Europe Sees Heat Wave Claims 130 Lives
Europe endures a deadly heat wave with 130 deaths reported across countries. Italy bore the worst toll with 38 deaths and temperatures around 100 F, while Germany Britain and Austria also faced fatalities and power weather disruptions.
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Europe
Italy
Venice
Milan
Austria
Vienna
Budapest
West Germany
Berlin
Britain
Lulworth Cove
Paris
Australia
Malenkov Phone Line Fails to Connect in Moscow Call
The New York Post tried a transatlantic call to Moscow to reach Georgi Malenkov, an ousted Communist leader, but the overseas operator reported the line does not answer.
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New York
New York Post
Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
Stephensburg through the ages in Frederick County history
Local history notes recount how the 1758 General Assembly erected a 900 acre Stephens land into a town named Stephensburg the second in Frederick County after Winchester. The town later became Newtown then Stephens City and grew into a prosperous community over 199 years.
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Stephensburg
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Stephens
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Stephensburge
Newtown
Stephens City
200000 Expected to Vote In Primary Tomorrow
Virginia Democrats face a straightforward primary with about 200000 voters expected across 13 hours. Key contests occur in Alexandria Norfolk and Richmond while names shift due to Gilmer Jr withdrawal and Carwile opposition to Governor Almond.
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Associated Press
Virginia
House of Delegates
Alexandria
Norfolk
Richmond
Howard C. Gilmer Jr
Pulaski
Genera
Gilmer
Lindsay Almond Jr
Howard C. Carwile
A. E. S. Stephens
Almond
Western Allies Press Soviet Reply on U S Disarmament Plan
Western allies at a UN disarmament subcommittee strategy session agreed to press the Soviet Union for an early reply to American disarmament terms. They hope Khrushchev’s Kremlin purges may ease Moscow’s willingness to compromise, while warning from Moscow radio cautions against expecting concessions.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Valerian Zorin
Moscow
U.S
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
West
Khrushchev
V. M. Molotov
Georgi Malenkoy
Moscow Radio
U.S.A
U.S.S.R
Washington
U.S.R
Virginia Governor Election Voters Urged to Cast Ballots
Polls open 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM for the Democratic governor nomination in Virginia. A call to vote, urging participation regardless of candidate choice.
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Virginia
Virginia Death Toll Hits 17 From Accidents Over Holiday
The Associated Press reports at least 17 people died by accidental causes in Virginia during the 102 hour Independence Day holiday period ending last midnight. Nine traffic deaths occurred on highways and seven were drownings. A victim list includes Mrs. Gussie Snider of Gadsden Alabama, killed in a crash near Marion while en route home after visiting her condemned son in Richmond.
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Gussie Snider
Gadsden
Ala
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Darlene
Odellia G. Higgins
Stanley Blevin
White Top
Nine Die In Two Car Crash In Oxford Mississippi
A flaming two car collision killed nine persons and critically injured the only survivor on State Highway 16 near Oxford. The crash occurred at 2 30 am with four victims pinned in a car that burned, and skid marks showed the driver was in the wrong lane. Police identified the drivers as Whitson Willingham, 25, of Oxford, and Howard Willingham, 20, of Taylor Mississippi, among the ten involved.
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M. Q Parks
Whitson Willingham
Parks
Ominous Charges Pile Up Against Malenkov During Holiday
More than 700 people died in violent accidents during a long Independence Day holiday period. The AP tally for 102 hours from July 3 to July 5 records 419 traffic fatalities, 201 drownings, and 99 other accidents, with total deaths at 719. Two major highway crashes near Oxford, Mississippi and Saugus, California killed 16 and seven people respectively.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Acci
Mid-Year Traffic Toll Rises to 12 in Local Area
State police report six months totals for Frederick Clarke and Warren counties show 322 crashes, 12 deaths, 183 injuries and $184 237 in property damage. Frederick records 189 crashes with nine killed and 123 hurt, Clarke 77 crashes with two killed and 34 injured, Warren 56 crashes with one killed and 26 injured. June adds one death in Frederick and one in Clarke with no Warren fatalities. Total month damage about 17 275 dollars.
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Stevenson Arrives in Paris After Africa Tour
Adlai Stevenson, former Democratic presidential candidate, arrived in Paris by plane today from Dakar following an extended tour of Africa.
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Adlai Stevenson
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Africa
Mrs. Coolidge Dies at 78 in Northampton Home
Mrs. Grace Coolidge widow of Calvin Coolidge the 30th U S president died at 12 50 a m at her Northampton Massachusetts home. Heart disease and general weakness listed as causes. Son John remained with her as she passed. burial planned for Plymouth Vermont near departed husband and son Calvin Jr.
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Gince Goodhue Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
United States
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John
Buria
Plymouth
Calvin Jr
Malenkov Faces New Coercion Allegations Amid Soviet Purge
In Moscow a surge of charges targets former Premier Georgi Malenkov and allies in the antiparty purge. A Leningrad official accuses Malenkov of trying to coerce him into signing a forgery, part of a broader crackdown that included executions of security officials tied to Stalin era cases. Khrushchev and Bulganin travel to Prague as Soviet leadership hails the purge.
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Georgi Malenkoy
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Communist Party
Nikita Khruschev
Nikolai Bulganin
Red
Czechoslovakia
Malenkov
Leningrad
Stalin
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Bulganin
Rude Pravo
V. M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Bulgania
Warsaw
Molotov
Lazar Kaganovich
Nikolai Shvernik
Turko
Presidium
Rabies Control Plea Before Frederick County Board
Dr A L Lindall and H W Butler urged the Frederick County Board of Supervisors to enact a county rabies control ordinance. They cited earlier attempts, a 1952 rabies case, 19 county exposures, and the need for pet inoculations and an animal shelter to curb stray dogs foxes and cats. They argued a county program would boost dog licenses and support from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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A. L. Lindall
Winchester-Frederick County
H. W. Butter, Jr
Winchester
Frederick County
Health Department
Barbara Vance
Vance
Pasteur
Lindal
Miami Judge Deliberates Adoption Petition for Hildy McCoy
Miami Circuit Judge John Prunty took under advisement a petition by Mr and Mrs Melvin Ellis to adopt Hildy McCoy a freckle faced girl born to a Roman Catholic mother. He called Hildy a suitable adoptee and the Ellises suitable parents but will wait on briefs from Massachusetts before ruling.
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Miami
Fla
Melvin Ellis
Hildy McCoy
John Prunty
Hildy
Ellises
Massachusetts
Tombstone missing as Wyatt Earp tombstone vanishes
San Francisco area cemetery reports 250 pound tombstone of lawman Wyatt Earp stolen Saturday night. Authorities say remains were not moved and no transfer to Tombstone is planned. Earp once hunted bandits in Arizona and died in 1929 after a quiet California career.
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Colma
Morris Cotton
Hills of Eternity Memorial Park
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Calfornia
Los Angeles
Filibuster Details Highlight Civil Rights Bill Push
Efforts to bring the civil rights bill before the Senate are set to begin today signaling a Southern filibuster. James Marlow explains the filibuster and the factors involved on today's editorial page.
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James Marlow
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