Flexible Price Support Plan Advances in House Vote
House approval of a flexible price support system for five crops with a 58 vote margin marks a key administration victory. Senators note potential shifts as the plan aims 82.5 to 90 percent parity for crops including wheat and corn, with tobacco excluded from change due to its special status.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Aiken
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen. Young
R-Nd
Eisenhower
Benson
Wreckage Bellies Jet Fighter Crash Near Utica Kills Four
A special Air Force team probes a jet fighter crash at Walesville near Utica killing four on the ground. Lt. William Atkins and Lt. Henry Condon bailed out before impact. the F94C Starfire’s fuel exploded but rockets did not. The plane from Griffiss AFB had been scrambled to identify a possible enemy aircraft and crashed as it returned to base.
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Utica
N. Y
Special Air Force
Walesville
William E. Atkins
Dutton
Henry F. Condon
Perryville
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rome
Atkins
Condon
Would-Be Holdup Man Subdued By 78-Year-Old Jeweler
In mid Manhattan a knife point robbery attempt ended when 78-year-old jeweler William Jacques grabbed the assailant's wrist, knocked the knife away, punched and kicked him, and dragged him outside to call police. Nathaniel Rose, 20, of Manhattan, faces charges of attempted robbery and violating the Sullivan anti weapons law.
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New York
William Jacques
Manhattan
Jacques
Nathaniel Rose
Eisenhower tax overhaul bill clears Senate amid broad support
The Senate approved Eisenhower's general tax overhaul 63 to 9 after five days of debate and two months of work by the Finance Committee. The measure totals about 875 pages with major changes aimed at corporations and individuals, including depictions on dividend tax relief and accelerated depreciation, while offset by extending the corporate rate to 1955. The bill also expands charity deductions, medical expense allowances, and provides tax relief provisions for families, students, and farmers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Treasury Department
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
House
Treasury
Former Virginia Chief Justice Campbell Dies at 80
Preston W. Campbell, 80, who served 23 years on the Virginia Supreme Court and led it for 16 years, dies in a Johnson City hospital after a period of ill health. Born in Abingdon in 1874, he came from a noted Virginia family active in law and politics. He was chief justice from 1931 and had previously served on the Smyth-Washington Circuit Court. He is survived by his widow, Louise Elwood Howard.
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Abingdon
Preston W. Campbell
Virginia
Johnson City
Tenn
Justice Campbell
Edward M. Campbell
J. E. B. Stuart
John Preston White
Texas
Capt
John Campbell
King’s Mountain
Andrew Jackson
United States
van Buren
David Campbell
John A. Campbell
Campbell
Supreme Court
Joseph L Kelly
Bristol
Robert R. Prentis
Smyth-Washington
Abingdon Male Academy
University of Virginia
Hampden-Sydney College
Louise Elwood Howard
Lynchburg
Traffic Death Toll Light in Early Hours of July 4 Weekend
The Associated Press reports a slow start to the July 4 holiday with 22 traffic deaths in the first 26 hours, plus four drownings, totaling 26 mishap deaths. A crash involving an empty bus and a passenger car at Mahwah New Jersey disrupted traffic along the New York State corridor.
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Associated Press
Mahwah
N. J
New York State
New Jersey
New York
National Safety Council
Agreement Ends Phone Equipment Installers Strike
The Western Electric Co and the CIO Communications Workers signed a one year labor contract ending a two day walkout by 17 000 telephone installers. The pact provides wage increases from five to seven cents an hour for installers and $1.80 a week for job clerks. The union had sought six to eight cents while the company offered four to seven.
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New York
Western Electric Co
CIO Communications
Winchester firms observe legal holiday closures
We will be closed all day Winchester Credit Corp VA LOAN & THRIFT CO 1p 7-2-21 CLOSED MONDAY July 5 All Day Miller's Drug Store new fruit picking ladders 5 6 7 8 foot Barr's Hardware WN Cameron St Winchester 1p-7-2-2t
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Harley-Davidson
Shawnee
Gaunt’'S Drug Store
Winchester Credit Corp
VA. Loan & Thrift CO
Miller’s Drug Store
Barr's Hardware
Cameron St
Winchester
Fire Company Yard Party Raises Funds in Stephens City
Several hundred attended the Stephens City Fire Company annual yard party at the school grounds. Chicken and ham suppers netted 175.75 toward a new fire hall addition. Bob Dodson won the cake. another cake and a television set grand prize will be awarded tonight around 11 p.m. If rain occurs, supper moves to the school cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City Fire Company
Stephens City
Bob Dodson
Castillo Loyalists Dissatisfied With Guatemalan Pact
Rebel leader Col. Carlos Castillo Armas returns to Guatemala to discuss the San Salvador peace pact as his Liberation Army voices dissatisfaction with the agreement. The five member junta includes allies from both factions while Monzon remains unclear on returning to the capital.
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Guatemala
Col
Carlos Castillo Armas
Liberation Army
Castillo
Chiquimulacn
San Salvador
Elfego Monzon
el Salvador
Monzon
Chiquimula
Evurt
Fiveman Junta
Chicago group fights water fluoridation challenge
A Chicago citizens group seeks 500000 signatures to put a referendum on fluoridation to voters. The petition challenges adding sodium fluoride to the city water, while opponents label it a deadly poison.
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Chicago
Nazi Air Marshal Milch Freed From Landsberg Prison
Nazi Air Field Marshal Erhard Milch age 56 released from U S War Crimes prison at Landsberg. disclosure made today in Radingen Germany.
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Ratingen
Germany
Erhard Milch
U.S
Landsberg
Queen of Dallas Underworld Dies After Prohibition Era Fame
Maud Lynch, famed Dallas underworld queen and pickpocket deluxe, died after a stroke at 56. Once a notorious figure with a fortune from thefts and narcotics, she endured countless arrests yet remained controversial and enigmatic in Texas during the 1920s and 30s.
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Dallas
Maud Lynch
Maud
Texas
Holiday Fourth Forecast Promises Warm Weather and Cautious Driving
The Fourth of July weekend is expected to stay warm with clouds and scattered showers through Monday. Officials urge careful driving amid heavy traffic as Independence Day travels begin. Radar speed checks contribute to highway safety in Virginia with no deaths reported early, and only minor incidents noted locally. Downtown shops open late as residents plan beach trips to state parks and Skyline Drive.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Col. C. W. Woodson
Virginia State Police
Ocean Beaches
Cacapon
Lost River
Antitrust suit filed against United Fruit Co
The government filed an antitrust suit in New Orleans Federal Court against United Fruit Co seeking steps to establish competitive banana industry practices. The action aims to counter Communist propaganda claims and alleges monopoly power. United Fruit denies the charges through VP and general counsel Sam Baggett.
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Washington
United Fruit Co
Central America
Atty
Gen
Brownell
New Orleans
United Fruit
United States
Latin America
Boston
Sam Baggett
New York
Meadows Admits Setting Fire to His Car
Robert G Meadows of Rt 2 was arrested Thursday evening and charged with burning his 1939 Buick sedan. He told officers he set the car afire on Dec 23 1952 after engine trouble and gasoline was purchased at a service station west of Winchester. He posted bond for Trial Justice Court on July 13.
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Robert G. Meadows
Rt. 2
Wilbur Dicks
Glenn Shifflett
National Automobile Theft Bureau
Meadows
Winchester
U.S. Rt. 50
Wardeneville
Robert L. DeHaven
Trial Justice Court
DeHaven
Frederick County
Wilbur Pennington
Star Editorial Reprinted in Boston Paper by Byrd Jr
The Christian Science Monitor reprinted The Winchester Evening Star editorial by Harry F. Byrd Jr on June 18. The piece, first published October 1, 1953, later earned the Freedoms Foundation George Washington Honor Medal for promoting American life understanding. The Monitor serves over 500,000 readers.
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The
Christian Science Monitor
Boston
Winchester Evening Star
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Star
George Washington
Freedoms Foundation
the Monitor
U S Presses France Over Indochina Troop Withdrawals
Washington expresses grave concern to Paris about the French pullout in Indochina. The State Department seeks information on the operation after reports that four million Vietnamese fell under Red rule and five fortified cities plus 2000 square miles were evacuated.
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Washington
United States
Paris
Geneva
Saigon
Red River
Indochina
Associated Press
Singapore
Hanoi
State Department
Henry Suydam
Suydam
Weather notice and holiday garbage collection changes
Clouds linger over Winchester area with a high near 87 and a low 68 after a 94 high yesterday. Light sprinkles reported, rainfall in Clarke County around 10 inches last night, with AP predicting continued cloudiness and scattered storms. Due to a legal holiday, garbage collections pause Monday July 5 and resume Thursday July 8. city buses do not operate.
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Winchester Fruit Laboratory
Clarke County
Associated Press
French Troops Abandon Phu Ly as Vietminh Seize Delta
French forces pull back from Phu Ly in the Red River Delta leaving about two million civilians under Vietminh control. Hanoi reports claim one Vietminh battalion was encircled with 60 rebels slain while French authorities vow a strong reply. Red Chinese aid to rebels has risen sharply to 6 000 7 000 tons.
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Saigon
Indochina
Phu Ly
Red River
Hanoi
First High Command
Phy Ly
Nam Dinh
Viet Nam
Ngo Dien
Raoul Salan
Salan
Three Found Shot To Death In Auto In Kansas City
In Kansas City a man and two women were found shot to death in a moving car near Observation Park. Donald Knepp, 38, was shot in the head and died. Dolly Marcell Levy, 29, also died from gunshot wounds. Carl Levy, a plumber and husband of one victim, confessed to the shootings. Police arrested Levy at a son’s home after a neighbor reported an early morning argument.
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Kansas City
Set
Jack Harvey
Carl Levy
Levy
Donald Knepp
Dolly Marcell Levy
Observation Park
Star Not Published Monday July 5 1954
The Star will not publish on Monday July 5 1954 in observance of Independence Day.
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Ike
Courtney Grim
Henry N. Alford
ATA
Atlanta
Robert W. Smith
Taneytown
Grim
Virginia Trapshooting Association
Winchester Gun Club
Drum’s Methodist Church
Henry Rutherford
Rt. 7
Berryville
Branner’s Sport Shop
West Texas
Woodson
Robert Meadows
Star Editorial
Red River Delta
U. S
Martin's Drug Store
Berryville Ave
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