Nixon inspects Hungarian refugee airlift at Camp Kilmer
Vice President Nixon tours Camp Kilmer NJ final stop of the airlift for thousands fleeing to freedom. He observes processing lines in medical exams fingerprints and interviews and notes no risk of bottlenecks if processing goals are expanded.
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Richard Nixon
Europe
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Camp Kilmer
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Army Center
Freedom
U S 11 Highway Group Distributes 50 000 New Maps
The U S 11 Highway Association announces distribution of 50 000 maps promoting travel along US 11 from Canada to the Gulf with Winchester as main office. The first map covers Harrisonburg Pennsylvania to Roanoke Virginia and future expansions are planned toward Champlain New York and New Orleans Louisiana.
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U.S. 11 Highway Group
Winchester
Canada
Gulf
Harrisonburg
Roanoke
Champlain
N.Y
New Orleans
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Mad Bomber device found in Times Square theater
Police recover a pipe shaped device encased in a red sock at the Paramount Theater in Times Square. A prior similar alert followed a threat by telephone as investigators link the case to the so called mad bomber who has plagued New York with numerous devices over 16 years.
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Times Square
New York
New York Public Library
Granda Central Station
Manhattan
Ft. Tilden
Queens
Board of Estimate
Patrolmen's Benevolent Assa
Explosion at American Cyanamid plant rocks Edinburg complex
An early morning blast at the American Cyanamid Co chemical plant near Edinburg, Pa, injuring at least one worker and shaking residents up to Beaver Falls. Four others were treated after the ammonia room explosion, with police restricting traffic within five miles as Civil Defense crews assessed damage.
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New Castle
American Cyanamid Co
Edinburg
Warren Calderwood
Beaver Falls
Mount Jackson
Pittsburgh
Sergeants Win Stephens City Christmas Lighting Contest
Stephens City Lions Club sponsored the annual contest with seven entries. First prize of 10 dollars went to Robert Sergeant for his home, second prize 5 dollars to Ed and Mrs. Ambrose, and third prize 2.50 dollars to Robert Claytor. Judges Byron Brumback and Wilson Borden of Middletown supervised the event led by French T. Reid.
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Stephens City
Robert Sergeant
Lions Club
Ed Ambrose
Robert Claytor
Byron Brumback
Wilson Borden
Middletown
French T. Reid
Five Die as Fire Destroys Rural Home Near St Marys
Five persons perished in a rural home fire near St Marys West Virginia near Ben's Run seven miles north of the town. The sheriff said kerosene poured into a wood stove exploded causing the blaze at about 6 30 a m. Victims named were Mr and Mrs Laymen Speece their daughter and two grandchildren. The cause was an accident during ignition of the stove.
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ST. Marys
W. Va
Speece
Ben’s Run
Ohio River
C. C. East
C Christma&s Sali Sale
Whitney to Study Before Taking Up Job as Ambassador
Millionaire John Hay Whitney to begin monthlong briefing schedule before serving as ambassador to Great Britain. The 52 year old financier aims to be a working ambassador and will seek extensive State Department briefings on British American tensions. He will depart for London mid February with wife Betsey Roosevelt to serve as long as the White House desires.
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Whitney
Washington
John Hay
Jock
Great Britain
Eisenhower
London Post
New York
London
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt
White House
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Aldrich
U. S
United States
Chase National Bank
Senate
Britain
Eden
Mollet
J. 3. Whitney & Co
Chilly Weather With Snow Flurries Forecast
An AP forecast predicts continued chilly temperatures tonight with cloudy skies and occasional rain and a low around 30 to 36 degrees. Tomorrow will bring windy conditions and upper 30s highs along with snow flurries. A year ago the low reached 8 degrees with a 32 degree high.
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Associated Press
Virginia Apple Crop Estimated at 10.5 Million Bushels
Virginia’s commercial apple crop this year is put at 10,500,000 bushels by the Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. Compared with 1955’s 5,500,000 bushels and the 10-year state average of 8,965,000, late frosts caused damage while summer and early fall weather aided size and quality. Virginia ranks fourth in U S production, led by York Imperial with 2,940,000 bushels, and leads the nation in several varieties including Stayman and York Imperial. Virginia’s 1956 national crop is 97,077,000 bushels, nine percent below 1955 and eight percent under average. central and western regions show varying gains and losses.
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Virginia
Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
United States
Winesap
Washington
Stayman
Delicious
Crop Reporting Service
U. S
Central States
North Carolina
Indiana
Ilinois
Michigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Colorado
Grimes
Jonathan
Ben Davis
Gano
Rome
Mother and Five Children Die in Ironwood Fire
A seven room farm home in Ironwood burned killing 31-year-old Ina Heiley and her four children Dennis 10 Sandra 9 Linda 7 Keith 2 and nephew James Gallo 13. The blaze followed the husband William Heiler 32 leaving for work at the Step Hensen mine in Bessemer ten miles away.
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Ironwood
Mich
Ina Heiley
Dennis
Sandra
Linda
Keith
James Gallo
William Heiler
Stephensen
Bessemer
Mars may be in drought as gray plant life appears
Astronomer Carl Sagan reports Mars observed near its 32 year closest approach shows dark plant like areas now gray suggesting drought. Green and blue tones seen in past Martian springs appear almost absent while dust storms and polar ice cap changes point to stressed equatorial regions and tougher vegetation.
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New York
Mars
Carl Sagan
Yerkes and McDonald Observatories
University of Chicago
Sagan
Lacan
G. P. Kuiper
American Assny For the Advancement of Science
Earth
South Polar
Saga
Malibu Brush Fire Tops 68 Structures Destroyed in Two Areas
A three day coast fire near Malibu ran loose in two zones burning about 25 000 acres. Sixty eight structures including homes and a Franciscan monastery were destroyed while firefighters saved others on a sandspit area. Governor Knight declared a state of disaster to mobilize state help.
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Malibu
Calif
Keith Klinger
Sacramento
Goodwin Knight
Los Angeles County
County Board of Supervisors
Santa Monica
Delayed Operations To Clear Canal Entrance At Suez
PORT SAID Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority reported no orders to start clearing the southern entrance despite UN and Egyptian announcements. U S and UN salvage leaders arrived to coordinate, with two salvage vessels at Suez waiting for orders. The effort aims to reopen the 103 mile canal blocked for nearly two months amid a largely symbolic restart.
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Port Said
Suez Canal
United Nations
Egypt
Suez
U.S
Raymond A. Wheeler
U.N
Tyne
Protector
P. W. Dekoe
el Cap
Employers Asked To Report Jobs Open for Refugees
The president directs State Employment Services to aid Hungarian refugees. Local office head F W Bailey asks area employers to list job openings that avoid displacing locals and fit refugee skills. Provide job nature requirements housing hours and wages. submit at 21 W Piccadilly St or MO 2 6655. orders go to Camp Kilmer Reception Center for selection. Area includes Clarke Frederick Loudoun counties and Winchester city.
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F. W. Bailey
W. Piccadilly St
Camp Kilmer
Winchester
Clarke, Frederick
Loudoun
Closing Notice for Barry's Drug Store Hours
Barry's Drug Store closed at 6 p m on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day per local notice. The store will resume regular hours after the holiday.
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Barry’s Drug
Benson and Eisenhower discuss farm surplus policy
Secretary Benson after a White House meeting said the president will seek Congress to lift the ban on distributing U. S. surplus farm goods to Iron Curtain nations and extend Public Law 480 which expires June 30. He noted possible changes to permit lower price sales while Poland remains ineligible. A notice closes Ward's Pastry Shop Monday and Tuesday.
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Washington
Secretary of
Benson
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
U. S
Iron Curtain
Poland
Agriculture Department
House panel urges return to segregated DC schools
A majority of a House sub committee recommended reestablishing racially separate DC public schools. They cited higher costs and increased disciplinary problems from integration since 1954. the view notes educational impairment for white and Negro students and calls for separate, equal schools.
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D.C
Washington
House
District of Columbia
High Court
Five Day Forecast and Holidays in Winchester
The five day forecast shows temperatures 4 to 6 degrees below normal with colder weekends and warmer Monday. Rain or snow expected Monday and Tuesday with total precipitation around a quarter inch. Also notes sky conditions and sunrise sunset for Winchester with various social notices and event listings including a dance and tryouts for Sabrina at Bark Mill.
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Front Royal Road
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Louis Hayward
Jane Russell
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June Havoc
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D-Miss
Woodrow W. Jones
D-Nc
Joel T. Broyhill
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R-Neb
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Winchester Armory
Sabrina
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