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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1952
Page
2
The Saratoga Springs Commission proposes a 50-bed clinical hospital to study mineral water uses for chronic ailments. It will seek 1953 state funds for a unit on the state reservation at Roosevelt Baths No 2, in former veterans’ hospital quarters. Operating costs were not disclosed.
Coast Guard towed the fishing vessel Pat-Er-Clo after it radioed it was sinking off Rockport. The General Greene picked up the crew about five miles southeast of Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, as the boat slumped in the water.
Armi Kuusela, an 18 year old from Finland, wins the world beauty title at a Long Beach ceremony. She receives a diamond coronet and prizes including a sports car and a wristwatch, and may visit Hollywood. Other contestants included Miss Hawaii, a dark brunette, and the article notes protest themes linked to school teaching conventions.
UN special committee closes its second session amid a pile of documents the United States calls shocking about forced labor in Soviet camps. Water Kelschnig cited Universal International material stating millions of prisoners and wartime detainees, including Americans, Germans, Poles, and Japanese, faced slavery on a scale unseen. The United States presented the reports as documentation of state coercion and exploitation across occupied and satellite states.
State Traffic Commission figures show speed checks at 10 points last year found 32 percent of drivers exceeding the limit, up from 22 percent in 1948. The report notes a four year rise and compares 43 percent to 34 percent in the previous year.
A Pacific typhoon with winds near 99 mph moved westward toward the southern Philippines, reported by the Weather Bureau. The large storm was intensifying and tracked west-northwest at 15 miles per hour. In other items, expulsion of foreign clerics from China continued, and notable deaths and appointments from various places were noted.
A fragment indicates existence without planning a comprehensive report to the UN until its next session in October in Geneva Switzerland. The note mentions Geneva as the host for the forthcoming session and Switzerland as the country involved.
Fire and explosions at a Ulsan Army port pier killed a Korean woman and wounded nine people, including two Americans. The incident began Sunday from an accidental ignition of incendiary ammunition, with fires largely out and the area controlled by this afternoon, Brig. Gen. Henry Kellogg said.
In London, eighteen Catholic archbishops and bishops discussed divorce amid waning Roman Catholic support. They warned that broader civil changes, including world marriage reforms, could erode family unity while stressing the need to foster stronger bonds rather than simplify divorce.
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