Jordan News Warps Propaganda Offense From Egypt Syria
Amman reports Premier Hussein Khalidi leads a propaganda push against Egyptian and Syrian critics while denying Western meddling. Censorship tightens as Egyptian and Syrian magazines are seized. the leftist National Steering Committee plans to oust Khalidi and recall the U S ambassador. An American envoy visit remains undecided.
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Amman
Hussein Khalidi
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Soviet Union
Khalidi
Jordan Radio
West Bank
Jordan River
Nablus
Ramallah
Jerusalem
U. S
Lester Mallory
James P. Richards
Eisenhower
Richards
Tornadoes, storms sweep Texas Oklahoma and Kansas
A line of severe storms and hail moved across eastern Texas Oklahoma and Kansas trailing heavy rain. Eight tornadoes were sighted in Texas and five in Kansas with five more in Oklahoma. damage reported to farms and buildings near Memphis Texas Panhandle and East Texas. Flooding threatened Navarro Freestone counties and rivers including Nueces Frio Trinity and Sulphur. some roads closed and air traffic affected.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
San Angelo
Eisenhower
Leslie
Memphis
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
East Texas
Odessa
Midland- Odessa
Jacksonville
Navarro
Freestone
Nueces and
Frio
Trinity
Dallas
Naples
Kingfisher
Carnegie
Pratt
Clay Center
Woman Arrested Admits to Abortion Ring Activities
Frederick County police say 61 year old Alice Elizabeth Wines admitted performing 35 to 40 abortions over seven years. She faces two indictments for attempting an abortion and producing a miscarriage. Bond set at $10,000 as officers recover items linked to the activity.
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Frederick County
Alice Elizabeth Wines
Cedar Creek
Winchester Corporation Court
Hillside
F. M. Funk
Warren Rudolph
Winchester Police Department
Glass Estate
Wines
Edward J Bailey
Ada B. Allen Evelyn Duff
Adelaide 5. Sern
James H. Stephenson
Peggy Williams
William Thomas
Grady Moore
Herman R. Hartment
Norman Y. Mills
Slight Earthquake Shakes Birmingham
The Weather Bureau reported a slight earthquake felt in Birmingham at 3 24 a m with no damage. Police and public agencies confirmed the shock and said the pressure recorder jumped for a few seconds though no damage was noted. A similar tremor was reported in Newnan Georgia about 25 miles southwest of Atlanta with no damage.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Living costs at record high for seventh straight month
Washington report shows living costs rose two tenths of a percent in March marking the seventh consecutive month of record highs. The Labor Department noted dairy and pork price declines were offset by rises across major consumer goods and services. Wage increases will affect 1,490,000 workers tied to the index while factory workers playoff purchasing power fell as hours shortened and costs rose.
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Washington
Labor Department
Mansfield Proposes Shift of Foreign Aid Administration
Senator Mansfield proposes moving foreign aid administration to the State Department with a new undersecretary for economic affairs and transferring USIA to State under the assistant secretary for public affairs. He argues unity of voice and policy, as Dulles warns against budget cuts impacting aid programs. The ICA currently operates as an independent agency under State guidance.
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Washington
Mansfield
D-Mont
State Department
Senate
United States Information Agency
Dulles
Congress
Associated Press
New York
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
International Cooperation Administration
John Hollister
Queen Shenandoah Arrives in USA Thursday Morning
Queen Shenandoah XXX-elect Miss Anne Denise Doughty Tich borne and her mother arrive on Pan American Flight 71 at Idlewild Airport New York at 7 20 a m Thursday travel arranged by Wenzel Habel Overseas Travel Service They will stay in New York City guests of Mr and Mrs John Tyson on Fifth Avenue and travel to Winchester on May 1 for pre Festival events
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Shenandoah XXX
Anne Denise Doughty-Tichborne
Lady Tichborne
Pan American World Airways System
Idlewild
New York
Wenzel Habel
E. Piccadilly St
New York City
John Tyson
Fifth Avenue
Miss Tichbourne
Lady Tichbourne
Winchester
Ike and Mitchell to confer on labor legislation
President Eisenhower will meet with Secretary of Labor Mitchell in Augusta to discuss possible labor reform bills in light of Senate Rackets Committee findings. White House says no draft is planned at this session but talks may cover union health and welfare funds and broader labor issues.
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Ike
Mitchell
Augusta
Eisenhower
Labor Mitchell
Senate
White House
James C. Hagerty
Congress
Hagerty
United States
Russia
Augusta National Golf Club
U.S
London
Folsom Rails Against Federal School Aid as Phony
Rochester speech by Secretary of Welfare Folsom calls the charge that federal aid means control a major fallacy. He cites 159000 classroom shortfall, notes proposed four year grants of 325 million dollars annually. He emphasizes that federal involvement ends once schools are built and funds pass to local communities.
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Rochester
N.Y
Folsom Jeday
Folsom
Rotary Club
Eisenhower Reaffirms Arms Controls Pursuing Disarmament
President Eisenhower in Augusta after a 75 minute meeting with disarmament adviser Harold Stassen urged cautious progress toward arms reduction. He cited U S policy that controls and reductions are possible desirable and indispensable while noting talks in London will resume. The White House emphasized steps toward a two step 25 percent non nuclear cut with inspection and an open skies plan with broader ground checks as U S proposals.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
United States
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Washington
London
United Nations
Dulles
Associated Press
New York
White House
Secretary of State
U.S
U. S
Scottish Minister Will Be Prelate For Coronation
The Rev John Leonard Douglas of Edinburgh will arrive as exchange minister for the First Presbyterian Church and serve as Prelate in Queen Shenandoah XXX coronation on May 2 in Winchester. He and Mrs Douglas will live at 331 N Braddock St for three months. Dr and Mrs George Jackson sail for Scotland to serve in Mr Douglas parish. Douglas, born June 2 1899 in Dundee, studied at Harris Academy and St Andrews University, served in WWI, and joined Royal Air Force as chaplain in WWII. He has five children, none accompanying him.
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John Leonard Douglas
Edinburgh
Scotland
Winchester
First Presbyterian Church
George H. Smith
Queen and Court Department
Douglas
Presbyterian Manse
N. Braddock St
George Jackson
David
New Haven-on-Forth
Dundee
Harris Academy
Gordon Highlanders
Cameron Highlanders
Royal Air Force
North Africa
Italy
Church of Scotland
Mediterranean
Douglases
Dorothy
Princess Margaret Rose Hospital
Iain
Edinburgh University
Mable
Donald
Ralph Hardy
Corre Dence
Handley
Explosion of Creosote Fire Damages Stephens City Home
A can of creosote heated on a stove exploded on the back porch near Double Toll Gate Route 277 causing a fire that damaged the kitchen living room and porch of Fred Cook's one story bungalow. Stephens City Middletown and Shawnee fire crews battled the blaze using water from a pond.
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Fred Cook
Route 277
Double Toll Gate
Stephens City
Middletown
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