Fire roars through 12 family apartment at Midland Ave
A 3 3 alarm fire damaged a three story 12 family dwelling at 616 618 Midland Ave driving dozens of residents, including several children, into sub zero cold. Flames spread from the second floor to the attic as firemen fought icy water and gale like winds. One firefighter was injured, Michael Rudy of Engine Company 16, while occupants on all floors escaped with neighbors assistance. The blaze was reported around noon by Milton Parsons, 12, who saw smoke and alerted a barber shop. The origin remains undetermined with residents recounting the kitchen as ignition point. Concluded on page 14.
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Midland Av
Michael Rudy
Engine Company 16
Clarence
Martin
Southay
Frank Parsons
Robert Gaurier
Weather Bureau
Hancock Field
Arctic
Syracuse
Mountain View
Franklin County
New YorkBtate
Forestport
Utica
Old Forge
Owl's Head
Redirondacks
Beekman
Plattsburg
Antrew P. Keller
Ade
Jet powered vertical takeoff aircraft unveiled by Bell
Bell Aircraft Corporation announced a jet powered vertical takeoff and landing plane. Lawrence D. Bell, founder and president, called it the most significant development in aircraft flight since the Wright brothers. The craft aims to revolutionize military aviation and certain air transport roles.
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Niagara Falls
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Lawrence D. Bell
Wright Brothers
Indus
Soviet Defense Fund Up by Twelve Percent in 1955 Budget
Soviet Russia announced an about 12 percent rise in defense spending over the 1954 budget. Arseniy G. Zverev reported to the Supreme Soviet that arms outlays for 1955 would total 112.1 billion rubles, roughly $23.25 billion at assumed parity, with Khrushchev stressing a return to heavy industry and goods production.
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Moscow
Russia
Arseni G. Zverev
Supreme Soviet
U.S
Moscow Radio
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Josef Stalin
Seid Khrushchev
Frederick Storm
Brewerton
Miesden Nog
Truman
Preston
Pryon
N.C
Frederick
Penney
Justiourt
Anastas L Mikoyanl
Louis Sposaio
Canaan
Jterday
Storm
Last View
Grant Blvd
Gak St
Mra Cecil
Sposato
Heard
Edith Penzey
Frank Toscano
Wendelster
Nity
Thomas Caccamo
Representative channings seeks to ax bootleg whisky
Oklahoma City UP report states Representative Edward L. Channings introduced a 3 in the State Legislature to ban or banish bootleg whisky. The article notes the move as a tax or enforcement measure amid ongoing efforts to curb intoxicant violations.
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Oklahoma City
Edward L. Channings
Bell designed jet ver aircraft tests win praise at Niagara Falls
Test pilot David W. Howe flies Bell Aircrafts new jet ver beal craft using dual jet engines on an axled body with reaction controls for takeoffs and landings. The machine weighs over half a million dollars, lacks wheels, and features a glider-like fuselage and open cockpit.
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Niagara Falls
David W. Howe
Bell
Howe
Otis Elevator Company
Br Bell Lest
Today s Features Page Listing Regular Sections
A fragment from a newspaper index shows Monday features across multiple pages. It lists Talking It Over on page 5 and various regular sections such as Amusements, Reporter, Atom Power, It s Your Bridge, Money, Classifieds, Editorials, Radio, Letters, Women s, and Sports with page ranges. Also notes Today s Pictures on page 8.
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Amusements
Atom Power
Financial
Nuclear wiz Urey sees fire on other worlds
A lighthearted remark credits chemist and physicist Harold Urey with believing extraterrestrial combustion could be possible. The quip notes peace and quiet would aid such a discovery, reflecting a playful item in TODAY'S CHUCKLE.
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Urey
Owl Pursuit Across Fireplace Ends In Exhibit
A frost-nipped owl chased a starling into a fireplace at the Wolffe home in Malone. The starling died after a fly swatter strike, while the owl was freed from the grate and will join a Boy Scout wildlife display.
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Malone
Sterling
William J. Wolffe
Subzero Blast Numbs Area Ten Below Tonight
A Richmond mayor recounted a strange call from Claggett Ontario in which a caller praised Stonewall Jackson and urged ongoing strong leadership. The exchange touched on Virginia's wartime memory and local pride amid a cold spell.
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Richmond, Ve
Thomas P. Bryan, Jr
Claggett
Ont
Virginia
Bryan
Richmond
Stonewall Jackson
Mute son freed by Hungarians in Vienna reunion
American mother from Washington DC reunites with her Hungarian born deaf mute son Peter Predic after five years separation. The family, tied to a Budapest past and a long petition, expresses joy as the child recovers from childhood illness and years under communist custody.
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Vienna
Austria
Comuunist
Hungary
William Brooks
Washington, D.C
Great Neck
Long Island
Peter Predic
Budapest
Aly
Sey
Withy
Canada
United States
Sperry Corp
Nox
Europe
Brooks
Nitro Cache Hunted in Bomb Death in Texas
Houston police and Texas Rangers hunted today for an explosives cache tied to the nitroglycerin bomb that killed Helen Harris Weaver, 51, a San Angelo ranchwoman, on January 19. Ex-convict Andrew H. Nelson, 43, told officers a man was shown how to rig the device, with a former son-in-law, Harry Washburn, 38, held on murder charges.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Rangers
Helen Harris Weaver
Aman
Heard
Nelson
San Angelo
Local Probe Renewed Ex Syracusan Held In Boston Holdups
Syracuse police renewed the probe into a three year old restaurant robbery case after the arrest of a former Syracusan, Gil Dyer, in Boston. Dyer, 24, formerly of 3751 Setlamobile, was captured at gunpoint in a Roxbury apartment during a melee that injured a Boston detective. Investigators searched the area between Houston and Rosenberg for further leads and a cache connected to the holdup.
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Hicard
Texas Rangers
Nelson
Houston
Rosenberg
Syracuse
Orion
Gil
Weaverinary Dyer
Setlamobile
Sax
Nell
Dyer
Vera
Heard
E. Washington Ss
Jonight
Hous Drer
Sen
Boston
Roxbury
Too Tacusan
Bestand Pistol Butls
Harriman names McCloskey to State Youth Commission chair
Albany UP reports Governor Harriman appoints Mark A. McCloskey of New York City to a three member State Youth Commission and designates him chairman. McCloskey formerly led community education for the New York City Board of Education for seven years and will be paid 17009 dollars annually. Also noted is a police update on armed robbery suspects in a separate regional report.
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Albany
Harriman
Aday
Mark A. McCloskey
New York City
State Youth Com
Fun
McCloskey
Red China blocks UN debate on Formosa crisis
United Nations discussions collapse after Peiping refuses to send a representative unless Nationalists are ousted from the UN seat. Nehru seeks a side conference in London as tensions rise over Formosa and the Pescadores. Meanwhile New York and upstate areas endure a brutal Arctic cold with record lows and stranded commuters.
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Red China
United Nations Security Council
New Zealand
Chou Enlai
Dag Hammarskjold
United States
Formosa
Red
China
Peiping
London
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Yikiangshan Island
Tachen Island
Quemoy
Matsu
Tachen
Pescadores
U.S
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George E. Russell
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Gilbert Dyer
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