10 Mar 1956
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1956
Page
1
Washington report details a tense Senate scene as Vice President Nixon cast a tie breaking vote to save the administration’s flexible farm price support program for wheat. The chamber narrowly rejected a higher rigid price floor, while votes shifted on cotton corn and peanuts amid party splits.
Six persons, four of them from one family, were killed in a two car crash near Coopersville Michigan late last night. A seventh person was injured. Drivers Donald Mallner of Grand Rapids and Abram Phillips of Muskegon were killed. The collision occurred on a curve after Phillips passed several cars and veered into Mallner’s path. Gary Lee, 7, among the victims, was identified in related reports. The article also covers Senate actions on wheat supports and a parliamentary dispute involving Vice President Nixon era debates.
Secretary of the Interior McKay filed for the Republican nomination in Oregon facing mixed GOP support ahead of a May primary. He could challenge Democratic Sen. Wayne Morse in November while Nixon era disputes over natural resources and administration policy draw sharp debate among Republicans and Morse supporters.
An angry Tunis mob attacked the American consulate and two Tunisian papers after rumors of U.S. backing terrorists. Police cordoned the Assembly building arresting almost 3,000 demonstrators amid smashed offices, torn records, and a flag hurled into the street. Georges Mailloux and family were inside unmolested as the crowd raged.
Athens students clash with police as thousands of Cypriots protest deportation and archbishop reactions stir union with Greece. In Nicosia protests erupt against British rule with flag slashing and bus tire damage. Washington reports U S officials reacting to bomb attacks and rising tensions between Britain and Greece including press censorship and arrested editors.
Angry crowds in Athens lash out at British and American embassies after Archbishop Makerine is banished from Cunene. Demonstrators set fires and vandalize British interests while police block access. Greek government recalls ambassador to London and appeals to the UN amid sensational newspaper coverage.
A fragmented page notes Jehanes Parmer as a famed author contributing a viewed opinion on Friday. The item appears on the Editorial Page with other regulars listed for Amusements Editorial Bridge Letters Classified and notices across pages.
Dulles met with Indian Prime Minister Nehru and stated no shift in US India policy. He described existing ties as heroic and friendly and reassured India that military aid would not be used to pressure or threaten. The discussions followed by a wreath laying and a meeting with President Eisenhower, highlighting ongoing diplomacy.
A major blaze devastated Shadowbrook novitiate in Lenox Massachusetts. Three Jesuit priests and a brother are missing feared dead after the three story building burned. Six others hospitalized with burns or injuries. Most residents escaped by jumping from windows or using sheets and ladders. The fire began near an elevator shaft in a 19th century building formerly part of the Andrew Carnegie estate.
Pope Pius XI expressed great admiration for President Eisenhower and blessed America during a private audience with John McCone of Los Angeles. McCone attended to represent the president at the Pope’s 80th birthday and coronation anniversary events. The Pope awarded McCone the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Sylvester. Tomorrow marks his dual anniversary celebration.
Central New York braces as a sharp temperature drop overnight into Monday may freeze watershed areas. Snow, heavy at times, adds to record totals while relief is temporary as warming returns. A boy, Richard Fintsio, 12, feared drowned after a 20 foot fall into floodwaters near Auburn as Seneca River floods low-lying areas and roadways, with police and public works assisting motorists.
In Colorado Springs hotel dining room chef Louie Scala earned praise for his pasta but was overlooked when it came to a dinner for Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs Gaetano Martine. Martine requested aperghetto during the meal, leaving Scala unrecognized.
Five persons died and four were critically injured in a two car crash in Salt Lake City. A station wagon carrying eight people rear ended another car, striking a service station and shearing off a gasoline pump. Names tentatively identified include Lee Fagen June Ostler Green Elaine Coleman Mary Shupen and a woman identified as Netlie.
A playful caption presents a joke where a spouse misreads words, yielding a string of puns about cows, cards, and clever miscommunication. The humor hinges on mistaken letters and inherited sayings, delivering light irony and a wink.
A damaged OCR fragment shows partial text likely from a local page item. The readable portion hints at a family entry or notice but lacks clear names, dates, or events to identify. The fragment remains too incomplete to derive a full headline or substantive summary.
A North Syracuse motorist pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated while a Syracuse resident pleaded guilty in Traffic Court this morning before Judge Lia Borsey. Joseph T. Mealey, 31, of 12 Waterbury Drive, North Syracuse, will reappear March 16. Bail set at $1,000 after he pleaded not guilty. Dowding, 313 Randolph Street, was fined $100 and given a 30 day suspended sentence after arrest February 17 at South Salina and West Castle Streets following a collision with a car driven by Don Wooten.
Reporter Howard Carroll surveys Syracuse schools to reveal the top concerns in reading discipline and pupil behavior. The Sorting Sunday series for the Herald American aims to inform Parents Teachers and taxpayers with clear, researched findings on school conditions.
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