Auto dealer Harry Howlett dies in 14 story Hotel Statler fall
Harry A. Howlett 44 president of the Harry Howlett Corp a Syracuse Buick dealer fell or jumped from a 15th floor suite in New York City hotel. Police said no suicide note. Howlett a Syracuse Parking Authority member previously served in world war II in combat intelligence. He and his wife Leona were to meet at 10 am today before a limousine to the pier.
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Hudson Motor Car Co
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Pacific
Australia
Bombay
India
Europe
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
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Salerno
Naples
Panhandler shoots man after being brushed aside
In Philadelphia a panhandler refused a denial and shot Paul Ledonne, seriously wounding him. Police arrested the unnamed suspect who would not give a name.
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Philadelphia
Paul Ledonne
Far flung dispatch on India China Russia fate
Marquis Childs writes from a survey mission that the evolving relations among India China and Russia may shape global outcomes for years to come. The piece appears in a Far Blast column alongside regular features and page listings.
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India
China
Russia
Cone
Marquis Childs
Clergymen and Manufacturers Back Syracuse Track Protest
The Council of Churches of Syracuse and Onondaga County and the Syracuse Manufacturers Association joined citizens opposing a Midstate Raceway track in Collamer. At Danforth United Church the council passed a resolution to publicize church and community opposition. Harold Edwards, vice president of the council and Association publicity chair, read John T. Schenck’s pledge to help block the project as four Onondaga legislators urged a public harness racing hearing.
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Onodaga County
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Onondaga County
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John T. Schenck
Association
Midstate Raceway
DeWitt
State
Harness Racing Commission
Former S U Coach Dies In Dryden Village
Edwin R. Sweetland 75 former head football coach at Colgate Syracuse and Ohio State died at his Dryden County home. A Cornell 1899 graduate he coached at Colgate and Syracuse earning 20 wins 5 losses and 2 ties in three seasons then moved to Ohio State. He also served as Dryden town supervisor from 1938 to 1944.
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Ohio State
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Dryden
Four North Korean killers captured by British troops
Four Communist atrocity killers were captured in Pyongyang by British forces. The suspects allegedly slit the throats of 11 rebellious North Koreans, lining them up with hands tied behind backs before using razors. Capt. Andy Craighead led the investigation and confirmation of the arrests.
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Pyongyang
North Korea
Andy Craighead
Gas truck and train collide near San Marcos trapping four
A gasoline tank truck collided with a Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines freight train near San Marcos Texas. The engine and 10 cars derailed and caught fire trapping the truck driver and three train crewmen. The fire quickly enveloped the wreckage as authorities fought to rescue them.
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Missouri- Kansas-Texas Lines
San Marcos
Highway Patrol
E. K. Browning
Harness track near Syracuse not yet approved says state board
Henry M. James of the State Harness Racing Commission said no action has been taken on any Syracuse area track. He noted two certificates of incorporation exist one for Vernon Madison County and one for Syracuse with no ruling yet. The commission has not scheduled meetings and will consider residents views before any license or location decision.
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Henry M. James
Hudson
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Onondaga County
Vernon
Madison County
Harnness Racing Commission
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J Commission
Central New York
Capitol
Dionne Quintuplets Visit Bronx Quadruplets In "Quad Heaven"
New York reports the 16 year old Dionne quintuplets and 17 month old Collings quadruplets will meet in the Bronx at the Collins family home. The visit follows the quints request and was arranged with Msgr. Gustav Schultheiss on behalf of Cardinal Spellman.
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Dionne
Collings
Quints
Dionnes
New York City
Olivia Dionne
Little Four
Collins
Msgr
Gustav Schultheiss
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Quinns
Charles Collins
Italian Atom Scientist Pontecorvo Reportedly Missing
Rome papers shout Pontecorvo, British citizen and atom research scientist, vanished on vacation with his wife and three children. Swedish airline officials traced a route via Stockholm to Helsinki and possibly Poland, noting the family held Polish and Swedish passports and fearing uncertain plans after arrival.
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Bruno Pontecorvo
Stockholm
Finland
Milan
England
Pontecorvo
Canada
Italy
Poland
Britain
Harwell Atomic Energy Research Laboratory
Klaus Fuchs
Fuchs
Storkholm
Helsinki
Munich
Copenhagen
Nordblom
Princess Anne Christened On Trafalgar Day
Princess Anne is christened at Buckingham Palace as Britain marks the Battle of Trafalgar anniversary. The two month old daughter of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise, receives the name with Prince Philip returning from Malta to attend. Charles, her brother, follows in line to the throne.
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Anne
Britain
Trafalgar
Trafalgar Square
Buckingham Palace
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Duke of Edinburgh
Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise
Prince Philip
Malta
Prince Charles
French Lose Last China Frontier Fort Near Hanoi
French troops abandon Langson fortress 80 miles north of Hanoi as Red guerrillas press toward the Red River delta. The withdrawal shifts defense line 60 miles back, leaving long frontier stretches exposed to Communist forces allied with China and Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh.
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Langson
Red River Delta
China
Dongkhe
Fair Warm After Frost Brings Warmer Weather
After a frosty night with 33 degrees and a light frost, Syracuse expects a warm spell as a high pressure system moves over the northeast. Tonight's low around 42, rising to 54 tomorrow, marking seven rainless days following last week's 2.90 inches of precipitation.
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Andrew P. Keller
Syracuse H
Husband's Divorce To Cost $100,000
Robert Des Marais 34 said it was worth 100000 to end his marriage to Marjorie Des Marais 32 and marry Mary Hall 31. The court advised transferring all property to the wife and granted temporary alimony pending the divorce trial. Des Marais, an airline operator, declared his net worth as 100000.
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Los Angeles
Robert Des Marais
Des Marais
Mary Hall
Marjorie Des Marais
Freight Train Wreck Kills One in River Forest Suburb
Three freight trains collided on an overpass of the Soo Line near River Forest business district. One man was reported killed in the Chicago area incident.
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Chicago
Suburban River Forest
Soo Line
British Bureaucrat Goes Nuts in Groundnut Ruse
In Rogate England UPI reports a British bureaucrat cites a government order to claim nuts and groundnuts have confusing meanings. Conservative Co F H Gough quotes an amending order defining nuts to exclude groundnuts, clarifying a linguistic dispute in politics.
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Co. F. H. Gough
Head of Ukrainian Underground Slain
Ukrainian sources in Frankfurt report Lt. Gen. Taras Schuprynka commander of the Ukrainian underground army against Communism killed in battle. The Do Zbrei monthly in Germany cites the Ukrainian Liberation Council and resistance forces as the source of the claim.
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Ukrainian Liberation Council
Ukrainian Resistance Army
Cominform Conference Aims at West German Rearmament
Soviet Molotov presides over Prague meeting of Eastern bloc foreign ministers to counter Western moves toward arming West Germany. United States Britain and France agreed to boost West German police by 30 000 and discuss integrating units into a defense zone. Moscow accuses the West of reviving a German army as Prague gathering signals broader Soviet push.
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France
New York
West Germany
MOP-UP MANDATES PARATROOPERS NEAR KOREA FRONT
United Nations air and ground forces surged through North Korea driving back 27,000 Communist troops around Pyongyang. Paratroopers linked with dismounted cavalry 28 miles northeast of Pyongyang and 85 miles from Manchuria as the push closed on the last Communist core. Additional drops at Sukchon near Pyongyang were reported amid sporadic fighting as South Korean and British Commonwealth units advanced toward the coast and Yalu frontier.
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North Korea
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U.S. First Cavalry
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British Commonwealth
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Sinuiju
Korea
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Antung
Him IL Sung
United Press
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Woodside
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Tanks Race to Rescue 150 GIs on Red Train
North Korea reports say a tank led U. S. task force moved from Pyongyang toward a rail tunnel 40 miles away to rescue about 150 American prisoners believed held by the Communists. The prisoners may be part of 250 seized in a Sunday march toward the Manchurian border amid a larger group of 376 who began a death march from Seoul.
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