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Syracuse Herald Journal

Location

Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1954

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Simulated A-Bomb Drill Plays Out In City Park

McCarthy and Welch agree on phone call releases as a simulated atomic blast is staged at Schiller Park. About 4,000 Onondaga County Civil Defense volunteers join a timed drill under Gen. Huebner with 9 30 AM alert and 9 25 AM all clear, testing evacuation, rescue, and debris cleanup after the pretend explosion near Grant Street and Court Street.

Onondaga County Civil Defense Command Thomas FR. Ballantyne Civil Defense C. R. Huebner Federal Civil Defense Administration Schiller Park Civil Defense Command Chy Grant Bird and Court St

Allies urged atomic data sharing with NATO commanders

Defense Department and Atomic Energy Commission press for President authority to share information on atomic weapon design with NATO allies. Admiral Radford testified a body of data should reach allied commanders for mutual defense, while cautioning against revealing secrets of how weapons are made.

Defense Department Atomic Energy Commission North Atlantic Treaty Organization Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy Hicken|looper Iowa Donalan A. Quarles Defense Arthur Radford Joint Chiefs of Staff JCS NATO Quarles

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The page lists sections and page numbers for features such as Amusements Financial and Bridge Graham Classifieds Inquiries City Life Radio TV Deaths Women's Editorials Sports Letters and more. It serves as a contents guide to the day’s newspaper offerings.

Amusements Graham City Life

O'Malia Graduates From Naval Academy With Ensign Rank

Sistie O Malia of Liverpool visits Annapolis as her half brother Robert J O Malia graduates from the U S Naval Academy with a bachelor of science and ensign commission. He entered on a fleet appointment in 1950 after serving as electronics seaman and was senior class commander. He earned three varsity gymnastics letters, captained the 1953 54 team and made Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities 1954. He is the son of Joan F O Malla of 623 First Street Liverpool.

Sistie Annapolis Robert J. O’malia U. S Naval Academy O'Malia Navy Liverpool

Parrot Fever Kills City Railroad Baggageman

The city Health Department reports the first death from psittacosis parrot fever. A railroad baggage handler died, marking the illness as now fatal in the city.

Weekend Weather Promises Clearing Skies in Central New York

Central New York will see a fair cool weekend after showers tonight in Syracuse. Andrew J. Keller predicts 65 degrees Sunday, with night temps near 48 and winds shifting from west to northwest. In health news, Marty E. Wells, 63, of 131 Bellevue Ave, died Wednesday at rouse-Irving Hospital, the second Upstate New York death from a rare disease since 1932, drawing national attention.

New York Weather Bureau Andrew J. Keller Syracuse Marty E. Wells Bellevue Ar rouse-Irving Hospital Wells

Senior and Junior in Oklahoma Universities

John M. White Sr. aged 58, a retired Army captain, is a junior at Phillips University in Oklahoma. His son John Jr. is a graduating senior at the University of Oklahoma. The White family story links two generations at Oklahoma colleges.

End Okla John M. White Phillips University John, Jr University of Oklahoma

James W. Gibson Arrested After Sleeping in Car in Berkeley Lot

James W. Gibson, 34, was booked for being drunk after stopping his cart in a Berkeley parking lot near the Hall of Justice. Police on duty reserved the lot for officials, and Gibson was taken into custody.

Alameda Calid James W. Gibson Berkeley Hall of Justice

Eisenhower Housing Plan Moves to Senate House Conference

Public housing policy tops the agenda as conferees prepare to sculpt a compromise bill. The Senate backed liberalized insured credits, rapid slum clearance, and safeguards, and approved authorizing 39,000 new public housing units yearly for four years. House opposition remains.

Washington Eisenhower Senate Senate House Senatees Capehart Senate Banking Committee House

Cabinet to Decide on Geneva Talks After Eden Report

London prime minister Churchill calls an emergency cabinet meeting to decide whether to continue negotiations with the Reds at Geneva or condemn the talks as a failure. Foreign Secretary Eden, ill in Geneva, indicates negotiations are hopeless and Britain may join a Southeast Asia defense pact with the United States and France. Two weeks earlier Eden urged a fortnight grace for Communist sincerity. Some cease fire progress has been reported since.

London Winston Churchill Geneva Anthony Eden iGeneva Britain United States France Eden

Baroness Leaps To River Death Over George Washington Bridge

Baroness Gertrude Ranshofen-Wertheimer, 34, wife of Austrian nobleman and UN official Baron Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer, leaped to her death yesterday from the George Washington Bridge. Authorities reported she had been ill recently.

New York Gertrude Ranshofen-Werttheimer United Nations George Washington Bridge Baron Egon Ranshoefen-Wertheimer UN Social Affairs Department

Chuckle Ends With Missed Call At Home

A joke about calling his wife on the telephone and finding she is not home when the line is clear, and home when she is not available. The quip highlights timing and miscommunication in domestic life.

Court Rules Fair Trade Law Constitutional in Three NYC Cases

The Court of Appeals upheld the 1941 fair trade law against three retailers, including Masters Inc and S. Klein, ruling that selling below established fair trade prices can be challenged even without signed agreements. The decision cites legislative policy and rejects claims of unconstitutional restraint on commerce in a bilingual report.

Albany Court of Appeals New York City Charles W. Froessel Froessel John Vani [Voorhis Masters Inc General Electric Company S. Klein Lionel Corporation Sam Goody Capitol Records, Inc

Dulles Stresses Grave Yet Not Hopeless Indo China Risk

Secretary of State Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the military situation in Indo China is grave but not hopeless. He urged flexible use of Eisenhower’s 332 billion dollar foreign aid proposal to meet the Communist threat quickly. Chairmen Wiley said a thorough review of international aid and the crisis would precede approval of funds.

Washington CP Dulles Congress Indo-China Senate Foreign Relations Committee Eisenhower Wiley R-Wis South Korea United States

Mailboxes Split, Attendant Puts Letters in One Sack

In New York the Post Office installed two street corner mail boxes marked for different districts. A clerk collected letters from both boxes and combined them into a single sack. A bystander asked about separate sacks, and the attendant assured them the mail would be separated.

York New York Post Office Manhattan-Bronx

Prison guards uncover convict hidden in potato sack

Guards at the state prison reported a heavy potato sack being removed. Inside the sack they found convict Malcolm Matheson, 30, concealed and awaiting further proceedings.

Poliet Malcolm Matheson

Smart dogs back track wardens in street chase

Stray dogs mock dog catcher Al Rhoden by decoying a truck up a one way street then backtracking. The catcher cannot turn around to continue the pursuit as the dogs stop running and sit, seemingly grinning at him.

Cleveland al Phoden Rhoden

Nanshu Maru SOS as it sinks near Okinawa

A Japanese ship with more than 200 aboard sent an SOS stating it was sinking in waters near Okinawa. The 326 ton Nanshu Maru reportedly foundered between southern Japan and Okinawa, after Moji station on Kyushu picked up the signal. Other vessels sped toward the area.

Tokyo Okinawa Japan Moji Kyushu

Court orders execution of Vander Wyde in July slaying case

The Court of Appeals issued an execution date for William Vander Wyde for the murder of a New York waterfront hiring boss. The execution is scheduled for the week of July 19.

Albany Court of Appeals William Vander Wyde New York

Jenkins Stevens and McCarthy Reach Understanding For Wedding

Ann Stevens will marry Harry McCarthy in a ceremony tomorrow with Ray Jenkins as best man. The trio note no relation to others with similar names involved in Washington hearings.

Elizabeth XL. J

McCarthy Welch Agree to Put Monitored Calls in Record

Senators will hear monitored telephone calls in the McCarthy Army hearings. McCarthy and Welch agree all calls between Pemagon officials and senators, including McCarthy, go public. Public calls by admin officials only and calls involving Cohn and Carr are to be withheld.

Washington McCarthy McCarthy Army Army Joseph N. Welch Welch Administration Roy M. Cohn Francis P. Carr Eisenhower McCarthy- Welch Subcommittee Welch-McCarthy

City Sees First Polio Case of 1954 Reported

Dr A Clement Silverman city health commissioner announced the first polio case of 1954. A one year old from the North Side developed leg paralysis with onset May 19 and was taken to City Hospital for diagnosis. The child is under treatment as the hospital handles two polio cases, one from outside the city.

City Health Department A. Clement Silverman City Health Bureau of City Hospital Whih Silverman

Man alters name in federal court to Michael Payk

Miguel Pszyk, 24, of Knoxville Tennessee, had his given name changed in federal court to Michael Payk citing dislike of his birth name. The decision allows him to adopt the new name for all legal and personal use.

Knoxville, Tenn Miguel Pszyk Michael Payk

Graduate Finally Sees School For First Time

Betty Sheaffer, 22, graduates at Stowe Township High School amid rare calcium storage disorder that left her with over 100 bone fractures and a wheelchair past. She learned at home, then with a visiting teacher, later mastering typing and hoping for secretarial work from home.

Pittsburgh Betty Sheaffer Betty Stowe Township Township School Board

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