Byrd Marks 70th Birthday At Budget Cutting Drive Crest
Sen. Harry Byrd, turning 70, spearheads a budget cutting push in Washington. The Virginia conservative, longtime foe of big government, argues the country backs economy measures and seeks to trim the Eisenhower budget. Byrd, apple grower and publisher, chairs key finance and expenditure panels and has history of opposing New Deal and welfare policies.
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Senate
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Ate
Joint Committee
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Supreme Court
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West Virginia Visitors To Attend Harrisonburg Event
West Virginia appreciation day brings guests from Pendleton Grant and Hardy counties to Harrisonburg. Motorcades meet at city limits then tours of Court Square schools and Rockingham Poultry Co-Op Timberville follow lunch and a WV Virginia chicken barbecue at Plains District Memorial Park.
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Rockingham County
Plains District
West Virginia
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Jack) Denton
Pendleton
Grant
Hardy Counties
Court Square
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co-Op
Timberville
Massanetta Conference Ends as Two New Sessions Open
Dr. Benjamin L. Rose preached at Massanetta Springs as the Young Adult Conference of the Presbyterian Synod of Virginia closed. About 350 attended, and two new conferences began with the Senior High Young People from Lexington to Orange gathering at 7:30 p.m. Junior Camp opens this afternoon under Rev. H. M. Raynal. New Young Adult Council officers were elected: Tom Nash III president Roy Bayliss vice president Ralph Jenkins treasurer Elizabeth Kittrell librarian.
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Massanetta Springs
Benjamin L. Rose
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
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Massanetta
Lexington
Montgomery
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Radford
Clifton Forge
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Camp Massanetta
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Louisa
Tom Nash, III
Washington
Roy Bayliss
Winchester
Ralph Jenkins
Portsmouth
Elizabeth Kittrell
Hampton
Rose
Dr. Rose
Christ
Cool Sunday Tops Early June Low at 60
A sharp temperature drop on Sunday made it one of the coolest early June days in recent years at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station. The high reached 60 with a morning low of 48 as furnaces ran in many homes and attendees wore heavier clothing at Sunday services. Rain continued for the eighth day in a row, totaling 0.23 inches over the weekend and 2.46 inches for June.
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Dale Enterprise
Swim program starts today at Harrisonburg Pool
The free learn to swim Red Cross program directed by Paul Gusten at Bridgewater College opens today at the Harrisonburg Pool. Enrollment is expected high. registrations run 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Lessons are 9:00 a.m. to noon for the Junior and Senior Lifesaving Combined Course, a two week schedule meeting Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays including June dates. Coach Gusten also leads sessions at Timberville Pool on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays. Contact the Red Cross at the First National Bank for more information.
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Red Cross
Paul Gusten
Bridgewater College
Harrisonburg
Rockingham County
American Red Cross
Daily News Record
Gunsteen
Timberville
First National Bank
Belle Haven Girl Crowned Virginia College Queen
Miss Patricia Moloney 18 of Belle Haven Northampton County named 1957 Virginia College Queen by National College Queen Contest committee. She is a freshman at William and Mary College Williamsburg and will represent Virginia in the national finals June 22 23. The winner earns substantial prizes and scholarships.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Patricia Moloney
Belle Haven
Northampton County
Moloney
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
Young Hawkins wins dressed broiler division in 4-H contest
12 year old Owen Hawkins Jr of McGaheysville wins the dressed broiler division at Shenandoah Valley Junior Broiler Growing Contest with eight broilers weighing 24.4 pounds sold to his father at a record $15 per pound. Contest sponsored by Extension Service and local sponsors to encourage high quality broilers with birds eight weeks two days old.
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Owen Hawkins Jr
McGaheysville
Shenandoah Valley
Rockingham
Augusta
Shenandoah
Young Hawkins
Virginia
Richmond
Shenandoah Valley Produce Co
North Liberty St
Hawkins’ Broilers
Vancross-Arbor-Acre
Nixon calls Poland aid a gamble worth taking
Vice President Nixon defended 95 million dollars in U S loans to Poland to buy surplus farm commodities and mining machinery. He framed the move as a test of freedom against communism and argued it could shift Polish sentiment away from Moscow. The speech at Michigan State University contrasted aid with Republican critics led by Knowland.
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Mich
Nixon
Poland
Eisenhower
U. S
Senate
Knowland
California
Russia
Michigan State University
Soviet Union
Stassen Returns From Arms Talks
Washington reports former governor Stassen has returned from disarmament talks with the Russians in London. He says progress is being made toward partial measures as a first step in arms control and will brief President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles before returning to London.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
London
Eisenhower
State Dulles
U.S
Stassen
Dulles
Notice of Office Absence and Local Advertisements
Professional notice states the writer will be out of the office June 10 to 13 with reception staff available. Various ads follow for cherries at 75c per gallon, Montmorency sour cherries, wool collection dates at Timberville and Elkton, a call to contact Betts Quarry, strawberries today at a parking lot, and a Tuesday S&H Green Stamp promotion at Sam's Super Market.
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Montmorency
C. M. Will
Quicksburg
Timberville
Elkton
Rockingham Farm Bureau
S&h
Sam’s
Blatt’s Cleaners
J. T. Hearn
M. D
Nixon warns Congress on labor probe actions
Vice President Nixon says Congress must avoid blaming the labor movement for racketeering within unions. Sen. Ervin notes possible laws to police union funds. both urge cleaning up leadership and protecting democratic procedures while resisting drastic curbs on legitimate union activity.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Senate
Congress
Sen. Ervin
D-Nc
Backets Committee
Truman Defends Presidency as People’s Lobbyist at Brandeis
Former President Harry S. Truman told Brandeis University graduates that the President is the only lobbyist the people have in Washington. He warned government is not automatic and urged vigilance to protect constitutional rights including the Fifth Amendment.
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Waltham
Mass
Harry S. Truman
United States
Washington
Brandeis University
Girard's Fiancee Cites Confusion In Japan Case
In Omiya Japan on June 9 21 year old Army specialist William S Girard faces a complicated case after fatally shooting a shell gatherer on a US firing range last January His Japanese fiancee Itsuro Hayashi says Bill is confused and that his brother in Ottawa Illinois is now running things The dismissed attorney says the firing was late and he had already paid a district court fee for defense with jurisdiction contested by the State Department and Pentagon approval by President Eisenhower Continued on page 14 column 6
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Japan
William S. Girard
Illinois
Girard
U. S.S
Ottawa
Ill
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Eisenhower
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Itsuro Hayashi
Jamestown Festival Portrayed as US Propaganda by Reds
The Soviet Red Star denounced the Jamestown Festival in Virginia, marking the 350th anniversary of America's first permanent English settlement as a propaganda plot. It claims the event glorifies US history, whitewashes American imperialism, and promotes the alleged superiority of the American way of life. The festival began April 1 and runs eight months.
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Moscow
Red Star Today
Virginia
New World
United States
Eisenhower Breaks Ground for International Service School
President Eisenhower announced that foreign service training should be merit based, not by race or creed, while breaking ground for a new international service school at American University. The Methodist Church funds a million dollars. Georgetown University is cited as a sister institution.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nations Foreign Service
School of International Service
American University
Methodist Church
American Univer
Sity
Instituton
Georgetown University
Negotiations On Arms Cuts Could Turn Corner This Week
The United States signals a possible turning point in disarmament talks this week as Harold E. Stassen outlines a partial arms cut policy in the United Nations Disarmament Subcommittee. Western delegates discuss the plan with Britain, France, Canada, and NATO to translate decisions into a draft treaty.
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United States
Harold E. Stassen
U.S
United Nations Disarmament Subcommittee
Russia
Eisenhower
Geneva
Washington
Britain
France
Canada
Valerian Zorin
Nu-Method Cleaners Offers Free Mothproofing
Nu-Method Cleaners in Timberville announces that Sanex mothproofing is free with all garments cleaned. The offer is advertised with contact number 3-5141 and is available weekdays.
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Nu-Method Cleaners
Sanex
Timberville
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