West Germany urges U S to stand firm at Berlin talks
West Germany pressed the United States to resist concessions to the Soviet Union during the Big Four foreign ministers conference. Heinrich von Brentano warned Secretary Herter Berlin proposals could weaken the Western position as Gromyko and others consider concessions. Willy Brandt attended talks with Herter.
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Geneva
West Germany
United States
Berlin
von Brentano
Herter
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Gromyko
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
East
West
Volkswagen Trampled by Buffalo at Wind Cave National Park
Alfred E. Schild of Lombard Illinois watched a buffalo herd at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota. Two buffalo charged and trampled a Volkswagen, crushing the rear fenders trunk lid and breaking the back window. Schild and companions escaped injury.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
South Dakota
Alfred E. Schild
Lombard
Wind Cave National Park
Schild
Route 50 River Misadventure and Rain Making Notice
While photographing Miss August near the Route 50 bridge over the Shenandoah River a group of eight canoes passed. One lead canoeist jokingly claimed wrong river causing confusion about direction. Also a rain making note mentions Mrs. Robert Y Conrad and a 2.26 inch rainfall after a Winchester visit. Local Little Baseball League Tag Day raises funds for Colonial Heights trip with Retha Offutt joining Alecia Beauty Salon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss August
Shenandoah River
Charlie Tait
Robert Y. Conrad
Washington St
Winchester
Colonial Heights
Physician Won’t Pay Ticket Jailed Two Hours
Dr. Joseph L. Atchison was jailed for two hours after refusing to pay a $2 parking ticket. Police detained him at his Springfield office and later Alexandria jail until his attorney secured release and a hearing. He said the ticket arose after he searched for a spot while attending a patient in urgent care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Joseph L. Atchison
Fairfax County
Springfield
Fairfax
Groveton
Atchison
T. Brooke Howard
Alexandria Hospital
Dr. Atchison
Russell A. Hawes
Woman Injured When Shell Explodes At Home
Mrs. Lindsay Tavenner of Boyce sustained a gunpowder burn and a shell fragment injury to her left leg after a .22 caliber shell exploded in trash at her home yesterday afternoon. She was taken to Memorial Hospital by her son-in-law Edward F Lloyd and was reported in satisfactory condition this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay Tavenner
Boyce
Memorial Hospital
Edward F. Lloyd
William H. Patterson
Minneapolis
Stillwater
Minn
Final Reductions on Summer Merchandise at 1 Percent
Lovett's Dress Shoppe advertises drastic cuts on summer stock including cottons. The promotion emphasizes prices at one percent or less and runs with the store’s notice tag Lp-7-30-2t. Local shoppers are urged to visit for bargain buys on apparel.
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Lovett
Train Derailment In Wisconsin Hurts 47, 60 More Minor
The Chicago and North Western Railway Twin Cities 400 derailed on a hillside near Menomonie Wisconsin injuring 47 to hospital treatment and 60 with lesser injuries. The 209 passengers faced a 50 mph bend before the seven derailed cars slid down a bluff toward U S Highway 12.
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North Western
Hudson
Wis
Highway 12
Menomonie
Chicago and North Western Railway
Wisconsin
U.S. Highway 12
Twin Cities
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
B. D. Heron
Alfred Servos
Aid Official Says 10000 Saved in Steel Contract
U S foreign aid chief in Viet Nam testifies a 10000 saving occurred in a steel contract amid charges of aid program mismanagement. Ambassador Durborow and Arthur Gardiner deny irregularities as Senate panel weighs bids involving Bethlehem Steel and Eurasia Corp with Belgian links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Viet Nam
Elbridge Durbrow
Arthur Z. Gardiner
Senate Foreign Relations
Scripps-Howard
Albert M. Colegrove
Colegrove
State Department
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Saigon
Frank Gonder
Bethlehem Steel Co
Eurasia Corp
Gonder
Eurasia
Gardiner
Mansfield
Bethlehem Steel
Eisenhower ran in 1952 to beat Truman and shape policy
President Eisenhower decided to seek the 1952 nomination largely to prevent a second Truman term. Advisers Dewey and Lodge argued Truman would run and only Eisenhower could defeat him. Once Truman chose not to run, Eisenhower felt his political career was set and he pressed ahead.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
NATO
Europe
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Henry Cabot Lodge
R-Mass
Dear Abby to appear in the Star
Abigail Van Buren known as Mrs Morton Phillips will launch the Dear Abby column in The Winchester Star starting Monday Readers are invited to send letters to Abby care of The Star with letters forwarded unopened Abby writes brief witty replies and consults professionals for serious issues
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Abigail van Buren
Abby
Winchester Star
Morton Phillips
San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
Chronicle
McNaught Syndicate
Mrs. Phillips
Canada
England
Latin America
Star
Fourth Wettest July on Record Draws to Close
The fourth wettest July in Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory records ends with 7.64 inches. Heaviest day 2.26 inches yesterday, total rainfall for the month reached across 14 days. Comparisons show 1945 with 11.19 inches, 1939 at 7.84 inches, 1956 at 7.82 inches.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Roanoke Reports State Polio Victim and Suspects
Roanoke Memorial Hospital reported Virginia's 44th polio case of the year a 7 year old Henry County boy with paralytic polio. The hospital also listed a 4 year old Lexington girl a 4 year old Honaker girl as polio suspects with 10 others under observation. Emergency inoculation clinics continued in Alexandria and Fairfax County as 1723 people were treated.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Henry County
Lexington
Honaker
Russell County
Alexandria
Fairfax County
Storm Topples 51 Telephone Poles in Lancaster
A fierce wind rain and thunderstorm in the Mojave Desert toppled 51 telephone poles in a row and sparked four brush fires. Fallen poles trees and wires blocked Avenue I for 20 blocks and disrupted service across miles of desert.
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Lancaster
Calif
Mojave Desert
Avenue I
A. C. Slonaker & Son
Nixon to deliver televised address to Russians Saturday night
Vice President Richard M. Nixon returns from a Siberian trip and plans a televised speech to the Russian people at 8 p.m. Saturday. He will also provide a nationwide U.S. address after a three day Poland visit. Nixon urges Russians to watch and listen and says he heard a common aim for peace during his visit.
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Moscow
Richard M. Nixon
Siberian Ural
Nixon
Poland
United States
U.S.S.R
Mir Druzhba
Ural
Sverdlovsk
Soviet Union
Soviet
Virginia ends year with 17.4 million black balance
Virginia closed its fiscal year with a net General Fund balance of 17,490,047 after budgeted obligations. Total General Fund cash and investments stood at 84,184,397 with 64,939,550 carried over. revenues reached 195,948,709 while expenditures totaled 225,717,778. The report notes stock in the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad and details statewide revenues and expenditures for the year.
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Richmond
Virginia
Sidney C. Day Jr
Day
J. Linsay Almond Jr
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
General Assembly
General Fund
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Bill Moves to Fund Second Nuclear Aircraft Carrier
A compromise defense bill includes funds to start a second nuclear aircraft carrier amid a near 40 billion dollar military package for the year. Senate House conferees aim for final approval, adding 35 million to initiate the vessel, slated to take about four years to build.
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Washington
U.S
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Marine Corps
Army National Guard
Pentagon
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Howard Johnson
George Washington Hotel
Stowell’s
Willow Lawn Farm
Market Valley Ave
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