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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1956
Page
14
A forecast shows slightly cooler conditions tonight from Ohio eastward to New York with showers or thunderstorms across New England Montana eastern Plains and the western Mississippi Valley. Elsewhere it will be fair to partly cloudy. AP Wirephoto.
Secretary Charles E Wilson announced that U S armed forces remain flexible to meet any situation with appropriate weapons and denied a single rigid strategy The Defense Department report to Eisenhower and Congress for the year ending June 30 1953 notes planned manpower cuts and higher defense spending in coming years.
Tioga County police report a mid aged couple 사건 as Albert Lawton 56 shot his wife Laura 49 dead then killed himself in front of her parents home. The couple’s 14 year old son Albert Lawton 4th survives. A history of institutional commitment was noted.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons said midyear totals show 20,374 inmates in federal facilities, down 336 from a year earlier, still leaving overcrowding. Director James V. Bennett reported to Attorney General Brownell.
Pittsburgh officials announce a planned survey by the Pennsylvania Planning Board to study a Pittsburgh to Lake Erie river canal feasibility linking to the St Lawrence Seaway. Chairman John P. Robin said the study will consider a Pittsburgh Seaway connection to the Great Lakes.
Fair and less humid tonight with showers late Saturday. Yesterday high 89 and low 63. record high 97 in 1949 and record low 48 in 1948. Humidity 78 yesterday, 32 today. Other cities show varied highs and lows including New York 7 and Boston 89, Seattle 51, Detroit 82, Tampa 89, Phoenix 103.
Aluminum workers return to work under a new three year no strike contract between Aluminum Company of America and United Steelworkers ending a nine day strike. The agreement includes wage increases totaling 45.6 cents per hour over three years and triggers a one cent per pound price rise to 25 cents for basic aluminum pig. About 18,000 workers struck, halving production. Reynolds Metals Co with about 10,000 USW workers was to meet on the same issue in Washington.
An 18-year-old Seattle driver, Chris Bayley, won the first prize of a 1500 scholarship at the 5th annual Teen-age Road-e-o in Washington. Bayley said he will use the funds at Harvard University. The award followed a dinner closing the event sponsored by the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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