Heiress Vanishes Then Appears in Chicago
New Jersey heiress Jacqueline Gay Hart, missing since Tuesday, ran to a Chicago police officer in Grant Park early today. She sobbed that kidnappers seized her in Newark. Police and FBI agents began a full check of her account.
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Chicago
New Jersey
Jacqueline Gay Hart
Grant Park
Newark
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles Pierson
Pierson
Miss Hart
Ralph A. Hart
Colgate-Palmolive Co
Jack Blakeslee
Gay Hart
Blakeslee
James Meskell
Detective Bureau
Stanley Gaines
Fayetteville
W.va
Richard Auerbach
FBI
John Ascher
Auerbach
John Kellogg
Gaines
Three Men Lose Habeas Plea Over Representation
In Frederick County, Ernest Hays Luther Miller and Chrisman Shipe had their habeas corpus writs discharged. They were serving 20 year terms for assault and robbery of an elderly man and claimed ineffective counsel. Judge Hamilton Haas granted the respondent’s motion to strike the petitioners evidence.
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Frederick County
Ernest Hays
Luther Miller
Chrisman Shipe
State Penitentiary
Hamilton Haas
Elliott Marshall
Classic Car Caravan Passes Through Area This Week
Vintage car enthusiasts from the Classic Car Club of America will tour 900 miles through Berryville Boyce and Front Royal during the Caravan week of August 16. The route travels south of Route 340 as Duesenbergs Marmons Stutzes Packards Cords and Rolls Royces are showcased. The article also notes local weather showers shoppers in Winchester and rain totals along with Apple Blossom Festival coverage and a Senseng Park District softball tournament with 1200 fans contributing $31.
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Classic Car Club of America
Duesenbergs
Marmons
Stutzes
Packards
Cords
Rolls Rogers
Berryville
Boyce
Front Royal
Senseng Park District
Paralytic Polio Cases Jump 50 Percent in Week
Public Health Service reports 257 polio cases in the week ended July 18, with 166 paralytic cases. The total surpasses last year’s figures. Missouri and Texas each report 20 paralytic cases, contributing to the spike across four states.
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Washington
Public Health Service Today
Missouri
Texas
SLICED TURKEY OFFER AT HOWARD JOHNSON RESTAURANT
A Howard Johnson restaurant advertises sliced turkey with peach options at the George Washington Hotel. The listing notes a sale of items from the L. O. Dick Estate in Clearbrook Virginia with contact MO 2-5032.
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Howard Johnson
George Washington Hotel
Red Haven
L. O. Dick
Clearbrook
Ex-convict kills Henry County man and infant daughter
In Bassett Virginia an ex convict identified as Earl Smith 28 of Ferrum used a .30-30 rifle to shoot Marvin Lee Whorley in his thirties and his eight month old daughter Della. Whorley’s mother Mrs Marjorie Lee Whorley was wounded when the bullet struck through the baby. Smith recently released from Lewisburg federal reformatory was to answer assault charges in Franklin County Court.
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Bassett, Va
Henry County
Morton Prillaman
Earl Smith
Ferrum
Lewisburg
W. Va
Prillaman
Smith
Franklin County
Marvin Lee Whorley
Della
Whorley
Marjorie Lee Whorley
Hope Signs Blank Check While Awaiting Flight to Brussels
Bob Hope, en route to Brussels for a golf date with King Baudouin, signed a blank check for an autograph seeker who ran off with it. Hope noted he did not use his bank signature, so the check would not be honored, and joked about the incident.
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London
Bob Hope
Brussels
King Baudouin
America
Final Clearance Dresses and Home Goods Sale
In this week end special from Ward's Pastry Shop and nearby outlets, shoppers find half price summer dresses for children, a half price sale on discontinued crystal and Haviland gold edge settings, plus assorted lamps and shades. The Wright House across from the Episcopal Church advertises the listing.
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Ward
Wright House
Episcopal Church
Garber Seeks Reelection To Frederick County Board
C. E. Garber announces he has filed for re election to the Frederick County Board of Supervisors in the coming November general election. He was first elected as an independent in 1947 and is now finishing his third term amid a contest for one seat. Incumbent L R Omps faces challenger Paul L Luttrell who previously held the post.
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C. E. Garber
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Garber
L. R. Omps
Paul L. Luttrell
Nixon Khrushchev Clash During Moscow Exhibition Debate
In Moscow Nixon and Khrushchev argued in a rough exchange during a tour of the American exhibition at Sokolniki Park. They debated bases on foreign lands and peace, with Nixon promising to show the talk uncensored in an American telecast and Khrushchev agreeing to Soviet television tape.
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Moscow
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
Nixon
Sokolniki Park
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Secret Berlin truce talks yield no progress, Gro myko stalls
At Geneva the Big Four foreign ministers opened a secret session on a possible Berlin truce but Western officials said no advance was made. Gromyko remained tied to his plan for an all German committee before any pact to suspend the Soviet threat to West Berlin. Britain pressed for progress to salvage a summit.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
West
West Berlin
Britain
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
East Germany
Foreign Aid Cut Totaling 390 Million By House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee reduced President Eisenhower’s foreign aid program by 390 million dollars, leaving a total of 3.1865 billion in new aid. The action adds to prior cuts and targets military and technical assistance while awaiting House approval next week.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Atoms For Peace
Eisenhower Signs Foreign Aid Authorization Bill
President Eisenhower signed a 3.556 billion dollar foreign aid authorization defining policies and setting caps. The military arms cap was cut to 1.4 billion dollars with a two year trial to fold military aid into the defense budget. The bill forecasts further reductions in the upcoming appropriations through June 30, 1960.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
Parents Sentenced for Child Neglect in Shenandoah Court
Shenandoah County Court jailed Curtis Orndorff 33 for one year and Mil dred Orndorff 23 for six months after found guilty of child neglect. A custody hearing will determine the two children’s future. Neighbors reported squalid conditions including a baby in a bassinet with sores and flies, no food, and beer in the home.
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Woodstock
Curtis Orndorff
Strasburg
Shenandoah
R. S. Wright, Jr
Mildred
Orndorff
B Street
Bill Lucas
Lanham
Middletown
Winchester Days Sales Hit High Point Mid Event
Merchants report sales on par with last year at Winchester Days with many up to 50 percent higher. Heavy crowds fill downtown. stores open 9 to 9 today and 9 to 6 tomorrow. Grand prizes totaling 1400 in U S Savings Bonds to be awarded at 7 p m tomorrow at the Frederick County Court house.
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Winchester
E. R. Huntsberry, Jr
Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Huntsberry
Down Town
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Crier
N. Loudoun
Piccadilly Sts
Fete
E. W. Westmijse
Netherlands
Zera Squier
Ill
Henry
Ried
Priliaman
Louise Whorley
Bassett Heights
Bassett Furniture Factories
U.S.A
Berlin
A. C. Slonaker & Son
Winchester Days
Pine Motor Co
Virginia
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