Deaths and Funerals Ruth Shanholtz
Ruth Shanholtz was found dead at her home on 516 Highland Ave. Autopsy indicates possible natural causes. She is survived by Mae Washington Doleman and three daughters in Newark, and three sisters and two brothers in Newark and Winchester. Funeral set for Thursday at 1 p.m. in Newark.
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Ruth Shanholtz
Highland Ave
Douglas O. Hill
Memorial Hospital
Charles Haines
Hampshire County
W. Va
Mae Washington Doleman
Gladys
Margaret Ann
Barbara Lee Doleman
Newark
N. J
Alice Fletcher
Miller Myers
Minna Turner
Howard Doleman
Jerry Allen Coleman
Winchester
Funeral Service for Miss Laura Ridgeway in Baltimore
A funeral for Laura Ridgeway who died Saturday in Baltimore was conducted at 10 a.m. at Kurtz Funeral Home 215 S Loudoun St. Reverend Mr White of Herndon officiated. Burial followed in Rest Cemetery with pallbearers Harry Carter Smith Dorsey Virgil Fiddler John R Patton Fred Ridgeway and Janney V Pope.
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Laura Ridgeway
Baltimore
Kurtz
S. Loudoun St
Mr White
Herndon
Rest Cemetery
Harry Carter
Smith Dorsey
Virgil Fiddler
John R. Patton
Fred Ridgeway
Janney V. Pope
Death of Holmes Lux Doleman in Newark N J
Word has been received of the death of Holmes Lux Doleman in Newark New Jersey on Saturday. He was the son of the late Howard and Rose Doleman of Lewisville. Survivors include his wife.
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Holmes Lux Doleman
Newark
N. J
Howard and
Rose Doleman
Lewisville
Blakley’s Senate role could tilt control in Washington
In Washington Sen. Johnson, Democratic leader, says Blakley’s appointment maintains Democratic control of the Senate. If Blakley sides with Democrats, 49 to 47 gives Dems the edge. a GOP shift risks a Nixon breakpoint to 48-48. Blakley praised as able and loyal, with a 60 to 90 day special election next for the Texas seat.
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Washington
Sen
Johnson
Senate
Blakley
Shivers
Nixon
Texas
Daniel
Record Cold Grips Northeast With Subzero Readings
Frigid air covers the eastern half of the nation with 20 to 40 degrees below zero in northern New England and New York state. New York City recorded its coldest morning in nearly two years, with 3 degrees below zero, a record low for January 15. Former Justice Sherman Minton served in the U S Army on the Verdun front in World War I.
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New England
New York State
Michigan
New York City
Georgia
Gulf Coast States
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Kansas
Missouri
Midwest
New York
Tennessee
Mississipp Valley
Sherman Minton
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S. Infantry
Verdun Front
Sales Directory January Listings and Auctioneers
A January schedule lists auctions and sales across Maryland West Virginia with locations near Frederick Winchester Romney and Charles Town. Items include tractors farm equipment real estate personal property and special commissions with auctioneers Horst Wagner Joshua Place I B Zimmerman and Ralph W Haines and venues Hampshire County Court House Romney W V and Pocadot Farms Charles Town W Va.
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Clay Machinery Sales
Frederick
Horst & Wagner
E. C. Wade
Winchester
Clearbrook
C. F. Lawrence
Bufflick Road
Joshua Place
Zimmerman
Ralph W. Haines
Hampshire County Court House
Romney
W. Va
Charles Town
Nurse testifies giant syringe used by Dr Adams
Eastbourne prosecutors describe in court how Dr John Bodkin Adams allegedly used a large hypodermic syringe to inject Mrs Edith Morrell shortly before her death. Nurse Caroline Randall testified the syringe was larger than normal and followed by two more injections, as Adams faces possible murder charges amid a broader inquiry into wills of wealthy widows.
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Eastbourne
England
Edith Morrell
John Bodkin Adams
Adams
Scotland Yard
Caroline Randall
Morrell
English Channel
Christmas Trees Now Cash Crop On Many Farms
BLACKSBURG More farmers are raising Christmas trees for a cash crop than ever before, according to a survey by the U S Forest Service. Carl J Holcomb forester at the VPI Agricultural Extension Serv
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Blacksburg
U. S. Forest Service
Carl J. Holcomb
VPI Agricultural Extension Serv
Irving Potash Admit Guilty Reentry Case in Bronxville
Irving Potash aged 54 pleaded guilty in Federal Court to illegally re entering the United States after being deported in 1955. Judge Sidney Sugarman set Friday for sentencing with a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment and a $1000 fine. Potash a former Communist leader was arrested January 4 in a Bronxville restaurant Westchester County. He may have acted as a courier for other Communist leaders while returning to see his wife and daughter. He previously was among 11 Communist leaders convicted in 1949 and served three years five months of a five year term before deportation to Poland.
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New York
Irving Potash
United States
Sidney Sugarman
FBI
Potash
Bronxville
Westchester County
U.S
Paul W. Williams
Gita
Jean
Poland
Russia
CIO International Fur Workers Union
Christmas tree industry grows with farmer ownership rise
Virginia mirrors national interest in Christmas trees as farmers own about seven percent of 225 500 acres planted solely to trees. The survey shows 37 million trees used nationwide last year, with 25 million cut in the United States and most from border states with Canada. Prices indicate a 1955 wholesale business around 25.5 million and retail around 47.5 million dollars.
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Ice
Virginia
United States
Canada
Separate Rt. 522 Crashes Injure Two Persons
Two people were injured in separate crashes on U S Route 522 north of Winchester yesterday. Marie Benson Frank of Struthers Ohio suffered a possible pelvic fracture and other injuries in a 1955 Ford crash at 3 15 p m that sent the car into a house. A 17 year old Gainesboro resident, David Lee Adams, was hospitalized with a possible fractured leg after a collision at the northern edge of Albin involving a 1951 Ford and a 1950 Olds mobile.
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U. S
Frank
William Frank
Finton Kerns
Fred Whitacre
David Lee Adams
Gainesboro
Albin
L. P. Coverstone
Adams
Oldsmobile
James Edward Collins
Radford
Nash
Studebaker
Walter Kerns
Rt. 2
Ford
Red Skelton Performs Live Special Amid Illness in Family
Hollywood star Red Skelton, softened by supportive letters and calls, presents a live CBS show titled Laugh Clown Laugh while coping with his son Richard’s leukemia. Doctors fear a five month to year life expectancy, as Skelton and wife Georgia seek faith and prayer for their seriously ill boy.
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Hollywood
Red Skelton
Cbs-Tv
Richard
Red
Georgia
Ucla Medical Center
Skelton
Bed of Roses and Concrete Pillars Could Save Lives on Highways
Highway experts from New Hampshire and California report rose hedges and collapsible concrete pillars in medians reduce head-on collisions. Experiments show multiflora rose hedges can absorb impact and stop out-of-control vehicles with minimal injury. Concrete barriers act as energy absorbers and halt crossing cars.
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Science Service
Washington
New Hampshire
California
Highway Research Board
Russell R. Skelton
University of New Hampshire
Norman L. Pedersen
John H. Mathewson
Derwyn M. Severy
The
Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering
University of California At
Los Angeles
Eisenhower and Macmillan Exchange Messages on Unity
President Eisenhower released a public exchange with Harold Macmillan after Macmillan became Britain's Prime Minister. The messages stressed warm friendship and Anglo American unity as Eisenhower headed to drought areas in the Southwest. No face to face meeting was noted.
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Harold MacmilLan
Great Britain
Downing Street
London
Eden
Selwyn Lloyd
R. A. Butler
Tucson
Ariz
Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
Britain
United Kingdom
Macmillan
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