Rockefeller Sworn In As 49th New York Governor
Rockefeller was sworn in last night at the executive mansion to serve as New York's 40th governor succeeding Averell Harriman. Chief Justice Albert Conway administered the oath in a private ceremony with about 50 witnesses and family present. The inaugural public ceremony was planned for the Assembly chamber this afternoon with a reception at the mansion.
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Snow and Grip Hit Midwest Holiday Travel
The Associated Press reports snow and freezing rain worsened New Year travel in the Midwest and Southwest. Hazardous driving warnings covered Ohio to Indiana with ice on roads from central Missouri into Indiana. Forecasts called for sunny New England, rain in the far west and south, and snow in the Rockies and Pacific northward.
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Trans World Airways Plans Repainting of Plane Stage
Overseas TWA headquarters announced a repaint project costing about $8,000 for the company’s aircraft. The plan includes updating the interior stage areas and installing enhanced features. Officials in Alaska and at the overseas office confirmed the initiative and timetable.
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Navy to Build Polaris Submarines for US Missile Fleet
The Navy ordered construction of the first of a new class of atomic powered submarines to launch Polaris ballistic missiles. The Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut, will build the ships at about 105 million dollars each. Four more submarines were planned, bringing total to nine. Early Polaris missiles are expected to have ranges around 700 miles with 300 kiloton warheads. The decision followed a recent partial Polaris test at Cape Canaveral and Congress allocated funds despite initial administration objections.
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Urge More Influence Probes urged by lawmakers
Washington AP report says House members who probed government agency operations involving Sherman Adams and others urged Congress to pursue similar inquiries. They oppose using the same subcommittee, call for an ethics code with criminal penalties, to curb backdoor influence in regulatory agencies and other irregularities highlighted by the hearings.
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Drive To Organize Police Meet Soft Opposition
New York AP report covers an effort to organize New York Citys 24000 police into a union tainted by corruption rumors. Mayor Wagner warns of court action and signals possible firing of Feinstein leader of the drive while officials condemn the move as disgraceful and dastardly. Nonunion groups denounce the effort as interference and plan counter actions including a possible picket of police headquarters.
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Cuban Troops Hammer Rebels Near Santa Clara
Government forces backed by armor and air power pressed rebels around Santa Clara, driving them east from Las Villas as Batista pledged no holidays for rebels' defeat. Official reports claimed heavy rebel losses and said key positions around Camagüey and Oriente would be targeted to crush the uprising.
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Ford Boosts Pension Pay Under New Auto Pact
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers union announced a three year contract boosting pensions retroactively. About 115000 retirees receive increases totaling 178000 with payments dating to September 12, on top of existing monthly benefits. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service approved higher pension rates for 2300 allied workers, with retroactive payments to commence.
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Brown and Wilson Said To Back State Transport Posts
Assemblyman Thomas Brown of Rensselaer County and Malcolm Wilson of Westchester County reportedly back Brown for deputy state motor vehicle commissioner. Gov Rockefeller may name William S. Hilts to head the bureau with no effective date until after the 1959 legislative session ends, avoiding special elections.
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New Space Age Brings Gay Greeting To ’59
The new space age greeted 1959 with mixed cheer as hoped for changes from the past year appeared distant. Celebrations spanned the globe from the Kremlin to Kalamazoo while New York Times Tower lit a globe signaling the midnight moment. Reports noted security at Times Square as stores and venues prepared for revelers amid varying prices and conditions. In Tokyo, 1958 fatalities from Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing continued to be tallied by Kyodo News, with 33 deaths from radiation illness in Hiroshima, 23 in Nagasaki, and four elsewhere in Japan.
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West Coast brush fires force mass evacuations and destruction
A wind driven wildfire swept through Topenga Canyon and surrounding areas destroying homes cabins and property. Dozens of structures burned and thousands fled as flames raced along ridges toward the Pacific coast. Fire crews battled blazes amid strong winds while authorities closed highways and safeguarded inland communities.
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Soviets Plan Rocket Route Around Moon This Year
The Soviet Union said its scientists will position a nuclear powered rocket to loop around the moon within the year 1958. Moscow radio cited plans and noted tests of a nuclear powered craft and anticipated interplanetary rocket development, with forecasts of a white planetary rocket around the moon.
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Refuse Demand To Quit City Warps Around Berlin Revision
A scrambled dispatch reports Western ambassadors delivering notes to the Kremlin amid debate over Berlin and East Germany. Khrushchev hints at leverage if Western moves threaten Soviet gains in Berlin, while NATO powers eye a peaceable solution. The piece recalls postwar partitions and the 1944 1945 agreements shaping Berlin’s fate.
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Court acquits drill sergeant Parris Islard in Marine trial
Grant 26 of Beecher Wisconsin a former senior drill instructor faced charges of mistreating recruits and coercing them to pay 10 dollars each for a sergeants kitty. The court martial acquitted him after testimony about rifle range accidents and platoon expenses.
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