Service Friday For Mrs. Petrie
Funeral service for Mrs Bes sib Ebersole Petrie who died yesterday morning in Memorial Hospital will be held Friday at 2 p m from Kurtz Funeral Home in Loudoun Street The Rev Paul E Dick pastor of the First Brethren Church will officiate Interment will be in Green Hill Cemetery Stephens City Pallbearers are Home V Hack Robert E Hockman W W Bennington Henry J Carbaugh N D Brim and R E B Aylor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bes
Sib Ebersole Petrie
Memorial Hospital
Kurtz Funneral
S. Loudoun St
Paul E. Dick
First Brethren Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Stephens City
Home V. Hack
Robert E. Hockman
W. W. Bennington
Henry J. Carbaugh
N. D. Brim and
R. EB. Aylor
FBI Continues Probe After Brookhaven Shooting
The article notes Lamar Smith, active in civil rights, was shot in Brookhaven downtown. A grand jury found no witnesses. The piece also covers the Till case where a 14 year old Chicago boy was abducted near Money after alleged insults to a white woman. the husband and brother-in-law were acquitted of murder and a grand jury did not indict on kidnapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PLC
Lamar Smith
Brookhaven
Till
Chicago
Aeyond
Employee suggestion box becomes established in industry
The article states the suggestion box is now a standard feature in business. It claims firms gain over a million ideas annually and that for every dollar paid in bonuses, nineteen dollars are returned in savings. About one in four employee suggestions are accepted.
January farm sale notices list at Frederick and Charles Town
A sequence of farm auction notices for January lists the sale dates, times, and locations. Clay E. Smith at 220 S. Kent St in Charles Town with property from Frederick County Court House leads off, followed by Roger P Sager west of Rt. 55 at Star Tannery for cattle and farm gear, and Lester Lentz at the Frank Bame Farm near Charles Town with cattle hogs tractors dairy equipment feed. Auctioneers are listed as Chas R Duvall and W D Orndorff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay E. Smith
Frederick County Court House
S. Kent St
Chas
R. Duvall
Roger P Sager
Rt. 55
Star Tannery
Byron Brumback
Lester Lentz
Frank Bame
Charles Town
W. Va
Rt. 9
W. D. Orndorff
Convicted Slayer Escapes From Gibson County Jail
Leslie Irvin, 31, under death sentence for the Evansville robbery slaying of W. Wesley Kerr and accused in five other killings, escaped Gibson County Jail last night. Sheriff Hollen suspects outside help and says cellmate Lawrence Bryant stayed behind. Irvin’s brother and his wife visited him Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
Leslie Irvin
Gibson County
Earl Hollen
Irvin
Hollen
Lawrence Bryant
W. Wesley Kerr
Evansville
Kentucky
Eisenhower Addresses World Crises and Peace Outlook
President comments on the Life article and U S policy in Korea Indochina and Formosa insisting he won t discuss NSC precepts or give a yes or no on retaliation He defends military decisions free of political aims and recalls Ridgway critique He says world peace prospects are brighter than three years ago but warns against complacency citing Korea Indochina Iran Trieste and Guatemala tensions and Geneva lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Indochina
Formosa
Life
National Security Council
Dulles
U. S
Quemoy
Matsu Eisenhower
National Defense
Saturday Evening Post
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Army
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Yalu River
Manchuria
Driver Walkout Slows Greyhound Bus Service North of Washington
A drivers walkout by Eastern Greyhound workers continued to disrupt routes north and west of Washington D C for a second day. About 250 drivers joined a continuous union session after the firing of R H Grossnickle of Hagerstown. Some buses still operated east and south of the area, while westbound routes toward Harrisburg and Pittsburgh remained tied up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Greyhound
Washington
D. C
U. S. Rt
L. E. Wadsworth
Atlantic Greyhound
Trailways
Nis
R. H. Grossnickle
Hagerstown
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Clark K. Dorsey
Baltimore
Transit and Bus Workers Union
Grossnickle
Dorsey
Union Co
New York
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Greyhound
Bramblett Conviction Upheld By Court
The US Court of Appeals upheld former Rep. Ernest K. Bramblett's conviction on falsifying payroll in a salary kickback scheme. In a 2-1 ruling the court rejected his three year statute limit claim and Bramblett faces a suspended sentence and $5,000 fine from 1955. His attorney plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
US Court of Appeals
Ernest K. Bramblett
Calif
Bramblett
U. S. District Court
Edward Bennett Williams
Supreme Court
Margaret M. Swanson
Arlington
Origins of the Three Wise Men in tradition and legend
The Three Wise Men Melchior Gazpar and Balthazar are described as three kings from the East likely rulers of minor Persian provinces. Medieval lore also names them the Three Kings of Cologne with relics claimed by the German city’s cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melchoir
Gaspar
Balthazar
East
Cologne
Germany
United Nations condemns Israel for Syria attack
The U N Security Council unanimously condemned Israel for the December 11 attack on Syria in which 56 Syrians and six Israelis were killed. The Western resolution backed by the United States Britain and France was milder than a Russian backed counter proposal but still a clear censure after a month of debate in which all delegations supported condemnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Syria
United States
Britain
France
Russia
11-Nation Council
Rioters Surge Through Bombay Amid Four Day Violence
Rioters burned and looted across a 15 square mile area in Bombay as authorities report 37 deaths this week. Communists allegedly push for a parallel government while citizens form peace brigades to aid police and military units guard key power and water installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Home Ministry
New Delhi
Satara
S. K. Patil
Congress Party
Bombay City
Fresh Blanket Of Snow Covers Winchester Area
A fresh snowstorm blanketed the Winchester area with 2 to 4 inches expected before switching to rain this afternoon. Roads were slick with slush on secondary routes, and crews from the highway department and city spread salt and cinders. Clarke and Frederick counties closed or delayed classes. two minor accidents were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Howard Grove
Highway Department
Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke County
Clarke
Truman says he was turned down calling on Eisenhower
Former President Truman confirmed he was refused a meeting with President Eisenhower in fall 1953 during the American Royal livestock meeting in Kansas City. The tale, relayed by Betty Beale, cites Truman from Independence Missouri and notes Eisenhower's busy schedule and a Hoover comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Sar
Truman
Eisenhower
Betty Beale
Independence
Kansas City
Muehlebach Hotel
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Answers to the How's Your I Q quiz page 12
Correct responses include 1786-7 for the first, all are Commonwealths for the second, Oblations for the third, Andrew Johnson for item four, Scandinavians for item five, Twelve for item six, Sun for item seven, 8 for item eight, Forty days for item nine, Treacle for item ten, trickles and mold holes described as syrup trickling, and a rabbit skin for the final item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Johnson
Red Cross Allocates 41 Percent for Military Aid
About 41 percent of its budgeted funds goes to the service it provides to members of the Armed Forces and to veterans. This includes emergency financial aid help with family and personal problems and government benefits, and maintains a field staff with the armed services worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
A.R.R. A
The
Armed Services
Bulk Milk Tanks Gain Popularity in Virginia
In Blacksburg Virginia 700 bulk milk tanks are in use per G C Graf head of the dairying department at VPI The latest switch is by Southwest Virginia dairymen shipping to a Bluefield dairy Tanks cool milk rapidly often below 40 degrees aiding bacteria control but effectiveness depends on milking equipment and methods Overall quality matches the milk entering the tank and Graf notes a bulk tank is already at VPI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Virginia
G. C. Graf
VPI
Graf
Bluefield
Winchester Frederick County Chamber Hails New Plant Project
Marvin Gore president of the Winchester-Frederick County Chamber of Commerce praised a new plant project, noting its anticipated benefits for Winchester Frederick County and Berryville. The Industrial Committee aided site selectors with technical data, while Clarke County civic groups and officials attended the high school meeting. Barbara Lloyd of Berryville baked the dessert cherry pie, and Doubleday & Co. is described as a major book publisher with national distribution. Established in 1897, the firm runs publishing, manufacturing, and mail-order operations across the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
chester-Frederick County
Winchester - Frederick County
Gore
Clarke County
Board of Supervisors
Fire Department
Dillard
Ed Lee
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Oscar Hamilton
JCC
Kenneth Shenk
Clarke County Ruritan Club
David F. Childs
Lions Club
Joseph O. Cain
John H. Enders Fire Co
Charles J. Enders, Jr
American Legion Post
Walter N Rutherford
Barbara Lloyd
Berryville
Chicago
Doubleday & Co., Inc
United States
Canada
Life Press firm growth under Doubleday leadership
The Life Press, founded in Garden City by Theodore Roosevelt in 1910, expanded operations and moved offices to New York City. Nelson Doubleday headed the firm after 1928, with 28 Doubleday bookshops. Mr. Black, president since 1946, joined in 1944 after graduation from Columbia College and Columbia Law School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Press
Theodore Roosevelt
Garden City
Long Island
Nelson Doubleday
New York City
Doubleday Book
Black
New York
Columbia College
Columbia University Law School
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FBI
Janice M. Herbaugh
Jones Funeral Home
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
Titan Power Laws
Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
H. C. Christianson
Duff
Goodyear
S. Braddock St
Solon
Tioe
Fairbanks-Morse
Wisconsin
B.S
Barr's, Inc
Bulletin
J. A. Claycomb
Kenneth Peffly Klinger
Ft. Eustis
Fairmont Ave
Loudoun
Ceci Sts
Tke
HST
I. Q
F. N. Doubleday
Farmall Super
Coleman
Arvin
Miller’'S Hardware
N. Loudoun
Cali
Glaize & Bro. Service & Quality
Cameron St
Magnolia
Winchester Milling Corp
S_ C
Merck & Co., Inc
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