Area Girls Head To Rochester For Region Dressmaking Contest
More than 120 Troy area schoolgirls took part in a junior dressmaking contest with over 500 in attendance at Catholic Central High School. Dorothy Olchowy won the senior prize and Sara Jane Reichard the junior prize, with two top contestants departing for Rochester for regional competition toward a possible national event in New York.
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Troy Area
Rochester
Catholic Central High
New York
Singer Sewing Center of Troy
Marjorie Margiossio
Catholic Central
Pauline Lavigne
Keveny Academy
Doris Bernhart
Patricia Kennedy
St. Joseph’s School
Green Island
Patricia Eldridge
Mary Ellen Conroy
Sheriwyn Coleman
Marie Marchant
Betty Pazzo
Anna Lisa Laier
Hoosick Falls Nominating Convention Names Ten Candidates
Democrats of the Town of Hoosick Falls named candidates at a Saturday convention at the Municipal Building. They listed John Mulvihill for town clerk James McGuire for assessor Earl Goodermore for two years Edson Door for councilman Edward Gill for justice of the peace Edward Bouplon for highway superintendent Mrs Rita Wolfe for school director and Edward V Gorman Jr as chairman with James Casey as secretary. Candidate for supervisor to be named today.
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Hoosick
Hoosick Falls
John Mulvihill
James McGuire
Earl Goodermore
Edson Door
Edward Gill
Edward Bouplon
Rita Wolfe
Edward V. Gorman Jr
James Casey
Quake Shakes Prato Sending Residents Into Streets
An earthquake struck Prato a city of 70 000 residents in Italy early yesterday morning sending people into the streets as authorities assessed damage and potential injuries reported by AP.
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Prato
Italy
Nixon Seen as Ike's Most Logical Next Leader
Top Cop reports Nixon as the politically favored successor to President Eisenhower with youth appeal and cabinet experience. Debate centers on age and readiness with Dewey and Herter named as possible alternatives while Knight and Knowland threaten home-state influence.
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Mos
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Nixon
National Security Council
Far East
Latin America
Middle East
GOP
Earl Warren
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Warren
Dewey
Senator Seelyes Former Secretary Dies
John Brice Smith 47 former secretary to State Senator Gilbert T Seelye died yesterday morning at Saratoga Hospital after a several months illness. He was a World War I veteran and member of the Gurtter Brothers Post VEW of Saratoga Springs and the Saratoga Springs Lodge of Elks. He is survived by his mother and one sister. Funeral from his residence at 9 a.m. and at St Clement's Church for a Solemn Requiem Mass at 9 30 a.m. Burial in St Peters Cemetery Saratoga Springs.
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Gilbert T. Seelye
Saratoga Hospital
Schuylerville
Mr. Smith
John B. Smith
Saratoga County
Gurtter Brothers Post
Saratoga Springs
Pinewoods Ave
Clare, O'Connor
St. Clement's Church
St. Peter's Cemetery
PTA Of School 1 Plans Member Tea
The PTA of School 1 will hold its first membership tea of the school year at 7 45 p m tomorrow in the school auditorium. Acting principal Miss Rose Murphy will introduce the faculty in the absence of Miss Mary A Z Halpin who is ill. Parents are invited to attend and refreshments will be served by unit officers.
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Parent-Teacher Association of School 1
Rose Murphy
Mary A. Z. Halpin
Auxiliaries Review Convention Reports in Rensselaer Union
The Rensselaer County Council of Army and Navy Union auxiliaries met at the Chasan Building to hear delegates report on state and national conventions. President Mrs. Ann Dundon spoke on sessions and summer dinners. Officers will be elected at the next meeting on Sunday October 18.
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Rensselaer County Council of Army and Navy Union Auxiliaries
Chasan
Ann Dundon
St Augustine Youths Stage Minstrel at Parish Hall
More than 500 people attended a juvenile minstrel show staged by St. Augustine's parish yesterday afternoon in the parish hall. Proceeds go to the building fund. Rev. Eugene A. Mauch coordinated it with Henry C. DeMartino as musical director and Ray DeMartino as MC.
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Ray DeMartino
Sheila McGinnis
Billy Simmons
Pat O’connor
Robert Carey
DeMartino
Eugene A. Mauch
OSA
H. Irving Moore
Eleanor Miller
Henry C. DeMartino
Ezra Fenton
Cochairmen
A. B. Lamond
James R. McNally
Alexis Q. Roberts
Arrangements
Boston expert on heart attack recovery shares insights
The Boston physician notes that beating a heart attack is not final and explains recovery stages. He cites Col. Thomas Mattingly and says convalescence should mirror typical cases, with clotting, tissue cleanup, and scar formation guiding activity and rest.
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White
Thomas Mattingly
Army Heart
Washington
Denver
Tom
Boston
National Heart Association
Eisenhower Private Plane Arrives at Hospital After Heart Attack
President Eisenhower underwent treatment at Fitzsimons Army Hospital after a heart attack. He remains in an oxygen tent under care of Col. Powell and Lt. Col. Sheehy with Maj. Gen. Snyder coordinating daily bulletins. Mrs. Eisenhower moved to a nearby room and visits occurred during the day.
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Hagerty
John T. Sprague
Eisenhower
Air Force
Army Hospital
George M. Powell
Fitzsimons
J. A. Sheehy
Martin Griffin
Don Caine
White
Boston
Snyder
White House
Dr. White
Col. Mattingly
Powell
Mattingly
Army Heart
Washington
James C. Hagerty
Pope Pius XII Prays For Eisenhower After Heart Attack
The pope at Castel Gandolfo prayed for President Eisenhower's speedy recovery after a heart attack was reported yesterday. The pontiff received the news at his summer residence and offered a prayerful wish for the president's health.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pius XII
Eisenhower
Two Rescued From Pacific Rescue of Flying Tiger crewmen near Hawaii
The freighter Steel Advocate saved two crewmen from a Flying Tiger cargo plane that crash in the Pacific about 1,000 miles west of Honolulu. Two bodies were found, an empty life jacket spotted, and two other crewmen remained missing after two days of an extensive search by twenty military planes and six ships operating from Hawaii Johnston and Wake Islands.
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Honolulu
Steel Advocate
Pacific
U. S. Coast Guard
Flying Tiger
Hawaii
Johnston
Wake Islands
Prayer by Dr Elson for Eisenhower Health
Rev Ed ward L R Elson of National Presbyterian Church in Washington prayed for President Eisenhower to regain health and strength. The sermon-like text asks for wisdom for caregivers and divine blessing on recovery and Mrs Eisenhower.
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Washington
Edward L. R. Elson
D.D
National Presbyterian Church
Eisenhower
God
Dwight David Eisenhower
United States
Jesus Christ
Game Club Shoot Draws 35 Marksmen at Hendrick Hudson
The Hendrick Hudson Fish and Game Club skeet field on the Troy Averill Park road hosted a long shooting session yesterday with about 35 marksmen. Russell Patrie, the club president, gave instructions and noted one woman participant. The field is set to open at 9 30 a m Sunday to allow more shooting and lighting possibilities are under investigation.
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Hendrick Hudson Fish and Game Club
Troy-Averill Park
Russell Patrie
Patrick
Photographic Exhibit at RPI Showcases Photography Range
An exhibit of creative photography will be on display for two weeks in the exhibition room of the Architecture Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prepared by the Museum of Modern Art, it explains photographic controls and offers a wide range of expression. Open daily 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays until October 7.
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Department of Architecture
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Musem of Modern Art
Paris Herald Tribune Special Edition Reports Eisenhower Illness
The Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune issued a four page special edition yesterday to inform Americans in Europe about President Eisenhower's illness.
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Paris
New York Herald Tribune
Europe
Eisenhower
U S Offers Egypt Arms Amid Cold War Tensions
The United States signals a weapons sale to Egypt to counter a Russian arms push. Egypt seeks State Department aid to finance purchases. Israel protests any Arab armament buildup while Moscow denies Russian arms offers to Arab states.
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Washington
United States
Egypt
State Department
Israel
Gamal Salem
Jerusalem
Soviet Union
Joseph Avidar
Moscow
Harriman Sends Telegrams To Eisenhowers
Gov. Harriman sent President Eisenhower a telegram with best wishes for his health and prayers for recovery and returned telegrams to Mrs. Eisenhower offering heartfelt sympathy. Harriman noted he spoke for New Yorkers in wishing the President a rapid return to full vigor.
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Harriman
Eisenhower
New York
Marie
Averell Harriman
New York City
Cancel Parley On Fitness Denver AP
The presidential conference on fitness for American youth scheduled at Lowry Air Force Base was postponed due to President Eisenhower's heart attack. Vice President Nixon canceled plans to attend and the date of the youth conference is now deferred with no new date set.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Lowry Air Force Base
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Murray Snyder
Wilson
Two Traffic Cases Adjourned By Court
Two traffic cases were adjourned in Police Court for later hearings. Stephen M. Slowenski 39 of 284th St was arrested on drunk driving charges and the case was continued. John S. Ward 24 of Box 686 Canaan was charged with reckless driving and adjourned until Oct 1.
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Set
Frank Hahn
Gordon
W. Gilbert
Harwich Port
Mass
John S. Ward
Canaan
John L. Rourke
W. L. Cunningham
Herbert Bourstein
Michigan Ave
Slight Crime Dip Reported by FBI Director Hoover
Washington AP A slight drop in major crimes in the first half of 1955 from 1954 was reported by the FBI. The decline was 0.7 percent. Director J Edgar Hoover cautioned that if the trend continues 1955 could still exceed two million major crimes for the fourth straight year, though it may mark a pause in seven years of rise.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Casteton Church Notes Anniversary Observed
The 75th anniversary of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Castleton opened with Rev. Dr. Paul A. Kriseh delivering an address at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall. The observance was led by Rev. Fred W. Grunst with a homecoming service planned to close on Sunday and a birthday party scheduled Thursday at 8 p.m. in St. Paul’s parlor.
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Paul A. Kriseh
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Castleton
Walter Bieltz
Eisenhower's Son Flies To Denver Amid Father’s Illness
Maj. John Eisenhower flew from Fort Belvoir aboard the Columbine II to Denver to be near his ailing father. He said no bad news prompted the trip and he is there for moral support, planning to return soon.
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Washington
Maj
John Eisenhower
Denver
Maj. Eisenhower
Ft. Belvoir
Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
Faure Declares Algeria Must Remain Part of France
Premier Edgar Faure told French listeners that Algeria would stay with France at all costs. He warned domestic policy and economic stakes depend on keeping Algeria on the two shores of the Mediterranean.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
Algeria
France
Mediterranean
French Africa
Faure
Nixon postpones meeting as Eisenhower illness disrupts campaign
Nixon announced the conference will be held later when the President can participate after Eisenhower’s heart attack. He learned of the illness Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and canceled a Sea Island vacation plans while remaining in Washington awaiting further word.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
Denver
Bethesda
William P. Roy Jr
Washington
Sea Island
Middle East
Man Killed Walking by Road Near Pompey
Martin Clara, 77, died after being struck by a car while walking along a road near his home in Pompey Onondaga County. A second note reports 99 percent of U S electric light bulbs are extinguished by fourteen machines burning 1800 bulbs per minute.
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Syracuse
Martin Clara
Onondaga County
Pompey
U. S
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