Syracuse Tops U S Traffic Safety Gain For First Half 1948
Syracuse recorded a 37 percent drop in traffic deaths in the first six months of 1948 from 1947, ranking third among U S cities over 200 000. Portland Oregon led with a 44 percent decline and was followed by the city with a 47 percent cut. Key factors include police enforcement, higher fines, traffic engineering, and public safety education.
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Syracuse
United States
Walter L. Fox
Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
Richmond
Portland
Ore
Fox
Newlyweds Escape Draft Deferment Clarified
Washington reports that under Truman orders, men who marry before registering may be deferred. A Selective Service official says marriage with a bona fide home can place a registrant in Class 3-A. Scores asked about a marriage deadline and the spokesman stressed explicit guidance.
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Washington
Truman
Selective Service
Troops Clash at Casa Rosa Border Crossing
The Foreign Ministry said Italian and Yugoslav frontier guards exchanged fire Sunday night at Casa Rosa near Gorizia. It reported no Italian casualties and could not confirm Yugoslav losses.
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Foreign Ministry
Casa Rosa
Gorizia
Stalin Wins Bitter Feud With Trotsky, Emil Ludwig Reveals
Emil Ludwig presents a focused study on Joseph Stalin and his clash with Leon Trotsky, outlining how Stalin gained the upper hand in their years of political struggle. The piece appears in Today’s Features with related items spanning comics, horoscopes, and various sections across pages 1 through 32.
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Joseph Stalin
Soviet
Russia
Emil Ludwig
Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Two Nedrow Teens Captured After Gun Incident
Deputy sheriffs rounded up Raymond Bailey and Dale Hendrickson, both 16, near Rockwell Road in Nedrow after they fled Warwick State School and allegedly brandished a gun at a man named Mannering. They were found in the woods and surrendered without resistance.
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Arthur Mannering
Nedrow
Raymond Bailey
Dale Hendrickson
Bailey
Arthur Willis
Thomas Watson
Inez Sr
Frank Rice
Mannering
Connelly Av
Elmira
Warwick State School
New Hampton
Orange County Fair Grounds
Rockwell Rd
Rice
Watson
Albania protests to UN over Greek border breaches
Albania accuses Greece of border violations between August 3 and 12 with alleged support from Anglo American imperialist agents under the UN Balkan Commission. Greece filed counter complaints against Albania as reported by Tass citing the Albanian telegram.
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London
Albania
United Nations
Greece
Tass
United Nations Balkan Commission
Russian teacher Kasenkina to be interviewed after hospital recovery
Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina, the Russian schoolteacher who jumped from the Soviet Consulate window, has recovered enough to be questioned. Roosevelt Hospital authorities arranged interviews with four newspaper reporters for today.
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New York
Garrad Winston
Roosevelt Hospital Board of Trustees
Oksana Kaisenkina
Parents Seek Court Settlement Over Childs Critical Operation
In Chicago the 22 month old Pamela Lamphere faces life threatening bladder surgery. Judge Walter R. O’Malley ordered the Lampheres to agree after six court appointed doctors urged surgery within two months to correct an inverted bladder outside the body.
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Chicago
INS
Pamela Lamphere
Walter R. O'Malley
Fred Lamphere
Brains to Meet PLARSAW World Congress in Poland
About 500 scientists artists writers musicians and leaders from 14 nations converge on Wroclaw tomorrow for a world congress of intellectuals. The gathering aims to foster cross cultural exchange and scholarly collaboration.
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Plarsaw
Poland
Wroclaw
Pinup Artist Zoe Mozert Bitten by Skunk in Los Angeles
The Hollywood calendar artist Zoe Mozert is sidelined after a skunk bite while researching a Western film role. A shop visit to observe a skunk provoked the animal, delaying unfinished sketches and calendar work at her studio.
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Los Angeles
Zoe Mozert
Zoe
Miss Mozert
Joe Whoozis
Water strike near Mojave promises new town water supply
In Mojave California a well at Monolith 12 miles away yields 1,000 gallons a minute and another near town is testing. If water proves satisfactory residents may vote on a bond to buy one well. Town has long hauled water via Southern Pacific tank cars and paid 25 cents per 1,000 gallons. CG Townsend, former Pacific Coast League star, operates the property.
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Mojave
Calif
Beaumont
Southern Pacific Railroad
CG. We
Cy) Townsend
Detroit Police Order End Whistling at Women
The Detroit Police Department issued an edict prohibiting officers from whistling at women except to signal traffic. The rule followed complaints by female workers near the Bell Telephone Co. branch across from the police station about unsolicited whistles.
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Detroit
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
Two American Airlift Planes Die in German Crash
Two C-47 supply planes collided near Ravotzhusen Germany killing four U S fliers. It followed prior Berlin airlift losses as crews recovered wreckage and authorities weighed possible passenger reports the incident involved the 60th Troop Carrier Group operating from Tempelhof Berlin and Wiesbaden US Air Force headquarters.
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Ravotzhausen
Germany
Berlin
U. S
Frankfurt
Wiesbaden
James
U. S. Air Force
European Air Transport Service
Tempelhof
60Th
Air Force
Europe
Heat Wave To Continue In Local Forecast
The Weather Bureau says the heat wave will last into Thursday with a high near 89 yesterday and 86 at 1 PM today. A slow moving low in the Midwest delays rain until Thursday while humidity rises. Meteorologist Andrew P. Keller notes cool spells in late August can occur.
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Weather Bureau
Midwest
Andrew P. Keller
Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Love Field
Braniff International Airways DC-4 diverted and landed safely at Love Field Dallas after circling to burn fuel.19 passengers and four crew were aboard the jet which had nose gear jammed with the nose wheel turned crosswise.
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Dallas
Tex
Capi
Braniff International Airways
Love Field
Braniff
Kay Byrne Twice State Golf Queen Found Dead
New York state women’s golf champion Kay Byrne was found dead at her Rye home. The 1943 and 1945 titleholder, who played in the 1948 state tournament at Onondaga G&CC, died after a heart ailment. Virginia Guilfoyle Allen and Ruth Torgeson were among rivals noted in the report.
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Kay Byrne
New York
Rye
Associated Press Dispatch
Miss Byrne
Onondaga Golf and Country Club
Ruth Torgeson
Lawrence Sylvester Byrne
George J. Hogben
Syracuse Yacht Club
Louise Suggs
Torgerson
Allen
Barbara Stoddard Kirkland
Truman Urged To Stop Milk Rise
New York milk dealers urge President Truman to block a new price rise after already approving an Oct 1 increase. The Agriculture Department authorized a half to one cent per quart rise for October, often passed to retail prices, following a prior Aug 2 1 cent increase under a new pricing formula tied to economic conditions.
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New York
Truman
Milk Dealers Association
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Two Army Fliers Die in Crash Near Selma
Two Army fliers were killed when a Randolph Air Force base training plane crashed one mile north of Selma. Lt. Frank Eichel 27 flight instructor from Buffalo New York and Lt. Kenneth G. Richmond Manchester Ohio were the deceased.
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San Antonio
Tex
TwoArmy
Randolph Air Force Base
Selma
Frank Eichel
Buffalo
N. Y
Kenneth G. Richmond
Manchester, O
Light Vote Likely in Primaries With Congressional Scraps
Albany report notes light turnout in New York State primaries amid warm weather and many district level contests. Upstate featured eight Republican and six Democratic Congress nominations, eight Republican and two Democratic State Senate races, and 12 GOP plus five Democratic Assembly races. NYC and Long Island held 13 contests with mixed party battles for Congress, Senate, and Assembly.
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Albany
New York
New York City
G.O.P
Assembly
Long Island
Congressional
Senate
Upstate
Liberal Party
Meat prices dip as pork chops hit new highs
Retail buyers report slack in demand with pork chops reaching 95 cents a pound in several city shops up from 89 cents last week. Hamburg prices eased slightly while other beef cuts fell. Wholesale costs remained high, dealers blamed weak consumer resistance for the drops, a nationwide UP survey notes similar trends in 25 major cities.
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Hamburg
United Press
Britain freezes television system to protect receiving sets
Britain froze its television system indefinitely to protect nearly 60 000 receiving sets from obsolescence. Acting on advice from the BBC television advisory committee, the General Post Office announced that recent radio science improvements do not justify changing the system and making current receivers obsolete.
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London
GCP
Britain
British Broadcasting Company
General Postoffice
BBC
Policemen's Cigarette Smoke Ties to Nursery Illness
Rochester officials traced a mild sickness at the Rochester Children's Nursery to cigarette balls tossed from police headquarters next door. Children at the nursery had been picking up and smoking the cigaret balls, linking the illness to police activity.
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Rochester (P
Rochester Children's Nursery
Hoppers Roam Syracuse After Townwide Invasion
Hundreds of grasshoppers entered Syracuse recently causing sidewalk swarms and mild crop concerns in Onondaga County. James Foster, county agricultural agent, notes limited damage to tomatoes and cauliflower but no large invasion like Watertown. Pest controls including DDT, chlordane and poisoned bran have kept hoppers in check so far.
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Watertown
Jefferson County
Onondaga County
James
Foster
Envoys in Egypt Arrive as Ambassador Griffis Reaches Egypt
United States ambassador to Egypt Griffis arrived in Alexandria aboard the steamship Khedive Ismail and planned to travel to Cairo the following day.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Mrstanton Griffis
United States
Cairo
Progress Moscow Talks Reach Near Agreement
Western envoys and Russia edging toward a broad accord on Berlin and four power talks. U S Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith voiced optimism after a Kremlin interview with Prime Minister Stalin. Teams warn technical details remain and will require careful negotiation.
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Moscow
Russia
Kremlin
Stalin
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Opera Will Carry On Opera Will Carry On
Metropolitan Opera Association officers announced the 1948 49 season will go on after unions withdrew wage and benefit demands. The decision reverses a prior cancellation forming an open schedule to be set by Edward Johnson general manager and announced later.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera Association
Edward Johnson
Jail Fire Quelled at Massachusetts State Prison
Fire broke out in the paint shop at Massachusetts State Prison but was quickly extinguished with only slight damage reported. The incident occurred in Boston and no injuries were noted.
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Boston
Massachusetts State Prison
Stymied Golfer Flynn Praises Golf Lore
The tale recounts Errol Flynn praising golf after a humorous exchange on a course. A tyro asks a caddie why the fat man missed the hole and learns he was stymied, prompting laughter and a quip about champagne and brandies at lunch.
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Errol Flynn
Tyro
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