Reinstate Maynard in NY Police dispute over party petition
State Supreme Court referee Isidor Wasservogel orders the reinstatement of Joseph A. Maynard who says he was fired three years ago for unwittingly signing a Communist Party petition linked to traffic hazards. Maynard receives back pay as the Triborough Bridge, Queens Tunnel, and related routes faced icy conditions.
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New York
State Supreme Court
Isidor Wasservogel
Joseph A. Maynard
Police Department
Triborough
Maynard
Queens
Manhattan
Bronx
Diary theft at Detroit Public Library valued at 25000
A Walt Whitman diary worth 25000 was reported stolen from the Detroit Public Library main branch. The loss was found by Charles E Feinberg, with police notified yesterday. The diary was the most valuable piece among 150 on display.
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Walt Whitman
Library
Detroit
INS
Detroit Public Library
Charles E. Feinberg
Whitman
Feinberg
Starving moose flood Anchorage areas as relief drives start
In Alaska the starving moose roam the Matanuska Valley and Anchorage, damaging fences and foraging fields. Officials fear up to 5 000 animals may die unless food reaches them soon as more than twenty have already died.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Matanuska
Palmer
Dulles Heads Home From Far East Tour For White House Report
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles returns to Washington from his Far East tour to report to President Eisenhower. He will give a nationwide radio address after arriving in the capital and will consult with the President.
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Dulles
Honostly
John Foster Dulles
Honolulu
Washington
Eisenhower
Locomotive Strike Talks Progressing in Three Cities
Negotiators met in Schenectady Dunkirk and Auburn to settle a five day strike by 3500 C I C steelworkers against American Locomotive Co over wages pensions and insurance. Some progress was reported. Talks expected to resume Monday in Auburn where the third plant is located.
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Schenectady
C.I.C
American Locomotive Co
Auburn
Alco
Office Workers’ Union
Dunkirk
Fumes Kill Two Babies in Nassau Home
In Nassau, a five month old girl Vivian Montayne and her 16 month old blind brother John P. Montayne were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Coroner Dr George Duffy ruled accidental death. He said defective cellar piping let gas seep into the children's room in a one story house.
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Nassau UP
Renssellaer County
George Duffy
Vivian Montayne
John P. Montayne
Duffy
Eisenhower backs church overseas relief appeal
President Eisenhower urged support for church overseas relief programs to preserve world peace and America’s heritage. In a letter to Dr Eugene Carlson Blake he endorsed the 1955 inter denominational appeal for 9 5 million dollars to fund overseas relief and reconstruction. The effort peaks in the one great hour of sharing on March 20.
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New York
Eisenhower
America
Eugene Carlson Blake
National Council of Churches
United Appeal
White House bars news from Eisenhower stag dinners
Washington UPI reports the White House will no longer release guest lists for President Eisenhower’s stag dinners. Press Secretary James Hagerty announced the shift, citing privacy for personal friends as the reason, with the policy already in force at two recent dinners and to apply to last night’s event and future ones.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Chimney Defect Key Claim In Edmeston Nursing Home Fire
Firefighters faced a water shortage as heavy flames engulfed the second floor of the aging Edmeston home. Six patients aged 65 to 80 plus, including Donald Filley, were rescued with one resident later dying. Fire Chief Lockerbie blamed a defective chimney and noted unsafe single stairs and no outside escape.
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Donald Filley
Strait
Edward Smith
Joseph Whelan
Truman Sykes
Arthur Prosser
Floyd Flint
Frank Stanger
Lockerbie
Edward Losee, Jr
Edmeston Voluntteer Fire Department
Tim’s Home From Page One Still Beaming Over Army Visit
Tim whose escorts are exhausted returns with a framed Soldier’s Creed a First Army patch and a Boy Scout handbook gifts from General Herren He toured an enlisted men’s bar to hear carbines explained visited the United Nations saw The Long Gray Line at West Point and toured media studios He called it the second outstanding day of his life and said his birth day was the first He traveled to New York and back with M/Sgt Russell Cors Ixell The Syracuse recruiting station praised Tim and General Herren predicted a bright future for him Also noted are tributes to Dr Lyman Kebler 91 former FDA chemist William Neer 69 former Detroit Stock Exchange head and SIR Andrew Agnew 73 who helped plan a massive Allied fuel pipeline
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First Army
Herren
United’ S Nations
West Point
Tim
McCormick Sentenced for Halloween Bridge Fire
Uriah California judge Hale McCowen ordered 21 year old logger Jack Le roy McCormick to three months in jail and a $2600 payment for repairs after he set a bridge afire during Halloween festivities.
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Uriah
Calif
Jack Leroy McCormick
Hale McCowen
Storms Scramble Wide Areas Flood Threat and Cold Front
Storms flood Kentucky Indiana Pennsylvania threaten rivers and homes as Ohio River rises. A small tornado near the Tennessee Kentucky line injures three. heavy hail and rain hit the Midwest. Arctic air brings blizzards and subzero temps to the plains.
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West Virgina
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Meade County
Tennessee- Kentucky
Nashville
Ohio Valley
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Appalachians
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Huntington
W. Va
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Wabash
Midwest
Icy Roads Lag Traffic Across Route 370 And City
Deputies report a serious traffic tieup on Route 370 after a tractor-trailer oil tanker jackknifed on the Cold Spring bridge over the Seneca River. City police handle skidding minor accidents as downtown reroutes occur at S Salina and Adams and at S Salina and Onondaga. Weather: freezing rain, temperatures around freezing with a high near 34 and a low near 28 tonight, rising to about 32 tomorrow.
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St. Joseph’s Hospital
Cold Spring
Seneca River
S. Salina
Adams Sts
Thruway
Albany
Buffalo
Andrew P. Keller
Major's PW Trial Likely Ends Monday in Okla Court
Major Ambrose H. Nugent faces final phase of a general court martial in Sill Oklahoma after nine counts of collaborating with Korean Communist captors. Testimony closed with Nugent the last witness. lawyers to propose jury instructions this afternoon to clear the way for final arguments.
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FT. Sill
Okla
Park commission votes to delocate school baseball diamond
In Memphis Tennessee the park commission agreed to relocate a school baseball diamond to stop floodlights from keeping chrysanthemums in Gene Buffa's nearby greenhouse up at night and blooming late.
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Memphis, Tenn
Park Commission
Gene Buffa
Generally Speaking She Got the Job
Colorado Springs report states Mrs. Gene Hauger is named Ground Observer Corps Post Supervisor in Martinsburg Ohio after sergeants Lane and McCoy from Columbus Ohio interview her. She reveals a brother in the Air Force named Curtis Lemay, head of the Strategic Air Command, and will work under continental air defense command headquarters.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Richard Lane
James McCoy
Columbus
Ohio
Gene Hauger
Ground Observer Corps
Martinsburg
Hauger
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Curtis Lemay
SAC
Continental Air Defense Command
Fuller Tells His Story In Phenix City Murder Trial
In Birmingham Alabama Albert Fuller former chief deputy sheriff took the stand to deny involvement in the shooting death of A L Patterson a crusading attorney and rival candidate for attorney general Fuller called Patterson his personal friend and said there was no ill will between them The prosecution argues Fuller motive lay in Patterson s vows to clean up vice and racketeering in Phenix City while Fuller supported him and faced criticism from other officials
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Birmingham
Ala
Albert Fuller
A. L. Patterson
Fuller
Patterson
Phenix City
He Needs Counsel in Los Angeles Domestic Case
Mrs. Sylvia Globe testified that her husband Arthur Globe, a marriage counselor, struck her nose during a quarrel and a court issued a restraining order to prevent further molestation.
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Los Angeles
Sylvia Globe
Arthur
Postal Rate Boost Asked To Pay Raise
Representative Murray of Tennessee urged a general postal rate increase to accompany recent pay raises for postal workers. He supported raising letter rates from three to four cents for out of town delivery, while resisting higher local letter charges. The plan mirrors Senate raises and Post Office proposals aiming to boost new revenue.
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Washington
Murray
D-Tenn
House Post Office Committee
Civil Service
Senate Post Office Committee
Post Office
Summerfield
Parcel Post
Report Criticizes Private Hospitals For Profit Motive
A Queens grand jury, after a two year probe, charges private hospitals with utter disregard for surgical patients welfare and pernicious fee splitting. The presentment, delivered to County Judge William B Groat, notes no doctors or hospitals named. The jury questioned 30 medical experts and others and asserts profit motives drive many proprietary hospitals.
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New York P
Queens
William B. Groat
Pin Cushion Advice From Household Tips Column
A short household tip suggests using fine steel wool to clean a pin cushion for sharp and clean pins. The note emphasizes proper care to keep pins free of rust and deformity.
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