Humphrey undecided on 2nd term after quail trip
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey said he has no idea whether President Eisenhower will seek a second term. He and Eisenhower did not discuss the issue during a week in Georgia as they hunted quail at Humphrey's plantation and the president considered his health.
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Thomasville
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Eisenhower
Humphry
Washington
Spence
Moultries
New York
White House
James C. Hagerty
Dan Leatherman to Toastmaster Police Banquet
Dan Leatherman will be toast master for the annual Winchester Police Department banquet at the George Washington Hotel at 6 30 p m. Chief J Thomas Boyd says over 149 attend. After dinner, police duties transfer to fire companies and the sheriff. Fourteen officers recently completed the In Service Retraining School. thirteen from Winchester. The event features a menu of oysters turkey giblet gravy and roquefort salad and includes entertainment by the Vivace Club Handley High School with Miss Gwendolyn Haynes and Miss Sadie Finkelstein as accompanist, with dinner music by Sidney Snellings.
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Winchester Police Department
George Washington Hotel
Mr Leatherman
J. Thomas Boyd
Sheriff's Office
Winchester
Handley High School
Gwendolyn Haynes
Sadie Finkelstein
Sidney Snellings
France's perfume harvest hurt by bitter winter
Grasse and the Riviera face a severe cold wave that devastates Seville bitter orange trees used for perfume extracts. Blossoms will be scarce and scents costly this year due to the extended freezing temperatures threatening France's perfume industry. Announcements note salon staff changes at Alecia Beauty Salon.
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France
Grasse
Riviera
Seville
Maids of Honor Named for Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
Betsy Lamb Snider of Winchester and Nancy Redd Quarles of Winchester chosen as Maids of Honor to Queen Shenandoah XXIX for the 1956 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival to be staged April 26 27. Snider attends Richmond Professional Institute and Longwood College student Quarles majors in Biology at Longwood College.
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Nancy Redd Quarles
Winchester
Shenandoah
E. W. Lacy, Jr
Department of the Queen
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Columbia
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James R. Snider
Handley Blvd
Richmond
Handley
Richmond Professional Institute
Cotillion Club
Miss Quarles
Mhandlian
Junior Evening Star
Booster Club
Longwood College
Ipha Sigma Alpha
Longwood Players
Stanley declines to discuss House speaker proposal
Gov. Stanley refused to comment on E. Blackburn Moore's resolution to keep Virginia's segregated schools for another year and delay Gray Commission action. He said he would state his position when appropriate and indicated the session could see a unified policy within two weeks as lawmakers push budget and tax measures.
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Stanley
House
E. Blackburn Moore
Virginia
Moore
Boothe-Dalton
Senate
General Assembly
House Appropriations Committee
Kidnap Victim Freed After Prairie Shootout
In Pueblo Colorado a gunman captured Nancy Jackson 27 held her 21 hours. Eugene C Hurst 28 wounded in clash with her rescuer Tony Fortino and police Capt Robert Mayberle. Jackson escaped unharmed as Hurst was captured and taken to St Marys Hospital.
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Pueblo
Colo
Eugene C. Hurst
Robert A. Jackson
Hurst
Jackson
Nancy Jackson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Tony Fortino
Robert Mayber
Fortino
Pueblo Junior College
Bob
Exchange Club
Bank closes as cashier’s manipulations drain life savings
Smolan State Bank in Smolan Kansas, 51 years old, shuts its doors amid alleged cashiers manipulations led by Raymond Holmquist. G W Lindley says deposits under 370000, not FDIC insured, with nothing to release until audit ends. Many residents fear ruin as executives fall ill and seek funds.
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Smolan. Kan
G. W. Lindley
State Bank
Smolan
Raymond Holmquist
Lindley
Holmquist
Philip Nelson
Kansas
Carl Oleen
Local Winners Named in Bland Music Contest
Bland music contest winners from Handley High School and Douglas High School were named first place recipients in the two sessions. Winners advance to the Zone Contest and then the State Finals in March. Zone date and location remain unannounced.
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Bland
Bandmaster Edwin Goldman Dies in New York at 78
Edwin Franko Goldman aged 78, long regarded as the successor to John Philip Sousa as the nation’s leading bandmaster and marches composer, died yesterday after a brief illness in New York.
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New York
Edwin Franko Goldman
John Philip Sousa
Massie Wins Delegate Seat for Virginia Constitutional Convention
Frederick County commonwealth's attorney Joseph A. Massie Jr. secured an unofficial 878 votes in the 24th Senatorial District to become a delegate to the March 5 Virginia constitutional convention in Richmond. Massie led Winchester, Frederick and Clarke Counties with 539 votes and Shenandoah County with 339. The convention will amend Section 141 to allow state funds for private schooling in areas facing de facto or enforced integration.
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Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Frederick County
Commonwealth
Richmond
Massie
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
Clarke Counties
Shenandoah County
Clarke County
Virginia
Gray Commission
Keck Made Largest Donation to Eisenhower Committee
Senate investigators found indications that Howard B. Keck of Superior Oil Co made his largest political contribution to the Citizens for Eisenhower Committee. The probe, part of a widened inquiry into campaign contributions and lobbying, follows a rejected $2,500 offer to Sen. Francis Case. The investigation targets potential patterns in Keck's gifts as a special eight member committee extends its life to March 10.
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Washington
Senate
Howard B. Keck
National
Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
Keck
Superior Oil Co
California
Francis Case
R-Sd
Case
Eisenhower
George
D-Ga
Special Committee
Farmer Killed by Runaway Mule Team in Kentucky
Stanton Ky reports an 82 year old farmer Charles Norton Crowe was killed when a runaway mule team dragged him about 100 yards on a gravel road. He was gathering corn on his farm and the frightened mules gored him onto the wagon tongue after he fell between the animals.
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Stanton, Ky
Charles Norton Crowe
Police Seek Modern Day George Washington in Ohio
In Zanesville Ohio police search for a modern day George Washington after John Quinlan reports a cherry tree chopped down in his yard. Officers say the vandal also cut an elm and an apple tree in the same neighborhood.
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Zanesville, Ohio
George Washington
John ¥. Quinlan
Tydings Enters Maryland Primary to Win Back Senate Seat
Annapolis Maryland veteran Millard E Tydings after 24 years in the U S Senate announces bid in the May 7 Maryland primary to regain the seat he lost in 1950.
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Annapolis
Millard E. Tydings
U. S. Senate
Maryland
Bombers Blast Ice Packs as War Is Declared on Europe
Yugoslav air force planes bombed giant ice packs blocking Adriatic rivers in a declaration of war on Europe’s worst winter. The continent faced 762 known deaths as subzero weather persisted, with floods and landslides disrupting Italy and Southern Europe and crop damage totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Europe
London
Adriatic
Poland
Italy
Britain
Lincolnshire
Majorca
Mediterranean
Balearic Islands
U. S
Chicken House and Dwelling Burn in Area Fire
Fire destroyed a house on Merriman's Lane owned by Delmer Robinson and a chicken house housing 4 000 chickens. Loss to the chicken house estimated at 8000 to 10000 dollars. The Robertson family resided in the house. three children included. A flu overheated likely caused the blaze. Firefighters saved some canned goods. the outbuilding and chicken house also burned. Round Hill and Shawnee volunteers responded.
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Delmer Robinson
Merriman’s Lane
Joseph Alexander
Robinson
Round Hill Fire Company
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Dept
Round Hill Company
Barr Studio Names Honorary Fire Chief for Apple Blossom Parade
Miss Martha Eileen Cahill senior at Handley High School is named Honorary Fire Chief of the Rouss Fire Company for Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival activities. She and other honorees will compete March 21 at the Palace Theatre in a selection event.
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Martha Eileen Cahill
Handley High School
Rouss Fire Company
Miss Cahill
Leroy F. Cahill
Shirley St
Handley
Glee Club
Vivace Club
Booster
Girls Monogram
Cahill
Palace Theatre
Weather forecast and statment from Winchester Star
Forecast notes fair cold tonight with low 5 to 16 in west regions 10 to 15 central and 15 to 22 east. Thursday remains fair and cold with highs near 30 to 40 from west to southeast. Also includes a want ad for an experienced ladies' apparel saleslady in Box 60.
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Care Winchester Star
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