Junior Red Cross Opens Meeting Here
A 179 member Junior Red Cross leadership training group from nine eastern states and the District of Columbia arrived at Hood College for a week long center. Delegates from Walkersville and Woodsboro join peers from Virginia, West Virginia, D C, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Connecticut and Ohio. The 27 person faculty, led by Delbert J. Pugh, will teach first aid, accident prevention, water safety and home nursing, with a program including a square dance, banquet and aquatic show. The center runs through next Sunday after an opening assembly and health checks. Hood College hosts one of three regional centers in the 16 state eastern area.
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Red Cross
District of Columbia
Hood College
Florence Dean
Walkersville
Carol Kettells
Woodsboro
Chapers
Virginia
West Virgirict
Columbia
Pennsylviania
New Jersey
New York
Delaware
Connecticut
Ohio
Delbert J. Pugh
Eastern Area Junior Red Cross
Alexandria
Chanel
Senate delays social security action awaiting full hearings
Senate Finance Committee will not act on proposed social security changes without full hearings, per Byrd. The statement dampened hopes for a House Ways and Means bill expanding aid to widows and disabled, amid calls for public hearings and possible adjournment before the 1956 election year. Harmonica king Borrah Minnevitch dies at 52 in Paris from cerebral hemorrhage, famed for the Harmonica Rascals with 60 children. The War Department, now the Army, traces its establishment to August 7, 1789.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Paris
Borrah
Minnevitch
America
France and Viet Nam Seek Writ Ten Conventions On Expeditionary Corps
Informed officials say French Premier Edgar Faure agrees to written conventions governing the dis position of the French expeditionary corps in Viet Nam. Viet Nam regards this as essential to allay fears of collaboration with Diem opponents and asks that future contacts be through the Foreign Office. France discusses the issue amid strained relations but progress toward rapprochement is noted with talk of possible base arrangements and a March withdrawal date for the 650-man force, while Viet Nam prepares its army to take over duties. A separate report from Gelsenkirchen: fourteen Tuhr coal miners killed in a Nordstern mine explosion at 2400 feet depth.
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Edgar Faure
Viet Nam
France
For Associated States
Paris
United States
Prochement
Philippines
Japan
North Africa
Tuhr
South Viet Nam Gains Amid Diplomatic and Military Progress
Saigon reports heartening progress in confronting internal political problems and nearing mop up of dissident politico military sects. Premier Ngo Dinh Diem expresses confidence as military operations show success and ties with France improve after capital disturbances ease.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
France
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Phillips Accademy
Andover
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Aspalsat
Buyer Insurance Agency
North Court ST
Aca
South End Civic Association
Niagara Falls
Frederick B. & O
Frontier
Pittsburgh
Frederick
H. A. Harrington, Jr
Fleming Ave
Afi Savink
Brunswick, Md
B.&c
Martinsburg
W. Va
Tion
The
Foreign Office
Gelsenkirchen
Germany
Jiuuur
Rebnela S. Hood
Camp Fowler
Sendai
Sgt. Hood
Toad
Idi
Sally Irene Scott
Greenvile
Clarence Scott Flood
Mt. Airy
Corpor
Derick
P. L. Carter
E. Ord ST
Frederick Hearing Ald Center
Patrick
Gatajar
C. C. Carty Inc
Anne
Potomac Edison
Frederick — Taney Town
Brunswick
Hiltner - Roelke
Appliance Center
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Patrick ST
Carty
Redwood
Ottomar
Carty's
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