Khrushchev Seeks German Division With Berlin Talks
U S spokesman Berding charges Khrushchev aims to perpetuate Germany's division during his Poland visit as Western ministers weigh strategy in the Big Four. Western officials report pessimism on a stopgap Berlin settlement and urge a unified Western front before next week’s talks with Gromyko.
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Geneva
U.S
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Germany
Andrew H. Berding
Poland
East
West Germany
Berding
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Heinrich von Brentano
Herter
Lloyd
Couve de Murville
West Berlin
Native Cotton Grows in Winchester and Other Local Notes
Native cotton thrives in Winchester per Mrs. B F Davis who planted it last spring and kept it in a jar during winter. Ernest Kidwell of Albin displays an 11 foot sunflower with 32 blossoms on one stalk. Morning Dip covers three workers leaving a night shift at Clearbrook Woolen Co after a seven hour swim and breakfast. Girl Scout Camp White Rock receives a 49 star flag from Voiture Locale 1078. attendees include Dorton Zuckerman Metz Peck Grimes Kiracofe Jr.
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Deep South
Winchester
B. F. Davis
Ernest Kidwell
Albin
Velletta Lewis
Evelyn McKay
Rebecca Jenkins
Clearbrook Woolen Club
Clearbrook Woolen Co
White Rock
Charles A. Dorton
Chef de Gare
Charles Zuckerman
John J. Metz
Garland Peck
Daniel T. Grimes
Jess R. Kiracofe Jr
National Scout Council Honors H. F. Byrd Jr
Harry F. Byrd Jr of Winchester Virginia was elected an honorary member of the National Council, Boy Scouts of America at the 49th annual meeting in San Francisco. Byrd has long supported public education and youth in the Shenandoah Valley and with his partner editors has created seven scholarships for outstanding high school students across Winchester Frederick Clarke Shenandoah Harrisonburg Rockingham Page and Augusta counties.
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San Francisco
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester
National Council
Boy Scouts of America
Byrd Long
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
Harrisonburg
Rockingham
Page
Augusta
Passman Objects to Foreign Aid Authorization Plan
Washington lawmakers debate a $3.556 billion foreign aid authorization to fund economic and military buildup for friendly nations. Rep. Otto Passman criticizes the bill as too high and unrealistic, urging deeper cuts and resisting shifting military aid to the Defense Department. The compromise allows specific yearly terminations of economic aid, reduces military arms authorization, and sets NATO funding and Latin America limits.
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Washington
Otto E. Passman
D-La
House
Passman
Defense Department
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
Pers Cannon
Cannon
Latin America
Senate
NATO
Fire destroys Goose Creek Country Club clubhouse
A major portion of the Goose Creek Country Club near Leesburg burned to the ground after a three hour fire. The rear section including locker rooms and pro shops survived while owner James H Jenkins estimated the loss at about 250000. Fire began in the kitchen from a deep fryer during an office party.
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Leesburg
Goose Creek Country Club
James H. Jenkins
Jenkins
James FE. Souper
Vienna
The
Loudoun Times-Mirror
Telegraph Roses To Russia Possible Says Interflora Officer
Interflora plans to allow telegraphing roses to the Kremlin with a London meeting set for July 19. Nine members from the Americas, Britain, and Europe govern policy as the Soviet Union bans Soviet florist participation. Flower trade crosses borders as officials discuss easing barriers and potential direct Kremlin appeals.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Thomas Simpson
Simpson
Interflora
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Europe
World Council
Stein
U.S.S.R
Iron Curtain
Winchester Days Sales Event Planned July 23 25
Winchester Days will be held July 23 25 with E R Huntsberry Jr president of the Retail Merchants Association announcing prizes of 1400 in U S Savings Bonds among 27 awards and over 2000 in merchandise value. The event offers free parking on metered streets 10 am to 2 pm and free bus rides, with 40 plus merchants featuring furniture appliances clothing and more.
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Winchester
E. R. Huntsberry, Jr
Retail Merchants Association
U. S
Merchants’ Association
Back Creek
W. Hurl Himelright
Maryland Man Faces Quiz In Jackson Case
A Glen Burnie man, found guilty of forcing a family from the highway and shattering a car window, faces questioning in the Carroll Jackson case. John R. Anderson, 24, was sentenced to five months in jail and fined 25 dollars by Magistrate Norman T. Hazard, and also convicted of impersonating an officer.
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Edgewater
Glen Burnie
Carroll Jackson
Virginia
John R. Anderson
Norman T. Hazard
Anderson
Agnes Swanner
Ralph
Swanners
Swanner
Moreland
Trampling Toll at Pusan Stadium Outdoor Show
A sudden flash rain sparked a stampede at the Pusan Municipal Stadium during a large outdoor comedy and music show. Police report 62 dead, including 51 children under 10, at narrow gates as 70,000 surged for shelter. about 40 hospitalized and many more injured. Death toll expected to rise.
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Pusan
Korea
Closing Notice and Yard Part Listing
We will be closed the week of July 20. Garvin Walters Garage announces closure. A yard part sale at Pleasant Valley E U B Church Cedar Grove at 5 p.m. on July 18, featuring country ham.
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Garvin Walter’s
Pleasant Valley
Castro Forces Out President Urrutia in Cuba Crisis
In Havana Fidel Castro ousted President Manuel Urrutia and sparked calls to retract his resignation as prime minister, signaling a growing political upheaval and power struggle within Cuba.
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Castro
Urrutia
Havana
Fidel Castro
Manuel Urrutia
Osvaldo Corticos
Cuba
Revolution
Corticos
Unism. Commi
Raul Castro
Strike Begins To Dent Defense Work And Economy
The four day steel strike snarls Atlas missile site work near Cheyenne. Production and wage losses mount as talks stall and federal mediators step in. Eisenhower and labor leader Mitchell discuss the crisis while UAW backs ongoing support for workers.
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Pittsburgh
Cheyenne
Wyo
United Steelworkers
New York
Eisenhower
James P. Mitchell
Washington
Indianapolis
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Hartke
Young Democrats
Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
UAW
Luttrell Files To Oppose Omps In Gainesboro
Paul L. Luttrell of Cross Junction filed today as an independent candidate for the Frederick County Board of Supervisors from Gainesboro District to oppose incumbent L. R. Omps in the November election. Luttrell previously served on the board from 1952 to 1956 and is a farmer and Chapman Motor Co salesman. He is a Frederick County native, married to Nellie Dailey, with four children and a member of Shockeysville Methodist Church.
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Luttrell
Gainesboro
Paul L. Luttrell
Cross Junction
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
L. R. Omps
Lee N.whitacre
Omps
Board of Supervisors
Chapman Motor Co
Mr. Luttrell
Frederick County
Nellie Dailey
Shockeysville
U S Governors Tour Poland During Soviet Visit
U S Governors Hodges of North Carolina and Meyner of New Jersey arrive in Warsaw for a brief Poland stop on their return from a three week Soviet Union tour with seven other governors. The group will reconvene in Washington on July 31 to report to President Eisenhower.
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Warsaw
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Rober B. Meyner
New Jersey
Poland
Soviet Union
Moscow
LeRoy Collins
Florida
London
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Stockholm
S.L.R. McNichols
Colorado
George Clyde
Utah
John Davis
North Dakota
Paris
William Stratton
Illinois
Cecil Underwood
West Virginia
United States
Washington
Eisenhower
Storms Dump Heavy Rain Across Midwest and Southwest
A storm line from Texas to Lake Michigan brought heavy rain to Rockford and Abilene with several inches in 24 hours. Milwaukee and Oklahoma City also reported notable totals while rainfall varied by location. Farmers welcomed the rain despite travel disruption from fog and continued heat and humidity across the nation.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Rockford Ill
Abilene Tex
Milwaukee
Oklahoma City
Texas
Lake Michigan
New York City
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Senate House
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Ala
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Lillie M. McGee
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Eugene Meyer
Washington Post and
Times Herald
San
Havana University
Fidel
Victor Stein
Eugene Daudelin
Chicago
Harold Kayton
San Antonio
Shirkey’s
Sunnyside
Southern Tire
S. Braddock
Maryland
Jackson
Clamor
Beauty
Sue Williams
Richmond
Virginia Pepsi-Cola
Roanoke
Atlantic City
Paul L Luttrell
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