Md. Man Killed Two Hurt In Clarke County Crash
Romano Whipp 59 of Brunswick Md died when a 1949 Chevrolet driven by John Lewis 25 of Brunswick left Rt 340 north of Berryville. Passenger Jim Hoppengardner 34 suffered scalp wounds, hip and knee injuries. Lewis had chest and shoulder injuries. all were treated at local hospitals. The wreck occurred after the car hit fallen wires and the driver ejected. It was Clarke County’s first fatality of the year with another fatality noted earlier in Frederick.
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Berryville
Romano Whipp
Brunswick
Here
John D. Lewis
Lewis
Memorial Hospital
Jim Hoppengardner
M. H. Moore
Whipp
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hoppengardner
Moore
Clarke County
Frederick
Jerry Wayne Tabor
Rt. 4
Rt. 5
Merriman
Shenandoah Knitting Mills to Close Permanently
Shenandoah Knitting Mills will close permanently at week end, manager L. Randall Glover said. The mill, a Chadburn Gotham Inc. division, employs 250 workers and opened in 1938 before a 1943 purchase by a North Carolina textile firm.
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Shenandoah
Shenandoah Knitting Mills
L. Randall Glover
Chadburn Gotham Inc
Charlotte
N.C
Glover
Marlats Oye
North Carolina
Winchester apple picker featured on CBS morning show
Obe Down Crier Winchester and apples gained a nationwide plug on CBS this morning. Jack Linkletter interviewed an orange picker from Orlando about picking apples in Winchester during harvest. Cub Scouts Den 3 Pack 1 visited the Post Office to learn mail flow and sorting. The Mercury rose to 60 degrees with showers likely tonight and tomorrow and windy conditions anticipated.
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Winchester
CBS
Jack Linkletter
Art Linkletter
Orlando
Fla
Mr. Linkletter
Den 3
Les Carper
Post Office
Joseph Haines
Two Arrested in Connection With Area Felonies
Front Royal Police arrest a 17 year old juvenile and Elmer Jack Smith 44 of Page County for a total of 18 felonies in the Valley. The youth faces forgery and breaking and entering charges with no bond set. Smith faces six counts of breaking and entering forgery charges and will face charges in Page and Loudoun counties.
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Front Royal
Page County
Maryland
Frederick County
Loudoun County
C. A. Menefee
Warren
Elmer Jack Smith
Shenandoah
Menefee
Page
Smith
Menfee
Stevenson Begins Two Month Latin America Tour
Adlai E Stevenson leaves Chicago on a two month tour of Latin America aimed at learning and returning as a better citizen of the hemisphere. He notes some Latin nations have suffered from dictatorship and corruption and plans to visit Mexico City and eleven Central and South American countries via Guatemala and Panama.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Latin America
Renegal
Mexico City
Guatemala
Panama
Eisenhower to Visit Cape Canaveral for Base Inspection
President Eisenhower will fly to Cape Canaveral Florida on Wednesday for a three to four hour inspection of the missile launching base. He will not witness missile firings and plans to return to Washington the same day by jet. He then proceeds to Gettysburg for dinner with his wife and may meet newsmen later in the week.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Cape Canaveral
Fla
White House
James C. Hagerty
Gettysburg
Andrews Air Force Base
Hagerty
Irregularities Hinted in Road Program In House Probe
Washington AP reports hints of broad irregularities as a House Public Works subcommittee begins an inquiry into the interstate highway system. Rep. Jim Wright warns facts may outpace payola era scandals, noting costs rising from 500 thousand to over one million dollars per mile. The program, started in 1956, crosses 41 000 miles with first phase targeting defense inadequacies and a projected 40 billion dollar price tag.
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Washington
House
House Public Works
Defense
Public Roads
Jim Wright
D-Tex
Wright
Congress
Eisenhower Challenges Congress On Farm Price Policy
President Eisenhower urged a constructive approach from a Democratic-controlled Congress to solve the wheat surplus and price support issues. He outlined three guardrails for any plan and offered willing support for proposals that reduce production controls or shift to parity based supports while avoiding direct subsidies and harmful countermeasures. He proposed a soil bank expansion, food for peace push, a renewed farm markets program, and greater rural development while noting sugar policy extension to sunset.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Richard M. Nixo
Soil Bank
Food For Peace
Rule Change at Hospital Said Well Received
Winchester Memorial Hospital adopted visiting regulations to limit visitors to one per patient, the rule effective Feb 1. Administrator Homer E Alberti cited surveys showing public support and noted that restricting visits aids patient welfare and recovery while reducing fatigue for patients and staff.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Homer E. Alberti
Alberti
Khrushchev Presses Berlin Demands at Italian Reception
Soviet Premier Khrushchev used a Moscow reception with Italian leaders to press for a German treaty and to warn that without quick action the Berlin situation could lead to war. Italian officials and Gronchi countered, stressing no new terms were agreed.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Khrushchev
Klementi Voroshilov
Giovanni Gronchi
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Konrad
Adenauer
Guiseppe Pella
Germany
Herter Eyes Tougher Soviet Policy Ahead of Berlin Talks
Secretary of State Christian Herter signaled a firmer U S stance toward the Soviet Union over Berlin while doubting an immediate ultimatum at the Paris summit in May He urged continued talks and hinted at a possible second conference He outlined U S positions on the Geneva test ban and the need to bring other nations including Red China into any agreement He also noted Castro regime changes and Bonsal’s return to Havana.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Soviet Union
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Hea 1
Khrushchev
United States
Herter
Camp David
West
Britain
Red
Storm Slams Across Northern California and West
A series of powerful storms lashed Northern California killing at least three people and displacing about 1 000 residents. The Eel River Canyon area suffered severe flooding with six to seven feet of water and widespread damage. Snow and high winds impacted the Sierra Nevada and western states from Idaho to Wyoming, with arctic cold driving record lows in North Dakota and Minnesota.
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San Francisco
California
Sierra Nevada
Squaw Valley
Here
Eel River Canyon
Eureka
Hailey
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Wyoming
Dakota
Great Lakes
Appalachians
North Dakota
North Dakota-Minnesota
Bill on Evicting the Dead from Graves Is Killed
The Georgia House Welfare Committee killed a bill that would allow eviction of the dead from cemetery graves for nonpayment on lot purchases. The vote ends the measure and leaves cemetery property protections intact.
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Atlanta, Ga
Georgia House
Move to Save Measure With Changes Fails
The Alabama administration's 3 percent sales tax bill failed in the Senate Finance Committee by 11 to 8, killing hopes to salvage it with amendments. An alternative 2 percent bill remained alive in the House, while a House subcommittee proposed a one percent income tax boost plus liquor and beer levies to raise about 84 million dollars over two years.
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Almond
Senate Finance Committee
House Finance Committee
Senate Committee
E. 0. McCue
Charlottesville
Harry C. Stuart
E. E. Willey
Senate
House Appropriations
Coon
Magoud
Hala
St. Floyd Landreth
Galax
H. F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester
McCue
Garden
Mosby
Lynchburg
Ost Mecken Jr
Norfolk
Thomas H. Blanton
Bowling Green
Charles R. Fenwick
Arlington
M. M
St. Paul
Robert F. Baldwin Jr
Stuart
Perrow
Assembly
House Appropriations Committee
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