Pickets Clash With Nonstrikers at Austin Car Works Britain
Pickets and nonstrikers clashed at the Austin car works and 12 other plants across Britain as a day of strike action against the British Motor Corp. mounted police cleared a path for trucks. Union leaders pressed for a shutdown after 6,000 dismissals amid weak sales.
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Austin Car Works
Britain
British Motor Corp
Birmingham
Oxford
Coventry
Llanelly
South Wales
Austin
Morris
Riley
Transport & General Workers Union
Pilot Drops Car Keys in Back Yard
A crop dusting pilot, Donald T. Smith, told investigators he flew low over his family's Glendale yard after taking off and dropped the car keys from the plane. The Civil Aeronautics Administration opened an inquiry into the incident.
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ST. Louis
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Glendale
Donald T. Smith
Soil Failure Blamed for Bridge Caisson Disaster
Two men died when a caisson sank during cofferdam work for the Rappahannock River bridge at Grey's Point Lancaster County Virginia. Fred Douglas and Desso Montgomery were trapped as water and mud rose. three other workers were injured. Their families survive.
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Grey’s Point
Rappahannock River
White Stone
Lancaster County
Fred Douglas
Muldrew
Oklo
Diamond Construction Co
Desso, Montgomery
Suffolk
Douglas
Montgomery
Opera Season On Again After Labor Pact
The Metropolitan Opera Association has signed a contract with a labor union and the 1956 57 season, previously canceled, is back on.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera Assn
Airlines spend on passenger meals rises in 1955
In 1955 U S airlines spent 33.6 million dollars on meals for plane passengers, a sharp rise from prior years. Food budgets on some large lines climbed from 35 percent to 50 percent compared with 1954 figures.
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U. S
Virginia Apple Crop Prospects Update 1956
Virginia's 1956 apple outlook shows a strong finish with total state production up from last year in most regions. Clarke and Frederick counties lead in tonnage but yields vary by area, while July rains improved prospects for Winesaps and Yorks amid scattered hail and pest reports. The national crop is forecast at about 91.3 million bushels with Virginia estimates near 8.9 million.
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Virginia
Mt. Jackson
Shenandoah County
Frederick
Clarke
Frederick County
Piedmont
Roanoke
York
John F. Watson
Virginia Horticultural Society
International Apple Association
Washington, D. C
North Valley
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Warren
South Valley
Amherst
Rockbridge
Bath
Albemarle
Nelson
North Piedmont
Rappahannock
Madison
Loudoun
Fau
Quier
Culpeper
Bedford
Botetourt
Floyd
Franklin
Montgomery
Campbell
U. S
Clarke County
Virginia Departments of Agriculture
Schuller Rites Tomorrow Afternoon
Frederick G. Schuller 62 died Sunday at Newton Baker Hospital. Funeral service set for tomorrow at 2 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Father Robert O Hickman officiating. Burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery. He was a retired salesman and a World War I veteran.
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Frederick G. Schuller
Newton Baker Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Ro Oert O.hickman
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
Wayne McCarty
Daniel Kremer
Lawrence Cole
Herbert Schuller, Jr
Charles Schuller
Carlton Schuller
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Schuller
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Seven States Withhold Salk Vaccine Supplies
The Public Health Service said 17 states turned back part of their Salk polio vaccine allocations and seven waived 728 244 doses from a new release. Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Nevada Ohio South Carolina Tennessee Texas West Virginia had unused doses.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Welfare
Folsom
Leonard A. Scheele
The
Health Service
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
Ohio
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
West Virginia
How soon can a wife start Social Security after marriage
If a man over 65 receiving Social Security marries a woman his own age she can begin monthly payments only after the marriage has lasted at least three years unless the couple have a child together.
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Strong Bank
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Duff
Newberry’s
J. J. Newberry CO
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Winchester
California
America
International
Los Angeles
Seattle
International Soundphoto
Cavendish W. Cannon
Salt Lake City
Utah
Eisenhower
United States
Morocco
France
Spain
Cannon
Greece
Moroco
U.N. Security Council
ELI Lilly and CO
Indianapolis
New England
New Jersey
B& M
Chevrolet
N. Loudoun
Sailtone
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