Storms Kill 2 Tear Down Trees and Wires
A severe storm system swept across the state killing two people Hiram Abeel of Ballston Spa and Theodore Bobbett of Cayuga County and injuring others. Roads and utilities were disrupted as trees fell and utility cables snapped in Saratoga Springs Union Springs and surrounding areas.
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Great Lakes
Hudson Walier
Saratoga Springs
State Highway Department
Hiram Abeel
Ballston Spa
Union Springs
Cayuga County
Theodore Bobpett
Oppenheimer Cleared as Citizen Yet Deemed Security Risk
The Atomic Energy Commission reviewed a 2-1 ruling by a three member security board that J Robert Oppenheimer remains a total citizen but is too risky to regain access to atomic secrets. The board cited past associations with Communists and a delayed start on hydrogen bomb work. A minority opinion disputed the findings, while Oppenheimer’s lawyers signaled ongoing actions.
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Washington
Oppy
Oppenheimer
Special Board
Ward V. Evans
Loyola University of Chicago
Lloyd K. Garrison
AEC
K. D. Nichols
Lost Toddler Delays Braintree Police Station Action
A three year old boy was held at the Braintree police station for two hours yesterday. He pulled drawers, dumped police files, knocked a teletype out of order, and disrupted phones. He swung a flashlight at Lt. Francis Maguire, prompting officers to place him in a cruiser while they searched for his parents.
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Braintree. Mass
Braintree
Francis Maguire
French Air Force Bombs Vietminh Bases East of Hanoi
French high command reports massive air strikes destroying a string of Vietminh bases 12 miles east of Hanoi. Thirty fighters and twenty bombers reportedly hit depots along villages near the highway and seaport Haiphong, with calm noted in the Red River delta elsewhere.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Villases
Wial Highway
Resing Hanoi
Haiphone
High Command
Red River
Today’s Features Social Security Editorial Stance
Doris Fleeson writes on today’s editorial page about the social security program reaching a new milestone. The note directs readers to feature pages: Today’s Features on page 10 and pictures on page 20.
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Social Security
Doris Fleeson
Flash blast kills two aboard submarine in drydock
A flash explosion in the main ballast tank aboard the Navy submarine Sirago in Portsmouth Naval Shipyard drydock killed two civilians. An onlooker, Engine man First Class John Perry, suffered third degree burns but is not in critical condition. Navy officials planned a full survey and investigation into the incident occurring shortly after another submarine related disaster earlier in the week.
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Portsmouth
Sirago
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Dlast
Robert E. Cronin
John Perry
O. M. Perry
Columbiana
Ala
Edith
Navy
Bennington
Quonnset Point
R. TE
Wholesale Food Index Declines
NEW YORK GDP reported a drop in the Wholesale Food Index from a week ago. The index stood at 7.38 this week, down from 7.46, with a year ago figure of 6.56. Four commodities rose in price including cotton seed oil and livestock. several staples fell such as flour, wheat, corn, and sugar.
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New York
GDP
An & Bradstreet
Syracuse Wins National Traffic Safety Award Again
Syracuse receives a National Safety Council award as one of 19 cities in the 200k to 350k population bracket. Ned Dearborn telegrammed congratulations. Townsend notes Syracuse has won 14 NSC honors since 1948 and led in traffic safety in 1953 with ten fatalities the lowest since records began.
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Syracuse
Ayds Stainc Safety Cores
Newell C. Townsend
Chamber of Commerce
National Safety Council
Ned Dearborn
Tunis
Safety Divi
Rocky Mountains See Snow and Heat Across States
A Pacific cold front swept the Rockies bringing snow in Montana with up to six inches along the Continental Divide. Snow fell in Lewistown Belgrade Butte and Great Falls. Colorado towns La Junta Lamar Trinidad and Pueblo reported high temperatures from the 80s to mid 60s.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Continental Divide
Weather Bureau
Mostana
Lewistown
Belgrade
Butte
Great Falls
Colorado
la Junta
Lamar
Trinidad
Pueblo
Today’s Chuckle Lapse of Logic in One Line
A lighthearted note mocks the idea that a man is innocent until proven broke, swapping legal phrasing for a cheeky economic twist. The quip relies on wordplay about money and guilt to land a playful punch.
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the Latry
2 Man
Downtown Syracuse gas war trims two cents per gallon
The Larry Oi Company cut regular gas to 24.9 cents a gallon in downtown Syracuse as of yesterday afternoon. Independent stations largely held at 27.5 to 29 cents while some followed the four cent price slash led by John McCullough at Fairmount Corners.
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West Side
Larry Oi Company
Syracuse
Frank Barry
Berry Gil Company
Barri
W. Genesee St
John McCullough
Fairmount Corners
Young Wins Proxy Point In New York Central Battle
Inspectors rejected managements challenge to six thousand shares purchased by two friends of the opposition led by Robert R Young. The statement said the ratings express no conclusion on the merits of the underlying issues.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Ihe
Iwo Friends
Robert R. Young
101st Bennington Victim Dies in Naval Explosion Case
The 101st victim died today as authorities seek the cause of an explosion and fire aboard the aircraft carrier Bennington. Marine Pfc. Delbert Baird of Akron Ohio died at Chelsea Naval Hospital. next of kin listed as Mrs. Gienna Baird of 461 E Duchtel Ave Akron.
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Quonset Point
INS
Bennington
Delbert Baird
Akron
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Gienna Baird
E. Duchtel Av
Akrom
Cohn Tells Army Aims To Block McCarthy Inquiry
In Washington today Senator Dworshak pressed witnesses as Cohn testified that Secretary Stevens and Army Counselor Adams did their best to stop the McCarthy subcommittee investigation into Communists in the Army. Cohn said both officials had mistaken motivations and did not act in bad faith, while acknowledging that stopping the inquiry could lead to a relaxation of probes.
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Washington
Ror AL. Cohn
Stevens
Army
John G. ‘Adams
AirCarthy Subcommittee
Mir
Adams
Dworshak
Idaho
Cohn
Poth
McCarthy
Avitness
Garlatth
McCarthy Army
U S Withdraws Indo Airmen Over Vietnam War Pledge
The United States begins withdrawing about 200 Air Force technicians sent to Indo-China last March to assist in maintaining French warplanes amid fighting near Hanoi. Officials say the move fulfills a pledge to pull out by June 12 after roughly 90 days.
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Washington CP
United States
Indo-China
Defense Department
Hanoi
Red
Congress
Squirrel on the loose amuses Lexington crowd
Gus Mangione, veteran in handling disasters, is called to capture a smiling squirrel in a Lexington apartment. Firemen corner the grinning rodent after debate on whether it smiles or growls, then secure it alive with gloves and a broom.
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Lexington
Gus Mangione
Mangione
Western panel eyes non Reds to supervise Indo China truce
At Geneva Western leaders studied a possible nine nation supervisory body with Asian members to oversee an Indo China cease fire and keep Red nations from the group. The United States reportedly rejects a group including Poland and Czechoslovakia and aims for Asian policing of the region.
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Geneva
United States
Vestern
India
Pakistan
Ceylon
Indonesia
Burma
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Chouen-Laff
Asia
Indo-China
Fchting
Brice's Crossroads reenactment draws Civil War parallels
In Mississippi at Brice’s Crossroads a Civil War reenactment recreates the 1862 battle with volunteers assigned to blue or gray roles. Organizers note the Union forces suffered heavier losses and describe the post battle scenes with women tending the wounded in a recreated hospital.
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Fraice
Crossroads
Miss
Brice
Crossroaas
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Claude Gentry
Eisenhower defends record as McCarthy clash limits questions
President Eisenhower announced an impressive list of administration accomplishments in fighting Communism and subversion at a news conference. He refused to answer further McCarthy related questions, saying his sole objective is enacting his legislative program. The White House cited a Brownell statement affirming executive branch supremacy over law enforcement and orders.
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Washington
Eisenhower
McCarthy
R-Wis
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department
INA
Eiisenhower
Brownell
Goverament
United States
Congress
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