Bodies recovered efforts resume after tunnel blast
In Oswego New York workers resume attempts to recover three construction men killed in a Lake Ontario tunnel blast. One rescue worker died after oxygen ran out, eight hours after the explosion trapped about a mile inside the tunnel. Coastguard men recovered two bodies. the victims were John Lagee 40 electrican Oswego Phil Ayler 36 Harrisonburg Va tunnel foreman and Linwood P Heiston 47 former Elkton Va Niagara Falls now superintende nt.
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Oswego
Woskmead
Lake Ontario
Lloyd Matteson
Scriba
Matteson
John Lagoe
Phil Ayler
Harrisonburg
Linwood P. Heiston
Elkton
Niagara Falls
U N calls special General Assembly on Hungary crisis
The United Nations scheduled a special General Assembly for September 10 to address the Hungarian issue. Assembly president Prince Wan Waithayakon notified 81 member nations after steering committee polling. The meeting will focus on the 150000 word report accusing Russia of brutal suppression of last fall’s uprising.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
General Assembly
Assembly
Prince Wan Waithayakon
Thailand
Committee of
Russia
Four Virginia governors from Frederick county and Winchester links
Frederick county produced four Virginia governors up to the present, with three born in the county and two in Winchester. Notable names include James Wood Jr., Hollliday, O'Ferrall, and Byrd. Shrine graves and birthplaces noted, along with Winchester ties and family homes. Also brief ad notices for fruit sales, orchards, and coal advertising in the same column.
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Frederick County
Commonwealth of Virginia
Winchester
James Wood, Jr
Frederick William Mackey Holliday
Mt. Hebron
Blood Center Clinic Slated To Boost Supplies Tomorrow
Washington Regional Blood Center has urged hospitals to postpone nonemergency operations. The local clinic at First Presbyterian Church aims to collect 275 donors tomorrow from 11 am to 6 30 pm with about 100 appointments already set. Lions and Exchange Clubs sponsor the drive with J W Arthur Jr and Charles A Dorton leading recruitment.
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Red Cross
Washington
George Murphy
Memorial Hospital
Raymond Dart
Lions and Exchange Clubs
First Presbyterian Charen Red Cross
J W. Arthur, Jr
Charles A. Dorton
Exchange
Lions Clubs
Virginia adds twelve to traffic death toll this week
Twelve names were added to Virginia's list of traffic dead over the weekend raising the yearly toll to 41, far short of last year. Eleven weekend deaths came from accidents Friday through Sunday, plus a minister died Sunday from injuries suffered last Friday. A triple fatality occurred Saturday night on State Rt 49 near Lunenburg as a pickup hit a tree killing Maynard Allan Lee Robert Lee Bishop and Calvin Daulton. Other victims included Leonard H. Young in Halifax County, Charlotte Fletcher in Frederick County and Mary E. Spitzer near Denbigh courthouse. Charles R. Zornow, a Navy sailor from Key West, died when his motorcycle collided with a car on US 301 near Bowling Green.
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State Rt. 49
Lunenburg
Maynard Allan Lee
Robert Lee Bishop
Calvin Daulton
Rehoboth
Leonard H. Young
Roanoke
U.S. 58
Halifax County
Halifax - Pittsylvania
Douglas County
Charlotte Fletcher
Winchester
Hayfield
Frederick County
U. S. 50
Alvin Fletcher
Mary E. Spitzer
Richmond
Warwick Hospital
U.S. 60
Denbis Courthouse
Charles R. Zornow
Key West
Howard W. Gilmore
U.S. 301
Bowling Green
Crash Near Hayfield Kills County Woman
Mrs Charlotte Virginia Fletcher 27 of Nain was killed when a 1956 Mercury driven by Alvin Fletcher left U S 50 west of Hayfield at about 1 a m. The car ran off the road struck posts a telephone pole and ended on a lane fence. The death toll in Frederick County rose to eleven. a pedestrian death occurred August 3 at Middletown. Billy Fletcher age 9 was at Memorial Hospital. Services planned at Omps Funeral Home with burial at Ebenezer Church near Gore.
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Charlotte Virginia Fletcher
Nain
Alvin Fletcher
U. S
C. D. Taylor
Bert Zirk
Abraham Zirk
Cold Stream
W. Va
Omps Funeral
Ebenezer Christian Church
Gore
Philip E. Weeks
Gainesboro
Omps
U. S. Rt. 11
Winchester
Satuday
H. E. Shirley
Martinsburg Pike
Memorial Hospital
Taylor
Shirley
James Cather
Greystone Terrace
Ford
Oldsmobile
Braddock
Montague Ave
W. L. Fogle
Fpleta Long
Millwood Ave
Dulles Warns House Foreign Aid Cut Threatens Security
Secretary of State Dulles told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the House reduction of 809.65 million dollars endangers the security foundation and risks a future crisis if allied defenses lose funding. He urged upholding the authorized 3.367 billion in new aid.
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Washington (Ap
Dulles
Congress
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mundt
House
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Appropriations Committee
Knowland
California
Appropriations Group
Tario
Giants to Move Baseball Franchise to San Francisco in 1958
The New York Giants board votes to relocate the team to San Francisco in 1958. President Horace Stoneham says the move depends on Mayor George Christopher meeting conditions, with preservation of the Giants name as one key provision.
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New York
New York Giants
Tea
San Francisco
Stoneham
George Christopher
Giants
Rain Fails To End Virginia Drought Despite Heavy Rainfall
The Associated Press reports rainfall across Virginia brought relief to drought-stricken farms but did not break the drought. Agriculture Commissioner Brinkley called conditions still critical, noting little chance of federal aid yet. The downpours totaled over 3 inches at Richmond and extended across the state, aiding some crops while many pastures remain scorched.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Parke C. Brinkley
State Milk Commission
Brinkley
Richmond
Byrd Field Weather Bureau
Georgia
South Carolina
Stanley
Eisenhower
Nottoway
Paul Cassells
Blackstone
Lynchburg
Urbanna
Roanoke
Pulask
Cape Henry
Chincoteague
Danville
Staunton
Husband of Diana Dors Files Million Dollar Libel Suit
Dennis Hamilton husband of actress Diana Dors says he will sue Michael Mordaunt Smith and Robert Harrison for a million dollars over a Confidential magazine story. He alleges the article falsely claims an affair and a past incident in Chelsea.
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London
Dennis Hamilton
Diana Dors
Confidential
Hamilton
America
Michael Mordaunt- Smith
Robert Harrison
Mordaunt-Smith
Harrison
Los Angeles
William Shafer
Leftists Seize Control of Syria Army Amid Purges
Pro Soviet officers purge rightists in Syria's powerful army as Gen. Asif Bizry, a known Communist, is promoted to army commander. Premier Assali's government appears strengthened while President Kuwatly travels to Egypt. U.S. diplomats expelled amid alleged plot to install pro American regime.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Asif Bizry
Middle East
Bizry
Damascus
Sabri Assali
Sharkh Kuwatly
Kuwatly
Kuwady
Bizary
Kuwaily
Assal
Egypt
Cairo
Nasser
Alexandria
Russia
United States
U.S
State Department
Tewfik Nizam Eddin
Nizan Eddin
Nomination Confirmed for Defense Secretary McElroy
Washington reports the Senate confirmed by voice vote President Eisenhower's nomination of Neil H. McElroy as the new U S secretary of defense.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Neil H. McElroy
Defense
Doctor to Ride Balloon Toward Edge of Space
Maj. David G. Simons, 34, of Lancaster Pennsylvania, rises in a 425 foot pit near Crosby Minnesota aboard a balloon gondola as part of Air Force Man High project. The 102000 foot ascent will last about 24 hours with expected drift toward Miles City Montana after a milestone ascent.
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Crosby, Minn
Air Force
David G. Simons
Minnesota
Maj
Simons
Lancaster
Air Force Project
H. M. Hanna Co
Portsmouth
Cuyuna
Northcentral
Maj. Simons
Aero-Medical Laboratory
Holoman Air Development Center
Alamogordo
N.M
Winzen Research Inc
Minneapolis
North Dakota
Miles City
Montana
Typhoon Agnes Strikes Kyushu as Japanese Coast Braces
Southern Japan faces Typhoon Agnes with winds to 160 mph and heavy waves along the south coast. The Western Defense Zone mobilizes for emergency response while two American soldiers aboard an Army landing craft are missing off Yaeyama near Okinawa as storms hamper search efforts.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kyushu
The
Defense Agency
Yaeyama
Okinawa
Mass Democratic Convention Set in Winchester for 1957
A mass convention of the Democrats of Frederick County Virginia will assemble at the Frederick County Court House in Winchester on August 31 1957 at 10:00 A M to elect a Democratic Executive Committee for the term starting January 1 1958. Frank Whitacre Secretary hp 8 18 1.
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Frederick County
Virginia
Frederick County Court House
Winchester
Frank Whitacre
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Everard K. Meade
Charles Tripett O'Ferrall
Brucetown
Govenor
Hollywood
Harry Flood Byrd
Martinsburg
West Va
Rosemont
Berryville
Clarke County
de Grange
Wes
Scrivener
A. C. Slonaker & Son
Fletcher
Moorefield
Frank
Minnie Mangold Zirk
Sandy Ridge Christian Church
E. W. Barr Fruit Packing Company
Pearl Fletcher
Kernstown
Beulah Heavner
Cleveland
Ohio
Rob
John B. Hollister
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nathan F. Twining
Radford
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
State Dulles
Bulletin
Horace Stoneham
Butler's Packing House
Wyck
Mutual OF
Omatia New Circle Security Hospital
Omaha
Box 521
Switzerland
Jordan
Nizam Eddin
Khaled el Azem
Moscow
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Ifet
Shukri Kuwaily
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