Britain drops push for U N cease fire in Formosa Strait
London notes immediate cease-fire chances fading after China rejects U N talks. Nehru and Commonwealth premiers pursue alternate paths including unwritten cease-fire, Colombo mediation, or a new international conference outside the U N to avert a wider Far East war.
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London
United Nations
Formosa Strait
British Commonwealth
Far East
Red China
U. N
Churchill
U.N
India
Nehru
Commonwealth
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Colombo
Indonesia
Burma
Ceylon
Pakistan
U Nu
United States
Britain
Russia
Chinas
Formosa Strai
Quemoy
Matsu
Tachens
Middletown Fire Company approves traffic rule change
The Middletown Fire Company in its February meeting approved a resolution from the Frederick County Volunteer Firemen's Association on controlling cars following fire trucks in Frederick County. Plans for a fire school opening February 10 were finalized with 21 members enrolled. The large truck will be out of service for a week with Stevens City covering during this period. Other items included yard party logs readiness and a Turkey Supper event for February 5 at Middletown Fire Hall.
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Middletown Fire Company
Frederick County
Central storm dumps heavy snow across plains and Midwest
A major winter storm blanketed the central nation with heavy snow from Iowa to the Rockies and north into the Dakotas. Some areas recorded 9 to 14 inches with drifting up to four feet near Fort Riley. Omaha schools closed and buses delayed. Temperatures stayed cold from Michigan to New England while eastern cities saw slight warming.
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The
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Iowa
Rockies
Texas Panhandle
Dakotas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Atlantic Coast
Pellston
Mich
Oakland
Plains
Nebraska
Fort Riley
Omaha
Neb
North Platte
Winchester man on trial for Christmas Night death
A jury of eleven men and one woman begins deliberations in the Allen Leroy Shirley manslaughter case in Winchester Court. Shirley, 19, of Stephenson, is charged with driving the car that struck and killed Charles Lennie Cook, 46, on Berryville Avenue Christmas night 1954.
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Winchester Corporation
Allen Leroy Shirley
Stephenson
The
Commonwealth
Elliott Marshall
Dabney W. Watts
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Charles Lennie Cook
Winchester
Berryville Ave
Richmond Virginia Five Day Weather Outlook
Extended outlook for Virginia from February 5 to February 9 shows temperatures averaging 3 to 5 degrees below normal with a cold start and rising later. Total precipitation expected about one third of an inch with rain or snow likely Sunday and again Wednesday.
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Richmond
Virginia
Eden warns Red China risk of force endangering world peace
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said any forceful move by the People's Republic of China to seize offshore islands such as Quemoy and the Tachen and Matsu chains would threaten peace and security. He noted no sovereign claim by either side and described Formosa status as unresolved, with US protection of Chiang Kai-shek’s base pending a permanent settlement.
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London
Anthony Eden
Red China
Quemoy
Tachen
Matsu
Eden
Defense
Emanuel Shinwell
Laborite
People’s Republic of China
Churchill
Chiang Kaishek
U. S
Formosa
Pescadores Group
Pescadores
Chiang Kai-shek
Britain
Chiang
United States
China
Peiping
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Mansfield
Dmont
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Sen. Bridges
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Munich
Senate
U.N
Smith
Mendes-France Premier faces decisive confidence vote in Assembly
Paris reports Pierre Mendes-France's brief tenure as French premier threatened by a pivotal confidence vote over his North African policy. Defection within the Radical Socialist party and a split with former Premier Rene Mayer jeopardize his government as Tunisian home rule and Algeria's role loom large amid fear for further crisis.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes- France
National Assembly
Mendes-France
Socialist
Mendes- France
Algeria
Morocco
France
West Germany
Rene Mayer
Mayer
Front Royal Pike
Lucky Inn
McIlwee & Holiday
Government Says Lattimore Ruling To Be Appealed
The government will appeal Judge Luther Youngdahl's ruling that tossed the new perjury indictment against Owen Lattimore. U S District Attorney Leo A Rover announced the plan before Judge Bolitha Laws urging a trial date be delayed. Five perjury charges from 1952 remain active as the case moves toward appellate review.
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Lattimore
Washington
Luther W. Youngdahl
Owen Lattimore
U.S. Court of Appeals
U. S
Leo A. Rover
Senate
Youngdah
Rover
Bolitha J. Laws
US. District Court
Court of Appeals
Arnold
Final Beauty Jamboree photos from Round Hill event
Better Farming Magazine photographed final sessions of a three day Beauty and Fashion Jamboree at Round Hill Community Center. Seven prize winners were named including Miriam Shepherd and Margaret Brown with substitutes recognized among 46 county participants.
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Better Farming Magazine
Round Hill Community Center
Miriam Shepherd
Route 3
Sam Ambrose
Berkeley Springs
Margaret Brown
Berryville
W. D. Huffman
Middletown
Nell Carter
Stephens City
Phyllis Turner
Route 2
United Nations diplomats seek new Formosa peace path
U N diplomats debate next steps as China boycotts cease-fire talks. Three options emerge: press Chou En-lai to send a rep, debate Formosa without the Communists, or convene a Geneva-like outside conference._near-term council action expected despite Chou’s stance.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N
Formosa Strait
Red China
Security Council
Chou En-lai
Geneva
China
Chou
Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
Washington
George D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Foreign Relations
Far Eastern
State Department
Smith Calls Red China Bluffing On UN Seat Talks
Senator H Alexander Smith says Communist China is bluffing by demanding a seat on the Security Council to discuss a Formosa cease fire. State Department officials call the reply a further flouting of the United Nations while urging continued steps. Senators debate whether the move is genuine negotiation or bargaining pressure.
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United Nations
United States
Security Council
Council
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
China
U. S
New Zealand
Chou
Nehru
Washington
H. Alexander Smith
United Nations Security Council
Formosa
Smith
Senate Foreign Relations
Chou En-lai
Henry Suydam
State Department
All State Band Rehearsals Under Way in Virginia
About 170 students from 38 Northern Virginia schools rehearse at Handley High School for the All State Band event. The three day program ends Sunday with a 3 p.m. concert. Guest conductors include Herbert W. Fred and Russell Williams guiding 100 concert band and 70 workshop members.
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Virginia
Handley High School
Gaylen Strance
Handley
Charlottesville
Herbert W. Fred
University of North Carolina
Russell Williams
Granby
Norfolk
Handey High School
James Wood High School
Clarke County High School
Quarles
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester Schools
Northern Virginia
Chiang Considers U S Request to Withdraw Tachens
Chiang Kai-shek reportedly weighs a U S request to evacuate 30 000 troops and civilians from the Tachens 200 miles north of Formosa amid U S pressure and stalled assurances over Quemoy and Matsu. US 7th Fleet stands ready to assist evacuation as talks continue.
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Taipeh Formosa
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
U.S
Tachen Islands
Formosa
Chiang
U. S
Karl L. Rankin
U.N
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Forrest Edwards
United States
Quemoy
Matsu
Polio Fund Campaign Winding Up Activities
H Armstead Lowry campaign chairman reports $9 630 13 raised toward Winchester and Frederick County quota with $5 369 87 still needed. He urges unreported contributions be turned in by week end and stresses cleaning up business and industry contacts. A full report will follow after all contributions are in. The DAV offers support as the USAF Band contributes to fund raising.
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H. Armstead Lowry
Winchester
Frederick County
Lowry
Local Fire Company Meetings and Memorial Service
SARAH ZANE FIRE CO invites members to a Friday February 4 service at 8 pm with refreshments. ROUSS FIRE CO holds its regular meeting Friday January 4 1955 at 8 pm with member attendance urged. SOUTH END FIRE CO announces a 8 pm February 7 meeting with refreshments and door prize. Members urged to attend memorial service march to Market Street Church.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
Loryn M. Crabill
Rouss Fire CO
South End Fire CO
Kenneth W. Curl
Rouss Fire Company
Market Street
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