Eisenhower says America seeks peace on justice and security
President Eisenhower told the American Bar Association that the United States pursues a crusade for peace based on justice while resisting Soviet wrongs. He urged progress at Geneva toward a peace founded on justice and security, and praised John Marshall’s enduring Constitution.
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America
Philadelphia
Eisenhower
Bar Assn
The
Bar Association
John Marshall
United States
Marshall
Russian Farmers Lack Incentive
An Arizona farmer returning from a six week Soviet tour said Russian farm production lags behind American levels in both quantity and quality. John M. Jacobs of Phoenix noted some cotton farming is efficient and about 35 percent is mechanically picked, but urged more farm level incentives and planning to boost output. He estimated 50 to 60 percent of Russian farm workers are women and observed centralized planning from Moscow.
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New York
Arizona
John M. Jacobs
Phoenix
Jacobs
Soviet Union
Germany
Pan American World Airways
Washington
Moscow
Confusion Clears In Flood-Ravaged Northeastern States
President Eisenhower pledges massive federal aid for rehabilitation as Pennsylvania ships children from isolated camps to home. Death toll revised to 176. states report damages nearing three billion dollars. Red Cross relief, CIO fund open. telephones restoration nears completion. evacuees recount camp losses and a child’s flood tale.
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Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Woonsocket
R. I
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Virginia
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Red Cross
National Red Cross
E. Roland Harriman
Harriman
CIO
Washington
Allentown
Winchester Skies Tonight August 24 Weather and Sky
Skywatch notes list Arcturus visible in the west at 8 30 p m Deneb high overhead and Saturn setting with Jupiter rising. Prominent stars and planets are scheduled over the evening with a parking lot question tying to a local eaterie.
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Arcturus
Deneb
Saturn
Jupiter
Duff
Jackson Ordered Held For Grand Jury Action
Wardell Jackson, 29, a Millwood resident, is held for Clarke County Circuit Court grand jury action in the fatal shooting of Frank Banks, 33, last Saturday night. A preliminary hearing was held, bond tentatively set at $5000, grand jury meets September 12. Banks died from a shotgun blast at Jacksons home. Jackson surrendered to police.
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Berryville
Wardell Jackson
Millwood
Clarke County
Frank McKinley Banks
Harold G. Potts
Jackson
Banks
Six Children Die in Cleveland Tenement Fire
A Cleveland tenement fire on the east side killed six children aged 9 weeks to 6 years. Victims were William Murphy Jr driving age 6 Veronica Murphy 5 Larry Murphy 4 Donald Cottrell 2 Lever Grove 1 and Perk Grove 9 weeks. Firemen contained the blaze within about 30 minutes at 2359 East 63rd Street. Police and fire officials said the cause was unknown. Mrs. Murphy described sheltering upstairs and reuniting with the flames. Fireman Eugene Geyton rescued bodies from the bedroom as flames raged through the front of the house.
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East Side
William Murphy Jr
Veronica Murphy
Larry Murphy
Donald Cottrell
Lever Grove
Perk Grove
Cottrell
Murphy
E. 63Rd St
Progressive Baptist Church
Ferdinand Boehmer
Ruby Murphy
Grove
Larry
Eugene Geyton
Geyton
L. G. Sjostrom
W. V. T. Terhune
New York
H. B. McCormac, Jr
McCormac
Mellor
Largent
Largent Handley
Bridgeeton
R. I
Winchester
Virginia Woolen Company
Howard-Schuster
East Douglas
Mass
Marjorie W. Wagnon
Union
W. H. Mellor, III
W. Cecil St
Nine Killed When Plane Crashes Into Houses Near Base
A crippled C119 Flying Boxcar crashed into three small frame houses near Charleston Air Force Base, killing nine airmen and civilians. Five crew died in the wreck. six survivors were hospitalized with no serious injuries. Base officials recovered bodies from the wreckage. four of the ten residents inside the houses were killed.
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Charleston
S.S. C
Charleston Air Force Base
Milk Commission Votes to Continue Retail Price Fixing
The State Milk Commission voted 2 to 1 to keep price fixing on retail milk in Arlington Alexandria and Manassas, maintaining minimum resale prices at 22 cents per quart with a 0.5 cent rise scheduled for Sept 1, while producers’ price policy remains unchanged.
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Milk Commission
Richmond
State Milk Commission
Arlington-Alexandria
Manassas
Commission
Supreme Court
Mark Turner
Vienna
Clarence Fleshman
Lynchburg
Virgil P. Randolph, Jr
Gloucester
Nightly cool spell continues with 50s forecast
The temperature dipped to 55 degrees last night and today’s high reached 75. Tonight’s forecast calls for more 50s with continued cool and fair weather. This date last year saw a 87 degree high and 61 degree low.
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Associated Press
France raises 60 000 reservists for Morocco and Algeria
Paris officials announce the recall of 60 000 reservists ages 23 to 24 to bolster forces in Morocco and Algeria amid nationalist uprisings. Premier Faure and President Coty rush to Paris for urgent consultations as clashes claim about 2 000 lives.
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France
Morocco
Algeria
Paris
Edgar Faure
Rene Coty
Defense Ministry
Signal Corps
Faure
Children Rally for Red Cross Flood Relief Circus
Rostel Road children staged a yard circus at 211 Rostel Road to aid the Red Cross flood relief. The informal show raised 2.90 in non proceeds turned to a Red Cross representative as part of a 901 community quota. Participants included Scott Spellman as ringmaster and Mary Scully among others with various roles. One neighbor is detained by flooding in Easton Pennsylvania, keeping Cohen children from returning home.
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Red Cross
Rostel Road
Allen Romans
Cross
Scott Spellman
Andy Koman
Doug Anderson
Stephen Koman
John Scully
Bob Scully
Mary Scully
Terry Cohen
Mary Carolyn Anderson
Gay Anderson
Leslie Cohen
Buff
Easton
Penna
Cohen
Frederick County Teachers Prepare for School Opening
Frederick County prepares for the 1955 56 school year with a series of principal conferences at James Wood School starting tomorrow. Workshops for teachers run August 30 31 with addresses by state education officials and thereafter department meetings. The county plans a new colored school in Middletown and Cedar Hill to ease congestion, with opening set for September 12. Over 4 000 pupils and 141 teachers expected. general meetings scheduled for September 21 December 7 and April 18.
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Frederick County
James Wood
Robert E. Aylor
Frederick County Schools
W. H. Durr
State Department of Education
Mr. Aylor
Annie Starling
Aylor
Middletown
Stephens City
Cedar Hill
Douglas
Ayler
Berserk American airman kills three at Manston base
A U S Air Force airman went berserk at Manston England firing two guns in a spree that killed three and wounded six or more. He seized a car and fled to a beach resort where a gun battle with police left him wounded and dead by his own action. Casualties include an American sergeant another American, and a Royal Air Force airman. Names of other victims withheld pending notice to next of kin. British and U S officials conflicted on total wounded.
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Manston
England
South England
Air Force
U. S
Royal Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Washington
Napoleon Green
Tom Green
S. Langley Ave
Chicago
Nelson Gresham
Philadelphia
Coleman Wins Primary Runoff For Governor
Mississippi voters choose Atty. Gen. J. P. Coleman as governor after a runoff victory over Paul B. Johnson. Coleman led with 204 397 votes to 155 606 from 1 707 of 1 850 precincts, becoming the youngest Mississippi governor since 1932 and the Democratic nominee for November.
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Coleman
Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Atty
J. P. Coleman
Paul B. Johnson
Johnson
Hugh White
White
Gulf Coast
Pancakes Mistakenly Made With Insecticide Hospitalize Three Women
Three Jefferson County women were admitted to General Hospital after breakfast pancakes were prepared with insecticide instead of flour. Florence Chamblin, 65, Bessie Penwell, 54, and Charles Longerbeam, 67, were affected. Penwell nauseated, Longerbeam unconscious, Chamblin with poison in her bloodstream. The insecticide, used for dusting garden plants, is a ground Brazilian root product misidentified as flour.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Jefferson County
General Hospital
Florence Chamblin
Bessie Penwell
Charles Longerbeam
Penwell
Longerbeam
Woman Aerialist Falls 75 Feet At Dixon Festival
Evelyn Marrion a 30 year old aerialist from Los Angeles plummeted 75 feet from a trapeze onto an asphalt lot during a break away act at Dixons Indian Summer Festival. Her husband a fellow troupe member and their 3 year old daughter Sheila witnessed the accident. She suffered serious injuries after two ropes snapped and barbed wire fence sheared the fall.
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Dixon, Ill
Evelyn Marrion
Los Angeles
Four Sky Devils
Sheila
Marrion
Dixon Hospital
Minister Says Women Should Not Wear Shorts
The Rev P O Carpenter of Ashland Kentucky told the Pilgrim Holiness Church 13th annual camp meeting in Kernersville North Carolina that women should not wear shorts calling them hellish devilish damnable in his sermon presented yesterday amid the gathering
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Kernersville
N. C
P. O. Carpenter
Ahsland
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Yard Party at Round Hill Center August 24
Community notices invite residents to a yard party at Round Hill Community Center located three miles west on Route 59. Event runs 1 PM to 8 PM with activities and refreshments for attendees.
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Gore
Gore Fire Company
Round Hill Community Center
Nixon to Make Good Will Tour of Middle East and Africa
Vice President Richard Nixon plans a goodwill tour to the Middle East and several African nations in November. The White House said the trip aims to foster friendship and stability with visits led by Nixon and accompanied by Mrs. Nixon and State Department representatives. Countries to visit were not yet named.
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Richard Nixon
Middle East
White House
Nixon
Israel
Middle Eastern
Eisenhower
United States
Far East
South Asia
State Department
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