Virginia Democrats Adopt Uninstructed 32-Vote Delegation
The Virginia Democratic convention named an uninstructed delegation to cast Virginia's 32 votes at Chicago. Key posts were filled with Thomas H. Blanton re-elected as state central committee chair and G. Fred Switzer and Mrs. John Garland Pollard re-elected as national committeeman and committeewoman.
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Richmond
Virginia
Chicago
Thomas H. Blanton
Bowling Green
G. Fred Switzer
Harrisonburg
John Garland Pollard
G. Alvin Massenburg
Hampton
W. R. Broaddus
Martinsville
House
E. Blackburn Moore
Berryville
Garland Harwood
State Central Committee
Thomas B. Stanley
John S. Battle
Sidney Kellam
Princess Anne
Stanley
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
A. Willis Robertson
L. H. Hoover
Richard J. Rosenberger
Winchester
Breckinridge Goodloe
Staunth
del. Baldwin G. Locher
Glasgow
Virginia Democrats push segregation stance and uninstructed delegation
At the state Democratic convention in Richmond about 2,000 delegates voted to send an uninstructed delegation to the national convention in Chicago. The platform endorsed segregation and states rights, criticized the Supreme Court on school desegregation, and avoided endorsing any formula to prevent integration. Governor Stanley urged no integration, while Former Gov. Tuck backed his stance, warning against compromise.
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Richmond
Chicago
10 Point Party
Thomas B. Stanley
Supreme Court
Stanley
Resolutions Committee
Stanley Fund
Virginia
5Th District
Commonwealth
Tuck
Assembly
Del
Robert Whitehead
Nelson County
Fairfax
Alexandria
Falls Church
Grim Dies at 375 National Avenue. Funeral Monday
Hugh Raymond Grim 76 died at home this morning at 375 National Avenue. He was born November 27 1879 in the city and married Anna Brill October 9 1911. A former barber on Piccadilly Street he later worked at Denver Spring in the George Washington Hotel Barber Shop. He survived by wife a son and two daughters a sister and two grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at Jones Funeral Home with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. No flowers.
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Hugh Raymond Grim
National Avenue
Charles H
Bertie V. Athey Grim
Anna Brill
Mr. Grim
Denny
Piccadilly Street
Denver Spring
George Washington Hotel
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Rouss Fire Company
Madison Lodge No
George Barnard
Grafton
Sally Madden
James Madden
Jones Funeral Home
Carl W. Hiser
D.D
Herschel G. Linebure
Arthur W. Shull
Denver P. Spring
Est
Knowland Says GOP Could Have Do Better With Senate Power
Senate leaders clashed over Eisenhower policy as Lyndon Johnson claimed the Democratic controlled 84th Congress enacted about 75 percent of the President's program. Senator Knowland argued Republicans could have delivered more with control, noting many requests were killed or altered. Johnson asserted the Congress overrode partisan considerations to pass three quarters of Ike's agenda.
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Ike
Congress
Johnson
Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Sen. Knowland
California
84Th Congress
Solons End 84th Congress With Song Oratory
Washington lawmakers spent the final night of the 84th Congress singing and trading compliments. In the House Rep Dolliver of Iowa urged colleagues to join Iowa’s state song, while many sang the Whiffenpoof Song as pre adjournment actions unfolded. The body unanimously praised Speaker Rayburn for his long service and impartial leadership. Senate sessions shifted to their favorite pastime oratory.
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Washington
Dolliver
Iowa
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Shenandoah College Fund Reaches Pledge Milestone
A total of 719110 pledged toward Shenandoah College Building Fund in Winchester is reported by the Winchester-Frederick County Chamber of Commerce. With 31000 left to reach the 250000 goal, funds support construction of administration and classroom buildings on land donated by the city.
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Shenandoah College
Winchester-Frederick County
Millwood Pike
Clubs and Organizations
Agriculture Committee
House of Good Food Shirkey’s
Sunnyside
Memorial Hospital Graduates to Hear Dr. T. S. Hamilton
Nineteen graduates from Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing will receive diplomas on August 7 at 8 p.m. in James Wood High School. Dr. T. Stewart Hamilton of Hartford Hospital will give the commencement address on the theme Our Role in Health. The Class of 1956 begins with a Baccalaureate Service August 5 at 8 p.m. at Braddock Street Methodist Church.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
T. Stewart Hamilton
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Conn
James Wood High School
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Forest B Oglesby
Phyllis Baker
Betty Boyer
Barbara Brown
Robert O. Hickman
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
George D. Jackson
Winchester Ministerial Association
First Presbyterian Church
Ronald Johnston
William C. Robertson
Rosenberger Named Delegate To Convention
Richard J. Rosenberger chairman of the Winchester Democratic Committee was named a delegate to the national convention by the State Democratic Convention yesterday. He will be one of four delegates from the Seventh Congressional District. The state convention adjourned yesterday and forty five Winchester Frederick and Clarke delegates returned home last night.
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Richard J. Rosenberger
Winchester
Democratic Committee
Rosenberger
Seventh
Frederick
Clarke
Nasser Defies Britain and France Over Suez Seizure
Cairo crowd cheers as President Nasser Nationalizes the Suez Canal and warns Britain and France of responsibility for any obstruction to navigation. He rebukes French Foreign Minister Pineau and pledges no disruption to canal traffic while blaming imperial powers.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nasser
Suez Canal
Alexandria
Christian Pineau
Paris
Britain
France
Canal Company
Pineau
French National Assembly
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Four Poles land in Austria after flights from behind Iron Curtain
Vienna reports four Polish anti Communist fugitives crossed Czechoslovakia in a twin dash, landing two in Oberbergern near Krems and two near Neunkirchen. Cadets Bogdan Biskupski 21 and Karol Kruk 20 gave their names. They sought asylum, claiming unbearable conditions in Poland.
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Austria
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Poznan
Warsaw
Oberbergern
Krems
Kirchberg Am Wechsel
Neunkirch
Deblin
Munich
Germany
Poland
Neunkirchen
Bogdan Biskupski
Karol Kruk
National Guard units head to summer camp at Indiantown Gap
Local guardsmen depart in early hours for a two week encampment at Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania joining 29th Division units from Virginia West Virginia and Maryland The area contingent includes Company I Headquarters Company Front Royal Companies K Charlottesville L Staunton and M Harrisonburg training includes recruit school weapons ranges and field trials A three day bivouac follows Governors Day with a review by Governors McKeldin Stanely and Marland and Maj Gen Evans commanding the division
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Indiantown Gap
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Boyd Headley, Jr
Roland White
Front Royal
Charlottesville
Staunton
Harrisonburg
Theodore R. McKeldin
Thomas Stanley
William C Marland
Henry C. Evans
Relief From Hot Humid Weather Seen Tomorrow
Today heat and humidity dominated the area with temperatures near 89 to 90 by noon and a low around 71 last night. The forecast says tomorrow will be fair cooler and less humid, offering relief compared with this date last year when the high reached 95 and the low 75.
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Winchester
Mars
Constellation’s Emergency Call Brings Escorts
A Constellation with 98 aboard reported engine failures 500 miles off San Francisco en route from Honolulu. The aircraft diverted toward San Francisco International Airport escorted by Coast Guard planes. a sister plane also joined the escort and engineers assessed the fire and engine status.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Floyd Benjamin
Long Island
N. Y
Benjamin
Coast Guard
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Constellation
Squeeze on Nasser Sparks Suez Crisis Across Europe
Britain and France move to counter Egypt as Cairo nationalizes the Suez Canal. London freezes Egypt’s sterling balances and Suez Canal Co. assets. France signals possible asset actions and plans talks with the United States in London. Egypt defends sovereignty while Britain seeks to assert control with a naval response.
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Paris
Britain
France
Egypt
Suez Canal
Suez Canal Co
United Kingdom
Christian Pineau
Selwyn Lloyd
U. S
State Dulles
London
Insurance firms pay share on loss of liner Andrea Doria
American underwriters have paid 2,165,859 as American companies’ share of the Italian liner Andrea Doria hull loss. Johnson and Higgins, international broker, sent two checks for that amount to a London firm yesterday.
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New York
Andrea Doria
Johnson & Higgins
International
Doria
Hull Insurance
Virginia forecast shows clearing with showers tonight
Partly cloudy with scattered showers over south and central Virginia tonight, low 62 to 74 in the west and north, 68 to 74 in the southeast. Sunday turns fair and cooler with less humidity. Temperatures today reach 89 high and 71 low in Winchester.
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Fairmont Ave
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Knowland
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Rayburn
C. L. Robinson Ice & Cold Storage
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