Stopgap telephone rate hike rejected by New York PSC
Albany reports the Public Service Commission shelved a 34 million dollar interim rate increase for New York Telephone pending Court of Appeals action on a challenge to a permanent boost. PSC chair Benjamin Fr Feinberg said no interim action will occur until the court rules on reopening hearings for a permanent rise of about 68.5 million.
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Albany
Public Service Commission
New York
Telephone :Co
Benjamin Fr.Feinberg
Commission
P.S.C
Court ‘of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Feinberg
Keith S. McHugh
Appellate Division
Israel Coalition Collapse After No Confidence Vote
Premier Moshe Sharett’s Mapai and General Zionist split ends with resignation as General Zionists abstain on a no confidence motion over a libel case. Sharett to report to President Ishak Ben Zvi and likely form a new government.
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Herut
Freedom
Salt Lake City Woman Smashes Habit During Break-In
Ruth Uchida of Salt Lake City attempts to quit swearing after a burglar robs her apartment. A purse with $15 and a box for each curse are taken, leaving the box empty. She quips that such events drive her to swear.
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Salt Lake City
Ruth Uchida
Pirey Bank
Russia buying binge sparks peace path says Lydia Porter
Editorial outlines Russia stepping up Western purchases as a potential early move toward peace. Other features listed include Amusements on page 23 and various columns across City Life Money and Editorial pages.
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Russia
Lydia Porter
Ing. Repicr
City Life
Radio-Tv
Warren
Finencial
Eisenhower Brands Plane Attack Local, Not Policy
President Eisenhower said the Soviet shoot down of a U S Navy plane was a local incident, not policy. He criticized Democratic Congress for failing to enact many of his proposals, noted Soviet regret and partial damage payment offer, and tempered expectations for a Big Four Geneva meeting in July 1948.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. Ss. Navy
Imade
Congress
I Nation
State Dulles
United States
Geneva
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Art Leader A. I. Johnson Dies at 56 in Syracuse
Aurie I. Johnson, 56, vice president of First Trust and Deposit Co and president of the Everson museum board, died suddenly at home from heart disease. A nationally noted banker and civic leader, he helped negotiate Everson Museum talks and served in major Syracuse Onondaga Chest and Welfare groups. Concluded on Page 9, Col. 3.
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First, Trust .& Deposit Company
Everson Museum of Art
Johnson
Winthrop Pennock
Central New York
Everson Board
Everson Museum
Syracuse
Onondaga County
Community Chest
Welfare Corporation of
Campanella Named in New York Liquor Bribe Probe
Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodgers catcher and Harlem liquor store owner, was summoned by State Liquor Authority investigators. The SLA contends agents took bribes from bar and package store operators to aid relocations and racketeering. Campanella says he is innocent and fully compliant.
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New York
Roy Campanella
Brooklyn ‘Dodgers
New York Journal-American
Campanella
Harlem
Campatella
J. Lewin Shapiro
SLA
Campanella J
Liquor Board
Ball Club
Shapiro
New
York City
Dimhofer Pleads Guilty to DWI in Traffic Court
Henry A. Dimhofer, 38, of 238 Fitch Street, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in Traffic Court. Judge Truman H. Preston sentenced him to 30 days in Onondaga County Penitentiary and a $100 fine after an March 19 accident on Tallman Street. The charge of leaving the scene was dismissed.
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Henry A. Dimhhofer
Fitch Sr
Truman H. Preston
Onondaga County
Dimhofer
Tallman St
Dirnhofer
Farmer’s Laugh Turns on Nonsense Farm Sale Quote
A humorous garbled exchange about a farm sale unfolds with mixed words and mistaken promises. The fragment hints at a buyer doubting the seller while jokes about growing nets and going nuts appear in the misquote.
King Haakon VII Hospitalized After Fall With Leg Injury
Norway's 82 year old King Haakon VII broke his thigh in a fall at Bygdoey near Oslo. He was transported to the National Hospital for treatment with no complications and satisfactory condition. His wife Queen Maud died in 1938 and was Britain's Queen Elizabeth's great aunt.
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Oslo
INS
Norway
Haakon VII
H. A. Salventen
Bygdoey
I Oslo
Lief Efskind
Haakon
Denmark
Queen Maud
Britain
Queen Elizabeth
Montague Named Deputy Court Administrator for Fourth Department
Gifford P Montague of Syracuse administrative clerk for the fifth judicial district was named deputy court administrator for the fourth department at a Judicial Conference in New York City. He will assume duties August 15 at a salary of 12500. He is succeeded as district administrative clerk by Harry Fluke. Montague, not a lawyer, has led district coordination work for three years and will oversee administration in the Syracuse fifth Rochester seventh and Buffalo eighth districts. He resides at 103 Florian Rd De Witt with his wife and three children.
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Syracuse
Fifth Judicial District
Fourth Department
Judicial Conference
New York City
Montague
Francis D. “McCain
Herald-Journal
Albany Bureau
Supreme ‘Court
Harry Fluke
Syracuse. ‘Montague
Rochester
Buffalo
Syracuse University
George B.parsons
Supreme Court
Pacific
John H. Hughes
Temporary
State Commission On the Courts
Fiordan Rd
de Witt
Paddy Sherman quits Doit-yourself cult in Vancouver
Paddy Sherman of the Vancouver Province resigns from a Doit-yourself cult after an automotive mishap. He explains a mechanic warned him to stall the car, but he misapplied the advice. He says four speeds now run in reverse and one forward.
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Vancouver
B. C
Paddy’ Sherman
Missing Marine Airmen in Pacific Crash Sought
A fourth Marine airman from the U S S Whitemarsh is missing after a helicopter crash off the Pacific coast about 120 miles southeast of Tokyo. An air fleet of 70 planes and a three nation Navy surface force are searching for the three men reported missing earlier, while two Marines were rescued. The identified men are 2nd Lt David W Bell of Minneapolis Capt Hodgen Montague of Jackson Miss and 1st Lt Alan Murdock McAneny of Yonkers NY. The crash occurred near the site where another victim from an earlier crash was believed floating in a life raft.
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Tokyo Cins
U.S.S
Whitemarsh
Pacific
Tokyo
David W. Bell
Minneapolis
Minn
Hodgen Montague
Jackson
Miss
Alan Murdock McAneny
Yonkers
Y. Bell
Charles H. Bell
The
General Mills Corp
Bell
Thei
Food Price Index Declines Again
Wholesale food costs fell for a second week, per the Dan & Bradstreet index. The price per pound of 31 basic items dropped to $6.42, down from $6.49 last week and $7.30 a year ago, a 12 percent year over year decline.
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New York
Dan &Bradstreet
Politicians urge more women to run for public office
Three party figures and a Democrat urged greater female participation in politics during a panel at the American Association of University Women convention. Katherine E. White of Red Bank New Jersey urged women not to fear public service and emphasized the realities of office. Mildred Younger of Los Angeles and Bertha S. Adkins of the GOP national committee also spoke, stressing readiness to endure abuse and the importance of women candidates.
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American Assn. of University Women
Katherine E. White
Red Bank
N.J
White
New Jersey
Tial
Capitol Hill
Washington
Legisla
Burdett Says He Spied for Communists During War
Senate investigators heard Columbia Broadcasting System newsman Burdett confess a years long Communist past and wartime espionage in Finland and other countries. He joined the party in 1937 while at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and broke with it in 1942, telling of repeated contacts with Red agents. CBS defended his loyalty and noted he voluntarily testified in 1951, with Sen Eastland urging Columbia to publicly commend him.
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Winston M. Burdett
Columbia Broadcasting _ System
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Finland
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Communist Party
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
CBS
Internal Security
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FBI
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Norway
Romania
Yugoslavia
Russia
Jtime
New York
Sen
Eastland
Dmiss
Subcommittee
Jail Killer Given Life
25 year old George A. Heroux Jr. was sentenced to life in Florida State Prison after a 72 man jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the April killing of J C Godwin. Witnesses said Heroux chased Godwin and fired the fatal shot. He had prior sentences for bank robberies and kidnapping. His gun was smuggled in by his former wife and her husband, who pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting.
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Lake Butler
George A. Heroux Jr
Florida State
Lof J. C. Godwin
Heroux
Godwin
Im Heroux
Kansas
Miami
Ruth
Raymond Stalla
Mike Barkay Funds Lawrence Tech With Gift of Ten Bills
Detroit IP Mike Barkay contributed fifty one dollar bills to Lawrence Tech's campus development fund yesterday. He announced plans to retire as head janitor and stated he preferred giving two smaller tokens over a single larger gift.
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Detroit
Mike Barkay
Lawrence Tech
Mike
In College
Heat Returns As Temperatures Edge Toward Ninety
Andrew P. Keller of Hancock Field U S Weather Station says a gradual rise in temperatures is likely with a 90 degree high planned for tomorrow. Tonight’s low near 60 degrees and southwest winds 10 to 12 mph, increasing to 20 to 30 mph tomorrow.
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Andrew P. Keller
Hancock Field
U. S
U S Steel threatens strike as mills bank furnaces
United States Steel Corp warns of an industrywide walkout at midnight, beginning gradual furnace shutdowns to prevent damage. The firm maintains a wage offer of just over 10 cents above the current $2.33 hourly average for basic steelworkers, while CIO United Steelworkers press for more. Government measures await the showdown.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corp
Big S Steel
CIO
United Steelworkers
Mamma Basic Steel Industry
U.S. Steel
USW
Iron Age predicts peaceful steel wage settlement likely
The Iron Age foresees a peaceful end to the steel wage dispute despite ongoing negotiations past the Thursday strike deadline. A projected 13 to 15 cent hourly rise with 3 to 4 cents for wage differential adjustments is reported, as Inland Steel and U S Steel begin plant shutdowns and other majors follow the move.
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New. York
INS
Iron Age
Tourist seeks Old Faithful start time in Yellowstone visit
An unidentified woman tourist in Idaho Falls asked the Chamber of Commerce aid service when Old Faithful geyser at Yellowstone National Park begins erupting. No specific time was provided.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Truck Giant Acts To End Stoppage
One of the nation's largest truck firms notified Pittsfield area customers it will move freight by late afternoon or tonight. The retirement was sent to shippers via Associated Transport Inc. by Edith Casey, terminal manager. No settlement word came from headquarters or the Teamsters Union. The strike began over two weeks ago with seven companies involved.
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Pittsfield
Associated Transport, Inc
Edith Casey
Caxyv
Employers i Group
Teamsters Union
AFL
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