War Spawned Research Big Business at Syracuse University
The article celebrates Syracuse University’s research growth post World War II. It notes the university’s Research Institute in its 12th year and its rise to 12th nationally in sponsored research. Finla G. Crawford recalls the program’s birth amid risks, planning and imagination.
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Finla G. Crawford
Memorial gift funds hospital expansion in Syracuse drive
The Community Hospital Fund division raised its total to 205,049 with 58,550 in new subscriptions at a Syracuse Hotel meeting. Forbes S. Tuttle chaired as plans for a memorial George Young Room moved forward, funded by a 3,000 donation from George Young Agency, Inc. Subscriptions included 2,438 from Stearns and Bergstrom employees and 2,068 from King and King architects staff.
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Forbes S. Tuttle
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George Young
Stearns and Bergstrom, Inc
King and King
Tompkins, 88, Dies Leaving 140 Descendants
AP reports Charles H. Tompkins died at 88 in North Rose leaving 140 descendants including 100 great grandchildren.
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North Rose
Charles H. Tompkins
Woman Gives 2400 Dollars to Hospital Fund
A Syracuse woman donated 2400 dollars to the hospital fund after saving from a janitor’s job at a local plant. Alexander F. Jones chronicles her heart warming story in the obituary page.
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Alexander F. Jones
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Union charges filed against Sen Bauer embezzlement case
A union local, Local 36 of the American Federation for Grain Millers, accuses Sen Stanley J Bauer and five others of embezzling between 50 000 and 70 000 from 1953 to 1957. The audit cites liquor and cigars trips to New York and Washington political contributions and an extra office employee among misused funds.
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Dulles Vacation on Duck Island
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles rested on Main Duck Island in the Critario during Memorial Day weekend. He avoided commenting on the French crisis, saying he preferred to consider himself on vacation. He traveled with his wife, their poodle Fepi, and three aides.
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John Foster Dulles
Four Indicted in Girl Death From Malnutrition in Buffalo
BUFFALO AP four members of the Dooling family are indicted for first degree manslaughter in the death of Sheila Dooling 7 from malnutrition May 3 in Snyder. The case involves Sheila’s sister Helen 9 and the two foster children Marie and Yvonne with relatives Kenneth 33 and June 33 also charged. The fifth child Emilie died in 1954 and a prior investigation of June’s bed was dropped.
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Sheila Dooling
Jerome Dooling
Clara
Snyder
Helen
Doolings
Aujara Toia Unitea Press
France at risk of civil war as Coty backs De Gaulle
President Rene Coty declared he would resign if parliament refused General Charles de Gaulle as premier, urging national unity. De Gaulle left his country home for Paris amid cheers and derision as parties debated the crisis and the possibility of Andre le Troquer as Coty’s successor.
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Rene Coty
Charles de Gaulle
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National Assembly
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Andre le Troquer
Two Dionne Quints to Be Mothers This Year
Montreal upi reports Cecile Lan glois and Annette Allard, two of the surviving Dionne Quintuplets, expect babies this year. Cecile due in August and Annette in September. The sisters, who turned 24, expressed hope for a boy.
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UPI
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Philippe Langlois
Annette
Germain Allard
People pay respects at Capitol for unknown WWI Korea dead
At the Capitol rotunda the public joined officials like Vice President Nixon and Speaker Rayburn in silent homage to the unknowns of two wars. Crowds, veterans, and families observed the vigil as wreaths and ceremonies marked the Tombs of the Unknowns and Arlington observances continue.
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Richard M. Nixon
Sam Rayburn
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Ambassadors of Great Powers
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Traffic toll hits new low for April and four months
The National Safety Council reports April highway deaths totaling 2,600 a 12 percent drop from last April. For January to April this year 10,330 deaths mark an 8 percent fall from the 11,200 in the same period of 1957, the lowest for that span since 1950.
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Syracuse Leads Nation in Traffic Safety Trends
Syracuse tops the class of cities with 206 600 to 350 000 population reporting 6.3 deaths per 10 000 in the first four months of 1958. Only one fatality occurred, while motor vehicle mileage rose 2 percent. The city council cites record low mileage death rates and credits safer driver behavior better enforcement and engineering efforts.
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Man Convicted Of Seven Murders In Glasgow
New York born woodworker Peter Manuel was found guilty of seven of eight murder charges in Glasgow and was sentenced to death. The jury returned verdicts after a high profile trial spanning several weeks.
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Scotland
UPID
Peter Manuel
United Presbyterian Church slams U S foreign policy hypocrisy
A 2000 word report by the Administration Board and General Council of the United Presbyterian Church accuses the United States of international hypocrisy driven by self interest. It urges firmer stances against hostile regimes and warns of moral decline amid a devotion to national security. The church elected Rev Dr Mills Taylor as moderator and notes the merger of the Presbyterian bodies into a single U S denomination.
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Eisenhower
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Pittsburgh Xenia, Theological Samisary
UAW Chief Warns GM Ford Chrysler on Contract Demands
Walter Reuther pledged that basic UAW contract demands including pensions layoff pay and benefits for displaced workers cannot be swept under the rug. GM and Ford negotiations faced ultimatums with potential plant-closings if no new deal by midnight tonight or Sunday.
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Walter P. Reuther
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Chrysler
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Dent Louis G. Seaton
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Ken Bannon
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Western Union wage talks near strike over contract
Negotiators for Western Union Telegraph Co. remain far apart on a new contract risking a nationwide strike at midnight Saturday. About 39,000 workers face wage and pension issues while the company offers 5-cent raises with similar increases next year.
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Western Union
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E. L. Hageman
Commercial Telegraphers Union
CTA
Lincoln four cent stamps to meet rising demand
The Post Office plans a large stamp production push as new postal rates take effect August first. Arthur Summersfield expects to sell about nine billion four cent Lincoln stamps, replacing the three cent Liberty stamp, and to issue a new seven cent airmail stamp with 650 million expected sales this year. First class mail will rise to four cents and airmail to seven cents.
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UPI
Arthur E. Summerfield
Abraham Lincoln
Statue of Liberty
Summerfield
Surprise Fortune Left Hospital Heir to Shriners
William F. Plumb 72 died April 6 leaving a $450,000 estate to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Springfield. The Belmont man, a widower with no children, lived modestly in a furnished room and owned $300,000 in real estate and $150,000 in securities after studying stocks and property values.
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Soviet Lenin Peace Prizes Awarded to 5 Noted Figures
The Soviet Union announced five Lenin peace prizes amid the 1950s context. Kaoru Yasui, Arnold Zweig, Louis Saillant, Arthur Lindquist, and Joseph Hromadka were named recipients. Each prize carried 100,000 rubles, roughly $5,000, with four honorees from non Communist nations.
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Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Kaoru Yasui
Arnold Zweig
Louis Saillant
World Federation of Trade Unions
Arthur Lindquist
Joseph Hromadka
Weary magistrate questions drunk public at London trial
London magistrate Seymour Collins vented frustration over crime and poverty while questioning why some offenders remain able to drink. The exchange highlighted the tension between unemployment and alcohol use in the city.
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London
UPI
Seymour Collins
Poet Juan Ramon Jimenez Dies in Puerto Rico
Spanish born Nobel laureate Juan Ramon Jimenez aged 76 died in San Juan Puerto Rico from bronchial pneumonia. He was renowned for his lyrical poetry and won the Nobel Prize in literature.
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Juan Ramon Jimenez
Memorial Day Forecast Promises Sunshine and Warm Temperatures
The weatherman forecasts a sunny Memorial Day with highs near 70 to 75 degrees by mid afternoon. A disturbance will cross northern New York tomorrow night bringing possible widely scattered showers. Tonight looks fair and milder with a low around 45. Saturday will be partly cloudy and cool.
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Farley Predicts Democratic Wins On Birthday Eve
James A. Farley, 70, veteran forecaster and former postmaster general, predicts Democratic victories this year and in 1960. He notes troublesome days but remains confident in the nation’s future and reflects on his decades of political work with Roosevelt and the party. He plans a family birthday dinner as the piece concludes.
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