Melford Morris Succumbs at 29
Word reached here of the death yesterday in George town University Hospital of Mel ford C. Morris 29 of 512 Monticello Drive Falls Church. Survivors include his wife Betty Lou Morris three children Giorm Jean Barbara Jane and Michael Allen all at home his father Prentiss M. Morris of Baltimore and his mother Mrs Katie Baker of Newport News. A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 1 30 p m at the Pearson Funeral Home in Falls Church. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
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Georgetown University Hospital
Melford
C. Morris
Monticello Drive
Falls Church
Betty Lou Morris
Giorm Jean
Barbara Jane
Michael Allen
Prentiss M. Morris
Baltimore
Katie Baker
Newport News
Pearson Funeral Home
Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Congregational Christian Church Holds First Quarterly Conference
The Congregational Christian Church will hold its first quarterly conference Wednesday night at 7 30 at the church. All church members are asked to attend.
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Congregational Christian Church
Answers to the Page One Quiz
The page lists quiz answers with items such as a fabled monster with a horse head, stud books, the U S vice president, California and Nevada, Amazon, and Browning.
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U. S
California
Nevada
Amazon
Browning
Seles Directory Auction Near Reynolds Store Virginia
Seles Directory lists a sale Saturday January 12 at 11 a.m. in front of Frederick County Court House Winchester Virginia. Trustee W E Edwards offers an approximately 5 acre farm near Reynolds Store. Auctioneer is Charles R Duvall.
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W. E. Edwards
Frederick County Court House
Winchester
Reynolds
Charles R. Duvall
Anderson service set for Thursday at Braddock St Church
Mr. Lester H. Anderson Sr. is to be honored with a service Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at Braddock Street Methodist Church. Family will receive friends following the service.
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Lester H. Anderson, Sr
Braddock St. Methodist Church
Snow Storm Hits New England and Great Lakes Area
The Associated Press reports heavy snow blanketing New England and parts of the Great Lakes with Buffalo reporting 10 inches and Michigan towns up to 22 inches. Much of the Middle and North Atlantic states were forecast to receive snow as a front moves south and temperatures shift with mild warmth returning to the southeast.
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Associated Press
New England
North Atlantic
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
United States
Weather Bureau
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Canada
Pennsylvania
New York
Upper Michigan
New York State
Buffalo
N. Y
Houghton
Mich
Grand Marais
Sukarno Declares State of War in South Sumatra
President Sukarno tonight proclaimed a state of war and siege over South Sumatra amid unrest over Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo's government. The move, prompted by a bloodless coup by Col Maludin Simbolon, restricts territorial waters and shipping and follows a similar emergency in North Sumatra.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
South Sumatra
Ali Sastroamidjojo
North
Sumatra
Maludin Simbolom
South
Virginia Victims and Accidents Highlight Weekend Report
The report details multiple fatalities and injuries from incidents in Virginia. A 41 year old man and an 82 year old Petersburg woman died in separate fires and a Chesterfield County man drowned after going missing. A railroad brakeman from Norfolk died when a box car derailed and struck a building.
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White Stone
State Rt
Petersburg
Nannie Johnson
Prosch
Damage Repaired Liner to Leave Wednesday for N Y
The luxury liner Liberte, forced back to Le Havre by storm damage, will depart for New York on Wednesday after repairs to the fore part of the ship. No serious hull damage found. Three injured including a stewardess with a broken leg.
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LE Havre
France
Liberte
New York
City to collect holiday pickups during January week
Locally two men were hospitalized after weekend traffic crashes. Delbert McKee, 51, of Rt. 1, suffered a knee and face laceration and had a thumb amputated after a non collision mishap on U S 522 near Macedonia Church at 8 p m Saturday. Elwood Rogers, 32, of Bloomery Star Rd, suffered a fractured right arm and facial injuries in a non collision mishap on Fairmont Ave at 7 40 p m last night, the car demolished and a power pole broken.
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Delbert Jerome McKee
Rt. 1
U. S. Rt
McKee
Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
Elwood Clarke Rogers
Bloomery Star Rt
Fairmont Ave
Strasburg
Boscawen
Amherst Sts
R. A. Pennington
Harry Miller
Richard Ambrose Townes
Townes
Boscawen St
Piccadilly St
Indian Alley
Fred Hildebrand
Winchester Police Force
James Willard Dollar
Smithfield Ave
Winchester
Winchester Golf Club
G. T. Griffith, Jr
Fawcett
Roberts
Kenneth Elliott
Kent St
Russell Harris
West Alley
Court Defends School Decrees Against Segregation Claims
In Charlottesville and Arlington, the court rejects accusations of improper state action for desegregation, ruling decrees simply bar race based discrimination and do not compel officials beyond legal powers. It affirms exhaustion of remedies since the pupil placement board not yet effective and five family heads’ petition process remained unsatisfied.
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United States
Supreme Court
Charlottesville
Arlington
Appeals Court
General Assembly
Paul
Albert V. Bryan
Virginia
Postwar 1956 Records in Business Failures
Dun Bradstreet counts 10,705 failures in the first ten months of 1956, liabilities 30 percent higher than 1955. Factoring prosperity and rising costs, young firms and retailers dominate failures as population shifts and inflation strain capital. The yearly average nears 1,070 monthly, with August 1956 showing 52 per 10,000 enterprises failing.
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Dun & Bradstreet
Feeling of Guilt Behind Most New Year's Resolutions
Dallas a psychologist from Southern Methodist University says guilt drives most resolutions. He notes that most people fail to keep them and views resolutions as a character index reflecting values. Common aims include quitting tobacco or alcohol and improving finances or relationships.
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Dallas
Harold M. Chapman
Southern Methodist University
Pifer's New Site Prepares to House Expanded Storefront
Pifer's Stationary Store plans a April 1 move to the northeast corner of Boscawen and Braddock Streets. Remodeling since October 4 1938 aims to expand lines in personal and office stationary, gifts, wrappings, and a welding library with modern open displays. The upstairs will hold two apartments while the rest becomes storage for future shopping growth. The building, owned by the C P MacVicar estate, has housed various businesses including Capitol Restaurant run by Gus Kaknis which may reopen at another location.
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Pifer’s Stationary
Boscawen and Braddock Sis
A .Elding
J. W Miller
Henry Crum
Miller
Thomas Sprint
Ashby Sprint
Braddock St
C. P. MacVicar
Mr. Kaknis
Inexperience Drives Majority of Business Failures 1932
Dun's Review notes 91 percent of mortalities stem from inexperience in selling or financing, including poor location and weak competition. Despite rising failures, the number of active businesses remains similar. birth and death rates in business trend toward balance year by year.
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Dun
Atomic Energy Commission Marks 10th Anniversary
Washington report notes the AEC’s ten years as a major government agency with nearly seven billion dollars in capital investment. It cites expansion of the nuclear arsenal, development of small fission weapons, atomic artillery, and missile warheads, plus progress in naval reactor programs and civilian power research. The United States leads uranium production with over 1,000 mines in operation.
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Washington (P
Atomic Energy Commission
Tac Aec
AEC
United States
Mrs Mugler to Speak at Women's Civic League Meeting
Mrs Helen Smith Mugler educational director of the State Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals in Richmond will be guest speaker at the January meeting of the Women's Civic League. The luncheon is 12 30 p m at the George Washington Hotel with the talk open to the public at 1 p m.
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Helen Smith Mugler
State Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals
Richmond
Women's Civic League
George Washington Hotel
Muegler
Northwestern Guidance Center
Mugler
Red Cross
Community Chest
Mental Health
Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals
State Board of Adult Education
Mental Health Magazine
Virginia
Mark McHale
Allen Koman
H. E. Alberti
Robert Walsh
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Ili Clarke
Clarke
Melford Morris
Christian Conference
Seles Directory
Ee Snellings, Florist
N. Braddock St
Brumback
Middle
North Atlantic States
Barr's, Inc
N.Y
Rogers
J. C. Ritter
Northern Virginia Power Co
Elton W. Grenfell
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Pacific Fleet
Mae West
Connie I. Renner
Pifer
C P. McVicar Estate
Pifer’s
Jerusalem
H. C. Christianson
E. Piccadilly St
Perry Engineering CO
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Glaize & Brother
Wes
Loudoun Street
Supe ST Sa
Carper
Emily
Tue Gee
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