Venezuelan airliner crashes near New York killing 74
A flaming Venezuelan Super Constellation crashed seven minutes from Idlewild Airport while attempting an emergency landing. Seventy four people died including 20 Americans. passengers included French Swiss Spanish Italian Venezuelans and Americans. Coast Guard and Navy divers recovered bodies as rescue and salvage operations continued.
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Crash leaves boy without a family
New York reports a Venezuelan airliner crash claiming 74 lives. A 10 year old Brooklyn boy loses mother father sister and brother in the disaster while his grandfather Lawrence Handler recounts the family tragedy and details of the flight from New York to Caracas.
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Girl Killed in Crash Involving School Superintendent Car
Onondaga County records a second traffic fatality in four days as 13 year old Grace Ann DeVivo died after bicycling into a car driven by Dr. Paul A. Miller Syracuse public school superintendent. She lived on Berwick Road North Lyncourt with her parents Samuel and (illegible) DeVivo. The crash occurred around 7 pm and Miller was cleared of blame.
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Paul A. Miller
Syracuse
Grace Ann DeVivo
Memorial Hospital
Samuel DeVivo
Berwick Rd
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Lyncourt
James Perella
Butternut St
Miller
Rocco P. Regitano
Thomas Pitea
East Ave
Marian Pitea
June Weather Driven Warmth Hits Syracuse
Meteorologist Andy Keller reports MUKEY weather moving into Syracuse with scattered showers possible. Today’s cloudy warm conditions peak near 82 and 60 tonight with a rise to 85 tomorrow as humidity climbs.
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Today’s Chuckle Cartoon Caption
A psychiatrist asks a patient when they first realized they enjoyed paying income tax. The quip plays on paradox and financial anxiety in a lighthearted, wordplay tone.
Editorial page tease on Harriman bid and southern vote
Doris Fleeson comments on today’s Editorial Page. Talking It Over discusses Governor Harriman and supporters aiming to block southern influence. Other features listed include Amusements Letters Financial Radio TV Classified City Life and more across pages 14 to 44.
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Bank Robbery in Troy at the Manufacterer’s National Bank
A young man armed with a revolver robbed the People's Branch of the Manufacturers National Bank of Troy soon after opening. He demanded cash from teller Miss Mae Murley, taking less than 3000 dollars from the cage after producing the revolver from a brown leather briefcase. Other employees learned of the holdup after the suspect fled.
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Solitary confinement ends as Lyons jail fugitive is captured
Bruce McKenna 17, known as the soda pop bandit, was captured after a night in solitary confinement at Wayne County Jail in Lyons. He had escaped Sunday night from the same jail while awaiting trial on robbery, kidnapping and rape charges. He was arraigned and remanded to await grand jury action.
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New York Central
Shortage in Police Funds Revealed by Auditors 1956
Police Chief Harold F. Kelly announced a $452 shortage in the police pension fund after auditors from City Hall examined headquarters. Immediate steps were taken to tighten the accounting system and a claim was filed with the bonding company. The statement notes inability to identify the responsible party and references a 1954 case involving seized lottery tickets.
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Leo Lynch
City Hall
George T. Driscoll
Tito Yugoslavia and Soviet Union end split in Kremlin communiques
Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union signed two joint communiques in Moscow marking the end of a six year split. Tito and Bulganin affirmed direct talks with East and West Germany, trade embargos, and China’s UN rights while signaling closer military cooperation.
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Prendergast backs Young to unite Onondaga Democrats
New Onondaga County Democratic chair John J. Young received full support from state leader Michael N. Prendergast to heal primary rifts. Young pledged olive branches to all factions and sought unity, while confirming patronage would funnel through him. Potential appointments included county tax attorney and deputy boxing commissioner, with Prendergast claiming no part in the local dissension.
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Walter F. McGuinness
New York
John J. Young
Onondaga
Michael N.prendergast
Young
Onondaga County
Charles i. Hogan
Frank C. Love
Eddie Leonard
Syracuse
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Herald- Journal
Don t Cheer the Poor Devils Are Dying
Levittown residents quote Agnes Ferguson Murdoch on husbands dying from overwork due to household tasks. She argues modern wives push men to exhaustion under the banner of cooperation, recalling her own 44 years of marriage and six children.
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Bridegroom 82 Takes 16 Year Old Bride in Oklahoma
In Poteau Oklahoma William Barnes 82 of Hartford Arkansas married Jean Hayes 16 also of Hartford. Justice of the Peace Lewis C Peck officiated with the bride’s mother Mrs Della Jones present and approving.
Drunk Driver Carl Case Pleads Guilty in Nedrow Case
Carl Case, 32, a Nedrow baker of 126 Cedric Ave, pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge. He was fined 100 dollars and received a 30 day suspended sentence after his car struck a stopped vehicle driven by Anthony Gullotta, 28, in the 200 block of North State Street on November 23.
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Cedric Ave
Nedrow
Anthony Guliotta
W. Belden Ave
N. State St
Gullotta
20 Americans aboard plane crash off New Jersey
New York Venezuelan Airlines lists 20 Americans aboard a plane that crashed off Asbury Park New Jersey. Read as crew members and passengers include Peter A Ward Frank Teodore Barenthin William Dunn Eileen Oursler Brenda Oursler Fiorella de Armas Marshall Noel Phillip Walker and others with addresses in Ridgewood Brooklyn Beverly Myrtle Isbell Witter Arthur Hill John Pilla and extra crew Elvin Varela 28 New York Josefina Sardina 30 New York.
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William Dunn
Eileen Oursler
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Fiorella de Armas
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Lynne Handler
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Myrtle H. Isbell
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George Louis Witter
Arthur Hill
John Pilla
Elvin Varela
New York
Josefina Sardina
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