Porch-Lifting Reworks Historic Middletown Legion Home
McGraw Construction workers dismantle a crumbling northeast porch of the American Legion Home on S Main Street in Middletown. Civic leader Tom Venable cites slipshod sandstone and falling keystones as safety hazards. Bricks will be repointed and a fresh coat of paint applied by Monday with possible further renovations ahead.
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Middletown
McGraw Construction
American Legion
S. Main Street
Tom C. Venabdle
Middletown Civic Association
Price Pewart
McGraw Construction Co
Tewart
Captain Wilson
Venable
Main Street
Journal
Blevins
Soviet Press Attacks U S and Western Allies
Soviet media continues anti Western rhetoric with cartoons accusing Americans of profiteering and arms hawking. Izvestia accuses the United States of bribing Asia and Dulles of sabotaging Geneva talks. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia condemns British French and U S governments as reactionary and fascist.
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Vehru
Ehru
Krokodil
FBI
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Russia
United States
Izvestia
West Germany
Western Europe
Soviet Union
News
Dulles
P's
Pariaments
Congress
Human body value linked to chemical elements
A peculiar note asserts the human body would be worth about one dollar if sold for the value of its chemical elements.
Racial Segregation Ruled Illegal in Virginia Park Case
U S district judge in Norfolk ruled Virginia cannot continue racial segregation in Seashore State Park near Cape Henry whether state operated or privately leased. The decision blocks any lease or sale that permits discrimination, affecting eight white only parks and one Negro park. The ruling awaits potential appeal by Virginia officials.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Walter Hoffman
Seashore
Cape Henry
Hoffman
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Richmond
U. S
Maryland
Almond
Seashore Park
Lausche Signs New Elections Bill in Ohio
Gov. Frank Lausche signed an omnibus elections bill removing presidential electors from the ballot and tightening campaign accounting rules. The act also allows for late convention dates, enables absentee voting for armed forces, increases filing deadlines, and expands ballot vacancy rules while funding local governments and curbing misleading insurance practices.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Ted W. Brown
Kennedy Returns to Hospital for Checkup in Boston
Senator Kennedy of Massachusetts, twice injured in World War II, is back at New England Baptist Hospital for X rays and a checkup. He hopes to return to Washington Monday.
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Boston
Sen. Kennedy
New England Baptist Hospital
Washington
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