64 Units Entered In Berryville Fall Festival Parade
Berryville hosts a Friday parade with 64 entries and $500 in prizes. John H Enders Fire Company organizes. Burr P Harrison is grand marshal. judges from Washington DC Fire Department. Entries accepted to 6 pm Friday. Harvest Queen Contest follows at Horse Show Grounds with Byrd crowning and $20 certificates for runners up. Clarke County High School Band to perform.
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Berryville
John H. Enders Fire Company
Burr P. Harrison
Virginia
Chief McDonald
Quick
Lloyd Malcolm
Washington, D. C
Roy O. Locke
Billy Renner
Eddy Wisecarver
Clifton Price, Jr
John Nelson Carr
Jean Rickard
Clarke County
Rebecca Ann Athey
Enders
Patsy Cline
Horse Show
Clarke County Raritan Club
Junior Woman's Club
U.S
Harry F. Byrd
Wisecarver
Harry Johnson
Hugh Baker
C. A. Hobert
J. A. Emmerth
Clarke County High School
Ernest Bowman
Four Die When Plane Plows Into Houses
Four people die when a two engine Navy attack bomber crashed into two homes three blocks from a landing field in Sanford. The Lowe family and a 3 year old child perished or were severely burned. the bomber crew also died. Names include Lt Cmdr Ozni Donald Hall and Lt(jg) Gerald M O’Hara plus William Valentine Swigowski.
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Cmdr
Ozni Donald Hall
Sanford
Gerald Michael O’hara
Somerville
Mass
William Valentine Swigowski
W. B. Brown
Navy
Brown
Macedonia Church
Pupil Assignment Sparks Senate House Debate In Richmond
The General Assembly debated the Gray Commission plan and Gov. Stanley’s counter proposal to withhold state funds from integrated schools. Key sponsors included Del. Harry B. Davis and Sen. Robert F. Baldwin, with talks on three member governor appointed boards for assignments and a local referendum option on school closures over integration.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Gray Commission
Gov. Stanley
House
Del
Harry B. Davis
Princess Anne County
Robert F. Baldwin
Norfolk
Senate
Davis
Stanley
Commission
del. C. Harrison Mann
Arlington
Assembly
del. Howard H. Adams
J. D. Hagood
Senate Finance Committee
Richmond Assembly
Eugene B. Sydnor Jr
del. Fitzgerald Bemiss
Sydnor
Bemiss
Virginia
Eisenhower Ends California Vacation Flies Back to Washington
President Eisenhower returns to Washington from a 40 day California break aboard the Columbine III. He flies from Pebble Beach after recuperating from abdominal surgery and resumes government business and second term campaign planning with aides and friends aboard.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
Eisenhower
Washington
California
San Francisco
Hagerty
Cypress Point
Musselman Firm Announces Apple Prices for Season
The C. H. Musselman Co of Biglerville Pa announces opening apple prices for 1956. Inwood W Va plant already producing apple sauce since August 20. Biglerville Gardiners Pa plants soon to open. Prices per hundredweight listed. other firms yet to announce. Appalachian Apple Service backs policy of preseason price release.
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Musselman Firm
C. H. Musselman Co
Biglerville
Inwood
W. Va
Gardiners
Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider & Vinegar Co
National Fruit Product Co
H. J. Heinz Co
Appalachian Apple Service
Musselman
Dulles Quotes Soviet Obstruction Of Suez Settlement
Secretary of State Dulles accuses Soviet obstruction of the Suez settlement while detailing a separate crisis over a shot down aircraft near China. He cites a missing U S Navy plane and confirms a crewman’s body was found with gunshot wounds as Red China claims damage to a Nationalist plane.
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Dulles
Peiping
Tokyo
U. S
Red China
United States
Defense of
State Departments
State Department
Lightning Kills 15 Year Old Boy in Norfolk County
A bolt of lightning struck a 15yearold Norfolk County boy named Robert A Shields as he sought shelter under a tree from a storm on his way home. Passersby tried artificial respiration but he died at the scene.
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Norfolk
Norfolk County
Robert A. Shields
Union Pickets Martinsburg Garment Plant
A picket line formed at the Jefferson Manufacturing Co. plant in Martinsburg West Virginia in support of recognition by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. About 75 percent of the 120 production employees reported to work despite the pickets. The company seeks NLRB election certification to let all employees express their preference.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Jefferson Manufacturing Co
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Jefferson
NLRB
Berkeley Woolen Co
Area Fire Companies Win 625 in CVVFA Parades
Fire departments shared 625 dollars in prizes across two Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association parades ending its 55th annual convention in Martinsburg. Rouss Fire Company won 150 dollars. John H Enders Fire Company received 400 dollars for top overall entry. Over 60 units from four states entered the main parade with 3500 dollars in prizes awarded.
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CVVFA
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Martinsburg
Rouss Fire Company
Sarah Zane
Scarlet Rebels
Stephens City
Elks Delegates Attend 47th State Convention in Hampton
M. B. Clowe Jr Charles Elbert and Joe McDaniel led local Elk delegates to the 47th annual state convention in Hampton accompanied by their wives. The closing session featured election and installation of new officers as the meeting ended. Seabright's Market closed Wednesday to move to a new location at 728 S Loudoun.
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M. B. Clowe, Jr
Charles Elbert
Joe McDaniel
Elks Organization
Hampton
Nurse Admits Shaking Infants to Death in New Haven
Virginia Jaspers a 33 year old private pediatric nurse confessed to shaking to death three infants between 1948 and 1955. Police said the motive was the infants getting on her nerves or refusing formula. She also admitted injuring several other babies.
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New Haven, Conn
Virginia B. Jaspers
East Haven High School
St. Agnes Home
West Hartford
Hartford Catholic Archdiocees
Kapsinows
McManus
Sterling Taylor
Kapsinow
Miss Jaspers
Allen Hubbard
Guilford
Willard Malkin
New Canaan
Malkin
Joan Brainerd
Harry Saider
New Haven
Marvin Schaeffer
Woodbridge
Regional Strategy Conference Comes Northward for Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver toured the Northwest en route after forming the first regional strategy conference with seven Western state leaders. In Albuquerque Stevenson touted the Santa Fe meeting as proof of Democratic confidence for a November victory. Kefauver praised unity and said Southwest leaders will back the national ticket and local candidates. Clinton Anderson of New Mexico agreed to assist their campaign.
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Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Sen. Estes Keauver
Kefauver
Southwest
Averell Harriman
New York
John Kennedy
Sen
Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
Weather Outlook With Clouds and Showers Tonight
Weather maps show scattered showers likely tonight and Wednesday with warm humid air. Low temperatures range from 60 to 68 in the west and north areas, 68 to 72 in the southeast, with sunrise at 5 39 a m and sunset at 6 50 p m. Moonrise is 10 47 p m and the last quarter occurs at 11 13 p m.
Russian Propaganda Assailed by Dulles in Egypt Crisis
Secretary of State Dulles accused Russia of waging a propaganda campaign to complicate U.S. policy as tensions with Egypt mounted. He warned that Moscow seeks to influence opinion and hinder American objectives in the region.
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Washington
Dulles
Russia
Egypt agrees to meeting on Suez canal control proposal
Egypt agrees to meet with the five nation committee charged with presenting an international control plan for the Suez Canal but offers no commitment to accept. President Nasser says he is willing to see the committee chairman. No time or place was set in the letter to Prime Minister Robert Menzies of Australia.
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London
Egypt
Suez Canal
Nasser
Five Nation Committee
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
Nasser to negotiate settlement on Suez Canal crisis
Dulles said Nasser will receive a committee from the London conference to discuss the Suez issue as part of a peaceful settlement. He contrasted Soviet opposition, noted 18 of 22 nations backing an international board, and cited US aims during talks with Shepilov.
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Nasser
Dulles
London
Suez
Soviet Union
India
Ceylon
Indonesia
U. S
Dmitri Shepilovy
Egypt
Merchants Vote to Maintain Wednesday Afternoon Closings
The Winchester Retail Merchants Association voted to continue Wednesday afternoon store closings for the rest of the year. About 40 members attended a meeting at the George Washington Hotel with Ralph Cain presiding. The decision clarifies lingering questions about continuing the 1 pm Wednesday closures after Labor Day.
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Winchester Retail Merchants Association
George Washington Hotel
Ralph Cain
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James C. Hagerty
Cypress Point Club
Winchester
International Apple Association
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
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West Virginia
Appalachia
N.A.A
China
Winchester Star
Douglas McDonald
James M. Ford
Douglas
Albert McDonald
Ford
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Seabright
S. Loudoun
Manus
Adlai
J. Dulles
Shanghai
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Shigemiutsu
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