Leesburg Man Dies After Auto Crash Near Route 15
Lawrence Hickman Cooksey 29 of Leesburg died at Loudoun Hospital from injuries after a two car crash Wednesday night on Route 15 about two and a half miles north of Leesburg. Leonard Preston Crocker, 24, is in critical condition at Loudoun Hospital. Detective Trooper Roy S. Smith said the pair veered off to avoid a widening toward them after passing another car. Cooksey, UVA alumnus and Firestone employee, leaves a wife Harriet and three children, plus mother Eva Hickman Cooksey and siblings Ethel and Robert. Funeral plans incomplete.
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NATO ministers push deterrence with modern nuclear firepower
NATO Foreign Ministers Council ends talks with a joint retort to Moscow stressing that deterrence rests on modern nuclear weapons. They call for disarmament talks with effective verification within Western proposals and warn against a Soviet monopoly of arms in Europe. They urge German reunification by free elections and promise to strengthen Middle East security while noting Hungary repression impedes East West ties.
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Eisenhower Urges GOP to Spread Platform in West
President Eisenhower urged Western Republican leaders to "spread the gospel" of the 1955 GOP platform to win back voters who shifted to Democrats in 1956. Speaking by telephone from Washington to about 100 party workers at a regional conference, he stressed promoting Republican beliefs as the path to reclaim seats in 1957.
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Beck Pleads Not Guilty and Posts Five Thousand Bond
Teamsters Union leader Dave Beck, facing an income tax evasion indictment, posted $5,000 bond and spent hours at federal court for fingerprinting and arraignment planning. He travels to Allanide City for a Teamsters meeting, later set for arraignment on May 13 in Tacoma or Seattle. Williams represents him as he invokes attorney advice and declines to discuss the case.
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Airman Strangles Wife In Germany Case At Park Base
A soldier, Sgt Ambrose Kennedy, 37, killed his wife in their apartment after their 13 month old daughter alerted neighbors. Kennedy, recently returned from Germany, admitted nothing beyond saying he did it. The case unfolded as officers found him at the door saying he did it. The victim was Mrs Christa Kennedy, 27. Funeral and memorials were noted for family and institutions.
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Jaycees Converge In Maryland For Three Day Convention
Maryland Jaycees from across the state began arriving at the Francis Scott Key Hotel for a three day convention and conclave. motorcades from Beltsville Rockville and Salisbury arrived with Jaycee wives in Western outfits. events include a Holy Communion service at Cathedral Church of the Incarnation and an inaugural banquet at Peter Pan Inn Urbana with Warren Foster of Coca Cola speaking.
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William E Woodruff Dies Of Injuries In Auto Crash
William E Woodruff 49 of Darnestown died at Suburban Hospital after injuries from an April 25 automobile crash on River road near Potomac. He headed public relations for the Associated General Contractors of America in Washington. A Dartmouth College alumnus, he previously worked as a reporter for the Washington Post in 1988 89 before joining the general contractors group. The Montgomery County death marked the county area s eighth traffic fatality this year.
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