County Government Debate Urges Executive Heads for Large Counties
The Uniform County Law Commission endorsed executive leadership for larger counties like Onondaga. It notes three of four systems include an executive, with county director forming strongest local support. The county administrator form targets small counties and is not meant for Onondaga's size, budget, and staff.
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Uniform County Law Commission
New York State
Board of Supervisors
Onondaga
Dniform County Law Commission
Panty Raids Spark Syracuse Dorm Prank Tonight
About 30 Syracuse University students staged a dorm prank after a rain delay. Both sides claim who started the raid at College Place near the Sims houses. Fraternities Sigma Chi and Theta Chi were among occupants referenced as authorities prepared follow up.
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Syracuse University
College Pl
Sims
German Pact OK Seen Near
Secretary of State Acheson said plans to unite West Germany with Western Europe may be completed within a day or 30. Only a few controversial points remain to be solved as discussions focus on a peace contract for West Germany and its role in a new European Defense Community. He will depart for Europe once word of the agreement arrives.
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Washington
Acheson
West Germany
Western Europe
Haseen
Europe
Today’s Features And Pictorials Highlight Page Content
The page lists sections such as Amusements Financial Bridge Engineering Reporter Classifieds City Life Radio TV and Editorials. It notes Todays Pictures on page 16 and previews topics across sports and school notes with page references.
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City Life
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Ikes Farewell Set For May 30 Ceremony
SHAPE announces Eisenhower will hand over as Supreme Allied commander to Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway in a brief 11 50 AM ceremony. Farewell dinner planned May 29 for officers. Eisenhower departs Paris by plane for Washington late May 31.
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Allied Powers Europe
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Matthew B. Ridgeway
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Mother of Five Dies in Truck Collision
In Stittville a 30 year old mother, Beatrice La Londe of Cornwall Ontario, was killed when a panel truck she rode in passed two halted cars and collided with an oncoming truck. Five family members were involved in the crash.
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Herett
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Rail Unions Near Acceptance of White House Pay Pact
Washington sources report three major railroad unions plan to vote today on a White House wage pact to end a three year contract dispute. The deal offers retroactive lump sums of 600 to 191,100 per man and cost of living linked raises. home officials may reject while central chiefs likely approve. If approved, government move to end Federal seizure and return railways to private ownership would follow.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Ricdly
Army
Supreme Court
Steelman
Sky to Clear Tomorrow in Syracuse Weather Outlook
The weatherman predicts an occluded front moving out today leaving cloudy skies and moderate tonight. Lows near 46 rise to 68 tomorrow with fair and warmer conditions then winds shift to southerly bringing chances of rain tomorrow night or Friday. Syracuse totals reach 2.8 inches this month, exceeding the monthly average after a wet start.
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Andrew P. Keller
U. S
Keller
Syracuse
Judge Pays Fine for Running a Red Light
Memphis Tennessee report says Judge John D. Martin of the U S Court of Appeals paid a 21 fine yesterday for running a red light. He quipped it is novel to be on the other side of the bar for justice.
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Ulp
John D. Martin
U.S. Court of Appeals
Potatoes Shortage Prompt Substitution Advice for Households
Washington agriculture experts advise housewives to plan potato free meals around substitutes like rice, baked beans, spaghetti or hominy. With a potato famine likely to extend until next month and price supports dropped, officials urge avoiding the black market and using familiar wheat products as economical, healthful options.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ells Arnall
Ridgway Gloomy On Korea Says Prisoner Camps Terror
Senator Bridges quotes Gen. Ridgway describing fanatical Communist prisoners in UN camps who flew red flags and had internal telephone lines. He warned bodies have been found and odds of a cease fire look poor, though rebels may be controlled. Ridgway spoke to senators about two hours and was pressed on Rose Island incidents.
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Washington
Bridges
R-N.h
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Far East
Rose Island
Korea
Masked Bandits Rob British Truck At Oxford Street
Seven masked men ambushed a British postal truck on a side street near Oxford Street in London and escaped with an estimated 100000 pounds. Three guards resisted but were beaten. The gang departed in a black sedan, later abandoning the truck five hours after the holdup near the robbery site.
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Joot
Oxford St
Five Trucks Collide and Burst Into Flames Near Chicago
Five trailer trucks collided at a highway intersection south of Chicago. Two men were killed in the crash. The fire burned for several hours as Cook County police investigated the deadly incident.
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Chicago
Cook ‘County
Syracuse spelling bee champ wanders Library of Congress visit
Lloyd, a spelling bee winner, toured the Library of Congress in Washington with his mother Mrs. Catherine Young praised the vast collection. He lingered in the marble hall enjoying the library’s size and the many books charts and maps, reflecting on the institution's scope.
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Washington
Harry Truman
Librarian of Congress
Syracuse
Catherine Young
Lloyd
Slaying of One Revealed at Koje Island Compound
Communist prisoners staged a fresh demonstration at Koje Island Compound 76 as authorities disclosed a guard killed a Red captive last Saturday. The incident followed a prior prisoner death and injuries at a nearby mainland camp near Pusan. U S troops removed agitators and enforced an armed peace at the Pusan camp. General Boatner named new commandant and met Maj Wei Lin to discuss the death. Flowers were placed on the slain prisoner’s grave by Chinese prisoners.
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Korea
United Nations
Pusan
U. S
Haydon L.boatner
Boatner
Wei Lin
Wei
Allied Tanks Batter Reds in Six Hour Korean Battle
UN tank infantry patrols fought six hours east of Panmunjom as Reds fired small arms mortars and rockets. US Eighth Army said UN forces pounded the Reds with artillery mortar and tank fire, destroying a Red ammunition bunker and damaging 31 others.
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Navy Board to announce Hobson Wasp collision findings
Findings from the Navy Board inquiry into the Wasp and Hobson collision will be announced before the end of next week. The three man board completed its investigation of the Navy's greatest peacetime disaster yesterday.
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Stop Kefauver Drive Denied
The White House denied that President Truman endorsed a Stop Kefauver movement in California's Democratic primary. The denial followed Edmund G. Brown's remarks that Truman hoped Brown would win California's delegates, with the White House stating no opposition to Kefauver.
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INS
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Truman
Kefauver
California
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Estes Kefauver
Doctors Treat 3250 Fans After England Italy Match
In Florence doctors reported they finished treating 3 250 spectators who lost their voice from cheering during the England versus Italy football match held a few days earlier.
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Florence
Italy
England
Today’s Chuckle Reads Officer and Victim Exchange
A lighthearted caption notes an officer asking about the attacker while the victim jokes that they were hit for the exact description. The brief punchline ends with a wry aside about the fumes.
Will of H Paul Nelligan Left to Widow Genevieve Nelligan
Will filed in Surrogate's Court names Genneive D Nelligan of 1637 James St as sole beneficiary and executrix of H Paul Nelligan president of Easy Washing Machine Corp The estate value is listed as undetermined and the will is a one page instrument
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Genevieve D. Nelligan
James Sr
H. Paul Nelligan
Easy Washing Machine Corporation
Nelligan
Thunderjet Crash Kills Pilot at Manston Base
An Air Force F-84 Thunderjet from the Sky Blazers acrobatic team exploded in flight and crashed on the Manston England base field. The pilot was killed in the third such crash in a month. The aircraft had flown in from Furstenfeldbruck Germany and exploded above the field control tower.
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England
Sky Blazers
Fursienfeldbruck
Germany
Allied forces to rise with four million more troops next year
Rep. Richards announced that European allies will raise about four million soldiers and $345 billion in weapons for 1953, a major buildup amid ongoing debates in Congress over foreign military aid. He cited Greece Turkey and Western Europe totals and noted rival Taft Eisenhower factions driving potential cuts.
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Richards
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The
House Today
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Soviet Union
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Truman
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Turkey
Europe
Ex Democratic State Chief Farley Dies in Albany
William Wallace Farley 78 of Loudonville and former Democratic State Committee chairman died in Albany Hospital. He was an unsuccessful 1916 candidate for state attorney general and was elected state party chairman in 1919.
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Albany
William Wallace Farley
Loudonville
Democratic State Committee
John Garfield Found Dead in New York Apartment
Film and stage actor John Garfield, 39, was found dead of a heart ailment in his Gramercy Park apartment. Dr. Thomas Gonzales, chief medical examiner, reported the death, noting Garfield’s rise from Brooklyn roots to Broadway and Hollywood gangster roles.
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Gramercy Park
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Guy” Toles
Clifford Odets
Brooklyn
Jerrie
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