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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1955
Page
6
Washington lawmakers open debate on a new army reserve bill to expand teen volunteer service and recall power. The plan aims to add up to 259000 under eighteen and would require six months training, plus a six year active and reserve service term.
The Central News Agency reports that Nationalist forces on Quemoy conducted 30 successful commando raids on the mainland coast and nearby Communist held offshore islands in the last three months.
The National Safety Council predicts 40 million cars will travel in a three day Fourth of July weekend with 380 highway deaths from six p m to midnight Monday. Six safety tips urge slower speeds, planning, alertness, right of way, careful passing and avoiding night driving.
Emily Durbrow wife of U S Charge d Affaires Elbridge Durbrow rode in the rear cockpit of a jet plane at 25 000 feet to aid Italian jet pilots unable to locate wires. She reported the experience a safe thrilling flight with no sensation of speed or height.
Senate investigators sought two Brooklyn reporters Hyman Charniak and David Gordon for questioning over sworn testimony that they were Communists in the early 1940s. Subpoenas issued as part of hearings into Communist influence, with other names mentioned by CBS reporter Winston Burdett. The testimony also cited Charles Grutznér who admitted being a Communist from 1937 to 1940 while at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He denied current ties and defended reporting during the Korean War era.
Officials of the International Aeronautical Federation say Jacqueline Auriol broke Jacqueline Cochran’s world speed record for women, flying a Mystere IV turbojet over Melun near Paris. The federation will announce the new speed in a few days, as the organization ends competition for official records.
In Duluth Minnesota a Korean War veteran and his blind wife welcomed a son born to Mrs John L Thornton at St Luke s hospital. The Thorntons wed in Cloquet on September 25 last year ending a community drive that funded a home and furnishings and a job for Thornton. Both parents are blind and first met by chance in April 1953 while Joyce was home from blind school and John was on leave.
Democratic opponents forecast swift win as President Eisenhower orders a new study on the Dixon-Yates contract after Memphis moves to build its own power plant. Kefauver explains House and Senate panels had approved funds but the White House says Memphis’ plan changes the need for the $100 million private plant and TVA lines. Budget chief Hughes and the AEC will complete the survey within a week.
Buffalo AP report says Supreme Court Justice Hamilton Ward, 50, was placed under a 24 hour State Police guard for an indefinite period and will have 12 deputy sheriffs in court as he sentences 37 defendants. Four shots were fired at Ward as he drove to his summer cottage. one bullet hit the car roof. Police suspect juvenile offenders or friends of recent juvenile crackdowns may be involved. Ward voiced doubt about the attack’s purpose, calling it a stupid act.
KSWS TV owner John A. Barnett says Roswell New Mexico plans a 1610 foot TV tower awaiting federal approval. The structure would exceed the height of the Empire State Building by 138 feet and become the tallest man made height.
One year old Mark Saylor died when his mother struck him with her car in the Tonawanda family garage. The tragedy occurred yesterday as the mother briefly backed or moved the vehicle in the car space.
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