Folsom Reported as Mrs Hobby's Successor
Washington reports President Eisenhower will name Marion B. Folsom, undersecretary of the Treasury, to head Health Education and Welfare. If confirmed, he would replace Oveta Culp Hobby, the cabinet’s only woman and a Democrat, whose resignation may come for personal reasons amid criticism of the Salk polio vaccine program.
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Washington
United Press
Eisenhower
the Treasury
Marion B. Folsom
Health, Education and Welfare
Folsom
Oveta Culp Hobby
Hobby
McRae
Eastman Kodak Co
Treasury Post
Health, Education and Welfare Department
William Hobby
Texas
Fallen Wire Kills Three in Kansas City Night Incident
Three youths were electrocuted after stepping from a stalled car into six inches of water charged by a fallen 2300 volt power line in a flooded residential street. Victims James Fraher Emil J. Dasta 17 Independence Missouri George A. Mo Beck 17 Independence Missouri were found nearby leaving their shoes in the car. Police said the car stalled and the boys removed their shoes to wade the water after sewer flooding from heavy rain.
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Kansas City
James Fraher
George A. Mo
Emil J. Dasta
Kan- Beck
Independence
Sas City
Knights of Columbus State Council Tops 100000 Members
The New York State Council Knights of Columbus surpassed 100000 members for the first time in 30 years as the two day annual convention opened in Saratoga Springs. State Secretary John F. Symonds announced the milestone and resolutions were set for today.
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Saratoga Springs
Obituary notices recall several notable deaths
Belmont Francis Fisher Kane a Philadelphia attorney and liberal leader former US attorney for eastern Pennsylvania and longtime Pennsylvania Prison Society president died yesterday. New York Francis Gorman age 70 longtime Astor Hotel manager and housing official died yesterday. Cleveland Thomas L Sidie music patron and former Scripps Howard figure died yesterday. Durham Dr John J Tyem manager of the Varrans Administration Hospital in Durham died yesterday.
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Associated Press
Belmont
Mass
Francis Fisher Kane
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Prison Society
New York
Francis Gorman
Astor Hotel
Sherator-Astor
New York City
Cleveland
Thomas L. Sidie
E. W. Scripps
Clansel
Scripps-Harvard Howard
United Press Associations
Asen
Durham, Noc
John 3. Tyem
Varrans Administration
Jorarn
Farga
Alexartha
la Hones
Milwaukee
Bern
Asden
Record Year Foretold By Labor Secretary For Workers
Secretary James P. Mitchell told 3,000 General Federation of Women's Clubs delegates in Philadelphia that 1355 will be a record year for American workers and families. He cited factory wages rising to 74.77 a week and prices staying steady with rents dropping slightly, noting five months of stable consumer prices. The federation’s meeting ended, with the international convention moved to Geneva from May 31 to June 1.
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Philadelphia
James P. Mitchell
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Mitchell
Federation
Geneva
Switzerland
Doolittle Fishes Gets Two Recruits At Lake
Retired Air Force Gen James Doolittle fishing in West Grand Lake Maine inspired two young anglers to join the Air Force. Robert L Berry 18 of Grand Lake Stream and Eston K Greenlaw 19 of Princeton signed up yesterday, with Doolittle advising them to enlist.
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Bangor
Maine
Air Force
James Doolittle
West Grand Lake
Doolittle
Robert L. Berry
Grand Lake Stream
Eston K. Greenlaw
Princeton
New Stock Firms Chartered In April In New York State
Albany and New York officials report 2308 new stock corporations chartered in April 1955, up 109 from April 1954. Through four months total 10612 new corporations were formed, the highest since 1946. Secretary Carmine DeSapio announced.
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Albany
New York State
Secretary of State
Carmine DeSapio
DeSapio
Snakes Disappear at Korida Environs
George P. Wietheller director of the St. Louis Zoo mourns the loss of snakes in old smoke-haunt areas of Korida. He says he had to beat the bushes this year for the snakes, noting his eagerness to witness them in Everziades and wait for the reptiles to crawl into view.
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ST. Louis OP
George P.wietheller
St.Louis Zoo
Korida
Nationalists Stand Firm on Self Defense and No CeaseFire
Taipei dispatch reports Foreign Minister George Yeh declaring Nationalist China has not signed any pact surrendering self defense or territory. He warns cease-fire talks depend on Soviet aggression, cites heavy shelling at Quemoy, and labels Chou En-lai’s talks as strategic tension. Yeh dismisses negotiations with Communists as fruitless.
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Taipei
Formosa
George Yeh
China
United States
Yeh
Central
Foochow
Defense Ministry
Tatong Island
Quemoy
Little Quemoy
Formosa Strait
U.N
Free World
Soviet Union
Peiping
V. K. Krishna Menon
Nehru
China Coast
Red
Chou En-lai
Polio vaccination process faces limits as term ends
Officials noted 700000 Pitman Moore doses distributed with remaining stock and Wyeth reports of unused vaccine. Production time may prevent finishing first and second graders this term, clinics planned to continue inoculations. Six million youths inoculated. 111 post inoculation polio cases and five deaths reported. 228 polio cases since April 10.
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Dianapolis
Scheele
Pitman-Moore and
Wyeth
Pitman-Moore
The
Health Service
Insects Far Older Than Race of Man
United Press science report notes insects predate humans by about 220 million years. Professor Reginald Manwell of Syracuse University explains insects show little structural change over eons and share enduring habits with today’s species, despite major geological upheavals.
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Insects
New York
Reginald D. Manwell
Syracuse University
Florissant
Colo
Pompeii
Rocky Mountains
Mount Versavius
Manwell
Prof
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Baby Injured in Catonsville Explosion at Home
A dynamite charge ripped into a Catonsville home injuring a sleeping 15 month old, Mary Melissa Einstein, severely. Police say the blast also cut phone lines and damaged a car as Einstein and his wife tried to rush the baby to hospital. One adult suffered minor cuts and six other children and two adults escaped unharmed.
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Catonsville
Ini
Einstein
Motorist Dies Behind Wheel in West Adams Incident
Los Angeles case where 72-year-old Hubert L. Weiss collapsed at the wheel of a speeding car on West Adams Boulevard as Jack Fradkin pursued. Weiss died of an apparent heart attack after the vehicle ran free until ignition was turned off.
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Los Angeles
Jack Fradkin
West ‘Adams Blvd
Fradkin
Hubert L. Weiss
Weiss
Two GIs Sentenced To Prison in Japan
A Japanese court jailed two U S Army privates for seven and four years at hard labor on charges of assaulting and robbing a Japanese taxi driver. Privates Pati A. Desperance and Richard W. Haviland, both 19 or 20, were implicated in a taxi robbery and ensuing chase on Rt 07. Police described multiple accidents connected to the incident.
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Yokohama
Pati A. Desperance
Woonsocket
Fll
Richard W. ‘Haviland
Stamford
Conn
Brouce Heights
Mize Lark
Mewark
Tom
Drew
New Auto Doesn't Mind Three Mishaps Involve Six Cars
A bystander recounts a minor collision spree near a service station and airport crossage involving Miss Lark's car and five other vehicles. Patrolman Dates escorted her to a bus stop and then home after the string of rear endings and lane changes.
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New Auto
Miss Lark
Barmaids Must Quit at Midnight in New York State
The Board of Standards and Appeals ruled that women may not work as barmaids after midnight in New York State restaurants. The decision overturns a prior finding and cites social concerns as grounds for the restriction, affecting female bartenders statewide.
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New York
Board of Standards Ath
State Labor Department
New York State
Corma
California Senate Protects TV Sets as Household Necessity
The California Senate gave final passage to a bill shielding television sets in bankruptcy from attachment, deeming TV as a necessity and preventing creditors from taking the family set. Senator Richard Richards argued such seizure causes hardship and that television should be exempt from attachment along with other basic household items.
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Sacramento
California
Senate
Richard Richards
Los Angeles
Reds Blamed for African Disorders Across French Territories
Paris said Communist agitation sparked five days of clashes in the Central African trust territory of the Cameroons. At least nine killed and eight wounded as protests and police fought in Douala, with a curfew imposed as authorities counter rising terrorism in France's North African possessions.
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Paris An
Cameroons
Paris
France
U. N
Africa
Douala
Ministry of Overseas
Cameroons Peoples’ Union
Cameroon
Algeria
Casablanca
Morocco
Tunis
Tunisia
North Country Seeks Industrial Boom With New Plant Plans
North Country officials report interest from Alcoa of Canada and Parke-Davis to build plants in Kingston and Brookville while Jones & Laughlin and Republic Steel consider expansions. Ogdensburg eyes port upgrades to serve inland cities as Allied Chemical bids for river power and land along the river. The Power Authority clarifies plans to pay 60 percent of estimated value for acquisitions and maintain river access during talks.
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Plattsburg
Massena
Allied Chemical & Dye Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
E. L duPont de Nemours Co
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
Lyon Mountain
Mineville
Kingston
Alcoa of Canada
Ont
Parke-Davis Co
Brookville
Ogdensburg
George Hall Corp
Sacketts Harbor
Watertown
Solvay Process Co
Syracuse
State Power Authority
Waddington
Brasher
St. Lawrence County
Henry B. Taliaferro
Power Authority
Allied Chemcal
Train Kills Tot As She Freezes On Track
A 3-year-old girl named Karen Williams was killed near her Buffalo home when she froze on NYC tracks as a one car train approached. Witnesses said the girl stood paralyzed in the path and was hurled about 30 feet by the impact after the engineer blew the whistle warning.
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Buffalo
New York Central
Karen Wiliams
Nyc
Karen
Williams Drops Loyalty Issue at 1952 Democratic Convention
Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michigan rejected the party loyalty demand from Southern delegates at the Augusta convention. He said the loyalty issue is dead and that delegates to the next convention are Democrats by virtue of being there.
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Augusta
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Hundreds rally in hunt for missing two year old Freddie Holmes
In Grahamsville a vast search with 300 Boy Scouts and hundreds of volunteers to continue through Sunday for Freddie Holmes missing since last Wednesday. Police say no clues yet as bloodhounds were paused after rain and air search failed to spot him. a farmhouse landlord Baldassare Giarizzo, 55, faces a hearing on concealing stolen property after a stolen chainsaw was found on the property.
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Grahamsville
Freddie Holmes
John Lawson
Fred
Baldassare Giarizzo
Monticello
Giarizzo
Adenauer seeks 150000-man West German army bill
Bonn reports a bill to authorize recruitment of 150000 volunteers for West Germany's armed forces was sent to the Bundesrat for review within 21 days. If approved, it heads to the Bundestag as plans to train conscripts for readiness and NATO needs proceed.
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George Boultwood
Bonn
Germany
Adenauer
Bundesrat
Bundestag
Konrad Adenauer
NATO
Bus Crash Kills Four in Scarborough
A Colonial Coach Lines bus crashed into a car in suburban Scarborough early today, killing four. The bus driver and six passengers escaped as the vehicle burst into flames. The victims were charred beyond recognition and iden tification was delayed. Three died at the scene, the fourth woman died later in East General Hospital.
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Toronto
Colonial Coach Lines
Scarborough
East General Hospital
East End
Nicknames Fill Michigan Prison Inmate Records
Officials in Jackson Michigan report a large nickname file for inmates serving time at Southern Michigan Prison. They say the colorful monikers include Horsecollar Hogjaw Jughead Bad-Eye and Juicehead and help tracing inmates across facilities.
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Jackson
Mich
Michigan
Horsecollar
Hogjaw
Jughead
Bad-Eye
Juicehead
Gem theft case in Houston labeled solvable, police say
Houston police report progress in the $50 000 gem theft case of actress Hedy LaMarr. Lieutenant Short said the initial phase is complete and detective Squyres conducted lie detector tests on LaMarr her husband W Howard Lee and four servants. Tests on LaMarr inconclusive due to distress while Lee and the servants passed, with them stating they knew nothing of the jewels. Insurance coverage cited at about $39 500.
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Houston
Hedy LaMarr
H. B. Short
B. B. Squyres
Miss LaMarr
W. Howard Lee
Squyers
Lee
Couple Plans 36000 Blowout After Police Detain Them
In Boston, a 42-year-old man and his wife, both paper cutters, were detained by police in Charlestown after flashing 36000 in cash. Police say they planned one grand celebration to exhaust their life savings. Names were not released.
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Boston
Charlestown
Michael F. O'Brien
Texan Welcomes 165 Millionth U.S. Citizen
The 165 millionth United States resident was born at 6:51 a.m. CST in San Antonio to Mr and Mrs Jack Saulers Jr at Baptist Memorial Hospital. The Census Bureau clock flashed 165 million to mark the moment. In Newburgh New York stage star Martha Wright married George J Manuche Jr at the groom family home.
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Martha Wright
New York
George d. Manuche, Jr
Newburgh
Miss Wright
Mary Martin
Manuche
Holy Cross
San Antonio
Tex
United States
Jack Saulers Jr
Baptist Memorial Hospital
U.S. Census Bureau
Commerce Dept
Washington
CST
Saubers
N.Y
George J. Manuche Jr
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