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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1955
Page
7
Manila studies a government campaign to scrap jeepneys. Jeepneys arose after World War II from surplus vehicles and have become a traffic menace. Drivers push rules, stop freely, and accidents occur. profits are erratic as more buses enter service. Passengers pay a five cent fare on arrival.
In French Morocco during Aid el Kebir rioting surged with 30 nationalist casualties and many wounded among troops and police. Seven killed in police nationalist clashes yesterday as Marrakech and Moulay Idriss saw fires and further unrest. In Algeria the French Foreign Legion reported 30 rebels killed in the Nemenca range, with one Legionnaire dead and several wounded. Grandval met Sultan Mohammed Ben Arafa amid talks on peace and possibly stepping down by August 20.
The U S Army announced Camp Crouch a 57 year old post in southern Honshu has been returned to the Japanese army. U S forces used it since 1949.
Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov ordered 44,000 Russian occupation troops to leave Austria by October 1, a month ahead of the deadline. He announced the decision in a day’s order and said Russia’s armed forces would be reduced by the troop pullout, in line with a summit proposal for all four occupying powers to cut forces by the evacuated number. The Austrian Independence Treaty sets a nine day window for removal by the United States Britain France and Russia.
On signing day May 15 the force total reached 70,000 with Americans numbering 16,008. Lt. Gen. William H. Arnold announced withdrawal would start immediately and span months. About 54,000 remaining troops were to shift south within a month to bolster Italy’s northeast frontier under NATO.
New York based doll manufacturer David Rosenstein president of the National Doll Manufacturers Assn apologizes to President Eisenhower for a protest sparked by the President's purchase of Swiss dolls for his grandchildren. The complaint was sent under Rosenstein's name yesterday.
A press agent dispute in Geneva centers on Rosenstein denying an authorized publicity release. He says the quote about the American doll industry being shocked by the President’s Swiss doll gifts is not his. he was saddened by the gift choice and notes his own purchases at the same shop. An anonymous letter writer backlash followed the incident.
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