Big Four Reach Temporary Berlin Deal After Secret Session
The Big Four agreed on a temporary plan for governing their divided Germany and a path to an Austrian treaty by fall. Western delegates welcomed access to Berlin and viewed the accord as solid on paper, while cautioning that the Soviets could still reimpose restrictions and perhaps a blockade.
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Man Lost On Lake Near Waterpoint In Ontario Creek
An Orleans County report says 46 year old Baldwinsville man Ralph E. Patchett, employed by Hawks of Waterport, vanished after possibly losing balance while fueling an outboard motor on Oak Orchard Creek near Lake Ontario. Deputies found relatives in Baldwinsville and Syracuse as search continues.
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Baldwinsville
Orleans County
William. Hawks
Waterport
Onondaga County
Fred Armstrong
Grover Johnson
George Patchett
Southavi
Syracuse
TODAY'S FEATURES WITH BILLIONS FLOWING TO COLLEGES
Federal treasury allocations to colleges fund many programs raising concern about free inquiry on campuses. Editorial by Marquis Childs notes educators fear encroachment on academic independence amid extensive government funding. Page references indicate related features on pages 26 and 71.
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Federal Treasury
U. S
Marquis Childs
Cloudburst and Gale Hit Airport and City
A cloudburst and gale brought 40 mph winds, rain, hail, and lightning across the city. At the Municipal Airport rain began at 4:49 PM, followed by steady showers for about 20 minutes. more rain was forecast for tonight. Downtown Worth Side and Tipperary Hill suffered downpours, while Bellevue and nearby areas saw little to no rain. Rain totals ranged from short bursts to over an hour in some districts.
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Tipperary Hill
Bellevue
Syracuse Merchants Adopt Summer Store Hours
The Syracuse Chamber of Commerce announced summer hours for Retail Merchants Division stores. Beginning July 1 opening at 10 AM, regular Monday 12 PM to 8:30 PM schedule remains. Stores close all day Saturdays July 2 through Aug 20 and reopen on Friday nights until 3:30 PM the day before each closed Saturday. Holiday Mondays shift to Monday schedule on July 5 and Sept 5.
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Retail Merchants Division
Phone Rate Case Resumes in Albany Hearing
The Public Service Commission resumes hearings today on New York Telephone Company's bid for a permanent 15 percent rate increase. The firm had temporary boosts of 8 percent on local charges and 10 percent on intrastate tolls. Officials say the permanent hike would add about 45 million dollars to annual revenue beyond before temporary increases.
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Albany
Public Service Commission
New York Teleshone Company
Eeeee
Tokat City Damaged After Turbulent Istanbul Flood
A wall of floodwater from the rain-swollen Yeshikiramk River swept Tokat in north central Anatolia, damaging a city of about 150,000. Dispatched reports gave no casualty figures but warned that loss of life was expected to be high.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Tokat
Anatolia
Fish seeks Republican nomination for Wagner Senate seat
Former congressman Hamilton Fish, a Republican, announced today his bid for the GOP nomination to fill the Senate seat of Robert Wagner who is expected to retire due to ill health.
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Garrison
ULP
Hamilton Fish
Robert Wagner
Defiance and Call to Catholics Shocks Prague Church
Archbishop Joseph Beran defies the Communist regime urging 9 million Catholics to resist. In St Vitus Cathedral he began a public speech but was drowned out by hecklers and the scene led to continued presence of the secret police at his palace. The letter and events sparked nationwide unease as authorities respond.
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St Vitus
Prague
Josef Béran
Strahov
VA Budget Dividends Set For National Service Life Plans
Veterans of World War II will receive a special dividend of 2.8 billion dollars on National Service Life Insurance policies next year. Administrator Carl Gray Jr. said checks may begin in January 1959 and be substantially completed in the first half of the year. The plan aims to boost purchasing power amid slowing business activity, with individual payments to vary and most funds available through VA offices and veterans service organizations.
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Washington
Carl Rray
jJr
National Service
Gray
Willegin
Hungary Arrests Her Former Envoy
Budapest reports former Hungarian foreign minister and leading communist Rajk, along with 19 alleged accomplices, jailed on espionage charges. The Szabad Nep. newspaper linked former U.S. agents to infiltrate the Communist Party after losing previous agents.
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Hungary
Onchin
Szabad" Nep
Workers
Rajk
United States
Communist ‘Party
Back To Wartime Peak In 1949 Government Bill
The 1949 cost of government will average about 363 dollars per person nationwide, with federal spending around 270, and state local spending about 93. The pattern shows rising federal costs since 1915, peaking during wartime. Major burden falls on California Illinois New York Ohio and Pennsylvania with large budget figures.
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U. S. News and World Report
United States
Mr. Truman
California
Ilinois
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pitts Orders Water Saving in Syracuse Water Crisis
City Engineer Nelson Pitts moves to conserve drinking water citing dry spell uncertainty and no immediate shortage. He seeks state approval to cut Skaneateles Lake outlet flow from 3 to 5 million gallons daily, urges residents to avoid hoses, asks Parks Commissioner Barry to disable ornamental fountains, and flags possible delays to city pool openings. April water level at Skaneatles Lake down four inches, safe margin about ten inches. Engineering Dept reports all three conduits opened with 52,060,000 gallons daily into Syracuse.
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Skaneakcies
Syracuse i
Ford Wage Freeze Proposal Weighed
Ford Motor Co and United Auto Workers begin talks on a wage freeze for 106,000 production workers for the next 18 months. The company proposes any raise be tied to a rise in the cost of living.
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Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Fireclaims one in three story hotel blaze
SAN FRANCISCO CP reported a fire in a three story hotel last night killed an unidentified man found under a bed and believed to have suffocated. About 40 other persons fled the blaze.
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San Francisco
Bad Day for Drivers Fined $861 in Busy Traffic Court
Police Traffic Court faced a record day as 78 defendants were arraigned. Speeding charges totaled 25, obstructing traffic 19. Judge Truman H Preston noted a rise in obstruction cases since 4:30 PM. A parking ban on South Warren Street started. Court records expanded to two ledgers. Fines of $760 were paid in court and $101 mailed from violators.
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S. Warren St
Henry ‘Hipkins
Martha Galanis
Strike and Fire Probe Shocks Hawaii Waterfront
Arson investigations and a fact finding inquiry marked Hawaii's 51 day waterfront strike. Three agencies respond to a fire at the headquarters of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. About 2,000 stevedores walked off May 1 seeking a wage boost to 1.72 dollars per hour.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Anse
C4.0
International Longshore
Ex Hiss Aid Testifies on Trade Agreements Papers
A former State Department associate of Alger Hiss testified at the Hiss perjury trial. Charlies Darlington from Mt Kisco said he became assistant chief of the trade agreements division in 1937 while Hiss assisted Secretary of State staff. Harry Hawkins of Arlington, a Tufts professor, led the division 1936 to 1943 and backed Hiss’s honesty. Hawkins earlier said he had not heard Hiss linked to communism before 1948.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Charlies ‘Darlington
Mt Kisco
State
Francis B. Sarre
Harry C. Hawkins
Arlington
Mass
Tufts College
Darlington
Hawkins
Women Are Like That Stir Over Undergarment Claims
London woman Dorothy Roecliff e of Surrey admitted to the Daily Mail that her claim of owning only one set of underwear was a joking misstatement. She wrote to Paul Hoffman in Washington and caused an international stir before retracting the claim. She apologized for giving a false impression of British women's attire and said she would not write again.
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London
Dorothy Roeckcliffe
Surrey
London Daily Mail
Roexcliffe
Marshal Plan
Paul Hoffman
Washington
Tional Zurere
America
Truman asks Congress to create Welfare Department and move roads to Commerce
President Truman asked Congress to form a 10th cabinet rank Department of Welfare and to place the Commerce Department in charge of public roads. The seven plans, tied to Hoover Commission recommendations, aim to streamline government, with effect in 69 days unless vetoed. The Welfare plan would move Federal Security Administrator Oscar Ewing into a cabinet post, while other reforms involve Labor, Post Office, and executive-office scope.
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Commerce Department
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Federal Security
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Ihairman
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German Prisoner Joke From 1915 Years Ago
The poem quotes Fran chot Tone recalling a German prisoner joke about an English slacker near a prisoner camp. A German taunts the slacker with Kitchener wanting him, only to reveal the joke that Kitchener has him and the slacker is clueless.
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Kitchener
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