Bipartisan Push for County Executive Head Rejected
For years Syracuse and Onondaga County debates have favored an executive head. Leaders from both parties supported reform including Edward Yackel George Traister Fred Betts and Lewis C Ryan. The article asks why decades of advocacy did not yield a head while noting the 1934 Bar Association report backing a responsible executive.
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Syracuse
Onondaga County
Edward Yackel
Board of Supervisors
State Liquor Authority
George Traister
Yackel
Republican County Committee
Fred Betts
Lewis C. Ryan
New York State Bar Association
Onondaga County Bar Association
Crandall Melvin
Charles T. Major
Ray B. Smith
James C. Setright
Percy W. Mellor
Leo W. Greed
Cleveland J. Kenyon
Arthur M. Beach
Ryan
Melvin
Association
Queen asks pay raise for Philip and family support
Queen Elizabeth II urged Parliament to study wages for the crown and proposed a raise for the Duke of Edinburgh from 10 000 pounds a year. She requested funds for Princess Margaret if she marries and cited her father King George VI’s 410 000 pounds official plus 167 000 pounds family support. Conservative leader H F Crookshank said a committee would be appointed to study the queen’s message.
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London
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Princess Margaret
Elizabeth
George VI
H. F. C. Crookshank
House of Commons
Franco Russian Talks Reported in Paris on Germany
Paris diplomatic circles report secret meetings between French and Russian unofficial representatives over several weeks in Geneva and other locations. They allegedly explore an East West understanding that could form the basis for Germany policy, though no official confirmation exists.
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Paris
INS
Germany
Geneva
India's New Democratic Momentum Seen in Record Votes
Marquis Childs notes in an editorial that India's progress from colonial rule to independent statehood was evident in nationwide elections with higher voter turnout than ever before. Regular features follow with sections on amusements finance bridge city life and more. Today’s pictures appear on page 12.
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India
Marquis Childs
Clark Given Findings in Koje Probe
U S Army board findings on the Koje island prisoner riot were sent to Gen Mark W Clark’s headquarters. The probe centered on the roles of Brig Gen Francis T Dodd camp commander kidnapped for four days and Brig Gen Charles T Colson who secured Dodd’s release by yielding to Communist demands. Clark repudiated Colson’s concessions as Haydon L Boatner, the successor to Dodd and Colson, warned he could quell any further disorders among the 70000 Reds.
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Tokyo
U. S. Army
Koje Island
Mark W. Clark
Supreme Headquarters
Francis T. Dodd
Charles T. Colson
Dodd
Clark
Colson
Haydon L. Boatner
Taft Backers Aim to Win Montana Delegates
In Helena Montana backers of Senator Robert A Taft foresee winning at least six of eight Montana national delegates at the state convention. A GOP leader reviewed 150 delegates showing a four to one preference for Taft for the presidential nomination.
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Helena
Mont
Robert A. Taft
Montana
G.O.P
Taft
Ohio
British to Abandon Business And Pull Out of Red China
Parachutists of the Brazilian Army and U S officials rescue a U S government official and Brazilian Air Force Major Miranda Correa from hostage takers at a jungle crash site 950 miles north of Rio. The captors number 30 to 35 thrill seekers who seized the two after a Pan American Stratocruiser crash killed 50 people six weeks earlier.
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Red China
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
UPY
United States
Soldiers of Fortune
Ric
Scott Magness
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Bra
Zilian Air Force
Miranda Correa
Charles Collar
U. S. Civil Aeronautics Board
Collar
Bees Overrun Car On Cherry Street In City
A swarm of thousands of bees descended on a light blue car owned by Charles Higgins in front of the New York State Guernsey Breeders Cooperative at 208 Cherry Street. Higgins was away delivering milk when the swarm appeared and the bees followed their queen to his car.
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Cherry St
Charles Higgins
New York State
Guernsey Breeders’ Cooperative, Inc
Higgins
Irving St
Herbert Carr
Carr
Luck Keeps Skies Fair Over Syracuse Tonight
Syracuse enjoys fair skies as low pressure moves away and a high pressure area from the Great Lakes brings cooler air. A nearby rain area bypassed the city yesterday while another low pressure area tracks south of the region. Tonight's low around 42, tomorrow fair with temperatures around 72.
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Syracuse
Mottrow
Andrew P. Keller
Great Lakes
Truman Should Mow Lawn Says Bee Champ
Syracuse spelling bee champion Lloyd Young told a White House visitor Lloyd urged President Truman to mow the front lawn. He and his mother toured the grounds near the redecorated White House and fed a cookie to a friendly squirrel after circling the gate. He then traveled from the Willard Hotel nearby after arrival on a four engine Colonial Airliner.
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Truman
Bee Champ
Washington
Harry Truman
Syracuse
Lloyd Young
White House
Lloyd
Willard Hotel
Two Republicans Cite McGranery Fitness For Attorney General
Senators Ferguson of Michigan and Watkins of Utah filed a minority report challenging James P. McGranery’s fitness for attorney general. They called his integrity ability and veracity questionable after the Judiciary Committee advanced a 4 to 1 vote for confirmation. They plan to seek recall of witnesses for further testimony following four days of hearings.
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Washington
James P. McGranery
Ferguson
Michigan
Watkins
Utah
Senate Judiciary Committee
U. S
Philadelphia
J. Howard McGrath
Judiciary Committee
Fire routs 15 at Farnham’s Hotel in Albany shoe store blaze
Firemen controlled a downtown Albany blaze at Farnham’s Hotel first floor shoe store early today. Det Lt Anthony Dean said 15 people fled, two rescued by rope and knotted bedsheet from third floor. Lawrence Robinson broke an ankle on descent.
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Wwe Aldank GF
Farnham
Albany
Anthony Dean
Albany Police Department
Lawrence Robinson
TODAY'S CHUCKLE Too many girls have a shape like a figure ate
Comic gag notes a pun about shapes and meals with a playful line attributed to Re-Sie in a daily panel. The joke riffs on curves and appetite with light humorous tone and a punchy visual cue.
Supreme Court Delays Ruling on Steel Seizure Case
The Supreme Court recessed for a week without issuing a decision on President Truman's steel seizure. Justices consider whether the President has inherent constitutional powers to seize steel mills, a matter debated by both sides as the Court weighs Judge Pine's April ruling and the government's challenge to overturn it.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sease
U.S
David A. Pine
Truman
Justice Department
Irine
Pine
Pupils Plant Seed For 60 D.C. Trip
Fourth grade pupils at Galway Central School have planted 1,000 evergreen trees to harvest and sell for the 1959 Christmas season. Proceeds will fund the 1960 class trip to Washington D. C. and cover senior trip expenses.
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Galway
Galway Central School
Washington, D. C
Averbach Stuns Court as Titus Lawyer Quits Trial Delays
In Federal Court Albert Averbach abruptly withdraws as attorney for Paul Titus on the eve of the Syracuse Trust Co. fraud trial. Judge Foley delays the trial to May 28 and orders Titus to secure new counsel within 10 days. Averbach cites irreconcilable differences over trial strategy. Titus had insisted on presenting his own opening statement.
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Albert Averbach
Paul Titus
Auburn
Syracuse Trust Co
James T. Foley
Titus
Auerbach
Averbach
Robert HH. Murray
Bernard E. Klock
Joseph Lyman
Washington, D. C
Syracuse Trust
Klock
Lyman
Communists Cut West Berlin Train Link in Blockade
Berlin reports a new variation of the blockade as the Soviet zone border is closed to the Munich Berlin train, one of four major links between West Germany and the Red city. Other rail and road traffic to Berlin remains normal. Allied patrols run on the Berlin Helmstedt express highway with no signs of the patrol disruption seen last week.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
Berlin-Helmstedt
Mossadegh Plans Resignation Over Oil Dispute
Informants say Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh will resign and present Iran's case against Britain at the World Court in The Hague two weeks from now before submitting his resignation to the shah.
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Tebran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
iWorld
Hague
Netherlands
Mountain Climber 20 Trapped in Mt St Helens Crevasse
A 20 year old University of Washington student Art Jessett is trapped 90 feet down a crevasse on Mt St Helens after slipping from the 8,000 foot level during a descent from the summit. His companions had one rope which was tied to his shoulder. Rescue teams from Portland and state patrolmen joined Mt St Helens Ski Patrol at base camp early this morning to reach him.
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Spirit Lake
Mt. St. Helens
Wash
University of Washington
Mt St. Helens
Art Jessett
Seattle
Jessett
Portland
Filipinos Hit Reds on Hill in Korea Front
Filipino raiders twice charged up a hill west of Chorwon on the Korea central front driving Chinese defenders from the top. Ten Reds were killed in the two assaults while Filipino troops wore U S armored vests and suffered no fatalities. UN forces pressed into fortified bunkers and directed artillery fire on fleeing Reds amid rain and shelling.
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Seoul
Korea
Korea Central
Chorwon
U. S
Eighth Army
OPS Lifts Price Controls on Most Textiles
The Office of Price Stabilization suspended price controls on raw cotton and nearly all textiles including wool and synthetics. Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall signed the order, with details to be announced. The policy sets 43.39 cents per pound as the reset point for raw cotton, replacing the prior monthly control level.
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Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Ellis Arnall
Collins
Transit strike drags into 19th day in Rochester
Buses and subway trolleys remain idle in Rochester as a transit dispute stretches into its 19th day. Rev. Murray Caysey of Hirst Presbyterian Church plans to present a proposal today after attending union meetings. Details of the proposal were not released.
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Rochester
Murray Caysey
Hirst Presbyterian Church
Britain asks exit visas for 120 Britons in China note
Britain delivered a Peiping note stating 120 British citizens seek exit visas as they wind up and dispose of their 300 million pound in vestment. The Foreign Office reaffirmed continued recognition of the Peiping regime while noting limited access from L. H. Lamb in Peiping.
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London
Britain
Red China
China
Peiping
Ritain
Foreign Office
L. Hi ‘Lamb
Oil Workers End Nationwide Strike Talks In Denver
About 6 000 oil workers returned to bargaining tables in Denver as officials from the International Oil Workers Union and allied unions aimed to settle the countrywide strike that kept roughly 90 000 out of work. Sinclair Oil workers vote on a 15 cent hourly raise plus shift differentials as Wage Stabilization Board proposed. Plant by plant negotiations continue across the nation.
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Denver
Interna- National Oil Workers’ Union
C.so
AFL
Sinclair Oil
Pinay Coalition Wins 11 New Seats in Paris
The moderate coalition backing President Pinay gained 11 seats in the Council of the Republic, the advisory upper house of France. The electoral college vote shifted power from de Gaulle’s rightists, while Communists retained 15 seats.
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Pinay Coalition
Paris
Pres Mier
Antoine Pinay
France
Parliamé
Ie Charles de Gaulle
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