Protest Grows Over Shoals Target Hearing Plans
A public hearing on a proposed restricted target bombing area near Shagrock Comer drew strong opposition led by Gloucester and Newburyport seafaring interests and coast residents. Navy officials defended plans citing past practice and navigation safety, while local mayors pressed for alternate training sites and warned of economic and environmental impacts.
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Tag Nave
Eiry Lak
Gloucester
Newburyport
Besct
Navy
Ward F. Hardman
USN
First Naval District
Duck Island
Camdr
Arthur P. Linscott
Squantum Naval Aft Station
Mourester
Portsmouth
John M. Kelleher
Weston
Gloucaster
Electric Rates To Go Up in Portsmouth Area
Portsmouth area customers of New Hampshire Gas and Electric will see higher bills in May as a temporary rate increase, authorized by the Public Service Commission, raises the cost per 100 KWH from 5.03 to 5.31. The measure, in effect until December 31, yields about 140000 in extra revenue but is not permanent. The 24 KWH bracket hits $2.63 from $2.26, while 300 KWH users see only a small rise due to lower per unit costs.
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New Hampshire Gas and Electric Company
Public Service Commission
Portsmouth
Fort M. Eaton
Eaton
Two Local Men Held For Superior Court In Break Case
Two Portsmouth men bound over to the October term of Rockingham County Superior Court after arraignment in Portsmouth Municipal Court on charges of breaking and entering the Penhallow Street restaurant at 1 46 this morning. Charles J. Clark 26 of Circuit Road and Sidney A Eaton 29 of Market Street pleaded innocent before Judge Jeremy R Waldron each held on $1000 bail. Authorities said they attempted to steal a keg of beer from the grill basement. Police identified Eaton as one of two men in the basement after the grill closed for the night. No testimony was offered against Clark.
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Rockingham County
Portsmouth Grill
Penhallow Street
Atty
Oscar Neukom
Eaton
Lloyd N. McGraw
John E. Coleman
Haton
Clark
Coleman
Iman
Boston arrest may solve holdups and murder
Boston police detained a New York man linked to a crime syndicate after he sat in a stolen car at a downtown street corner. Investigators tie him to a Boston holdup spree totaling over 30 thousand dollars including Copley Square notes and several banks and businesses. The suspect is the brother of a man sought in connection with the holdups.
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Boston
New York
Ned
Joseph Merenda
New York City
Here
Copley Square
Dorchester
Savings Bank
Federal Loan and Savings Bank
Hercol
A Remembrance of Mother by Drew Pearson
Editor's note reveals a personal Mother's Day tribute in the form of a daughter letter. Pearson recalls his mother from Los Angeles to Swarthmore, Pa., describing her quiet strength, wartime anxieties, and the desire to share moments, books, trips, and plays with her. He reflects on regret for times not spent together, her death after Pearl Harbor, and the hope she would have loved becoming a great grandmother to his daughter’s newborn son.
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Pearson
George Arnold
Los Angeles
Calif
Romansville
Swarthmore
Eller
Grandmother Patterson
San Francisco
Ventura
Truman
Harry Truman
Missouri
Kansas
Humboldt
Kay
Santa Fe
Indian Territory
Andreas Wolf
Philadelphia
Germany
Lancaster County
Susquehanna
Madison County
Ohio
Grandfather Wolf
Old Friends’ Meeting House
Mother
Father
Pearl Harbor
Hitler
Washington
Police Hold Young Father in Family Kidnap Hoax
A Somerville man 23 admitted he knew his wife 19 was not being held against her will when he made the report that ex con vict Dom enic Santangelo 35 had abducted his wife and children. The couple’s eight day absence ended with the wife returning with the two children. she said she went with Santangelo voluntarily and they were not harmed. Santangelo remains sought by Boston and Braintree police on separate charges.
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Somerville
Mass
Mey 7
Thomas J. O'Brien
Irving R. Bissette
Elizabeth
Bissette
Domenic Santangelo
Boston
Braintree
O'Brien
Ciieren
Mrs. Bissette
Psp
Santangelo
Adjustment Board Organizes Here
Portsmouth's new board of adjustment held an organization meeting at city council chambers last night and elected Laurence G. Peyser of 357 Union Street chairman. Mrs. John C. Sullivan of Jan Summer Street was chosen secretary. The five member board approved a petition from Alfred P. Grosman for permission to operate a convalescent home for aged women at the former Ladd residence on Highland Street.
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Portsmouth
Board of Adjustment
Laurence G. Peyser
Union Street
John C. Sullivan
Jan Summer Street
Alfred P. i Grosman
Convalescent Home
Ladd
Highland Street
Dover Man Wins Federal Claim Bill Passed by Senate
Arthur C. Jones, a Dover laborer injured at the Portsmouth naval shipyard in 1942, is set to receive a $5,508 federal settlement after a Senate passage spearheaded by Sen. Charles W. Tobey. The claim dates back nearly seven years.
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Dover
Portsmouth Naval Base
U. S. Senate
Sen
Charles W. Tobey
Arthur C. Jones
Senate
Jones
Naval Shipyard
Youngster Killed As Plow Falls
Westford Massachusetts May 7 two year old Beverley Sweetser was playing in a backyard garage when a plow toppled onto her. Plow handles pressed on her throat causing death before aid could arrive. Her mother found her and a motorist helped administer artificial respiration without success.
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Westford
Mass
Beverley Sweetser
Chinese Reds Drive on Shanghai and Near Pingwang
Chinese Communist armies attacked Shanghai outer defenses as the Nationalist government reported defenders repelled the assault. Pingwang, 17 miles from Shanghai, fell, while a major push targeted Kashing 50 miles southwest. Observers noted easy penetration south of the city as U S aid to Korea hovered in doubt amid regional tension and Dutch-Indonesian talks moved toward a Jakarta settlement.
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Shanghai
Pingwang
Kashing
Union and Ford Chiefs Seek Talks to End Ford Strike
Dearborn Mayor Orville L. Hubbard proposed a meeting of Ford and UAW CIO officials at his office next Thursday to pursue a supreme civic effort to end the strike. Both sides offered no immediate reply as the walkout by about 64,000 workers entered its third day. Rouge and Lincoln-Mercury plants faced slowdowns and pending closings, affecting several thousand employees amid rising labor-management tensions.
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Ford
Dearborn
Orville L. Hubbard
Ford and Cio
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Cio
Great Rouge
Lincoln-Mercury
Dicket
Rouse
Old brown cow tames wayward Herefords in swamp
Franklin Massachusetts May 7 AP An old brown cow helps herd eight Hereford cattle from swamp land after repeated failed attempts with airplane barking dogs and rowboats. A Woonsocket BR story notes the cattle followed the cow to oats leading to the barn within hours, showing cattle will follow a familiar lead.
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Franklin
Mass
Wiliam Dacey
Dacey
Woonsocket
L. Call
Uhey
U S and Britain Open Radio War Against Red Noise
Washington reports a peacetime radio conflict with Russia as the United States and Britain plan to use 61 transmitters to jam Moscow’s reception and blast Russian language broadcasts toward the Soviet capital. Voice of America will announce alleged deliberate interference by the USSR, aiming to counter heavy Soviet jamming that began April 24.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Moscow
George V. Allen
State Department
Voice of America
Rusela
Allen
Voice
Berlin
West Germany moves toward new constitution amid blockade lift
Bonn reports Western Germany rejects Communist pleas to halt its move toward a new state. Leaders completed most steps to adopt a West German constitution and set the final adoption for tomorrow, four years since World War I surrender. An interim government will run until July. Russia and Western Allies push to lift blockades by midnight, amid rail worker pay disputes and threatened strikes affecting Berlin transit. Communists attack the interim government as undemocratic.
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Bonn
Germany
Western Germany
Watil
New York
Russia
Berlin
West Germany
Ruling Clears City Manager Over Police Buying Authority
City Solicitor Arthur J. Reinhart ruled that City Manager Edward Peterson has authority to approve police department purchases, not the police commission. The decision follows a dispute between Peterson and the commission, with both sides seeking guidance from Reinhart and Attorney General William L. Phinney. Commission chairman Orla Dexter announced a meeting to discuss the ruling.
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Arthur J. Reinhart
Edward GC. Peterson
Police Commission
Reinhart
Petersen
William L. Phinney
Peterson
Orel A. Dexter
Commission
Dexter
State Promises Proof Story Cote Cheated Convicted Trial
Concord May 7 AP Documentary evidence purporting a scheme by former state comptroller Stephen B Story and contractor Donat F Cote to defraud the state will be offered Monday. Kenneth F Graf state counsel opened with allegations of falsified bills, double charging, and payments diverted to Cote’s pocket as the 89 counts total over $30,000.
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Concord
Stephen B. Story
Donat F. Cote
Kenneth F. Graf
Story
Cote
Graf
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Dogjakarta
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