Hurricane Connie Pummels Carolina Coast With 100 MPH Eye
Hurricane Connie lashed the Carolina coast with winds near 75 mph at 11 a.m. and a central eye racing toward shore at 100 mph. Gusts topped 92 mph near Frying Pan Shoals while waves shattered piers and debris filled exposed areas. Officials warned the storm remained dangerous as it moved from Wilmington toward Myrtle Beach.
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Wilmington
N.C
Carolina
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Frying Pan Shoals
Cape Fear River
New Tropical Storm Diane Forms in Atlantic
The Weather Bureau reports a tropical storm forming about 400 miles northeast of San Juan Puerto Rico as the fourth storm of the season. The advisory places the center near 23.0 N 62.0 W at 7 a.m. EST moving west-northwest at 14 mph with winds 50 to 60 mph and gales outward 100 miles.
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Miami. Fla
Diane
Atlantic
San Juan
P. R
Weather Bureau
Foreign Ministers To Meet October Twenty Seventh In Geneva
Paris dispatch reports the Big Four foreign ministers will convene in Geneva on October 27 following directions from last month’s leaders. The date stems from consultations among the United States France Great Britain and the Soviet Union. Macy sale ends Saturday night at 181 N Loudoun St.
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Paris
French Foreign Ministry
Geneva
United States
France
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Macy l
Fec
MACY
Loudoun St
Connie Diminishing as Hurricane Moves North
The Weather Bureau said at 12 45 p m today that hurricane Connie's threat north of the Virginia Capes appears over with alerts terminated from New York to the Delaware breakwater. A remaining risk of hurricane force winds persists at the Virginia Capes and in the Norfolk area late tonight and Friday with lighter winds expected in Washington and Baltimore.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
New York
Delaware
Manasquan
N. J
Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Washington-Baltimore
Connie
Carolinas
Precautions urged as Hurricane Connie nears Virginia coast
Norfolk reports winds rising in the face of Hurricane Connie with a potential to bring strong winds up to 40 mph in central Virginia and high tides along the coast. The Weather Bureau cautions residents to maintain precautions as Connie moves northward and weakens, with the center expected to pass west of Hatteras and offshore Norfolk. Hampton Roads hosts about 111 ships awaiting the storm while only a few sail for New York and Boston.
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Richmond
Weather Bureau
Central
Virginia
Central Virginia
Sachse
Hatteras
Norfolk
Sadhse
Bureau
Virginia Beach
Hampton Roads
New York
Boston
Former Air Force Captain Indicted For Misusing Secret Document
Former Air Force captain Ren8 Fosson was indicted on eight counts for unlawfully removing and using a classified Air Force document. He previously worked as an investigator for the House Un American Activities Committee and was arrested in Silver Spring Maryland. The document concerned Jay Lovestone, longtime Communist party official and AFL affiliate.
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Washington
Justice Department
Air Force
Ren
van Fosson
House Un-American Activities Committee
Capitol
Committee
U.S
Silver Spring
Air Force Office of Special Investigations
Jay Lovestone
Communist Party
United States
Free Trade Union Committee
AFL
Lovestone
Joseph Stalin
Soviet scientists claim near solution to photosynthesis
At the Geneva atom for peace conference A L Kursanov announced that Soviet studies using radioactive isotopes show plants produce both carbohydrates and proteins via photosynthesis. He said blue light forms proteins while red and yellow light form carbohydrates, with implications for greenhouse design. American and Canadian teams report progress, alongside joint uranium and thorium aerial prospecting efforts by the United States, Russia, and Brazil, including low altitude surveys to locate deposits.
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Geneva
A. L. Kursanov
Kursanov
United States
Canada
Russia
U. S
Brazil
Congress
Swedish Official Says Commission Will Not Disband
A Swedish official said the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission will stay in Korea despite a one week ultimatum to leave. He said the committee will not dissolve and will continue until the United Nations indicates otherwise. Demonstrations in South Korea have diminished, with crowds quieting at five port of entry and a U. S. 8th Army spokesman noting all was quiet. In five days of riots, 22 American soldiers and 80 Koreans were injured.
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Seoul
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Korea
Commission
Republic of Korea
United Nations
UNSC
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
U. S
U. N
Far East
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Supervisory Commission
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Rhee Down
U. S. 8Th Army
Inchon
Kunsan
Taegu
Pusan
Kangnung
Quarles to Speak at Madison College Commencement
Madison College in Harrisonburg Virginia holds summer commencement tonight with Garland R Quarles Winchester superintendent of schools as guest speaker. A total of 51 students will receive degrees.
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Quarles
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Winchester Superintendent of
Garland R. Quarles
Quarles Named New Air Force Secretary
President Eisenhower named Donald A. Quarles, 61, to be secretary of the Air Force succeeding Harold Talbott. Quarles, former assistant secretary of defense for research and development, is a Yale graduate and former Bell Labs executive with missile program focus.
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Air Force
Washington
Eisenhower
Donald A. Quarles
Earth Satellite Project
Quarles
Defense
van Buren
Ark
Englewood
N. J
Harold Talbott
Senate
Talbott
Congress
White House
James C. Hagerty
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Western Electric Co
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Pentagon
Sandia Laboratory
New Mexico
Atomic Energy Commission
Grand opening attracts shoppers at 1:15 A.M. at new store
Early crowds form outside the B F Goodrich on S Loudoun Street for an 8 A.M. opening. Vice Mayor Claude Smalts Jr cuts the ribbon. Bargains lure 99 cent appliances, with first day sales highlighted by three winners and over 500 visitors by noon.
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S. Loudoun St
Claude Smalts, Jr
Paul Miller
Martinsburg
Ray Malone
White Post
Lucille Morris
Grace Malone
Vergie Jenkins
Route 2
Robert Kellas
For Sale Guaranteed Used Tires at Southern Tire Service
Advertisement notes used tires for sale in all sizes and prices at Southern Tire Service opposite Handley High Campus. Also announces a yard party at M. Y. F. Little Mt. Church in Cedar Grove Virginia on August 13.
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Southern Tire Service
Handley High
M. Y. F. Little Mt. Church
Cedar Grove
Tenacious Texas Tower Men Face Hurricane Connie
Sixty workers on the Texas tower offshore Cape Cod stand on a steel platform embedded in the sea as hurricane Connie roars. Forty three evacuated from the radar site by the Coast Guard cutter McCulloch, while a dozen fell into the water during a perilous transfer. The remaining crew, confident in the tower’s stability, await the storm with 63 feet of platform above water and unsure rescue access.
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Boston
Coast Guards
McCulloch
Air Force
Texas
Cape Cod
Marine Telephone
Cmdr
Louis F. Ludnik
Dedham
Mass
Atlantic
Sudnik
Georges Shoal
Georges Bank
H. C. Duncan
Virginia crops seen brighter yields after freeze losses
The Virginia Crop Reporting Service estimates most major crops will yield better in 1955 than 1954, with corn at 38 399 000 bushels up from 30 063 000 and hay at 1 683 000 tons, while apples fall to 5 000 000 bushels and peaches drop to 313 000 due to March freezes. Northern counties Clarke Frederick Warren spared.
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Richmond
Virginia Co-Operative Crop Reporting Service
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Peidmont
Clarke
Frederick
Warren
Explosion and Fire Kills Dozens in Ohio Village
A blast and flames hit Gateway Restaurant in Andover near Pyma tuning Lake near the Pennsylvania line. Firemen recovered 17 bodies by 2 am and 21 total bodies were later accounted for with at least 18 injured and two missing.
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Ohio
Andover
Pymatuning Lake
Pennsylvania
Main Street
Swedish Navy Put on Alert Over Suspected Sub Sightings
Stockholm reports indicate five unidentified submarine sightings in Swedish waters over the past month. The naval staff issued orders for special alert while Russia denies Soviet submarine involvement in a formal note to Sweden. Swedish press expresses rising indignation over the submarine operations.
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Stockholm
Russia
Sweden
Stevenson Steers Toward 1952 Candidacy With November Announcement
Adlai E. Stevenson indicated he will announce his 1952 Democratic presidential bid in November after outlining a possible campaign against President Eisenhower. He urged bold action on education health housing and highways while criticizing GOP shift on foreign policy and resource development. He promised a definite statement about his political plans by November.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stephen A. Mitchell
Geneva
Congress
Air Disaster Fourth Worst In History
In Stuttgart Germany two U S Air Force C119 Flying Boxcars collided crashing into the Black Forest. Sixty seven men were killed including crews and troops aboard both planes during a training flight from Echterdingen field.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Black Forest
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Echterdingen Field
Here
U. S. 7Th Army
Weather Focus: Connie Nearby As Humidity Rises
A area reports scattered light showers with Connie edging toward the North Carolina coast. Humidity stays high and temperatures reach 88 with last night 70. Rain totals rise to .08 inch. August total to .26 and yearly to 19.91 inches.
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North Carolina
Atlantic
Associated Press
Winchester
Perseid Meteor Shower Brightens Night Skies
The night sky offers a new moon on August 17 with a peak after midnight as Perseid meteors become more numerous. Moonrise is at 11:37 p.m. August 11, with meteors flashing about once per minute, presenting a striking late summer display.
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