Funeral Service At Episcopal Church Friday
Dr Benjamin Blanton Dutton 68 died today at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a long illness He practiced medicine in Winchester since 1915 except for World War I service in the Army Medical Corps He earned his MD from the Medical College of Virginia and served in France earning the Silver Star He was honored with Dr Dutton Day on his 62nd birthday and a large public reception attended by over 50 people and more than 2500 messages He also served on the Winchester hospital board and in the occupation forces in Germany
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Benjamin Blanton Dutton
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Army Medical Corps
Middlesex County
Benjamin Blake Dutton
Randolph-Macon College
University College of Medicine
Medical College of Virginia
Dutton
St Luke's Hospital
Richmond
France
Foces
Germany
Winchester
M. B. Clowe. Jr
Dr Dutton
Win
Lions Club Buys 4512 Brooms For Annual Sale
The Winchester Lions Club bought 4512 brooms made at the Charlottesville Workshop for the Blind. Proceeds fund sight conservation in Winchester and Frederick County, financing free eye exams and glasses for local children. Two sales are planned in September with district teams and radio dispatch to reach every home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Lions Club
Stotler
Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club
Diplomat Won't Return to Syria After Ouster
In Rome Col. Torahim Husseini says Syria is changing and he will not return to face charges over alleged American plots. He questions the justice system in Damascus and hints at seeking refuge in Italy or another Arab country. Generals and officials deny a Communist takeover in Damascus.
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Romf
Syria
Rome
Damascus
Torahim Husseini
United States
Shukri Kuwady
U.S. State Department
Husseini
Regipe
Italy
Amascus
Afif Bizry
Staffaturday
Salah Tarazi
Legion Circus Arrives Tomorrow at Malden Showground
The Cristiani Bros Circus, sponsored by Conrad Hoover Post American Legion, comes to Malden on Rt. 11 for one day from Hanover. Trucks will arrive early, setup begins, with two shows at 2 30 and 8 p.m. Doors open an hour earlier for the menagerie. The act features the Cristiani bareback riders and legion members plan advance ticket sales for higher profits.
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Malden
Rt. 11
Cristiani
Lucio Cristiani
Cristiani Bros. Circus
Legion
Democrats Open to Rights Compromise Aimed at Voting Bill
Speaker Rayburn said House Democrats will consider a GOP compromise on civil rights. He stressed no binding agreement, seeking a right to vote bill this session but offering no commitments. The plan would limit federal judges to punishing voting rights contempt without jury trials under tight penalties.
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Washington
Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Mittee
Senate
Congress
Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
Dva
GOP
Brewster Fined $1000 and Prison Term for Contempt
Frank W. Brewster, Western head of the Teamsters, was sentenced by U S District Judge John Sirica to one year in prison and a $1000 fine for contempt of Congress. He can remain free on bond pending appeal after rejecting a probation plea. Brewster had refused to produce records or answer questions before the Senate Investigations Subcommittee, arguing lack of authority.
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Washington
Frank W. Brewster
Teamsters Union
Congress
U. S
John Sirica
Brewster
Sirica
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Courts
Congressional Investigation Committees
Freckled Embezzler Mother Arrested in Tulsa Case
FBI says 51 year old Margaret Lydia Burton used 22 aliases and embezzled about 100000 dollars across four states Canada and Hawaii since 1939. Daughter Sheila Joy Burton 20 arrested as conspirator. both held on interstate transportation of stolen property charges.
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Tulsa
Okla
FBI
Canada
Hawaii
Margaret Lydia Burton
Juanita Hettner
Decatur
Burton
Madge Barton
Shelia Joy Burton
Child Freed After Night Trapped Between Walls in Providence
Eileen Fahey, 3, was found alive after spending the night wedged in a space between a garage and a barbershop in Fox Point Providence. Neighbors spotted her from a second story window and workmen finally broke through the wall to free her. Police say she was conscious, dirty, tearful, and briefly frightened, but unharmed.
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Providence
R. I
Eileen Fahey
Gerald Des Roches
Fox Point
Eileen
John Fahey
New Haven Railroad
Fahey
William Shafer
Warren A. McQueeney
McQueeney
Living Costs Rise in July in U S
The government reports July sees a 0.2 percent rise in the cost of living marking the fifth straight monthly gain. Food prices jump 1 percent pushing the CPI to 120.8 percent of the 1947‑49 level. About 1.3 million workers will get 1 to 6 cent wage increases, mostly 3 cents per hour, under escalator contracts.
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Washington
Labor Department
Clarke County names sixty two teachers for public schools
Sixty two teachers are named by Superintendent George W. Burton for Clarke County schools in Berryville. Four vacancies remain. Pre school conferences start August 28 with meetings at Berryville Elementary and Johnson Williams High School at 9 a.m. Afternoon sessions will organize the Clarke County Education Association and Clarke County Teachers Association and elect delegates.
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Bierryville
Clarke County
George W. Burton
Berryville
R. L. Robertson
Hilda Joyce
Eleanor C. Davis
Garnett Levi
Lora F. Harvey
Eleanor E. Fishpan
Dorothy R. Davis
Anna D. Macoughtry
Gussie W. Malone
Virginia C. Webb
Mary Lou Wisecarver
Richard B. Davis
Gladys M. Hart
May W. Bradley
Mozelle C. Henson
Elizabeth C. Baechtel
Georgiana D. Glascock
Catherine R. Bean
Howard S. Coombs
Stella D. Moore
Boye
Pauline D. Bean
Mary E. Thompson
Helen A. Cobb
Laura K. Morris
Virginia B. Fritts
Charles R. Dearmont
Eva C. Payne
Lolita B. Whiting
Jane Gardiner
Elizabeth M. Hardesty
Mary D. Sowers
Clarke County High School
Charles E. Miley
William L. Boyce
Rodney Forsythe
Margaret H. Cevelkn
Mary K. Clark
Don W. Maphis
Francis B. Rhein
Julia M. Ellis
Mary L. Holmes
Joseph C. Huffman
Norma A. Forsythe
Elizabeth S. Levi
Norman Morrison
Mildred Riley
Vivien R. Wisecarver
Janet E. Rose
Glen E. Sanderlin
William D. Taylor
Ruth E. Ramsburg
Marion T. Wood
Jay L. Eakles
Joseph A. Binford
John Williams High School
Leon D. Harding
Barbara B. Harris
Nancy C Gilmore
Herman D. Frank
Pauline Thornton
Maxwell T Thornton
James A. Marcellus
Emma A. Weeks
Cora J. Harding
Margaret J. Carter
Catherine C. Jones
Annie B. Wilson
Robert P. Holmes
Edna H. Jasper
Johnson Williams High School
Clarke County Education Association
Clarke County Teachers’ Association
Hoffa Testimony on 1953 Dio Talks Moves Taxicab Probe
Senate Rackets Committee aired a 1953 wiretapped Hoffa Dio conversation in which Hoffa claimed no plan to bring Dio into the Teamsters but acknowledged aiming to secure 30 000 New York taxi drivers for Teamsters jurisdiction. He swore no intent to use Dio to undermine rival Tom Hickey.
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Washington
Senate
James R. Hoffa
Johnny Dio
New York
Hoffa
Midwest
Teamsters Union
Dio
Hickey
Thomas Hickey
Teamsters
Dio’s
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
United Auto Workers Union-Afl
Tom Hickey
Five Grass Fires Kept Area Fire Crews Busy
Firefighters battled five brush fires in 24 hours across the area. Incidents ranged from a blaze near town along the railroad yard to a tree on Route 522 and grass fires started by children at Baker Knight Street. No injuries or major damage reported.
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Cridem
Shockey
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rouss
Friendship
Sarah Zane
Baker- Knight St
Friendship Answeed
Clearbrook Fire Company
James Hershman
Stephenson
Reuss Fire Company
Baker-Knight St
Shawnee
Lockhart Place
Senseny Road
Round Hill
89YearOld Loudoun Farmer Honored At County Fete
An 89 year old Loudoun County farmer W R Sayle who runs a 219 acre farm near Neersville was named the county champion farmer for long service in a bicentennial event. He won a long service contest the day before as part of Loudoun County bicentennial celebrations.
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Leesburg
Loudoun County
W. R. Sayle
Neersville
Loudoun
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B. B. Dutton
DR. B B. Dutton
Episcopal Church
Edgar Allan Poe
G. E. Barksdale
Alness
Marshall Roberts
Asheville, N. C
David V. Chapman
Hettner
San Antonio
Tex
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Norfolk
Victoria
B.C
de Grange
Hoffa-Dio
Racketeer
Clarke
Dania Pla
Sam Huff
Louise Bille
Man
South Haven
Elberta and Hale Peaches
Damsons & Stanley Prunes L. O. Dick
Clearbrook
Virginia
Workingman’s Store
Army Quartermaster's
Salvation Army
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