Rejected Student Admits Murder on Columbia Campus
A former Columbia University student confessed to killing Eileen Fahey 18 and blaming the university after a rejected thesis on electronics. Bayard Peakes 29 of Dover New York was arrested in Boston following a tip from an unidentified Columbia professor.
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Boston
Columbia University
Eileen Fahey
Columbia
Bayard Peakes
Dover
New York
James Corcoran
Louis Behrens
Back Bay
Peakes
Corcoran
Columbus
Francis G. Wilson
Air Force Tracks Surge of Flying Saucer Reports
Dayton reports show about 60 sighting accounts in two weeks, with Captain Ruppelt noting a surge in unidentified flying objects. He says no link to Operation Sky Watch and cites no explanation for the rise while pilots Nash and Fortenberry are urged to provide details on eight red orange discs at 1000 mph. Local civil defense chief McGee voices concern over increasing aerial activity.
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Ruppelt
Air Force
Ground Observer Corps
Norfolk
W. B. Nash
W.H. Fortenberry
Pan American Airways
Dayton
Roy Ellis
Akries
Ellis
Rubber Seal Products Co
Richard H. McGee
Civil Defense
McGee
Hot Spell Unbroken Across Nation As Heat Persists
A weather forecaster warned that hot humid conditions would grip much of the country with dangerous heat in several regions. Farmers and loggers faced tinder dry forests while New England endured record heat and multiple deaths from heat stress. The Weather Bureau anticipated only a modest cool down as humidity remained high and rain potential varied by locality.
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United Press
Gulf of Mexico
South
Pacific Northwest
Maine
New England
New York
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Plains States
Truman Undergoes Several Days of Medical Tests
President Truman, age 68, is at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for multiple days of exhaustive tests to assess the toll of seven White House years. Dr. Wallace H. Graham directs the examination as Mrs. Truman travels from Independence, Missouri to visit.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Wallace H. Graham
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Independence
Mrs Truman's illness kept him away from office
The report notes Mrs Truman's insistence she was not summoned in caring for her mother in Missouri. President Truman, hospitalized for a mild virus infection, rested in his suite in a bathrobe and showed steady improvement after a slight afternoon temperature. The weekly news conference was cancelled.
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Mrs Truman
Missouri
Mr. Truman
White House
Joseph Short
Short
Truman
Weather Outlook for Cleveland Area Pleasant to Hot
Northeastern Ohio clears with continued heat and humidity this afternoon and tonight. Friday turns partly cloudy with spotty thundery showers. Temperatures rise to around 90 degrees this afternoon, with a low near 72 tonight. Southwest winds about 18 mph. Barometer steady at 90.25.
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Cleveland
Ohio
New Radar Speed Control Unit On Duty In Elyria
Elyria police unveil a radar speed control unit described as an unblinking eye that can see in the dark and record speed within two miles per hour. The unit will tour city streets during a two week demonstration before full time patrol duty on speeding hotspots.
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Elyria
West River Street
Cleveland Street
West
Middle Avenues
Irvin Finegold
Walter Gehrke
Elyrians
First Arrest Under Radar Speed Control System
The first speeding arrest using the new radar unit occurred this morning on East Bridge Street when Eve Lyn Wilford of Hall Road was timed at 42 mph in a 25 mph zone and cited to appear in Elyria Mayor's Court. The prior day Thomas Castro of Woodford Avenue was arrested for a noisy muffler, cited, and fined 10 dollars plus costs totaling 13.89, avoiding a larger warrant penalty.
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Evelyn Wilford
Hall Road
East Bridge Street
Elyria
Thomas Castro
Woodford Avenue
Castro
Wage Increase Granted by Cleveland Wage Board
The Wage Stabilization Board of Cleveland approved a six cent hourly wage rise for Wilson-Albrecht Company employees at 317 Prospect Street. The across-the-board increase is retroactive to January 16, 1952, following a joint petition by the company and UAW CIO Local 996.
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Wage Stabilization Board of
Cleveland
Wilson-Albrecht Company, Inc
Prospect Street
Uaw-Cio
Subway Collision Injures 100 in Manhattan Tunnel
In a Fulton Street incident, a Brooklyn-bound express train rolled back into another, injuring more than 100 rush hour passengers. Two motormen were suspended as investigators probe neglect of duty and rule violations.
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New York
Manhattan
Financial District
Fulton Street
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Co
New York Board of Transportation
Subway
Brooklyn
Michael Murphy
Francisco Batista
Murphy
Col
Sidney H. Bingham
The
Transportation Board
Public Hearing On County Budget August Sixth
A public hearing on the county 1953 operating budget, tentatively set at 1,399,850 dollars, will be held at 8 30 am EDT August 6 in the county commissioners office. Three commissioners cut about 134 900 dollars from department requests to balance the figure. The cut included removing proposed salary increases totaling around 340 000. If January income estimates rise, the outlook for pay boosts could improve.
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Frank Ayres
County Budget Commission
Left Wing Pressures for Tough Civil Rights Plank at Democratic Platform
ADA chairman Stanley Gerwitz warned that unless the party adopts a stronger civil rights plank, left wing Democrats may boycott election booths or sit out the vote. He told the Platform Writing Committee the 1952 victory hinges on liberal labor and independent voters. Lehman backed a firm civil rights stance with Truman support and a plan to curb senate filibusters. Public hearings opened as Democrats weigh a tough platform for November.
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Chicago
Stanley Gerwitz
National Executive Committee
Americans For Democratic Action
Democratic Platform
Gerwitz
Dwight D. Eisenhower
ADA
Roosevelt
Celler
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Emanuel Celler
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Herbert H. Lehman
Platform
Senate
Lehman
Truman
Clearview School District Receives Federal Grant
The Federal Security Agency announced a grant of 185 629 dollars to Clearview school district in Lorain County as part of more than 1.5 million dollars in federal funds for five Ohio school projects in crowded defense areas. The grant aids a 475 000 dollar project to build a new elementary school at Vincent, funded in part by a 350 000 dollar local bond issue approved in 1950.
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Clearview
Lorain County
Federal Security Agency
Ohio
Berea City
Montgomery County
Hamilton County
Vincent
Three Counties Ask Polio Funds
Akron area counties Ashland Holmes and Medina applied for a total of 30 000 from the National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis as polio cases rose in the seven county area to 148. Ten new Akron Children’s Hospital cases brought the Akron total to 93 with seven in critical condition and eight deaths. The foundation already sent 19 000 to Wayne County.
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Akron
National Foundation For
Children's Hospital
National Foundation
Wayne County
Ashland County
Holmes County
Medina County
Steel Talks Abandoned Until Committee Meets
The CIO United Steelworkers Wage Policy Committee will meet in Pittsburgh Monday to review strategy amid a 45 day steel strike deadlock. John R. Steelman reportedly halted further government mediation steps until the union committee convenes, while officials deny a rift over union security and warn no negotiations will resume before Monday.
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CIO
United Steelworkers
John R
Iron Age
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Philip Murray
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Murry
Political Action Committee
Chicago
Want Ads Make It Easy To Sell Your Used Items
An easy guide to placing Chronicle Telegram Want Ads. Call 4751 and ask for Want Ads. A courteous ad-taker helps you write a result producing notice to sell items you no longer want.
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Isaac Walton
Henry van Dyke
Chronicle-Telegram
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