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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1955
Page
5
Torrington Connecticut coverage highlights national leaders visiting flood zones. President Eisenhower and Gov Abraham Ribicoff active in response. Secretary Weeks pledges federal aid and plant reactivations. Local Mayor Carroll embodies frontline official conduct aiding restoration and public health efforts.
Albany correction commissioner Thomas J. McHugh said last week’s uprising at Great Meadow Correctional Institution was largely spontaneous with little planning. Fourteen inmates eight guards and three troopers were injured in a 26 minute clash as nightsticks and guns were used to quell the Aug. 17 to Aug. 18 disturbance.
A Lockport couple, James A. Horton and his wife, died when their car swerved off the road near here and struck a tree after hitting guard rails. A passenger, Margaret Crosby, 24, also of Lockport, was thrown from the vehicle and is in fair condition at a local hospital.
Indian Express reports 18 killed and 200 injured when a swollen reservoir burst its banks near Kalu village, 200 miles southwest of New Delhi, wiping out the settlement.
Ohio State University radio astronomers report a possibly new type of celestial body. The object shows rapid fluctuations in radio wave strength, described as the most spectacular yet found at Ohio State.
Dr. Lee De Forest, pioneer of the three element vacuum tube, marked his 82nd birthday with new awards. He received medals from the Wireless Telegraphers Association and the Radio Aficionados of Spain as part of worldwide recognitions.
University of Minnesota scientist Dr. George Price argues in Science Magazine that belief in telepathy clairvoyance and other psychic claims rests on human error or deliberate fraud. He calls for solid experiments without faith based acceptance and warns that many studies suffer clerical and statistical mistakes or use of sensory cues.
President Harry S Truman launches a five week speaking tour starting at the 75th anniversary banquet of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association in French Lick. He is expected to attack Republicans in a stinging campaign style.
A Columbia station operator admitted cashing an $8.50 check drawn on the Bank of Anywhere U S A after a customer provided a verification number. The voice said the check was good. In Johnstown Harold Smith, 28, died when his car overturned on Route 67 last night.
The Johnston subcommittee probes the loyalty security program under Eisenhower, examining officials fired as security risks for disloyalty and personal faults. Records changes hid Ladejinsky from being listed, as two Agriculture Department aides will testify. Civil Service data show 3,432 federal employees were removed for security reasons between 1953 and 1955. The panel reports to Congress next year.
Arthur Athasis born 35 desertor who fled Fort Knox in 1944 had his court martial term reduced from 25 to 4 years. He later operated an auto agency in Falconer with a wife and five children. Army investigators captured him last May and he pleaded guilty on July 28. Jamestown neighbors praised his character as Lt. Gen. Herren reviewed the case yesterday and cut the sentence.
A legislative committee will tour Orleans, Wayne, Steuben, Madison and Oneida counties next month to assess improvements in migrant labor housing under the state sanitary code. Chairman Alonzo L. Waters said other counties could be visited later as the panel reviews progress.
Niagara on the Lake Ont hosts the World Jamboree as over 10,000 scouts from six nations begin leaving by afternoon. Most depart, some stay for 7 p.m. flag services, a few for tomorrow morning worship. Official says it was a successful jamboree with no epidemics and good spirits.
London reports a top secret British fighter canopy blew off during a test over Morecambe. Wing Commander Roland Beaumont, WWI ace and test pilot, survived a dive after the 1000 mph sweep wing plane reportedly broke the sound barrier in level flight. The helmet was ripped from his head by the blast. canopy and debris damaged sidewalk near Anna Chadwick’s home.
A safety panel led by Safety Director Michael Prendergast will study higher penalties for false fire alarm violations. Current maximum is one year in jail and a $500 fine. The committee will reconvene before the 1956 legislature to draft recommendations for action.
An air force bus from Bryan Texas crashed after a right front tire failure as it neared a dry creek bridge. Two airmen died A1C Lloyd D Buresh and A1C James Clyde Kirkpatrick. 14 were injured none with 16 aboard. The group were from Bryan AFB heading to Barksdale AFB Louisiana for a baseball tournament.
A bandit flashed a gum and handed Mrs. L. Michaels a note saying This is a stickup. The 60 year old cashier threw the note in the gunman s face and he fled. FBI agents arrested Paul Anthony Ricci 44 hours later on federal bank robbery charges with a toy gun in his pocket.
Washington officials boosted flood loss estimates and mobilized federal agencies for rapid relief. Labor reports unemployment claims may exceed 60 000 across Connecticut Massachusetts Rhode Island New York New Jersey as SBA eyes up to 7000 disaster loan applications.
Secretary of the Army Wilber M. Brucker pledges top priority for weapons research, creating the Director of Research and Development post to be filled by William H. Martin, former Bell Telephone Laboratories VP and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. The Hoover Commission urged more imaginative military research earlier this year.
Esther Quigley, wife of union official Andrew Quigley, rests her case in a heated labor dispute at Harrison Sheet Metal Co. She vows divorce and says she will stay out unless workers return, citing families needing paychecks. She and another striker’s wife faced disorderly conduct charges after a clash with union president Nicholas Prete at the plant.
A Chilean truck rolled over a precipice near Linares and plunged onto a house yesterday, killing the two truck occupants and crushing three residents inside.
Chrysler Corp and the United Auto Workers resumed weekend bargaining as a midnight Wednesday strike deadline loomed for about 139,000 Chrysler workers in the Detroit area. Union leaders warned of action if no deal, while Chrysler pressed for a liberal proposal aligned with industry patterns and urged workers to stay at their jobs until a settlement is reached.
Two Galesburg youths aged 18 and 20 set off dynamite at a farm home near Prairie City 25 miles south of Galesburg. One lost an arm and was blinded, the other lost part of a hand with leg and chest injuries. They remain in critical condition as state police investigate.
Walter Francis Glass cock, 35, a man who claimed to be a former Dallas officer, was arrested for robbing the Cardwell variety store of $102. He cited newspaper stories about laxity in Salt Lake City police as a motive, saying he believed he could get away with it.
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