Ike Returns to Washington to Tackle Israeli Issue
President Eisenhower flies from a Georgia plantation to Washington to address the Israeli dispute. He will confer with Secretary of State Dulles and congressional leaders on the Mideast stalemate and possible next moves, with White House officials offering few details.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Washington
South Georgia
White House
Treasury
Humphrey
Spence Airfield
Moul
Otrie
State Dulles
Mideast
Middle East
Dulles
James C. Hagerty
Communists Announce Armed Workers Guard in Hungary
Budapest reports the Hungarian communist government forming an armed workers guard to defend socialism, deter strikes, and support production. The size remains undisclosed and the measure follows arrests of anti-communists in Budapest and other regions.
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Budapest
Hungary
Nepakarat
Czechoslovakia
Workers’ Guard
Former Suffolk Councilman Barnett Sr. Dies at Local Hospital
Former Suffolk city councilman David Frank Barnett Sr died last night after a four week illness. He served on the council and was a longtime local figure. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by the family.
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Suffolk
David Frank Barnett Sr
Suffolk City
Guard training delay eyed in six month plan
National Guard leaders pressed for a one year postponement of six months active duty for recruits. If kept, only those 18 and a half and older would face six months, while younger enlistees would do 11 weeks with option for more. A split three month segment plan was dismissed as hard to recruit.
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Washington
National Guard
House Armed Services
Overton Brooks
D-La
Army
Guard
Ellard A. Walsh
National Guard Assn
Maxwell F. Rich
Utah
Department of Defense
U. S. Army Reserve
Department
Rich
Ricn
Fire destroys Falwell's Market near Lynchburg
A blaze three miles east of Lynchburg destroyed Falwell's Market early today causing about 50 000 in damages. Owner Herbert B Falwell Jr said the building and equipment were worth over 40 000 with 8 000 to 10 000 in merchandise. Firemen lacked water supply as the roof collapsed after 20 minutes and shells exploded sending flames into the air. The safe containing receipts was not found.
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Lynchburg
Falwell
Here
Herbert B. Falwell Jr
Vessels From Accident Victims Aid Ill Patients
Philadelphia surgeons the Heart Association and the city morgue launch a campaign to reclaim healthy aortas and leg arteries from accidental death victims for grafts to treat seriously ill patients. They seek donors under 40 women and under 35 men due to vessel resilience, relying on families’ cooperation amid grief.
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Philadelphia
Heart Association
Heart Assa
Pennsylvania
Joseph W. Spelman
Orville Horwitz
University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Horwitz
Dr. Spelman
Eden Suffers Fever on Sea Voyage to New Zealand
The Press Association reports former Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden has two fever attacks during his sea voyage to New Zealand. Plans arrange medical care upon arrival in Auckland on February 21. U C T members note Handley Council No 634 and a membership drive dinner at 6:30 p.m. February 20 at Lee Jackson Restaurant.
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London
Press Assn
Anthony Eden
New Zealand
Anthony
Auckland
Handley Council
Lee Jackson Restaurant
J. R. Brandon
Sect
Regular monthly meeting of Stephens City Fire Co
Notice of a regular monthly meeting of the Stephens City Fire Company scheduled for Tuesday night at 7 30 p m. Refreshments to be served. Signed by James L Bowman president. (pp 2-15-31)
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Stephens City Fire Co
James L, Bowman
Americans Press U.N. Efforts to Find Mideast Solution
U S representatives at the United Nations urge rapid progress toward ending the Middle East deadlock as the Assembly debate on sanctions against Israel is postponed. Israel’s Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba disputes fuel U N concerns while U S and Asian African bloc positions evolve under congressional and executive scrutiny.
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U. N
Israel
Hagerty
U.N
Mideast
General Assembly
U.S
Middle East
U. S
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf
Dulles
United States
Fisenhower
Sen
Knowland
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Four Children Burned to Death in Ohio Farmhouse Fire
Salem Ohio reports a lethal blaze at a large Guilford Lake area farmhouse near Kuyper's Landing. Martha Anderson-Dencil and wife had four children aged 12, 5, 3, and 1 trapped as the 13 room, 865 year old structure burned.
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Salem
Ohio
Kuyper's Landing
Guilford Lake
Here
Dencil Anderson
Martha
Edward
Cathy
Alain
13-Player Deal Sends Shantz and Ditmar to Yankees
Kansas City Athletics ship pitchers Bobby Shantz and Art Ditmar to the New York Yankees in a 13 player deal. Also sent were Cletus Boyer Wayne Belardi Jack Mamahan and a player to be named later. KC received Tom Morgan Mickey McDermott Rip Coleman Billy Hunter Milt Graff Irv Noren and a young player to be named.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Athletics
Bobby Shantz
Art Ditmar
New York Yankees Today
A’s
Cletus Boyer
Wayne Belardi
Jack Mamahan
Tom Morgan
Mickey McDermott
Rip Coleman
Billy Hunter
Milt Graff
Irv Noren
Congressmen Face Test On Spending Curbs At House Vote
Washington action centers on a House Appropriations Committee recommendation to cut 58 million from the Post Office budget while trimming 22.364 million from Treasury as part of a 3.8849 billion money bill for the next fiscal year. Senate disputes and potential amendments cloud final terms.
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Washington
House
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Post Office Department
Terasury
Post Office
Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Rep
Canfield
New Jersey
Senate
Senate House
Snow Ends Tonight Amid Cold Overnight Dip
Rain shifted to snow by afternoon with snow flurries in the mountains. Weatherman expects snow to end late tonight as temperatures dip into the 20s. Overnight low around the low 20s, with tomorrow partly cloudy and windy and much colder. Today's temps ranged from 41 to 45 degrees, compared with 51 and 31 a year ago.
Bergman and Dean Favored In Oscars Race
Ingrid Bergman and James Dean are highlighted as leading contenders in the 29th Academy Awards race with Bergman in best actress for Anastasia and Dean in best actor for Giant. The film Giant is favored in best picture as nominations list unfolds.
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Ingrid Bergman
James Dean
Hollywood
Miss Bergman
Dulles Seeks Free Passage Through Gulf of Aqaba
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States expects American ships to pass the Gulf of Aqaba without Egyptian interference and that Israel may send vessels into the gulf if engaged in innoc ent passage. He did not commit to using force or sanctions and urged a U N role only if needed.
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U. S
U. N. Assembly
Eisenhower
Israel
California
States Department
Russia
Egypt
India
Security Council
Johnson
Senate
Gulf of Aqaba
Washington —i
Dulles
Gulf
United States
Suez Canal
Aqaba
Gaza
U.N
White House
Virginia Forecast Shows Rain Changing to Snow Tonight
Weather forecast for Virginia indicates rain mixed with or changing to snow in the west and north tonight, ending late with much colder temperatures in the 20s to lower 30s. Wednesday brings partial cloudiness and wind as temperatures stay well below normal with a chance of mountain snow flurries.
Turkey Dinner Set For Wednesday Night at South and Fire Hall
Community event notices turkey dinner scheduled Wednesday night from 4 30 to 9 p m at South and Fire Hall in Winchester with daylight details for Tuesday and upcoming moon phase.
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South and Fire Hall
Khrushchev Says Soviet Foreign Policy Remains Steady
Khrushchev stressed last week’s foreign minister change does not alter Soviet policy. Gromyko replaces Shepilov as foreign minister amid Western betting on a tougher line. Yugov links Yugoslavia to socialist enemies, fueling Titoism tensions and East European unity efforts.
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Moccow
Nikita
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Andrei Gromyko
Dmitri Shepilov
Shepilov
Supreme Soviet
Moscow Radio
Gromyko
Pravda
Britain forms first guided weapons regiment at Aldershot
London reports Britain will form its first guided weapons regiment at Aldershot next month under Lt Col John E Cordingley. The unit will train with U S Army personnel and use the Corporal rocket with a 75 mile range and 2000 mph speed.
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London
Britain
War Office
America
U.S. Army
Defense Ministry
Libya
Hong Kong
Gibraltar
Aldershot
John E. Cordingley
Germany
Ft. Bliss
Tex
New Mexico
Alabama
Admiralty
IATO
Baltimore Norfolk Contract Disputes Idle the Dockers
Forty five thousand striking dockworkers from Maine to Virginia remain idle as disputes over contracts in Baltimore and Norfolk halt a general return to work. International Longshoremen’s Association president William W Bradley withholds broader action until all ports—from Portland Maine to Hampton Roads Virginia—reach settlements. A 6000 longshoremen contract was reported as hammered out in another port, but Baltimore and Norfolk stalled.
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New York
Maine
Virginia
Baltimore
Norfolk
William W Bradley
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Portland
Hampton Roads
Bradley
Philadelphia
Haynsworth Nominated for Fourth Circuit Judge Seat
President Eisenhower nominates Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. of Greenville for the Fourth US Circuit Court of Appeals to replace retiring Judge Armistead M. Dobie of Charlottesville Virginia.
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Washington
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Greenville
D. C
Eisenhower
Circuit Court of Appeals
Armistead M. Dobie
Charlottesville
Rocket designer says Mars could be reached in 400 days
German born Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, chief of guidance at Redstone Arsenal, said an ionic rocket using a nuclear reactor could reach Mars in 400 days and return in about 320, traveling up to 86400 miles per hour. He noted a photon rocket remains theoretical. The symposium drew 300 missile experts in San Diego.
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Calif
Mars
Ernst Stuhlinger
Stuhlinger
Army
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
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