Barn Fire Near Cicero Wrecks 70-Year-Old Farm Structure
A 70 year old Cicero barn on the Charles Guiles farm burned yesterday while the Guilés were away. Cicero firefighters saved a panel truck and nearby buildings. Herbert Bell, 45, of 353 West Genesee Street, suffered back burns after a lit cigarette caused a mattress fire. he refused hospital care and received on scene first aid.
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Cicero
Charles Guiles
Guilés
Herbert Bell
W. Genesee Sr
Bell
City 33rd in Tex Value Survey Syracuse Rate
A Citizens Public Expenditure Survey study released in Albany ranks Syracuse 33rd among 55 upstate cities in combined county city and city school full value tax rates for 1956. The rate was 28.33 per 1000, up from 26.69 in 1955, with only four cities showing lower rates in 1956.
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Syracuse
Upstate
Citizens Public
Albany
Corning
Oléan
Oneida
Plattsburgh
State Boards of Equalization and Assessment
Cool Spring Slows Down DPW Jobs
Public Works Department projects are about a month behind due to cold weather and moist ground. Commissioner Charles F. Stanton cites delayed resurfacing on Erie Boulevard East from Montgomery Street West Street and compromised street patching that may not last until spring.
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Public Works Department
Charles F. Stanton
Santon
Erie Blvd
Stanton
Montgomery ‘St.West St
Six Attend D C Meet From Upstate New York Delegates and alternates named
Six upstate men including three Syracuse natives were chosen as delegates and alternates to the American ElectroPlaters Society annual convention June 17 to 21 in Washington D C. Delegates Lindley Wood Vincent McConnell both of Syracuse and Daniel Gray of Sherrill. alternates Arthur Martineau Jr of Syracuse Edward Wallace of Sherrill and Frank Czech of Whitesboro. Top technical papers in electroplating and metal finishing to be awarded with forty papers expected at the conclave. Dr Allan V Astin director of the National Bureau of Standards to give the keynote address Greer.
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American Electroplaters ‘Society
Washington
D.C
Lindley Wood
Vincent McConnell
Syracuse
Daniel Gray
Sherrill
Arthur Martineau, Jr
Edward Wallace
Frank Czech
Whitesboro
Allan V. Astin
National Bureau of Standards
Arace Greer
Two Cayuga County Men Plead Guilty to Camp Burglaries
In Lysander Town Court Judge Leo Breed accepts guilty pleas from Delbert C. Russell and Harry R. Wilbur Sr. for burglarizing three Seneca River camps on March 1 and a related second degree grand larceny case totaling 132.95. Sentences set for June 12. Anthony Trotman and Newell E. Trotman face multiple charges from similar thefts. additional defendants plead not guilty or innocent to related crimes including narcotics, burglary, and grand larceny.
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Seneca River
Lysander
Leo W. Breed
Paul Jeffrey Co
Delbert Cy. Russell
Auburn
Harry R. Wilbur Sr
R.D. 1
Port Byron
Wilbur
Irving O’neil
Bernard J. Bixby
Kenneth Body
O'Neil
Edward H. Trotman
Montgomery St
Paul Jeffrey
Newell E. Trotman
S. McBride Sr
Harry Shaw
Cedar
Earl E. Rorick
Zepp
James St
Donald V. McGuire
Mackey St
Leland Provencher
W. Pleasant Ave
Man Held for Forgery in City Jail
James Leslie Chambers 25 of Richford R D was arrested on a warrant charging second degree forgery. Unable to post 150 dollar bail he was held for arraignment. Police say he confessed to cashing fraudulent checks totaling over 300 dollars in nine locations including Ithaca and Syracuse.
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Ithaca
James Leslie ‘Chambers
Richford
R.D
Syracuse
Rights of Way Hold Up Progress on Sewer Line
The Solvay trunk line for the West Side Sanitary Sewer District is ahead of schedule but blocked by needed rights-of-way from Solvay Process Crucible Steel Co and the D L and W Rail road. The contractor M A Bongiovanni is ahead on other work as Albert T Hollenbeck secretary of the County Public Works Commission says a special meeting is set for tomorrow to discuss these rights of way. Negotiations have been ongoing since last fall.
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Solvay
West Side
M. A. Bongiovanni
Albert T. Hollenbeck
Secre
Tary
The
County Public Works Commission
Stanton Presses City Over Street Digging Rules
Public Works Commissioner Charles F. Stanton seeks approval to curb unauthorized street cuts by utilities and contractors. He plans a 2 pm meeting at City Hall with Niagara Mohawk Power Corp New York Telephone Co City Water Bureau and the City Engineering Department to coordinate dig projects and set a one year lapse between cuts.
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Charles F. Stanton
City Street
Stanton
City Hall
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
New York Telephone’ Co
City Water Bureau
City Engineering Department
Girl Hurts in Crash Still Fights for Life
A 19 year old Syracuse girl remains in critical condition nine days after a crash on Old Liverpool Road. Jean Marie Knapp of 314 Gifford Street lost a leg and suffered severe injuries but is described as slightly better by attendants at Onondaga General Hospital. Two men died in the same crash and two other victims listed as critical have been moved from St. Joseph's Hospital. Ruth Newmiller, 36, of 1015 East Adams Street, and Elet Milton Vollner, 19, of Central Square, were injured in separate accidents involving a dynamite truck and a Route 11 crash respectively.
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Onondaga General “Hospital
Jean Marie Knapp
Gigford St
Liverpool Rd
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ruth Newmiller
E. Adams
Elet Milton Vollner
Caughdeney Rd
Central Square
Wife arrests husband after family quarrel in Skaneateles Falls
Mrs. Marshall Curtis arrested her husband on Jordan Road after he threatened to shoot her and refused to let her take their five children. Troopers Amos May and Robert Parrow investigated, Curtis pleaded not guilty to third degree assault and was released to his lawyer. He was to appear before Judge Arthur Shaffron for disposition.
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Skaneateles Falls
Amos May
Robert Parrow
Marshall Curtis
Jordan
Curtis
Arthur Shaffron
Skaneateles
John ‘Hawkins
Sheffron
Albert Francis Rites Wednesday
Services for Albert M. Francis 84 of 135 McLennan Ave. die yesterday at Syracuse General Hospital. Mass will be at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Burial in St. Agnes Cemetery. Survivors include sisters Mrs. George Stanton Mrs. Leah Barnes and Mrs. Edna Mahan of Cortland. Friends may call at Hart & Quinn Funeral Home today and tomorrow.
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M. Francis
McLennan Ave
Syracuse General Hospital
Hart & Quinn Funeral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Ava
St. Agnes’ Cemetery
Cazenovia
Syracuse
Francis
The
Elks Lodge
Cathedral of
Local Man Wheeler Held for Examination at Willard State Hospital
Clarence J. Wheeler aged 38 of Geneva Road 2 is in Willard State Hospital for examination after arrest on a statutory charge by Ontario County authorities. Wheeler was arraigned before Justice Charles Backet of the Town of Phelps.
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Willard Geneva
Clarence J. Wheeler
Geneva RD 2
Willard State Hospital
Ontario
Punty
Wheeler
Aushee Charles Backet
Phelps
Pie Thieves Raid Blue Ribbon Cake Co
Hungry crooks broke in at Blue Ribbon Cake Co on Pine Street and fled with about eleven 10 cent pies. Police found damaged rear window and door panels with empty pie boxes scattered near the bakery after James Connors reported the break in this morning.
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Blue Ribbon Cake Co
Pine St
James Connors
Connors
Rev Torrance to Lead Elmira District in Methodist Church
The Rev. C Philip Torrance, former pastor of West Genesee Street Methodist Church, is named superintendent of the Elmira district. He has led the First Methodist Church of Elmira since 1950 and previously served in Gocke Skaneateles Rockwell Cardiff Clifton Springs Mansfield Pa. His move follows 38 pastor appointments across the Central New York Conference announced yesterday.
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Philip Torrance
West Genesee Street
Methodist Church
Elmira
Methodist
Syracuse
North Syracuse
Wilbur
F.“Clark
Lafayette
Ave
Herman B. Murdock
Groton
Brown Memorial Church
Robert J. Thomas
Rockefeller Church
R.=mory Smith, Jr
DeWitt Community Church
Vroudlana Church
Central’ New York
The
Tryouts Slated Today For Little League Teams
Managers of the four International League teams in Little League will hold final tryouts today at Herman Ave Field. All boys from Wards 1 and 10 who played in the Pony League last season may try out.
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Auburn
Herman Ave. Field
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