Arms Pact Looms Tells SU Graduates At Commencement
Sir Leslie Knox Munro, New Zealand ambassador to the U S, urged hope for arms control and warned war or negotiated settlement as alternatives to the Western Communist standoff. He spoke at Syracuse University 104th commencement, receiving an honorary law degree as 1,650 graduates listened.
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Leslie Knox Munro
General Assembly of These Nations
Tony
Syracuse University
New Zealand
United States
Leslie
William P. Tolley
Archbold Stadium
Milton 8. Eisenhower
Presi
General Assembly of the United Nations
Traffic Deaths Break Record During Memorial Day Holiday
National toll rises with 370 traffic fatalities over the 78 hour Memorial Day period ending Sunday midnight. Drownings total 127 and miscellaneous accidents 88, lifting overall deaths to 448. Last year’s four day period had 660 total deaths including 134 drownings and 113 misc.
New York Holiday Toll Tops AP Safety Council Estimate
An Associated Press count shows 35 people died in New York accidents from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday, including 25 traffic fatalities, three drownings, and seven other deaths totaling 585. Ned H. Dearborn of the council cited disappointment over the toll and urged action against impatience and intemperance on holidays.
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Albany
Associated Press
New York State
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
House panel kills Hells Canyon dam bill
The House Interior Reclamation subcommittee voted down a federal dam construction bill for Hells Canyon, the continent’s deepest river gorge. Chairman Wayne Aspinall said the unfavorable report ends the Senate-passed measure.
Flash Floods Damage Highways and Trench Water Breaks
Powerful flash floods south of the city damaged highways and forced evacuations. Four Indian Reservation families fled their homes as Route 114A in Cardiff was blocked by boulders and road shoulders eroded. High winds and heavy rain caused trees and power lines to fall, cutting power for up to two hours. A major water main break north and east of Syracuse affected more than 100000 people from Lyncourt to Oneida Lake, with the trouble spot located at 9 am on Hiawatha Boulevard south of the Barge Canal.
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Onondaga County Water Authority
Syracuse
Lyncourt
Oneida Lake
Hiawatha Blvd
Clearing Cooler Tonight With 45 Degree Overnight Low
Weather forecast calls for clearing and cooler conditions with a low of 45. Tomorrow remains cool with a high near 70 as several areas report water outages. North Syracuse Mattydale Liverpool Pitcher Hill Lyndon De Witt and other communities lose supply prompting local schools to close and Oberdorfer Foundries to suspend operations. Elon P Stewart says the Syracuse Bureau of Water will supply Onondaga County Water Authority.
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Lyncourt
Fremont Manor
Syracuse
Mattydale
Liverpool
Pitcher Hill
Lyndon
de Witt
St. Daniel's
Lyncourt Junior
Thompson Road
Oberdorfer Foundries, Inc
Elon P. Stewart
Syracuse Bureau of Water
Onondaga County Water Authority
Ike and Dulles Weigh France and Soviet Test Talks
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles plan a major foreign policy conference to assess De Gaulle’s France and the Soviet union nuclear test talks. Khrushchev suggested Geneva expert talks in three weeks to develop a detection system with allied scientists.
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Eisenhower
Dulles
de Gaulle
France
Soviet Union
White House
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Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
Britain
Geneva
U S Satellite Explorer III to End Its Orbit This Month
Cambridge mass UPI reports Explorer III launched March 26 is due to burn up in the final days of June per Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Explorer I and Van Allen I were expected to remain aloft for years and more than a century respectively.
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Cambridge
Mass
Maxwell School Probes Social Cultural Patterns
The Maxwell Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University leads research on Americans abroad and urban pressure. Dr. Harlan Cleveland frames the study as The Art of Overseasmanship, with a project and book on how Americans abroad should practice and understand foreign cultures.
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Syracuse
Max
Harlan Cleveland
Y U. S. Mutual Security Agency
Oxford University
Cleveland
Gerald J. Mangone
U. S
Record Heat Tops Nation as Presidio Reaches 112
The U.S Weather Bureau said Sunday’s high nationwide was 112 degrees at Presidio Texas, while the coldest reading this morning was 25 at Grand Marais Michigan.
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New York
UPI
Presidio
Tex
U.S Weather Bureau
Grand Marais
Mich
De Gaulle Wins Six Month Emergency Powers In France
The National Assembly approved emergency powers for six months by a 322 to 232 vote. De Gaulle gains decree authority across civil liberties labor and social security while the assembly takes a paid vacation. He maintains contact via cabinet members and faces Algerian insurgent diplomacy quietly.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Assembly
Raoul Salan
Algeria
Leon Delbecque
Short Course in Accouting for Women Sparks Note
A school advertised a Short Course in Accouting for Women. A few days later a note to the director stated There’s NO accounting for women. The flier and the reply reflect a humorous clash over women's participation in finance education.
Auto plants operate without contracts as talks continue
Detroit reports that Ford Chrysler and GM plants keep workers on the job without current labor pacts. UAW says it will not call a strike to avoid a shutdown period and negotiations resume next week while dues collection is paused under expired agreements.
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API
United Auto Workers
U.A.W
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
UAW
Walter aeiReuther
Foremen Ordered to Wear Hats at Birkenhead Shipyard
A Birkenhead shipyard management forced 300 foremen to wear bowler hats to distinguish them from 10,000 ordinary workers. The move, attributed to Cammett Laird's yard, aimed to mark status among the workforce.
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Birkenhead
England
Camme
Laird
Solvay Process Gives $100 000 to Hospitals
The Solvay Process division of Allied Chemical Corp subscribed 100000 to the Community Hospital Fund. Gerry J. Dietz called it among the seven largest gifts since January. Cortez P. Hackett said the fund helps ease Syracuse area bed and nurse shortages and should be completed quickly for local protection.
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Solvay Process Division
Allied Chemical Corp
Community Hospital Fund
Gerry J. Dietz
Corporations Committee
Cortez P. Hackett
Solvay Process
Beleves
Syracuse
Ain
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