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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1951
Page
2
Government agents halted 30 trucks entering through the Holland and Lincoln tunnels in a raid on black market food shipments. Only two meat trucks were found to have valid shipments after screening by Office of Price Stabilization personnel. The operation targeted illicit food movement in the city.
The White House blocked press coverage of a day-long briefing for top officials and leaders on national and international issues with President Truman possibly attending. Names of invitees were not disclosed.
Wursterheide volunteers rush to a house fire with Cuxhaven units. Water from Wursterheide forces drenched onlookers and retreating Cuxhaven crews as a wing of the dwelling burns to destruction.
Frank W. Harding prominent breeder and former president of the American Shorthorn Breeders Association dies in Chicago. Dr Is eae McLelland Abroady, longtime Presbyterian Church General Council member, dies in Birmingham Alabama.
Acting Police Chief John J. Powrie faced a departmental trial over alleged open and notorious gambling in the community. The Orange County Grand Jury recently returned a presentment but made no criminal charge against him, though the panel said Powrie’s retention would seem unwarranted.
In New York a 14 year old girl faces a juvenile delinquency charge after allegedly babysitting at a doctor’s Nahant Mass home and fleeing with money. Her mother asks for leniency and a youth court hearing follows in New York City.
Senator Taye R Minn demanded suspension of Charles E Shaver counsel to the Senate Small Business Committee pending an investigation into his ties with the Reconstruction Finance Corp The senator released a telegram claiming Shaver helped push $1 165 million in a failed Chalfonte hotel loan in Florida Shaver said he acted as an old friend of Fleisher and that the RFC loan was canceled before disbursement with terms deemed too severe.
A four member group from the Department of Agriculture in Washington completed a three month voyage seen as a sociological experiment. They planned sightseeing and separate returns to Michigan Boston and North Carolina. The raft project is undecided on sale.
Mississippi officials opened hearings on gambling liquor and prostitution effects on Keesler Air Base personnel. Sheriff Laz Quave demanded closures from casino operators along the Gold Coast as slot machines and gambling venues shut down after weekend business, ending a long era since 1927.
Hal Boyle argues no standard method exists for judging beauty contests and lampoons subjective judging practices. He notes diverse judge types, inconsistent criteria, and the chaos when mixed juries decide winners, suggesting expert statistical input would improve fairness.
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh visited Philadelphia's Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell to frame Iran's oil nationalization as a liberty struggle. He accuses Britain of greed in Iran's riches and argues national independence is universal and essential.
Amid clashes in Port Said and Egyptian protests, Britain pressed to strengthen its canal zone presence. A British general approved plans to field at least a division and ordered reinforcements from Cyprus, while Egypt calls for unity against British actions and warns of broader conflict.
A tank truck hauling 2.00 gallons of aviation gasoline failed brakes at Chicago Municipal Airport and narrowly missed a New England Air Lines C-46 with 40 passengers aboard destined for Detroit. The vehicle crashed through a fence. fire crews neutralized a small spill. Driver William Kittele, 17, said brakes failed as he tried to turn.
The tug Sachem was raised from the lake floor near Dunkirk after 16 months underwater following a sinking that killed 22 crew. The Serre and dredge Cherokee, brought from Cleveland, lifted the vessel about 11 feet with the dredge crane and began towing toward Dunkirk harbor.
Salvage teams from a British carrier and US Navy cleared a downed MIG in shallow water aided by helicopters buoys and a 120 foot utility craft. Marine fliers from Sicily engaged enemy positions while British warships Cardigan Bay and Kenya provided cover as salvage moved the damaged fighter aboard and departed with the prize.
Eight days of anticipation among reporters on Mount Charleston ended with a modest desert flare. About 5,000 troops including a 100 man unit wait at Camp Desert Rock for atomic maneuvers while unofficial counts place this as the world’s twentieth detonation with the US leading in total tests and Russia having two.
In New Orleans , judge to rule today on motions challenging jurisdiction as Lake Charles American Press publisher Thomas Shearman co publisher Hugh Shearman managing editor Kenneth Dixon city editor Jamies Norton and courthouse reporter Carter George face arraignment on Aug 27 for defaming 18 public officials and gamblers during a gambling crusade.
US Sabres and MIG-15s clash in six air battles with 380 enemy jets in action. First Lt. Bradley N. Irish of Denforth and wingman claim a MIG destroyed. B-29s bomb Taechon airfield as runways and revetments near completion, threatening a jet base south of Manchuria.
Dr. Lewis Hsted, born 1916 in Berkeley, educated at UC and Oxford, faced indictment over concealing Communist Party membership from 1938 to 1942 while teaching at the California Institute of Learning and later at Delaware. FBI noted memberships in Phi Beta Kappa and other groups but omitted the party. Judge Foley denied dismissal of the charge.
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