Former Costa Rican President's Son Commands Rebels
In Costa Rica a four day war stalls as an inter American commission says bombardments came from foreign soil. Former president Teodoro Picado admits his 27 year old son leads rebel forces. he is a West Point graduate married to a Los Angeles woman.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
inter-American
Teodoro Picado
Managua
Nicaragua
Picado
West Point
Los Angeles
Jose Mora
Uruguay
Council of the Organization of American States
Icy Roads Trigger Three Crashes and a Deer Hit
Three traffic mishaps yesterday and last night were mainly caused by ice and snow on streets in Clarke County and Winchester. A deer was struck and killed in Clarke County. In Winchester, Lucious Roberts Jr. of Stephenson lost control on Kent Street and hit a parked Commonwealth Ford. Bernard Gouchenour’s wife and daughter watched as a Chevrolet struck a drugstore curbside.
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Clarke County
Winchester
S. Kent
Leicester Sts
C. D. Taylor
Lucious Roberts, Jr
Stephenson
Kent St
Commonwealth of Virginia
ABC
H. C. Pangle
Berryville Ave
Ur. W. Witt
Robert Gouchenour
Pine St
Presidential Plan Debate Over National Toll Highway Network
A national toll highway proposal challenges the Eisenhower era toll financing stance. H. E. Bailey urges state funded roads with a federal turnpike authority and 1.4 billion annual revenue from auto taxes, while Gen. Clay backs the Clay commission plan for a 40 000 mile interstate funded by gasoline taxes.
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Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Eisenhower
Robert T Jones Jr
The
Houston Chronicle
Clay Commission
Clay
Bailey
National Turnpike Authority
Mundt Warns Against Delaying G.O.P. Convention Until Sept
Senator Mundt warns delaying the 1956 Republican presidential nominating convention until September risks short preparation time for campaign staffing and schedules. He argues three weeks to a month are needed to line up speakers and organize travel. He favors August or Sept timing to allow a breathing period before the active campaign.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
GOP
Sen. Watkins
Utah
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
Chain Letter Bond Scheme Tied to Local Bank Sales
Local banks report a surge in savings bond purchases tied to a government chain letter fad. The scheme uses two $18.75 bonds and requires participants to replace names on a list, promising bonds worth $58,400 at maturity in ten years. The Post Office warns the mail fraud statutes are violated and urges caution.
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Ar. Associated
Missing Auto Reported Found Abandoned In Pennsylvania
An automobile reported stolen on January 13 has been found abandoned on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Somerset. The 1952 Chrysler sedan, owned by Dr. Charles S. Milton of Martinsburg Pike, appeared undamaged and was discovered after 6:50 a.m. local police reported.
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Somerset
Winchester
Charles S. Milton
Martinsburg Pike
House Members Call for Tighter Security Measures
A disturbed stenographer from New Kensington, Grace Jackson Clark, walked to Speaker Rayburn and asked to speak, violating House rules. She was denied and later found at a local hotel. Members called for improved Capitol security and a professional police force to guard Congress.
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Washington
Rayburn
D-Tex
New Kensington
Capitol
Grace Jackson Clark
House
Eisenhower
Bentley
Rmich
Roberts
D-Ala
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Ike Wins Support For Draft Extension and Pay Hike
President Eisenhower won bipartisan backing in Congress for a four year draft extension and increased pay and benefits for career servicemen. The plan also calls for a six month basic training for select 17 and 18 year olds and longer active reserve service. Congressional leaders welcomed pay raises but signaled scrutiny on reserve strengthening and fringe benefits.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Rep. Arends
R-Ill
Seon. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Winchester Wins 1953 Traffic Safety Award
The City of Winchester received a 1953 traffic safety award from the Governor's Highway Safety Committee for the highest safety points in its population class. Chief J Thomas Boyd and Lt Warren Rudolph accepted in Richmond from Capt W L Groth. Arlington won in larger cities.
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Winchester
Governor's Highway Safety Committee
J. Thomas Boyd
Warren Rudolph
Richmond
W. L. Groth
Arlington
Virginia
National Safety Council
Frederick County Sheriff's 1954 arrests count 307
The Frederick County Sheriff's Office reports 307 arrests in 1954 led by Sheriff Robert L. DeHaven with deputies John W. Hoover and J. Wilbur Dicks. Monsmons served rose to 934, civilians served 2,115, investigations 478, mileage 70,664, prisoner days 11,221 and an average of 30.7 prisoners in jail daily.
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Frederick County
Sheriff's Office
Board of Supervisors
Robert L. DeHaven
DeHaven
John W. Hoover
J. Wilbur Dicks
D. Harding Whitacre
Virginia B. de Haven
Sheriff DeHaven
Dulles and Lodge Attend Security Briefing in Omaha
Secretary of State Dulles and Ambassador Lodge join a Strategic Air Command briefing in Omaha with other top diplomats to discuss Hammarskjold mission and the release of U S airmen held in Red China. Hoover Jr and other State Department officials attend. White House declines comment.
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Washington
Dulles
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
State Department
Herbert Hoover Jr
Lodge
United States
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Hammarskjold
Peiping
U. N
Red China
Dulles-Lodge
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Far East
Henry Suydam
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Hamarskjold
Soviet Union offers to share atomic power station data
Moscow reports the Soviet government would share its experience operating an industrial atomic energy station. Leonid Ilyichev said technical data would be public via a UN report, though access for foreign scientists was not indicated. Academician D V Skobeltsyn was named Soviet representative to the UN atomic energy conference for 1955.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Leonid Ilyichev
Soviet Union
United Nations Committee On Atomic Energy
D. V. Skobeltsyn
The
Con
Manhunt Expands for Speed Pilot Verdin After Skyhawk Bailout
Los Angeles reports intensify as search covers 10 000 square miles of desert for James B Verdin the 36 year old Douglas aircraft test pilot who bailed from a A4D Skyhawk at 30500 feet after a crash near Victorville. A Douglas spokesman cites snow and subfreezing temps endangering a possible injured leg while an Air Force helicopter locates the wreckage 15 miles northwest of Victorville.
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Los Angeles
James B. Verdin
Verdin
Douglas Aircraft Corp
Victorville
Here
Douglas
Air Force
Record cold in Verkhoyansk as mercury plunges
Moscow radio reported temperatures at 65 below in Verkhoyansk Siberia last night. The same town recorded 90 below in February 1892, cited as the coldest on record.
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Siberia
London
Moscow Radio
Verkhoyansk
Episcopal Church Buys New Rectory and Elects Vestrymen
The Christ Episcopal Church annual meeting approved buying a new rectory and selling the current one at 503 S Washington St. New vestry members named are H. F. Byrd Jr John G. Goodwin G L Lignante Dr George H. Smith and Edward P. Turner They replace retiring members under the rotation plan. The Rev W Holt Souder of Richmond spoke and the Souder family plans to move January 27.
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Congregation of
Christ Episcopal Church
W. Holt Souder
Richmond
G. Frank Stinnett
Shenandoah Gas Company
Stewart St
E. Willis Lacy, Jr
Frank N. Hack
H. F. Byrd
John G. Goodwin
G. L. Lignante
George H. Smith
Edward
Winchester Leads Region in Marriage Licenses Second to Richmond
Winchester ranks second to Richmond in marriage licenses issued for the fiscal year ending June 30 1954 with 2550 licenses. The city’s proximity to Pennsylvania Ohio and parts of Maryland and West Virginia plus no waiting period after blood tests contribute to the high numbers. About two thirds of licenses go to Pennsylvania couples, many residents, with annual counts rising since 1950 from 1873 to 2457 in 1954.
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Winchester
Richmond
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maryland
West Virginia
Corporation Court
Peyton J. Marshall
Norfolk
Frederick County
Beng
Hammarskjold Calls Peiping Visit First Step Toward Release
United Nations secretary general Dag Hammarskjold said Chou En Lai raised many questions during Peiping talks but no conditions for freeing 11 American fliers. He stressed no deals or link between prisoner release and other issues. Hammarskjold called the talks a step toward improving international climate and noted no single condition was set.
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United Nations
N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Red China
Chou En-Lai
U. N
Peiping
Hammarskjold
Chou
Hamemarskjold
United States
Lodge Hammarskjold
Snowblanket causes travel chaos across Britain
Blizzards and melting snow halt travel as roads flood and trains run late. Big Ben tower paused five hours, flights delayed, and fifty passengers stranded in Georgemas. Princess Margaret’s car crash avoided serious damage during a Royal trip.
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London
Britain
Big Ben
Midlands
Tamar
Devon
Cornwall
Georgemas
Scottish Highlands
Margaret
Elizabeth
Royal
Sandringham
the Automobile Assn
Scotland
Polio Prevention Drive Urged By Winchester Hospital
Homer Alberti of Winchester Memorial Hospital urges community support for the 1955 polio fight. He notes past generosity and calls for continued, full participation to meet the drive's increased need.
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Homer Alberti
Winchester Memorial Hospital
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