U.S. Reveals Atomic Rockets for Air Defense
The Defense Department disclosed that atomic rockets are developed and available to air defenses for destroying attacking bombers. Secretary Wilson says they are the most effective defense, to be deployed at high altitude with minimal ground danger, and future ground firing from anti aircraft positions is planned.
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Washington
United States
Defense Department
Department
Wilson
Pentagon
Nevada Proving Grounds
Russia veto blocks Western Kashmir settlement plan at U N
United Nations reports the Soviet Union vetoed a Western plan to send the Security Council president to India and Pakistan to resolve Kashmir. Sweden abstained as the vote stood 9-1. India opposed any move toward a U N force or plebiscite as Pakistan and India dispute Kashmir since 1947.
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Russia
Kashmir
United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
Security Council
India
Pakistan
Karachi
U. N. General Assembly
U. S
United States
Sweden
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Indian Subcontinent
Britain
Australia
Cuba
Arkady A. Sobolev
James W. Barco
Sobolev
U.S
Solon calls repeal of 1955 highway patrol color law
Raleigh report notes Robeson County legislator admits error in backing a 1955 act requiring silver and black patrol cars and pushes repeal. Senator Cutlar Moore proposes unmarked plain cars for speeders and special cases. House bill seeks a $1 minimum wage for NC workers with exemptions. Gov Hodges backs up to 75 cents.
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Raleigh
N. C
Robeson County
Cutlar Moore
Moore
Motor Vehicles
Ed Scheidt
Commissioner of Labor
Luther Hodges
Twenty Are Summoned for Jury in City
Twenty persons have been summoned to serve as jurors in Winchester Corporation Court on February 28 at 9 50 a m. The list includes Henry S. Flowers Hugh J. Hall John G. Goodwin Haywood G. Butler Roy William Bayliss Jr Edward J. Bailey and others.
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Winchester Corporation Court
Henry S. Flowers
Hugh J. Hall
John G. Goodwin
Haywood G. Butler
Roy William Bayliss, Jr
Edward J. Bailey
Henry Coffelt
Louis S. Bachrach
Mary Wilkins
Lawrence =. Fauver
Philip L. Carper
E. Earl Parks
Frances ©. Elliott
Grace L. Dinkle
Wilson M. Southard
Leonard Newcome
Matthew Davis
John E. Wise
Elsie L. Foreman
Bully Summers Chapman
Navy jet crashes into school garage near Perquimans High
A Navy F3H jet from Oceana struck a garage across from Perquimans High School in Hertford. Two civilians were badly burned. no students were harmed. The pilot’s status was not immediately known as coast guard helicopters and other craft searched the area. Injured men Van Roach and Preston Morgan were taken to Chowan Hospital.
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Hertford
N. C
Perquimans High School
Navy
Tom Terry
Coast Guard
Oceana
Naval Air Station
John Natwig
Elizabeth City
Chowan Hospital
Edenton
van Roach
Preston Morgan
General Assembly Delays Middle East Debate Awaiting U S Plea
United Nations diplomats report the Assembly postpones the showdown on Middle East sanctions until tomorrow as Washington seeks Israel withdrawal from Egypt and the Gaza Strip. President Eisenhower urged Ben Gurion to pull back behind 1949 lines. Abba Eban heads to Jerusalem with unclear notes. Debate centers on potential sanctions and aid refusals by Denmark France Canada Australia and others. Charles Malik to present Arab resolution urging an end to all aid. Israel clamps Gaza and Sharm el Sheikh pending guarantees against renewed raids and gulf blockade.
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United Nations
N.Y
General Assembly
Middle East
U. S
Israel
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Eisenhower
David Ben- Gurion
Denmark
France
Canada
Australia
U.S
Assembly
U. N
Charles Malik
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
Gaza
Gulf
Weather Warm in East as Snow Lingers North
Dry and warmer conditions spread across the eastern half of the country while cold and snow persisted in the north from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest. Heaviest snow stretched from northeast Wyoming through South Dakota and northern Minnesota, with Palis averaging 1 to 5 inches. Subzero lows appeared in the Northern Plains with 14 degrees at Glasgow and Lewis ton, Mont. Skies ranged to clear or partly cloudy from the eastern Great Lakes to the Middle Atlantic coast.
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Minnesota
Pacific Northwest
Wyoming
South Dakota
Northern Plains
Glasgow
Lewiston
Mont
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Middle Atlantic Coast
Living Costs Hit New High for Fifth Straight Month
The government reports January living costs rose to 118.2 percent of the 1947-49 average, marking a record level for the fifth consecutive month. The rise boosts pay clauses in auto, aircraft, and farm equipment contracts and kept overall spendable earnings near record levels despite higher taxes and slower hours.
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Ernment Today
Labor Department
Strikers Defy Back-to-Work Orders Across Northeastern Ports
Striking longshoremen along the Northeastern coast defied union chief orders to return to work. Around 25,000 New York dock workers gathered at piers but did not resume duties, while others from Boston to Philadelphia followed the same pattern amid stalled contracts. Forty-five thousand IL A members quit eight days earlier, threatening broader port paralysis as Baltimore and Hampton Roads tensions linger. Harold Bowers, West Side luxury liner piers organizer, said the local crew would not return until settlements are reached in Baltimore and Hampton Roads.
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New York
Baltimore
Hampton Roads
Hampson Roads
Maine
Boston
Philadelphia
International Longshoremen’s Ass
Ind
William W. Bradley
ILA
Harold Bowers
Union Division
Manhattan
West Side
Bowers
Ramey Heads Livestock Group Era Cited at Banquet
Virginia agriculture chief Parke C Brinkley told 110 at the George Washington Hotel that the nation’s welfare hinges on agricultural adjustment. Frederick County farmer Boyd Ramey was elected association president, succeeding John Rucker, with officers and three directors also chosen.
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Brinkley
Virginia
Parke C. Brinkley
Northern Virginia Livestock Producers’ Association, Inc
George Washington Hotel
Boyd Ramey
Frederick County
John Rucker
Ramer
Gainesboro
G. H. Clark
Luray
John T. Wolfe
Rucker
West Virginia
Maryland
Berryville considers 3000 toward new pumper truck
Berryville Town Council votes a 3000 contribution to the John H Enders Fire Co toward a new pumper, contingent on Clarke County providing the full requested 11000. If county declines or pro ration occurs, the motion stands or is rescinded accordingly.
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Berryville
John H. Enders Fire Co
Clarke County
Benjamin Crampton
Andrew LaVelle
Board of Supervisors
Council
Rio Grande Valley Crows Move Into City
Rio Grande Valley crows invade Albuquerque causing nuisance with alley clutter, garden raiding, and perch taking over autos. Residents fear the birds’ organized behavior, calls, and potential to learn parking meter nickels, while city laws limit lethal measures.
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Rio Grande Valley
City
Albuquerque
N. M
Signal Corps
Firemen Assume Police Duties Tonight in Winchester
Winchester firemen will take over police duties during the annual Police Department Banquet at 6 p.m. at the George Washington Hotel. On-duty drivers include Lee Brown Satish Zane Fire Co. James Geanious Friendship Fire Co. and Fred L. Baker Rouss Fire Co. Jeptha Rogers FBI inspector will speak. J P Arthur is toastmaster and Mayor Claude Smalts Jr will give the welcoming address.
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Winchester
George Washington
Lee Brown
Satish Zane Fire Co
James Geanious
Friendship Fire Co
Fred L. Baker
Rouss Fire Co
Jeptha Vs. Rogers
F.B.I
Japanese refloat submarine sunk in 1943 at inland sea
The Imperial Navy submarine sunk in 1943 during a training cruise in the inland sea has been refloated. The hull is believed to contain the bodies of 79 crew members. The ship will be broken up for scrap after the bodies are removed.
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Sawakuni
Japan
Eisenhower urges UN pressure to end Israeli Gaza troop withdrawal
President Eisenhower declares the United Nations must exert pressure on Israel to withdraw its forces from the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba. He warns the future of the UN and Middle East peace may be at stake and notes sanctions likely if Israel does not withdraw. Congressional reactions split along party lines.
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Washington
United Nations
Israel
Eisenhower
U. N
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Egypt
United States
Middle East
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
U.N
Sen
Knowland
California
Johnson
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Sparkman
D-Ala
Airman Killed in Jet Crash on Virginia's Eastern Shore
Lt. (jg) Michael Bond Crouch USN died in a jet crash near Tasley Virginia on the Eastern Shore. He ejected from a North American Fury jet but his parachute failed. Crouch, of Arlington Virginia, was attached to the Chincoteague Naval Air Station. his body was found on Rt. 13.
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Norfolk
Michael Bond Crouch
USN
Tasley
Virginia
Navy
Ruth R. Crouch
Chincoteague
Edwin H. Crouch
N. Wayne St
Arlington
Crouch
Chincoteague Naval Air Station
Weather and local notices from Virginia area
Fair tonight with low temperatures in the low 30s on the coast and 20s inland. Friday mostly sunny with moderate temperatures. Sunny skies in Winchester area. sunrise 6:56 a.m., sunset 5:56 p.m. Phone offer for stove and items for sale with cheap prices. move by Saturday. Farm Bureau mill will be closed all day Wednesday February 27 for repairs.
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Virginia
Winchester
B & C Baking Co
Valley Pride
Farm Bureau
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