Poles Stage New Anti Government Violence Across Cities
In Poland, protests erupted after the Stettin Soviet consulate attack. Police and security troops dispersed rioters in Nowy Ciechocinek and Nieszwawa, with clashes targeting police stations and the prosecutor's office. Authorities arrested many youths and alleged hooligans among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Moo
Stettin
Irybuna Ludu
Polish United Workers (Communist) Party
Olerko
Bialystok
Communist Paper
Nowy Ciechocinek
Midlands
Communist Party
Nieszwawa
Hungary
Szczecin
Frigid Airs Sweep Across Midwest Toward East
A massive cold front from the Northern Plains drives arctic air into the Dakotas Minnesota and Wisconsin. Readings drop about 40 degrees in 24 hours with lows around 15 below zero near the Canadian border and near 10 degrees in South Dakota and southern Minnesota. The cold air moves east toward the central and northern Atlantic states.
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Midwest
Washington
Great Lakes
Texas
Plains
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Canadian
South Dakota
Atlantic Coast
Phillips Oil Co Plane Crashes Killing Eight
A Phillips Petroleum Company air plane crashed south of Bartlesville Oklahoma killing eight. Among the aboard were A M Rippel W C Reed C W Brnckley George Sneed D F Mayfield T D Young all company officials or employees and pilots Bowers and Ulrich Rippel headed the Natural Gas Department at Phillips Sneed was an attorney for the firm and others were in the Natural Gas Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Company
Washington County
E. McCombs
Washington
Phillips Offic
A. M Rippel
W. C. Reed
C. W. Brnckley
George Sneed
D. F. Mayfield
T. D. Young
Joe Bowers
R. E. Ulrich
Winchester area permits near four million in 1956
Area construction activity in Winchester and Frederick County shows 453 building permits issued in eleven months with an estimated value of 3 792 926 dollars The majority 2 470 100 dollars finances new homes 292 of the permits cover dwellings One large project was a 49 085 dollar addition for the Winchester Golf Club Senseny Completion is set for June 1957 26 permits were issued in November totaling 209 135 dollars Winchester led with 10 permits Frederick County 16 for 133 885 dollars Breakdown for eleven months lists Winchester 211 permits costing 1 923 725 dollars and Frederick County 242 permits costing 1 869 201 dollars for all construction and 117 Winchester permits totaling 1 289 900 dollars and 175 Frederick County permits totaling 1 181 100 dollars for homes.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Winchester Golf Club
Senseny
Soviet Complaint Charges U.S. With Subversive Action
The Soviet Union formally presented to the U N General Assembly a complaint accusing the United States of subversive action in Eastern Europe. Delegates supported an American backed resolution condemning Russia for meddling in Hungarian affairs as sponsors grew to twenty.
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United Nations
N. Y
Soviet Union
U. N. General Assembly
United States
Europe
Russia
United States of America
Clem D Johnston to Speak at Winchester Frederick Chamber Meet
Clem D Johnston of Roanoke will headline the 39th Annual Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce meeting scheduled January 16 1957 at the George Washington Hotel. Johnston chairs the Executive Committee of the U S Chamber and returns from a three month Southeast Asia tour. He runs a 450 acre beef cattle farm near Roanoke and holds interests in six wholesale grocers. He has long served the National Chamber and advised Federal agencies as a non paid consultant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem D. Johnston
Roanoke
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Winchester-Frederick County
Roanoke Public Warehouse
National Chamber
Almond endorsed by Moore in Virginia gubernatorial bid
Richmond reports House Speaker E. Blackburn Moore adds his endorsement to Attorney General J. Lindsay Almond Jr. in the Democratic gubernatorial race. Moore, from Berryville, aligns with Sen. Byrd and the party machinery predicting Almond’s victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
House
E. Blackburn Moore
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Moore
Berryville
Almond
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Virginia
Japan Approved As UN Member
United Nations Security Council unanimously recommended Japan be admitted as the 80th member, setting the stage for quick General Assembly approval after four years of discussion. The bid, first filed July 16, 1952, had been vetoed four times by the Soviet Union. U. S. advocate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. pledged a warm welcome.
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United Nations
N. Y
Security Council
Japan
General Assembly
Soviet Union
United States
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Earth Satellite Schedule Progress Report
Dr John P Hagen of the Vanguard program says the Navy project is essentially on schedule for launching satellites during the International Geophysical Year starting next July. A dozen U S satellites are planned to study high altitude space from 290 to 1500 miles, with first launch expected about January 1 1958.
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Washington
Earth
John P. Hagen
Navy
White House
U. S
United States
Joseph Kaplan
Ohio University
Athens
Kaplan
U. S. National Committee For the Geophysical Year
Hagen
Russia
Naval Research Laboratory
Detroit
Brooks and Perkins
Freedom Airlift Begins as 200 Hungarian Refugees Reach U.S.
At McGuire AFB New Jersey four American planes carried about 200 Hungarian refugees initiating Operation Safe Haven. The Air Force plans to bring 9,700 refugees by December 31 by air with the rest by sea. The passengers were welcomed and sent to Camp Kilmer aboard buses while Tracy S Voorhees issued a welcome statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcguire Air Force Base
United States
Military Air Transport Service
Air Force
Camp Kilmer
Tracy S. Voorhees
Winchester adopts office of Gas and Plumbing Inspector
The Common Council approved on final reading an ordinance creating the Inspector of Gas and Plumbing to be appointed by the city manager. The inspector will issue permits enforce regulations and keep records with semiannual license examinations in January and July. A second ordinance sets a 44 foot set back on W Amherst Street and another covers sub division plats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
W. Amherst St
Pennsylvania Railroad
Office of Inspector of Gas and Plumbing
Winchester
Virginia
Commissioner of Revenue
IRA raiders strike across Ulster causing million-dollar damage
A mass IRA raid at 12 points in British North Ireland caused about one million dollars in damage. The attack destroyed a BBC transmitter and two bridges, burned a court house, and targeted a military barracks before retreating. Police reported injuries and captures among raiders, with major efforts using helicopters and roadblocks to pursue suspects.
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British North Ireland
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Royal Ulster Constabulary
British Broadcasting Corp
Ulster
Irish Republic
IRA
United Kingdom
Winchester Council Hears Building Code and Liquid Gas Talks
The Winchester Common Council held public hearings on two ordinances. One would create a Building Inspector office and a city Building Code. the other covers liquid petroleum gas regulations. No final action was taken on the Building Code, with a January meeting planned for its third reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Winchester Common Council
National Board of Fire Underwriters of
New York
Protest Strike Enters Second Day in Hungary
A general strike against Premier Janos Kadar’s Soviet backed regime extended into a second day with isolated clashes between workers and troops. Reports say up to 100 percent of workers in some regions obeyed the strike as factories closed and power supplies faltered in Budapest and provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Vienna
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Budapest
Central Workers’ Council
Moscow Radio
Budapest Radio
Red Army
Debreven
Gyor
Kecskemet
Szolnok
Dunapentele
Eger
Egyptian Underground Says It Kidnaped and Killed British Officer
Port Said reports say the Egyptian underground claimed to abduct and kill a young British lieutenant. British officials demanded return of the officer alive, while occupation leaders warned of action if not. The incident follows raids and an explosives cache tied to mounting harassment as forces withdraw from Egypt.
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Port Said
Egypt
Hugh Stockwell
U. N. General Assembly
A. G. Moorehouse
Stockwell
Ike to Return to Washington After Augusta Stay
President Eisenhower closes his Augusta National Golf Club vacation with a 22 week stay and plans intensive talks with Prime Minister Nehru. He played nine holes alongside Canada's Prime Minister Louis S. Laurent in a team match that ended even.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Eisenhower
Dixie
Washington
Augusta National Golf Club
White House
India
Nehru
Canada
Louis S. Laurent
Weather update and local notices from Winchester
Slightly colder with occasional rain tonight and Thursday. Highs near 54 and 41 today. showers expected with lows 34 to 44. Also includes Shawnee Volunteer Fire Company meeting notice and a pancake supper announcement with times and prices.
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Winchester
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Company
J. W Green, JR
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The
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Phillips Oil Co
Schewels
M. McDowell
S. Braddock St
Frank J. Schaefer & Co., Inc
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E Pall Mall St
E. Pass Mall
Orville Bloom
Rt. 1
U.S
Spain
Turkey
Colombia
Burma
Ceylon
Indonesia
Lodge
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Chamber
Rfc
OPA
Office of Emergency Management
Piccadilly St
Wesley Chapel Church
Round Hill Community Fire Company
Russell Larrick
Louise
W. Piccadilly
Hodgson and Brown
W. Boscawen St
E. Piccadilly St Weilltown
Church
WSCS
Earth Satellite
Freedom Airlift
Virginia Avenue School
Winchester Star
Alaska
Rhonda Lineburg
Kenneth Lineburg
Virginia Hoke
Mary Hoke
Mexico
Carol Smith
Carroll Smith
E. Holmes Newcome
John W. Rosenberger & Co
James Shockey
Ccal
Keith Williams
Mr. Newcome
Paul Plumly
Plumly Lumber Corp
Newcome
Plumly
Ike
D.C
Braddock & Clifford Sts
Schewel Furniture
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