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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1955
Page
17
Syracuse Police Chief Harold Kelly stressed a holiday hazards program urging the public that drinking plus driving equals disaster. He cited recent incidents and National Safety Council figures, noting intoxicated drivers and pedestrians are a rising danger during party season.
Police pushed the probe into a wave of reported incident cases including a 26-year-old salesgirl who said she was mistreated in a downtown department store. A suspect in the seven-year-old girl case was questioned and released as detectives pursued leads with parole board records and area enforcement agencies cooperating.
A 1947 model automobile with interior stained by blood was discovered today in a creek bed on the Onondaga Indian Reservation. Deputy Andrew Hoffman reported finding an Air Force uniform and women's clothing inside. Bernard F Smith, an airman stationed at Sampson Air Force Base, was identified as the owner and was told to report to the jail to file an accident report.
A 30 year old east side man pleaded not guilty in Police Court to third degree assault. wuon Danney of 160 DeSales St was bailed at 1000 property and 500 cash by Judge Truman H Preston. He will reappear Dec 22. Police charge Brown with pulling Dorothy Brown of Adams St to the floor and kicking her Thursday.
All guests of the First Trust and Deposit Co are invited to the annual Christmas dinner dance at the Hotel Syracuse. Employees from 14 offices of Faust Trust will attend and entertainment will be provided by the Choral Eight.
The Lyncourt School Band and Chorus perform the annual Christmas concert at 8 am Monday in the school auditorium. Anthony DeAngelis will direct the band while Arlena Marino leads the choir.
The county clerk received filings from relatives seeking a legal declaration of death for former Syracuse resident Charles Errengy. An affidavit by his brother John R. Errengy notes possible death and cites a bootlegging rumor from Baltimore in the 1920s. Charles’ share of his father William’s estate is held by the County Treasurer during the search.
Mrs Joyce Durgan aged 43 of Hopkinton was killed when the car she rode in skidded and overturned on a country road about 115 miles southwest of Massena.
Traffic plan for the sixth annual Christmasland Tree Sale at the Regional Market and Arthur Stadium area, March 1 onward, with one-way eastbound flow on Hiawatha Blvd and police traffic control by Lt. John B. Holhan, featuring Santa, reindeer, and gift distribution to blind adults and children. Prices posted for Canadian balsam, pine, spruce. lights, organ, and chimes at night. event runs until trees sell out.
Firemen may have caused a Hancock Field home fire while a local resident, Robert J. Keenan, enters Sheppard Air Force Technical Training near Wichita Falls. The crash death of a salesman on Route 31 leads to a $47,000 state settlement to his widow as the case names Rose & D Oro and John Coamjian among defendants.
Hank Sorenson, 79, received a month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to public intoxication in Police Court before Judge Truman H. Preston. He was arrested around 9:45 p.m. near the D L and W Railroad overpass at N Clinton and Dicker son Streets. Sorenson was taken to Onondaga General Hospital for a cut to his glasses injury after a fall. A Christmas candlelight song service is planned for tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church on Lexington Avenue and Westcott Street.
Richard F. Torrey, encountry secretary, and Mayor Mead announced the opening of the street yesterday. The Public Works Department had been ordered to plow the street and open it immediately, and the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting to put traffic seas in operation.
The state built roadway connecting Jinks Park Street and Hiawatha Boulevard was opened by the city. It runs from Nl oine near Regional Market and is designed to handle winter damage repairs. The project, completed under a city state agreement, will be fully usable when top permits allow cars to turn from Park Street onto Hiawatha Boulevard. The council approved using the intersection to keep traffic flowing and the city will snowplow and salt the area.
A former Syracuse resident, Robert K Dillmann, will be admitted to the California bar on December 21 after passing the September exam. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Dillmann of 217 Harting Street. Dillmann, educated at North High School in Syracuse, later studied podiatry in Chicago, practiced there briefly, then moved to California to study law while working as a claim adjuster for a Los Angeles insurance firm. He is married and resides in Hollywood.
A garbled traffic court item lists a defender with no operator license at 330 Dale in Leverpoo and an arrival on the wrong side of the street at 110 North Syracuse. It references failing to see a clear War leaving stop and mentions Cossallo with unclear details from a disrupted report.
Syracuse firemen enjoyed a rare lull with no alarms for over 26 hours from 7 50 p m Thursday to 10 05 p m yesterday. The calm ended when a television set shorted and firefighters were dispatched to a home. the blaze was contained upon arrival.
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