Chemicals Cause Havoc in Fire at Western Express Building
A fire at the Western Express Building on North Beech Street damaged Eastern Chemicals offices and storage on the second floor. Fire officials estimated 500 drums of inflammable chemicals were on site and a hot plate left on after hours is blamed. First alarm sounded at 8:15 p.m. and escalated to a second alarm with multiple engines and the rescue squad responding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Express
Beech St
Eastern Chemical Co
Charles Lesnau
Bridgeport
Barney Brolan
Eastern
Syracuse offers six week teacher training course
A six week summer teacher training program for college graduates is offered by the Syracuse University School of Education in cooperation with the New York State Department of Education. It provides temporary certification to teach in New York public schools for one year and can be renewed with six hours of graduate work annually until the master's is earned. Coordinator Vincent R. Rogers heads the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse University School of Education
New York
Fire Nearly Dies Out At Farm Blaze
Firefighters bottled a small blaze at Wilfred McDonald’s farm on Scotch Hills Road and North Street when sparks from a threshing machine ignited loose hay. They arrived quickly and prevented damage to the barn.
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Marcellus
Wilfred McDonald
Scotch Hills Rd
North St
McDonald
Five new members join Syracuse Teachers Information Committee
The Syracuse Federation of Teachers and Syracuse Teachers Assn name five new members James Allen Mary H Mahoney Anne June Miller Mary Quinlan and Ralph Waring to a 10 member committee formed weeks ago to inform the public about school affairs and recruitment retention impacts on the Syracuse school program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Allen
Mary H. Mahoney
Anne June Miller
Marie Quinlan
Ralph Waring
Catherine Barrett
Eliot Birnbaum
Olive Coggeshall
Kathleen Colbert
Marion Goode
Marion Hanifin
Evelyn Knowles
Margaret McDermott
Eugene McNally
Elizabeth Thompson
Emily T. Bardydt
Mary Durkin
Francis Mulholland
Dorothy Sing-Mars
Charles Sutton
Syracuse
Msgr McDowell Scholarship Fund Established
The St. Vincent de Paul Society of Most Holy Rosary Church creates the Msgr. How ard C. McDowell Scholarship Fund to aid college students. Trustees include Frank Savage and Leonard P. Markert with Msgr McDowell, plus William H. Bamerick and John J. McGraw i who helped develop the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Msgr
Howard C. McDowell
St. Vincent de Paul Society Conference
Most Holy Rosary Church
McDowell
Msgr. McDowell
Frank Savage
Leonard P. Markert
Charles Walker
Robert Cowan
William H. Bamerick
John J. McGraw i
Markert
Traffic Court Docket Faces Multiple Speeding and License Fines
Judge Truman H Preston presided over a list of traffic cases including no operator's license with suspended days and a $100 fine for Charles E White of Mt Upton. Other defendants include John B Moore of 101 E Lafayette Ave facing $35 to 40 mph and Lester A Hotaling at 49 mph with a $10 fee. Multiple drivers on Teall Ave and Northcliff Rd faced 30 to 135 mph and red light violations with fines from $10 to $50 plus suspensions.
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Charles E. White
Mt. Upton
Robert W. Dishaw
Stone Ct
John BR. Moore
E. Lafayette Ave
James St
Lester A. Hotaling
Scarboro Dr
W. Genesee St
Charles H
James
Teall
Polly B. Kunmalnis
Jamesville
Teall Ave
Joseph R. Bedard
Mildrad Ave
Joseph Rivers
Madison
Northcliff
Self-inflicted wounds send man to hospital
Robert Partlow, 34, of 107 Bramley Drive Camillus, was treated at Crouse-Irving Hospital for chest and wrist slashes after Deputy Sheriff Arthur Kasson said he cut himself with a butcher knife at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Partlow
Bramley Dr
Camillus
Crouse- Irving Hospital
Arthur Kasson
Partlow
Man Denies Knife Attack Allegation at Cedar Grove Picnic
James A. Cooper, 33, of 206 Slocum Ave, pleaded innocent to a second degree assault charge after a knife attack allegedly occurred during a Saturday night picnic at Cedar Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Cooper
Slocum Ave
Cedar Grove
Suspected Attacker Held for Grand Jury Action
Peace Justice E. Lee Pindle ordered Cooper held for grand jury after he waived a preliminary examination. Sheriff Henry Coughlin said Cooper was arrested at his home Sunday about 24 hours after allegedly stabbing Willie Sander of 119 Wellington Pl.
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E. Lee Pindle
GeWitt
Cooper
Henry Coughlin
Sheriff's Office
Willie Sander
Wellington Pl
Auto License Tab Rates Sliced Friday
The County Motor Vehicle Bureau will start selling 1956 automobile tabs at half price starting Friday. The sale runs through October and allows the public to buy discounted license tabs.
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County Motor Vehicle Bureau
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Harry D. Snyder
Syracuse Council of Service Clubs
Forrest H. Witmeyer
Career Day
Council
Citizens Club
John Debes
Snyder, Witmeyer
Harry C. Copeland
Truman H. Preston
Weisler
Alt. Upton
Sir Arthur W. Gilbert
Salina St
OF New York
Hotel Inia
43Rd Street
B'way
Solvay Bank
Man
Waskinston St
Warren and
Genesee
Barry Esso
Montgomery and
E. Genesee
Roy Rogers
Carosal Gym
Joseph S. Finch
Aladdin
Jewel Bulowa Watches
Reneels
New
Remington
Shaver
Orn
Evans
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