Judge Orders Faster DWI Hearings as Adjourning Ends
Judge Preston urged quick disposition of cases and limited adjournments. Laura Augustine 38 of Craton St was found guilty of driving while intoxicated with a $100 fine and license revocation. George Richel 65 of Oberst St and Leland Matrice 23 of Delaware St pleaded guilty to DWI with 30 day suspended sentences and $100 fines. Richard Fowler 40 of Scott Ave pleaded not guilty with bail set at $150 for Jan 9 reappearance.
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Preston
Laura Augustine
Craton St
Edmund Tyminski
George Richel
Oberst St
Richel
Lodi St
Hiawatha Blvd
James Broadwater
Madison St
Leland Matrice
Delaware St
Massena St
Anna McKaig
Marietta
Richard B. Fowler
Scott Ave
Fairmount
Donald Napier
Camillus
Napier
Marty Ginsburg
Fowler
Milton Ave
Ginsburg
Milton Avenue
Republicans Blast Harriman Policy In State Affairs
The Republican leaders denounce Harriman for politicizing state agencies and failing to advance the highway rehab program and farm issues. They charge overtaxation, vetoes of GOP tax cuts, and call the 1955-56 Legislature a poor record, urging a new program focused on progress and cooperation with the administration when in good faith.
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Harriman
Heck-Mahoney
Mahoney
Heck
New York
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert H. Lehman
Alfred E. Smith
Ada McBride funeral set for Sunday in Watertown
Mrs Ada Grandy Merritt McBride 62, widow of Clarence C McBride, dies at daughter Esther Merritt’s home 550 Coffeen St Watertown. Funeral Sunday 2 pm from the home, burial North Watertown. Survived by husband, four daughters and four sons with addresses listed. native of Cumberland Maryland, moved to Norwood, married twice.
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Watertown
Ada Grandy Merritt McBride
Clarence C. McBride
Norwood
Ehtser L. Merritt
Coffeen St
North Watertown
McBride
Moira
Leo J. DeLosh
Jeffersonville
Ind
Esther L
New York Central
Mr. McBride
Ferris Institute President Gifted Pig at Banquet
Big Rapids Elks lodge hosted a banquet honoring Ferris Institute football coach and team for a successful pigskin season. Victor F. Spath received a pig as a symbolic gift from lodge members in Appropriate, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Rapids. Mich
Big Rapids Elks Lodge
Victor F. Spathelf
Ferris Institute
Pope Pius XII Nuclear Disarmament Appeal Backed by U S
The United States endorsed Pope Pius XII's Christmas appeal for worldwide nuclear disarmament. A Voice of America broadcast reported the first official U S reaction supporting ending nuclear weapons tests and general arms controls as a path to real peace.
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Washington
Ins
U. S
Pius XII
Voice of America
It Might Work
Albert Furseth proposes a national law to enforce car safety by installing devices that sing at 50 miles per hour and scream at 55, blowing a fuse at 60 to reduce highway deaths. The idea aims to deter speeding and promote cautious driving.
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Madison
Wis
Albert Furseth
Army Tests Aerocycles to Boost Infantry Mobility
The Army tests a one man flying device named aerocycles that infantry can pilot in about 20 minutes. Twelve units were purchased from Delackner Helicopter Inc for mobility studies, resembling a mix of a small helicopter and the Navy flying platform. The pilot stands on a platform over rotor blades and steers by leaning, with speeds up to 65 mph via a hand throttle.
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Washington
Army
Delackner Helicopter, Inc
Mount Vernon
Navy
Ricks described as lodging operator on Rideau Lakes
The article notes Mrs. Ricks, who ran a tourist lodge on a Canadian island near Rideau Lakes, rarely left the island in winter but stayed through the season this year. It mentions her family connections, multiple marriages, and ties to Newboro, Jamestown, Coopers Town, and Syracuse.
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Harold Bresee
Brewerton Rd
Westport
Jean Monk
Newboro
Ricks
Rideau Lakes
Hanna
Florence Bresee Hanna
Knox School For Girls
Cooperstown
Robert Lee Taylor
Jamestown
Villa Dale
Stephen K. Bresee
New York
Frank Pearce
Syracuse Chiefs
New York City
Ex Ambassador Josiah Marvel Dies at 51 in Delaware
Josiah Marvel former U S ambassador to Denmark in 1949 died in Delaware Hospital at age 51. A Democrat he headed the state party for several terms and ran for governor in 1940. Marvel was minister to Denmark in 1946, promoted to ambassador in 1949 and chaired the International Claims Commission from 1950 until 1955.
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Wilmington
Del
Josiah Marvel
U. S
Denmark
Delaware
Marvel
Truman
International Claims Commission
Eisenhower
Miami woman marks 33rd round trip to Lima on 91st birthday
Mrs Harriet Hamilton of Tampa who turned 91 celebrates her 33rd round trip between Miami and Lima, Peru. She visits nieces Martha and Ester Villalva in Lima at least three times yearly and has logged over 170000 miles flying between the two nations. A Peru native, she lived in Panama from 1905 to 1930 with her late husband, a Panama Canal builder. Previously she traveled by boat to Peru.
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Miami
Fla
Upi
Harriet Hamilton
Lima
Peru
Sheraton Buys St. Louis Hotel
The Jefferson Hotel in downtown St. Louis, a 750 room property and the citys largest, was purchased by the Sheraton Corporation of America from Hilton Hotels for 7 million dollars. Hilton had owned it since 1950 in a deal tied to a government anti trust suit.
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ST. Louis
SNL
Sheraton Corporation of America
Hilton Hotels Corp
Hilton
Slayings Spur Hunt Across Clark County Arkansas
A killer on the loose is blamed after three murders in three days near U S Highway 67 Clark County Arkansas. Unidentified woman found shot in a ditch near Gudon. Joe King, 14, strangled near Jacksonville. A second man, about 50, beaten and strangled, found near the highway. Sheriff Buren Hardin joins the large manhunt.
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Little Rock
Ariz
Arkansas
U. S. Highway 67
Clark County
Buren Hardin
Highway 67
Gudon
Ark
Joe King
Jacksonville
Glass Sliver Kills Boy 15 at Bowling Center
A 15 year old, William McGowan, was fatally stabbed by a flying glass sliver when he dropped a bowling ball through a glass showcase at Humboldt Park Bowling Center. Police report a 3.44 by 2 inch shard pierced his chest as he paid for a game with friends. He died on arrival at the hospital.
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Chicago
William McGowan
Humboldt Park
McGowan
Sigmund Hertel
Cameraman Witnesses Clean-Up at Aina Bid
Chassagne testified he accompanied five others to Aina Bid to document a cleanup of a nomad camp where rebels had massacred civilians two days earlier. He described soldiers and gendarmes clearing tents as he filmed claiming he acted solely as a journalist.
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Aina Bid
Chassagne
Vessels Wrecked Off Cape Hatteras In Turbulent Seas
Within 400 years about 2,200 ships have wrecked near Cape Hatteras as winds churn the Gulf Stream over shallow reefs.
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Cape Hatteras
Cold Snap Drags On With Snow and Icy Roads Across Region
A major winter storm brings two more inches of snow and bitter winds up to 33 mph. Syracuse to Watertown endure bleak conditions as plows and sanders remain active. drivers urged to use caution. A fatal crash near Peekskill underscores hazards from the cold front as temperatures dip toward single digits tonight.
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Rochester
Buffalo
Herkimer
Syracuse
Onondaga County
Oneida
Department For Public Works
Charles F. Stanton
Westchester County
Grace M. Churchill
Fof Peekskill
Dakotas
Minnesota
Texas
Halt of Salk Vaccine Still Is Unused
Washington report shows more than half of Salk polio vaccine shipped to private physicians and health departments remains unused. Surgeon General Leonard Scheele urges rapid use where available to prepare for mass inoculations and reserves for second shots.
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Washington W
Public Health Service
Leonard Scheele
Health Service
National Foundation For
Nfip Ito
New York
California
Scheele
Egg with no yolk puzzling Washington housewife
A Washington housewife complained to an Agriculture Department poultry expert that she broke an egg and found no yolk. The official noted the unusual shell egg generosity and offered a humorous take on the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
California burglar trapped after garage chase in Dallas
A San Quentin graduate burglar who fled a Dallas home last night was caught in a garage after ransacking the house. He complained that California garages have back doors and urged Texas to build them too so he could escape a fire.
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Dallas
Tex
California
San Quentin
Texas
Motor Vehicle Patent Boom in 1954
In 1954 the Patent Office issued patents showing a surge in automotive innovation with more than 20 percent focused on motor vehicle improvements. The data highlight strong growth in auto technology and related engineering developments.
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U.S. Patent Office
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Sheraton
St. Louis Hotel
Teall Ave. and
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Zinfandel
France
Sam
Andrew J. Keller
Altman & Green, Jewelers
Gorham Sterling Club
Gorham
le Wenge
Jrs
Skrat
Lynx
Warner
Rengo Foundations
Cannon’s
Satina
Harriet Hubbard
Ayer
Dorothy Gray
Richard Hudnut
Kerth Berane
Gorham Pia Llavery Pi
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