Britain detonates second and more powerful H-bomb test
A British Valiant bomber dropped a four ton hydrogen device near Malden Atoll, about 400 miles south of Christmas Island, producing a fireball over a mile wide. Observers aboard a naval yacht viewed the blast from 35 miles as scientists predicted minimal local fallout and noted worldwide dispersion of fission products.
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HMS. Alert
Central Pacific
Britain
Malden Atoll
Christmas Island
Task Force
William Cook
Dog ordinances to curb rabies and nuisance barking reach council
Committee led by H. W. Butler Jr. will push final passage of two dog control measures. One requires rabies immunization for all dogs before license purchase. the other outlaws running at large of dangerous dogs and allows immediate action for biting animals. It also covers howling and barking complaints, while destruction of property is not yet addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Butler, Jr
Common Council
Public Safety
Butler
Police Department
Russians Say Earth Satellite Ready to Go
Moscow radio quoted Soviet scientists as having created the rockets and equipment for an artificial earth satellite and said preparations were complete. U S scientists are also advancing a satellite for atmospheric observations during the International Geographical Year 1957 58 and hope to launch in 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow Radio
Beck Pays Back Trust Fund Profit
Seattle widow Mrs. Ray Leheney receives Beck share of 11 575.04 profit from trust fund handling by Teamster president Dave Beck and Donal Hedlund. Hedlund testified profits were split after using more than 75 000 raised to buy mortgages at a discount. Beck said he returned his share and had the idea before the Senate committee hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Teamster
Dave Beck
Beck
Ray Leheney
Donal Hedlund
Hedlund
Senate
Power Co Lineman Electrocuted Near Richmond
J. C. Clarke, 31, a lineman for Virginia Electric & Power Co., was electrocuted yesterday while installing wire on a utility pole just west of Richmond. Rescue workers spent nearly five hours attempting revival after about 7,000 volts passed through him.
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Richmond
J. C. Clarke
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Clarke
Civilized Peoples Urged To Turn Back on Algerians
Paris reaction mounted to the Melouza massacre in Algeria as Rene Coty urged all civilized peoples to reject the killers and agents of terror. French forces launched a large hunt with helicopters planes and armored troops to subdue the revolt and punish those responsible for killing most of Melouza villagers.
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Paris
Rene Coty
France
Algeria
Melouza
Algiers
Coty
Tunisia
Tunisian
Virginia Tech Students Protest Annexation Mob at Blacksburg
A large student crowd packed Blacksburg Main Street last night protesting the city’s annexation plan for campus land. Police from state and nearby Christiansburg restrained the crowd as 2 students Jack Garst and Lawrence Baker were arrested for tampering with state property.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Christiansburg
Jack Leo Garst
Lawrence Keith Baker
Gate City
Robert L. Wood
Lynchburg
Garst
Baker
J. L. Goodwin
Wood
John W. Barringer
Joseph W. Guthridge
Tech
Texas Hit By Flash Flooding
Rains of up to 11 inches flood portions of Texas as violent weather continues. Two 14-year-old Arlington boys were killed by lightning. The Red Cross counts 36,224 Texans affected by tornadoes and floods in April and May.
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South Plains
Hale
Floyd
Swisher
Panhandle
Brackettville
San Antonio
Arlington
Don Jacobs
Lawrence Thompson
Chiang Kai-shek Accepts Blame for Taipei Riots
In a radio address from Taipei Chiang Kai-shek took full responsibility for May 24 riots that harmed the U S Embassy and injured three Americans. He said his leadership was at fault but pledged continued friendship with the United States and a firm stance to protect relations.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
U.S
China
United States
Vigilantes Form in Hsipaw Burma to Fight Bandits
Vigilantes are being organized in Burma's Hsipaw State to bear arms and join the battle against dacoits. Police struggle to wage effective action as residents seek armed licenses to assist security efforts near Lashio on the Burma Road to China.
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Rangoon
Burma
Hsipaw
Lashio
China
Long Weekend Traffic Death Toll Nears 200
Memorial Day weekend traffic deaths neared 200 as of midmorning with 184 highway fatalities. Drowning added 62 and other causes 49, boosting total to 300. California and Pennsylvania led with 14 deaths each, followed by Illinois with 13.
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Associated Press
California
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Committee Names for State GOP Convention in Roanoke
A six member committee was named by the Republican state central committee to arrange the Roanoke convention set for July 6. I Lee Potter said he has advance plans and sought authority to form rules resolutions credentials and permanent organization groups. The party reported a $4130 balance and a $100000 budget formed in three months. Ted Dalton floated as a possible governor candidate while he prepared a public statement in about ten days.
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Charlottesville
Republican State Central Committee
I. Lee Potter
Roanoke
Louis Wohlford
Cynthia Zimmerman
Fairfax
Horace Henderson
Williamsburg
Lester Parsons Sr
Norfolk
Roby Thompson
Abingdon
Betty Henritze
Dick Poage
Richmond
Albert Hinckley
Central Committee
Potter
House of Delegates
House
John Rader
Botetourt County
State Central Committee
Linwood Holton
Bill Ronald
Falls Church
Young Republicans Clubs
Virginia
George Hilton
Dorothy Lippincott
Hilton
Ted Dalton
Radford
Dalton
Businessmen Bet on a Big Consumer Spending Surge
New York businessmen bullish on a forthcoming rise in consumer spending as prices across several sectors lift hopes. General Electric raises 1958 factory prices up to 15 percent for home washers dryers and televisions while chemicals steel scrap and fertilizer costs also climb.
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Walter Breede JR
New York
General Electric Co
Middle East
Persian Gulf
New York Stock Exchange
Johnson Calls for New Look at U S Trade Policies
Senate leader Lyndon Johnson urged a new look at U S trade with China after Britain moved to relax embargoes on Red China. He said the issue would be a pressing foreign policy problem and noted bipartisan support for re examination.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
U. S
China
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Johnson
Knowland
California
London
Red China
Russia
Paris
Britain
Peiping
Moscow
United Nations
United States
Hong Kong
State Department
Congress
Selwyn Lloyd
Pflimlin Gains Support in France Amid Coalition Talks
Pierre Pflimlin, leader of the MRP, drafts a save the franc and save Algeria program for a middle road cabinet to succeed Premier Mollet. He seeks a broad national union on finances Algeria European unification and constitutional reform with Socialist and Independent Republican leaders.
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Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
Popular Republican Party
MRP
Save
Algeria
Guy Mollet
Pflimlin
Pierre Commin
Strasbourg
Antoine Pinay
Paul Reynaud
Republicans
National Union
France
Ike Plays Golf at Burning Tree in Third Round This Week
President Eisenhower visited Burning Tree Country Club for his third round of golf this week. He started the day early and enjoyed steady play, signaling a routine leisure period amid national duties.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Burning Tree Country Club
Cellar orders congressional baseball probe
House Judiciary Chairman Emanuel Celler announced a congressional investigation into the proposed transfer of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to the West Coast. Open hearings in Washington would begin June 17 to decide if baseball is big business and to thoroughly discuss the Dodgers move to Los Angeles and the Giants move to San Francisco.
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New York
Emanuel Celler
D-Ny
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
West Coast
Cellar
Washington
Judiciary Committee
Dodgers
Los Angeles
Giants
San Francisco
Winchester Man Killed as Truck Upsets on Mountain
Richard Martin Williams 21 of 710 S Cameron St died when a 1951 Koehing dump truck rolled on Route 605 Clarke County. He was thrown from the vehicle as it struck a bank and crushed him. Williams married Betty Katherine Lichliter in 1955 and left a six month old daughter Vickie Lynn. Surviving are his wife mother sister and brother plus grandparents and other relatives. Funeral set for Omps Funeral Home with local pastors conducting services. Burial in Mt Hebron Cemetery.
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Winchester
Richard Martin Williams
S. Cameron St
Clarke County
Frederick County
Warren
P. F. Click
Williams
Blue Ridge
Mr. Williams
Betty Katherine Lichliter
Vickie Lynn
Suvivors
Peggy
Joyce Williams
Robert Williams
West Palm Beach
Fla
Marvin Boone
Emma Pelter
Mary Williams
Omps
John Livingston
Burnt Presbyterian Church
Albin
Robert Bradford
Opequon
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Stanley to Hear Final Clemency Plea in Norfolk Slaying Case
Governor will hear Monday a final clemency plea for John Lewis Gregory Jr. in the robbery slaying of David Weinstein. Gregory, 23, faces execution in the electric chair Tuesday after a denied commutation plea. Attorney J Hugo Madison argues for clemency in the Virginia Capitol.
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Richmond
Stanley
Norfolk
J. Hugo Madison
John Lewis Gregory Jr
State Capitol
Gregory
David Weinstein
Madison
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James Wood
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Gray & Eddy
Clowes Jewelry
Johnston's
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S. Loudoun St
Power Co
New Montague Avenue
Quarels School
J.H. Henry
E. Cecil St
God
T. H. DeHart
South Texas
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Laproor
Kingsville
Big Spring
Lubbock
Amarillo
Plainview
Sherman
State Civil Defense Office
Independent Petroleum Assn. of America
Ike
Celler
Congressional Baseball
Mr. Williams Was
Smenyside Station
Lee N. Williams
William Peele Jr
Shirkey’s
Sunnyside
House of Good Food
Saith
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