Mystery Ex Gl Wife Vanishes in New Hampshire Park
Seven people are being questioned as authorities search for Barbara Walker 23 wife of an ex-Gl who vanished from a Lake State Park picnic area near North Conway New Hampshire. Sheriff Taylor says nothing indicates abduction or death despite a found bag with "help anyone" written on it.
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Weather forecast for Eastern New York turns warmer
The U S Weather Bureau reports fair conditions in eastern New York with cooler nights and partly cloudy Sundays. Friday’s high reached 76 and the low 52 with sunset at 8 32 P M and sunrise at 5 51 A M prior records show 95 in 1941 and 51 in 1903.
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Derby Hill Soap Box Derby Invites Crowds in Syracuse
Derby Day in Syracuse featured boys racing homemade cars on Crouse Avenue known as Derby Hill. The Herald Journal Soap Box Derby opened after a parade with crowds cheering and perfect cool weather. Out of town spectators arrived to watch the event described as the race of the century.
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Sunday Will Be Warmer Sunday Will Be Warmer
The forecast calls for a slightly warmer Sunday with possible rain at night or Monday morning. Temperatures will dip to the mid fifties, near a record low. The sky appeared brilliant Friday night with Northern Lights enhanced by sunspots, per the weather service.
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Hundreds Flee as Piedmont Hotel Fire Rages
A midnight blaze confined to the ninth floor of the 11 story Piedmont Hotel in Atlanta forced hundreds of guests to evacuate. Manager Sam Tarrett said the fire damaged three rooms and was contained by water. all 450 rooms remained occupied at the time.
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UN AEC Delegates Expect Gromyko Tough Question Session
Delegates to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission anticipate a barrage of questions for Soviet Delegate Andrei A. Gromyko next week over his plan to curb illegal atomic weapon production. They agree that ban is needed but criticize his enforcement proposal where each signatory must enforce within its own borders.
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War Profits Officers Probed Over Garsson Son
Senate investigators plan an inquiry into whether Chemical Warfare Service officers shielded Murray Garsson's son, Capt. Joseph Garsson, from dangerous service. Senator Kilgore asked the staff to probe who ordered ongoing protection and whom to summon for testimony.
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Bad Shell Toll in New Guinea Battle
Portland veteran recounts a deadly mortar shell incident on May 13, 1944, during the New Guinea campaign. Six soldiers killed and 24 injured by a defective shell. Pvt. Weston Hodges recalls thumping explosion, shrapnel scars, and a lost thumb as he returns from 18 months in Army hospitals.
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Byrnes Off Today for Paris Paris Peace Talks Opens
Secretary of State Byrnes travels to Paris to join Russia on the 21 nation peace conference. The United States demands a new Hungarian economic deal to secure peace in Europe and protests Soviet seizures of Hungarian foodstuffs and factory removals as economic chaos in Hungary.
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Planned Lynchings Rehearsed Says Georgia Official
Monroe Georgia reports Maj. William E Spence of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the massacre of four Negroes appears rehearsed and possibly planned since the first confinement. Governor Arnall offers rewards exceeding ten thousand dollars for arrests and convictions of the perpetrators as the case draws federal interest.
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POWs Held by Allies Should Be Repatriated
Basil O'Connor chairman of the American Red Cross told reporters in Geneva that prisoners of war still detained by the Allies must be repatriated at once. He urged immediate action to end detentions and bring POWs home.
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Streamlining Congress Praised For Atomic Age Problem Solving
Marquis Childs lauds congressional streamlining as timely for atomic age issues in his editorial page column. The snippet also references page sections including Amusements Financial Classified Gardens Comics Haworth Crosswords and Deaths on page 3 and page 14.
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Vacation Notice to Herald- Journal Carrier
The message asks the carrier to record the date of departure from the city and the expected return date so the carrier can handle subsequent duties. It requests the carrier to inform when away and when back for proper coverage.
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Auto ceiling prices restored to June levels
OPA announced ceilings for both new and used autos revert to June 30 levels with new car prices to rise soon. Until new schedules are issued, all deals must follow the June 30 ceilings even if buyers agreed to pay above the ceiling and made a down payment. Used car ceilings were cut four percent effective July 1.
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Bevin Ordered to Rest. Attlee to Represent UK at Paris Peace
The British Foreign Office said Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin must rest for at least a week due to health. Prime Minister Attlee will attend the Paris peace conference in his stead.
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Confession Offer In Degnan Brown Ross Slayings
Malachy Coghlan said William Heirens will offer to confess to the Degnan kidnapping and killings of Frances Brown and Josephine Ross to State's Attorney William J. Tuohy. Heirens discussed three slayings at a jail conference with parents and lawyers. Formal indictments in the Degnan and Brown cases were returned by the Cook County Grand Jury.
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Plan 2d Honeymoon OKLAHOMA CITY
The Rev. John Paul Lambert and his wife, who vanished last Sunday, were reunited at the airport after he flew from Kansas City. He searched terminals for her, found her, and they embraced, planning a long second honeymoon today.
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