08 Apr 1950
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1950
Page
1
Easter Sunday to be observed nationwide as Christians gather in cathedrals churches and hilltop services to celebrate the risen Christ. Believers anticipate renewed faith in the miracle of the Resurrection and share the message of Easter with their communities across the land.
Senate foreign relations subcommittee hearings on Owen Lattimore show division as Senator Tydings defends FBI findings clearing Lattimore while McCarthy charges persist. The five member panel, including Hickenlooper, heard sworn testimony and FBI summaries, with Weather and Easter imagery interwoven in the chaotic newspaper page.
Vaslav Nijinsky, renowned dancer once celebrated as the greatest of his art, died in a London clinic aged 60. He had become insane in 1919 and was cared for by his Hungarian wife Romala, who stood by him for 30 years despite medical discouragement.
A cold air mass approaches Syracuse for Easter Sunday with forecasts of a chilly day and potential temperature drops into the mid twenties. The Weather Bureau notes a brisk wind, with a cold wave moving from the Buffalo area toward the northeast, promising sunshine but sharp cooling tonight and tomorrow.
Police planned to open Charles Binaggio’s safe deposit box and inspect the First District Democratic Club rooms for clues to the slayings. Investigators recovered a lapel card, a microphone, and a switch in the club closet, suggesting a hidden recording setup possibly used in conversations.
Daley Nelson, 17, was kidnapped from her boyfriend Donald Oeirich, 16, by a gunman who drove away in her friend’s car. After about five and a half hours she was found safe, scarred but alive. A 20-year-old West Covina man, Vance Smith, was booked on kidnapping robbery and perversion charges after being found with the youths. The car later crashed in a ditch. police recovered them hitchhiking. The abduction remains under investigation.
Amid a 70 day walkout Chrysler negotiations see a counterproposal from the company as workers protest pension terms. Industry insiders note the dispute could reach near a billion dollars in cost as unions push for broad noneconomic gains. Local officials report new governance actions including bans on card games and gambling by village employees.
Italian Foreign Minister Count Carlo Sforza warned western powers that Italy would not abandon its claim to Trieste. He urged direct talks with Yugoslavia while insisting any settlement must start with Trieste returning to Italy. The issue stems from wartime rules and postwar proposals the Allied powers once floated.
Welfare Commissioner Raymond Hilliard says relief clients who are able to work must seek employment or lose benefits. The department has begun screening relief rolls for workers capable of employment but has not secured jobs for all found able.
A feature heavy page highlights a cordial Canada US naval vessels visit in New York City seen as a sign of peace and friendship. Dewitt Mackenzie offers a column on editorial pages with notes and page references to comics horoscopes and regular sections across pages 14 and 15.
Stephen Proffack of East Brunswick was driving on a back road when the car wheels stuck in sand. Police say he spun the wheels to free it, tires caught fire, and the blaze spread to the vehicle. The 1950 Ford, borrowed from a friend, was destroyed in South River, New Jersey.
National Maritime Union turmoil erupts in New York as factional clashes injure three, send two anti Curran supporters to hospital, police report multiple assaults around the hiring hall amid ongoing national elections. Charles Keith and Morris Weiner injured in the attack as leaflets opposed Curran.
A smoky fire in a restaurant kitchen spread to the ith Street Theater on upper Broadway early today. Smoke forced evacuations at a nearby hotel, with fumes alarm spreading through the Benjamin Franklin Hotel as occupants escaped.
In Martiney California a nine year old boy with blue eyes and a keen baseball interest is named sole heir to a $9,000,000 estate. The unlikely heir selection highlights a dramatic family fortune event drawing wide public attention.
A chaotic report details Governor Leweyy vetoing a dog tattooing bill amid wild speculation. The piece threads a probate petition, a Newport residence, a canine family tale, and a burglary tied to substantial funds.
In Chapel Hill North Carolina a 30 year old former mental patient Lena Smithey is found dead outside a campus theater. Police say he killed 22 year old George L Bennett Jr a University of North Carolina student yesterday with a 38 caliber pistol. The body was found propped against a tree nearby.
In White Plains a wedding will pair Claire and Clarice Miler with Berle and Merle Mercer both sets of twins. The ceremony, performed by a visiting minister, follows their meeting at an International Twins Association convention and will occur this fall in the sisters' hometown before relocation to Cherry County, Nebraska where the Mercers run a ranch.
Mayor Cos tella reported to the sheriff that fire trucks were tampered with during a fire alarm in Minoa yesterday. Ignition wires were disconnected and a battery dead in one unit. Deputies Post and Bate were asked to arrange inspections of two firehouses. N. Manlius street fire proved to be only smoke with no damage.
A Chicago man, Robert Patterson, 30, was trapped for six hours after his car wedged between a diesel locomotive and a building. Firemen freed him with saws around 8 AM. Patterson, initially dazed, feared his wife, but no other person was found. He received four morphine injections at Alexian Brothers Hospital.
Western allies say a large back door trade between West German manufacturers and the Soviet zone is being run outside government channels. Ruhr coal and iron, Bavarian food, and Württemberg Baden machinery moved east for finished equipment and ongoing eastern markets at good profit.
The Economic Cooperation Administration praised Western Germany for rapid recovery under the Marshall Plan. It noted steel output doubled and motor vehicle production rose over 400 percent, with major industrial bottlenecks alleviated despite ongoing political difficulties.
Two teenagers Barbara Foster aged 18 and Grace Head were rescued by the Coast Guard after spending the night in a small boat adrift on Long Island Sound near freezing conditions. Coast Guard ships searched through the night and a rescue plane spotted them near Sheffield Stand, with both girls taken aboard and reported safe.
Washington signals a new line in foreign aid policy urging Greece and South Korea to clean up budgets and policies before continued aid. The State Department links aid cuts to democratic representativeness and fiscal restraint, warning against regimes propped by U S funds while noting Greece’s civil war and Korea’s unresolved reforms.
New Delhi India and Pakistan announced a pact after seven days of talks between Prime Ministers Nehru and Liaquat Ali Khan. The communique said the accord aims to end bitterness between Hindus and Muslims in both nations as Khan departed for Karachi.
Belgian Premier Designate Paul van Zeeland said he saved to form government to restore King Leopold III, hoping to complete a cabinet by Tuesday. Last minute difficulties hindered finishing the lineup as the regent faced the Atlantic blizzard and a Coast Guard radio aid call near Cape Cod.
New York publisher George Fielding cites many typos caused by editors rather than printers. He recounts misrendered names like Explorer Landor and Savage Lander, noting a Duluth editor altered dispatches leading to garbled versions of the story in the morning edition.
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