17 Nov 1950
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1950
Page
1
In New York, Mrs. Bennett Yerves gave birth Feb 3 to Kathleen and yesterday Kathleen’s four brothers Dennis Eugene Thomas Bennett and Gerard Francis arrived. The couple’s 19 month marriage produced four children totaling five in less than a year. Father earns 50 weekly as shipping clerk.
Repair crews worked to restore teletype and newsprinter service in Pittsburgh after a three alarm fire hit the Bell Telephone Building, knocking out the transcontinental AT T teletype hookup. In Michigan three fathers killed their sons during opening days of deer hunting, officials report. Police search for jewel thieves who hit the Carolina Hotel third time this spring, with losses estimated between 25 600 and 30 000 dollars. Detroit air show ends with a three month grounding after Frank Underhill flies 300 feet above a crowded neighborhood as a stunt.
The Education Department authorized a penny and nickel collection among island schoolchildren to aid the widow of Puys Leslie Coffelt, President Truman's guard man slain by Puerto Rican assassins. Also reports on James Stewart's recovery, a German court life sentence for Pleil and accomplices, South Korean ministers resigning, Queen Mary ill, a Windsor gas explosion, and notable deaths.
Sammy Yampolsky, twelve, received 1000 dollars from Herman Bush's will for his kindness to a despondent elder. Bush, a 62 year old Russian immigrant, died of sleeping pills Monday and left instructions to keep relations unaware while arranging one funeral. The boy plans to share the money with his unemployed father, Joseph.
Medina Ohio reports Gerald Killinger found guilty of first degree murder in the shotgun death of Harold Mast. The 23 year old will be executed in the electric chair. partner Ameman awaits separate trial. State alleged motive included friendship, money and a car.
Jurors noted the insanity issue was discussed in a limited way during the early phase of deliberations. The statement reflects ongoing testing of mental state arguments in the case.
A Jacksonville coroner's jury freed J. P. McRae of charges after hearing he killed his wife and City Safety Commissioner Richard D. Sutton in a cottage after discovering an alleged nude embrace. Witnesses said McRae fired two blasts then suffered a heart attack. a verdict was expected in 1 to 2 weeks.
The United States captured the world contract bridge team title in Castle Harbor Bermuda after eight sessions, beating Britain and Europe. U S co captains John Crawford and Howard Schenken praised the European team while detailing their hand valuation method. The champions include Crawford Goren Silodor Rapee Stayman and Schenken of Philadelphia and New York.
An agreement to end Pittsburgh three daily papers shutdown was reached early today after all-night talks with nonstriking unions over back pay from a mailers’ strike that began October 16. The back-pay dispute will go to binding arbitration and publication will resume tomorrow for the Post-Gazette Sun-Telegraph and Press.
Wooster mayor Francis Hillen 46 shot himself in his office a few hours after police accused him of misusing polio and hospital funds. The coroner ruled death by his own action.
Judge Forbes R. Hiehle prepared to sentence David L. Brown after a collision when Brown confessed his identity and called to admit the fault. The judge paused the proceedings recognizing Brown’s honesty in the Parkersburg, West Virginia incident.
Police report records Judge Hiehle suspending a fine and noting the act is a four bonus for honesty. The remark accompanies the court action in a local case.
A fragment notes Albert Einstein worked at the Swiss Patent Office from 1902 to 1909, marking his early career before his rise in physics.
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