Court Martial Board Ponders McKeon s Fate
McKeon faces a six-man court martial board at Parris Island with a Navy doctor to determine guilt on charges including involuntary manslaughter. The case stems from the Ribbon Creek march on April 8 in which six recruits drowned. Defense argues panic over lawlessness. prosecution cites discipline. The proceedings featured high ranking Marine generals backing McKeon.
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Marine S
Matthew C. McKeon
McKeon
White Frame Grammar
Randolph McC. Pate
Lewis B
Chesty) Puller
Ribbon Creek
Charles B. Sevier
Jacksonville
Emile Zola Berman
New York City
Berman
Congress
Randolph McCall Pate
Marine Corps
No Move Among Massachusetts Delegates to Nominate Herter
Boston report says state GOP chair Ralph H. Bonnell sees no plan to nominate Gov. Herter for vice president at the Republican National Convention. Bonnell notes Herter won’t back Stassen’s dump Nixon drive but won’t prevent it. He cites a possible 10 percent favorite son vote and expresses personal wish for Herter as Eisenhower’s running mate, while acknowledging Nixon’s strength.
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GOP
Ralph H. Bonnell
Massachusetts
Gov. Herter
Bonnell
Herter
Tude
Nixon
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Stassen
Chinese Dig In on Burmese Territory
Chinese Communist troops in northern Burma reportedly dug in after clashes with Burmese forces near Lashio. Burmese commander Col. Chit Myaing said a six hour battle left one Chinese officer and nine soldiers dead, with several Burmese wounded. around 500 Red Chinese troops were said to have crossed the border toward Burma from Yunnan. The Burmese government urged withdrawal as border tensions rose.
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Kunlong Ferry
Burma
Lashio
Yunnan
Chit Myaing
Red
China
Rain Falls Record Amount in Clarke County July
Clarke County saw 10.60 inches of rain in July, the wettest since 1891 according to official observer W N Rutherford Sr. Rain fell over 16 days, reviving wilting plants as the year’s total reached 27.67 inches.
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Berryville
Clarke County
W. N. Rutherford
U. S
Rutherford
Patterson delayed return after hand injury review
New York boxing chief Julius Helfand announced Floyd Patterson cannot fight until late fall after doctors reviewed X rays of his right hand. The bulletin also notes a closing vacation at Crisman Cleaners from August 6 to 11 and weekend specials at Ward's Pastry Shop.
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New York
Floyd Patterson
Julius Helfand
New York Athletic Commission
Crisman Cleaners
Ward's
Future of Pupil Assignment Plan Brighter in Va
Richmond report says Virginia leaders at a hush hush mansion meeting agreed Gov. Stanley will not oppose the pupil assignment plan when the General Assembly meets in August to address school segregation. They also noted Stanley would retain power to withhold funds from integrating schools and possibly pursue other anti integration measures.
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Virginia
Executive Mansion
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General Assembly
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Study Commission
New Rector Of Grace Church In Berryville
The Rev Charles P Moncure has accepted the call to become rector of Grace Episcopal Church Berryville He will assume duties September 1 He previously served three churches in lower Fauquier County after graduation from seminary He holds BA from Randolph Macon College 1950 and BDiv from Virginia Theological Seminary 1953 He is active in diocese boards and committees Married to Florence Ann Clarke they have a daughter Florence Jefferson Moncure aged 17 months Also note a chicken and steak Bar B Q event by Middletown Grange on Saturday August 4 at Grange Lot.
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Grace Episcopal Church
Berryville
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Lower Fauquier County
Richmond
Randolph-Macon College
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Department of Christian Education
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Virginia
Florence Ann Clarke
St. John’s Church
Moncures
Florence Jefferson
Grange
Middletown Grange
Boy’s Tongue Freezes to Pipe at Oklahoma Dairy
Seven year old Haven Taylor licked frost from an outside refrigeration pipe and his tongue froze to the metal. He remained stuck for about thirty minutes before dairy engineer David Flynn stopped the ammonia flow and cooled the pipe with water to free him.
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Shawnee
Okla
Haven Taylor
David Flynn
Manufacturing Plants in City On the Increase
Census data show Winchester plants rising from 17 in 1947 to 23 in 1954 with employment growing from 1 529 to 2 546 and wages from 2 792 000 to 7 109 000. Frederick County declines from 1 242 workers in 29 plants to 762 in 23 with wages and value added falling. The Brakeshoe plant expands from 226 to 564 workers. The Clarke County totals rise from 8 to 11 plants, 143 to 187 workers, and payroll from 256 000 to 410 000. The 1954 preliminary report, 26th census since 1809, was released in July by the U S Bureau of the Census.
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Winchester
Bureau of the Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
Frederick County
Clarke County
U. 3. Department of Commerce
Washington
D. C
Cop borrows bike to nab suspicious bicyclist in New York
Detective John Keeney spots a young bicyclist checking parked cars on Park Avenue near 94th Street. He borrows a delivery boy’s bike to chase and catch the suspect at Park Avenue and 59th Street. Camelia Vanderpool, 20, is held on petty larceny charges after admitting theft.
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New York
John Keeney
Park Avenue
94Th Street
Keeney
59Th Street
Camelia Vanderpool
Vanderpool
Slowdown strike by Sheffield bus workers over hiring policy
More than 600 employees of the Sheffield city bus system voted to begin a slowdown strike in protest against hiring Negro drivers and ticket takers.
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Sheffield
England
Dulles Reports To Nation Tonight On Suez Crisis
Secretary of State Dulles prepares to address the nation about the Suez Crisis, outlining U.S. policy and seeking to calm tensions amid regional upheaval and international pressure. He will speak tonight in a nationally televised briefing.
Suez Crisis Grows Public Pressure Across Nations
Queen Elizabeth proclaims a great emergency in Britain and calls reservists to the colors as the Suez crisis intensifies. In Paris, Mollet and Pineau pledge to prevent Egypt from controlling the canal. Dulles reports on London talks and aims for a 24 nation conference on Aug 16 to avert violence. Bernard.
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Guy Mollet
Christian Pineau
National Assembly
Egypt
Suez Canal
Dulles
London
Eisenhower
Selwyn Lloyd
Anthony Eden
Last Union Army Vet Albert Woolson to receive full military honors
Albert Woolson is to be honored with full military rites at his Duluth funeral Monday afternoon. A guard of 109 soldiers representing each year of his life will accompany the drum boy from the Duluth National Guard armory to Park Hill Cemetery. Officials including Hugh M. Milton and Gov. Freeman will lead the official mourners, with responses from President Eisenhower and remarks from Army leaders.
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Albert Woolson
Woolston
Hugh M. Milton
Orville Freeman
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Woolson
South
Walter W. Williams
Franklin
Tex
William Allen
5Th Army Band
Duluth
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Brucker
France Boosts Gasoline Taxes in War Financing Move
A Paris decree in the official gazette raises gasoline taxes to about 75 cents a gallon for regular and 81 for high test. The increases equal 134 and 24 cents per gallon, respectively, and take effect soon. Funds will help finance the war effort in Algeria.
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Paris
Algeria
Built in Basement Officials Fear Boy's Rocket May Become Unguided Missile
In Charlotte the 17 year old Jimmy Blackmon built a six foot rocket in his basement powered by liquid oxygen with a fuel injection system. Civil and military officials warn against launching it in Mecklenburg County due to risk to aircraft. Army officers suggest finding a test site perhaps at a military base. Jimmy says he did not consider potential impact on objects on the way down.
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Charlotte
N. C
Jimmy Blackmon
Jimmy
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Mecklenburg County
Army Ordnance and Operations
Burt Blackmon
Judge to Enter Segregation Decree Early Next Week
Federal Judge John Paul said after an informal conference with opposing attorneys that he expects to enter a decree in the Charlottesville segregation case by early next week. The ruling references plans for ending segregation in Charlottesville schools during the coming school year.
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Harrisonburg
John Paul
Charlottesville
Paul
John S. Battle
Henry T. Wickham
Richmond
Spottswood W. Robinson III
Oliver W. Hill
Hill
Robinson
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Almond
Gov. Stanley
General Assembly
Albert V. Bryan
Arlington
Union-Management Set Tuesday Talk in 82-Day Rubber Strike
The 82 day O Sullivan Rubber Corp strike will see a tenth meeting Tuesday at 10 am in the George Washington Hotel. Company and union agreed after contact by management and the Rubber Workers. Louis Aronin of the NLRB has studied unfair labor charges filed July 23 by Local 511. Local 149 AFL CIO members vote against a $1 weekly dues hike for strike relief.
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O'Sullivan Rubber Corp
George Washington Hotel
William Kuerner
Rubber Workers Union
Louis Aronin
Baltimore
National Labor Relations Board
O'Sullivan Rubber Co
The
Timberville man pleads innocent to murder charge
Lyn don C. Monegold, 28, Timberville truck driver, pleaded innocent to a murder charge in the death of Geneva Mae Summers, 31. He claims Summers jumped from his car after an argument rather than being pushed from a moving vehicle. Preliminary hearing set for Aug 21. bond fixed at 10000. Summers died Wednesday at Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
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Harrisonburg
Lyndon C. Monegold
Timberville
Monegold
Geneva Mae Summers
Monggold
Virginia Weather Forecast for August 4 8
The forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions in the south with 56 to 62 degrees at night and 60 to 66 in the south, increasing into a fair and moderately cool Saturday. A five day outlook shows temperatures 2-4 degrees below normal with scattered showers possible Tuesday totaling less than a tenth to a fifth inch. Coastal tides rise one to two feet.
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Winchester
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