Lake Placid marks Melvil Dewey centennial celebration
Lake Placid hosts a two day centennial honoring Melvil Dewey founder of the Lake Placid Club. Representatives from the Library of Congress American Library Association New York State Library Columbia University and the Board of Regents join a formal statement from Governor Dewey.
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Stop Bookies in Factories Warned by Deputy AG
IN THE NATION. Deputy Attorney General Nelson F. Stamler warned the C SO that industrial workers funnel millions weekly to big-time bookies through factory bets. He urged 800 delegates to the union biannual state convention to help police stamp out bet making in plants.
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World Bank seeks settlement in Iran oil dispute
The World Bank proposed financing as trustee the production and refining of Iranian oil to resolve Britain's stalemate with Iran over nationalization of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company. Iran would receive the sales price, based on Persian Gulf current rates. Also, exile writer Micha Clarke left Tehran for Beirut and Cairo after Iran accused him of lies and insult as a British-backed agent. Frankie Sinatra and Ava Gardner arrived in London for a charity show to aid the National Playing Fields Association chaired by the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Dulles in Honolulu En Route to Tokyo
Ambassador John Foster Dulles arrived in Honolulu en route to Tokyo to update on Japan treaty developments ahead of the Senate debate. He said the trip aims to refresh himself on progress before next year’s discussions. Also aboard was Edward W. Barrett, assisting secretary of state and Voice of America chief, with four VOA officials heading to Manila to boost broadcasts to the Orient.
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Eisenhower Leads Small Town GOP Poll in Connecticut
In Westbrook Connecticut a mock GOP primary favored General Dwight D. Eisenhower for the presidential nomination. Of 300 plus Republicans voting from 665 registered, Eisenhower amassed 149 votes, Taft 61, Warren 43, MacArthur 39, Harok Stassen 6, and Governor John Davis Lodge 1.
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Vote on Mountain Reservoir Urged
SUFFALO UP i1nes in an nual convention of the New York State Conservation Council backed public control by referendum of Adirondack Mountain reservoir construction. A resolution by Paul Schaefer of Schenectady, chair of the forest preserve committee, urged the Pan ther Dam project northwest of Utica. The original dam proposal was defeated after five years of regal battle but backers are reportedly active again with hope for reintroduction in 1952.
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Convict Walks Off Stage to Freedom in New York
A sunken submarine drama ends with Delbert Van Meter, 18, escaping during the performance. Police say the audience cheered as he disappeared after leaving the theater with guards distracted during costume changes.
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First Transcontinental Medical TV Color Cast
Coast to coast color television enabled doctors to watch live heart surgery on Richard Russell of Pacoima Calif. Dr John C Jones performed the aorta repair at Los Angeles County General, broadcasting from AMA sessions and CBS studios. Watchers included Dr George Humphreys in New York and Dr Walter Higgs in Chicago. Russell regained consciousness and rested well, with marriage plans pending.
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Italy Pushes Revision to 1947 Peace Treaty
Italy asked the Big Four and 16 other nations to state that it should be on parity with other free states, urging treaty revision. In notes to the United States and four powers, Italy said it made the appeal directly since the UN admission was vetoed by the Soviet Union. The United States Britain and France favored revision. Russia opposed any changes.
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Youth Hunted In Slaying Shocks Nation Report on Italy seeks armed forces limits in NATO context
A 13 state alarm was issued for John Seymour in connection with the slaying of Lyda Qitchner, 12, as Suffolk County DA A Russell Richards says the youth is charged with suspicion of homicide. The note notes Italy’s armed forces limits and stresses NATO membership while detailing a profile of Seymour as a slender five foot one inch teenager.
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Purge on Slansky Case Signals Wider Party Betrayal
Communists report a failed economic program and tie to Slansky with ex-foreign minister Clementis Otto Sling and Marie Svermová, detained last autumn, awaiting trial. Gottwald says Slansky partook in a conspiracy and remains under secret investigation, with further disclosures promised to unmask traitors.
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Lunatic snatches infant in 40 below Alaska cold
FAIRBANKS Alaska AP a 10 month old baby was seized from a home by a man from a mental ward who ran barefoot through two hours of 40 below zero weather. Police used tear gas as twelve officers entered the house to subdue him. the infant suffered frostbite but survived amid fears of possible amputations for the captor.
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Med School Dean Enters Done Hospital After Fatal Drug Tests
Vermillion South Dakota, January report: Dean Donald Slaughter of the University of South Dakota Medical School voluntarily entered a federal hospital as a narcotics user. Two university staff members died last August after a researcher mistakenly injected methadone instead of Demerol during pain tests. The coroner's jury exonerated the researcher. Slaughter led the experiment, now likely resigning at the January Board of Regents meeting.
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Syracuse University to Host Thai University Exchange Plan
Syracuse University officials will discuss sending a university instructor to Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Prof Latavaly, secretary general Satavalya and Thai students Sam Peng and Siak Siethbakih will join negotiations tying to restore exchanges after West China Union University ended its program following the Chinese Communist rise.
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Scandals and air crash reports mix in April hearings
The transcript recounts a Senate panel session on racketeer classifications and how Teitelbaum’s tax case was allegedly hurried toward prosecution, with Schwartz and Oliphant cited over handling. The narrative shifts to a Libyan air crash wreckage near Marseille and a Geneva Electric wage deal with UE amid ongoing investigations.
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Fight Leads To Teint AU Base Of Firemen Fight Leads To Teint AU Base Of Firemen
New York fire captain Gustave Olsen and five fellow firefighters face departmental trials over a Hollywood brawl after a New York fireman Gerard Purcell was indicted for stealing $238000 in firemen ball ticket sales. Investigators say Olsen ordered staff to protect Purcell, with 100 of 111 logbook signatures for Purcell found forged. Purcell, once secretary of the Uniformed Firemen’s Association, was suspended and later dismissed. The wider case traces Purcell’s Hollywood incident at Ciro's with dancer Mogowan when a bid to see Toni Arden sparked the fight. A separate Philadelphia note reports a con man fleecing twins of $3.
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Lili St. Cyr Strips No Show in Ciro's Case
Audience and jury disappointed as Lili St. Cyr’s dance at Ciro's on October 19 failed to be shown. Sheriff raiders seized lingerie, arrested her on lewd act charges, and the defense notes the act was only a suggestive interlude. Final arguments set for Monday as Giesler and Gross lead.
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Times Square Traffic Crash Snarls City
A nine vehicle crash in Times Square New York snarled traffic for about an hour and a half. Eight people were injured with seven hospitalized and one in serious condition. Gasoline from wrecked cars spilled as firemen and police halted onlookers. The sequence began when a Broadway bus hit a taxicab on Broadway at 434th Street, sending vehicles into six parked cars. The victims included two cab drivers four passengers and two pedestrians.
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