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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1956
Page
8
A rising temperature trend will be noted tonight across most of the nation with light snow in northern New England western New York and Pennsylvania and the northern Great Lakes. Rain mixed with snow affects eastern New York while freezing drizzle falls in the Cascades.
Pope Pius IX today welcomed Asimir Papee, Poland's government in exile envoy, beginning the annual private audiences for diplomatic corps members at the Vatican. Papee presented credentials tonight, with cooler, milder weather and west winds forecast.
New York Congressman Adam Clayton Powell says House Speaker Sam Rayburn plans to purge him for not backing the Democratic ticket. Powell, who is Black, claims Rayburn denied new offices as punishment and transferred them to Chelf of Kentucky. Powell argues the purge targets him for his race and position on civil rights.
Joan Franklin, a 39 year old blonde, returned home distressed and claimed she was abducted by two men in Havana during political unrest tied to Batista. Police report a fragmentary version as gunfire and killings plague the area amid Cuba turmoil.
A second Brooklyn teen, 15 year old John Witherspoon, was arrested with 48 year old Robert Steedly in the fatal assault on Enrico Povidora, a 23 year old Italian sailor near a Brooklyn housing project. Detectives say both youths admitted involvement as knives with four inch blades were recovered. The incident occurred near a Rowan Catholic Church while the sailors sought midnight mass.
Optimists sponsor a teen age dance today at 3 p.m. at Andrew Memorial Methodist Church in North Syracuse. Entertainment is by North Syracuse High School students with club members William Eckert Richard D. Ryan and Lowan as organizers and waiters John Robinson Howard Betch Fred Norton Raymond Beach William Wood Dick Cornell Dick Weaver Bill Gates Floyd Spriggs.
A witness described the east edge area of Kansas City where Franklin said the man took $48 from his wife but did not take her fur coat a four carat ring wedding band with six diamonds remained.
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