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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1955
Page
9
At the Atoms For Peace meeting in Geneva Edward Teller known as the Father of the Hydrogen Bomb described a runaway nuclear reactor as a potential city-evacuating disaster. McCullough Wills and others urged safer design and persistent safety measures as the era of atomic power approaches.
A fragmented 1955 Syracuse Herald Journal page blends notes on marriage records, absenteeism in schools, and scattered local curiosities. It mentions a Mary Jones with multiple marriages in Flemington New Jersey and a judge, plus references to experiments, runaway reactors, and a strange medical advertisement for Zemo.
George William Babcock 22 of Dexter dies when his 1950 sedan leaves Brownville Limerick Road and overturns near the Top Hat Restaurant. His brother Dickie 21 died May 24 in a separate crash. A third youth, Ernest A. Jessman 18, also died in Watertown. Babcock worked at New York Air Brake hydrau lab and planned to wed Margaret Robinson August 27. Funeral arrangements are by Simpson Funeral Home.
A global cross section of deaths reported by the Associated Press includes Donald R. Lowry, 67, president of Ingersoll Rand Co., and Lord Ramsden, 72, former Conservative MP. U S congressman Thomas Scanlon, 58. Frederick Pearson, 68, Yerkes Observatory optics expert. Robert M Halter, 50, radio producer. William Thomas Brownscombe, 68, former Pollansbee Steel president. John Young Tinnter, 80, artist. George W. Ross, 36, founder of a Midwest road building firm. Capt Tamson, 45, master of ships. Pauline B Newfeld, 80, Des Moines political activist. Spanning Pittsburgh, Hollywood, Taos, Des Moines, Manitowoc, Colorado Springs and other cities. Died Tuesday or Monday.
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