Five Democrats Seek Second Ward Nomination in City Race
Oliver G. Cramer joins four others vying for the Democratic nomination for the Second Ward Common Council seats in the April 3, 1956 primary. Incumbents Wine and Smalts not seeking reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver G. Cramer
the Valley Lumber Corp
Cramer
Richard Rosenberger
City Democratic Committee
Orville Wine
E. William Argenbright
Charles Zuckerman
Edward Gale
Second Ward
Fred Brumback
Claude B. Smalts
Mr. Smalts
H. W. Butler, Jr
William M. Battaile
Hoye Riley
William F. Schenck
J. Ben Cather
Laurens Jones
Harold Rowe
Wheeling
W. Va
Mr. Cramer
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
U. S. Navy
Naval Air Force
Winchester
Gulf Oil Corporation
Gulf Oil Corp
William F. Bennett
the Valley Lumber & Builders Corp
Kiwanis Club
Market Street Methodist Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Church Council
Lois Nonamaker
Fred
Virginia Avenue
Pamela
Malden Drive
Bulganin Sees Geneva Spirit Enduring For Peace
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin urged that the Geneva spirit remains alive and will not be buried and warned against assuming that hydrogen weapons auto exclude war. He advocated possible fruitful future summits and stressed international cooperation as an attainable goal in 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Geneva
Bulganin
Charles E. Shutt
Washington
Telenews Agency
Hearst Metrozone News
Foreign Ministry
Moscow Radio
Telenews
Georgi Malenkov
Malenkov
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Eisenhowers Plan Quiet New Year Observance in 1956
President Eisenhower closes a turbulent 1955 hopeful for health recovery. Mrs. Eisenhower will join him in Key West for a quiet New Year Eve at the naval base. The couple plans a restrained observance as he faces a possible decision on a second term and ongoing Cold War tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Mrs. Eisenhower
Columbine III
John W. Doud
Denver
Howard M. Snyder
Maj
Gen. Snyder
Eisenhowver
Naval Base
Washington
Geneva
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Europe
United States
Churchill Attacks Soviet Arms Race in New Year Message
In a New Year greeting to the Primrose League, Winston Churchill accuses Soviet leaders of provoking an arms race in the Middle East. He condemns communism as foreign domination and persecution, contrasting it with Western freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
Soviet Union
Middle East
Primrose League
Churchill
Lutheran Minister Urges Yes Vote For Convention
Roanoke Dr. Charles J. Smith, president emeritus of Roanoke College, argues a constitutional convention vote on January 9 would mean segregation. He claims separate schools best serve both races and labels yes as for segregation and no as for integration. Virginia Farm Bureau leader H G Blalock also backs the convention to educate the state’s agriculture and industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Charles J. Smith
Roanoke College
Smith
Virginia
Commonwealth
March of Dimes 1956 Drive Opens Tomorrow
D E Leatherman announces the 1956 March of Dimes campaign opens tomorrow. Mayor Clowe proclaims January as March of Dimes Month urging citizens to donate and recognizing Salk vaccine work funded by the charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March of Dimes
D. E. Leatherman
Leatherman
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Clowe
J. Douglas Butler
Shirkey
Sunnyside
Tuck and Almond Attack Justice Dept Tactics
Rep. Tuck and Atty. Gen. Almond denounce a Justice Department official for alleged meddling in Virginia's pre referendum civic process. They accuse federal interference to sway the Jan. 9 vote on school integration and threaten identification of the unnamed official. The DOJ declined to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuck
Almond
Gestapo
Justice Dept
Richmond
Justice Department
Rep
D-Va
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Virginia
Washington
Atty Gen. Brownell
Administration
Department
American Vodka Salesman Plans Trip to Moscow
WEISBADEN Germany William Crawford a 40 year old American liquor salesman said he would leave next month for Moscow to sell American vodka to the Russians He claimed the American product is friendlier than the Russian brand Crawford hopes the trip will boost goodwill for his firm He argued American vodka is grain based while Russian vodka is potato based and that potato eaters are aggressive, likening them to the Irish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weisbaden
Germany
Moscow
William Crawford
French Election Ends Amid Algerian Shooting Controversy
Premier Edgar Faure condemned a gendarme shooting an Algerian prisoner last August calling it contrary to regulations. The government defended itself on bribery claims tied to a New York newsreel cameraman. Faure, speaking near the Swiss border in Dole, pledged action Monday after campaigning ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algeria
National Assembly
Edgar Faure
Faure
Dole
Butler Won't Seek Senate Post in Indiana
National Democratic chairman Paul Butler said he will not seek a Senate seat but did not rule out a gubernatorial run in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Paul Butler
Senate
Indiana
White House denies Eisenhower resignation report
Key West Florida James D Hagerty White House press secretary scoffed at a published claim that President Eisenhower will resign to become a television commentator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla. 1
James D. Hagerty
White House
Eisenhower
Westerner Wins Burlington Liars' Club Top Award for 1955
A Westerner won the Burlington Liars' Club top prize for 1955 with a yarn about a Montana wind blowing away a sack of flour hung on nails outside a sheep herder's trailer. Judges praised the tale as the year’s best among phony stories, with a diamond studded medal as the reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Wis
Burlington
Liars
Montana
Phony Tale Club
Claude T. Yerkes
Box 122
Kalispell
Mont. O
Vernowm Charnetski
Prelate
Saskatchewan
Big Pool
New Year Traffic Toll Falls Short of Christmas Record
The New Year holiday toll rose at a far slower rate than Christmas weekend’s 609 deaths with 30 highway deaths by noon and an overall toll of 34 after three fire deaths. States report several fatalities and authorities mobilized guards, planes and extra police to curb the toll as forecasts warn for a possible 420 deaths by Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ohio
Maryland
California
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Washington
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kentucky
New Jersey
New Hampshire
South Dakota
National Safety Council
Arizona
Antarct ic Base in Kainan Area for Deepfreeze Expedition
Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd selects Kainan Bay as base camp for Operation Deepfreeze. The site, 800 miles from the South Pole, will serve three years and is nicknamed Little America No. 5. Trail parties locate the inland site 6 to 7 miles from shore as Sea Bees plan a Bailey bridge over a crevasse to enable cargo haul.
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Kainan Bay
Antarctic
Little America
Richard E. Byrd
Little America No. 5
Kainan
Bay of Whales
South Pole
McMurdo Sound
Salaries Approved By State Board for Virginia Officials
The State Compensation Board announced 1956 salary and expense allowances totaling 2,619,387 for Virginia treasurers and 2,496,918 for commissioners of the revenue, both up from the previous year. Specific figures list Clarke Frederick Winchester for the revenue and treasurer posts with varying salaries and expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Compensation Board
Virginia
Commissioners of the Revenue
Clarke
Frederick
Winchester
Area Prepares for 1956 New Year Celebrations
As 1955 ends the area plans Watch Night services and dances while authorities warn motorists for a three day holiday. Despite traffic hopefuls, last weekend’s fatalities prompted calls for patrols. two Berryville men were injured in preholiday crashes and property damage surpassed $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Mercury
Winchester
Chest Telethon Falls Short of Fundraising Goal
The Winchester-Frederick Community Chest raised 639.45 over two nights but still trails the 1440.59 needed to meet the goal. An additional 370.14 remains, with last night’s 160.45 added and further pledges via mail and telephone encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester-Frederick
Tony
al Knowles
Chest
Cmmunity Chest
Knowles
Boy Scouts of Troops 1
Gale
Paul Slonaker
Michael Foreman
Tom Singer
Eugene Sine
Winchester Evening Star
WINC
Cecil Herbaugh
Leonard Newcome
Edward Whittle
Warren Ellison
del Sewell
Richard Crisman
Barbour
Inc
Betty Ebersole
Donald Athey
al Zaharchuk
Pat Boyer
Virginia Hockensmith
Betty Cochran
Catherine Brown
Shooting Match at Berryville Pike on January 2 1956
The event lists prizes including hams turkeys and chickens with 12 and 16 gauge guns. It is scheduled for January 2 1956 at 1 00 p m and involves R Cather. The notice appears on page 2 column 5 of the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Cather
Berryville Pike
Virginia Weather Forecast
Fair tonight with a low near 22. Most areas rise to near 28 Sunday afternoon. Mountains expect 10 to 15 tonight and warmer conditions elsewhere.
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Virginia
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Patton
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Couch St
Portland
Ore
Johnson
Texas
C. L. Pennington
Box 403
Sharp Park
Calif
The
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National Board
Winchester Memorial Hospital
George Washington Hotel
Jack Morton
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Moonlighters
Winchester Golf Club
Fred Updike
Clarke County
Blue Ridge Hunt
Johnston
Hugh Martin Baker
Boom Road
Old Rt. 50
Boyce
Memorial Hospital
James Kincaid
Baker
Winchester Armory
Winchester Jcc
Royal Jewelers
Miller’s Drug Store
Willow Lawn Farm Market Valley Avenue
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