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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1956
Page
5
In Bombay and across India the move toward prohibition is fueling illegal cottage distilling. Desperate poverty and unemployment push families to secretly brew whisky at home and sell it, exposing children to easy money and lawbreaking, risking a generation of gangsters as in America.
U S customs officers blocked 21 military vehicles bound for Israel for lacking an export license. State Department said Israel has licenses for spare parts, not whole vehicles, and the Israeli embassy said the shipment was cleared under a spare parts license totaling 150000 dollars.
Albany officials plan to accelerate distribution of surplus foods from the U S Department of Agriculture to welfare recipients and other low income families. Charles M Minger of the State Division of Standards and Purchase announced a meeting in New York City with Agriculture Department representatives. The program now operates in Fulton Montgomery and Schenectady counties and will expand to Schoharie in June and July to several other counties including Clinton Columbia Delaware Essex Greene Hamilton Otsego Rensselaer Saratoga Warren and Washington counties.
Marie Dionne, one of the Dionne quintuplets, opens a flower shop in Montreal named Salon Emilie. It marks her first business venture following her 21st birthday last May 28 and the quintuplets’ childhood earnings of one million dollars.
An Albany associate claims Harriman will win the Rocky Mountain bloc and all Idaho Wyoming Utah and Oklahoma votes. Harriman says he has not entered a numbers game and that he is not an active candidate though he welcomed support during a Western swing.
Detroit UP reports GM cut 1800 production jobs at Fisher Body and Pontiac divisions as part of production schedule adjustments. Unemployment in Michigan rises to about 191,800 with the job cuts, aligning with GM President Curtice's prior warnings. Governor Williams urges emergency Full Employment Committee session next Thursday.
A New Jersey home construction is paused as three small birds nest in a window frame. Benedict Yuppa orders the mason to halt work with his son-in-law Salvatore Colletti as contractor, leveraging family ties to stop the project.
Readers learn that earned quarters determine coverage for benefits at 65 and for survivors. If earnings are at least 50 in 40 quarters starting Jan April July or October, you are fully insured. Reporting errors by employers can reduce future benefits and should be corrected with the employer or reported to the District Director of Internal Revenue.
Colorado police questioned 61 year old Nellie Gamblin about her mother Mary Gamblin who lay at the foot of stairs Sunday after a fall on Mother’s Day. The elderly woman died Thursday at Colorado General Hospital with autopsy planned. Coroner cites infirmities of old age and dehydration.
The Rev. Joe L. Orr, pastor in Robbinsville, N C, will graduate with a bachelor of divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary after a three year pattern of weekend trips. He flies to Knoxville then drives to Robbinsville and returns to Louisville, totaling about 1,000 miles per trip at a cost of 50 dollars each. His wife and six children are supported by his 3,500 dollar yearly pastor’s salary, and physicians from Robbinsville contribute 50 dollars monthly toward expenses.
Glens Falls New York Assembly Speaker Oswald D. Heck accuses Gov Harriman administration of actions aimed at Harriman’s presidency. He cites Ithaca speeches by Lt Gov DeLuca and Democratic state chairman Prendergast as evidence of muddled leadership and political maneuvering at the state capitol.
A hillside auxiliary reservoir west of Baker collapsed with a roar, flooding a six square mile area. One house damaged and farm land heavily affected. Goodrich Reservoir wall eroded and gave way releasing 60 to 70 million gallons of water, five feet high, while two main city reservoirs remained undisturbed.
Robert F. Stroud once dubbed the third man of Alcatraz faces a petition by attorneys Kneeland Lochner and Richard Little from Sacramento to end his solitary incarceration. They argue a 1918 order and subsequent Palmer commutation kept him in isolation since 1916, with transfers to Leavenworth and Alcatraz extending the confinement despite life imprisonment. Stroud, jailed since 1909 for a bartender murder, became a bird expert and author while imprisoned.
Adlai Stevenson charged President Eisenhower reneged on 1952 promises at a Tampa rally. He blamed stalled domestic progress and reduced prestige abroad, contrasting election talk with actions on parity prices, Taft Hartley Act changes, liberation of satellites, and school reform. He referenced Kefauver in Florida May 29 primary campaigning.
Miss Fumi Murayama daughter of Nagataka Murayama publisher of Asahi Shimbun enrolls at Whittier College to study journalism and aims to work as a reporter on her father's Tokyo newspaper with a circulation of five million.
New York Times Square street sign arrives at Summount Veterans Administration Hospital in Tupper Lake and is displayed for New York City veterans. Fifty members of the 51 association, which vows the wounded shall never be forgotten, guard the sign as they stage an entertainment for Armed Forces Day.
West Germany constructs a new central military command facility in Bonn to house the defense ministry led by Theodor Blank and a top military council. About 3500 personnel will work there this headquarters replaces the old Royal Prussian Hussars barracks with a modern supreme command center in Bonn.
Representative James Roosevelt plans to marry his secretary Anita Owen of Detroit next month after his divorce from Romelles Roosevelt becomes final. A source said Mrs Roosevelt received a default divorce last year amid allegations he stayed out late several nights each week.
Russian Baptist leaders claim their church converts 12 000 to 15 000 people from the Communist Party each year. Dr Jakov Zhidkov 70 leads a five member team visiting U S Baptist churches to assess growth and outreach.
Hungary's Red Chief Rakosi, speaking at a Budapest Hungarian Workers party meeting, pledges higher pay and more goods, promises debate in parliament, and frees Socialist prisoners. He criticizes credit curbs and warns writers against disrupting party unity, amid Kremlin-led pressure on Stalin's reputation.
American rock n roll energizes youths in Communist East Germany as a Leipzig jazz club president reports West Berlin jam sessions and East German listeners flock to American Forces Radio in Berlin and Rias. Jazz programs attract thousands and secret record clubs operate locally.
President Sukarno of Indonesia starts a two week cross country tour leaving Washington by car. He will visit Shenandoah National Park Monticello and Ash Lawn and plans to view parachute troops at Fort Bragg. The trip could shape future U S Indonesian Asian and African relations and he said his visit would test his views of the United States.
Wike Weeks, head of a 165 member Business Advisory Council, criticized the reserve board’s rate hike aimed at curbing inflation. Treasury Secretary Humphrey endorsed delaying action, citing potential harm to money and credit conditions. BAC members favored private utilities pursuing nuclear power if patent and insurance rules are revised. Eugene Holman of Standard Oil chaired the BAC briefing.
In Grenoble last night about 40 people were injured as mobs clashed with police and damaged railway equipment to阻止 French troops from heading to North Africa. Authorities blamed Communist elements for organizing the demonstration led by a Youth Committee for a Peaceful Settlement of the Algerian Problem. Police arrested 25 participants and restored order after trains were halted and rails damaged.
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