Byrd Predicts Almond Victory and Strong Democratic Drive
Senator Byrd says the Almond gubernatorial nomination is definite and forecasts a Democratic victory next November. He urges prompt organization work with Thomas Blanton to mobilize precincts as Rice Hill sources note Gilmer may join Almond and Stephens on the ticket to challenge Republicans.
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Richmond
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
Berryville
Capitol Hill
Almond
Robert Whitehead
Nelson County
Whitehead
Lindsay Almond
Thomas H. Blanton
State
Democratic Central Committee
Blanton
Bowling Green
Confessed Killer Demands Cash for Details in Slayings
San Francisco killer Nash, 33, admits five murders but refuses to talk without cash. He sets price at 50 per sentence and 1,000 for confessions. Linked to deaths in Sacramento County, Santa Monica, Long Beach, Richmond and San Francisco, including the 1955 hobo jungle killing and a body found in the bay. Authorities describe him as animalistic and completely callous.
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Hen Nash
Kenneth Wells
Sacramento
Sacramento County
Los Angeles
Larry Rise
Santa Monica
John William Bere
San Francisco
Nash
Bay
Robert T. Ecie
Eche
August P. Edie
Wells
Floyd Leroy Barnett
Burns
William C. Burns
Richmond
Calif
Inner Harbor
al Nelder
Final Christmas shopping by dying mother in Asheville store
Mrs Rodie Parks a 33 year old mother of four with cancer rode on an ambulance bed to Iveys in Asheville. The store opened early for her final shopping trip to buy gifts for her children aged 8 to 12 and family. A clerk wrapped packages and the bill was torn up.
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Asheville
N. C
Rodie Parks
Parks
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ivey's
Stephens City and Middletown Schools Entered and Ransacked
Frederick County Sheriff reports both Stephens City and Middletown Schools were broken into last night. Money was the apparent target though nothing was reported missing and several locks were damaged. Local jewelry store and lost toy box notices appear in the same context while fire company notices outline upcoming meetings.
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Middletown
Stephens
Frederick County
Robert L. DeHaven
Stephens City
Winds Sweep Cold Air Into Midwest Storm Drags Blizzard Conditions
Strong northwest winds drove cold air from the Northern Plains into the snowbound Midwest. Blizzard conditions formed with gusts near 70 mph blowing and drifting snow, temps plunging over 40 degrees, readings near zero in parts of Montana, and cold wave warnings expanding to Michigan Wisconsin Iowa Nebraska and the Dakotas. Snow fell across the belt from the Great Lakes to New England with notable amounts in the Adirondacks and surrounding areas.
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Plains
Midwest
Tne
Montana
Wyoming
Dakotas
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Upper Michigan
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Pennsylvania
New England
Adirondacks
Lake Ontario
Auin
Boonville
Supervisors Refer Zoning Requests To Planning Board
Frederick County Virginia supervisors moved two zoning petitions to the county planning board for study. They also approved adding segments of four streets in Wilkins Overload subdivisions to the secondary highway system.
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Planning Board
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Merriman’s Lane
Shawnee District
Frederick County
Board
Teets
Garber
Wilkins
Wild anti Russian Demonstration in Stettin
A wild anti Russian demonstration in Stettin ended with windows smashed and police clashes. Troops and workers militia dispersed the crowd after several demonstrators were arrested as students and young workers protested events in Hungary. The riot prompted press crackdowns and confiscation of the Horizonty student newspaper.
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Stettin
Warsaw
Hungary
Horizonty
California casserole wins Cook of the Year in Bakeoff
Mrs. Hildreth H. Hatheway of Santa Barbara, California, wins the $25,000 grand prize and the title Cook of the Year with California casserole. Second prize of $5,000 goes to Natalie Riggin of Olympia, Washington, for Hoot-on cookies. top junior prize of $3,000 to Irene Korrell of Frederick, Maryland, for maple hi-light fudge cake.
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New York
Hildreth H. Hatheway
Santa Barbara
Calif
Natalie R. Riggin
Olympia
Wash
Irene Korrell
Frederick
Barbara Elizabeth Campbell
Dayton
California
First Chinese Motor Vehicles Rolling Off Soviet American Machines
Changchun No. 1 motor vehicle plant in Manchuria, 750 acres, uses Soviet Russian and American machines to produce China’s first trucks. On July 15, three years after construction began, Liberation Trucks roll off the line with 90 horsepower six cylinder engines, planned output 30,000 vehicles yearly, all state distributed.
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U.S
Red
China
Hangchun
Changchun
Mancchuria
Peiping
Ings
Li Pai-Sun
Soviet Union
Dulles Projects Collapse of Soviet Communism Amid Pressure
U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told NATO ministers that internal pressures within the Soviet Union could topple Communism and end global division. He urged moral pressure and UN unity while warning Kremlin rulers may gamble abroad to distract from unrest.
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Paris
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Kremlin
Dulles
Egypt
United Nations
Free World
Soviet Union
Britain
France
U. N
Middle East
Hungary
NATO
AWOL Soldier Admits Setting Church Fires
An 18 year old AWOL soldier, Pvt. Robert Whelan of Somerville, admitted starting three church fires including the million dollar blaze at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Cambridge. He said a vigil candle was used to ignite outfits in the sacristy after failing to pry open poor boxes. Damages at St. Joseph's Church in Boston were about 2500 dollars. St. John’s loss was listed as negligible. Police credit a Boston sexton for tipping them to the suspect. Whelan had been AWOL four weeks.
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Cambridge. Mass
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
Cambridge
Robert Whelan
Somerville
St. Joana's Parochial School
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Boston
West End
St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church
Beacon Hill
Whelan
John F. Galligan
St. Joseph's
St. John’s
James Fahey
Sexton
St. Stephen's Catholic Church
North End
Fahey
Ft. Deavens
Delegation Walks Out of Assembly
The Hungarian delegation walked out of the United Nations General Assembly over what Hungary calls U N interference in its internal affairs. Foreign Minister Irme Horveh led the walkout as the 79 nation body debated a U S sponsored move to condemn the Soviet Union for not withdrawing its armed forces from Hungary. He said delegations influenced by the United States sought to interfere in Hungary s domestic affairs and that Hungary rejects these attempts.
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United Nations
N. Y.pi
General Assembly
U. N
Hungary
Soviet Union
Irme Horveh
United States
Trial Postponed in Dio Acid-Blinding Case
The trial of Johnny Dio, accused by the government of masterminding the acid blinding of labor writer Victor Riese, has been postponed until next spring. Jury selection was set to begin today.
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New York
Johnny Dio
Victor Riese
Missing British Officer May Be Egyptian Hostage
PORT SAID Egypt A young British second lieutenant is missing and may be kidnapped and held as a hostage by Egyptians Egyptian informants claim the extremist Muslim Brotherhood plans to embarrass President Nasser by pressing the British French withdrawal from the Suez canal zone. Egyptian sources say Nasser will rush 2000 Egyptian police here after the pullout to confront the Brotherhood.
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Port Said
Egypt
Brotherhood
Nasser
Suez Canal Zone
Airlift of Hungarian Refugees Starts From Munich
Two hundred Hungarians flee Communist oppression in the first wave of a planned 10 000 to the United States aboard C118 transports. Four planes carried 50 women 41 children and 109 men for a 26 hour flight to McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey and Camp Kilmer New Jersey.
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Munich
Germany
Hungary
United States
Johanna Toth
Etel Szabo
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
McGuire
Camp Kilmer
U. S
West Germany
Austria
Hungary Strikes Spread Against Soviet Backed Government
Thousands of Hungarians protest the Kadar regime defying Moscow’s authority. A 48 hour general strike paralyzed Budapest as martial law and arrests followed. Refugees reported nationwide disruption and border areas halted transport.
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Budapest
Janos Kadar
Central Workers’ Council
Austria
Fromm
Hungary
Kadar
Hungarian Relief Drive Seeks Local Support at Courthouse Booth
Charles Zuckerman chairs the Winchester Frederick County Red Cross drive. Local contributions reach 146 toward an 866 goal as volunteers set up a Saturday booth before the Frederick County Courthouse to collect funds for Hungarian relief and refugee welfare in Europe and at Camp Kilmer New Jersey.
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Charles Zuckerman
Winchester-Frederick County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Frederick County
Loudoun St
Charles Campbell
Marvin Gore
Zuckerman
Hungary
International Red Cross
Austria
Europe
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Virginia Forecast Warns of Cloudy Mild Night Rain
The Virginia forecast calls for cloudy skies with a mild night and occasional light rain, lows 44 to 50 degrees. Wednesday remains cloudy and colder with southeast showers, then colder overnight. Temperatures today reach a high of 46 and a low of 30, compared with last year’s 32 and 21.
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Virginia
Winchester
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