Five American Boys Dead In Rockies Snow Avalanche
Four Philadelphia youths and one from St Louis died after an avalanche on Mt Tempel at 9500 feet. Two others were missing. two injured hospitalized in Banff. The victims aged 13 to 16 were members of the Wildlessness Club from Philadelphia.
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Banff
Atla
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Mt. Tempel
Miles Marble
David Chapin
Banff Hospital
Frederick Ballard
Jerry Clattenburg
Peter Smith
Tony Woodfield
Wildlessness Club of
O. D. Dickenson
W. H. Oeser
Banff National Park
Canadian Rockies
Dixon Yates contract canceled by Ike
President Eisenhower ordered the Dixon Yates contract canceled after Memphis mayor Frank Tobey urged the city to build its own power plant. Congress signaled plans to keep the issue alive into the 1956 presidential campaign.
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Washington
Dixon- Yates
Congress
Eisenhower
Frank Tobey
Memphis
Atty
West Memphis
Ark
Brownell
Dixon-Yates
Edgar H. Dixon
Dixon
Middle South Utilitties
The
Southern Co
Eugene A
Geneva Peace Proposals Take Final Form
Western Big Three move toward a Geneva summit offer to guarantee Communist Europe against aggression in exchange for free elections to reunify Germany. Proposals call for a step‑by‑step settlement: reunified Germany, an East‑West security system, arms limitation, expanded trade, and end to radio propaganda.
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London
Geneva
Europe
Germany
Eisenhower
Eden
Faure
Bulsanin
Berlin
Gable 54 Weds For Fifth Time In Nevada Ceremony
Clark Gable 54 and Kay Williams Spreckels 37 were married in a surprise double ring ceremony at a Nevada home. It is Gable's fifth marriage and Spreckels' third. Attends included Mr and Mrs Albert Menasco and Mrs Elizabeth Nessor. The couple spoke little. the groom kissed his bride before leaving.
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Minden
Nev
Clark Gable
Kay Williams Spreckels
California
Adolph Spreckels II
Gable
Miss Williams
Justice of the Peace
G. Walter Fisher
Albert Menasco
St. Helena
Calif
Elizabeth Nessor
Los Angeles
Fisher
Glenbrook
Lake Tahoe
Josephine Dillon
Ria Langham
Carole Lombard
Sylvia Ashley
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
House Panel Blocks Free Salk Vaccine Funds Amid Budget Cuts
The House Appropriations Committee rejected Eisenhower’s request for 30 million dollars to provide free Salk polio vaccine for needy children, citing lack of authorization. It approved 1.65 billion dollars for federal programs, cutting atomic and defense spending. The panel halted plans for the 125 million Air Force Academy and ordered other budget actions including evacuation planning, a one million dollar summit fund, and prison construction denial.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
Nation Institutes of Health
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Voting light in Democratic primaries in Frederick and Clarke Counties
Reports from Frederick and Clarke Counties show a light to average turnout in the Democratic primary. In Frederick, incumbents Massie and Anderson seek the nomination for Commonwealth's Attorney, with precinct totals at midday ranging from 17 to 103 votes in listed districts. In Clarke, Costello runs for commissioner of revenue as Berryville and Millwood report low to average ballots by 1 pm with no other precinct tallies yet.
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Frederick
Clarke
Frederick County
Commonwealth
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
John F. Anderson
Neffstown
Brucetown
Newtown
Middletown
Albin
White Hall
Kernstown
Carper’s Valley
Clarke County
George W. Costello
Democra
David H. Allen
Berryville
Millwoood
Slaying of 2 Year Old Donna Sue Davis Shocks Sioux City
Police voiced no clues in the abduction slaying of Donna Sue Davis a two year old girl found raped and killed near a farm field across the Missouri River from Sioux City Iowa. Neighbors saw a young man prowling outside the Davis duplex and police questioned a man in what they called a routine arrest.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Donna Sue Davis
James Davis
Davis
Ernest Oehlerking
Neb
Missouri River
Learn to Drive Before School Starts and Yard Party
Community notices advertise a driving course before the school season opens and a WV F W YARD PARTY hosted by John Kerr School Lat. on July 16 with a cake walk and Davy Crockett contest.
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John Kerr
Davy Crockett
Grove Furniture Co
Southern Tire Service
Handley High
Buncutter Tire Co
Sheppard Appeals Refused New Trial in Murder Case
Cleveland three judge Court of Appeals denied Dr Samuel H Sheppard a new trial for second degree murder in the bludgeon death of his wife Marilyn on July 4. Justices Skeel Kovachy and Hurd said substantial justice was done and rejected 37 assignments of error. A second motion alleging newly discovered evidence from Dr Paul L Kirk remains under review.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Ostepath
Lee E. Skeel
Julius M. Kovachy
Joy Seth Hurd
Sheppard
Paul L. Kirk
University of California, Berkeley
Calif
Court of Appeals
Cuyahoga County
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio
City to Test and Flush 252 Hydrants Tomorrow
The city announces hydrant testing and flushing will occur tomorrow on Shryock Avenue Spring Street and in the Rouss Springs area. Residents should stock water and expect discoloration from manganese and iron deposits as crews work through sections starting today near Opequon Avenue Cork Street and the B and O railroad tracks.
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Winchester Star
George Tapp
Allen
Jerry Grim
Larry Tyser
Shawnee Avenue
Shryock Avenue
Spring Street
Rouss Springs
Opequon Ave
Cork St
Solons to Gather Before or After Regular Meeting
Governor Stanley announced plans to call a special session on Virginia school segregation before or after the January regular session. He warned the fall schedule could suit constitutional changes or a summer or spring session to address the Supreme Court ban on segregation.
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Stanley
Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Commission On Public Education
Education Study Commission
U. S. Supreme Court
Bible-reading grandmother wins big on CBS show
Catherine Kreitzer, a 54 year old Camp Hill, Pennsylvania resident, has won $32,000 on a CBS program and faces the choice to stop or continue for the $64,000 Question. She plans to decide on stage tonight after Bible based questions.
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Harrisburg
Catherine Kreitzer
New York
Camp Hill
CBS
Promises of Frequent Progress Reports at Geneva Meeting
President Eisenhower pledged frequent progress reports to congressional leaders during the Big Four Geneva conference and promised an appraisal of its accomplishments at its end. The White House briefing noted bipartisan support and no discussion of specific legislation amid preparations for the summit.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Geneva
Congress
White House
Murray Snyder
United States
Knowland
Senate
Dulles
Sen. Wiley
Wisconsin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
Curfew Imposed at Sheppard AFB After Weekend Fights
At Sheppard Air Force Base Wichita Falls Texas a 9 p.m. curfew was ordered for about 16 000 airmen and officers after weekend clashes between civilian teenagers and military personnel. Authorities report increased weapon carrying and a planned fight next Friday with 50 airmen apprehended behind a baseball park. One airman suffered a slash and beating in a city park last week.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Sheppard Air Force Base
Melvin S. Hollidge
Bellevue Park
Weather Outlook for Richmond July 13 17
Extended Virginia forecast shows near normal temperatures with little daily change through midweek and a warmer finish. Precipitation is expected to be little or none across the period with dry conditions in Richmond and surrounding areas.
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Richmond
Virginia
SHAWNEE VOL. FIRE CO AND AUXILIARY MEETING NOTICE
SHAWNEE VOL. FIRE CO AND AUXILIARY announces monthly meeting Thursday at 8 p m Brakeblock Plant all members attend. ROUND HILL FIRE CO holds regular meeting Thursday 7 30 p m at community building all members attend. HARRY PATTERSON President.
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Milady’s
N. Loudoun St
Shawnee Vol. Fire CO. & Auxiliary
Round Hill Fire CO
Round Hill Community Fire Company
Driver Blacks Out at Wheel and Hits Two Autos
A 28 year old Parisburg man Richard Hunter Porter blacked out while driving a 1955 Nash sedan south of Winchester this morning. His car struck a parked 1946 Plymouth and a 1951 Pontiac before a hedge and flower bed halted it five inches from a residence. Porter was not hurt and was hospitalized in Charlottesville after reporting a sharp headache.
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Parisburg
Winchester
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Valley Ave
Ext
Richard Hunter Porter
Friendship
Memorial Hospital
Porter
Nash
Velma Miller Brown
Rt. 1
Gore
Harold Raymond Starkey
Rt. 2
Strasburg
T. W. Kitchen
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Ike
J. Sinclair Armstrong
Securities and Exchange Commission
Executive Branch
SEC
West Germany
Paris
County
Winchester Evening Star
West Va
Catherine Kreitner
Snyder
Sen. Knowland
R-Calif
Weather Outlook
Winchester Skies
Lee Dae
Venus
Mercury
Earth
Duff
Gene Russell
J. W. Green
Pres
Harry Patterson
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