Millwood Man Charged with Murder in Shotgun Slaying
Wardell Jackson, 29, of Millwood, jailed in Berryville on a murder charge for the shotgun death of Frank McKinley Banks in Jackson living room. Banks died instantly from a single blast. motive and circumstances undetermined. Preliminary hearing not yet conducted.
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Millwood Negro
Millwood
Clarke County
Berryville
Wardell Jackson
Frank McKinley Banks
Jackson
Banks
James R. York
Clarke County Trail Justice
Winchester Star
French Troops Fire on Rebels in N Africa Campaign
French tanks and fighter planes blasted rebel bands in Morocco as rioting and guerrilla fighting left an uncertain casualty toll near 1,000. In Aix les Bains talks, Faure and Pinay pressed a self government plan for the protectorate while operations at Oued Zem pressed on with Legion troops entering towns.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Foreign
North Africa
Paris
Algeria
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
Aix Les Bains
Oued Zem
Tadia
Legion
Rouss Sweep Three Firsts in Keyser Fire Parade
The Rouss Fire Company won three first prizes at the Keyser West Virginia parade closing the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association convention. Prizes totaled 200 dollars for best drum and bugle corps, best truck, and best company with units. 82 units from four states attended amid heat and prior flooding calms.
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Rouss Fire Company
Keyser
W. Va
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
John Enders Fire Company
Berryville
Stephens City
South End Drum and Bugle Corps
Friendship Fire Company
Friendship Ambulance
Keyser Hospital
Reuss
Keyser Fire Department
Middletown
Ralph L. Myers
Enders Fire Company
Enders
Romney
Benson Praises Soviet Farm Chiefs as Peace Ambassadors
Secretary of Agriculture Benson lauded the visiting Soviet farm chiefs as good ambassadors of peace during a six week tour of American farms. He urged them to apply American free enterprise efficiency to Soviet agriculture while noting the value of mutual trust and understanding between nations.
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Benson
Washington
America
Agricultural Research Service
Soviet Union
United States
Vladimir Matskevich
Agriculture Department
Brinkley to Speak at Byrd Apple Picnic in Berryville
Parke C. Brinkley will be one of several speakers at Senator Harry F. Byrd’s annual fruit grower picnic in Berryville on Saturday August 27. The program runs from 10 30 a m to 1 00 p m with speakers including John Chandler and Arnold Schaefer Jr. More than 3 000 people attend each year and guests include former governors John S Battle and William M Tuck and State Senator Thomas H Blanton.
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Virginia Commission of Agriculture
Parke C. Brinkley
Harry F. Byrd
Berryville
Byrd
Mr. Brinkley
John Chandler
Sterling Junction
Massachusetts
Arnold Schaefer
Schaefer
Sparta
Michigan
John S. Battle
William M. Tuck
Thomas H. Blanton
Virginia
Democratic Committee
18 Passengers In Speeding Car
The sheriff's office said a sedan stopped by a deputy yesterday contained the driver and 18 passengers, 16 of them children. The car was stopped for speeding. Count the cars in our parking lot. There must be a reason.
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Columbia
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Round Hill Community Center
Polio Strikes Four In the Same Martinsville Family
Four members of a Martinsville family contracted non paralytic polio within a week. Roger Pugh 12 was hospitalized a week ago. His wife and Donald Lee 16 were admitted to Roanoke hospital last Thursday. Williams 4 was stricken Friday. Jerry 14 and the father show no illness. Also notice of Frederick County Volunteer Firemen meeting at 8 pm at the Brakeblok Plant.
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Martinsville Va
Martinsville
Roger Pugh
Pugh
Donald Lee
Roanoke Va
Williams
Jerry
Mercury Hits 90 as Showers Forecast for Weekend
The day reached 90 degrees with warm weekend weather. The AP forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tomorrow and a cooler day with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Last night’s low was 67, expected again tonight. last year’s high for this date was 75.
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Associated Press
Ike to Make 6 State Aerial Inspection of Flood Damage
Flooded Northeast cities face billions in damage as toll rises toward 200. Pennsylvania and Connecticut report up to 130 missing, with 188 dead confirmed and more feared. Restoration efforts include helicopter drops of serums and emergency supplies amid widespread destruction.
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Ike
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Jersey
New York
Virginia
Torrington
Conn
Weather Watch Over Squally Atlantic Wave
Weather Bureau forecasters monitor a moderate easterly wave bringing showers and squally conditions to extreme south Florida tonight and tomorrow. The wave shows no signs of becoming a tropical storm yet and will be tracked as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico. The southern edge lies in the Caribbean Sea south of Cuba. Easterly waves move westward through tropical waters and can develop into hurricanes.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Cuba
Typhoon Iris Heads Toward Formosa Coastline
The 11th tropical storm of the year in the Pacific was spotted bearing down on Formosa today, 288 miles away.
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Tokyo
Iris
Pacific
Formosa
Winchester Club Air Show Draws Large Crowd
About 3 000 spectators attended the Sixth Annual Model Air Show at the local airport yesterday afternoon by the Winchester Exchange Club. Twenty nine contestants from thirteen cities competed in seven events including team racing and speed. Ralph E. White won the top resident award with 233 points earning a trophy and first in Air Combat open class with 100 points. He also placed second in Free Flight and Flying Scale Beauty. W Merlin Bly chaired the event with Robert J. McNally Jr. as president.
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Winchester
Ralph E. White
Shenandoah Ave
Exchange Club
Robert J. McNally, Jr
W. Merlin Bly
Winchester Exchange Club
Frederick County
White
Fred S. Ritch
Courtney Bennington
Bruce B. Comer
CBM
USN
O.G. Cramer
Hawker A. Greathouse
S/Set
USAF
Rudy Rogers
US Naval Training Program
John J. Hawse
Usaf Reserve
Woodrow W
Car Truck Crash Causes 1400 Dollar Damage on Rt 11
A Saturday crash on U S Rt 11 near Clearbrook caused about 1400 dollars in damage. A Winchester man believed injured was found unharmed. Earlier a two year old girl escaped serious injury when a stroller collided with a truck at Fairfax Lane and N Loudoun St. The girl Phyllis Kline, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ivan P Kline, was treated after the collision involving a 1949 Chevrolet truck driven by Garvin Walter, 17, of 330 E Piccadilly St.
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U.S. Rt. 11
Clearbrook
Winchester
Fairfax Lane
N. Loudoun St
Frederick Countman
Phyllis Kline
Ivan P. Kline
Maurice Lake
Garvin Walter
E. Piccadilly St
Garber scores hole in one at Winchester Golf Club
George H. Garber made a hole in one on the par three fifth at Winchester Golf Club while in a Saturday foursome with Dr. William F. Schenck Allen C. Thompson and Carl L. Campbell. He used a seven iron and finished the day with 38 for nine holes.
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G. H. Garber
Golf Club
George H. Garber
Winchester Golf Club
William F. Schenck
Allen C. Thompson
Carl L. Campbell
Mr. Garber
George Chapman
John Scully
E. E. Stone
Umber
Courtney K. Grim
James Wood High School holds new pupil registration
Registration for students not previously registered who wish to enter James Wood School will be held Tuesday August 23 in the high school library starting at 9 AM. Paul D. Beable Principal.
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James Wood School
James Wood High School
Eisenhower to Fly Over Flood and Hurricane Damage
President Eisenhower will inspect six flood battered states by air tomorrow from Denver and Hartford. He will confer with E. Roland Harriman of the American Red Cross and invite governors of the affected states to attend. The plan includes surveying Pennsylvania New Jersey Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and the Port Jervis area of New York before returning to Washington.
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Denver
Eisenhower
White House
Hartford
Conn
E. Roland Harriman
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Washington
American Bar Assn
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Port Jervis
New York
Columbine TI
Bradley Airfield
Harriman
Egypt reports three soldiers dead in Gaza clash near frontier
Egyptian War Ministry says three soldiers were killed and five wounded in a two hour exchange with Israeli forces near Gaza. Col. Salah Gohar accuses Israel of initiating the fighting timed to greet Maj. Gen. Burns in Cairo. Israel said to have used armored vehicles and mortars amid UN armistice events.
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Gaza
Palestine
Salah Gohar
Egyptian War Ministry
Palestine Department
Cairo
Edson L. M. Burns
Canada
U. N. Truce Supervision
Salah
Haman
Egypt
United Nations Mixed Armistice Commission
U. N
Winchester Skies Monday August 22 Observer Notes
The publication lists astronomical events for Monday August 22 including sunrise and sunset times, first quarter on August 25, and evening star Saturn visible in the southwest at 7:54 p.m. Jupiter rises at 4:46 a.m. The note adds future sky changes and a local barber shop move to two doors west of Harry Anderson's Barbershop.
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Ceeseecs
Passebude Kcanasen
Eccess
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Harry Anderson
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Rouss
Keyser Parade
Frederick County Volunteer Firemen’s Association
The
Atlantic
View Exchange Club
Fairmont Foods Co
N. Cameron St
U. S. Rt. 11
Kaiser
Beverley C. Keller
Memorial Hospital
Paul D. Beable
Principel
Val Peterson
Federal Civil Defense
James C. Hagerty
Peterson
Winchester Skies
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