Four Puerto Rican terrorists given maximum terms
Four Puerto Rican terrorists who attacked the U S House of Representatives on March 1 and wounded five members were sentenced to up to 75 years. Lolita Lebron received 16 years 8 months to 50 years, while her three male co-defendants drew 25 to 75 years each.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Lolita Lebron
U. S
Alexander Holtzoff
Rafael Cancel Miranda
Andres Figueroa Cordero
Irving Flores Rodriguez
New York City
Lebron
Clifford Davis
D-Tenn
Alvin H. Bentley
Mich
George H. Fallon
Ben F. Jensen
Iowa
Kenneth A. Roberts
Ala
U S Demands Immediate Return of Soldiers From Czechoslovakia
The United States delivered a stern note to Czechoslovakia in Prague demanding the rapid return of seven American soldiers seized by a Czech border patrol near Baernau on July 4. Washington rejected Czech espionage claims and asserted the men were not spies.
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Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
U.S
State Department
Prague
Baernau
U. S
Vienna
Mad Toms
Minnows
Worms Branner
Gpet
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Grover Cooper
Fire Hall
Loryn M. Crabill
Franco urges UN reform in lengthy Madrid interview
Franco warned against letting Communist China into the United Nations and urged non Communist nations to join the world body. In a 66 minute talk with Harry F. Byrd Jr. he called for an end to the U N veto and discussed post war credit and Gibraltar. Byrd described Franco as affable and humorous during the Madrid interview.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
China
United Nations
Virginia
Korea
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Winchester
Evening Star
Virginia State Senate
Franco
United States
Free World
Byrd
U. N
World Organization
France
Britain
Gibraltar
Fortress Rock
Abernethy Says Pressure Used On Farm Votes
Rep. Abernethy of Mississippi cites reports that House Republicans faced "terrific pressures" and disciplinary action to secure votes for a flexible farm price supports plan. He notes backers of rigid supports faced pressure, while rumors tied RNC offices to threatening campaign funds.
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Abernethy
Washington
D-Miss
House
House Agriculture Committee
Republican National Committee
Senator Byrd's Annual Picnic Set August 28
U S Senator H F Byrd will hold his annual picnic for area apple growers at his Berryville orchard on Saturday August 28. The program will include a discussion of subjects of interest to all fruit growers. Names of speakers will be announced later. Try a Super Cone Taff's Frozen Custard Albin Va.
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U. S
H. F. Byrd
Berryville
Warrenton Storm Clips Town with Fierce Winds
A severe storm battered Warrenton causing widespread damage. Strong winds toppled 100 year old trees and cut power and communications lines. Crews cleared debris downtown and a tree fell across wires in front of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. building.
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Warrenton
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
W. L. Bond
Here
CIO Calls Strike In 10 Goodyear Rubber Plants
The CIO United Rubber Workers strike affects 23 000 Goodyear employees in Akron St Marys Muncie Los Angeles Topeka Lincoln Gadsden Jackson Mass Windsor Ont with 5 cent offer rejected workers demand higher pay and wage differentials. Negotiations began June 22 and resumed later in Canton Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
CIO United
Ubber
Goodyear
Akron
St. Mary’s
Ohio
Muncie
Ind
Los Angeles
Topeka
Kan
Lincoln
Neb
Gadsden
Ala
Jackson
L. S. Buckmaster
Fred W. Climer
Climer
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
Justified shooting ruling in teen plane incident
Chief Prosecutor Bernard G. Conway ruled the fatal shooting of a 15 year old who tried to commandeer a crowded transport plane as justifiable. The case centers on the officer involved and the circumstances aboard the aircraft.
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Bernard G. Conway
Million Names Back Committee Against China UN Seat
The Committee for One Million announced it has collected about one million signatures on a petition opposing the admission of Red China to the United Nations. The drive emphasizes broad public backing for the policy.
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New York
Committee For One Million
China
United Nations
Fact Finding Board Named to Probe Atomic Plant Strike
A government fact-finding board began investigating the 4500 CIO workers strike at Oak Ridge Tennessee and Paducah Kentucky plants for the AEC. Headed by Thomas Keith Glennan the panel aims to report before July 20 as a possible injunction looms under Taft Hartley while U235 production continues.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
Paducah
AEC
Thomas Keith Glennan
Washington
Eisenhower
CIO
Emerson Pownall
White House
Bernard M. Shanley
Fisenhower
Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co
Atomic Energy Commission
Trains Collide Near Madrid Kill Seven Injure Twenty
An electric train crashed into a freight train at Los Molinos near Madrid killing seven people and wounding twenty yesterday. Authorities investigated the cause as emergency crews tended to the injured and secured the scene.
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Madrid
Los Molinos
Police Without Definite Suspect In Kidnap-Murder
Miami detectives questioned more than 30 men and held seven as they hunted for the kidnap murder of Judith Ann Roberts age seven. No definite suspect was named though investigators focused on about 40 men as possible perverts and child molesters. The girl was abducted from her grandparents home and found beaten and raped near Dinner Key. Her family traveled from Baltimore, and the crime prompted a large police inquiry with FBI denial of involvement.
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Miami
Fla
Judith Ann Roberts
Chester Eldredge
Homicide Bureau
Judith Ann
Dinner Key
Eldredge
FBI
Edward J. Powers
Baltimore
South Bayshore Drive
Harry Rosenberg
Betty
Judith
Rosenbergs
James Roberts
Roberts
Dorothy Lawrence
Lawrence
Rosenberg
Agriculture Census To Start This Fall
Ernest R. Underwood of Hampton New Hampshire is appointed to recruit about 35 000 persons for the nationwide agriculture census The census is run by the Census Bureau and starts this fall and will take about six months Underwood serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee staff headed by Senator Bridges Bridges is a Republican from New Hampshire Secretary Weeks announces the appointment and outlines the census plan
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Washington
Ernest R. Underwood
Hampton
N.H
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Underwood
Senate Appropriations Committee
Census Bureau
Census of Agriculture
Court upholds dismissal of key perjury count against Lattimore
The U S Court of Appeals ruled 8 to 1 to dismiss the main perjury count against Owen Lattimore for denying Communist sympathies. It reinstated two ancillary counts by 5 to 4, while three other charges remain uncertain. Lattimore called the decision a major victory as his lawyers said the remaining counts are minor and distant in time.
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Washington
Theu. S.90
Court of Appeals
Owen Lattimore
Justice Department
Supreme Court
U. S. Dist
Luther W. Youngdahl
Baltimore
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Thuryman Arnold
Senate
Internal Security
Yenan
Red
China
Water supply deemed safe despite abnormal taste
Citizens worried by the local water taste received assurance from S. H. Reaves of the water and sewer department that the supply is pure and uncontaminated. He cited chlorine and algae in the open reservoir as the cause, noted higher chlorine levels, and described plans to cover and upgrade the reservoir within 12 to 18 months.
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H. Reaves
City Water and Sewer Department
Water and Sewer Department
Loudoun St
Boscawen St
Reaves
Shenandoah Valley
74 Degrees Today Bright Outlook From Weatherman
Temperatures dipped to 64 this morning with a high of 74 expected this afternoon from the Winchester Fruit Laboratory. The AP predicts continued cloudiness and showers in the south, with a cooler night around 55 to 60.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Associated Press
Winchester
Clarke County
AFL Pilots Call Strike Against American Airlines
The AFL Airline Pilots Assn. announced a system wide strike against American Airlines beginning at 11 59 p m July 15 to enforce an eight hour limit on continuous flying. President C N Sayen said pilots will walk out to halt scheduling beyond eight hours.
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Chicago
AFL
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Dept Sets 8 PM Meeting at American Brake
The Shawnee Volunteer Fire Dept announces its regular monthly meeting tonight at 8 o clock at the American Brake block. J W Green serves as president. Also an advertisement notes transparent apples at 1 00 per bushel with a phone contact 7031.
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Shawnee Volunteer Fire Dept
Three Children and Mother Die in Wisconsin House Fire
Robert Knuese awakened to smoke and found his wife Madeline on fire in the living room. He and a neighbor forced a wall opening to reach two children, Mary 3 and Margaret 2, but could not reach Robert Jr. 6. Firefighters recovered the bodies of Madeline and Robert Jr. The two girls died at a Milwaukee hospital. Fire Chief Franklin Wirth said the couch in the living room apparently started the blaze.
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Waukesha
Wis
Robert Knuese
Madeline
Mary
Margaret
Robert Jr
Milwaukee
Franklin Wirth
Presbytery Meets Here on Tuesday in Winchester
The Winchester Presbytery summer meeting will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Sunny side Chapel with Dr. George D. Jackson preaching the presbyterial sermon. S. C. Brooks and Dr. R. T. Shields serve as local representatives, with reports from commissioners to the General Assembly at 2 p.m. All sessions are open to attendees.
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Winchester
Dulles Vows US Veto Over Red China in UN Security Council
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States would veto any move to seat Red China in the UN Security Council if necessary. He praised U S opposition to Peiping and warned that admission would not trigger a U S withdrawal, while leaders debated congressional action and the fate of U S participation.
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Dulles
U.S
Red
China
Washington
United States
Red China
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Assembly
Peiping
United Nations
Korea
Indochina
Sen. Knowland
R-Calif
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
Sen. George
Georgia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
California
GOP
Knowland
George
Sen
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Molotov Returns To Geneva Parley
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov returned to the Indochina conference in Geneva signaling a possible cease fire push after eight years of conflict in French Indochina. French Premier Mendes France, Eden, and Chou En-lai were expected to rejoin, while Dulles and Bedell Smith未 confirmed.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Far East
Pierre Mendes- France
National Assembly
Anthony Eden
China
Chou En-lai
Peiping
U.S
State Dulles
Walter Bedell Smith
United States
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