22 Feb 1956
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1956
Page
1
Five and a half inches of snow fell in two days with more on the way. Temperatures hover near zero as winds rise to 25 mph and salt crews work through the night on priority routes. Auburn reports seven inches. Baldwinsville six inches.
Chicago patrolman Joseph Batts halted a slow truck on the South Side and was told by the driver I cannot tell a lie claiming to be General Washington. The license bore the name General Washington aged 20 prompting a court summons for March 21 in Traffic Court.
David Lawrence argues the United Nations fails to take a unified stand against immorality in his editorial on the Journal-World Editorial Page. The page also lists regular features including Amusements Inq. Rep. pages 27 to 15, Music 28, Bridge 36, Radio-TV 22, Classified 28-33, Women's City Life 19 9 11 12, Deaths 16, Sports 23-26, Editorials 20, Your Money 27, Letters 2, and Today's Pictures page 12.
President Eisenhower, rested after a Georgia vacation, teed off at Glen Arven Country Club for an 18 hole round with Maj. Gen. Snyder approving. He partnered with John Walter against John Whitney and James Hagerty, joking about his heart attack while conserving energy in an electric cart.
New York report says a 51 year old Girl Scout Leader and church worker was arrested last night as an alleged narcotics peddler.
New York Republican chairman Thomas Curran told a meeting that Gov. Harriman will receive the Democratic presidential nomination by default and be defeated by Eisenhower. He said Eisenhower will run again and Stevenson and Kefauver will retreat, leaving Harriman as nominee who can lose.
Washington's T4 Ta Ban Bae Cernall Fret ads manaay aac ac ah us aeg versity's fruit economists. Last season New York State produced 37,000 tons of cherries 31,000 of them sour cherries enough for 31,000,000 pies.
Gov. Harriman urged Albany to approve an administration bill for state oversight of union welfare and pension funds. He noted over 10 billion dollars tied up in New York funds, while pledging this money is largely well managed. The plan requires registration, annual reports, and audits, plus safeguards against fee splitting and kickbacks, with a 16 member advisory council.
A joke notes a pessimist is a woman driver sure she cannot fit a car in a tight space while an optimist is a man who believes she will attempt it. The quip plays on gender stereotypes and urban driving quirks with light humor.
Monaco officials announced two unnamed American football teams will play at Louis II Stadium on April 17 before the prince and Grace Kelly marry. A tight wire act and large flag unfurling are planned as part of the wedding week festivities, with an estimated 10 million francs spent on celebrations. Margot Fonteyn, Bob Hope, and Bing Crosby join a growing guest list for the royal wedding.
Senate investigators report indications that How ard B. Keck, president of Superior Oil Co. of California, gave large contributions to the Citizens for Eisenhower Committee. Keck's checks and bank records were subpoenaed as part of the probe into a 2500 campaign gift to Senator Francis Case and the gas bill fight. A new eight member special committee would study campaign contributions and lobbying with possible legislation by next January 1.
In Albany a bitter clash erupts as Republicans push through a Senate resolution to broaden the watchdog committee’s powers and extend its life with a 250000 appropriation. The move targets Shapiro’s investigations of Democratic and GOP counties amid a broader war between parties. Harriman says the action is unusual and unclear in motive as the row continues.
In Colorado a kidnapper was captured and his victim rescued unharmed after 50 law officers cornered him 21 miles west of Pueblo. Eugene C. Hurst, 28, abducted Mrs. Robert A. Jackson at gunpoint near Pueblo Junior College. The mother of three was forced to call her husband as officers stalled for time.
In Bornemouth England Veronica Hunter aged 56 was fined 70 dollars after driving through a red light colliding with a danger sign and two warning lights. Police report she hugged a night watchman and knocked off a policeman’s helmet before being taken to the station.
Washington report notes Secretary John Foster Dulles' presence heightens House members insecurities amid a tense foreign policy dispute. Chairman James P. Richards likens the House to a weak minded illegitimate son as strains between House and Senate widen.
Yugoslav air force bombs icepacks blocking Adriatic rivers marking a declaration of war amid Europe’s worst winter in memory. The continent endures subzero weather with 762 known deaths, floods, and crop damage reaching hundreds of millions.
John F. Quinlan reports a cherry tree was chopped down in his yard. Police say the culprit also felled an elm and an apple tree in the same neighborhood.
A Kingston Ontario group of Queens University students invaded Northern New York towns Watertown Alexandria Bay Clayton and LaFargeville last night. They raised the British flag on school poles and posted proclamations praising George III and denouncing George Washington. Police removed the flags after numerous citizen calls.
Rains eased and cooler weather began to set in the Pacific Northwest reducing flood threat. In southern Oregon up to seven inches of rain in 24 hours forced evacuations as streams crest and then recede. In eastern Washington three people died amid heavy snowmelt upstream.
A homemade bomb exploded in a lavatory of Pennsylvania Station injuring a 74 year old attendant. Police say a phantom psychopath planted 25 other bombs in crowded Manhattan locations since 1940.
A 10 year old white Arab named Caid trotted from the Garrick Theatre to Buckingham Palace after a show to repay a royal visit. Police halted the horse at the palace gates and a detective placed the animal in custody before release to Bernard Vanot the rider.
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