Warden Barred Explosive Car in Boston Prison Siege
An armed services car carrying high explosives was brought to Massachusetts State Prison during a hostage crisis led by four convicts. It was returned to an armory after warnings from Warden O'Brien. guards were unharmed and Holy Communion was given to four Catholic guards.
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Boston
Armed Services
Massachusetts
Warren John J. O'Brien
Otis Whitney
O’brien
Boston Traveler
Mary Tierney
Theodore Green
Miss Tierney
Green
Samuél Merlin
Joseph Flaherty
Fritz Swenson
Walter Balben
GM Stockholders Offered New Issue Record Ocean of Shares
General Motors Corp announced a new stock issue of 4 385 000 shares aimed at funding a 22 billion expansion. Registration with the SEC sets the base at 435 million dollars with pricing to be determined later. Shareholders of record at the close of business February 8 1955 may subscribe to one new share for every 20 held, with the offer expiring March 7 at 6 pm EST.
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Washington
General Motors Corp
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Shooting Match at Mt. Williams Friday Night
A shooting match is scheduled at Mt. Williams on Friday night January 21 with prizes including turkeys. Local organizers invite participants to compete for listed rewards and bragging rights.
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Mt. Williams
Virginia study commission seeks to preserve segregated schools
The 32 member commission announced it will seek ways to maintain segregation in Virginia public schools. The interim report sent to Gov. Stanley states integration would damage the system. The governor expressed confidence the commission will propose a plan acceptable to most Virginians.
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Richmond
Virginia
Stanley
Supreme Court
American Freed by Russians After Six Years in Captivity
Pvt. William A. Verdine of Starks Louisiana was released by Soviet authorities in East Berlin after six years in captivity including time at Vorkuta prison camp. Verdine, missing since 1949, faces possible court martial for desertion or leaving without approval, pending a medical examination and inquiry.
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Berlin
William A. Verdine
Starks
Vorkuta
Verdine
14Th
Amored
Coburg
West Germany
Noble
U.S
East Berlin
Marchuk
Patma
Moscow
Goodridge Highlights Southern Leaders' Lasting Influence
Rev. Carroll Goodridge told the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the Winchester luncheon that the South casts a lengthened shadow through Gen. Robert E. Lee Gen. Stonewall Jackson and Commodore Maury. He praised Lee for leadership Jackson for sacrifice and Maury for Christian insight.
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Robert E. Lee
T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Carroll Goodridge
Kernstown Methodist Church
Gen. Lee
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Yesterndy
Winchester Golf Club
Gen. Jackson
Commodore Maury
Goodridge
South
Lee
Jackson
Maury
Mr. Goodridge
General Jackson
Eastern Pony Breeders Sale Set for Winchester April 16
The Eastern Pony Breeders Association chooses Winchester Livestock Exchange for its spring sale on April 16 with 75 registered Shetlands and 75 grade ponies offered. William A. Simpson of Cobham named sales manager. Bill Porter to call the sale. Mrs. Murry Clark of Forest Hill, Md., association president, to announce consignors later.
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Eastern Pony Breeders Association
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
Winchester
Winchester Livestock Exchange
William A. Simpson
Cobham
Bill Porter
Timonium
Zanesville
Ohio
Murry Clark
Forest Hill
Dog Tag Purchase Deadline Set for February
Frederick County Game Warden Earl Cather reminds dog owners that tags must be bought by February 1. All dogs four months or older require a tag displayed on the collar. Tags cost $1 for males and unsexed females, $3 for females at the county clerk’s office.
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Frederick County
Earl Cather
Four Chimney Fires In Area In 24 Hours Reported
Area firemen were called to four chimney fires in the past 24 hours. Three caused no damage, one slight damage at Cedar Grove home of Mrs Cutterer. Fires occurred at Asa Smith Kernstown York Ave and homes of Glen Van Sickel and Fred Gore.
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Cilearbrook Fire Company
William Cutterer
Cedar Grove
Cutterer
George Newlin
Shawnee Fire Company
Asa Smith
York Ave
Kernstown
Glen. van Sickel
Loudoun St
Stephens City Fire Company
Fred Gore
Pheasant and Cat Forge Unlikely Backyard Bond
In Hagerstown Maryland a wild pheasant regularly roosts in Mrs. Donald Currence’s yard and shares a tree with the family cat. The pair have grown close since a snowstorm last week with the bird and cat perched on the same limb each day.
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Hagerstown
Donald Currence
Demilitarized Zone Proposed at Costa Rica Nicaragua Border
The Inter American Investigating Commission proposed a demilitarized zone along the western Costa Rica Nicaragua border to avert a clash after Costa Rican F51 fighters briefly entered Nicaragua amid rebel fighting led by President Jose Figueres. President Somoza warned of potential international conflict as Nicaragua strengthens border garrisons and Costa Rican forces press rebels near the border.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
inter-American Investigating Commission Today
Jose Figueres
Anastasio Somoza
United States
la Cruz
Somoza
Managua
Organization of American States
Nicaragua
Mile of Dimes Event Planned Here Saturday
Alfred W. Knowles of Winchester VFW Post 2123 announced plans for the annual Mile of Dimes on Loudoun Street. The fundraiser supports the March of Dimes 1955 budget for vaccines patient care and research with Richard K. Eddy as chairman and a committee including Jack Fretwell Robert Dailey Earl Kerns and others. Campaign Director H A Lowry praised the VFWs ongoing help and noted the event has drawn public support in prior years and is expected to do so again.
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Alfred W. Knowles
Winchester Veterans of Foreign Wars
Loudoun St
VFW
Richard K. Eddy
Jack Fretwell
Robert Dailey
Earl Kerns
Lewis Bailey
Raymond Costanzo
Elmer Lauck
David Nillis
Jack Knode
Harry Lake
F. J. Sprecher
Elmer Kline
Alfred Knowles
George Taylor
H. A. Lowry
March of Dimes
Bandleader Gus Arnheim Dies in Beverly Hills
Gus Arnheim, renowned American bandleader, died at his Beverly Hills home after a heart attack. He was 56.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Gus Arnheim
Britain Considers UN Cease Fire Proposal in China Fighting
Britain says it has discussed with the United States and New Zealand a potential United Nations cease-fire resolution for the China fighting. A Foreign Office spokesman cautioned no decision was made, amid reports of joint action hindered by Nationalist China opposition. Britain also planned a formal protest to Formosa authorities over the Edendale air bombing in Swatow port.
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London
Britain
United States
New Zealand
United Nations
China
Foreign Office
U. N
U. N. Security Council
EH Eisenhower
Red China
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Swatow
Tamsui
Yikiangshan
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Toumen
Defense Ministry
Quemoy
Ra- Chiaoyu
Amoy Harbor
Eisenhower
Dulles
Diehl Named Moderator of Winchester Area Presbytery
The Winchester Presbytery elected Dr. S. R. Diehl moderator for the coming year. Diehl, pastor of the Martinsburg Presbyterian Church since 1927, succeeds Dr. R. T. Shields. The two day meeting approved the Plan of Union to unite three Presbyterian Churches. Berryville was named site for the spring meeting on April 12 at 10 a.m. The session opened with a sermon by Dr. Wade Hamilton Boggs.
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Winchester
S. R. Diehl
Presbyterian Church
Martinsburg
Diehl
Stanton Blain
Woodstock Church
R. T. Shields
Cashtown
Gettysburg College
Princeton Theological Seminary
Lackawanna, Pa
Northern Presbyterian Church
Berryville
Wade Hamilton Boggs
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U. S
Nationalist air blows hit Tachens and nearby isle holds
Waves of Nationalist planes struck Communist vessels near the Tachens and attacked Fukien coast ships. Guerrillas on Yikiangshan reportedly cling to survival amid heavy shelling as Peiping newspapers celebrate a fall.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Tachen Islands
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Yikiangshan Island
Tachens
Fukien
Red China
Yikiangshan
Peiping
Tokyo
Ike's Health Excellent as He Starts His Third Year in Office
President Eisenhower enters year three in good health says his physician Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder. The 64 year old commander in chief plans a single official engagement the weekly National Security Council meeting. Snyder notes minimal change in condition over two years and cites limited exercise since last October.
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Ike
Washington
Eisnhower
Eisenhower
National Security Council
China
Howard M. Snyder
Snyder
West Point
Colorado
Round Hill Fire Co Mid Winter Party Plans
Final plans for the Mid Winter party at 7:30 tonight at the Round Hill Community Center were announced by the Round Hill Community Fire Company. D L Bowers chairs event and a committee to study honorary members was named. A second committee will explore a summer carnival fund raising idea. New member Ferman Kline introduced and chief Garland Cather to buy a large siren. February 20 is the dues deadline. unpaid members will be dropped.
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Round Hill
Round Hill Community Fire Company
D. L. Bowers
Garland Cather
Albert Pingley
U S Observation Team on Tachens
U S observation team on the Tachen Islands is led by a colonel with four or five officers and enlisted men. The unit from the Military Assistance and Advisory Group advises Chiang Kai-shek forces and monitors troop rotation and the area situation.
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Taipeh
Formosa
U. S
Tachen Islands
Chiang Kai-shek
Tachens
Tachen
Eisenhower outlines 1965 goal of 500 billion output in speech
President Eisenhower delivers a three part economic message to Congress detailing a 1965 target of 500 billion in annual production, a projected tax reduction, and calls for higher unemployment benefits and a gradual minimum wage rise. He urges private initiative and restraint on speculative activity while outlining tariff and tax policy steps.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Sheppard Attends Father's Funeral
Dr Samuel Sheppard joins his two brothers for the burial of their 64 year old father Richard A Sheppard at Sunset Memorial Park. The family burial comes amid the ongoing trial and death surrounding the matrimonial tragedy and the elder Sheppards prior death.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Sunset Memorial Park
Richard A. Sheppard
Ethel
Samuel
Lakewood
Wifarilyn
Sheppard
Alfred C. Kreke
the Bay Methodist Church
Kreke
Three Girls and Babysitter Die in Chester Fire
A Wallingford home fire in Chester Pa. claimed the lives of three girls Stephanie Selby and Hilarie and their babysitter Mrs M A Wingate of Media. Parents Mr and Mrs C Robert Spencer were away in Atlantic City. Firemen found all victims in bedrooms due to smoke inhalation as investigators pursued the blaze cause.
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Chester
Wallinggord
Philadelphia
Stephanie
Selby
Hilarie
C. Robert Spencer
M. A. Wingate
Spencer
Patricia
Atlantic City
N. J
Today's Advice For Polio Prevention
J Pinckney Arthur of Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar Corp. says polio history is tragedy and courage and urges public support with dollars to the fullest degree.
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J. Pinckney Arthur
Shenandoah Valley
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