Western leaders plan Geneva approach ahead of Big Four talks
Dulles arrives in Paris to align Western strategy with Pinay and Macmillan before Geneva summit with Eisenhower Eden and Faure. Faure urges disarmament linked to security and German reunification while proposing a four power fund from munitions savings.
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Dulles
Paris
U. S
Antoine Pinay
Harold Macmillan
Geneva
North Atlantic Council
NATO
Forein
Washington
Eisenhower
Eden
Edgar Faure
Nikolai Bulganin
Faure
Germany
Quality Label Set to Market Virginia Farm Goods
Virginia Trademark Corp formed to promote state agricultural products with a quality label. J Kenneth Robinson of Winchester chairs and eyes a copyright for the Quality Products of Virginia label. The label will apply to apples smoked turkeys and expand to poultry meat dairy and milk meeting standards set by the agriculture committee the State Department of Agriculture and Virginia Tech Extension Service.
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Charlottesville
Virginia Trademark Corp
Agriculture Committee
Virginia Chamber of Commerce
J. Kenneth Robinson
Winchester
Virginia
Robinson
Verdon E. Kemp
Richmond
M. D. Newman
State Department of Agriculture
Virginia Tech Extension Service
Airliner Landing Gear Collapse Sparks Minor Scare
An Eastern Airlines Constellation skidded after its right landing gear collapsed at National Airport. Sixty people on board escaped injury. 55 passengers were shaken. Rep. Keating of New York was among the passengers. the aircraft was en route from Newark to Houston with a crew of five.
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Washington
Eastern Airlines
National Airport
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Newark
N. J
Houston
Tex
Eisenhowers to Geneva Big Four conference with son
Washington reports President Eisenhower will be accompanied to the Geneva Big Four conference by Army Maj. John S. D. Eisenhower as personal aide. Other local items mention a yard party, cake walk, and various sale notices and contractor announcements.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Army
Maj
John 8S. D. Eisenhower
Geneva
John Kerr School
Davy Crockett
Grove Furniture Co
Southern Tire Service
Handley High Campus
Jim Tharpe
Anderson Sheet Metal Works
Death Toll Climbs To 70 in Europe's Long Heat Wave
A week-long heat wave across Western Europe drives the toll to at least 70 with temperatures in the 80s and 90s. Sweden imposes ice cream rationing as fires burn, Denmark enforces water limits, and Italy records 21 heat related deaths including two river suicides in Rome.
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Europe
London
Sweden
Denmark
Rome
Goals of Russia's Fifth 5-Year Plan Reached Early
Moscow's Central Committee announced the Russian fifth five year plan for 1951 55 was fulfilled eight months ahead of schedule. Premier Bulganin reported strong gains in heavy industry with steel coal and petroleum output rising, while consumer goods and machinery also advanced. The statement blamed shortages of effort and weak ministerial leadership for slow progress in new technology.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Russia
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet Union
Four Bodies Removed From Bomber Wreckage Near Shreveport
Four airmen died when a six engine Air Force B47 Stratojet crashed ten miles south of Shreveport near Lucas. A crash crew and civilians recovered the bodies about three hours after the midnight crash and burn. Names were not released.
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Shreveport
Here
Barksdale Air Force Base
Red River
Lucas
Small Grain Yields In Frederick County Show Above Average
Frederick County agricultural officials report barley yields near average to above average with wheat and oats to be harvested soon. Nine farmers provided data for barley with an average of 48.3 bushels per acre across 12 stands. Individual barley results include 50 to 65 bushels per acre on multiple tracts in Middletown and Stephens City. Wheat yields from five reporting farmers averaged 36.2 bushels per acre.
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Frederick County
John T. Wolfe
Robert Brumback
Middletown
Earl Legge
Garland Snapp
J. H. Meonard
Stephens City
M. S. Pangle
L. P. Cole
Berryville Pike
C. E. Campbell
Middle Road
Pete Garrett
Haven Wolfe
Woman Convicted of Advising Draft Evasion
Mrs. Lucille S. Miller 45 is convicted on 18 counts of advising young men to evade military service. Judge Gibson will sentence her August 8 as appeal plans are announced. Jury deliberated just over an hour after a three day trial.
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Brattleboro
Lucille S. Miller
Ernest W. Gibson
Miller
Louis G. Whitcomb
Reduction of Neutral Nations Teams in Korea
The four power neutral nations propose cutting inspection teams from ten to six and halving personnel. Two teams would leave South Korea at Kangnung and Kunsan, and two from North Korea at Chongjin and Hungnam. UN Command would review the proposal again Saturday.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Neutral Commission
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Thes
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
North
South Korea
Lee Sang Cho
Military Armistice Commission
United Nations Command
Kangnung
Kunsan
North Korea
Chongjin
Hungnam
Lee
Zhukov to Make Trip to Geneva Summit
Soviet leader Nikolai Bulganin will travel to Geneva accompanied by Georgi Zhukov and Nikita Khrushchev as part of a five member delegation including V. M. Molotov and Andrei Gromyko. The trip marks Zhukov s first cross border mission and signals rising Red Army influence.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Georgi Zhukov
Nikolai Bulganin
Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Andrei Gromyko
Eisenhower
Marshal Zhukov
Germany
Zhukov
Iron Curtain
Red Army Your
Virginian Dies In Electric Chair
Alonzo Russell, 42, of Rockbridge County, was electrocuted at the state penitentiary at 7 42 a m for the murder of an elderly widow Mrs Emma Moore Duncan in Arnolds Valley. Russell, linked to earlier sex offenses, was sentenced in May to die on the murder charge after pleading guilty at trial.
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Richmond
Alonzo Russell
Rockbridge County
State Penitentiary
Russell
Arnolds Valley
Emma Moore Duncan
Lexington
Safeway Store Robbed by Four Gunmen
Arlington police sought four Negroes who pistol whipped three Safeway employees after robbing about $2000 in receipts last night. Assistant manager Robert Booher was beaten, listed in serious condition. truck driver William Ryan and helper Henry Broadway were struck but not seriously hurt as they left.
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Arlington
Safeway
Robert Booher
Booher
Arlington Hospital
William Ryan
Henry Broadway
Haircuts and Shaves Offered at Stephens City Shop
Daily hours from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m with a special Wednesday 12 noon close. Haircut 60 cents and shave 35 cents offered by Charles L. Ritenour across from Southern States in Stephens City Ip-7-13-2t.
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Stephens City
Margaret L. Hodgson
Court Rules Against Segregation on City Buses
A Fourth Circuit ruling voids racial segregation on public buses linking state and interstate transport to the Supreme Court repudiation of separate but equal. The suit by Sarah Mae Fleming against South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. hinges on a driver enforcing state law and the company’s responsibility as a state actor. The decision sends the case back for further proceedings and recalls earlier related rulings on segregation in recreation and schooling.
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Richmond
U. S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Sarah Mae Fleming
South Carolina Electric and Gas Co
Columbia
Federal District Court of
Carolina
4Th Circuit Court
District Court
Maryland
Virginia
Circuit Court
Armistead Dobie
Charlottesville
John J. Parker
Charlotte, N. C
Maurice
Red Cross Annual Meeting and Election Set for Monday
Winchester Frederick County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its annual meeting Monday at 8 p.m. at the George Washington Hotel. All residents who contributed to the 1955 Red Cross campaign may attend and vote for five officers and ten directors up for re election. Current officers include Charles Toan chair Cecil Adams first vice chair Dr Leon Slav second vice chair John Shockey secretary and Curtis Barr treasurer. Ten of the 30 board members are up for re election. Refreshments will follow served by the Canteen Corps.
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Winchester-Frederick County
American Red Cross
George Washington Hotel
Red Cross
Eli ‘Ble
Charles Toan
Cecil Adams
Leon Slav
John Shockey
Curtis Barr
Train Derailment Kills Engineer as 14 Die and 24 Hurt
Bridgeport reports the New Haven Federal Express derailed near the station at 4 42 am killing engineer Arthur Orteneau of New Haven and injuring 24 others. Only 20 minutes earlier the conductor had moved passengers to rear cars to clear space.
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Bridgeport
Arthur Orteneau
New Haven
David Griffith
Federal Express
Former Resident Nominated to Virginia House of Delegates
James M. Thomson II a former Winchester resident won the Democratic nomination to represent Alexandria in the House of Delegates at the primary. The attorney son of Mrs. Paul J. Thomson attended Handley High School VMI and the University of Virginia and is married to Miss Sarah Jennings. He defeated Edward Gasson 2148 to 1749.
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James M. Thomson, II
Winchester
House of Delegates
Alexandria
Mr. Thomson
Paul J. Thomson
Morgan Street
Handley High School
Virginia Military Institute
University of Virginia
Sarah Jennings
Joseph A. Massie
Subcommittee finds Army delays in Peress case but no subversion
The Senate Investigations subcommittee blames Army delays and mismanagement for the Peress affair but finds no evidence of Communist subversion. It cites errors in judgment and coordination, says officials concealed facts for a year, and criticizes the Army's handling of the case. McCarthy signs the report amid dissents over missing subversion findings.
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Washington
Coany
Maj
Irving Peress
Army
Stevens
Pentagon
New York
Department of the Army
Congress
Sen
Bender
Ohio
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Night Sky Guide July 14 Saturn Near Stationary
Astronomy notes show Saturn in Libra nearly stationary, visible in the southwest at dusk. Mercury rises around 4:00 a.m. with a new moon and a visible planetary sequence between Mercury and the Sun noted for observers tonight.
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Gini Seus
Saturn
Libra
Mercury
Organ Music Nightly at Duff's Restaurant
Gene Russell performs on the Hammond console as organ music fills Duff's Restaurant nightly. Shawnee vol fire company and auxiliary hold their monthly meeting Thursday evening at Brakeblock Plant. all members urged to attend.
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Gene Russell
Shawnee Vol, Fire Co, & Auxiliary
Round Hill Fire Company Calls Regular Meeting
The Round Hill Community Fire Company will hold a regular meeting at the community building Thursday at 7 30 p m. All members are urged to attend.
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Round Hill Fire CO
Round Hill Community Fire Company
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Ike
Chester S. Webber
Dead City
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Mander Joseph B. Luttrell
Harry Lovett
DAV
Salvation Army Fresh Air Fund
Reds
Virginian
Maj. Peress
L. Soper
Baltimore
Dobie
Flemming
Red Cross Annual Meeting
Thomson
Edward Gasson
Winchester Evening Star
West Va
McCarthy
Subcommittee
John G. Adams
Peress
Fed
Adams
Winchester Skies
J. W. Green
Pres
Harry Patterson
MACY
Loudoun St
Shackleford’s
Main St
Berryville
Keffer’s Grocery
E. Piccadilly
Relief Methodist Church
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