Clearing Skies Light Hope Flooded Southwest Virginia
Flooded southwest Virginia residents face massive rebuilding as two drownings loom and damage totals rise. federal civil defense teams set Norton HQ and a disaster area to speed relief while Red Cross officials meet. Highway crews flood damage exceeds millions as clinics reopen and water systems are restored.
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Norton
Wise County
Eisenhower
Wise
Alfred M. Gruenther
American Red Cross
Bristol
National Red Cross
Kentucky
West Virginia
Joseph Wyse
Civil Defense
Levisa
Grundy
Buchanan County
Wyse
Branley
State Health Department
Labor Department
State Welfare Department
Mundt praises Wilson despite his controversial remarks
Senate Republican Mundt defends Defense Secretary Wilson as doing a good job and urges judgment on performance rather than his earlier remarks about a National Guard training system. Wilson said some Guard enlistment cases were easier than active service, while noting Guard units contributed greatly in Korea. Eisenhower had labeled the comment unwise.
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Eisenhower
Plane crash near Byrd Field injures Dr Flood
Dr Louis Carl Flood chief medical officer at the federal reformatory in Petersburg escaped injury when his light plane crashed and burned about one mile from Byrd Field. South End Fire Co. holds regular meeting Monday Feb 4 at 6 30 p m with supper by the ladies auxiliary and the regular meeting at 8 p m. John A Boyd president.
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Richmond
Louis Carl Flood
Federal Reformatory
Petersburg
Byrd Field
South End Fire CO
John A. Boyd
Eisenhower Travels With Wilson on Georgia Flight
President Eisenhower flies to Augusta Georgia with Secretary Wilson and Mrs Wilson for two days of golf and rest. The group plans a Miami stopover as Wilson begins a two week vacation with a return to Washington around February 16.
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President
Georgia
Washington
Eisenhower
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Wilson
Miami
Fila
Augusta
Florida
Jubilee drives Stephens City Fire Fund for 575 dollars
The Stephens City Fire Company raised 575 dollars for its building fund during the Jubilee at James Wood School. Oliver Philip Orndorff Jr and Cynthia Ann Orndorff won Baby Contest King and Queen titles among 66 entrants. other winners included Randall and Sherrill Ritenour, Linda Welsh, and Stephen Chadwell. ROUSS Memorial Service details and local ads follow.
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Stephens City
James Wood School
Oliver Philip Orndorff
Cynthia Ann Orndorff
Orndorff
Prince
Randall
Sherrill Ritenour
Ralph Ritenour
Linda Welsh
Bill Welsh
Duchess
Stephen Chadwellson
Aubrey Chadwell
Duke Rouss
Reuss Fire Co
Congregational Christian Church
John J. Hawse
UN Special Session Presses Plan to Withdraw Israeli Troops
The United Nations General Assembly moved to a special weekend session to urge immediate Israeli withdrawal behind the 1949 armistice line and to deploy UNEF observers along the demarcation. Israel and Egypt must both agree for any action, while Canada objected to vaguer instructions. A clash between Israeli forces and Swedish UNEF troops was reported with no casualties.
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U. N. General Assembly
Egypt
Middle East
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Dag Hammarskjold
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Sharm el Sheikh
Gaza Strip
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India
Brazil
Colombia
Indonesia
Norway
Yugoslavia
Canada
U.N
Conant Declares Nazism Dead and Buried in Germany
In Bonn U.S. Ambassador James B. Conant says militarism there has nil chances of resurgence and Nazism is dead and buried. He notes full employment and a stable currency will keep Germany’s politics as a normal democracy. Conant to leave February 19. Eisenhower picks David K Bruce as new ambassador.
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Germany
U. S
James B. Conant
Conant
Washington
Eisenhower
David K Bruce
Truman
U.S
Richmond teen wins Keep Virginia Green poster contest
Marian B Moeseinger, 17, a student at Jefferson High School, wins this year’s Keep Virginia Green forestry poster contest. She earns a $100 prize and her poster will be printed on about 500,000 book covers for the program.
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Richmond
Marian B Moeseinger
Highwinds
Schwiite Jeffferson
Virginia Green
Shirkey's
Sunnyside
Southern Tire Service
S. Braddock
AFL-CIO Pushes 65 Percent Unemployment Benefit Plan
The AFL-CIO Executive Council urged Congress to require states to set unemployment benefits at at least 65 percent of past earnings, up from about 30 percent, with a maximum near two thirds of average weekly pay. The proposal would extend state payout to 39 weeks and aligns with union negotiated plans in auto and steel industries led by Walter Reuther.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Congress
Walter Reuther
Auto Workers Union
Rain or Snow Forecast for Tomorrow in the State
The weatherman predicts rain or snow tomorrow with a shift to rain later. Increasing clouds bring a low around 25 to 30 degrees tonight. Precipitation starts in the southwest and spreads east and north tomorrow. today's high was 43 with a 33 low. Previous year’s high also 43 but low 27.
Twining says B36s will be junked as B52s replace
Gen Nathan F. Twining told the House Armed Services Committee the Air Force will scrap its B36 heavy bombers as jet B52s come in. He cited no economical conversion plan for the B36 and noted maintenance costs. He praised the B52 as far superior to the piston-driven giant.
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Washington
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
House
Armed Services Committee
Twining
King Saud extends stay in Washington for talks with U S officials
King Saud of Saudi Arabia plans to remain in Washington for further discussions with U S leaders on Middle East issues. Officials report warm, cordial talks and a dinner with President Eisenhower. Dulles notes progress on issues including military and economic aid and renewal of the Dhahran base agreement.
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Saudi Arabia
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Laud
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White House
Dulles
Middle East
Reserve Officers Assn
Egypt
Syria
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Dhahran
Soviet Union
Wilson
World Bank
Union Reports New O Sullivan Counter Proposal
A Rubber Workers union spokesman said a counter proposal was submitted by O Sullivan Rubber Corporation during strike talks yesterday. No details were released by either side. A further negotiating session was tentatively scheduled for next Wednesday at 11 am. Local 511 held a membership meeting with Magne Repaul speaking on the boycott campaign progress. The company declined to comment.
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Rubber Workers Union
O'Sullivan Rubber Corporation
Local 511
Magne Repaul
URW O'Sullivan
FBI Joins in Probe Of Airliner Crash
Seven American airplanes crashed in three days killing 40 and injuring more than 150. Crashes occurred in St Lo France Gloucester Mass Mountain View Calif Van Nuys Calif and New York. An American Airlines jet near Tulsa and the Grand Canyon collision in June 1956 are noted.
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St. Lo
France
New York
Northeast Airlines
Rikers Island
Gloucester
Mass
Mountain View
Calif
San Francisco
van Nuys
American Airlines
Tulsa Okla
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Dr William Way Joins Dr Damron In Pediatric Practice
Dr William G Way son of Mr and Mrs Fred H Way of 317 Kerr St will join Dr Joseph M Damron in pediatrics with offices at 202 N Washington St He is a Winchester native a 1943 Handley High School graduate and WWII Army medical corpsman He earned his M D from the Medical College of Virginia in 1953 and completed pediatric residencies at Philadelphia General Hospital and the Medical College of Richmond He resides at 322 W Cecil St with his wife Frances Tillar and their daughter.
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Fred H .Way
Kerr St
Joseph M. Damron
Washington St
Winchester
Handley H. S
U. S. Army
Pacific
University of Richmond
Medical College of Virginia
Wey
Philadelphia General Hospital
Medical College of Richmond
Pi Kappa Alpha
Medical College
Phi Beta Pi
Alpha Omega Alpha
Way
Virginia
Memorial Hospital
Frances Tillar
Emporia
Virginia Avenue
W. Cecil St
Five Charged in Junk Thefts from Brick Plant
Five men, two from Winchester and three from Frederick County, were arrested for a series of petty larcenies of junk material from Shenandoah Brick and Tile Corporation. Edward Linaburg Roy Andorff Edgar Long Gilbert Roach and Truman Wallace face charges linked to thefts starting around January 1. Long is bonded out. others jailed with bonds set at 500 each. A Monday court hearing is scheduled in Frederick County.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Shenandoah Brick & Tile Corporation
Robert L. DeHaven
Edward Linaburg
Roy Orndorff
Edgar Long
Mt. Williams
Gilbert Junior Roach
Truman Wallace
Sheriffs Office
Long
Frederick
Dance and Shooting Night Highlights at Local Halls
A notice advertises a February 2 dance at Legion Home featuring Robbie Daniels Trio from 10 00 to 1 30 with admission 150 per couple. It also promotes a shooting match tonight at Mt Williams Benefit Round Hill Fire Company offering 12 and 16 gauge shotguns as prizes along with turkeys.
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Legion Home
Robbie Daniels
Mt. Williams
Round Hill Fire Company
Northwest Airliner Pilot Involved In Third Crash
Capt. Alva V. Marsh 49, veteran Northwest pilot, was at the controls of a Convair that crashed last night on Rikers Island killing 20. He had previously survived two prior crashes in 1952 and 1953, one near LaGuardia with fog and radar aid, another gear failure at LaGuardia.
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New York
Alva V. Marsh
Rikers Island
East River
Marsh
LaGuardia Field
Boston
Convair
City
Northeast Airlines
Miami
Flying Tiger Line
Tragic Northeast DC6A Crash Kills 20 Near La Guardia
A Northeast Airlines DC6A carrying 102 aboard crashed after takeoff from La Guardia in a snowstorm, killing 20 and injuring 64. Rescue work focused on Rikers Island where the jet went down, while FBI and six agencies opened investigations into the cause.
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New York
FBI
Miami
la Guardia
Rikers Island
Queens
Bronx
City Penitentiary
Bellevue Hospital
Manhattan
J. Edgar Hoover
Ex Field Marshal Paulus Dies at 66 in East Germany
Former German commander Friedrich Paulus who led the 6th Army at Stalingrad died of a stroke at 66 in Communist East Germany. His son Ernest Alexander announced the death, noting cerebral apoplexy. Paulus survived Stalingrad and later lived in Dresden after returning from captivity.
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West Germany
Friedrich Paulus
Stalingrad
East Germany
Paulus
Ernest Alexander
Rhineland
Hitler
Dresden
Siberian
Hitter
Puehrer
Weather Focus Virginia Increasing clouds and mixed precip
Increasing cloudiness tonight with lows 25 to 30 in the west and north and 30 to 35 in the southeast. A chance of rain or snow is noted in the extreme southwest with rain likely tonight. Sunday will be cloudy with some rain or snow changing to rain in the southwest and spreading east and north.
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