Minister Harry J. Martin dies after truck fall in W Va
The Rev. Harry Joseph Martin aged 55 of 710 North Loudoun Street died from injuries after falling from a moving truck near Romney West Virginia. He worked for Lundh Tree Trimmers and was a member of the Dunkard Church. Survived by a daughter and a stepson, plus several siblings and grandchildren. Funeral plans pending.
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Harry J. Martin
Harry Joseph Martin
Loudoun St
Mberland
Romney
W. Va
Martin
Lundh
Matin
Cumberland Hospital
Ae Baptist Church
Grund
Covington
Grundy
Hattie Shadler
N. Loudoun St
Winchester
Edith Campfield
Stephens City
Walter Martin
N. Tazewell
John H. Kelly
Clara Etta Kelly
John Harley Kelly
Gainesboro
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Reynolds Store
Howard
Ann Jolly Reynolds
Chestnut Grove Methodist Church
Lynn Kelly
Guy W. Kelly
Howard Edward Kelly
Paul E. Kelly
Los Angeles
Calif
Harvey Carroll
This City
Irene Light
Ralph Kerns
Omps Funeral Home
Alan C. Peer
Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Nevada tests hint at air to air atomic rocket
Officials described tests at the Nevada Proving Grounds as aiming to develop weapons with minimum fallout while potentially enabling a fleet destroying air to air atomic rocket. The report notes further work toward clean H bombs and reduced radioactivity as research continues.
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Nevada Proving Grounds
Nevada
AEC
Lewis Strauss
United States
Eisenhow
Paul Dorfman Ousted From AFL-CIO Office In Chicago Case
George Meany permanently ousted Paul Dorfman a close Hoffa associate from union office in a Chicago labor unit amid findings of profits from welfare accounts and ties to Teamsters leadership. Dorfman previously suspended as secretary treasurer of Waste Material Handlers Union No. 20467. The action coincides with ongoing ethics hearings into corruption involving the Bakery Workers Union and Teamsters charges.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Paul Dorfman
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Chicago
Dorfman
Meany
Rose
Hoffa
Dave Beck
Senate Backets Committee
Afl-Cio Ethical Practices Committee
Bakery Workers
Ethical Practices Group
Nuclear power progress cited by AEC report
The report notes a 10 year uranium supply outlook from contracted sources and rising domestic production to fuel military civil programs. It says progress in economic nuclear power continued, with higher estimated reactor costs, and marks the start of test and service facilities for aircraft reactors. It also notes studies on nuclear power for rockets and ramjets and annual $400 million savings from radioactive isotopes.
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United States
AEC
Rioters Clash at Old Brick Prison Demands Allow Mail and Meals
A prison riot erupted in the yard after guards ordered 22 band members to shell peas. rioters demanded better mail privileges and meals. No injuries were reported though one convict claimed being struck by extinguisher fluid. National Guardsmen and state patrol kept watch all night.
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Self
Anderson
Paul Cannon
National Guardsmen
Vern Lockwood
Buzzy Bear Jr
Summer Daytime Hours at Noon or One PM
The note indicates events scheduled at either noon or 1 p.m. during the summer months. It specifies time options without a fixed hour, reflecting flexibility in daytime planning for warm-season activities.
Stephenson man found guilty of assault on 12 year old
A five man jury in Pred erick County Circuit Court found Leonard C. Ellis of Stephenson guilty of assault and battery against a 12 year old boy in his care. He was fined $50. Evidence showed the boy was whipped with switches from a cherry tree on June 30. The boy testified he and his brother had been at the Ellis home for four years and the marks lasted about three weeks. Ellis claimed disciplinary action and love for the children. The case followed testimony from police and a doctor about bruising.
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Prederick County
Leonard C. Ellis
Stephenson
Arthur Ray Jenkins
Milton Harris
Thomas Franklin Drumheller
Front Royal
James William Maupin
Samuel Markley
Lynn Lucas
Ellis
Annie Scrivener
Ellis Home
Winchester
J. C. Ritter
Ritter
George Troxel
Granville Sydnor
W. F. Artrip
FP. J. Marshall
F. L. Largent, Sr
E. O Seldon
Mr. Ellis
Eisenhower Defends Gluck and Civil Rights Speech
Eisenhower rejected claims Gluck influenced appointments and defended Gluck despite gaps on Ceylon facts. He praised Gluck's ability and said he would learn, while criticizing press testimony. He urged Congress to fund agencies amid unpaid federal workers and noted a brief Civil Rights stalemate with a possible recess for appropriations.
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Gluck
Eisenhower
Ceylon Post
Washington Post
Times Herald
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ceylon
Russia
Castillo Armas
Congress
Senate
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Local Auction Listings Amid August Farm Fair
August sales directory lists James Jenkins Jr Auction near Leesburg Virginia with 140 registered Holsteins and dairy equipment. Also August 3 at Harrisburg Pennsylvania the American Corriedale Assn presents 81 head registered Corriedale sheep. Joseph B Newlin Trustee offers Winchester real estate at Frederick County Court House front with Chas E Duvall as auctioneer.
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James Jenkins, Jr
Leesburg
H. H. Bartlett
American Corriedale Assn
Harrisburg
Joseph B. Newlin
Prederick County Court House
Winchester
Weather and politics notes from Virginia and Washington
The Virginia forecast calls for mostly fair, warm, humid weather with isolated afternoon showers and highs around 91. Extended outlook shows normal to slightly above normal temperatures into August with occasional thundershowers. In D.C. President Eisenhower discusses disarmament goals versus present realities and hints at conflict of interest laws needing review for businessmen serving in government.
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Virginia
Winchester
Dulles
Congress
Eisenhower
Defense Wilson
Rainfall report for July and year totals
Rainfall data covers past 24 hours to 8 30 am with zero today and July total 1.19 inches. Fifteen months show monthly averages for 44 years 1912 56 with values from January 2 43 to December 2 47 inches. County tallies list Accomack Amherst Arlington Augusta Campbell Charlotte Chesterfield Dickenson Fairfax Franklin Frederick Grayson Halifax Hanover Hen ry Isle of Wight Loudoun Mecklenburg Nansemond Prince William Rockingham Shenandoah Smyth Washington.
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Chesterfield
Halifax
Hampton
Isle of Wight
Mecklenburg
Portsmouth
Richmond City
Shenandoah
Smyth
Accomack
Amherst
Arlington
Augusta
Campbell
Charlotte
Dickenson
Fairfax
Franklin
Frederick
Grayson
Hanover
Henry
Loudoun
Nansemond
Prince William
Rockingham
Washington
Quiz answers printed on page 4 reveal ten items
Listing questions and answers includes topics from a smock marriage to Julius Caesar and Epilepsy. key answers include Cuba Silversmith South General Motors Corporation The Aegean Potion and a quote from Tennyson. The final query asks Caesar’s serious disease.
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Cuba
Silversmith
South
General Motors Corporation
the Aegean
Tennyson
Julius Caesar
Fewer Spinal Meningitis Cases Reported in State
Virginia Health Commissioner Mack I. Shanholtz said there are fewer spinal meningitis cases and deaths this year than last. Through July there were 47 statewide cases with 14 deaths, 11 of them children, and the Richmond area saw several fatalities.
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Richmond
Mack I. Shanholtz
Virginia
Shanholtz
Chesterfield County
Alexandria
Amherst
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