New York Telephone asks stop gap rate hike plan
The New York Telephone Co seeks a 30 cent monthly stop gap rise for homes and 75 cents for most business lines. President Keith S. McHugh says the interim increase funds urgent earnings as lawsuits on a previous request unfold. The PSC and Appellate Division clash over rate bases while plant expansion tops $215 million this year.
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Educators defend methods in Johnny Can Read debate
Two educators at the Central New York School Study Council meeting defend Johnny Can Read and phonetic analysis. Dr William Sheldon of Syracuse University and Dr May O'Brien of SUNY Buffalo cite nine years of research and a 95 percent first grade teacher use rate supporting phonics while criticizing Rudolf Flesch's approach. The audience numbered about 200 at Baldwinsville Academy and Central School.
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Centrals School
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Syracuse University
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Lufthansa Faces Senate Probe Amid Turbulent Airs
Frederick Gehman notes Lufthansa's new airline ventures collide with a Senate investigation. editors preview today's pages including statements, financials, letters, radio TV editorials, women's pages, sports, and pictures on page 26.
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Molotov Arrives in New York for Peace-Greet
Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrived in New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth to begin a visit en route to San Francisco for the United Nations tenth anniversary session. He offered greetings to supporters of lasting peace and declined to answer questions as he disembarked with 350 Russians.
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San Francisco
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Soviet Union
United States
U S Tobacco Sale to Britain Ties Aid and Housing Deal
American and British representatives signed a memorandum facilitating a 15 million dollar tobacco sale to Britain payable in sterling. The United States will use the sterling for British military aid. Britain will supply rental housing for U S military dependents, remaining British property and rented to the U S Air Force at a nominal rate.
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U. S. Air Force
Syracuse Prepares for Nationwide Air Raid Drill
Syracuse Civil Defense will test a 10 minute air raid warning with 25 sirens, red traffic lights, and shelter guidance. The drill simulates a bombing over S Clinton and Fayette streets, with 135,196 predicted deaths and 40,000 injuries in a national assault.
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W. Fayette
Thomas R. Ballantyne
Civil Defense
Onondaga County
Syracuse
New York State
Reds arrest Chiang clique exposed in Red China purge
Tokyo Peiping radio reports a counterrevolutionary Chiang Kai-shek linked clique exposed in Red China. Three members named led by Hu Feng and including A Lung and Li Yuan. The broadcast says they infiltrated the Communist party to steal documents and intelligence to undermine the revolution.
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Chinese Communist Party
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Li Yuan
Hu Feng
National People's,Congress
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Argentina Expels Prelates Amid Unrest in Buenos Aires
Two Roman Catholic prelates, Manuel Tato and Roman Novoa, were expelled from Argentina after being questioned in connection with weekend disorders that injured more than twenty people. They were escorted to Ezeiza airport and sent to Rome, as the government used an old colonial law to dismiss priests. Federal police raids on priest residences followed.
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Barrymore Soprano Debuts in London at Wigmore Hall
Ethel Barrymore Coit, daughter of actress Ethel Barrymore, opened as a soprano in London with a Wigmore Hall recital. She performed pieces from early medieval to contemporary works and won polite admiration, though one critic urged her to limit her future circle to close friends.
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Parent-Child Duty Cited In Youth Problems Lowdown
A vivid account traces the roots of teen troubles to absent fathering and broken homes. The narrative follows Bud a troubled boy in New Orleans and Baton Rouge as he wanders, seeks money, and faces juvenile detention while narrating his bleak view of parental abandonment.
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AMA Opposes Free Polio Vaccine Plan as Unnecessary
The American Medical Association told the Senate Labor Committee that a Democratic proposal to provide free polio vaccine to all children is unnecessary and costly. AMA leaders said voluntary federal distribution could address the issue, opposing new legislation. Basil O’Connor declined to take a public stand but will discuss the vaccine controversy with the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, as Secretary Hebby calls the plan a back door to socialized medicine.
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Paul R. Douglas
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U S Signs Atom Pacts In White House Ceremonies
President Eisenhower praised a milestone in the atoms for peace program as the United States signed agreements with Belgium Canada and Britain for information exchange on peaceful atomic use. Nineteen nations join the pool for peace. the U S pledges over 200 of 244 pounds of fissionable material.
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White House
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Belgium
Canada
Britain
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International Atomic Goodwill Project
Tree Falls on Power Line Kills Two Workers
Two men spraying trees along the Boston and Maine Railroad were killed when a tree toppled and damaged high tension wires north of here. The accident occurred shortly after 11 a.m. Authorities reported the right of way was locked and names were not immediately available.
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Here
Today’s Chuckle Keeps Four Zaks In Check
The item jokes about defense by noting the humor of managing four Zaks. It reads as a light caption with playful wordplay and a single, quirky setup.
Return to Normalcy in June Weather Forecast
The Weather Bureau predicts a June return to normal temperatures with rising highs. Alex Sadowski says temperatures may reach 80 degrees by tomorrow with cooler nights, a high of 69 yesterday and 76 today, and 80 expected tomorrow.
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Ike Trains 15 000 Officials in Mock Atomic Attack
Washington simulates a three day alert under Operation Alert 1955. Eisenhower and 15 000 officials race to hideouts in a 300 mile arc as three hour twenty minute notice tests emergency readiness. Six presidential cars, Secret Service, White House staff, and 14 helicopters join the drill.
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Fred A. Seaton
Gerald Martin
Dillon Anderson
Maxwell Rabb
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Polio Pioneers to Receive Second Vaccine Doses
Syracuse and Oswego counties will give a second shot to about 6,199 children in last year’s polio field trials who received placebos. The state health department approved the plan to use surplus vaccine stock next week, prioritizing pioneers as promised.
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