Nobusuke Kishi Becomes Japan Prime Minister in Victory
Tokyo reports Nobusuke Kishi elected prime minister after Ishibashi resigns ill health. Kishi, a veteran LDP insider, retains foreign minister post and forms a lean cabinet. He pledges pro Western policy with room to engage Red China while leading a party with 296 seats in the lower house.
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Tokyo
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Kishi
United States
China
Diet
Tanzan Ishibashi
Ishibashi
Hirohito
Mitsujiro Ishii
Liberal- Democratic Party
Ishii
Masaburo Suzuki
Ichiro Hatoyama
Hideki Tojo
Shigeru Yoshida
Hatoyama
Tojo
Heart Sunday Drive Totals $2067 in Donations
The annual Heart Sunday drive collected 2067.86 dollars from volunteers yesterday, sponsored by the Jayceeettes. Chairman Mrs. Jack McAboy said envelopes left at unoccupied homes may raise the final total and urged late contributions by mail. Last year’s total was 1700 dollars.
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Mollet Arrives in U S for Talks With Ike on Middle East Crisis
French Premier Guy Mollet lands at Idlewild for urgent talks with President Eisenhower on the Middle East crisis. He aims to reassure the world that Franco American friendship remains strong and to seek a solution to Gaza Aqaba tensions amid Western Big Three reconciliation talks.
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Ike
New York
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Middle East
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France
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Israel
Gaza
Aqaba
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Egypt
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Herve Alphand
Washington
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King Saud details talks with Eisenhower and Arab leaders
King Saud of Arabia outlined the 29 hour talks with President Eisenhower in Cairo meeting with Nasser of Egypt Shukri Kuwaily of Syria and King Hussein of Jordan. He accepted U S military aid and an air base at Dhahran while praising the Eisenhower doctrine. He argues against the Baghdad Pact and stresses independence of Arab states.
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Jordan
Farouk
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United States
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Washington
Middle East
Pope warns curb on tranquilizing drug sales
The Pope tells 500 doctors that using anesthetics and pain-relieving drugs is not immoral with medical approval but sale of tranquilizers must be curbed to avoid grave social and moral damage. He supports regulated use under proper conditions.
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Pope
Vatican City
Piuxo XII
Mouse blamed for gas leak deaths in noodle shop
Tokyo police blamed a mouse for a gas leak that killed two noodle shop employees and sent two delivery boys to the hospital in critical condition. The rodent gnawed a hole in a rubber hose, allowing fumes to fill the upper sleeping floors.
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Tokyo
Python Eats First Meal in a Year in Hugo Oklahoma
A 23 foot python named Satan, replacement for a deceased male, has eaten its first meal in a year. Owner Frank Ellis paid $1,000 for the snake after its predecessor died in a circus setting. The meal consisted of a prairie chicken and five 6 pound leghorns.
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Hugo
Okla
Frank Ellis
Ellis
Earthquake Toll Rises in Formosa
Formosa reports 11 dead and 33 injured in its worst quake in a decade. No U S deaths among about 3000 Americans on the island. The 45 mile offshore quake hit before dawn, causing major damage in Hualien and felt across Taipei and western coast areas.
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Formosa
Teipei
Hualein
Taipei
James Stewart Nominated for Brigadier General Rank
General news reports that movie star James Stewart, then a colonel in the Air Force Reserve, was nominated by President Eisenhower to hold the rank of brigadier general.
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Washington
James Stewart
Air Force Reserve
Eisenhower
Administration Asks Broadening of Minimum Wage Law
The Eisenhower administration proposed expanding the federal minimum wage to cover about 2 million more workers in large retail, transit, hotel, taxi, and construction sectors. The plan, presented by Labor Secretary Mitchell, would raise coverage without raising the minimum itself, with hearings set to begin March 1 in both chambers.
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Mitchell
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Congress
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Senate
Front Royal Woman Killed At Nineveh
Front Royal resident Mrs. Baumgardner, 23, died when her husband’s car struck a bridge abutment on State Route 522 near Nineveh. Police say loss of control on a downgrade curve caused the crash.
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Front Royal
Nineveh
Baumgardner
Helen Bolling Moore
Chatham
Danville
Gretna
Rt. 40
Henry Harmon
Ike Names Wartime Leaders for Emergency Agencies
Former Defense Mobilizer Arthur S. Fleming said President Eisenhower has chosen the men who would head wartime agencies and that an Operation Alert will test the wartime organization. Fleming noted Gordon Gray will succeed him and that agencies will be staffed year round for continuity.
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Defense
Arthur S. Flemming
Eisenhower
US News & World Report
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Office of Defense Mobilization
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Gordon Gray
ODM
Eisenhower outlines Middle East anti Communist aid bid
In a Voice of America anniversary broadcast President Eisenhower urges Congress to approve a Middle East anti Communist program. He says 200 million dollars yearly in aid, potential American troop use, and UN backed self determination are key to stabilizing the region amid Israel Egypt tensions.
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Gulf of Aqaba
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Houghton Bruce and Sebald Nominated as Ambassadors
President Eisenhower nominated Amory Houghton of Corning Glass Works as ambassador to France and David K E Bruce as ambassador to West Germany. Other selections included Wil.
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West Germany
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Liam J. Sebald
Australia
Senate
John A. Perkins
University of Delaware
Health
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Charles B Baker Heads Rotary Club in Winchester
Charles B. Baker elected president of the Winchester Rotary Club for 1057 58, to take office July 1 with Charles S. Toan as vice president and Dr George D Jackson secretary. Board of Directors: Dr T C Powers Dr Clayton Anderson Charles B Baker Dudley Lichliter Ralph W Mulvey Donald Stewart and Charles Toan. Baker is owner of Baker and Anderson Electric Co and serves on local community groups. He is married to Mary Sullivan and they live at 312 S Washington St.
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Winchester Rotary Club
Charles S. Toan
George D. Jackson
Paul S. Vance
T. C. Powers
Clayton Anderson
Dudley Lichliter
Ralph W Mulvey
Donald Stewart
Charles Toan
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Baker and Anderson Electric Company
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Community Chest
Cancer Society
Mary Sullivan
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Johnson Sees Hopeful Middle East Settlements After Dulles Talk
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson said after a talk with Secretary of State Dulles that Middle East settlement chances appear more hopeful. He urged time and patience to forge a withdrawal by Israel from Egypt and noted talks could yield a settlement without coercion. Johnson also backed Israel removing troops with UN involvement in Gaza and the Gulf of Aqaba while opposing immediate sanctions. He said Eban reported Dulles’ discussions and a joint US-UN approach was being pursued.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
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Dulles
Middle East
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Senate
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Egypt
Abba Eban
United States
Gulf of Aqaba
Gaza Strip
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United Nations
Eban
Jerusalem
State Department
U. N. Angles
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
David Ben-Gurion
Dulles-Eban
Virginia five day forecast shows above normal temperatures ahead
The outlook for Virginia from February 25 to March 1 calls for temperatures 6 to 10 degrees above normal. Expect warmer Tuesday with rain, cooler Wednesday, warmer Thursday, then a drop again Saturday. Total rain expected around one inch with two rain events on Tuesday and Friday or Saturday.
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Virginia
Ohio ends seven month violence marked phone strike
Gov. C William ONeill plans immediate restoration of Portsmouth area telephone service after negotiators reach a 226 day settlement with Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co The Communications Workers of America in federal mediation and company officials agreed to a contract terms not disclosed A union shop clause remains the key issue as CWA members prepare for ratification vote and return to work.
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William O'Neill
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