Berryville Restricts Water Use
Berryville town council voted unanimously to curb non essential water use citing drought risks. Acting Mayor Joseph Cain announced an August 18 prohibition on lawn watering washing driveways and similar uses with fines for violations as the town monitors underground water levels and cannery demands.
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Berryville
Joseph Cain
Lee
Bishton
Edward McC. Willams
Virginia
Benjamin “Rampton
Magazine cancels Airman story over discrepancies
The Saturday Evening Post canceled plans to publish an article on Lt. David Steeves's midday disappearance in the High Sierra citing discrepancies in his account. The Air Force conducts a routine investigation into the three year old pilot's survival tale after he bailed out of a jet trainer in California and later described a harrowing ordeal.
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Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
David Steeves
High Sierra
Air Force
Steeves
California
Eight Grass Fires Reported In Area in 24 Hour Period
Firemen logged eight grass fire alarms in 24 hours ending 11 a.m. today amid a severe drought. No major damage. authorities urged residents not to burn trash without water, and to burn trash in the evening if necessary. Several fires traced to discarded matches and tramp-caused debris, with minimal losses recorded.
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Southern Scrap Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Amherst St. Rouss
Sarah Zane
Taylor Barr
Round Hill
Friendship
Rouss
Pike End
Sarah Zane Pire
Loudoun St
Oates Lumber Company
William Battaile
Jonathan Hershman
Underwood's Lane
Herbert Cather
Warren Daugh
Black Snake Causes Near Panic on Bus
A three foot black snake slithered down a city bus aisle in St. Joseph. Driver M H Peters stopped the bus and helped corral the reptile with 13 year old Cornel Chirila. Cornell was bitten on both hands but urged no killing. Police escorted him to hospital while the snake was taken to the Missouri River. The home snake was released by Cornell’s father.
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Joseph
M. H. Peters
Cornell Chirila
Cornell
Peters
Missouri River
Davidoff invokes Fifth Amendment 44 times before Senate panel
Harry Davidoff, tied to racketeering and extortion involving Teamsters Local 258 in New York, refused to answer most questions citing the Fifth Amendment. He read a prepared statement and only answered on three points, while Sen. McClellan pressed on alleged sweetheart contracts and labor influence linked to Hoffa.
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Washington
Harry Davidoff
Johnny Dio
Teamsters Union
New York
Davidoff
Senate
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Desi Arnaz denies Palm Springs affair in Confidential trial
In Los Angeles Desi Arnaz calls a Confidential magazine claim baloney and says he does not remember meeting Ronnie Quillan who testi fied she wrote a story about an alleged 1944 liaison. Testimony shows publisher Harrison urged lurid celebrity sex stories and paid Quillan for Arnaz and Jeffries pieces.
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Los Angeles
Desi Arnaz
Confidential
Arnaz
Hollywood
Ronnie Quillan
California
Palm Springs
Lucile
I Love Lucy Ball
del Mar
Sonny Tufts
Whisper
Quillan
Herb Jeffries
Harrison
Jeffries
Ronnie
Transport Strike in Lodz Ended After Army Surges
In Lodz Poland police and troops dismantled a three day transport strike. Hundreds of troops occupied streetcar barns and 40 workers were arrested amid clashes with police and a workers militia. A mixed state and union commission will hear grievances Friday as authorities declare the stoppage over.
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Lodz
Poland
Trade Union Commission
Piotrkowska
Communist Party
Two Killed in Headon Crash Near Millstadt Wedding
In Millstadt Illinois two cars bound for the same wedding reception collided headon killing Mrs. Herman Dammermann 19 and her eight month old son Ronald. The couple's older son Richard 3 was injured as was Kenneth Schaefer 17 the other driver who suffered critical injuries. The victims were traveling from Valmeyer to Millstadt.
41 American Youths Defy Government Leave for Red China
Forty one American youths left for a forbidden tour of Red China defying a State Department warning. The Moscow Peiping express train pulled out as two withdrew and others planned to catch up via Kiev. The group faced passports seizure and diplomatic pressure but persisted despite risks.
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Moscow
United States
Red China
Peiping
Jake Rosen
New York
Kiev
U. S. State Department
Pei- Ping
State Department
Christian Herter
China
Mao Tse-tung
Dan O'Connell
Chicago
Edward Killham
Llewelyn Thompson
Warren McKenna
Boston
Second Jewel Theft Reported Here Yesterday
A second jewelry theft was reported at 2:55 p.m. from the Jewel Box on N Loudoun Street. The watch seized was a white gold Elgin diamond studded with a black cord band valued at 575 dollars. Police described three suspected thieves, two women and one man, with similar activity at Rhodes Jewelry Co and Royal Jewelers earlier that morning. Authorities issued a general alert across several states.
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Abe Cooper
N. Loudoun
Winchester
Rhodes Jewelry Co
Boscawen St
Royal Jewelers
N. Loudoun St
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Cooper
Royal
Rhodes
Plumbing Code Adopted and Zoning Change Sought in City Meeting
The Common Council adopted a plumbing code after a public hearing and appointed a Building Code Board of Appeal. Thomas G. Scully requested zoning relief to build a retail food store on W Amherst St between the Cumberland Valley Railroad and the old Shenandoah Valley Academy entrance. James R. Wilkins owns the subject tract. Scully plans a west parking lot. The zoning request was referred to the planning commission and the public improvements committee.
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Common Council
Building Code Board of Appeal
Charles M Zuckerman
Water and Sewer Committee
Scully
Planning Commission
Theublic and
Dorothy G Allen
Keith Williams
Ferman Perry
Welfare Chief Mrs. St. Clair Resigns Post
Mrs. Annie Sue H. St. Clair has resigned as superintendent of the Winchester Frederick County Welfare Department. The move was disclosed at the August Common Council meeting by Leonard Sirbaugh, welfare board chair. A successor is expected soon.
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Annie Sue H. St. Clair
Winchester-Prederick
Welfare Board
Sirbaugh
Stewart Bell, Jr
Welfare and Claims Committee
St. Clair
Motives Behind Civil Rights Bill Questioned
The Star questions the motives of civil rights bill advocates, citing Walter Lippmann. It argues the bill was drafted by Northern politicians seeking Northern Negro votes, not by statesmen focused on Southern Negro rights, in an editorial on Page four.
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Walter Lippmann
The
Star Today
All Men’s Swim Suits and Walking Shorts Sale
Ad notes a misprint in yesterday’s Star Morning Specials. It should advertise All Men’s Swim Suits and Walking Shorts for $1 and $2 at LEGGETT'S Winchester's Shopping Center (Lp-8-14-11).
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Leggett
Winchester
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Cooper Place
Stephenson
Hausenfluck
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department
Shingleton Field
Wee
Erty
Douglas Brown
Reuss
L. O. Dick
Clearbrook
Mutual OF Omania
New Circle Security
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Butler’s Packing House
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Dio
Pal Davidoff
Labor Movement
Committee Today
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Baloney
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William L. Rizzi
Robert Harrison
C. A. Pantaleoni
Red
Humphrey
National Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
George M. Humphrey
Secretary of the Treasury
Eisenhower
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