Winchester Prepares For Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
Winchester readies for the 30th annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival drawing up to 175000 visitors over Thursday and Friday for parades luncheons dances and merrymaking. Forecast calls for mild spring weather with under a fifth inch of rain and blossoms at peak later in the week. Queen Shenandoah XXX Anne Denise Doughty-Tichborne of Winchester England will be crowned Thursday with a slate of international guests and ceremonies led by Lord De La Warr and Rev J L Douglas. Ted Malone will serve as Grand Marshal with events including a press meeting a luncheon and a pageant dress rehearsal at the George Washington Hotel.
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oFestival
Associated Press
Rouss Fire Company
Benevolent & Protective Order of Fiks
Anne Denise Doughty-Tichborne
England
Brunette
Shenandoah XXX
James Cagney
American Broadcasting Company
Ted Malone
Lady Tichborne
Washington, D. C
Lord de la Warr
London
J L. Douglas
Edinburgh
Scotland
Ricardo M. Arias. E
Republic of Panama
Malone
Richard R. Lewis
Whittier Ave
New York City
Civic Club
George Washington Hotel
Bonn Denies Immediate West German Atomic Armament
Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano rejected the Soviet note on atomic bases as based on a false assumption that West Germany plans to arm with A weapons. He warned arming could come in two to three years only under a world controlled disarmament plan and defended Adenauer and Strauss on gradual development.
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Bonn
Germany
Heinrich von Brentano
West Germany
Brentano
Soviet Union
Defense
Franz Josef Strauss
Konrad Adenauer
NATO
Strauss
Federal Republic
Adenauner
Christian Democrat Party
Hungarian Refugees Begin Hunger Strike in Ireland
About 8 Hungarian refugees at the Knockall Sheen camp in Limerick started a hunger strike to protest delays in admission to the United States and Canada. More than 100 children cried as 371 Hungarians skipped breakfast. red Cross controller Edmund Murphy expressed pity for the children’s suffering. Some refugees opposed the strike but feared camp leaders’ reprisals. The camp, five months old, houses 550 refugees with recent departures to Argentina and Hungary.
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Limerick
Ireland
Knockall- Sheen
United States
Canada
Red Cross
Edmund Murphy
Premier Sami Solh Gravely Ill in Beirut
Premier Sami Solh aged 70 is hospitalized at American University Hospital Beirut with acute lung congestion. A hospital bulletin corrected earlier reports of a heart attack and said his condition remains grave but improving. Solh leads a pro Western government that backed Eisenhower's Middle East Doctrine.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sami Solh
American University Hospital
Solh
Eisenhower
Middle East
Rexall l
Beavers Drug Store
Tree crashes on 1948 Chrysler in storm near Winchester Clinic
A huge maple toppled onto a 1948 Chrysler owned by C. C. Clemmer on the west side of S. Stewart St. No injuries were reported. Mrs. Clemmer said the car is a total loss. The vehicle had been parked near the town run bridge before the storm forced a move. Two unstable trees remained where the car usually sat.
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Chrysler
S. Stewart St
C. C. Clemmer
Clemmer
Winchester Surgical Clinic
Budget cutting vow firms after voters visits
Senate leaders Johnson and Knowland said ten days at home strengthened resolve to slash Eisenhower’s 71.8 billion dollar budget. Johnson noted public demand for economy and will examine State Department funds with open mind. Both leaders spoke as the Senate opened, dampening hopes for tempers easing.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
State Department
Congress
Ordor
Violent Weather Furies Continue Across Texas for 11th Day
Severe storms and heavy rain lash southern Texas for the 11th straight day. Flooding swells rivers including the Trinity near Houston and the Brazos near Victoria, with 68 highways closed and multiple drownings reported.
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Texas
Dallas
Rio Grande Valley
Chamber of Commerce Chief Urges Labor Union Cleansing
John Coleman of the U S Chamber of Commerce called for a broad cleansing of organized labor. He urged unions to end the secondary boycott, recognize right to work laws, and abandon plans for a monopoly, while stressing labor and management should be friends.
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Washington
John
Coleman
U.S Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
Chamber
Senate
Afl-Cio
Teamsters Union
Labor Federation
Burroughs Corp
Garden Clubs Tour of Homes Raises Over 600
The Winchester Clarke and Little Garden Clubs sponsored a Tour of Homes during Historic Garden Week in Virginia. Net proceeds support the Garden Club of Virginia restoration work at Woodlawn Plantation near Alexandria. Tour featured three Winchester homes, one in Frederick County, one in Clarke County and three in Warren County with hundreds attending.
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Winchester - Clarke and
Little Garden Clubs
Garden Club of Virginia
Virginia
Woodlawn Plantation
Alexandria
District of Columbia
Scotland
Australia
Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke County
Warren County
C. Ridgely White
Winchester-Clarke Club
Edward W. Barr
Little Garden Club
Monford D. Custer, Jr
Eisenhower Sends Greetings At Cape Henry Memorial
President Eisenhower sent best wishes to attendees at Cape Henry Virginia for the 350th Jamestown anniversary memorial service. A bleacher collapse injured no one seriously as a choir of 130 opened with Onward Christian Soldiers under Bishop George P. Gunn.
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Cape Henry
Eisenhower
Jamestown Colony
America
George P. Gunn
Virginia
Jamestown
Eisenhower charts plan to oppose House budget cuts
President Eisenhower outlined a strategy to oppose a 47 million dollar House cut to the State Department and foreign service funds for the coming fiscal year. He discussed with Secretary Dulles and prepared a statement for the Senate Appropriations Committee while returning from a Georgia trip.
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Eisenhower
United States
House
State Department
Foreign Service
Georgia
Washington
State Dulles
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Dulles
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
American woman home from Israeli jail after eight months
Miss Mary Frances Hagan from Huntington West Virginia returned to Idlewild Airport New York after eight months in an Israeli jail on spying for Syria. She said she was not bitter and planned no recourse against Israel. She arrived from Tel Aviv with stopovers in Rome and Paris.
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New York
Syria
Mary Frances Hagan
Huntington
W. Va
Idlewild
Israel
Amman Lifts Curfew as King Returns from Saud Visit
Amman enjoys a holiday mood after eight hour curfew lift as King Hussein returns from Saudi Arabia. He aims to mend rifts with Egypt and Syria while crushing Communist and leftist influence. Cabinet reshuffle includes Hashim alliance. security clamps down on agitators.
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Hussein
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Saud
Egypt
Syria
Riyadh
Samir Rifai
Bashar Talhouni
Ahmed Raheimi Sadi
Faisal
Iraq
Ibrahim Hashim
Shukri Kuwaily
Damascus
Hashim
Industry Says Leaving Michigan Because of Tax Policies
The Democratic State Central Committee argued that industry might relocate due to Michigan taxes. GM and Ford executives cited higher taxes as a factor, with GM noting plants in Ohio and others expanding elsewhere. The committee compared tax sources, noting business taxes accounted for only a small share of revenue versus sales and fuel taxes.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Democratic State Central Committee
Republican Party
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Ford
Harlow H. Curtice
Ohio
Alan L. Gornick
L. L. Colbert
Chrysler Corp
Democratic Committee
Right to Work Amendment Sought on Rights Bill
Senate Judiciary Committee discussed adding a right to work amendment to the civil rights bill. Sen McClellan Arkansas offered the measure which would bar union shop contracts. opposition comes from unions, many civil rights supporters, and the administration. Attorney General Brownell testified against its place in the bill. Eastland Mississippi said no full bill today but intent to begin next Monday with the amendment first.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Eastland
D-Miss
McClellan
Sen
Watkins
Utah
High Court Opens Girard College to Negroes
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Negroes may not be excluded from Girard College in Philadelphia if public officials administer the will creating the school. The court held the City Trust of Philadelphia acts as a state agency and its Negro admissions ban discriminates against the state, invoking the 14th Amendment and citing the 1954 school segregation decisions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Girard College
Stephen Girard
City Trust of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
High Court
Festival Ticket Sales Desk Closes Wednesday Evening
The George Washington Hotel lobby desk will close at 9 pm on Wednesday. Mrs. Robert Forney reports brisk advance sales for Festival tickets. On Thursday and Friday tickets will be sold at each event location.
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George Washington Hotel
Robert Forney
Winchester Seed Co Ad Sells Flowers and Plants
Classified notice lists ANNUAL and PERENNIAL FLOWER PLANTS and Tomato and Cabbage Plants from Winchester Seed Co 14 miles out Valley Pike. Driving school lessons resume at Dual Control Driving School. Joe's Ocean Cove announces open tonight and closed May 2 3 with usual hours starting Saturday. Group of coats suits and dresses offered at reduced prices.
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Winchester Seed CO
Mile Out Valley
Joe's Ocean
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