Irish Pride on St Patrick Day: Kings and Kinship Rumors
A satirical column jokes that many Americans of Irish descent feel royal on St Patrick's Day. It playfully lists famous Irish names like Joe McCarthy and Jack Dempsey as royal kin, claims a green card proof, and closes with a mock editor note about continued coverage.
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Timbuktu
Notre Dame
Joe. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Jack Dempsey
Jim Farley
White ‘House
Erin’s . Rustic Kings
Francis de’ Mollyns
Boyle
Mullins
Irish Sea
Sens
Storm shuts down area with heavy snow and high winds
A potente storm dumped about two and a half inches of snow on Onondaga County with gusts up to 52 mph. Power chimneys blew down while windows shattered at Syracuse State School plant and a plate glass window at Shehadi firm. Slush on the Thruway caused accidents as plows and sanders operated. several schools closed while weather officials warned of further cold and clouds tomorrow.
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Onondaga‘ County
Syracuse
Shehadi Restaurant Equipment
Montgomery St
Harry
Onondaga County
Highway Department
Malone
North Bangor Union
Chateaugay Central
Ellenburg
Rome
Cato Meridian
Geneva
Greyhound
Alexander Sadowski
Hancock Field
Weather Bureau
Man Arrested for Smoking Pipe in Car by Grand Rapids Police
Police investigating reports of a mysterious odor found a 66 year old man sitting in his car smoking a pipe. He said his wife would not allow him to smoke that smelly thing indoors.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
G Q P Officials in Washington Face Burden of Re-Election
Marquis Childs reviews how G Q P figures in Washington view the president's bid to run again, arguing they must share responsibility and ease the strain of office. The editorial appears on today’s page with other features listed.
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Washington
Sus Marquis Childs
Ike Swaps Ties for Green One on St Patrick Day
President Eisenhower swapped neck ties with Senator George H. Bender during a St Patrick’s Day visit. Eisenhower wore a brown tie as Bender presented a green neckpiece with the Presidential Seal. The two men traded ties in a light moment in the White House lobby.
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Ike
Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Erin
George H. Bender
Ohio
Thieves Take 700 Pogo Sticks in City Heist
Police in Los Angeles search for suspects after a theft at the Roy Berlin Co. description indicates 700 pogo sticks were taken yesterday causing a major loss to the toy supplier. The incident prompted a large-scale investigation and manhunt.
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Los Angeles
Roy Berlin Co
Yesteray
Churchill Resents Yalta Documents Publication
London reports Prime Minister Churchill criticized the publication of Yalta documents by the U S State Department. He said the American version is not an official record and implied he opposed releasing it during his lifetime. Concluded on page 14 column 2.
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London
Yalta
Churchill
U.S. State Department
Jone
Roose
Driver Knapp Sentenced to 120 Days and $600 Fines
William Knapp, 28, of Fails Road Marcellus, pled guilty in traffic court to five charges of driving without a license and one charge of speeding. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail plus $600 in fines, with an added condition that nonpayment triggers one day in jail per unpaid dollar, potentially totaling 720 days. He was arrested last night for speeding 49 to 60 mph on Erie-Krow Lane West in a 35 mph zone and fined $50 for speeding.
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William Knapp
Fails
Marcellus
P. Leo Dorsey
Knapp
Erie Krow L. W
Yalta Papers Published Stir U S Political Debate
Washington reports reveal the State Department released the long suppressed Yalta conference records, detailing Roosevelt's dealings with Russia and plans for postwar Europe. Malta conference notes and Churchill’s views appear among the newly public documents, prompting continued controversy and cautious commentary from officials. Secretary Dulles expects the debate to persist.
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Washington
Yalta
Roosevelt
Russia
Jaapan
East
Japan
Father Son to Face Electric Chair in Kentucky
Eddyville Ky A father and son Roy Tarrance 49 and Leonard 26 face execution by electric chair after midnight at Kentucky State Prison for the murder of attorney Francis J McCormack. They were denied a reprieve after Gov Lawrence Wetherby declined clemency. Convicted in April 1952 for the slaying of a lawyer who had represented the son’s wife in a divorce case.
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Eddyville
INS
Kentucky State Prison
Roy Tarrance
Leonard
Lawrence Wetherby
Francis J. McCormack
A. di
Market Disturbances Cited by Chief Banker in 1955
James B. Carey, chief banker, accuses the Eisenhower administration of conspiring to boost stock prices beyond the economy, citing Humphrey's Senate testimony as a confession that economic policy rests on a will of the wisp. Ferdinand Eberstadt adds testimony prepared for the Banking Committee.
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CLO
James B. “Carey
Eisenhower
Hag
Carey
Secretary of the
Treasury
Humphrey
Senate ‘Banking ’Committee
Othes
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Tennessee Fire Kills 5 in Nashville Family Tragedy
Five members of a Nashville family died in a house fire that heavily damaged the frame home. The victims are Robert Moore, 27, his wife Barbara, 21, their sons Wayne, 4, and Michael, 2, plus a young woman visitor. Exit routes were blocked and officials called the deaths due to suffocation as investigators opened a formal probe into the mysterious circumstances surrounding the blaze.
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Nashville
Tenn
John Ragsdale
Robert Moore
Barbara
Wayne
Michael
Ragsdale
Moore
Fire Kills 4 in Oklahoma. physician survives
In McAlester Oklahoma a fire of undetermined origin swept through a two story frame house early today killing wife of prominent physician Ben T Galbraith and three of their children Frank 7 Jere 5 and Sarah 4. The physician was away at a convention in Oklahoma City and believed to be unaware of the tragedy. The family was believed trapped in upstairs bedrooms.
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Mcalester
Okla
pr. Ben T. _ Galbraith
Oklahoma City
Kitty Galbraith
Frank
Jere
Sarah
Bond Stores Opens Expanded Syracuse Branch
Thousands thronged downtown for the Bond Stores Inc expansion at 455 S Salina St as Mayor Mead cut a green ribbon at 9 15 AM. J M Connors and Ralph Lieve assisted. 73 clerks staffed the new store with special bargains and free gifts drawing crowds. Inspector Leo Dixon estimated 500 shoppers in the first 30 minutes.
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Mead
J. W. Connors
Ralph Lisson
Syracuse
Bond Stores, Inc
S. Salina St
J. M. Connors
Ralph Lieve
New York City
Leo Dixon
Home Burns Second Time In a Year Near Liverpool
Fire destroyed a five room ranch near Wetzel Road totaling over ten thousand dollars in losses for Anthony Dias his wife and two sons who escaped unharmed. Fire chief Brand praised volunteer crews from Moyers Corner Liverpool Clay and North Syracuse for battling strong winds and cold as a second blaze leveled the home after a prior 1954 fire.
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Liverpool
Wetzel
Anthony Dias
Kenneth J. Brand
Moyers Corner
Brand
County
North
Syracuse
Direren
Wes
Today’s Chuckle Headline Style Joke
A light joke notes that the person who loses his head often ends up the last to notice the loss.
Tragic Bridgeport Fire Kills Mother and Three Children
A late night blaze on Route 31 Bridgeport killed Mrs Clara Brockway and her children Elaine aged 8 Donald 11 and James 15 while the father Bernard Brockway 42 suffered third degree burns. Firemen from four communities battled the flames in a snow squall. The state police cited a defective kerosene stove as the likely cause.
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Bridgeport
Bernard Brockway
Clara’ Brockway
Elaine
Donsald
James
Brockway
Manlius
Lenox Memorial _Hospital
Gordon ‘Lum
Lum
Arthur S. Braga
Oneida
Madison County
Acci
Ruth Billington
Minoa
Chittenango
Oneida Lake
Canastota
Red Gunboats Sunk in North of Matsu by Nationalist Air Attack
Nationalist China's air force said its planes sank or damaged gun boats in two strikes north of the Matsu islands high above the Red China coast. The attacks followed a Communist artillery burst at Little Quemoy Island, with 14 rounds fired that caused no major damage.
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China
Matsu Islands
Littie Quemoy
Red China
Little Quemoy
Woman Seeks Separation After Husband Vanishes
Janet I Nieto 23 said in court she has heard nothing from her husband who disappeared two months ago except a friend picked up his roller skates.
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Meneola
Janet I Nieto
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Ing. Repter
India
Prince
Nancy
Graham
Malta
Lyle
C. Wilson
State” ‘Department
Roosevit
Winston ~ Churchill
Josef
Stalin
Will
Yalta Conference
cf.State
Dulles
Military Air Transport Service
Ottawa
C.I
Tennessee
Oklahoma
He Bond
O’mead
Kelly
Dixon
St. Phirick
Dias
John
Crackosky
John -Commane
Iold
Chackesky
Commane
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