Hamilton Girl Tops Spelling Bee With 99 Written Score
Sally Schapiro a 12 year old from Hamilton led the 1955 Herald Journal Spelling Bee written tests with a 99, ahead of 34 other top spellers. The event at Central High School included a 100 word list, a noon luncheon at Hotel Onondaga, and an afternoon oral contest.
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Sally Schapiro
Hamilton
Herald-Journal
Sally
Herald- Journal
Karl R. McElroy
Onondaga
Room 116
Central High School
Callaghan
Syracuse
New York
Sean
Red ‘Cross
Alice K. MacBride
Bob Berber
Nottingham High School
Peggy Pierce
Eastwood High School
Ida Capron
Central High
Kathy Quinn
Eastwood High
Hotel Onondaga
Post-Vaccine Cases Studied One by One
Washington reports a case-by-case study of 29 children affected after Cutter vaccine doses. Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Thomas Francis join Public Health Service experts and 11 outside specialists to review medical histories and polio outcomes from the Cutter Lab vaccine.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Jonas E. Salk
Pittsburgh
Thomas Francis
University of Michigan
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
California
Six Killed in Auto Crash Near Clathe
Six persons died in a head on collision near Clathe while returning from a Kansas City Yankees game. Identified victims include Thomas Connors Jr and Donald Grauberger of Kansas City. Also killed were Lford McThane Edith Ann Fowler and Floyd Rice of Emporia. Violet Rice injured.
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Clathe
Ken
Kansas City
Here
State Highwear Patrol
Thomas Connors Jr
Donald Grauberger
Lford McThane
Edith Ann Fowler
Floyd Rice
Emporia
Kan
Rice
Violet
Kansas City Athletic
New York Yankees
Nationalists Sink Four Red Junks
Nationalist Chinese patrol planes sank four Communist motorized junks and damaged two gunboats in Amoy Say today. The defense ministry also reported Communist artillery hit Little Quemoy Island with 11 shells, with no casualties noted and no word on reciprocation. Little Quemoy lies between Quemoy and the mainland, about five miles from Red-held Amoy.
Today's Features and Page Highlights
The page blueprint lists sections Amusements Editorials Bridge Letters Classified and Women’s Deaths Sports with the featured picture on page 16. A snapshot of daily content layout and page references for readers.
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Womrnn
Khrushchev Tops Soviet Leaders In May Day Display
Moscow unveiled a nine leader portrait line up for May Day with Khrushchev first and Georgi Malenkov last. Bulganin ranks second, Voroshilov third from the top, Molotov fourth, and Molotov is the foreign minister.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Georgi Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
Khrushchev
Malenkov
Pary
Husband awarded divorce over extreme cruelty claims
In a five year marriage William A Coslett testified his wife would not allow him into the home unless he first removed his shoes. Judge Joseph B Conk agreed and granted Coslett a divorce on the grounds of extreme cruelty.
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Denver
Viet Nam power struggle shifts to political arena in Saigon
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem wins a key move as Bao Dai is deposed as chief of state by a new Saigon assembly. Gen Nguyen Van Vy and Gen Le Van Vien shift power as Vy is named commander in chief, with Vy and Vien negotiating with Diem while Bao Dai demands Cannes conference. Casualties and displacements rise as Saigon endures heavy fighting and widespread destruction.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Ngo- Dinh Diem
National Assembly
Bao Dai
South
Viet Nam
Diem
General Assembly of Democratic Revolutionary Forces
Nguyen van Vy
Cannes
French Riviera
Washington
Edgar Faure
J. Lawton Collins
Eisenhower
Eltiee States
Binh Xuyen Sect
Binh Xuyen
le van Vien
Cholon
Dien
National Army
le van Rr
Staf
Woman Who Came to Dinner Ends With House Sale
Mrs Eleonor Elaine Lee Harris invited to dinner 11 years ago by Mrs Fuller Fonshe. Eviction order issued against Harris after she did not appear in court. Harris planned to move to suburban Clayton while Fonshe sought real estate action. Harris, writer of Beverly To, recently widow? per notes. The case links to former Monsanio Chemical Computer president Harris.
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ST. Louis CP
Fuller W. Fonshe
Eleanor Elaine Lee Harris
Ion
Foothe
Milwaukee
Harris
Sleater
Fonshe
Warrin
Harrig
Beverly To. Harris
Monsanio Chemical Computer
Slaying Admitted in Sodus Wife Killings
A 32 year old railroad section hand, Michael Vanderbrook, was charged with first degree murder after admitting to shooting his wife Blanche Vanderbrook as their four daughters watched in Sodus. He was captured near his home and arraigned before a Justice. The couple's long troubled marriage preceded the fatal blast.
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Sodus
Blanche Vanderbrook
Mary Seymour
Richael Vanderbeock
Wayne County
William F. Driscoll
Vanderbrook
E. J. Coleman
Mary
Driscoll
Rare birds fed by fake mother at St. Louis Zoo
The St Louis Zoo incubator hatched Germaine peacock pheasant chicks refused to feed. Bird curator William G Conway wrapped brown taped forceps as a fake head feeding the chicks. The disguises worked as the hungry birds accepted the artificial mother while the real hen barely hatches eggs in captivity.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Zoo
William G. Conway
Zoo
Conway
Indonesia
Picnicking in Order With Weekend Weather Forecast
The weather map shows a warm sunny tomorrow with Andrew Keller noting a good day for outdoor activity. Monday also looks favorable with a high near 73 and northwest winds around 10 to 15 mph. tonight will be cooler with a low near 45.
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Andrew Keller
Cincinnati Lawyer Named New Chief of Aid Agency
President Eisenhower selected John B. Hellister of Cincinnati as head of the new International Cooperation Administration to supervise most foreign aid activities starting July 1. The transition will occur as the Foreign Operations Administration dissolves and a formal transfer to the State Department is arranged.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John B. Hellister
Cincinnati
White House
Hellister
International Cooperation Administration
State Department
PFOA
Hess Goes on Hunger Strike at Spandau Prison
Rudolf Hess, former Nazi No. 2, on hunger strike in Spandau Prison. Four power wardens force feed him after he began refusing food on Tuesday, his 61st birthday, with sources saying he is in a very weak condition. A U.S. spokesman could not confirm the reports.
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Berlin
Rudolph Hess
Spandau Prison
Hess
U.S
Steel Boat To Replace Maids At Niagara Falls Ships
The Maids of the Mist cruising fleet at Niagara Falls will be replaced by motor stern hulled boats. The change removes Frank Le Blanc as president of the Maid of the Mist Steamboat Go. Ten boats were docked recently for refitting and passenger service upgrades.
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Niagara Falls
Nehru Breaks Formosa Impasse With China Talks
Prime Minister Nehru said India’s V K Krishna Menon would go to Peiping at Chou En Lai’s invitation to pursue direct U S China talks on Formosa. He called a peaceful solution possible and noted Beijing’s readiness to negotiate, signaling a new diplomacy push. The U S State Department initially withheld final comment.
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New Delsi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Peiping
United States
China
Formosa
Nehru
Chou En-lai
V. K. Krishna Menon
United Nations
Krishna Menon
Formosa Strait
America
Chou
Bandung
Soldier jailed after found asleep in hospital ward
In Colorado Springs police arrested 26 year old Fort Carson soldier James Fulks after finding him sleeping in Memorial Hospital. He was taken to jail to sleep it off and detained in the maternity ward area.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
James Fulks
Fort Carson
Memorial Hospital
Manhunt Tightens as Desperadoes Split North of Canton
Heavily armed state police and volunteers pressed a massive search in northern New York after four jailbreakers fled Canton jail. One trooper was wounded as two fugitives were traced from an abandoned farm toward swamp and woods near North Lawrence, with reinforcements from Troops G Troy D Oneida C Sidney and K Hawthorne. Leon Caskinet was captured in the farmhouse. three others remained at large as the manhunt continued at the edge of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
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Lawrenceville
St. Lawrence County
North Lawrence
Gray
New York
Troy
D. Oneida
C. Sidney
K. Hawthorne
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canton
A. J. Golby
Austin J. McDonagh
McDonagh
Golby
Governor Harriman vetoes $5 Million Upstate Road Aid Bill
Albany Governor Harriman vetoed a Republican backed bill to add 5 million dollars in road funds for upstate counties next year. The plan required county matching, was intended to spur road construction, and offered critique of the proposal without stated reasons for rejection.
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Albany
Harriman
Upstate
State Commission On Highway Fiance
New York City
Teacher tests proverb wit with squeaky typo
A classroom joke centers on a teacher asking about a proverb while a student playfully corrects the mispronounced line with a humorous reply. The exchange highlights a light moment in learning.
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Msgr
James E
Leon Cashinet
Muller
Georgi
Sodus Man
Thref
Mex
Leon Caskinet
Raymondville
Pasoline
SNP
Jeel
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