84th Congress Opens Election Year Session
The 84th Congress opened its second session amid focus on farm policy tax cuts foreign aid and highway programs. President Eisenhower recovering in Florida will send the State of the Union Thursday while Senate and House conduct routine business. Kefauver seeks Florida primary. party balance is 49 47 in the Senate and 230 203 in the House with two seats vacant.
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Washington
House
McCormack
Mass
Congress
Eisenhower
Key West
Fla
Nixon
Senate
Sens
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Smathers
D-Fla
Jacksonville
Capitol
Rayburn
D-Tex
Lyndon B Johnson
Knowland
R-Calif
356 Traffic Deaths Set New Record for New Year Holiday
The Associated Press reports a three day New Year weekend total of 356 traffic deaths, 72 in fires, and 72 in the miscellaneous class, with an overall toll of 500. The period began Dec 30 at 6 p m and ended Monday midnight, breaking the New Year three day record but not the Christmas or overall holiday tallies.
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Associated Press
Fire at Ski Lodge Kills Three Harvard Students
Washington confirms United States Navy official Thomas Gates III mourns as his son is among three Harvard students killed in an early morning fire at a ski lodge near Mont Tremblant Quebec. Names include Myron Harrick and Jedediah McLane. Five escaped from a cabin fire that trapped eight.
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Washington
Thomes & Gates III
Navy
Thomas
Gates Jr
Harvard
Mont Tremblant
Que
Montreal
Myron Timothy Harrick
Brookline
Mass
Jedediah HM
McLane
Millbrook
N. Y
Gates
Millrook
Huntington McLane
Five Minor Fires Reported in Area Over Holiday
Over the New Year weekend five minor fires were reported in the area with no serious damage. Incidents included chimney and brush fires in Frederick County Stephens City and Winchester reports. Fire crews from Friendship Rouss South End Sha Wnee and other departments responded. no damage in any case.
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Friendship Fire Company
W. B. Huff
Cork St
Frederick County
Stephens City
Paul Wise
Winchester
Pall Mall St
Friendship
Rouss
South End
Holliday Apartments
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department
Robert Lonas
S. Loudoun St
Arson Trial Underway in Frederick Circuit Court
The Commonwealth presents its case in the arson trial of Grace H. Brown in Frederick County Circuit Court. Co-defendant James Franklin, 32, of Stephens City, is to be tried after Brown. The Kernstown Restaurant and Motel fire occurred October 12 around 1 a.m. Investigating deputy fire marshal Harold W. Glasscock testified today.
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The
Commonwealth
Frederick County
Grace H. Brown
Brown
James Franklin
Stephens City
Kernstown
Franklin
Lexington
Harold W. Glascock
Accidents Kill 59 in Canada Over Holiday Weekend
A Canadian Press survey shows 59 lives lost in Canada during the New Year weekend spanning 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. Thirty seven deaths occurred in traffic accidents and 14 in fires. The 78 hour period compares with 35 fatalities last year and 65 in 1955.
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Toronto
Ont
Canada
National banks to file year end condition statements
The comptroller of the currency today calls for a statement of condition from all national banks as of close of business Saturday December 31. The notice sets deadline and submission details for financial disclosures required by banking regulations.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
France Vote Shakes Up Coalition Picture in 544 Seat Assembly
France's election produced a fractured 544 seat Assembly with Communists at 151 and Poujadists winning 49, while Faure and Mendes France led rival blocs around 193 and 156 seats. Socialists gain voice as 25 million voters turnout.
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Paris
France
Edgar Faure
National Assembly
Antitax
Pierre Poujade
Faure
Pierre Mendes- France
Foujadists
Right of Center Alliance
Mendes- France
Christian Pineau
Guy Mollet
Rene Coty
Tron Curtain
Mesndes-France
Mendes-France
Mendes - France
Winchesters Safest New Year Traffic Report
Winchester area reports a safe New Year weekend with no traffic fatalities in Frederick and Clarke counties from Friday midnight to Sunday midnight. Five minor crashes caused few injuries, including a hit and run injuring a 7 year old, and a serious crash near Gore with multiple injuries. Police investigated two break ins and continued to study a crash on State Rt. 259 near Gore involving the Nesmith and Holliday families.
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Winchester
Sons
State Rt
Gore
Bhue Ridge
Clarke County
Star Tannery
Associated Press
Douglas Nesmith
Gale Nesmith
Donald Holliday
Tris Holliday
Velma Miller Brown
Mrs. Brown
Memorial Hospital
G. T. Griffith, Jr
Brown
Wilda L. Nesmith
Rt. 4
Mercury
Holliday
Plymouth
Winchester Police
Jerry Allen Burchell
Area Schools Report Good Attendance and Easter Holiday Plans
Winchester and Frederick County pupils return after Christmas with strong attendance. City students gain a three day Easter break starting March 30, Good Friday, and weekend to April 2. County students get Easter Monday April 2 and may have occasional extra days off. no teachers meetings scheduled for the interval.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Clearance Hats and Dresses Sale at MiLady's Shoppe
The advertisement promotes clearance hats at 2.00 and 3.00 and dresses priced 5.00 to 8.00 at MiLady's Shoppe 105 North Loudoun Street. Also mentions an original Lovetts Shoe Sale continuing at 156 158 North Loudoun Street with bargains and a call not to miss it.
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MiLady’s
N. Loudoun St
Lovetts
N. Loudoun
Rebels in Algeria Receive Steady Arms Flow From Libyan Border
French military sources report rebels in Algeria are obtaining arms from across the Libyan frontier. The caches include British made devices traced to Egyptian depots and thousands of items left by Rommel’s army in Tunisia. Rebels train in Egypt camps and wear American surplus uniforms. A 13 man French garrison near Algiers was captured with six killed.
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Algiers
Algeria
Edwin Rommel
Tunisia
Tripolitania
Mohammed el Kettabi
The
Riff
Abd el Krim
Egypt
Meskian
Middletown Council May Hire Second Police Officer
Middletown town officials discussed hiring a second police officer at the January council meeting. The session also considered attracting small industries and encouraging a doctor to live and practice in Middletown. Mayor David Munzing presided with Councilmen Sperry, Little, Shull, Borden, McCauley, and T A Sperry, Town Officer Armentrout, and treasurer Mrs Margaret Hanshaw present.
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Middletown
David Muntzing
T. W. Sperry
W. B. Little
W. B. Shull
G. W
One Man Dies Seven Injured In Westinghouse Melee
In Columbus a mass demonstration at Westinghouse Electric plant led to violent clashes before dawn. One man died possibly of a heart attack after a beating, with at least seven injured and 86 arrested for rioting or violating a court order. Police report cars overturned and gates attacked as unions from across Ohio rallied to protest the back-to-work movement.
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Columbus
Ohio
International Union of Electrical Workers
Afl-Cio
Troy Tadlock
Robert Evans
Earl Webb
Tadlock
Webb
William Carney
West Broad St
Eage
Cincinnati
Mansfield
Charles Clark
Westinghouse
IWE
Three Die As Runaway Truck Crashes into Cars
A lumber truck lost its brakes on Five Mile Grade north of Los Angeles. The trailer jackknifed into holiday traffic, killing William J. Thomas 49 Leonard Slee 47 and Charles Hoffman 43 all of California. Driver Albert D Neil 26 not hurt.
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Los Angeles
Here
California
Wiliam John Thomas
Charles Lawrence Hoffman
Glendale
Calif
Leonard Leroy Slee
Sylmar
Hoffman
Slee
Thomas
Albert Dale Neil
Caruthers
Eight Die In Flaming Auto Train Crash At Norfolk
A Norfolk and Western passenger train struck a car on U S 17 in Norfolk County. Three North Carolina women and a man died, eight Virginians dead over the New Year weekend. The crash occurred as the car burst into flames and blocked another oncoming vehicle near the grade crossing.
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North Carolina
Norfolk & Western
U. S. 17
Norfolk County
Virginia
Lucille Rhodes
Mary Smith
Delores Erie Ellis
Whiteville
N. C
Herbert White
Portsmouth Hospital
Debre Rhodes
R. E. Davis
Antonio Lee
Rochester
Mass
H. W. Knight
Crewe
H. Davis
Davis
South Norfolk
Ernest Edward Smith
Alexandria
Fairfax
Lulu Leady
South Fork
Fredericksburg
Caro
Line County
Leach
Susie Robinson
Lilly W. Williams
Amherst
Amherst County
Hohenwarter Quads In Fair Condition
Mrs Norman C Hohenwarter gave birth to quadruplet boys at Lancaster General Hospital aged 25, four weeks premature. Names are Norman Charles Carl Conrad John Philip and Mark Anthony. Father notes his family will grow, already has two sons Stephen and Donald.
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Lancaster
Norman C. Hohenwarter
Lancaster General Hospital
Norman Charles
Carl Conrad
John Philip
Mark Anthony
Hohenwarters
Stephen
Donald
Labor Leaders Oppose Virginia Convention Posts
In Richmond Virginia AFL CIO leaders say the Jan 9 referendum to amend Section 141 to fund private school tuition would entrust power beyond recall and threaten the public free school system. The leaflet lists objections and questions while noting large local voter registration gains and continued debate over school desegregation policy.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Afl-Cio Committee i
Julian Carper
CIO
Harold Boyd
AFL
Henrico County
Elsie B. Tate
Charles City
William H. Marmion
Episcopal Diocese
Southwestern
Gray Commission
Supreme Court
Charlottesville
Virginia Weather Forecast Five Day Outlook
The Virginia forecast calls for fair tonight with a low around 26 to 32 degrees. Wednesday remains fair with moderate temperatures, turning colder westward by night. Across January 4 to 8, temperatures average 3 to 6 degrees below normal with mixed precipitation possible Friday and light overall precipitation.
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Virginia
Winchester
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Cc. M. Rosenberger
Southern Tire Service
Handley Campus
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Wm. J. Georges
Walnut Lane
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