Water Main Break Floods Downtown After 24-Inch Feeder Fails
A 24 inch feeder broke near City Hall causing a flood that shut power to downtown blocks and delayed the Post Standard printing. Fire crews rescued two motorists from Montgomery Street flooding as DPW crews spread salt and pump water from basements.
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Niagara Mohawk Fower Corp
Niagara Mohawk
City Hall
Eckel
New York Telephone Co
Montgomery St
Masonic Temple
Onondaga Historical Association
Yates
Power Company
Walter Nadine
Donald Walter
Clifton Springs
Montgomery
E. Water
Sigmund Grudzinski
William Uva
Charles Thomas
Willie Bartel
John Warren
Robert Griffin
Nadine
D.P.W
Stewart
Favelie
West Sts
Erie Blvd
State St
Burnet Ave
Kelly
E. Water St
Department of Public Works
Driver Treats Pupil Passengers on Xmas Bus Run
Rochester a 64 year old school bus driver Stanley Hoffman treated 61 high school pupils by giving each 25 cents. He thanked them for good behavior during the year. The gesture cost 15.25 dollars but Hoffman said it was worth it.
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Rochester
Stanley Hoffman
Hoffman
Cardinal Spellman Visits Japanese Camps for Christmas Blessings
Cardinal Spellman 67, archbishop of New York, spent five hours at Camp Sendai Camp Schimmelpfennig and the Sendai area bringing Christmas blessings to Catholics and U S military personnel. He celebrated Mass in the Camp Sendai Theater and at Schimmelpfennig. This is his fifth straight Christmas visit to American troops in the Far East.
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Sendai
Japan
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Camp Sendai
Camp Schimmelpfennig
U.S
Schimmelpfennig
Cardinal Spellman
Far East
Michigan Timber Output Dominates Great Lakes Market
Michigan produced nearly half of the timber marketed in the Great Lakes states, highlighting the state's strong role in regional forest products.
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Michigan
Great Lakes States
Poet Hillyer in Critical Condition After Auto Crash
Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Hillyer 60 is in Wilmington General Hospital in a coma after an auto collision with a truck near Newark. Truck driver Clayton Briggs 35 of Bloomfield N J suffered back injury and is listed in good condition. Hillyer, a East Orange native, has taught English at the University of Delaware since 1933.
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Wilmington
Del
Robert
Hillyer
Newark
Wilmington General Hospital
Clayton Briggs
Bloomfield
N.J
Hillyear
Robert Hillyer
East Orange
University of Delaware At Newark
Vermont Gaming House Raid Largest in State History
A squad of 30 state troopers raided a Vermont house arresting 24 men on gaming charges. Commissioner William Baumann led the operation, with most suspects from New York and Massachusetts. Money and gaming equipment were seized as the raid成为 Bennington County jail custody.
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Bennington
Vermont
Fire atop Astor hotel delays Times Square traffic
A brief blaze atop the Sheraton Astor Hotel on Broadway in Times Square fed by a paint locker sent flames 50 feet high. Thousands blocked Broadway between 44th and 45th Streets as traffic was detoured for about thirty minutes with no injuries or evacuations reported.
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New York
Sheraton Astor Hotel
Times Square
Broadway
44Th
45Th Sts
Woman Wins Divorce Over Husband Who Watched TV
Annette Stoica, 33, wins a divorce from Eli M. Stoica Jr., 38, after claiming he watched TV so much he became a television widow. She notes he even liked the commercials.
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Los Angeles
Annette Stoica
Eli M. Stoica Jr
Council debates censure over Israeli Galilee raid
The UN council weighed a strong rebuke after Israel attacked Syrian posts in Galilee. Burns warned such force risks broad hostilities though 10 of 11 members favored a stern rebuke if Syria's charges held. Israel says raid aimed to silence Syrian guns threatening shipping.
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Burns
Galilee
Libya
Jordan
Gaza
Israel
Eban
Council
Syria
Galilean Sea
Egypt
Isyria
War of Nerves Enlists Science
In Pueblo Colorado a fifth grader Manuel used a toy walkie talkie to chat with a classroom friend on the playground, triggering a rules violation noted by teacher Mrs. Elizabeth Kelley in the second floor room as part of a classroom conflict.
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Pueblo
Colo
Elizabeth Kelley
Manuel
Record Milk Output Sets New Yearly Benchmark
A single cow produced milk totaling about forty four thousand pounds in the year, far surpassing the national average of 5,500 pounds and signaling an extraordinary dairy performance.
Prisoner Sends Christmas Card to Judge in Missouri Case
Jefferson City Missouri circuit Judge Sam C Blsir received a Christmas card from Missouri State Penitentiary inmate J Johnson. The prisoner pleaded a writ of appeal through a penciled request on the card seeking leniency or compassionate consideration from the court.
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Jefferson City
Sam C. Blsir
Missouri State Penitentiary
J. Johnson
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South Salina
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Schick
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World Organization
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Blair
J Howe Inc
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