Convicted West Pointer Loses Court leniency in Korea War case
Lt Col Paul V Liles former West Point graduate from Birmingham was found guilty only on aiding the enemy by propaganda recordings during 1950 53 while a POW in Korea. He received a two year rank suspension but retains his grade and was acquitted on other charges. The verdict ends a five week trial as the 12th case of collaboration heard since the Korean War.
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Lewis
Wash
Paul V. Liles
North Korea
Army
Liles
United Nations
Leslie F. Dixon
Monterey
Calif
Court of Military Appeals
Fred W. Sladen Jr
West Pointer
Pyoktong
Pyangyang
Shenandoah County Hospital Investment Nearing One Million
WOODSTOCK The Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital investment totals 975 026 dollars, administrator H M Clymer announced. Harold M Vanderbilt contributed 318 229 dollars. Hospital operations show X ray use up 19 percent and laboratory tests up 13 percent. United Furniture ad notes a free 10 lb dressed turkey with a 150 dollar purchase at Grove Furniture Co in Winchester.
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Woodstock
Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital
H. M. Clymer
Grove
Grove Furniture CO
Winchester
Flames Roar Through Lynchburg Business District Fire
A two million dollar Lynchburg blaze raged for about five hours in the Main Street business district injuring four firefighters and destroying seven stores. Firefighters battled freezing conditions as dynamite in a basement and a northeast wind fueled the flames, with Roanoke aiding in efforts and Amherst stand-by.
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Lynchburg
Main St
Charles Mitchell
N. E. Smoot
W. H. Tweedy
Mitchell
Sam Hendricks
Roanoke
J. H. Boice
Boice
John E. Gannaway and Co., Inc
Bailey-Spencer Hardware
S. S. Kresge Co
W. T. Grant Co
Brosch Florists
McKenna Radio and Peoples Clothing
Arky” Vaughan
Bailey- Spencer
Marvin K. Evans
Russian Leaders Return to Moscow after Asia tour
Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev arrived in Moscow ending a month long mission through India Burma and Afghanistan. Khrushchev claimed they exposed colonial regimes as a blot on mankind and would continue opposing them despite Western criticism.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
India
Burma
Afghanistan
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Asia
Winchester
Loudoun St
Ford Foundation Increases Ford Stock Offering To 10.2 Million Shares
The Ford Foundation plans to sell 10.2 million Ford Motor Co. shares next month in the largest equity issue in history. The move follows a prior plan for about seven million shares amid strong market demand, with earnings for the first nine months of 1955 at 312.2 million dollars and a total capital and retained earnings of 1.84 billion.
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Washington
Ford Foundation
Ford Motor Co
Securities & Exchange Commission
Pioneer Auto
SEC
Henry Ford
Ford
National Press Club
Ford Company
Stevenson’s Son Among Victims in Elkhart Crash
Two Harvard freshmen were killed when a car collided with a truck on a highway near Elkhart Indiana. Adlai Stevensons son John Fell Stevenson 19 was among those killed along with William Stanley North III 19 of Lake Forest and William C Boyden Jr 19 of Chicago. James F Gilligan 19 Nebraska City Neb and Fred Gill 29 Detroit were injured. Police held Gill without charge.
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Elkhart
Ind
Harvard University
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
John Fell Stevenson
William Stanley North III
Lake Forest
William C. Boyden, Jr
Stevenson
Goshen
James F. Gilligan
Nebraska City
Neb
Fred Gill
Detroit
New York Central Railroad
Gill
Gilligan
North
William 5. North II
Union Special Machine Co
Boyden
Stewart E. Brown, Jr
Berryville
Daniel D. Wines
Piccadilly St
Winchester
Wines
William C. Sloggett
U .S. Rt. 50
Commonwealth
Sloggett
Bay City
Michigan
Auto crash injures two men and damages house on National Ave
Two men were injured when a 1951 Ford struck a curb swerved into the yard of Smalts Florist and crashed into a porch at a house owned by Claude Smalts on National Ave. Alston Wayne Garrett and John A. Walker were treated and released at Memorial Hospital. The front wall, water lines, and oil lines were damaged with about 500 gallons of oil spilled. Car damage listed as total loss with property damage estimated between 500 and 1000 dollars.
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National Ave
Alston Wayne Garrett
Berryville Ave
Ford
John A. Walker
Clarksburg
W. Va
Garrett
Walker
Memorial Hospital
Friendship Ambulance
David A. Fahnestock
Smalts Florist
Claude B. Smalts
Smalts
560 Are Expected To Die in Holiday Traffic Accidents
The National Safety Council estimates 560 Americans will die in traffic accidents during the Christmas holiday period, a new record. The four day window runs from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, with December 24 typically the deadliest.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Living Costs Rise Slightly in Peak Take Home Pay Rise
Washington reports a slight rise in living costs from October to November. Factory workers’ take home pay reached a record high for a third straight month, averaging 72.85 dollars weekly with three dependents and 65.49 dollars with no dependents, lifted by higher hourly pay and longer weekly hours. The increased pay offset higher costs, boosting buying power.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Miami Circuit Court Judge badly hurt in high speed crash
Miami Circuit Court Judge George E. Holt 53 was seriously injured when his Jaguar, chased by police, hit a motorcycle at 11 36 p m in Miami. Riders Leonard Feitelson 21 and Mary Martin 20 also suffered serious injuries. Holt had previously been fined in 1953 for speeding in Daytona Beach. The Jaguar carried Holt who once gave Adlai Stevenson a ride during a Florida campaign swing.
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Miami
Fla
George E. Holt
Holt
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Leonard Feitelson
Mary Martin
Charles J. Gschwind
Jack Headley
Daytona Beach
Adlai Stevenson
Florida
Wildcat Strike Suspends Florida Greyhound Bus Service
Florida bus service halted as 300 Greyhound drivers did not report to work at midnight in an unauthorized wildcat strike. Edwin Carpenter of the Miami terminal said drivers gave no notice or complaints. Union officials could not be reached for comment.
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Miami, Fla
Greyhound
Florida
Edwin Carpenter
Miami
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees
Byrd Criticizes Foreign Aid Used to Cut British Taxes
Senator Byrd of Virginia charged that U S foreign aid funds were used to reduce Britain's taxes and pay Denmark's debt. He urged ending economic aid while supporting military aid at about three billion dollars. Dulles announced a four point nine billion dollar foreign aid request for next year with a proposed reserve fund Byrd would curb. Wilson supported larger military aid reserves, noting needed preapproved contracts and delayed appropriations.
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Byrd
Washington
Europe
Denmark
Harold E. Stassen
Britain
Dulles Dis
Congress
Dulles
Wilson
Winchester Man Freed in Clarke County Bookmaking Case
Richard Chrisman of Winchester was acquitted by a five member jury of a Clarke County bookmaking charge tied to October 22. He faces a separate pending bookmaking charge from July 22 with a $1,000 bond posted. Jury foreman was Mrs. William B. Claggett and other members included Miss Agnes Mitchell and A. D. Mosee.
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Berryville
Winchester
Richard Chrisman
Clarke County
Chrisman
Clarke County Trial Justice Court
Circuit Court
Thomas G. Scully
Scully
William B. Claggett
Agnes Mitchell
A. D. Mosee
Lee DeShong
A. H. Lee
Mr. Wines
Wines
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Thomas B. Monahan
Shirley Allen Wolfe
Rt. 1
U. S
Bitter cold grips Northeast with records and delays
The Northeast endured one of its coldest spells with official lows near 29 below zero and unofficial readings around 47 below at Old Forge. Widespread disruptions followed as Berkshire County residents faced idle engines and power failures, while trains in New York and Boston suffered delays.
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New York
Old Forge
Adirondack Mountain
Weather Bureau
Watertown
N. Y
Mt. Washington
N. H
Massachusetts
Berkshire Mountain
Berkshire
Cheshire
Pittsfield
New York City
Boston
New York Central
20Th Century Limited
Guidance Center Moves to New Quarters on January Fifth
The Northwestern Virginia Guidance Center formerly the Child Guidance Clinic will relocate January 5 to four rooms on the second floor of the Miller Drug Store Building at 107 N. Loudoun St. It opens January 7 and will be open Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Staff includes John Hurley, psychologist for Fairfax County Schools, and Mrs. William C. Beatty, social worker. The board seeks furnishings such as desks, chairs, waiting-room furniture, book cases, curtains, a dictaphone, and a typewriter while aiming for state matching funds.
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Northwestern Virginia Guidance Center
Child Guidance Clinic
Miller Drug Store
N. Loudoun St
John Hurley
Fairfax County Schools
William C. Beatty
Hurley
Beatty
State Department of Mental Health and Hygiene
Robert E. Costello
Escapee Austin Captured By Maryland State Police
James Austin, 21, an escapee from State Road Force Camp No. 7 White Post, was captured by Maryland State Police at 4 p.m. yesterday after a second escape in a week. He faces Maryland charges of breaking and entering and grand larceny and will be returned to Washington County Sheriff Ed Rowland in Hagerstown.
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James Austin
State Road Force
White Post
Maryland
Austin
Washington County
Ed Rowland
Hagerstown
R. R. O’meara
U.S. Rt
Strasburg
Star Tannery
Moorefield
W. Va
O'Meara
Waverly
Samuel Law
Alexandria
Richard Gilliam
Ernest Lee Walker
Portsmouth
Constellation Crashes on Landing. 17 Dead in Florida
An Eastern Air Lines Constellation crashed on its landing run near Jacksonville killing all 17 aboard. The ship hit tree tops 12 miles north of the airport, wings torn off, engines detached, and flames spread through dry woodland. Civil Aeronautics and postal inspectors investigated. the crash follows two Florida air accidents in three days.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Eastern Air Lines
Constellation
Miami
Tom McBrien
Leroy Connell
William Hess
Boston
Washington
New York
Highway 17
W. F. Johnston
Duval County Highway Patrol
Postal
Civil Aeronautics
Florida
Air Force
Virginia forecast notes cloudiness and mountain snow flurries
The weather forecast for Virginia calls for some cloudiness tonight and Thursday with scattered snow flurries mainly in the mountains and a cold spell. Interior lows 14 to 20 degrees and near the coast 20 to 25. Highs around 28 and 15 at present and year ago.
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Winchester
Santo Gee
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Rockingham
Peoples Service Drug Store
Ward
Beavers Rexall Drug Store
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West
Wildcat
Clarke Co
Henry Dean
James Willis
Edward McC. Williams
Dean
Guidance Center
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