No Mail Delivery Saturday As Congress Vetoes Funds
Winchester post office plans curtailed Saturday mail service if Congress denies funds. Postmaster Wilbur Johnston says no city or rural delivery, windows closed, box collections reduced. special delivery unaffected. Full service may resume Monday if funds are approved.
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Congress
Theost
Winchester
Wilbur Johnston
Associated Press
Summerfield
House Appropriations
Post Office Department
Johnston
Stephens City
Middletown
Gore
Berryville
Clearbrook
Sunnyside
Parcl
President seeks new agency to modernize airways control
President Eisenhower asked Congress to create an airways modernization board to decide on devices and systems for civil and military air traffic control. Edward Curtis, linking defense and national security, urged early enactment. The three year board would replace the 1948 Air Navigation Development Board while not disrupting CAC or CAB regulation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Edward P. Curtis
Curtis
Eastman Kodak Co
Air
Airways Modernization Board
Departments of Commerce and Defense
Air Navigation Development Board
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Civil Aeronautics Board
Coffee Price Cuts by A P and General Foods
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co and General Foods Corp announce coffee price cuts after a green bean price drop. A P cuts bag coffee 2 to 4 cents. Red Circle 89 cents Bokar 93 cents Eight O Clock 83 cents. General Foods trims wholesale prices 2 to 4 cents, following a February cut. Maxwell House Yuban Regular Sanka fall 4 cents, Regular Bliss down 2. Standard Brands, maker of Chase Sanborn, has not moved. Facilities notices and local church events follow.
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New York
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
General Foods Corp
A&p
Red Circle
General Foods
Maxwell House
Standard Brands
Chase & Sanborn
Sonic blast shatters Cedar City windows
Residents report a loud explosion in Cedar City Utah that shattered about 100 windows. One man was knocked down a woman cut in the face and a boy hit by debris. No serious injuries. Jet plane believed to cause. Nellis base may send investigators.
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Cedar City
Utah
Air Force Base
Nellis
Las Vegas
Nev
Ralph Thomas
Utility
Newspapers Force Price Hikes Across the Nation
The American Newspaper Publishers Association reports 379 of 1,738 daily English papers now charge 6 7 or 10 cents, up 97 from April 1956. Seventy newspapers cap at 6 cents, 249 at 7 cents, and 61 at 10 cents, with nickel papers declining to 1,828.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Assn
Association
Cinnamon Buns At B and C Baking Co
Bakers promote new Cinnamon Buns and invite shoppers to buy tomorrow at local groceries. Also advertisements for country hams and a grass cattle sale with 700 to 1000 head of beef cattle at the Virginia Livestock Market in Winchester.
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B & C Baking CO
Valley Pride Bread
N. Kent St. Winchester
Chlorine gas leak sickens Frisco area residents
A chlorine gas leak from a derailed tank car near Frisco Pennsylvania sickened about 29 people in Ellwood City area, with six hospitalized. Firefighters and a worker stopped the leak, evacuating residents as authorities decontaminated the area and the Frisco grade school closed for the day.
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Elwood City
Pennsylvania
Ellwood City Hospital
Frisco
Bishon Laboratories Inc
Pittsburgh
Jay Johns
Johns
Calgon, Inc
Connoquenessing
Civil Defense
John Pelloni
Bison
Daniel
Pelloni
Berryville Adopts New Water Rates With Meter Installations
Berryville Town Council approved new water rates to start October 1 for domestic users and when all commercial meters are installed for commercial users. The plan funds meters at 70 dollars each, paid over five years, and allocates 42 cents per 1000 gallons for domestic usage beyond a minimum, while commercial meters charge 40 cents per 1000 gallons with a 10 dollar quarterly minimum.
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Berryville
Thomas W. Bishton
L. H. Maxwell
Bishton
Bergville
George B. Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Maxwell
Andrew LaVelle
No Primary Opposition for Winchester City Officials
No Democratic primary challenger appears for E Blackburn Moore and four Winchester officials with terms ending this year. Filing closed at midnight with incumbents the only candidates. Moore, speaker of the House since 1950, filed Tuesday. Filing officers include Dabney W. Watts, G. G. Baker, Taylor L Barr, and Marvin D. Weaver.
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House of Delegates
E. Blackburn Moore
Winchester
Mr. Moore
House
Commonwealth
Dabney W. Watts
G. G. Baker
Aveenue
Taylor L Barr
Marvin D. Weaver
28 Delegate Seats Contested In July 9 Democratic Primary
The deadline for filing for the July 9 Democratic primary expired with contests in 13 legislative districts for 28 of Virginia's 100 House seats. Fifty-one incumbents face no primary opposition along with three seeking seats of retiring members. In Richmond a large field of 14 candidates vies for seven seats, while Gov. Stanley’s no integration policy shapes several races including Alexandria and Norfolk contenders.
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Associated Press
Virginia House of Delegates
House
del. James M. Thomson
Alexandria
General Assembly
Albert A. Smoot
Sen
Byrd
Gov. Stanley
Smoot
Save Our Schools Committee
Norfolk
Dels. Toy D. Savage Jr
Delamater Davis
John P. Harper
Theodore C. Pilcher
John F. Rixey
James W. Roberts
del. J. Addison Hagan
Frank R. Ford
Harvey E. White Jr
Richmond
Tve
Dels
George E. Allen Jr
FitzGerald Bemis
E. Tucker Carlton
Edward E. Lane
Fred G. Pollard
Colston A Lewis
Harold H. Dervishaw
Lemuel DeBerry
Louis S. Herrink Jr
Samuel J. Moore Jr
George G. Burkhardt
Tax cut prospects rise as Congress eyes next January
Washington reports growing possibility of an income tax reduction this session. Speaker Rayburn says prospects are good for a cut effective January 1, with Democratic leaders aiming to make it a party issue. Republicans meanwhile push for spending cuts to justify lowering taxes.
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Washington
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
House
Ways & Means Committee
Eisenhower
Martin
Massachusets
Rep.reed
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Cannon
D-Mo
Senate
Israel and United States silent on Egyptian charges
Cairo reported Egypt accusing Israel of still occupying Taba and Ras el Nakb on the Gulf of Aqaba coast. Cairo also alleged U N troops in Gaza cross the border to fraternize with Israeli women soldiers. No comment from Israel or the United States.
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Cairo
Israel
United States
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
U.N
Gaza Strip
Taba
Eilat
Ras el Nakb
Sinai Peninsula
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf
United Nations
Crater Believed Caused by Falling Object Near San Gabriel
Sheriff deputies guard the site where demolition experts suspect an unidentified object crashed. Army ordnance teams dig to ten feet in a San Gabriel yard seeking the crash source after a sonic boom rattled the area and a 10 year old boy found the crater.
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San Gabriel
Calif
R—Sheriff's Deputies
Army Ordnance
Army
San Gabriel Valley
Los Angeles
Pat Murphy
Oscar
Murphy
Sheriff's Deputies
Ft. MacArthur
Air Force
Hammack
JCC Apologizes For Poor Support Of University Band
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce apologizes to the University of Michigan Symphony Band for lack of community support at a two hour concert in Handley auditorium. Director William D. Revelli praised the program while Jaycee president Robert S. Barbour says the group lost 600 dollars and calls for greater local cultural interest. Continued notes in the same column reference school interest and remarks by Revelli.
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Robert S. Barbour
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
JCC
University of Michigan Symphony Band
Winchester
Handley Auditorium
Barbour
Jaycee
Revelli
Bandit Leader's Son Killed in Iran Gunfight
In Tehran a police spokesman reports Kamal Dadshah Kamal, 16, son of bandit leader Dadshah, killed during a gunfight with police between April 1 and April 5. No evidence yet that Dadshah died. brother Ahmed captured in Pakistan. Police hunt Dadshah and remaining gang members linked to the killings of four travelers in southeast Iran.
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Tehran
Iran
Dadshah
Kamal
Ahmed
Pakistan
Kevin Carroll
Brester Wilson
Virginia Weather Forecast Ahead of Weekend
Scattered showers tonight with inland and coastal temperatures around 50 near the coast and in the 40s inland, 30s in the mountains. Friday should be partly cloudy with varying cool readings, highs near 67 and a low around 34 in some areas.
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Conler
Winchester
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Jordan
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Hussein Fakhri Khalidi
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Handley Monday
Charles Rinker
Virginia Athey
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