Britain Ready to Use Force to Keep Canal Open
London reports Britain prepared to reoccupy the Suez Canal Zone and keep the canal open to world shipping. Dulles arrives from Washington seeking moderation, while U S supports but avoids committing to military action. British naval units gather near Cyprus and ships stand by as Eden's government weighs options.
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London
Suez Canal
Eden
United States
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Dulles
Egypt
Selwyn Lloyd
Arlington County Desegregation Order Targets Next Year
Federal Judge Albert V. Bryan ordered Arlington County to end racial segregation in public schools with deadlines of January 31 1957 for elementary schools and September 1957 for junior and senior highs. The ruling, a victory for NAACP lawyers, clarifies that no child may be denied admission based on race while allowing existing assignment rules not based on color to stand.
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Arlington County
Alexandria
Virginia
Albert V. Bryan
Potomac River
Arlington
Bryan
John Paul
Charlottesville
Arlington School Board
Supreme Court
One Union Calls Strike Against Aluminum Firms
The United Steelworkers of America began a strike of 28,000 workers at Aluminum Co. of America and Reynolds Metals plants nationwide in a wage dispute. AWIU extended its deadline by 24 hours, keeping 20,500 members at Alcoa and Reynolds plants on duty. Talks were to resume in New York Pittsburgh and Richmond as the USW strike affected about half the nation’s aluminum production.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
Aluminum Co. of America
Alcoa
Reynolds Metals Co
Aluminum Workers International Union
Reynolds
AWSU
Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
Richmond
USW
AWIU
Typhoon Wanda Strikes Okinawa Again
Typhoon Wanda battered Okinawa then drifted toward Formosa while 150 mph winds lashed the island. The storm damaged base buildings and cut power lines, forcing bomber and transport flights to the Philippines. It also hit the Ryukyus and Taiwan, driving 6,000 people from Taipei homes as floods rose. Admiral Radford delayed his Seoul departure as weather hampered officials.
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Okinawa
Wanda
Formosa
East China Sea
U. S. Air Force
Ryukyus
China
Tansui
Taipei
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Seoul
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Twenty Named in Suit Over Vacation Pay Liability
O'Sullivan Rubber Corp filed in Frederick County Circuit Court for a declaratory judgment on vacation pay liability to twenty individuals not in service of the company. Defendants from Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties were listed, with production talks stalled and an 80 day strike ongoing since May 13 1956. The company seeks judicial determination of vacation pay rights under an expired four year contract.
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O'Sullivan Rubber Corporation
Tion
Frederick County
Winchester
Clarke County
Evelyn L. Richard
Shenandoah Ave
Rosa Mae Ruffner
Linwood T. Spicer
William D. Spicer
Ernest E. Wisecarver
Loudoun St
Goldie F. Wisecarver
Effie Mae Hawk
Orchard Ave
Lloyd M. Coffelt
S. Cameron St
Virginian Child Contracts Paralytic Polio After Vaccine
A 13 year old Warwick boy became the first Virginian to contract paralytic polio after polio vaccination. The State Health Department reported six additional cases, bringing the yearly state total to 44. An August 1 6 A.M. opening announced for the Hershey Ice Cream & Coffee Shop offering home style breakfasts.
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Richmond
Warwick
State Health Department
Hershey
Eisenhower Says He Feels Good And Can Serve Four More Years
President Eisenhower stated he is feeling well though not as strong as a year ago and expressed confidence he could carry on in the presidency for another four years beyond January. He gave the report in Washington.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Eisenhower in Fine Shape After New Medical Exam
President Eisenhower underwent a fresh medical examination with White House physician Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder reporting him in fine shape. He noted the president can perform as much as before the June surgery for a small intestine blockage and cited stable heart signals from an electrocardiogram.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Howard M. Snyder
McKeon March Not Oppression Say Marine Chief Pate
Gen. Randolph McC. Pate testified he would not describe the night march of S Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon as oppression of recruits apart from the outcome. The defense witness spoke at the McKeon court martial at Parris Island after McKeon led 74 men on a 1000 yard march ending in a marsh where six drowned.
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Parris Island, S. C
Marine
Randolph McC. Pate
Matthew C. McKeon
Pate
Worcester
Mass
McKeon
Emile Zola Berman
New York City
Winchester to receive 1955 traffic safety citation
Winchester will receive a 1955 traffic safety award Monday at 9 a.m. Chief of Police J. Thomas Boyd will accept the honor from S. B. Dunn of the Governor's Highway Safety Committee. The city was the only Virginia municipality with population over 10,000 to end 1955 without traffic fatalities.
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Winchester
S. B. Dunn
Governor’s Highway Safety Committee
J. Thomas Boyd
Boyd
Virginia
Marion Dyer
Braddock St
Automobile Club of Virginia
Governor's Highway Safety Committee
National Safety Council
Burma presses for withdrawal of Chinese troops
Burma asks China to pull back Red troops after incursions that Burma says occupy about 1000 square miles. Clashes and casualties reported as Chinese forces push up to 60 miles into Burma's north. Government and military officials seek a negotiated withdrawal to the Chinese side, with about 500 or more troops involved.
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Burma
Rangoon
China
Peiping
Foreign Office
Lashio
Adlai Campaign Gains After Estes Kefauver Withdraws
Washington report notes Estes Kefauver's withdrawal boosts Adlai E. Stevenson's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination as ballots open at the convention.
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Adlai
Estes
Washington
Estes Kefauver
Adlai E Stevenson
Largent Resigns From Virginia Woolen Company
F L Largent Jr vice president of the Virginia Woolen Company resigns effective October to devote full time to practicing law. He joined the firm in 1948 as director of industrial relations became vice president in 1955 and will focus on labor relations as he leaves. He is UVA Law School graduate and previously practiced in Winchester.
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F. L. Largent, Jr
Virginia Woolen Company
Largent
University of Virginia Law School
Winchester
Government Ends Federal Allocation of Salk Vaccine
The government ended federal allotments of Salk polio vaccine to states and territories to boost supply for high demand areas. Secretary Folsom cited the move on Dr. Scheele’s recommendation as surgeon general, noting uneven demand and surplus in some regions.
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Washington
Folsom
Leonard A. Scheele
Public Health Service
Scheele
Eisenhower Declines to Name VP Preference
President Eisenhower said Vice President Nixon is perfectly acceptable but he will not foreclose other possible vice presidential candidates. He refused to state any preference and noted he has not been renominated. Stassen has proposed Herter as Nixon’s replacement, but Eisenhower declined to indicate any final choice.
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Britain
United States
Egypt
Stevenson
James A. Finnegan
Kefauver
Illinois
Sen
Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Eisehower
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Harold E. Stassen
Herter
Stassen
Mercury Rises to 81 as Showers Forecast
Temperatures climbed to 81 today after a 75 and 78 earlier in the week. Scattered showers and possible thundershowers are forecast tonight and tomorrow with near normal temperatures for the next five days. Rainfall expected around one half inch.
Virginia forecast shows scattered showers and warmer weekend
The weather outlook for Virginia calls for partly cloudy skies with higher humidity and scattered showers or thundershowers tonight and Thursday. Temperatures will average near normal with a warming trend into Saturday then cooler by Monday and rainfall around one half inch.
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Virginia
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