Kennedy and Truman Reach Truce on Campaign Support
Senator Kennedy announced a call with former President Truman and said he will visit Truman in Independence Missouri. Truman said he wants a Democrat back in the White House and to campaign for the Kennedy Johnson ticket. Ribicoff and Bailey joined Kennedy as they expected Labor backing for Johnson.
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John
Saruly Pasih
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Independence
Kennedy
Indo- Truman
Los Angeles
Abraham A. Rib
Connecticut
Ribicoff
White House
Kennedy-Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Texas
G. Mennen Williams
Poe
The
United Auto Workers Union
Winchester Briefs: Visitors to Philadelphia and Local Updates
Obe Kowalchick and Catherine Lofton left for Philadelphia to visit Mr and Mrs Anthony Smaletz and may meet Dick Clark with a city letter and key from Mayor Claude Smalls. Kiwanis beat Lions 8 7 for its first base season win. No changes in dialing for Brenda Williams 8. A 60 year old woman was seen smoking a pipe on a Winchester street. An Indian relic with a cracked scraping edge was found in a creek bed by Brother Finbarr Ray.
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Diane Kowalchick
Metro Kowalchick
National Cemetery
Catherine ‘Cookie’ Lofton
Dorothy Lofton
National Avenue
Philadelphia
Anthony Smaletz
Dick Clark
Mr. Clark
Claude Smalls
Winchester
John Morrison
Kiwanis
Lions
Finbarr Ray
Lodge Brushes Off Soviet Proposal For Arms Summit
United Nations diplomats and U S officials sparred over a Soviet call for a United Nations disarmament summit. U S spokesman Henry Cabot Lodge rejected the plan as a specious maneuver while some envoys still hoped a summit could bring Eisenhower and Khrushchev together at the conference table.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
White House
Newport
R.I
Lodge
United States
Platon D. Morozov
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
Disarmament Commission
Padilla Nervo
Morozov
United Nations
General Assembly
Khrushchev
Paris
Eisenhower Planning Surprises in Campaign Notes
President Eisenhower plans an active role in the 1952 campaign with Nixon and Lodge in Newport Rhode Island. White House aides say the President will announce his campaigning plans at the proper time and will participate in traditional political campaigning in part while keeping other activity undisclosed.
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Newport
R. I
White House
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nixon
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Demand for Power Reaches All-Time High in Potoma Edison System
The Potoma Edison System reported an all time power demand of 317,000 kilowatts at 11 a.m. yesterday. Philip N. Hunter district manager of Northern Virginia Power Co. attributed the peak to several warm days. He noted average demand around 300,000 kilowatts over the past two months, surpassing the previous high of 312,000 kilowatts set last August 17.
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Potoma Edison
Philip N. Hunter
Northern Virginia Power Co
Dem
Health Director Leaves for Johns Hopkins Traineeship
Dr. Stuart Nottingham Winchester health director receives a traineeship grant to study at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore for a Master of Public Health. He will be on leave from Sept 1 until a formal approval. acting director Dr. Robert W. Jessee will oversee Virginia’s 10 county region.
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Johns Hopkins
Stuart Nottingham
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
State Health Department
Nottingham
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Winchester City
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Robert W. Jessee
Grand Jury Weighs Indictment for Zirk in Rit ter Case
Stephens City electrician Ritter Zirk faced a Hardy County grand jury this morning as prosecutors consider an indictment. The case stems from Ritters death when he was found dead in his car after a coroner's jury ruled he bled to death from a sawed back arm wound.
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Hardy County
Zirk
Ritter
Stephens City
President Eisenhower Receives URI Honorary Degree
The University of Rhode Island awarded an honorary Doctor of Civil Laws to President Eisenhower on Monday. He traveled by helicopter for the 20 mile trip from the summer White House in Newport to the Kingston campus.
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Kingston
R. I
University of Rhode Island
Eisenhower
White House
Newport
R.I
Saucer shaped research aircraft on display
The Defense Department released a photo Aug 1 showing a saucer shaped research aircraft aimed at vertical takeoff and landing for the U S Army and Air Force. Officials said the craft can fly like a winged plane once airborne and that the image was produced months earlier at A V Roe Co plant in Canada.
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Defense Department
U.S. Army
Air Force
The
Department
Builder
A.V. Roe Co
Canada
FBI transfers William Pryor to Detroit August 15
William Pryor, Winchester agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will be transferred to Detroit August 15. He is 42, married with three children and has served 100 years in the local office. He will be succeeded by William H. Thomas, 41, also married with three children, currently with the Richmond FBI office.
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William Pryor
Winchester
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Detroit
William H. Thomas
Earl Brown
Richmond
FBI
Mr. Pryor
Mr. Thomas
Nixon Accuses Kennedy of the Low Road in Campaign
Vice President Nixon charged Senator Kennedy with following the low road by focusing on personalities rather than issues. Kennedy countered with critiques of farm policy and beliefs. Nixon vowed to stay on the issues and launched an intensive campaign tour including Hawaii. President Eisenhower designated the week of November 6 as American Education Week.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
Nixon
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
National Airport
Conference On News
Texas
Johnson
Eisenhower
Congress mi
Whittier
Calif
Hawaii
Pat Nixon Buono
Democratic-co
Congress
Sen
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Newport
R.I
Submarine Voyage Under North Pole Begins From Portsmouth
A crowd watched as a submarine departed Portsmouth New Hampshire for an east west voyage beneath the North Pole. The expedition marks the first attempt of this direction after three submarines completed west to east crossings.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Powers Letters From Moscow Prison Reflect On Luck And Fear
Francis Gary Powers writes his wife from Lubyanka prison in Moscow after his U2 downing over the Soviet Union on May 1. He describes basic comforts and hunger while awaiting espionage trial set for Aug. 17, with excerpts published in Newsweek.
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New York
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
Powers
Soviet Union
Newsweek Magazine
Lubyanka
Newsweek
U. S
States
Soviet Issues Visas for Powers Family Ahead of Trial
The Soviet embassy said visas have been issued for Francis Gary Powers' wife Ida Ford Powers and his parents Oliver W. Powers and Francis Gary Powers' father, plus two others linked to the family. Some attorneys seeking to accompany the family were not yet granted visas amid discussions in Moscow. The pilot's father is a Pound, Virginia shoe repairman, and Powers faces an August espionage trial after the U2 incident.
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Washington
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Powers
Carl A. Macafee
Oliver W. Powers
Lewis K. Ingram
Ida Ford Powers
Sol W. Cury
Moscow
Pound
Elvee
Hare Elen
Cuba Silent On Fidel's Successor
In Havana the Cuban government offered no clear answer on who will succeed Fidel Castro while Raul Castro, the anti-American younger brother, is seen as the likely choice. Fidel, 33, has been urged to rest after a three week lung infection with officials stating a full physical and mental retreat. Maj. Raul Trillo said he is taking complete rest as doctors treat the prime minister.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Raul
Castro
Raul Trillo
Poe
Washington
Cuba
After Waiting 10 Years Harold Schelhas Gets Submarine Ride
Harold Schelhas of Franklin Square New York finally earned a submarine ride after ten years of letters and appeals. He pursued Navy contact and even wrote to President Eisenhower, aided by a priest friend. The submarine trip to Groton Connecticut was described as wonderful and sparked renewed determination to write the Air Force.
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Harold Schelhas
Harold
Navy
Eisenhower
FBI
Groton
Conn
Air Force
Night Watchman Offered to Guard Duff's Rebel Restaurant
Night Watchman seeks references and a double-barreled shotgun for midnight to 6 am shifts, seven days a week. Appointment via MO 2-2571. Also notices on a clearance sale at Buzzella's Shop, lost dogs contact, and Round Hill Ruritan Club ham yard party details for James Wood School Grounds on Saturday August 6 at 5 pm.
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Buzzella’s
Round Hill Ruritan Club
Ham Yard
James Wood
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Alfred Williams
Round Hill
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Norfolk
U.S. Public Health Service
Little Rock
Ark
Chicago
Ann Bowie Miller
Washington, D.C
North Pole
George P. Steele, II
Fidel
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George Washington Hotel
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Stonewall
L. O. Dick
Clearbrook
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