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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1955
Page
2
Mayor Jean Drapeau banned group demonstrations after violent clashes following a student march protesting a fare increase from 10 to 12.45 cents. Police reported minor injuries, with one officer hurt, and arrested youths and demonstrators as rioting spread through streets near City Hall.
In Sharon Pennsylvania a secret ballot will be held Sunday among 6000 Local 617 IUE members to decide whether to return to work under the current contract amid ongoing labor talks. Clergy will supervise the process as Westinghouse faces daily picket clashes and union demands persist.
A Republican National Committee spokesman said Hall met with Butler and approved the general idea of limited political giving, with campaign details to follow. Butler cited the New York Times on past campaign expenditures, noting party groups spent over 16 million dollars while Democratic committees spent about 642 million dollars. He dismissed fears of labor taking over the Democrats after AFL-CIO merger, stressing labor members have voting rights and speakers advise members on candidates.
The New York Central Railroad approved the sale of its abandoned West Albany shops to West Albany Warehouses Inc. Edward M. Segal said the offer for about 52 acres was nearly one million dollars. The 76000 square feet of buildings may become warehouse and factory sites.
Port Jervis police say a 12 year old boy admitted causing a $150000 fire last June in the business section because he liked to watch the buildings burn. He was seized yesterday while trying to start another blaze downtown. Seven firemen were injured in the summer fire.
Dr. Lyle Borst of New York University demonstrated a "poor man's" subcritical nuclear reactor in Cleveland Public Halls. Using a hogs head repurposed as a reactor vessel and $120,000 worth of fuel plus $40,000 in shielding assets loaned by the AEC, the device aims to teach atomic energy concepts without full-scale reactor costs.
ASHLAND KY A 45 year old woman shot herself in a train depot restroom after telling a pawn shop clerk she bought the pistol as a Christmas present for her brother. Police found the gun in a gift box with wrappings near her body. Family says she was despondent over illness.
The article outlines a UN Security Council process where seven votes and veto avoidance are required for admission. It lists 13 non Communist applicants including Italy and Japan and five Red entries Albania and outer Mongolia, with nations threatening actions over vetoes and political alignments influencing outcomes.
Rep W Sterling Cole of New York on the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee says he highly regards a Soviet proposal to stop atomic tests. He told a Binghamton Sun reporter the plan merits careful consideration and that Prime Minister Anthony Eden is seriously considering it. Cole also expresses disappointment that the United States has not taken a similar stance.
Carolyn Marie Nevins a popular University of Omaha senior, was found shot five times behind bushes on campus. Police mobilized all officers and detectives to find a sex fiend amid a growing fear in Omaha after two recent murders.
A fire at St. John's Academy parochial school in Plattsburgh caused substantial damage estimated between 8000 and 5000 dollars. No classes for more than 160 students in grades one to six will occur until after Christmas vacation. Fire officials say the blaze began in a classroom wing and the cause is undetermined.
A filing from the Social Security Office advises claimants to answer all questions clearly to access earned benefits. It stresses fairness, rule adherence, and understanding instructions, noting benefits are based on credits and not on condition, and that staff aim to pay every eligible cent while protecting funds from misrepresentation.
In London a daily routine unfolds at St Pauls Anglican Cathedral as a verger turns a page in a tall book listing Americans who died in World War II while serving from bases in the UK. Every 237th day a name is visible, and plans for an American memorial chapel funded with about £280,000 are now underway in the cathedral.
Senator Knowland urges an early year statement to open preferential primaries if Eisenhower exits, while Eisenhower plans a gradual leadership return with White House meetings. Benson defends farm price supports as Cabinet backs him and a January farm program message is planned. Eisenhower to Gettysburg for holidays then his farm home for New Year.
Two top leaders Charles R. Sligh Jr. of the NAM and AFL-CIO President George Meany clashed on politics and tactics after a luncheon. Sligh warned of a potential labor monopoly and urged nonparticipation in politics, while Meany warned labor could form a third party if denied political influence. The pair agreed to meet again to pursue better labor management understanding.
Sydney reports Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies leads Liberal Country coalition to a likely 71 seats in the 122 member House of Representatives as Labor under Herbert Evatt lags with about 47 seats. Voter turnout exceeds five million under compulsory voting with a heat wave backdrop.
Dr Frank Sainburg, accused of kidnapping his 4 year old son from an Ithaca nursery, starts a three day contempt of court sentence in Longview. He was arrested in Yuma Arizona and faces kidnapping charges in New York and a misdemeanor threat charge in Longview. The boy Phillip Sainburg H. was released to his mother Doris Blanchard after the judge granted permission.
Charlie Speidel serves as head coach of wrestling and leads the athletic coaching staff since 1927.
Montreal La Presse names Angelina Berthiaume DuTremblay as president and publisher after the death of her husband P. R. DuTremblay on October 6. She is the daughter of founder Preffle Berthiaume, who started the paper in 1884.
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