Lawler to address Winchester Police Banquet
John E. Lawler vice president and counsel of Union Life Insurance Co. Richmond will speak at the Winchester Police Department annual banquet tomorrow evening at the George Washington Hotel. About 140 are expected to attend concluding the In Service Retraining Course begun January 17. 26 officers completed it. Lawler, a Georgetown Law graduate, has FBI service including as special agent in charge of the Richmond division.
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John E. Lawler
Union Life Insurance Company of
Richmond
Winchester Police Department
George Washington Hotel
J. Thomas Boyd
Georgetown Universiy Law School
District of Columbia
F. B
Lawler
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Buffalo
New York
Los Angeles
California
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
D. C
Virginia
Union Life Insurance Co., Inc
Shackleford
B'ville Keffer’s
Ie Aera Ars
Sisi Sireseees
Grove Furniture CO
Farmingdale
N. Y
Republic Aviation Corp
John J. Ryan
Republic
International Assn. of
U. S
Justin Ostro
Union
Ostro
Averell Harriman
Ryan
Bat Company
Benson pushes price support reform to House Agriculture Panel
Secretary of Agriculture Benson urged the House Agriculture Committee to abandon wartime level supports and back flexible price policies. He cited persistent surpluses and declining farm income under old law, endorsing a soil bank plan to pay farmers to cut production and reduce stocks.
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Washington (P
Benson
House Agriculture Committee
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Soil Bank
TV Show Plans $250000 Grand Prize
Revlon cosmetics announces a new TV program The Most Beautiful Girl in the World with a yearly winner and three contestants weekly. The sponsor notes the $250000 grand prize would be the largest in television to date, potentially starting this summer.
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New York
Revlon Cosmetics
Revlon
Austria Joins Pro Western Council of Europe
Vienna government announces acceptance to join the pro Western Council of Europe aligning with Western bloc policies.
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Austria
Vienna
Council of Europe
Arlington plan shifts school board choice to county supervisors
The House Privileges and Elections Committee unanimously approved a compromise bill moving Arlington County's school board selection from popular vote to the county governing board. The measure, backed by the Arlington delegation, would keep the current board serving out their terms while allowing the supervisors to fill vacancies and name the entire board. An amendment barring popular elections in any county or city passed, with Norfolk's Dela mater Davis voting against. The plan faces continuation on page 11.
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Richmond
House
Arlington County
Arlington
Del
Frank P. Moncure
Stafford
Moncure
del. Stuart Wheatley
Danville
del. Dela
Mater Davis
Norfolk
Wheatley
Virginia
Charles R. Fenwick
Fenwick
Three More Stores Join Big Sales Event Tomorrow
Winchester firms Timberlake's Firestone Store and Marianne's join the Retail Merchants Association Second Annual Washington's Birthday sale. Ads tout 10 inch televisions $1.99 and 50 percent discounts at 44 merchants. Stores open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with free meter parking 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to draw shoppers.
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Winchester
Retail Merchants Association
Timberlake's
Firestone Store
Marianne'’s
International Approval Given Salk Vaccine
An international group of 12 polio experts reported the Salk vaccine is safe for mass use. They noted about 200 U.S. polio cases were linked to faulty vaccine lots, but several million inoculations caused no mishap and reduced paralytic polio in vaccinated children. They cited Denmark, West Germany, and South Africa inoculating about 800000 children safely and urged mass campaigns during polio’s seasonal lull.
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Geneva
U. S. World Health Organization
Jonas E. Salk
Stockholm
United States
Denmark
West Germany
South Africa
Virginia Draft Boards to Call 108 Men in April
Virginia selective service officials say 108 draftees will be inducted in April, about 43 percent of the March quota of 251. The men will be split between the Army and the Navy.
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Virginia
Richmond
Army
Navy
Sally Patton
Alecia Beauty Salon
Ike Press Secretary Irked by Re election Question
White House press secretary James Hagerty cautioned reporters against pressing for details on President Eisenhower's re election plans during his vacation at Humphrey's plantation. Hagerty said there is no definite announcement time and criticized continued questioning. Eisenhower will fly back to Washington Saturday after quail hunting with Humphrey.
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Thomasville
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Folliard’s
Folliard
Ford Reports Record 1955 Profit and Growth Highlights
Ford Motor Co reports 1955 net profit of 437 million dollars and earnings of 8.19 a share, with 2,614,558 cars and trucks produced. Sales reach 5.594 billion, assets total 2.585 billion, up from 1954. First public earnings statement since stock offering, noting Big Three comparison and stronger value.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Colonial Kitchen
Washington
Hodgson & Brown
W. Boscawen
Collective Leadership Pledged by Bulganin
Washington reports quote Chairman George saying Dulles will testify Friday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on complaints from the tanks for Arabia deal. The session will cover the waterfront including lack of State Department consultation and a Life magazine interview.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Hoover
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Saudi Arabia
Life Magazine
Aiken
R-Vi
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Montgomery Negroes Vote To Continue Bus Boycott
In Montgomery Alabama the boycott remains in place after the community rejected a compromise settlement amid possible grand jury indictments.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hall to Address Local Kiwanis Club Tomorrow
Ro bert E Lee Hall, general counsel of the National Coal Association, will speak to the Winchester Kiwanis Club on Coal Congress and Confeder ates at the George Washington Hotel tomorrow. He will discuss coal industry regulation, foreign oil, atomic energy and fuel competition.
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Winchester Kiwanis Club
George Washington
Hall
National Coal Association
Washington
United States
Congress
Kiwanis
Securities and Exchange Commission
National War Labor Board
National Sugar Panel
National Wage Stabilization Board
du Pont
Remington Arms Company
Light statewide turnout for convention delegate vote in Richmond
Voters statewide cast light turnout today to elect a delegate for the March 5 constitutional convention in Richmond aimed at amending state law to skirt school integration. Frederick County reports low noon to 1 pm totals as Winchester precincts total only 47 votes. The January 9 referendum drew 913 votes by 1 pm.
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Richmond
Associated Press
Frederick County
Commonwealth
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Frederick, Clarke
Shenandoah
Winchester
Rouss
Sarah Zane
Friendship
Virginia Avenue
City Hall
Neffstown
Brucetown
Kernstown
Stephens City
Premier Urges Five Year Plan and Collective Leadership
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin urged adoption of a new five year plan to boost industrial production and agriculture while pledging continued collective leadership and no return to the cult of the individual. He highlighted nuclear energy and heavy industry gains and outlined wage-scale adjustments under the plan.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet Union
Communist Central Committee
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Bulganin
Grand Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Central Committee
Khrushchev
Stalin
United States
Britain
Lazar Kaganovich
Kaganovich
Virginia Weather and Fire Meeting Notice
Mostly fair and cold tonight and Wednesday with a few snow flurries in extreme western counties. Temperatures average 4-7 degrees below normal with little precipitation. Notice: Regular meeting of Stephens City Fire Company Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. at fire hall with auxiliary. James Bowman president.
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Virginia
Winchester
Stephens City Fire Company
James Bowman
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Ike
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Robert E. Lee Hall
Ralph D. Abernathy
Negro First Baptist Church
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City Commission
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Rosa Parks
Communist Party
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