Fire destroys Haun Used Furniture Store in Loudoun Street blaze
A brick chimney caused a morning fire at 705 S. Loudoun St. damaging the Haun Used Furniture Store and the adjacent 703 S. Loudoun St. residence. Fire crews from Rouss, Freindship and South End responded, with extensive smoke and water damage and the fire under control within about 40 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haun
Rouss Fire Company
Fred Baker
S. Loudoun St
S. Loudoun
Rouss, Freindship
South End
Elizabeth Haun
Philip Haun
Edna Joy
Loudoun St
Carper
Asone
Clarence Falk
James Alger
AFL-CIO Recommends Expulsion of Teamsters Union
The AFL-CIO Appeals Committee urged expulsion of the Teamsters Union from the 15 million member federation over corruption charges. The report said the union has been dominated by corrupt influences. Final decision requires a two thirds vote. expulsion could trigger a labor conflict.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Afl-Cio Appeals Committee
Teamsters Union
John J. Murphy
Bricklayers Union
Apl-Cio
Teamsters
Aflcio
Afl-Cio
Trudk
Senate
James R. Hoffa
Laundry, Bakery
Distillery
United Textile Workers
Clarke County Loudoun County Basketball Tonight Preview
Sports bulletin notes a Clarke County vs Loudoun County basketball game with a 7 p m start. An auction follows Saturday night December 7 at 7 p m on Route q east at Denny's Commission Auction featuring furniture electrical appliances and tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Loudoun County
Denny's Commission Auction
Y-Mi
Witness Examines Tennessee Labor Violence Probe
Senate investigators pressed for clues on violence in Tennessee labor disputes linked to Teamsters and Bakery union activities. Lola Jeanette Freels, former Teamsters Local 621 bookkeeper, was called as a cooperative witness to provide first hand information.
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Washington
Senate
Tennessee
Special Investigating Committee
Teamsters
Barbers
McClellan
D-Ark
Robert F. Kennedy
Lola Jeanette Freels
Teamsters Union
Knoxville
Paul L. Andrews
B&s Motor Lines
Nashville
Hammarskjold Returns to UN After Middle East Talks
Dag Hammarskjold headed back to New York after negotiations in Damascus with Syrian Foreign Minister Salah Bitar and talks with Israeli Premier David Ben-Gurion. He reported progress with Jordan Israel and Syria and set to recommend ways to bolster the armistice commission authority. No casualties were confirmed amid border firing near Tel Azaziat.
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Damascus
Syria
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
New York
Middle East
Jordan
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Salah Bitar
Tel Azaziat
Shaa
Yauhuy
Hammarskjold
M. Scopus
Mrs Pennypacker Wins Governor Mansion Interior Contract
Mrs Gene Pennypacker awarded an 18760 dollar contract for interior re decoration of the West Virginia Governor's Mansion in Charleston. The project forms part of a 100000 dollar program announced by Finance Commissioner George B Vieweg Jr. and aims to repair refinish and reupholster better furniture already in the mansion. The announcement notes work began today with efforts to preserve existing pieces whenever possible.
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Gene Pennypacker
Charleston
W. Va
Pennypacker
West Virginia
George B. Vieweg, Jr
Evacuation of 46 000 Dutch Citizens Reaches Indonesia
The Netherlands and Indonesia move to evacuate about 46 000 Dutch citizens from Indonesia amid a rapid campaign to pressure handing over West New Guinea. The plan includes KLM staff families and many elderly, with diplomacy seeking safety and order while aid is requested from Geneva.
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Hague
Netherlands
Indonesia
Jakarta
West New Guinea
KLM
Royal Dutch
Pilot dies after ejecting from burning jet over Virginia coast
2nd Lt. Wilbert L. Messmaker, 22, of South Holland, Illinois, dove from a burning F100 over Warwick Newport News and Hampton. He ejected into Chesapeake Bay but died despite rescue attempts within eight minutes. His squadron commander Maj. Jerry F. Hogue witnessed the sequence and reported fuel dumping and two internal engine explosions before bail out.
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Langley Afb
Chesapeake Bay
Wilbert L. Messmaker
South Holland
Messmaker
Warwick
Newport News
Hampton
Jerry F. Hogue
Tucson
Ariz
508Th
S.q
Langley
Warwick Messmaker
Hogue
James River
Bay
Grandview
Pentagon Says New Test Delayed About Thirty Days
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla America s first satellite launching vehicle exploded in its stand today The Pentagon said in Washington another test probably could not be held for about 30 days There were no casualties A Vanguard spokesman gave details of the misfire.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Pentagon
Washington
Vanguard
Khrushchev claims US refuses return of Sputnik carrier
Khrushchev accused the United States of not returning part of the first Sputnik carrier rocket that allegedly fell in the U S last Sunday. He told reporters at a Finnish Embassy reception that America would not honor their trust and warned if a Soviet satellite ever falls on US soil it would be returned. Details described a loss of chamber pressure in the first stage and the rocket tipping and exploding near the water and not far from the blockhouse. Newsmen reported uncertainty about how much of the vehicle survived.
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Roussaeri
Taylor Barr
Busines
Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khruschev
United States
Russia
Navy
Jay Smith
Vanguard
Washington
John P. Hagen
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Horn
Stanley Urges States Rights in Farewell Council Speech
Gov Thomas B Stanley of Virginia calls for careful consideration of federal state authority division before the Council of State Governments as his farewell session as president. He says the South faces grave public school problems and warns against Supreme Court overreach while not urging agreement on segregation.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Board of Managers
Council of State Governments
Stanley
National Governors Conference
Staniev
South
Supreme Court of the United States
Arkansan Awaits Grand Jury Action On Rape Charge
Claude B. McDull 35 of Hughes Arkansas awaits February grand jury action on a rape charge in Martinsburg West Virginia. An 18 year old Winchester Virginia girl testified at a preliminary hearing she met McDill at a restaurant and went to a tavern before going to an orchard near Bunker Hill. McDill did not testify. A person charged with rape is not eligible for bail.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Claude B. McDull
Hughes, Ark
Winchester
McDill
Bunker Hill
Appointment of School Science Advisory Group Authorized
The State Board of Education authorized a science advisory committee and set a January meeting on curriculum issues. It urged funds in the next budget to equip laboratories and provide for a dedicated science mathematics staff position.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
Davis Y. Paschal
Public Instruction
Paschall
Science Advisory Committee
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Vernon Lonas
Skyway Grill
Braddock St
Giant
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George Meany
Meany
Labor
Mitchell
Congress
Pon Hoss
Howard Johnson
George Washington Hotel
East Piccadilly Street
Wesley Chapel Church
Workingman’'S
Thurston Motor Lines
B&s
Teamster Local 327
Andrews
Lavern Duffy
Duffy
Dag
Bitar
U.N. Palestine Truce Observation Organization
Mixed Armistice Commission
Mrs. Pennypacker
E. Cork St. Nan Purcell
J. F. Larrick
Henry
Intergovernmental Committee For European Migration
Geneva
The
Shoreline
Samuel N. Castor
Castor
Khrushchev
U.S
Sputnik
Southern Tire
S. Braddock
Ward's
Santa
N. Loudoun St
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Margaret L. Hodgson
Leggett
Berryville
V.F.W. Post
Gov. Stanley
Arkansan
Paschal
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