World Faces UN's Toughest Test Amid Turbulent Era
In a series tracing the UN’s role amid the Middle East crisis the editor recalls the 1945 San Francisco birth of the world body. Veto power by the Big Five shapes Security Council action while the General Assembly may override with a two third vote.
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Star
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Edward R. Stettinius
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Michigan
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Harold Stassen
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China
France
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Johnny Karnis rocks Virginia State Trap meet with 90
Johnny Karnis, new pickup member of a local club, scored 90 in the Virginia State Trap shooters meet, placing high in the 100 Handicap Targets and beating many veterans. A mixed page of weather, road trouble, camp notes, and local notices follows.
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Johnny
Winchester Days Sales Event Opens Tomorrow
Winchester merchants launch their annual Winchester Days sale with 52 participating stores. Free bus rides and free parking on metered streets run daily from 10 am to 2 pm. Distribution of the Advertising Edition targets homes in Winchester and surrounding towns in West Virginia and Virginia.
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Romney
Wardensville
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Leesburg
Front Royal
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Retail Merchants Association
Apple Prices Hold Up in Four-State Belt
Prices for apples in the Appalachian belt of West Virginia Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania are holding up well says distributor Robert Fierro. Early shipments show Williams Early Feds at 4.0 per bushel for 2 percent stock and 35 pound cartons at 10 cents a pound with Lob? as low as 3.25. Some peaches show moisture-related sugar content concerns in early varieties.
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Soviet Union Objects to Western Summit Proposals at UN
The Khrushchev decision looms over a possible five power summit in New York as Moscow questions the Eisenhower Macmillan plan and Izvestia counters with warnings that the United States seeks to sidestep Khrushchev. The UN Security Council adjourned after a Soviet veto blocks Lebanon troop withdrawal resolutions while Dag Hammarskjold moves to reinforce observers.
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Hammarskjold
Veto Ends Hope After Japan Resolution Vote
Russia uses its 85th veto to block a Japanese resolution, dimming prospects for a planned initiative. Britain’s Sir Pierson Dixon and Henry Cabot Lodge were among those voting on the plan.
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Sir Pierson Dixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Russia
Senate House panel backs Eisenhower defense reorganization plan
A conference committee approved a compromise bill giving President Eisenhower and the defense secretary broad powers to reorganize and streamline the armed forces. The committee chairs said the measure should be acceptable to the President.
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First Half Construction Shows Little Change From 1957 Totals
Money earmarked for construction in the first half of 1958 showed little change from the same period in 1957 with only 2,810 dollars difference. The six month total reached 299 permits and 1 628 409 dollars in cost estimates, near 276 permits and 1 631 212 dollars in 1957. City activity led with 172 permits and 769 494 dollars. county totals were 127 permits and 858 915 dollars. Homes fell to 103 permits and 909 789 dollars, down from 127 permits and 1 018 528 dollars. Winchester and Frederick County issued 66 permits and 245 117 dollars, including 37 and 71 317 in Winchester and 29 and 173 800 in Frederick.
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Frederick County
July Storm Dumps Rains and Bricks in Winchester
A severe electrical storm struck the city just before 4 p.m. sending bricks from the McCrory building onto Loudoun Street and snapping a chimney. No injuries were reported as pedestrians sought shelter. Fire crews blocked the street and later demolished the damaged chimney as water from the downpour exceeded two inches. Rain totals for July reach 6.69 inches in the city and 5.71 at the Winchester Laboratory, with 11.19 inches in July 1945 as a record.
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Promise of Decline as Living Costs Rise Tiny Amount in June
The Labor Department reports June consumer costs up 0.1 percent to a record 123.7 of the 1947-49 base. Ewan Clague says the increase is fractional and hints at a possible decline in coming months as food prices ease.
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Tyson Gets 7 Years In Hockman Shooting
Melvin Tyson found guilty of shooting his employer John W. Hockman in his barn on December 30 1957 and sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary. Hockman, 55, was taken by ambulance and remained recovering. The verdict was returned by Foreman Henry M. Brumback and a 12 member jury.
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Melvin Tyson
John W. Hockman
Paper Mill Road
Hockman
Henry M. Brumback
Charles Boswell
Winfred Kump
Stanley Biggert
P. H Wakeman
Earl L. Legg
Ray D. Rinker
Roy C. Giffin
Thomas EF. Dorton, Jr
Alonzo W. Shenk
Marion Lewis
Louise Greenwalt
Milton Harris
Tyson
Commonwealth
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Denver Puffinberger
Robert Lee Oates
Clarence Edward Whitlock
Roy Lee
Whitlocks
Almond Won’t Open Schools Ordered to Integrate
Governor Almond says Virginia will avoid trouble by not opening schools ordered to integrate. He warns the law will be strictly enforced and urges public support to keep races from mixing in classrooms. He notes discussions with state officials on tuition grants for private or non public schools with or without integration.
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Ginia
General Assembly
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NAACP
Virginia
Moscow Presses Five Power Summit Idea but Holds Line
Western powers propose a five power summit with Khrushchev to discuss the Middle East crisis. Izvestia signals reluctance to rule out Soviet participation but questions U.S. ability to push a UN meeting. Eisenhower and Dulles clash with Macmillan and de Gaulle over timing and terms.
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