Weekend traffic crashes cause area damage and injuries
A series of weekend crashes injured eight at Double Toll Gate and three more near Stephenson while others caused extensive property damage totaling about 5000 dollars. Multiple vehicles were totaled and several drivers were hospitalized or treated and released. Local investigations listed causes including misjudged turns and failure to heed stop signs.
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Moon
Stephenson
Double Toll Gate
Francis A. Adkins
William Adkins
Old Charles Town
Elsie Tharp
West Virginia Ave
Winchester
Hart Douglas Eugene Clevenger
Lucille Singhass
Rt. 4
J. W. Detrick
Click
William Henry Thompson
Fairview Ave
Sadie Virginia Mahoney
Peyton St
Detrick
Harold D
Boston
Mass
U. S
Peter Paul Riley
Boyce
Edward B. Fowler
Bluemont
Eight die in Virginia highway crashes this weekend
Weekend Virginia highway accidents raised the 1955 road toll to 478 as eight people died. Victims included Richard E. Pinard and George Morton in a U S 1 crash near Lady Smith, Gordon Turner in a Page County crash, and Ethel G Williams after a Bassett area collision. Additional deaths involved Irving W Breeden, Charles Albert Davis, Isaac F Hite, Alpha Smith Anderson, and Peter Petteway amid multiple crashes and injuries.
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Richard E. Pinard
Littleton
N. H
George Morton
Winsted
Conn
U.S. 1
Ladysmith
Richmond
W. H. Ayars
Gordon Turner
Stanley
Newport
Page County
Virgil Good
Ethel G. Williams
Bassett
Irving W. Breeden
Rt. 3
Manassas
Washington
Georgetown Hospital
Charles Albert Davis
Monroe Hall
Westmoreland County
Colonial Beach
Isaac F. Hite
Clifton Forge
Hite
U. S
Alpha Smith Anderson
Jefferson City
Tenn
Gretna
U.S. 29
Peter Petteway
Waterbury
Ashland
Farm Auction Listings and Real Estate Sale Dates
August auctions announced for Longwood Farm near Boyce with dairy cattle and equipment. Capon Bridge WV estate sale includes real estate livestock machinery and household goods. Frederick County real estate near Vaucluse and Paper Mill Road house and lot sale set by special commissioners at the county courthouse.
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Ralph Orndorff
Ellen R. Wheeler
Longwood Farm
Boyce
W. D. Orndorff
Byron Brumback
E.S.T
Bessie C. Ramsburg
Capon Bridge
W. Va
H. F. Smith
W. E. Edwards
Vaucluse
Charles R. Duvall
Henry R
Frederick County Court House
Paper Mill Road
How's Your I Q Answers Quiz Feature
Answers listed for Page 4 quiz include Carnivorous Abstracted True Sunflower State Australia Democrat and No Washington as items. The safety nets for aerial circus acts are nylon rope nets, used mainly for flying trapeze, with safety dependent on correct landing technique.
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Carnivorous
Sunflower
Australia
Washington
Democrat
Airmen Held Own Church Services After Release
The 11 U.S. airmen freed from captivity in Red China say they held weekly church services while imprisoned since December 1954. Maj. William H. Baumer led Protestant services. Capt. Eugene J. Vandi and T. Sgt. Howard W. Brown prayed the rosary. Catholics joined Christmas and Easter with hymns. Brown received a rosary and prayer book from his girlfriend.
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Tokyo
Red China
Eugene J. Vandi
Clayton, N. Y
Howard W. Brown
St. Paul, Minn
Brown
Antoinette Palermo
Baumer
Reopen Tower Near Ike's Farm on Gettysburg Battlefield
An observation tower near President Eisenhower's farm on the Gettysburg battlefield was reopened to tourists last weekend after a prior closure at the request of Secret Service agents. Officials offered no explanation but indicated continued surveillance during Eisenhower's visits.
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Gettysburg
Gettysburg Battlefield
Eisenhower
Secret Service
Reynolds Metals reports record half year profits
Reynolds Metals Co. announced today a consolidated net profit of 16,236,416 for the first six months of 1955. President R. S. Reynolds Jr. stated the aluminum company and its wholly owned subsidiaries posted the record half year earnings.
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Richmond
Reynolds Metals Co
R. S. Reynolds, Jr
Aluminum
Snow falls on Germany's Zugspitze highest peak
Four inches of snow blanket the Zugspitze in Bavaria today marking a rare winter sight atop Germany's highest mountain. Meteorologists expect lingering cold and light gusts as hikers and guests brace for weather disruption at the summit area.
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Garmisch - Partenkirchen
Germany
Zugspitze
Berryville JCC Receives Charter and Installs Officers
Berryville hosts charter night dinner at Legion Hall as Berryville Junior Chamber of Commerce receives National and International charters. Oscar Hamilton elected president with John Friant as state director and three directors installed by Wallace Heatwale. Twenty eight members inducted with pins. officers and notable guests honored at the ceremony.
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Berryville
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Legion Hall
Jack Barnes
Portsmouth
Oscar Hamilton
Jaycee
Wallace Heatwale
Waynesboro
Mr. Hamilton
John Friant
Charles Renner
Fim
Triplett Hardesty, III
Hammer Price
Howard R Hart
Hamilton
William Hooker
Harry Jones
Hobson McGehee, Jr
Berryville Jcc
al Newman
Tyree Dillard
Cecil Wolfe
Bill Gregory
Charles Enders
John Sours
William Nerren
Walter
Kerryville Jaycees Schedule Includes Dinners and Dance
Rutherford, Aaron Zuckerman and Charles Eisner report the Kerryville Jaycees hold a business meeting on the second Thursday each month and a dinner meeting on the fourth Thursday. Saturday's gathering followed by a dance.
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Rutherford
Aaron Zuckerman
Charles Eisner
Kerryville Jaycees
Do Insects Match Birds in Flight Speed
Insects typically fly slower than many birds due to small size and light weight though they reach fast speeds. The dragonfly and other insects achieve notable speeds with the hot fly estimated to reach 40 to 50 mph.
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State Rt
Charles Edward Tharp
Danwood Reimer
Seguin
Texas
Kernstown
U. S. Rt. 11
L. P. Coverstone
Rufus Carlton Burgess
Syracuse
N. Y
J. H. Smith, Jr
Ford
Robert Conrad Cunningham
Studebaker
Earl Ernest Whetzel
Whetzel
Sunnyside
Smith
Frank Lewis Smith
Amissville
Isaac Russell Murray
Chevrolet
Cedar Grove
Coverstone
Lewis Glenn DeHaven
Rt. 2
Chrysler
Floyd Oliver Ferrebee
U. S. Rt. 50
Edward Lewis
Kaiser
P. F Click
Vernon Clark
Cork St
James A. Claycomb
Holbrook McKee
National Ave
N. Cameron St
Rouss Ave
James R. Bucher
Woodland Ave
Hudson
Millwood Ave
Gerrard St
Claycomb
Daniel Singer
Washington, D. C
John F. Hanczyk
Pittsburgh
The
Associated Press
SWIFT
L. Brumback & Sons
Plymouth Cranbrook
Minor Motor CO
Snellings
N. Braddock St
Northern Virginia Power CO
Butler
Wyck St
I. Q
Maj
William H. Baumer
Lewisburg
Om mi Funeral Home
Loudoun
Virginia Ambulance Service
Eugene W. Landy
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
Landy
Deborah Landy
Bradley Beach
N. J
Communist Party
Herbert H. Lehman
D-N. Y
Navy Department
Naval Reserve Commission
International
W Va
Frye Inn
Capon River
Main Street
Ferguson
Dearborn
John Deere
McCormick
Oliver
Singer
H. E. Hiett
H. F Smith
Institute OF Life Insurance
Ferman Perry
Winchester Jcc
JCC
Cameror St
Frederick Co-op Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
LIONS
James
Farm Bureau Committee
Leonard
Dee Alia Mites
Leonard Showroom
N. Kent St
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
Kent St
Plumly
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