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Newspaper

Syracuse Herald Journal

Location

Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1956

Page

5

Snowstorm and bitter cold push east across plains

A slow-moving storm brings snow and freezing drizzle to a wide swath of states from Wyoming and Colorado through western Kansas and Nebraska into northern New Mexico. Montana reports sub-zero temps while the storm plows east with lingering light snow, slick highways, and strong chinooks expected to ease by nightfall.

Denver Rocky Mountain Great Plains Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Wyoming Colorado Nebraska New Mexico Montana Rockies Pacific Continental Divide Weather Bureau Glasgow Havre Cut Bank Evanston Wyo Rock Springs Cheyenne Fort Collins Northerm Colorado Springs Colorado Mountains Eagle Grand Junction Texas Atlantic Vermont Dalhart Laredo Florida New York Tennessee Arkansas New England Great Lakes

Salesman Seized In Alarm Racket

New York police arrested 36 year old salesman Murray Kruta of Valley Stream on grand larceny and impersonating a fire officer in a fire alarm racket. Queens Asst. Dist. Attorney Howard Stave said Kruta posed as a fire officer visiting homes to warn of fire violations and offered alarm systems costing 365 to 800 dollars. At least 34 persons bought the equipment.

Queens Asst. Dist

Red Student Revolts Hit Moscow Amid Kremlin Tension

A Hungarian student reported widespread student unrest in Moscow including Russians and Chinese sympathizers backing the Hungarian revolution. Police arrested Moscow University students as authorities move to quell the rising chorus against Kremlin policies. The informant said hundreds of Hungarian students fear returning home and noted exiled leaders from Hungary’s Communist party plotting with old guards in Moscow to suppress the revolt.

Budapest Moscow Lenin University London Moscow University Kremlin Poznan Poland Czechoslovakia Romania Bulgaria Russia Hungary China Moscow Lenin University Ernce Gerog Communist Party Matayas Rakosi Kadar

Ex General Ousted From Hearing Over Accusations

An ex general was removed from a House Un American Activities hearing after standing to accuse the committee of treason cowardice and subversion. Chairman Clyde Doyle dismissed the protest as disgraceful while addressing the audience.

Wenger Eee House Subcommittee On Committee United States Clyde Doyle Calif Foolow England Army Ake Wowag Jack Wales Holdridge Avro Tional Prohibition Party

Rep Scherer Orders Deputy Action at Scene

Congressman Gordon L. Scherer directed deputies to remove a man from a location as law enforcement moved in quickly. The incident involved a tense confrontation with officers shuffling the suspect away amid the commotion.

Ant Eee Wyue Euulye Mir Gordon L. Scherer Ohio Hol

Acetylene Torches Spark Fire At Brooklyn Pier Blast

Fire Commissioner Edward F. Cavanagh Jr. cites acetylene torch sparks from ship riggers repairing the pier roof as the start of a blaze that touched off 37,000 pounds of detonating fuses. Ten people died and 246 were injured in the Monday explosion with damage estimated at 15 million dollars. Primacord fuses heated and detonated, Ensign Bickford Co. says its shipments met ICC and Coast Guard rules.

New York Edward F. Cavanagh Jr Brooklyn Cavanagh Ensign Bickford Co Simsbury Interstate Commerce Commission U.S. Coast Guard

Bomb Hoaxer Calls Again

A Buffalo freight office of American Airlines was evacuated after a caller warned to blow the site sky high. It was the second threat this week and no bomb was found. Police and FBI searched the building. airline schedules were unaffected. Earlier a separate Rochester call warned of a bomb on a plane. no bomber identified.

Buffalo American Airlines Andrew Lane FBI North Ceast New York

Driver Shot Dead In Toronto Mail Robbery

Weldon Boyd, about 40, a post office driver, was found shot dead in his truck in East Toronto. Constable Robert Trimble located the body after five bullets struck him. Earlier, sixteen empty mail bags, some bloodstained, were discovered ten miles away in Scarborough amid the roped mail he was hauling.

Toronto Weldon Boyd Robert Trimble Boyd Scarborough

Mano War Visits California

A Spanish man o' war anchored off Santa Barbara marking possibly the first such visit in 114 years. The cruiser Jucar arrived yesterday for a stay through next week, with the U.S. Navy noting the historic sailing of a Spanish warship into these waters. The piece also notes the National Art Gallery in Washington as the largest fully air conditioned art museum.

Santa Barbara Calif Jucar U.S. Navy National Art Gallery Washington, D.C

National Auto Show Opens at New Coliseum

New York hosts the 1957 National Auto Show at the Coliseum on Columbus Circle with 125 passenger cars and 70 trucks on display. The blue ribbon event features lavish prototypes, press previews, and a six daily revue, highlighting fuel injection, retractable tops, and assorted high performance models from Cadillac, Rambler, Packard, Ford, Mercury, Chrysler, Plymouth, and Pontiac.

New York Lnewest New Coliseum Columbus Circle Cadillac American Motors Studebaker-Packard Ford Mercury Chrysler Plysmouth Pontiac

Youths Face Court Again In West Side Burglary Attempt

New York youths Joseph Ware aged 19 and Richard Nelson aged 18, previously charged with beating two newspaper photographers and a copy boy on September 25, were arrested outside a West Side tenement where a burglary attempt was reported. Both face malicious mischief charges and Ware is accused of carrying an illegal switchblade.

New York Joseph Ware Richard Nelson West Side Tenciment Ware

Milk Withholding Vote At Plattsburgh Sparks Protest

In Plattsburgh the vote on milk withholding drew 104 to 38 in favor as DFA members and two youths planned to withhold milk to push prices up. An altercation on a Broadway corner left Leonard Morgan with serious injuries. photographers from county area and newsmen were involved.

Cee Plattsburgh Farmers of America DFA Relunder Philip Greitzer New York Daily News Leonard Morgan New York Journal - American Ralph Gonzalez Daily News Morgan

Negro Pupils Return As Clinton High Reopens

Clinton Tennessee prepares Monday for the return of nine Negro students to the integrated Clinton High School after a week shutdown over racial tensions. Police protection, FBI surveillance, and a court injunction will curb harassment and outsiders. The school board vows to expel offenders and to relay any prosecutable acts to authorities.

Clinton, Tenn Clinton High School Anderson County Eugene L. Joyce Joyce FBI Robert L. Taylor Glad Woodward Clinton School Eee Francis Moore Moore

Blonde's Chaser Not in the Act at London Theater

A man jumped onto the Windmill Theater stage last night and pursued an 18 year old performer Rosemary Phillips in a blue negligee during a routine. The audience laughed, mistaking the intrusion for a stunt, before security restrained him and escorted him out front.

London UPJ Windmill Theater Rosemary Phillips

Ten-Year-Old Mower Driver Brought Back Home

Deputy Sheriff Doyle Waters stopped Terry Shaffer, ten, driving a power mower through downtown Tampa at eight miles per hour. The boy had come from Gibsonton about twelve miles away and was bound for Alabama after a quarrel with his parents. He was guided back to his home.

Tampa Fla.p Terry Shaffer Doyle Waters Waters Gibsonton Alabama

DFA gathers dairy farmers to gauge market supply stance

A meeting for dairy farmers from Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties discussed producer sentiment on keeping supplies from the market. It was part of a DFA sponsored series. The organization declined to provide a cumulative voting total.

Clinton Essex Franklin DFA

French Mail Theft Nets $92,424 in Riviera Robbery

In NICE France police hunted three bandits who overpowered a post office employee and escaped with sacks of banknotes worth 92424 dollars. The incident recalled a nine year earlier hold up at the same post office by Pierre Loutrel who fled with 93281 dollars.

Nice France Riviera Pierre Loutrel

Farm Prep Costs Cited

Washington report shows farm price support operations cost the government over 100 million dollars monthly for the four months ended Oct 31. The Agriculture Department tallied a figure of 426,245,685 dollars, compared with a net loss of 20,514,022 for the same period in 1955. For the year ending June 30, the deficit reached 974,767,365 dollars.

Washington Agriculture Department

Ill girl’s mail put in storage in San Diego

In San Diego a storage company saved Irene Jaroncyk's overflow of Christmas mail and gifts after she, a 16 year old with cancer, wished for ecards. Parents estimate about 100000 pieces of mail had arrived since Monday. The company provided transport and space to store the gifts and cards.

San Diego Calif Irene Jaroncyk Ier Sher

U S Expert Tackles Suez Clearing Job

Retired U S Army general Raymond A Wheeler arrives in Cairo with 19 experts to plan the clearance of the Suez Canal. He will work with Egyptian officials and UN official Dag Hammarskjold to map the project and survey weathered wreckage from the recent conflict. Wheeler notes no set start date and says Danish Italian and Norwegian salvage firms provide equipment. He questions British involvement.

Cairo Egypt Raymond A. Wheeler U.S. Army Suez Canal Dag Harmmarskjold U.N General Assembly Wheeler Hammarskjold

Starlet Lili Gentle to bring polio sister to California

Starlet Lili Gentle, 16, seeks court approval to raise her weekly salary from 200 to 250 dollars and use the funds to move her polio-stricken sister Janet, 24, from Birmingham, Alabama to Santa Monica, California. The contract requires court approval due to her minor status, and Judge Orlando I Rhodes approved the option renewal. Both sisters contracted polio in 1949. Lili recovered.

Santa Monica Calif Lili Gentle Birmingham Ala Orlando I Rhodes Miss Gentle Lili Janet

Italians Fear Egypt Reprisals

London dispatch reports rising Egyptian mistrust of Europeans as Anglo French withdrawal proceeds. About 750 Italian nationals anxiously seek exit. Italian Consul Count Francesco Marek cables Rome urging an immediate ship to repatriate Italians fearing reprisals despite Italy not taking part in the Suez invasion.

London West Franchesco Marek Rome Suez Canal Zone

Polar mapping plans eyed by U S and Soviet in polar zones

The United States and USSR plan separate aerial photo mapping missions in their polar sectors next year. Moscow rejected a US proposal for a joint project that originated with Soviet scientists. The plan was tied to the International Geophysical Year, a global science effort to study Earth and air.

Wallington United States Russia Morth Polar Earth

Victor Perry Marries Mae Williams After Seeing Act

Hollywood report shows actor Victor Perry 31 marrying Mae Williams 35 after a mutual friend reintroduced them. They secured a license and plan a Sunday ceremony as Italian liner issues and Egypt events unfold. Port Said sees mass demonstrations with Nasser portraits and rising anti-Western sentiment. British troops prepare for withdrawal timing kept undisclosed to avoid organized resistance.

Hollywood Victor Perry Mae Williams Perry Marek Rome Ascania Port Said Italy Gamal Abdel Nasser Canal Zone Hugh Stockwell

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