Friendship Fire Company Plans New Six Truck Fire Hall
The Friendship Fire Company approved brick and glass plans for a six‑truck hall on Leicester and Cameron Streets with an estimated cost of 60 000 dollars. Sealed bids will be sought for its current properties while fundraising and donations determine construction start.
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Friendship
Cameron St
Friendship Fire Company
L. I. Poe
Front Royal
R. M. Overman
Leicester and
Cameron Sts
Massey
E. Cork St
S. Cameron St
Winchester
Kremer
Cork St
Loudoun
Braddock
General Strike Threat Looms In Birmingham
Picketing halted operations at United Steel Workers plant in Fairfield Alabama as a general strike loomed in Birmingham in sympathy with telephone and railway workers. Governor conference in Nashville to discuss settlement plans and nationwide impact noted along with Miami mayors seeking arbitration authority changes.
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Birmingham
Atlanta
U. S. Steel
Fairfield
Ala
Big Steel
Tennessee Coal& Iron Division
R. E. Farr
United Steelworkers
CSO
Farr
Lawrence Wetherby
Kentucky
Wetherby
Frank Clement
Nashville
Miami
Aronovitz
Luther League Spring Rally Set in Grace Lutheran Church
About 200 young Luther League members from Shenandoah Conference of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia gather Sunday at 3 PM in Grace Lutheran Church for a Spring Rally with theme Jesus, My Lord. Miss Janet Kanade of Shepherdstown presides 3 to 4 30 PM, 4 30 PM vesper service led by Edwin B. Naylor with Francis Reinberger as speaker, candlelight installation of new officers, followed by informal supper hosted by the host congregation. Patricia Ebaugh serves as conference secretary and Rev. John M. Grissinger Jr. is pastoral advisor.
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Luther League of the Shenandoah Conference
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
Grace Lutheran Church
Jesus
Lord
Janet Kanade
Shepherdstown
Francis £. Reinberger
Gettysburg Theological Seminary
Edwin B. Naylor
Grace Church
Nnly
Patrica Jean Ebaugh
Front Royal
John M. Grissinger, Jr
Sepherdstown
Refugee Program Seen as a Challenge at Senate Probe
State Department security chief R W Scott McLeod testified before a Senate Judicary subcommittee that after the 1953 Refugee Relief Act he aimed to prove critics wrong by making the program work. He described coordinating with the Army, Public Health Service, and other agencies to publish regulations within 120 days and said he faced pressure from immigration groups while pushing for rapid implementation.
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Washington
R. W. Scott McLeod
Senate
McLeod
State Department
Edward Corsi
Dulles
Corsi
Congress
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Army
Public Health Service
Federal Employment Agency
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Langer
R-Nd
Godfrey Fires Six More Performers in Major Shakeup
Arthur Godfrey announced the dismissal of six performers from his TV and radio programs in New York. The Mariners quartet Marion Morowe Halelake and three writers Charles Horner Preston Miles and Charles Slocum were dropped from all Godfrey shows, effective today, with no on air mention.
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New York
Arthur Godfrey
Julius la Rosa
CBS
Godfrey
Mariners
Marion Marlowe
Halelake
Charles Horner
Preston H. Miles
Charles Slocum
Butler Says Demo Victory Prospects Bright for 1956
Democratic leaders declare strong prospects for victory in 1956 as National Chairman Paul Butler addresses a two day rally. He cites a Democratic trend, criticizes Republican propaganda, and outlines convention rule changes to avoid loyalty oaths and clarify duties of state parties and national committee members.
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Butler
Washington
Paul M. Butler
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Harry S. Truman
National Committee
Temple Named Marshal for Shenandoah Apple Blossom Parade
WTOP-TV star Pick Temple will be the Firemen's Parade Marshal for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival on April 28 in Winchester. The Washington folk singer, a former census economist, arrives by horse in Western regalia and performs with his guitar. He rose from WTTG to WMAR and WTOP TV, living in Montgomery County with wife Jeanette and children. He will visit four city fire companies, attend queen pageant events, the beauty contest, and lead the night parade.
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Pick Temple
Washington
Wtop-Tv
Shenandoah
A. Ryland Conner
Department of Firemen
Pick
Temple
District of Columbia
Baltimore
St. Paul's School
Johns Hopkins University
George Washington
Bureau of the Census
Young Temple
WFBR
Arthur Godfrey
WTTG
Wmar-Tv
WTOP
Firemen
Library of Congress
Mr. Temple
Jeanette
Faye
Buddy
Montgomery County
Maryland
Washington City
Winchester
Friendship Fire House
Friendship
Rouss
South End
Sarah Zane
Shenandoah XXVIII
Jean Stephens
Capitol Theatre
Health Officer Defends Polio Foundation Amid Vaccine Change
Winchester Frederick County Health Director Dr A L Lindall defended the Polio Foundation after criticism over “two shots” policy for Salk vaccine. Local plan shifts to two free shots now with third paid later, delivery around April 25, 1781 eligible children, plans to vaccinate 100 per hour across city and county clinics.
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A. L. Lindall
Winchester-Frederick County
Richmond
Washington
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Lindall
Jonas Salk
John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Douglas
Health Department
N. Braddock St
Clarke County
Warren Declines Run for U S President
Chief Justice Earl Warren announced he will not be a candidate for the presidency and would not change this decision under any circumstances. The remark followed a poll last week showing he was a top Republican nomination pick in 1956 if Eisenhower did not seek a second term. Warren, a former California governor, previously ran for vice president in 1948 with Dewey.
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Washington
Earl Warren
United States
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Warren
California
Thomas E Dewey
New York
Fair and Cooler Weather as Showers End Tonight
Four days of intermittent rain eased gardens and pastures, with a forecast of fair and cooler weather by tonight. The Associated Press predicts clearing skies, mostly sunny and cooler tomorrow, with tonight’s lows in the 40s and today’s high around 67.
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Associated Press
Richmond Virginia Weather Outlook April 15 to 20
Extended Virginia forecast notes temperatures 4 to 6 degrees above normal. Cooler in east and north Saturday, warmer Monday, cooler Wednesday. Rain possible Monday or Tuesday totaling about half to one inch.
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Richmond
Virginia
Soviet Urges Swift End to Austrian Independence Treaty
Moscow calls for quick completion of the Austrian independence treaty and withdrawal of all occupation troops by December 31. The joint Soviet Austrian communiqué says Austria will not join military alliances or permit foreign bases. Moscow pledges reparations worth 150 million dollars, return of German property in the Soviet zone, and recapture of Austrian oil fields and refineries.
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Moscow
Julius Raab
V. M. Molotov
Austria
Soviet Zone
Danube Shipping Co
Molotov
Raab
Adolf Schaerf
Vienna
Schaerf
Russia
Germany
Hitler
Leopold Fig
A. I. Mikoyan
U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
Sir William Hayter
Jean LeRoy
18 Billion Dollars Spent to Fight the Korean War
United States spent about 18 billion dollars to fight the Korean War. Army alone exceeded 16 billion, not counting troop pay. H. Struve Hensel said the war was a small one and noted spending on allied military strength was about 11 billion over five years.
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Philadelphia
United States
H. Struve Hensel
Hensel
World Affairs Council
Korea
Building Expenditures Tripled in Early 1955
Area construction activity surged in the first quarter of 1955 with 111 permits totaling 1 169 575 dollars issued January through March. Large projects include a 150 000 dollar Safeway store and a 326 000 dollar elementary school in the southern city. Home construction rose with 60 new permits, while overall spending far exceeded last year.
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Safeway Stores, Inc
C P Plans Change Of All Local Phone Numbers in January
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia will convert Winchester and Gainesboro exchanges to a 2-5 numbering system in January 1956. Central office names Mohawk for Winchester and Turner 8 for Gainesboro will precede six to eight digit numbers, with most subscribers keeping the last four digits. Consumers are urged to continue dialing old numbers until the changeover is complete.
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C&p
Winchester
Gainesboro
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
R. E. Heltzel
Mr. Heltzel
Turner
Heltzel
Eden calls general election for May twenty sixth
Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden announced a British general election set for May 26. In Washington Senator Herman Welker collapsed in the Senate dining room and was taken to the capitol physician's office.
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Bulletins London
Anthony Eden
Washington
Herman Welker
Idaho
Senate
George W. Calver
Capitol
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Souths
Phillips Tomato Soup
Safeway
Rexall
Beavers Drug Store
Oates Avenue
Marianne’s of
Call Ellis Poultry Farms
Luther League
City
Wrangle
National
Apple Blossom
Winchester Sfed CO
Polio Foundation
August Cahill
Roy Wisecarver
Stephens City
Cahill
Weather Outlook
Washington, D. C
Alexandria
Arlington
Falls Church
Fairfax
Engleside
Petersburg
Christiansburg
Fredericksburg
Louisville
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Ansco
Peoples Service Drug Store
Lovett Shoe & Dress
Louise Fisher
Colonial Beauty Shop
Geo
Washington Garage
N. Loudoun Fone
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