Boy Saves Family As Fire Strikes North Syracuse Home
Nine year old Jerome Francis woke his family as a late night attic fire gutted two bedrooms and damaged the second floor of the North Syracuse home at 1 Pine Ridge Circle. Thomas Francis and his son were treated for smoke, with the father suffering a first degree facial burn. Origin traced to an air conditioner in an attic window amid redecorating.
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North
Syracuse
Charles Mayer
Thomas B. Francis
Pine Ridge Circle
Francis
St. Joseph's Hospital
Kimberly
Thomas, Jr
Jerome Francis
Jansz Vander Veer
Drunken Driver Given Jail Term In Local Collision
James A. Last of RD 1 Syracuse pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated before Judge Truman H. Preston. He paid a $100 fine and received a 30 day sentence at Onondaga County Penitentiary after being arrested by Patrolman Louis Mangini on April 23 in the 100 block of Seymour Street. The arrest followed a collision between Lasts car and a vehicle driven by Robert Loughlin of LaFayette. no one was injured.
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Onondaga County Penitentiary
James A. Last
RD. 1
Syrause
Truman H. Preston
Louis Mangini
Seymour St
Last
Robert Loughlin
LaFayette
Missing sturdy lines in paratroop training report
Fragmentary note recalls an Indian volunteer from Dakota with a parachute role in the 2nd Airborne Division. A broken leg incident at a training site near Ridge Point is mentioned, with uncertain names and units.
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Ft.bragg
UPA
Airborn
Vas
Tine Ridge
S&p
British election forecast mirrors U S poll in 1956
A fragmented note suggests today’s campaign themes may echo a United States poll, with David Lawrence highlighted on the Factorial Page. Regular features follow, including a song piece and other items, though text is irregular and partial.
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United States
David Lawrence
French executives mock American salad dressing in Grand Rapids
Three French industrial executives from Societe Generale d Equipments visited Grand Rapids and remarked there is nothing like American French dressing in France. They plan to return to Paris soon to try real French dressing.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
France
Pierre Compte
Jean Bolant
Benjamin Liebsman
Societe General d d’Equipments
Paris
Weatherman Predicts Showers Then Mild Heat Break
The forecast calls for record heat today followed by scattered showers tonight and a soaking rain late tomorrow. Alexander Sadowski expects midsummer heat to end with temperatures near normal after a Wednesday rain. Memorial weekend looks cool with more showers and Hancock Field had only a trace yesterday.
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Alexander Sadowski
Washington
Hancock Field
Sadowski
Trucking Halts Hit West Coast After Teamsters Strike
West Coast long haul trucking essentially stopped as the teamsters strike spread from three firms to halt all for hire contracts. Labor and management officials say the impact on trucked commodities is only beginning as the tieup unfolds.
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Los Angeles
Teamsters
Kids name new school in Phoenta district
In Phoenta Arizona students chose a name for the new school. Superintendent W A Griffith noted no parents voted and implied the chosen name would be obvious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenta
Ariz
Davy Crockett
W. A. Griffith
Vaccine Missing Values Shocks Conn Officials
Health officials report 49 vials missing from a Connecticut site. Police are investigating the incident as a potential loss with implications for public health supply and the black market. Authorities are pursuing leads and assessing protection protocols.
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Conn
IBM
Auto-Lite Plans Toledo Expansion Move for Hoffman Plant
Auto-Lite Battery Corp to acquire the Hoffman No. 1 plant on Samson Street Toledo. The 200000 square feet site on over 20 acres is valued at about 2 million dollars. Transfer slated for June 1 with full operation expected later.
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Auto-Lite Battery Corp
Toledo
Ohio
United States
Hoffman Machinery Corp
Samson St
George W. Seiler
Auto-Lite
Owen- Dyneto
Park St
Harold E. Weasemeyer
Hoffman
Seiler
Syracuse
Weekend Horse Ride Injury in Carousel Fall
In Birmingham Alabama Aaron Kimbie is recovering from minor injuries after a weekend fall from a carousel horse. The incident involved a wooden carousel horse and occurred during weekend activities.
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Birmingham
Ala
Aaron Kimbie
Storms and floods sweep large swathes of the nation
Severe storms and floods stretched across the eastern half of the country cutting power, flooding streets and causing damage from Wisconsin to Louisiana. Tornadoes damaged farms in Arcadia and Shreveport, while Wichita faced hail and a funnel cloud. In Florida a lightning fatality occurred as a 9 year old boy died. The heat wave persisted with 81 in Caribou and 104 in Laredo as humidity remained high.
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Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tampa
Fla
Syd McDuffie
Caribou
Maine
Laredo
Tex
New York City
Logansport
Miss
Arcadia
Kansas
Wichita
Butter
Fire Threat Presses Liverpool Town as Nova Scotia Fires Grow
Halifax area reports fires near Liver pool and Tantallon 15 miles west, with 8 buildings and 28 homes lost in Liverpool district. Dying winds ease northern Ontario blazes while scattered showers are hoped to slow Nova Scotia flames.
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Halifax
N. S
Atlantic Coast
Liverpool
Tantallon
Nova Scotia
Ontario
German Neutrality Rejected By Dulles
Secretary of State Dulles ruled out any neutrality policy for Germany including a unified Germany future. He stated the United States views Germany as non neutral given its industry, population, and strategic resources, and informed West German officials of this stance. He noted Eisenhower’s remarks sparked speculation about neutral belts between Russia and the West.
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Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
Germany
West Germany
U.S
Heinz Krekeler
United States
Russia
West
Austria
Reading with phonics boosts pupil progress in Argo Summit area
A reporter details visits to Argo Summit Bedford Park schools where phonics is taught in all grades. Observations include first graders reading aloud from a Chicago Tribune and questions about accuracy of the facts.
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Julie Hay
Charles E. Wingo
Miss ‘Hay
Arco Somonet
Bedford Park
Chicago
Wingo
Z Alao
Leonard Bloomfield
Argo Summit-Bederd Park
WLOW
Walker Schim
Hietko
Policy Parley JERVS and Ter a-Jerny at tedap rervernarnt
Fragmentary text mentions policy discussions and world developments in the Middle East. Names and specifics are unclear, but it references a night’s overview of current events and policy at a government forum.
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Jervs
Alem
Tera
Jerny
Jean de
Nigtvem
Infant Boy Found Hurt In Albany Basement Home
A two week old boy named Louis Terry was found with facial and head wounds on a kitchen floor of a basement apartment and rushed to Albany Hospital in critical condition. His mother Beulah Term reported he was missing from his crib. Neighbors said a wooden table lamp lay beside the bleeding infant and police noted three other children were present, two aged 3 and 2, with the third unnamed.
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Albany Hospital
Louis Terry
Beulah Term
Terey
Herrites
Kenneth Lapert
Hichard
Theresa
Treasury check bounces over unexecuted government refund
In Los Angeles Edward Saver received a $37,500 Treasury refund check for a war surplus bid but the bank returned it uncashed because the Treasury Department had not signed it. The mishap caused a delay in the deposit.
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Los Angeles
Treasury
Edward Saver
Treasury Department
High School Seniors Held in Lebanon Cash Theft
Two 17 year old students Cleland Hostetter and Richard Hoke were jailed on grand larceny charges for stealing more than 13 000 from a Lebanon nursery owner who hid cash in a tree. About 5200 was recovered with 8000 still missing. the money came from a tin can in a tree on Warren Wentz’s lot.
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Lebanon
Dist. Atty. L. E. Meyer
Cleland Hostetter
Richard Hoke
Meyer
Hostetter
Cornwall High School
John Lenker
Pic
William J. Anselmi
Warren W. Wentz
Wentz
Partridge Plans Formosa Visit
Gen. Earle E. Partridge, outgoing Far East Air Force commander, will visit Taipei on Thursday to bid farewell to Nationalist Chinese leaders and receive the Grand Cordon of the Cloud and Banner. He then goes to Manila and Tokyo en route to his new post as chief of the Continental Air Defense Command.
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Taipei
Formosa
Earle E. Partridge
U.S. Far East Air Force
China
Manila
Tokyo
Continental Air Defense Command
Todays Chuckle on Detroit Makers Dreaming Transmissions
Odax unveils a playful concept from Detroit auto makers proposing a transmission that shifts the Warm with a whimsical twist. The joke imagines gears gliding smoothly, sparking smiles about future car tech.
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Odax
Detroit Auto Makers
Knowland Sees Senate Upholding Eisenhower Veto on Postal Pay
Sen Knowland says the Senate will likely sustain the President’s veto of the 8.6 percent postal worker pay raise. Eisenhower met with Republican leaders at the White House as a vote looms on overriding the veto. House GOP leaders voiced confidence in sustaining a veto if the Senate overrides.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
Senate
White House
Capitol
Republican Policy Committee
House
GOP
Martin
Mass
G E Walkout Hits General Electric Plant
Twenty five cabinet finishers at General Electric's radio television department walked out at Electronics Park and were joined by 600 to 1,000 other union members in sympathy. John Stanley of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers said about 1,000 more would stay off tomorrow. Clyde Harrison called the walkout a new protest in breach of contract after suspensions of six union reps.
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General Electric
Radio Ad Television
Electronics Park
John Stanley
International Union of Electrical, Aes and Machine Workers
CIO
Clyde Harrison
Woman Given Suspended Sentence Over Party Line Refusal
In Poughkeepsie a judge imposed three suspended sentences on Mrs. Mary L. Kayes after she refused a party telephone line during a grass fire report. The judge cited deterrence and the defendant’s eventual alert to the operator as factors.
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Poughkeepsie
Boy
Rave
Mary L. Kaves
John R. Schwartz
Donald Toote
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Porter-Cable Machinery Co
Hyman Marcus
New York
U. S. Hoffman
Thendustrial Equipment Department
Thompson Road
S and James St
Intercontinental Machinery Corp
Adon Hoffman
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Tyler
Vicksburg
Irving Morley
Vicksburg, Mich
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