Niagara power project hearings reopen in House committee
The Public Works Committee resumes three days of hearings on four bills concerning who should build and control a proposed 400 million dollar private power plant project at Niagara Falls. Key figures Robert Moses and Niagara Mohawk’s Earle Machold appear as debate centers on whether private utilities or a state agency should manage the venture. Canada moves ahead using treaty water diversions while U S agencies weigh options for the project.
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Washington
Public Works Committee
Niagara Falls
New York State
House
Senate
Rep
Miller
R-Ny
Congress
Buckley
D-Ny
Federal Power Commission
New York
Sen
Lehman
D- NY
Davidson
Rep. Radwin
Army
Power Authority
Robert Moses
Moses
Earle J. Machold
Niagara Mohawk Power Co
Sionee
Army Engineers
The
Power Commission
State Department
Miller and Radwin
Machold
Niagara
Canada
United States
Carrier Officer Receives Distinguished Service Medal
Rear Adm. Robert F. Hickey commander of Carrier Division Five in operations aboard a U S aircraft carrier during the final year of the Korean conflict received the Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious service in Yokosuka Japan.:
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Yokosuka
Japan
Robert F. Hickey
U.S
la Jolla
Calif
New Device Turns Lights Red for Fire Apparatus
In Los Angeles a North American Aviation device demonstrated automatic red signal control as fire engines approach. At Western and Florence Avenues traffic halted when electronics activated, then siren sound confirmed the test. Asst. Chief H N Johnson and North American Aviation officials praised Natees as a success.
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Los Angeles
Western
Florence Avenues
H. N. Johnson
Station 66
North American Aviation
Airman Dies as Car Tips Over. Six Hurt in Route 414 Crash
A sedan carrying seven airmen from the 3651st basic training squadron at Sampson Air Force Base overturned four times on Route 414 near Ovid and Lodi in Seneca County at about 2:30 am. One airman, William Davis, 23, died at 5:45 am at Sampson Hospital from chest injuries. six others were hospitalized, three in critical condition. The driver John Barr, 21, is among the critically injured, with others including Arriel Staten Island, Walter Felencki, Walter G. McKee, James Savage, and James Ball. State Police at Waterloo investigated. The airmen were returning to Sampson from Elmira.
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John Barr
Wiliam Barr
Yonkers
Arriel D
Staten Island
Francis Kelly
Edgar Kelly
Davis
Clareton
Walter M. Felencki
Walter Felencki
Brooklyn
Sampson
Walter G. McKee
Vernon McKee
Whitehall
James Savage
James P. Savage
Chicago
James Ball
Anna Ball
Pittsfield
Mass
Elmira
Barr
Waterloo
3651Th
Sampson Air Force Base
Democrats Sweep Lincoln and South Kingston Council Races
In Lincoln Rhode Island Democrats won all five town council seats ending decades of Republican control. They also carried the biennial town election in South Kingston for the second time in a row, continuing a shift after a long Republican era.
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Providence
Lincoln
South Kingston
Southon
Mob Storms U.S. Embassy in Seoul over Aid to Japan
More than 1,000 anti-Japanese demonstrators gathered near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul to protest American aid to Japan. Police battled about 200 protesters and set up a barricade of buses and taxis. At least 10 people, mostly police, were injured as demonstrators demanded U.S. Ambassador William S. B. Lacey halt aid amid accusations of pro Communist policies. A battalion of Korean national police arrived after protesters moved toward President Rhee's mansion. American guards lowered the iron curtain while police blocked the street.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Japan
William S. B. Lacey
Syngham Rhee
Rome Girl 7 Recovers From Polio After Salk Vaccine
A seven year old Rome girl Thomasina Domorowsk i who received the Salk polio vaccine is reported recovering at Utica's Children's Hospital. Doctors note no paralysis and a weakness observed earlier by her family physician was not present on follow up. State health officials say incubation and antibody development timelines align with vaccine program checks. Further lab studies will determine the final diagnosis and vaccine-related questions remain under review.
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Utica
Children’s Hospital
Rome
Thomasina Lou Dombrowski
Thomasina
Robert Albrecht
State Health Department
Albany
Alrecht
Department
Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control
New York State
Tarrytown
Cutter Laboratories
California
Bethpage
Thomas A. Domorowski
Parke
J Davis and Co
Albrecht
Jone
Herman E. Hilleboe
Lake Placid
Family of four in three day civil defense shelter test
In Houston a family of four led by John R. Christmas will inhabit a circular 113 square foot underground shelter for three days as part of a civil defense drill. The 36 year old machinist, a WWII Air Force veteran, his wife and two children participate along with about 200 other volunteers. Contact with the outside world will be via an intercommunication system for emergencies.
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Houston
Tex
John R. Christmas
Stanley
Mary Louis
Christmas
Ontario Zone Within 100 Miles Drives Canadian Buying Power
One third of Canada’s purchasing power lies in Ontario within a 100 mile radius of Toronto. The statistic highlights the concentration of economic influence in central Ontario markets and suggests regional impact on national retail and investment patterns.
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Canada
Ontario
Toronto
Genial hosts sentenced after inn theft spree
In Toronto Ontario two teens and two others received a year in jail after pleading guilty to stealing 45 bottles of liquor 4 cases of beer and other goods from an inn. James Nobbs 23 and George Coates 19 led the theft and invited friends to join in the spree.
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Toronto
James R. Nobbs
George Coates
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