College Basketball Scandal Spreads to Toledo University
District Attorney Frank Hogan announced that three University of Toledo players are involved in the college basketball scandal. The Toledo case expands the probe to six major programs, with names from Bradley and several New York schools also linked to bribery claims and game fixing at Madison Square Garden in 1949.
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New York
University of Toledo
Frank
Hogan
Toledo
CCNY
Manhattan College
New York University
Long Island U
Bradley
Toledo New York
George Chianakas
Madison Square Garden
Bowling Green
Chianakas
Gene Melchiorre
Bill Mann
Nicholas
Nick the Greek
Allied Patrols Battle Red Platoon in Korea Fronts
U S Eighth Army and United Nations patrols clash with Communist forces northwest of Musan and near Kumhwa and Chorwon. Western front sees artillery exchanges north of Inje and clashes near Kansong as 13 B 29s hit targets around Pyongyang Sinanju and Chinnanpo. Far East Air Forces logs nearly 1 000 sorties with over 200 Reds killed or wounded in eastern Korea amid Peiping claims of American jets over Manchuria.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
P—United Nations
Musan
U. N
Kansong
Pyongyang
Sinanju
Opari
Chinnanpo
Far East Air Forces
Peiping Radio
Manchuria
Far Eastern Air Forces
Former Premier Asked To Form New Cabinet
Jordan regent Emir Naig asks former Premier Tewfik Pasha Abul Huda to form a new cabinet after Premier Samir Pasha el Rafal submitted the government’s resignation following King Abdullah’s assassination last week.
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Amman
Jordan
Emir Naig
Tewfik Pasha Abul Huda
Israel
Samir Pasha el Rafal
Sye
Abdullah
Kurtz Furniture
Republicans back drive to strip Acheson from payroll
In a party meeting Republicans narrowly supported a plan to block pay to a policy head tied to a foreign government. The amendment targets any department head who previously represented a foreign entity, though not named. Democratic leaders express confidence they can win.
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Washington
House
Acheson
State Department
Batt
Poland
Rep. Phillips
Calif
Senate
Congress
Golightly Child Drowns In Opequon
Dale Douglas Golightly aged 20 months son of Douglas B and Ruby Renner Golightly of Carpers Valley drowned yesterday near the family home after wandering away and falling into Opequon Creek. Firemen used a respirator on him and he was pronounced dead on recovery. Surviving are parents three sisters the paternal grandmother and others. Funeral services will be at Mt Hebron Cemetery with Rev Daniel Morgan officiating.
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Dale Douglas Golightly
Douglas B
Ruby Renner Golightly
Carper’s Valley
Opequon Creek
Sarah Zane
MSA
Friendship Ambulance
Omps Ambulance
Bruce Golightly
Philadelphia
Patricia Ann
Lucy Jane
Wanda Jean Golightly
Omps Funeral Home
Daniel Morgan
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Warren Golightly
Marvin Russell
Bobby Kerns
Thomas Grove
Harrison to Speak at Winchester Rotary Ladies Night Turkey Dinner
Rep. Burr Harrison will address the Winchester Rotary and Ladies Night-Turkey Dinner at the George Washington Hotel. The event starts at 6 30 p m with public admission at 7 00 p m. Nelson Page leads the committee planning the dinner.
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Burr Harrison
Winchester Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Rep. Harrison
Rotary-Anns
Nelson Page
Tri-County OOF Meeting Tomorrow at Firemen's Hall
The Tri-County Association of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and affiliated Rebeckahs and Friends will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the new Firemen's Hall at Middletown next to the Lee Theater. Co sponsored by Winchester and Middletown lodges, with attendees from Shenandoah Frederick Page and Warren Counties.
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Tri - County Association of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Rebeckahs and Friends
Flood Heads South Without KO Punch
The midwestern flood moves toward the south with river crest near 41.9 feet, causing about 1 billion dollars in damage in Kansas and Missouri. Army engineers and weather officials say no further damage is expected as levees hold and the Mississippi River nears the Gulf of Mexico.
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Cape Giradeau
South
Kansas
Missouri
Army
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Second Child Dies Of Father's Assault
In Charlottesville a father’s brutal act left three infants wounded and two dead. William Emery Conley died instantly from a throat slash, Wilson Lee Conley succumbed after surgery, while Linda Sue Conley, 3 months old, was in fair condition on the critical list. Raymond Wilson Conley, 39, is charged with murder as motives and family breakups unfold. Funeral services for William Emery were planned. Wilson Lee’s arrangements were not made. The suspect, a Navy veteran with a head injury, remained in custody after a local grand jury action was ordered.
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Charlottesville
Linda Sue Conley
William Emery Conley
Wilson Lee Conley
Wilson Lee
Linda Sue
Raymond Wilson Conley
William Emery
Conley
Clemmie Hawley
Navy Seabees
Pacific
British Study Iranian Plan To Reopen Oil Talks
London sources report Britain weighing Iran’s proposal to restart negotiations on oil. Iran seeks recognition of nationalization of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company with a new deal. W Averell Harriman, advisor to Washington, says talks have progressed. A possible U S visit to London could advance a compromise.
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Cab. Net
Iran
Amrican
W. Averell Harriman
Tehran
Harriman
Poling Wins Philadelphia GOP Mayoralty Contest
In Pennsylvania primaries Dr. Daniel A. Poling, a 66 year old Baptist minister, scored a landslide victory over Walter P. Miller to win the Philadelphia Republican mayoralty race. The day also spotlighted Michael A. Musmanno in a state Supreme Court nomination race amid Democratic opposition to Justice Grover C. Ladner. Vera Buchanan led the Republican challenge for the McKeesport seat left by her late husband, Frank.
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Philadelphia
Daniel A. Poling
Pennsylvania
Michael A. Musmanno
State Supreme Court
Musmanno
Nuernberg
Grover C. Ladner
Christian Endeavor Movement
United States
Walter P. Miller
Vera Buchanan
McKeesport
Clifford W. Flegal
Frank
First of Seven Bloodmobile Units Visits Here Monday
The Red Cross Bloodmobile arrives at the Presbyterian Church in Winchester on Monday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is the first of seven visits planned over the next 12 months to meet the Winchester-Frederick County quota of 125 pints per visit. Donors must be healthy, aged 18 to 59, weigh at least 110 pounds, and may give up to five times per year.
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Red Cross
Winchester
Presbyterian Church
Loudoun Street
Kiwanis Club
Red Cross Organization
United States
Winchester - Frederick County
Gus Bornsheuer
Red Cross Office
Dewey Arrives in Indo China for Three Day Visit
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York arrived in Saigon for a three day visit to meet with French and Viet Nam officials.
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Saigon
Indo China
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Sirbaugh Named Sales Supervisor for NVPC Winchester District
V. K. Sirbaugh of 610 Tennyson Avenue is slated to become Sales Supervisor for the Winchester District of the Northern Virginia Power Company on August 1. He replaces George Sanders, recently appointed merchandise manager of the Potomac Edison System, and has a long company record as a salesman since 1941 plus wartime service with the Airborne Infantry.
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V. K. Sirbaugh
Tennyson Avenue
Winchester
Northern Virginia Power Company
George Sanders
Appoin
Ted
Potomac Edison System
Sirbaugh
NYPC
Airborne
Virginia Farmers Face Critical Baler Twine Shortage
A Virginia shortage of baler twine is described as quite critical by M. A. Hubbard to Rep. Harrison and the House Ways and Means Committee. Dealers use quotas. farmers travel to secure small lots, disrupting schedules while tariff exemption for imported twine gains support among major farm groups and opposition from cordage manufacturers.
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Washington
Virginia
House
Ways and Means
Rep. Harrison
D-Va
M. A. Hubbard
The
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Hubbard
Harrison
Ways and Means Committee
Indications Red Proposal Will Be Acceptable to UN
Washington reports say the Communist offer to delay discussion of foreign troop withdrawal may satisfy the United Nations command. The plan leaves the armistice talks to address demarcation lines and inspection procedures first, with troop withdrawal to be discussed later. Days or weeks may pass before an actual armistice is reached.
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Washington
United Nations Command
U. N
Marshall
Costello Indicted On Contempt Count
Frank Costello named by the Senate Crime Committee as top underworld figure was indicted by a Federal grand jury on nine counts of contempt of the Senate at hearings in New York last March. Adonis and Erickson faced sixteen and seventy four counts respectively. maximum penalties per count are one year in prison and a $1000 fine. Irving H. Saypol, U S Attorney, said charges were certified to the Senate committee and to him as prosecutor in the federal district when the alleged contempt occurred.
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New York
Frank Costello
Senate Crime Committee
Senate
Crime ‘Committee
Costello
Adonis
Erickson
U. S
Irving H. Saypol
Contino Spends Night In Jail After Draft Evasion Plea
San Francisco entertainer Dick Contino pleaded guilty to draft evasion at his trial. He told Judge Roche he is ready to serve, but was jailed to await sentencing. Contino described panic at Fort Ord and said he fled after a psychiatric test.
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San Francisco
Dick Contino
Fort
Ord
Calif
Contino
Michael J. Roche
Fort Ord
Open Clashes in Jordan Reported After King Abdullah’s Death
Cairo based reporter says clashes erupt in Jordan between Jordanians and Palestinian Arabs following the murder of King Abdullah. Censorship prevented filing from Amman as authorities suppress news. Jordanians blame Palestinian Arabs for the royal death.
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Cairo
Egypt
Jordan
Abdullah
Aaman
Bidault Asked to Form New French Government
President Vincent Auriol asked Georges Bidault to attempt formation of a new government in Paris. Bidault was expected to decline due to lack of party support after Rene Mayer failed to win a confidence vote with 241 of 314 votes. lingering dispute over subsidies for Roman Catholic schools intensified the crisis.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Vincent Auriol
Bidault
Auriol
Rene Mayer
National Assembly
MRP
Mayer
Conferees Study Slaughter Quotas
Senate and House conferees opened talks on quotas limiting slaughter and meat shipments. The administration worries about livestock flow and market impact while critics say the measures give no relief to consumers. Senator Sparkman downplays a potential veto amid broader influenza economic concerns.
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Maybank
House
Senate
Sparkman
D-Ala
Truman
Eric Johnson
Sherman’s Body Arriving Today in Washington
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman chief of naval operations dies suddenly at 54 from a heart attack in Naples. A four engine transport carries his body to Washington for a Friday funeral at Arlington with about 30 flag officers and an honor guard. His body will lie in state at Washington National Cathedral until Friday afternoon.
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Forrest P. Sherman
Chief of Naval Operations
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Naples
Sherman
Navy
National Airport
Marine Corps
Washington National Cathedral
Navy Building
Constitution Avenue
Arlington National Cemetery
Potomac River
U N Blue Tentative Korea Troop Withdrawal Plan
U N advance reports say Communist generals proposed a new withdrawal plan seen as reasonable in content. Brig Gen. William Nuckols noted the tone was temperate and discussions paused for a long recess to study the proposal amid mixed reactions from Allied delegates.
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U. N
Korea
United Nations
William Nuckols
Nuckols
Cannon Ball Theft Stirs King George County
Police search for clues after Henry Fitzhugh Owens reports two 200 pound cannon balls stolen from his front yard in King George County. The theft follows a prior loss of two 85 pound cannon balls last week. relics from the War of 1812 hold little monetary value.
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Owens
Henry Fitzhugh Owens
J. F. Dishman
King George
Sherishman
Mt. Williams Soldier Non-Combat Casualty
A Defense Department news release from Washington lists Corporal Ashby J. Fox of Mt Williams as having been injured in a non combat accident. The notice does not disclose the nature, place, date, or cause of the incident though it was included in a Korean casualty list.
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Defense Department
Washington
Ashby J. Fox
Ashby K. Fox
Williams
Assassination Plot Aimed at Emperor Haile Selassie Unfolds
In Addis Ababa eight ring leaders and accomplices face a conspiracy trial expected to reveal a plan to kill Emperor Haile Selassie and establish an Ethiopian Republic. The proceedings occur here Thursday.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
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