Herald-Journal front page masthead and note of 1955 date
The Herald-Journal issued from Syracuse New York on Saturday December 10 1955. The page lists the Herald Company founders Arthur Jenkins Mary Jenkins and key staff including E A O Hara Alexander Jones Clarence H Rinne Chauncey Hurley James M Armstrong and others. It notes advertising departments circulation management and daily and Sunday editions with subscription prices. It also carries the motto about independent public questions and mentions the first issue date January 15 1877.
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Alexander Jones
Clarence H. Rinne
Chauncey S. Hurley
James M. Armstrong
Fonorial
Karl & McElroy
Harold E Addington
Francis R. Woolever
Bright Economic Scene with Some Blots
Economic optimism from Washington and New York contrasts with concerns over farm income and mounting debt. Secretary Weeks and Stassen forecast growth and a possible Eisenhower run, while the NAM notes a 7 percent of GNP debt share and farm income declines. West Berlin remains a potential flashpoint but with NATO-backed resilience.
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Commerce
Weeks
National Association of Manufacturers
Stassen
Eisenhower
Washington
NAM
Afl-Cio
Polio vaccine rollout limited to ages five to nine
The national priority plan restricts polio immunizations to children aged five to nine for now. As vaccine supply expands, other groups will be served. School inoculation programs are finished and shots are now given by family doctors and city Health Department clinics. County residents without doctors may use spring immunization clinics or Welfare services. For questions contact City Hall Health Department or State District Health Office.
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State District Health Office
Operation Oswego Drives for Sustained Growth and Jobs
Oswego aims to raise 12500 for continued progress with four new industries added to the roster. The drive partners with community groups and state agencies and eyes the federal Point Four program to attract employers, seeking to counter a long Erie Canal era trend. Quotes from Hitler and Jefferson appear but do not clarify the primary actions.
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Operation Oswego
Oswego
Seaway
St. Lawrence
Berlin Faces Soviet Pressure Over Berlin Blockade Tactics
The article reports rising East German Soviet pressure to redefine Berlin's status, including claims of full jurisdiction over the Soviet sector and threats to barge traffic permits. It notes Moscow’s demand for direct talks with Germany over reunification and efforts to isolate Bonn by squeezing Berlin’s economy. The piece cites pending barge permit renewals and the risk of a creeping blockade as tensions heighten.
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Berlin
East Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
West
West Berlin
Associated Press
U.S
Geneva
Germany
Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
Adenauer
Trucks Paying Enough in Taxes To the Herald Journal
The Herald Journal carries a Viewpoints piece by George T. Manning chairing the Joint Legislative Committee on Carrier Taxation. He warns against a Big Truck Lobby seeking repeal of the New York Weight Distance Tax.
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George T. Manning
Joint Legislative Committee
Herald Journal
New York State
Manning
Mr. Manning
Weight Distance Tax Debate and Trucking Lobby Power
The letter argues the weight distance tax serves highway funding and overloading prevention, contradicting claims it mainly fills state coffers. It asserts truckers would back higher trucker numbers if costs stay small and notes big lobbies from trucking and railroads influenced Governor Dewey’s stance.
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Manning
Dewey
Congresswoman Bolton tours Africa and Berlin in 1950s travel
Ohio Representative Frances Bolton travels south of the Sahara to study Egypt and Soviet influence in Africa. The journey includes Cairo, Rhodesia, Ethiopia, Kenya, the Sudan, and a Mayo Clinic tropical medicine team. Back home she defends travel as essential to informed lawmaking amid Cold War tensions and Berlin supply routes through West Germany.
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Doris Fleeson
Washington
Frances Bolton
Ohio
Congress
Africa
Egypt
Moscow
Bol
Doris Freesonton
Sahara
Gold Coast
Trust Territories
Congo
Rhodesia
Ethiopia
Kenya
Sudan
Cairo
Hodgson
Mayo Clinic
U.S. Army
Signal Corps
Decision Ignored By 52 Governments On UN Package Deal
Washington reports that 52 governments voted to ignore the International Court of Justice advisory opinion on a package admission to the United Nations. The United States abstained, opposing the five Soviet satellites Albania Romania Hungary Bulgaria and Outer Mongolia. The Soviet veto threatens the remaining 13 applicants if the package deal is not accepted.
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Washington
Court of Inter- Lawrence National Justice
United Nations
United States
Belgium
France
Greece
Israel
Security Council of
Cuba
China
General Assembly
International Court of Justice
Hague
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
Security Council
Soviet Union
Albania
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Outer Mongolia
Court of International Justice
Moscow
Champion Citizens of Syracuse Back Franchise Drive
The piece salutes Mayor Donald Mead sports writers and volunteers for raising $50,000 to retain Syracuse in the International League. It credits civic pride and gutsy effort, notes uncertainty about the 1956 team, but praises local citizens as champions regardless of immediate on field success.
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Thomas W. Higgins
Donald Mead
Syracuse
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