Robbery suspects nabbed over $100000 payday loot
FBI arrests two Quonset Point workers Howard Hildebrandt and Robert LaPlante in Rhode Island after a $100,000 armed holdup at a Pawtuxet River area credit union last March 7. Gloria Dele held as material witness in New York. Loot recovered partially. arraignments set in Providence and New York.
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Warwick
R.lwa Navy Aiver
PBI
Quonset Point
R.J
Naval Air Station
Pawtuxet River
Boston
U. L. Naval Air Station
FBI
New York
Howard Hildebrandt
Quonset
Rhode Island
Robert Roger LaPlante
Gloria Dele
New Britain
Conn
Hildebrandt
Miss Dale
New York City
la Plante
West Warwick
R.I
U.S
U. S
Providence
Misa Dale
President Claims Inherent Power to Seize Industries
President Truman asserted during a Washington news conference that he holds inherent authority to seize private industries in emergencies and that no one can strip this power from him, while promising to respect Supreme Court rulings on the steel seizure. The judge had ruled the steel seize act without proper authority, and the case now proceeds to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Truman
Supreme Court
U. S
Robinson Resigns As Portsmouth Planning Board Chair
Clyde G. Robinson of 29 Hillside Dr resigns today as chairman of the Portsmouth Planning Board. In a letter to the city manager he cites medical reasons and asks resignation take effect immediately. He joined the board in 1949 and has chaired it for the past two years.
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Clyde G. Robinson
Hillside
Portsmouth
Robinson
Beal Confident U S School Aid Will Be Restored
Portsmouth and 23 southeastern New Hampshire communities expect federal school aid restoration after a Capitol visit by Beal Slove Wilder and local officials. They anticipate an amendment to fund education and avoid repaying last year’s aid, aiming for action before July adjournment.
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Beal
U.S
Washington
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Raymond J. Beal
Congress
Slove Wilder
Maurice Murray
Munro Grady
Dover
Romeo St. Laurent
Somersworth
Capitol
Senate
House
U. S. Office of Education
House Education
Heal
Portsmouth Naval
Maine
Merchants demand end to Chestnut Street left turn ban
Charles A. Pike Fred Caldwell and Theodore Rosen protest a left turn ban into Chestnut Street from Congress Street saying the traffic sign illegally blocks access and hinders business. They urge immediate removal and cite state highway obstruction laws. Pike’s protest was referred to the traffic committee for review.
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Chestnut Street
Congress Street
Charles A. Pike
DeWitt Hotel
Fred Caldwell
FE. M. Loew's
Civic Theater
Theodore Rosen
Pike
American soldier Vigneault faces death sentence in Germany
Private John F. Vigneault aged 19 from Goffs Falls New Hampshire was convicted of murdering Karl Beckart and Lothar Schlosser and stealing their car. An army court martial adjourned for lunch without announcing sentence, with possible death by hanging as the outcome. The trial included psychiatric testimony. two co-defendants faced separate proceedings. The case drew wide attention in Nuernberg.
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Nuernberg
Germany
John F. Vigneault
John Vigneault
Goffs Fails
N. H
Truman Xenial Fires at Congress Again
President Truman blasted Congress in a nationally beamed speech to 1200 VA hospital workers, accusing lawmakers of wavering under AMA pressure amid a stalled old age and survivors insurance bill. He warned of budget cuts and criticized VA hospital expansion while urging action this election year.
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American Medical Association
Truman
National Advisory Committee
A Voluntary Services
Congress
Administration
Post Office
Veterans Medical Services
House
Veterans Administration
Going Up Again as Living Cost Barometer Rises
Washington reports an expected rise in the government's living cost barometer for mid April. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is seen to show costs climbing about half a percent, driven by higher food, transportation and rent after January peak and February decline.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Suit Thief Back In Toils of Law After Jail Break
Raymond Guertin, 33, an ex convict who escaped from Hillsborough County jail after stealing a fellow inmate’s clothes, was captured in Ohio where he serves a 30 day sentence. He has pleaded guilty to stealing a suit at Puritan Clothing and admitted other thefts. He sobbed at arrest and faces further proceedings upon return to New Jersey.
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Raymond Guertin
Hillsborough County
Conrad Danals
Ohio
Guertin
Manchester
Boston
Portsmouth
Puritan
Market St
Sing Sing
Market Street
Dennis
Rockingham County
Thomas J. Morris
Local Man Hurt In Route 4 Crash In Notting ham
Neal Ryder a 29 year old resident of 23 Langdon Street is listed in very critical condition at Portamouth Hospital after a Route 4 wreck near a long curve in Nottingham. He suffered a serious head injury and an eye injury from a single vehicle overturning. Police say he was alone. An investigation is ongoing.
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Neal Ryder
Langdon St
Portamouth
Nottingham
Ryder
Ridgway Warns of Communism Risk in Korea War
General Ridgway told Congress that charges of Communist germ and gas warfare by the United Nations forces in Korea are monumental warnings, as menacing and urgent as a forest fire bearing down on a wooden village.
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Washingson
Matthew B. Ridgway
Congress
United Nations
Korea
Despondent Barber Hangs Himself in Garage at Heights
Maurice A. Basford, 70, of 181 Kearsarge Way, was found hanged in his garage this morning. Dr. Wendell P. Clare ruled death by own action. the native of Unity, Maine, had been despondent over ill health and inability to secure full-time work. Housekeeper Mrs. Gladys Skimmins reported the body after Basford had gone for a walk with his dog earlier. Surviving is stepdaughter Mrs. Louise Richards of Rye.
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Maurice A. Basford
Kearsarge Way
Wendell P. Clare
Rockingham County
Basford
Gladys Skimmins
Clare
Unity
Eerage
Louise Richards
Rye
Truman Promises Natural Cleanup With New Attorney General
President Truman said a cleanup of the federal government will proceed once James P. McGranery becomes attorney general. He asserted the reform would take care of itself after the incoming official takes office in Washington.
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Truman
Washington
James P. McGranery
Senators Press for Facts on Koje Island POW Camp
U.S. Senators pressed the Pentagon and Korean commanders for full explanations of handling at Koje Island prisoner of war camp. They cited closed door testimony by Gen Ridgway and questioned orders not carried out in securing Brig Gen Dodd's release after his capture. A conference between Secretary Pace and Senators Bridges and Johnson was awaited for light on the affair.
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Washington UI
Pentagon
Koje Island
Sen. Bridgek
R-N.h
Matthew
Ridgway
Par Kantern
Arkigen Aid
Tue Bell
D-Ga
Benale Armed Services Committee
Ridg Way
Francia T
Dodd
Wennure
Ben
Margaret Charo Smith
Senate
Army
Kose Island
Pace
Sens
Bridges
Lyndon 3. Johnson
Dreas
Johnson
Defense
Armed Services Committee
Charles Colson
Congrens
State May Appeal PSC Rate Boost To Supreme Court
The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission approved a 1 344 750 rate increase for Public Service Company of New Hampshire and may prompt legal action. Special state counsel Lorimer plans to consult with Attorney General Tiffany, contending the award doubles what he sees as rightful, signaling possible legal questions. Initial appeal would go to the PUC, with possible Supreme Court review on legal questions.
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Vigneault
Supreme Court
Concord i
State Pubiic Utilities Commission
Public Service Company of
New Hampshire
Atty
H. Thornton Lormer
Gordon
Tiffany
Lorimer
PUC
Public Utilities Commission
State Supreme Court
Aiken alleges Democrats fueled farm price fall for Truman win
Washington report quotes Senator Aiken of Vermont claiming the Democrats orchestrated a fall in farm prices before the 1946 elections to aid President Truman’s bid for re election. He says he can reveal the entire story behind the charges.
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Washington
Aiken
R-Vt
Truman
Exeter prep students unveil broad science exhibits
Exeter Phillips Exeter Academy science exhibits showcase yearlong work. Students present dry ice demonstrations, radio activity, nuclear physics, a volcano model, electrical binary computer, and gear like a Ford engine cutaway. Visitors view meteorology, weather instruments, telescope, and a student radio station on a roof display at 7:15 p.m.
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Exeter
Phillips Exeter Academy Science
Morrow
Academy Science
Relence
Defendants Pay $19000 In Barbara Oxford Suits
A $19000 settlement was announced today in seven suits filed on behalf of 14 year old Barbara Oxford of 700 Greenland Road who suffered permanent injuries when the car she rode in struck a utility pole Dec 3 1950 on Breakast Hill in Greenland. The suits named driver J M Sanderson Jr of Greenland Road and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and New Hampshire Electric Company as pole owners. Four other teenagers were injured in the same crash.
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Barbara Oxford
Greenland Ra
Greenland
Jarb M
New Hampshire Electric’ Company
Sanderson
J. Atty
Thomas J. Morris
Atty
Charles
J. Griffin
Portsmouth Air Force Base Hearing Sparks Debate
The House Armed Services Committee prepared to reconvene to decide whether to proceed with the Portsmouth Air Force Base project or survey other sites for relocation. Generals Madden and Kink defended the plan citing study of all aspects, while opponents urged consideration of Ossipee and warned of hysteria and potential environmental and community impacts.
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House Armed Services Committee
Porymouth Air Fores
Aten
Bria
Harold Madden
Maddox
Portemouth Air Force
Pariamouth
USA
Air Force
Madéux
Edwin Kink
Astinlant
Department of Air
Jethel Ordi Cates
Netier
Duke
Portsmouth
Huggins
Ossipee
Hugging
Citizens’ League of
Rockingham and
Stratford
Portsmouth-Newsington
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YMCA
MCA
Camp Gundalow
Pertemouth Herald
Holdup Probers
Air Base
Florindo de Rosa
Carl. Ir, Nolte Jr
Richard Hagelberger
Robert T. Mierzwik
Hagelberger
Wierzwik
Karl Beckart
Lothar Schlosser
Corman
Lonely Road
J. Truman
Boybody
Barber
Heights
Marilyn Hayward
American Legion
Theodore R. Butler
Marilyn
Kason C. Hayward
State St
Legion Auxiliary
Portsmouth Herald
Koje
Nents
University of New Hampshire
Reareall
Powltry
Vince
Maddow
Maddon
New Hampsehire
Siready
Brooks
D-La
Comitittes
Cman
Cheries W
Tobey
Charles Hartnett
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