Moore Resolution Reported by House Rules Committee
Richmond Virginia House Rules Committee reports Moore joint resolution to defer an early 1956 57 term special session and keep segregated classrooms. Moore the main sponsor says the measure likely faces floor debate next week amid opposition and calls for delaying desegregation.
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Richmond
House Rules Committee
Moore
General Assembly
E. Blackburn Moore
House
Virginia
Planes Found In Cuba Safe Missionaries On Board Reassured
Coast Guard reports six light planes disappeared after leaving Cuba for Jamaica and found at Niquero Cuba. Sixteen missionaries aboard are all safe. whether they landed for the night or encountered trouble remains unclear. The cross formation flight was a goodwill tour by Church of God of Prophecy members from Cleveland Tennessee.
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Miami
Coast Guard
Aurora
Nicaragua
Camaguey
Kingston
Church of God of Prophecy
Cleveland
Tenn
Derailment Tragedy Near Baltimore Claims Five Lives
Investigators probe the Embassy derailment near Odenton Maryland where seven cars of a New York bound passenger train derailed at about 80 mph. Five were killed and more than 100 injured. Engineer said brakes grabbed suddenly as dining car roof peeled back. Eighty miles per hour noted by the engineer. Police and hospital reports detail numerous injuries and rescues.
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Odenton
Washington
Baltimore
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Paul Sloane
Alexander Nero
Trenton
N.J
Thomas Reed Johnson
Alfred B. Haupt
Sydney Jackson
New York City
Edward Q. Holloway
Wilmington
Del
Jackson
Holloway
Maryland
Herman Master
Point Pleasant
Herbert R. O’conor
U.S
GM Revise Delivery Charges and Raise Wholesale Car Prices
General Motors announces a new pricing plan affecting dealers within 900 to 1600 miles of the home plant. Destination charges for Chevrolet Pontiac Oldsmobile Buick Cadillac and trucks are adjusted, with reductions up to 72 for Cadillac and increases in wholesale prices ranging from 22.80 to 63. The move follows Ford’s similar action and comes amid congressional criticism of phantom freight practices.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Buick
Cadillac
Ford Motor Co
Michigan
St. Louis
Dallas
Berryville
Carey Cab Co
Washington Virginia mayor seeks ten thousand on TV show
Mrs. George H. Davis Jr the mayor of Washington Virginia also runs a 12 unit motel and appears on The Big Surprise in New York aiming for 10000 dollars. She has already earned 1500 and may use rescues costing 1000 if needed while her husband works in Washington DC. National publicity since 1950 has boosted her profile as one of few women mayors nationally. The town was surveyed laid out by George Washington and was incorporated in 1894.
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Virginia
George H. Davis, Jr
Washington
Winchester
New York
Sloan Kuykendall
Davis
Kuykendall
Washington St
Susan Ray Kuykendall
George Washington
Department of Justice
Washington, D. C
Miami
Jack Berry
Mrs. Davis
Mr. Davis
Florida
Little Washington
Washingtons
John Lonem
Corder
Assembly OF Virginia
Winchester Star
Washington, Va
Virginia Conservation Commission
Lovett's Shoe Dress Shop Sale Continued Through Saturday
The Original Lovett's Shoe and Dress Shop at 156 158 N Loudoun St advertises sale prices through Saturday. Mrs Sally Patton returns to the Alecia Beauty Salon staff. appointment line MO 2 5815.
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Lovett's Shoe & Dress
Loudoun St
Sally Patton
Alecia
Virginia House Approves Record 896 Million Budget
The Virginia House passed a balanced 896 million dollar appropriations bill for state agencies for the next two years in four hours. The figure exceeded Gov. Stanley’s plan by about 10.7 million after approvals by the Appropriations Committee. An attempt to add 1.84 million for poorer localities failed.
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House
Richmond
Virginia
Gov. Stanley
General Assembly
House Appropriations Committee
Del
Robert Whitehead
Appropriations Committee
Howard Adams
Northampton
Nelson County
Senate
State Demo Leaders to Confer With Adlai's Campaign Director
Virginia Democrats will meet in Washington with Adlai Stevenson's campaign director Hyman B. Raskin to discuss Stevenson prospects and plans in Virginia. Rep Hale Boggs praised growing Democratic unity in the South and urged support for Stevenson over Nixon.
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Adlai
Richmond
Virginia
Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Hyman B. Raskin
John Marshall
Stevenson
Chicago
Raskin
Hale Boggs
Dla
Negroes Plead Innocent in Bus Boycott Indictments
In Montgomery Alabama the first 27 Negro defendants plead innocent to bus boycott indictments while a mass march to work unfolds. Rev A W Wilson’s indictment was dismissed. King and Nixon among leaders arraigned. A Life photographer cited. marches draw about 5000 in a prayer meeting supporting continued protest.
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Montgomery
Ala
William F. Thetford
E. D. Nixon
National Assn
Advancement of
King
Nixon
Life Magazine
Gray Villet
Chicago
Carter
Villet
Confederacy
British Sub Acheron Safe After Arctic Search
The Admiralty halted the hunt for the British submarine Acheron after a minesweeper Coquette radioed visual contact and said the vessel with 65 men was in gale swept Arctic seas. The Acheron reported communications failure and then proceeded to Iceland.
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London
Admiralty
Acheron
Coquette
Iceland
Julius LaRosa and Bride Visit Winchester
Television personality Julius LaRosa and his wife surprised local fans with an unannounced visit to Winchester last night. The couple attended the final Palace Theatre show and were seen viewing The End of The Affair starring Deborah Kerr and Van Johnson. They traveled in a Cadillac with New York plates.
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Julius LaRosa
Winchester
Palace Theatre
Deborah Kerr
van Johnson
LaRosas
New York
Community events in Stonewall and Frederick County
Stonewall School hosts event tonight February 24 starting 5 p.m. Adults priced at 1 with 60 for children. Stonewall PTA sponsors. Frederick County Firemen's Association meets Monday February 27 at 7 30 p.m. at the American Brake blok. Officers to be elected. Public is invited.
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Stonewall School
Stonewall Pta
Frederick County Firemen’s Association
American Brakeblok
Eisenhower Physician Says Second Term Might Be Safer
THOMASVILLE Ga April 4 President Eisenhower's personal physician Maj. Gen Howard M Snyder said the chief executive might be safer serving a second term than before his heart attack The remark came on the fifth anniversary of the attack as Eisenhower hunted quail Snyder noted uncertainty about run plans and stressed the President's good recovery He said any new president faces health risks and that only trust in God can guarantee a future term Eisenhower flew to Washington after two hours of golf and a late night of bridge and was reported in very good shape by Snyder
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Watson Hayes
Thomasville
Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
Denver
Snyder
Here
Washington
Quail
Secretary of Treasury
Humphrey
Living Cost Index Dips. GM Wage Cut Set After Revision
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the January living cost index fell to 114.6, the lowest since August, triggering a penny hourly wage cut for over a million workers in auto, farm equipment, and aircraft sectors after the quarterly rate revision. General Motors confirms the pay reduction applies to more than 500,000 workers beginning after March 1.
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Washington
General Motors Corp
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Landslides Threaten Europe as Winter Deepens
A thawing but deadly spell spreads landslides and floods through southern Europe while a record stretch of cold grips the continent. Italy and Yugoslavia face rising death tolls as crops suffer billions in damage and fuel shortages bite across nations.
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London
Europe
Italy
Yugoslavia
Vastro
Appennine
France
Garonne
U. S
Man Dies Quickly In Gas Chamber
Arthur Ross Brown was executed in Missouri state prison gas chamber for the kidnapping robbery rape and murder of Wilma Allen a 34 year old Kansas City mother of two last August. He admitted the crime when arrested in San Francisco and pleaded guilty in Kansas City federal court. He said he welcomed the death penalty to end his prison burden.
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Jefferson City
Arthur Ross Brown
Missouri
Wilma Allen
Kansas City
Brown
San Francisco
Virginia forecast with warmer spell and mixed precip
The report expects cloudy skies and warmth with occasional rain tonight and Saturday in Virginia. Temperatures near to above normal, with a warming Saturday and a cooling trend Sunday through Wednesday. Rain Saturday and possible rain or snow Tuesday or Wednesday, total precipitation half to one inch.
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Virginia
Winchester
R. C. Carter
Berryville Pike
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John S. Battle
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Ralph D. Abernathy
Negro First Baptist Church
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