Cold Wave Sets In With Deep Freeze Across New York
Weather Bureau reported record cold across central and northern New York. Syracuse dropped near season lows as 3 inches of snow fell. Overnight readings included Rome minus 1 and Albany 7 while Oneonta logged three below. Roads slick, crews salted and plowed as temperatures fall to zero to 10 above in many areas.
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Adirondacks
Oneonta
Weather Bureau
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Watertown
Unita
Ainne
Dingievien
Albany
Elmira
Buffalo
Rochester
Geneva
Jlenance
Public
Ser
Charles F. Stanton
Trafic
Twente
Aignape
Lakeshape
Stanton
Socialist win in West Berlin elections reshapes city council
West Berlin voters gave the Social Democrats 44 seats and 64 percent of the Parliament, crushing Communist and extreme right hopes. The election turnout reached a record 1,594,766 of 1.7 million eligible voters. The Christian Democrats fell to 30 percent, while the extremist parties failed to cross the five percent threshold, preventing a rightist coalition. Berlin’s incoming speaker Dr Otto Suhr of the Social Democrats said they would not rule alone despite a one-seat majority.
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West Berlin
Christian Democrats
Otto Sunr
Erich Ollenhauer
Ccrats
Konrad Ade
Wauer
Fire destroys $600,000 building in Binghamton
A six story building on Ackerman and Henry streets in Binghamton was destroyed in a blaze that damaged Western Union facilities and caused widespread telephone outages. Firefighters from 5 counties battled the flames in zero weather, one firefighter suffered a broken ankle, and total damage was estimated over $600,000 with rebuilding costs around $123,000 for Western Union.
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Ackerman Bidget State
Henry Sts
Western Union
Ernest 5. Youngs
Broome County
Iive
EB. L. Kittredge
Frank Buckman
John McMahon
Binghamton City Hospital
Syracuse
H. H. Phillips
Andrew Barvinchak
Frank McCarthy
Buckman
Pope Gains States Feast Day Broadcast
Vatican announces Pope Pius XII shows further improvement and will close Marian year with a recorded broadcast from St Mary Major Basilica. The address will be heard around the world including across the Iron Curtain and will conclude a year of devotion to the Virgin by tens of thousands of pilgrims and 42,000,000 Catholics.
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Radiation release from fission bombs perils mankind
Editorial by Thomas R. Henry opens a two part series on today’s page, examining whether radiation from fission bombs threatens humanity and outlining broader implications for safety and policy.
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Thomas R. Henry
Net Worth Upheld by Supreme Court Tax Rulings
The Supreme Court sustained four income tax revision cases relying on the net worth method to prove evasion. Justice Clark led the decision, warning of pitfalls and urging careful handling to avoid wrongful conviction while aiding the IRS in hard-to-prove cases.
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Supreme Court
Internal Revenue
Clark
Ito
Madison Salon Loses Benefactor Over Abstract Art Meaning
Good Reason Madison Wis UP The Wisconsin Salon of Art lost a benefactor the Madison Kipp Manufacturing Corporation because it could not figure out what the salons abstract modern art is supposed to represent.
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Madison. Wis
Wisconsin Salon of Art
Madison-Kipp Manufacturing Corporation
Eden condemns Chinese spy verdict on airmen in Korea
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden condemned China for jailing American airmen as spies, calling it a violation of the Korean armistice terms. He rejected labeling the airmen as spies and urged repatriation for the UN operations personnel. Conservative MPs cheered as Eden defended Britain’s stance and pressed China over the blockade issue.
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Anthony Eden Iay
China
House F Or Commons
Eden
Anthony Nutting
United Nations
John Baird
United States
Baird
Barebara Castle
Britain
Eden Isaia
Doctor testifies on possible suspects in Sheppard case
Dr Stephen A Sheppard testified in the Cleveland murder trial that he named several possible suspects to police and city officials but said he accused no one. He said he provided many names to Police Chief Story and Inspector McArthur, with possibly half a dozen discussed. The judge halted the questioning before any names were revealed.
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Stephen A. Sheppard
Sheppard Bludgeont
Dr. Stephen
Samuel H. Sheppard
Common Pleas
Edward Iythin
Stephen
Chicago police ambulances ordered to stop using sirens
Commissioner Timothy OConnor has ordered Chicago 56 Police Department squadron ambulances to stop using sirens on emergency calls. He said sirens tend to make some officers drive too fast and worry patients.
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Chicago
Timothy O'Connor
Tornadoes Rip Alabama and Georgia Leaving Casualties
Tornadoes cut through eastern Alabama and western Georgia on Sunday, killing one person and injuring at least 48. Widespread damage wrecked homes and businesses across several counties, with emergency crews racing to assist survivors and assess the devastated areas.
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Alabama
Georgia
Thames
Harriman Eyes Private Development Firm for New Industry
Governor elect Averell Harriman proposed studying a private development company to lure new industry to the state. He toured distressed areas with his economic task force and said legislation could follow if feasible. Harriman noted unemployment as serious in the five localities visited. He was joined by Richard Wood, Philip Kaiser, and Ambassador Lubin, who described regional joblessness.
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Averell Harriman
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Fulton County
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Philip Kaiser
Hsador Lubin
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Lubin
Urance Company
Navy Confronts British Carrier Talk With Navy News Conference
Washington report notes British general Montgomery questioned aircraft carriers in a West Coast talk as NATO strategy discussed. The Navy announces a Saturday news conference by Assistant Secretary James Smith to clarify carrier aviation’s role ahead of the 60,000 ton USS Forrestal launch at Newport News Virginia, amid carrier versus bomber debates.
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Newport News
U.S.S. Forrestal
Chou En-Lai Warns of War Danger Over Pact
In Tokyo premier Chou En Lai said the new U S Formosa defense pact threatens war. In a Peiping radio broadcast he urged Red China to liberate Formosa at all costs and warned of Nordic danger.
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Chow Ene Lai
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U. S-Formosa
Peiping
Chou
Red Chin
Formosa
Stocking Loot at Denver School After Break In
Christmas spirit shows in a Denver grade school robbery where offices and rooms were ransacked yesterday. Candy was found in stockings and hung on bulletin boards after school hours last Friday, suggesting a harmless prank or morale booster.
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Denver
Chuckle: Ink Drops Find Length of a Sentence
A lighthearted note plays on three ink drops in a pen unsure how long the sentence will be. The playful fragment suggests a writers dilemma about word count and duration.
Freed ace reports some Americans still held by Reds
Squadron leader Andrew R. Andy Mackenzie, a Canadian flier and Korean War veteran, said in Hong Kong that Chinese authorities still hold several American airmen in a prison camp. He noted none of the 13 Americans recently sentenced by Peiping on spy charges are among those held. Canadian and U. S. officials did not disclose numbers or names, and camp location was withheld. Washington said three Americans were known to be in the camp: Capt. Harold E. Fischer, Lt. Essie W. Cameron, and Lt. Roland W. Parks.
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Lieader
Andrew R.andy Mackenzie
Red China
Air Force
United States
Peiping
U. S
Washington
Mackenzie
Harold E. Fischer
Sweat City
Towa
Essie W. Cameron
Lincoln
Roland W
Burglary Reported After Phone Stolen at Neighbor’s Home
St Louis Josephine Nehroger told officers a thief broke a kitchen door pane to enter and stole a telephone from her neighbor's house yesterday. The only item reported missing was the telephone.
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ST. .Louis
Josephine Nehroger
Loficers
Yanks Out Of Kashmir
United States participation in the UN cease fire in Kashmir ends with the departure of the last two American officers. Navy Commander E. L. Androniki and Army Lt. Col. Frank Denise are named as the final removals amid Nehru’s earlier demand for withdrawal. UN observers on the 600 mile line between India and Pakistan had earlier shared guard duties.
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U. S
Kashmir
Nehru
United States
Pakistan
Navy
E. L. Androniki
New Canaan
Revenge bird causes turkey mishap in Princeton report
In Princeton West Virginia a man named William S. Winfrey slipped while carrying a turkey into his home. The turkey’s leg tore a nine stitch gash in his wife’s hand, delaying dinner as the bird caused the misfortune.
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W. Va
William S. Winfrey
Ulneton
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