security Counc
Council
Couneil
Assembly
Trygve Lie
Oslo
Geth
Florida Fires Subpoena As Warren Stops Ducking
Florida governor Fuller Warren clashes with the U S Senate Crime Investigating committee over subpoenas calling Warren to Washington on July 9 and Sen Herbert O Conor to Jacksonville on July 2. Solicitor P G Crews says parts of Florida hearings testimony may be perjured. Warren challenges O Conor to a July 7 debate in Miami and vows to campaign against his reelection in Maryland.
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Warren
Tallahassee
Fla
Fuller Warren
U. S. Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Washington
Herbert O'Conor
Duval County
Crews
Senate Committee
O'Conor
Miami
Bayfront Park
Maryland
O’conor
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Lucky) Luciano
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