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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1949
Page
2
New York plans almost 2 million dollars to beautify the 42d Street approach to the United Nations headquarters. Manhattan officials said 42d Street from First to Second avenues will be widened rebuilt and lined with trees and grassy plots in a major streetscape project.
Five persons perished in a Charleston rooming house fire including Mrs. Katie Winston and her two children Sammy and Beatrice. Also dead were Henry James and Eugene Clark. Winston reportedly entered to rescue the youngsters, the body found with the children in a second story room.
Workers representing Italian Catholic Action presented Pope Pius XII with a gold gilded silver hammer and trowel to open and close the Holy Door in St. Peter's for the 1950 Holy Year. This marked the first time a workers' organization supplied the tools for a Holy Year ceremony.
Red haired Helen Keller testified in Superior Court that she pawned a ring given by her boyfriend after he cut her allowance. She defended against charges of extorting $9,000 from Ben Klekner, head of a radio school, and described a bedroom tape she recorded. Her co defendant Ee Hughes followed on the stand.
The Las Vegas city commission suspended the Savoy Club gambling license after reports it failed to pay a casino manager $47,000 of a $67,000 win. Jack Durant of the Flamingo Hotel reportedly won $67,000 in 45 minutes last Sunday but collected only $20,000 in cash. The case goes to the state Tax Commission for license approval review.
Berlin officials say top Nazi war criminals in Spandau will receive turkey and stuffing with ice cream for Christmas dinner under an Allied rotation system. The announcement notes the contrast with the average Berlin family, who go without meat this holiday season.
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