Northeastern U Professor Buried by Mt Washington Avalanche
A Northeastern University psychology professor Aaron Leve 28 of Boston was buried by an avalanche that swept a party of five Sunday afternoon near Tucker Man’s Ravine on Mt Washington in the White Mountains. Five survivors from Massachusetts sustained minor injuries while Leve was missing and presumed dead.
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MT. Washington
N. H
Northeastern University
Aaron Leve
Boston
Northeastern
Albert Sanderson
Wayland
George Spears
Newton
Charles Fay
Upton
Frank Truesdale
Framingham
Ashland High School
Sanderson
Fay
Tuckerman's Ravine
White Mountain Range
Police Refresher Course Complete Banquet Wednesday
The Winchester Police Department prepares an annual banquet at the George Washington Hotel Wednesday after completing the In Service Re-training Course begun January 17. Thirteen Winchester officers plus guests from Woodstock, Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office, Front Royal, and ABC Board attended. Names include Sgt. Emory Rodgers, Sgt. Ernest Stotler, Officer Wilmer Comer, and others from local and county agencies.
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Winchester Police Department
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Wilmer Comer
Maurice Lake
Holmes McFarland
J. A. Claycomb
Harry L. Shirley
John Hoover
George Anderson
Harry Miller
Basil Cooper
David Fahnestock
Jack Shumaker
Nelson Mills
Charles Rutherford
Samuel Parker
Thomas Wymer
A.B.C
Lesten Shickle
H. C. Pangle
John Wert
Eugene Riddle
Geo
Washington
Virginia Woolen Mill
E. Piccadilly St
Shenval Music CO
West Boscawen St
Frederick Clarke 20 Killed in 1955 Stay Alive Accident
In a 1955 incident, Frederick Clarke, age 20, died in an accident described as a stay alive event. The report notes the fatal outcome and basic details surrounding the tragedy.
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Frederick Clarke Clarke
Five Soldiers Die In Stafford VA Head-On Crash
A southbound Trailways bus collision near Stafford Virginia killed four soldiers and critically injured a fifth. The car carrying five soldiers from Ft Belvoir swerved into the bus on US Route 1, five miles north of Stafford. One bus passenger required hospital care, and the dead were all assigned to the 575th Engineer Corps at Ft Belvoir.
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Stafford
Trailways
Virginia
Hardiman
Ft. Belvoir
Herbert Homelsky
Miami Beach
Richard J. Beble
Chicago
Willis D. Booker
Hamilton
Ohio
Thurman W. Weeks
Homelsky
Here
Fredericksburg
Quantico
Marine Hospital
575Th Engineer Corps
C. F. Wright
Bowling Green
Mary Washington Hospital
Elkins Funeral Home
Washington
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Actor Drops Profanity In TV Mob Scene
New York NBC studio viewers numbered about 500 phoned in after a tense mob scene on the Alcoa hour play Tragedy in a Temporary Town. Lloyd Bridges, playing the father of the accused boy, ad libbed profanity amid the crowd confrontation, eliciting mixed reaction.
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New York
NBC
Lloyd Bridges
Alcoa Hour
Bridges
Freighter Sails With 18 Tanks For Saudi Arabia
The freighter James Monroe sailed from New York with 18 tanks bound for Saudi Arabia amid protests. Crew sought a war zone bonus. the captain secured war risk insurance for sailors. President Eisenhower lifted a ban on the shipment after two days of debate.
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New York
James Monroe
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Eisenhower
Israel
Congress
U. S. Air Force Base
U. S
R. H. Bennett
Hellenic Lines
Bennett
International Transport Workers Federation
Weekend Auto Crashes Injure Three in Area
Two Clarke County youths and a Frederick County man were injured in two crashes near Berryville and near James Wood High School. The incidents caused about $2,375 in damage. James Pyne 15 and Charles Braithwaite 18, both of Boyce, suffered facial lacerations in a rear end collision on U S Route 7.
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Clarke County
Frederick County
James Pyne
Charles Braithwaite
Boyce
Berryville
Eugene L. Pyne
Rt. 1
J. W. Witt
Clay Tharpe
Rt. 3
Charles Town
W. Va
Jimmy Carter
Lincoln Ave
Ford
Buick
Plymouth
Leo Borden
Marlboro Rt
U.S. Rt
James Wood High School
NAACP Plans to File School Suits in 8 Southern States
The NAACP announces it will file school desegregation suits in eight Southern states before June 1. Thurgood Marshall and Roy Wilkins said actions target Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia where local boards have rebuffed desegregation efforts. They praised Delaware Maryland Missouri Oklahoma and West Virginia for progress and urged negotiation where possible.
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Atlanta
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Thurgood Marshall
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Supreme Court
Marshall
Wilkins
Delaware
Maryland
Missouri
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Texas
Massie Sole Local Candidate In Virginia Delegate Race
Massie is the only candidate filed in the 24th Senatorial District for the Richmond constitutional convention seat. Polls open 6 am to 6 pm with light turnout expected statewide as Virginians vote to elect delegates from 36 districts for the March 5 convention to amend the state constitution on tuition grants to private non sectarian schools.
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Richmond
Frederick County
Commonwealth
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Winchester
Associated Press
Virginia
State Commission On Public Education
Public Education Commission
Garland Gray
Waverly
Washington's Headquarters Open Here on Washington's Birthday
Washington's Headquarters at the northeast corner of Braddock and Cork Streets will be opened Wednesday by the Winchester Frederick County Historical Society to mark the 224th anniversary of George Washington's birth. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with no charge.
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Washington’s
George Washington
Braddock and
Cork Sts
Winchester-Frederick County
Walter Bond
Helen Barr Grim
Gibson Baker
Washington
Winchester
Fredericktown
Lord Fairfax
Western Frontier
Frederick County
House of Burgesses
Dinwiddie
Fort DuQuense
Pittsburgh
Virginia
Winchester Stores Offer Startling Bargains Wednesday
Winchester merchants launch the Second Annual Washington Birthday Sellabration with 44 stores offering deep discounts including a sewing machine for 99c and a sofa for 9.95. Free parking, expanded hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and ads in today's Star promote the event across the Valley.
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Winchester
Retail Merchants Association
The
Star
Ralph Cain
George Washington
Ike Urges Wisdom and Courage to Solve School Problems
President Eisenhower urged school administrators to use wisdom and courage in addressing serious education problems. In a greeting to the 82nd annual AASA convention, he called for local, state, and federal cooperation to provide better education for children and to keep schools a source of enlightened minds and responsible citizenry.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Eisenhower
The
American Assn
AASA
H. L. Willett
White House
Fourth Washington Negro Arrested In Shoplifting
Police linked a fourth suspect to a Winchester shoplifting spree after arresting Robert Oscar Woodhouse of Washington DC on a grand larceny warrant. Held on 2000 dollar bond, his capture helps close the mink scarf theft at Wender’s around December 15 1955. Also jailed are Lonnie Page Cephas Damon Glover and Hilda Augusta Smith all from Washington for grand larceny.
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Washington
D. C
Robert Oscar Woodhouse
Hump” Woodhouse
C St
N. W
Warren Rudolph
Winchester
Woodhouse
Wender
Lonnie Page
Cephas Damon Glover
Hilda Augusta Smith
George Launches New Hearings On $2500 Case Fund Offer
A Senate committee led by Sen. George D Ga calls fresh public hearings on a $2500 contribution offer to Sen. Case during the gas bill fight. Witnesses may include Donald R Ross former U S district attorney for Nebraska and Howard B Keck head of Superior Oil Co Elmer Patman counsel for the firm. The panel will probe the general pattern of campaign fund handling alongside the specific Case offer.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
George
D-Ga
Sen. Case
R-Sd
Donald R. Ross
U.S
Nebraska
Howard B. Keck
Superior Oil Co
California
Elmer Patman
John M., Neff
Lexington
Neb
Superior Oil
Case
Neff
Patman
Keck
Sens
Hayden
D-Ariz
Bridges
R-Nh
Thye
R-Minn
Byrd Opposes Liquor Bill Limiting Half Pint Stock
Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr says he will oppose House Bill 280 to require the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to stock half pints of whiskey. He notes the board already has authority to stock half pints if temperance is served and that its judgment is that such stocking would not promote temperance. He argues the bill makes control harder.
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Richmond
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Byrd
ABC Board
Airliner wreck near Cairo claims 43 to 50 lives
A large French DC6 bound from Saigon to Paris crashed 15 miles southeast of Cairo. Reports say 64 aboard. 50 confirmed dead with 12 survivors including Captain Charles Billet who is seriously injured. Rescue involved Egyptian army and American pilots.
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Cairo
Egypt
Saigon
Paris
Charles Billet
Eisenhower Extends Vacation Likely Through Weekend
President Eisenhower will prolong his Georgia vacation to Friday or Saturday, with plans to announce political intentions around March 1 possibly at a news conference. White House secretary Hagerty cites health benefits and notes a Washington return by Saturday is likely.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Washington
Georgia
Segregation Resolutions Spotlight Va Legislature
In Richmond two pending resolutions on segregation drew the spotlight as the Virginia General Assembly reconvened. Del Sam Pope of Southampton County considered a measure to establish a state policy barring racial mixing in athletic events involving public school teams or state aided colleges. House Speaker E Blackburn Moore proposed keeping Virginia public schools segregated for the 1956 57 term, aiming to block action on Gray Commission anti integration proposals. Moore's measure has backing from about 60 of 100 delegates and would delay legislative action indefinitely.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Del
Sam Pope
Southampton County
Virginia
E. Blackburn Moore
Berryville
More
House of Delegates
Gray Commission
Gray
Moore
Europe Faces Famine As Snow Fails Harvest
Dwindling food stocks threaten famine across Europe as spring crops rot under a three week snow. Prices surge from Paris to Rome and rivers freeze from the Seine to the Weser. The death toll climbs with France hit hardest at 159, amid widespread shortages and closed schools.
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London
Europe
North Sea
Britain
France
Turkey
Italy
Yugoslavia
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Holland
Austria
Spain
Portugal
Switzerland
Belgium
Sweden
Poland
Norway
Sunderland
England
West Germany
Weser
Rhine
Oberwesel
Bingen
Andre Dullin
Soviet Union Adopts Policy of Massive Retaliation
Marshal Georgi Zhukov announced a new doctrine at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party stating the USSR will respond to any atomic attack with powerful retaliation. He warned blocs distant from the United States threaten peace and praised diverse Soviet weapons including long range rockets.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Georgi K. Zhukov
Communist Party
V. M. Molotov
Pravda
Zhukov
United States
U. S
Virginia Weather Forecast and Stephens City Fire Meeting Notice
Clearing and colder tonight with lows from 24 to 36 degrees across regions. Tuesday brings fair but cold conditions. high 47 and low 33 in Winchester areas. Regular Stephens City Fire Company meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the fire hall with auxiliary cooperation and refreshments. James Bowman president.
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Virginia
Winchester
Stephens City Fire Company
James Bowman
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Virginia House of Burgesses
Ike
Ross
Hruska
Curtis
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Karachi
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Trans World Airlines
Arthur Hoffman
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