Adams Calls Young Turk Revolt a Blessing in Disguise
Virginia lawmakers revisit the 1954 Young Turks fight over the Byrd act and budget. Del Howard Adams credits the uprising with spurring a 62 million construction program and tax collection acceleration to fund state needs.
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Richmond
Virginia
del. Howard Adams
House Appropriations Committee
Adams
House
Senate
Del
Robert Whitehead
Nelson County
Public Service
Whitehead
House Finance Committee
Senate Finance and
Walter Newman
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Carl Marcy
Virginia League of Women
IBM RCA antitrust patent settlements reduce field to RCA case
Washington reports that pretrial settlements freed IBM and AT&T Western Electric patents, leaving only RCA’s antitrust action pending in federal court New York. IBM agreed to royalty free tabulating and data processing patents, allow sale of certain machines, and continue service. RCA case remains on the New York trial calendar with possible settlements discussed in Washington.
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Washington
Atty. Gen. Brownell
International Business Machines Corp
IBM
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Western Electric Co
New York
United States
Thomas J. Watson Jr
Kremlin Moves to Revive Spirit of Geneva
Washington reports Premier Bulganin and Khrushchev launching a peace offensive to ease Western criticism after upcoming talks with Eisenhower and Eden. A Bulgarian letter to Eisenhower described as friendly and a three hour Moscow interview with MacDuffie quote Khrushchev saying Western leaders including Eisenhower seek peace and a relaxation of tensions.
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Kremlin
Geneva
Washington
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Eden
Bulgaria
White House
Communist Party
Moscow
Marshall Macduffie
New York
Macduffie
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Soviet Ukraine
Russia
Anthony Eden
Edgar Faure
Bulgarin
Bomb Threat Forces Quick Plane Substitution in Denver
A telephone warning that a United Air Lines flight to San Francisco would be blown up prompted a last minute plane swap in Denver. The replacement craft, carrying 31 passengers, took off at 12 34 a m after screening all freight and luggage. FBI and police joined the investigation though the caller was deemed a crackpot. Previously a dynamite bombing killed 44 aboard a UAL flight near Longmont last November. John Gilbert Graham, 24, is charged with murder for the act.
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Denver
San Francisco
United Air Lines
UAL
FBI
UAS
Longmont
John Gilbert Graham
Daisie E King
Margaret L. Hodgson
Melba Polio Auction Nets Five Thousand Five Hundred
Melba Idaho residents raised about 5500 for the March of Dimes at their seventh annual polio auction. Items included a television set fetching 758.25 and a doll dressed in $100 bills sold for 300, with proceeds benefiting the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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Nets
Melba
Idaho
Gordon Vogelson
Orrie Stokes
National Foundation For
Paul Montgomery
Bob Robinson
Alfred Zeyer
Zeger
Temperature Is Seasonal in Most Areas Today
The nation's weather showed only minor changes with seasonal temperatures in most areas. Fog covered the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys and the eastern Dakotas, while light snow fell in Minnesota Wisconsin and parts of New England and the Ohio Valley. California coastal areas saw rain with Los Angeles drenched near 3 inches in 24 hours. Freezing readings prevailed in the north, with Drummond Montana at 12 degrees.
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Ohio
Mississippi Valley
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
New England
Ohio Valley
Rockies
Plateau
California
Los Angeles
Drummond
Mont
Navy plane to bring snowball ammo for kids' battle
A Navy aircraft will depart St Cloud Minnesota on February 25 for a mission to bring snowballs to New Orleans for a city recreation department snowball fight. The event targets children who have never seen snow and aims to provide a playful winter experience.
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New Orleans
St. Cloud
Minn
Salk Receives Congressional Gold Medal for Polio Vaccine
Dr. Jonas E. Salk is awarded the congressional gold medal at the Health, Education and Welfare Department. Secretary Folsom presented the honor at a ceremony with officials and Congress members in Washington. President Eisenhower sent a letter praising Salk's work and Congress had authorized the award with a $2,500 grant.
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Washington
Jonas E. Salk
Congressional
Welfare
Folsom
University of Pittsburgh
Eisenhower
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Salk
White House
Benns Seek Daytime Radio Station Permit Here
William E. Benns and Barbara Benns doing business as North Virginia Broadcast Co. of Winchester Virginia applied to the Communications Commission for permission to operate a new radio station on 1290 kilocycles with 1 kilowatt daytime service.
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Washington
Wiliam E. Benns
Barbara Benns
North Virginia Broadcast Co
Winchester
The
Communications Commission
Berryville Adopts 69 553 Budget With Water Sew er Hike
Berryville votes unanimously to adopt a 69 553.44 budget for 1955 56 with a roughly 25 percent rise in water and sewer rates to wipe out a prior deficit. A public hearing will follow formal advertising. A water system study by a Citizens Advisory Committee led to recommendations and a report by George B. Thomas.
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Berryville
Wate
Water Department
Ralph Snapp
George B. Thomas
Thomas
Citizens Advisory Committee On
Council
Andrew LaVelle
Garland Canter
Planning Commission
Ex-Convict Is Sentenced to Death for Kidnaping
Arthur Ross Brown, 30, a Kansas City area ex-convict, was sentenced to death in the Missouri gas chamber for the kidnaping and murder of Wilma Allen, 34, wife of a local auto dealer. A federal jury recommended the death penalty after a 35 minute deliberation. a parallel murder charge in Kansas is moot.
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Kansas City
Arthur Ross Brown
Missouri
Wilma Allen
U. S
Charles E. Whitaker
Brown
Kansas
Roy C. Anthony
Johnson County
Kan
Talk Rescheduled February 9 For Senator Knowland address
Snow and icy roads postponed Senator Wiliam F Knowland from speaking at the Winchester Rotary Club at the George Washington Hotel to February 9 Lincoln Day address. AAA warned against the trip due to hazardous driving conditions. roads gradually dried with sun, one accident in Winchester yesterday, and schools operating as usual.
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U. S
Wiliam F. Knowland
Rep.Calif
Winchester
Richard F. Lewis, Jr
WINC
Knowland
Associated Press
Virginia
Tidewater
Suffolk
State Highway Department
Howard Grove
Mr. Grove
Taylor warns against assuming a short war will prevail
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor told the Overseas Press Club that it would be a tragic mistake to assume any war will be brief and to curb preparation accordingly. He noted opposition to blitzkrieg ideas and stressed that Army forces will be needed abroad regardless of war length while confronting limited aggression near Communist states.
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Taylor
New York
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army Chief of Staff
Overseas Press Club
United States
Secretary Survives 90 Minutes in Locked Vault
Joyce Thomas a 22 year old secretary spent 90 minutes trapped in a locked records vault at Major Foundry Co in Franklin Park. After a jammed door and oxygen infusion rescuers freed her using a nail file screwdriver and drill, she quipped about solitary confinement and crowding.
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Chicago
Joyce Thomas
Major Foundry Co
Franklin Park
Miss Thomas
Michael Goyack
Goyack
Chicago Safe & Vault Co
R. M. Schwarze
Schwarze
New Pacific Storm Lashes California
A new Pacific storm dumped heavy to moderate rain across California while Visalia faced a state of emergency as Kaweah River flood threats loomed. Mill Creek overflow breached a conduit, flooding 40 to 50 downtown blocks before cresting.
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San Francisco
California
Central Valley
U.S. Weather Bureau
E. H. Quinn
Visalia
Kaweah
Gene Wise
Tular County
Civil Defense
Mill Creek
Special Health Message Proposes Five Point Program
President Eisenhower urged Congress to approve 126,525,000 for basic medical research, launching a five point plan to fight cancer and major killers. The proposal calls for 28 percent more federal research funds, a 250 million five year grants program for facilities, expanded health personnel, strengthened basic health services, and a possible federal insurance pooling framework. The plan highlights extended free Salk polio vaccine support through June 30 1957 and a cancer and heart research emphasis.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
American Medical Assn
Virginia forecast for fair cold night and snow in southwest
The Weather forecast for Virginia calls for fair and cold tonight with low temperatures 10 to 15 degrees inland and 18 to 25 along the coast. Friday brings increasing clouds and continued cold with snow possible in the extreme southwest region.
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Mt. Williams Benefit Gore Fire Co
Pingley & Carper, Cleaners
Frederick Clarke
Jonas Salk
W.E. Benns
Evening Star
West Va
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Ike
Talk
U.S
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Blackstone
Alleghany
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James R. Brandon
Call Mutual of Omaha
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