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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1956
Page
7
President Eisenhower urged a meeting of key nations to tackle global issues, saying UN action would be slower. He will undergo another full physical to confirm fitness for a second term and reiterated his intent to inform the public if unfit.
Dr Frederick Dew Bolman Jr of Jamestown elected president of Franklin and Marshall College to succeed William W. Hall who resigned July 1. Bolman, president of Jamestown Levy College, was chosen by the board of trustees at a meeting yesterday.
Police say Alan Bixby, 37, confessed to stabbing Mrs Wilson after masked entry aimed at Gary Wilson. He reportedly went to the home to scare the 15 year old friend of Anna Wilson but panicked and attacked Mrs Wilson when confronted. Bixby faces no formal charges yet.
In Tortosa Spain fish reportedly fell from the sky during a sudden downpour. Residents described small fish raining onto streets and gutters as the unusual weather event drew surprise and amusement.
Albany—State Education Commissioner Allen ruled that school and college teachers cannot be fired for refusing to name fellow Communists. He reinstated four NYC teachers and a principal, while remanding cases at Hunter College and Queens College for further questioning. He also dismissed appeals by Queens College faculty member Ladey Straus and Hunter College staff W Jerauld McGill.
Cleveland acting coroner's physician Miss Horrocks recounts the drowning of a man named McGinn's son Mike after a lake incident. A boy and girl, Mary Beth and others, were rescued by neighbors and a life preserver used. Troopers direct drag operations. Mary Beth is identified as a Girl Scout, soon entering 10th grade at John Marshall High School.
The body of five year old Barbara Blasier of Waterloo Iowa was found Tuesday in Newport Harbor California. She had been feared kidnapped after disappearing Sunday while near a pier. Three 11 year old boys in a rowboat found the girl's body near the boat pier.
Chicago faces a rising polio crisis as clinics report mounting cases and deaths. The Public Health Service uses a 1,30 case threshold to signal an epidemic in a city of nearly four million, with Chicago showing the nation’s highest surge and its 1950s-glean tally far exceeded by recent totals.
City health officials report 27 new polio cases and three deaths during the period around the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Dr. Herman Bundesen notes 28 percent of cases in the West Side near the amphitheatre site while urging vaccinations for children in the 3 to 6 year age group.
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