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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1954
Page
2
Dewey's counsel George B. Shapiro urged an informed citizenry at the Jewish War Veterans convention in Swan Lake to demand high level campaigns and open discussions of public issues. He warned against propaganda and political humbug, stressing politics is everyone’s business.
Sherman Adams told a Congressional Committee that a Democrat victory in November could influence the President to consider retirement to his Pennsylvania farm after his four-year term. He emphasized uncertainty about Ike's 1950 plans and noted no definite decision yet.
Rescue teams struggle up a rugged mountain on Yaku Island toward a crash site as rain hampers Navy salvage efforts. A Navy amphibian plane vanished with four crew members and a helicopter team worked through jungles seeking wreckage and survivors.
Herman L. Perry 76 banker and real estate man cofounder of a vice presidency role. William Sauerbreche Monh er Corporation executive in Michigan.
The Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce reported Texas is not as thin as a line in a letter about housing near Chanute Field. An officer wrote to Chanute and the chamber forwarded the inquiry to Rantoul in the northeast where the field is located.
BurgerHeads Alumni Club has elected TRVEING BURGER as chancellor of the Syracuse Alumni Club of Rho Pi Phi International pharmaceutical fraternity. Officers include Irving Ruthoff as vice chancellor and Joseph as secretary. The club plans a blood recruitment drive with mass donation Tuesday led by Edward Clarks. Meier Hurwitz and Bernard Honig named delegates to the International convention August 23 to 27 at Groton Connecticut. Alternate delegates are Edward Marks and Irving Rutkoff.
Harold G Waldorf of Merchants National Bank heads the Central New York conference of the National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers at the annual Liederkranz Club gathering. Officers include Thomas Costelio secretary and Benjamin Stone assistant treasurer with other posts for local bankers.
The Up per New York State branch of the National Chinchilla Breeders America will elect four directors at its annual meeting at 2 PM tomorrow in the Hotel Gouverneur. Nominated are Ellsworth Burns Newark Geoce Erma Western Harold Hooper Rochester Alfred Krause Seneca Falls E. Lundr Clyde and LaRue I. Litteriy Newam ore with LO the national meeting also to elect delegates.
Geneva negotiations stalled as France faces a vote of confidence for Premier Joseph Laniel. British and Soviet ministers held private talks while Eden and Molotov weighed continuing the 19 nation discussions. Chou En Lai urged continued talks despite regional stalemates.
BENJAMIN F. FAUNCE 55 of Collingswood N J has pled guilty in Mineola District Court to practicing architecture in New York without a license. He designed more than 600 churches in 20 years including several in the Syracuse area. He faced possible six months in prison and a $500 fine but received a suspended sentence to cease violation.
Reporters described a chaotic Army hearing in Albuquerque where a patching problem caused a joint broadcast with the Giardello Jones fight. Listeners heard frantic commentary and a weathered announcer crying out a punch by punch description amid heated testimony.
The hearings feature McCarthy denying threats against Kennedy and reiterating intent to limit questioning to pertinent testimony. Jackson challenges alleged Communist links in Schine's case while Kennedy accuses Cohn of personal threats. Mundt, Symington, and Carr figure in the broader clash as the inquiry aims to finish testimony and resume committee business.
Canadian authorities asked Syracuse police to aid security for the Duke of Edinburgh on his Canada visit. Local officers were told to report any fanatics or dangerous individuals who might threaten the duke. The duke is scheduled to attend the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver on July 29 and August 17.
A federal official said gambler Frank Erickson has been subpoenaed to appear Monday in connection with the tax evasion case of former Esma Revenue Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan. Key witness James Finnegan testified about a 1946 station wagon purchase involving Nunan and a $408.23 check plus $1000 cash, suggesting cash payments to avoid records.
Rochester halted his car and opened fire while fleeing with 1200 traveler's checks and 400 dollars cash. A posse of over 200 searched woods six miles south as Bern ie Webb from Blountville Tennessee helped spot and detain the suspect. Police compared clothing and cited blood on clothes from a supposed fishing accident near Cherokee Lake. The man, released June 4 from Huntsville Texas State Prison, denied the shooting. Webb expected to deliver him to Bristol jail for officers.
The College of Forestry and Syracuse University coop eratively sponsor the Educators Conference in Landscape Architecture at Pinehurst June 24 26. Panels cover problem selection sequence education for landscape architecture training resource use and Adirondack Mountains as a model of large naturalistic value. Arrangements committee includes Professors George J Albrecht Bradford G Sears and N A Rotunno.
A murder case was declared a mistrial after juror Frank M. Jones, 59, slipped on a bar of soap in the jury’s shower room and broke two ribs. The incident occurred as the trial proceeded in Wichita Falls Texas.
Dulles proposes five conditions for a Southeast Asia coalition including French independence for Laos Cambodia and Vietnam guarantees. He envisions UN involvement a broader regional gathering and a pledge France will not withdraw until victory. He notes Britain’s Geneva stance and hints at Western moves to form a united front with the United States.
About 75 to 100 Syracuse Lodge BPOE members will travel to Auburn Monday for a flag day parade led by Exalted Ruler George DePan. They will ride chartered buses, wear the lodge uniform of hat cane and white shirt, and depart from the Syracuse clubrooms at 65355 James Street.
A jet fighter crash at Memoni Naval Air Station killed the pilot, three petty officers, and a civilian secretary. The F T E Cutlass, flown by Lt Robert Woolverton, plunged after an afterburner switch, obliterating a aviation mechanics school building and a water tower near Dallas during a festival.
Chancellor William F Tolley of Syracuse University and Paul Comvay of 150 Highland Drive were awarded honorary degrees at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy. Tolley received Doctor of Laws for his distinguished record and leadership. Comvay earned an honorary Civil Engineer degree for his civic and engineering contributions.
Six Army and one Air Force enlistments reported by the U S Army and Air Force recruiting station in the Chimes Building. Robert Barron and Calvin W Webb of Utica enlist in the Engineering Corps Harry J Tynan of Oswego Douglas Foster of Utica join the Regular Army James W Fries of Watertown enlists in the Ordnance Department Ralph Williams of Elmira reenlists in the Ordnance Department Donald V Stockton of Watertown enlists in the Air Force and is sent to Sampson Air Base for initial training Army enlistees head to Fort Dix New Jersey for assignment.
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