Blast Kills Two Civilian Workmen Aboard Submarine
An explosion in the main ballast tank of the Navy submarine Sirago in drydock at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard killed two civilian painters Racuel Senechel 28 of Somersworth and Joseph E A Zousseau 40 of Portsmouth. A nearby sailor Engineman First Class John Perry suffered third degree burns but is expected to recover. An investigation was ordered amid a second naval vessel blast in a week after the carrier Bennington disaster.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Robert E. Cronin
Racuel Senechel
Somersworth
Joseph E. A. 2Zousseau
John Perry
Columbana
Ala
Bennington
Quonset Point
R. I
May Birth Rate Drops at Memorial Hospital
May births at Memorial Hospital totaled 82, the lowest for any May in three years and below February. Over the three May totals 1951 to 1953 show 111, 100, and 92 births, a 29 decrease. May birth splits favor boys each year except 1952, with this year 52 boys and 30 girls.
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Memorial Hospital
Annual Reports and Meeting of Shenandoah Apple Blossom Directors
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival board to meet Friday at 11 a.m. at the George Washington Hotel. Executive Committee to meet at 10:45 a.m., then 50 festival directors and 11 department heads attend. Reports on the 1854 Festival and fundraising to cover remaining bills will be discussed.
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George Washington
C. F. Schenck
Alfalfa Damage From Rains Hits Clarke County Hay
Clarke County Agent Bill Barnes reports two weeks of frequent rains injuring alfalfa hay in Clarke County. Much of the first crop has long stems with few leaves, forcing some hay into silos. Some early alfalfa remains suitable for baling, but moisture and leaf loss after cutting hinder quality.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Bill B. Barnes
Gregory
Road-E-O Contest Date Advanced To This Friday
Winchester hosts the Road-E-O Friday at 3 30 pm on Kerr Street with state meet June 5 in Hopewell. First prize is an all expense trip to Hopewell plus a wrist watch. second prize a snarkle pen. third prize a driving award certificate. Entrants must be 20 before August 10. applications accepted at Molden Electric Company through tomorrow at 4 30 pm.
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Winchester
Kerr Street
Hopewell
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
Molden Electric Company
William Fitzhugh
Smith Transfer Company
Staunton
American Trucking Association
Lemon Stotler
Novick’s
ATA
J. Thomas Boyd
Francis Woolf
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Roanoke
Rhodes
Cold Front Snows Up Rocky Mountain Region
A Pacific cold front swept the Rocky Mountain area leaving snow across Montana aps in several cities. Snow fell in Lewistown Belgrade Butte and Great Falls while Colorado sweltered with La Junta hitting 90.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Continental Divide
Weather Bureau
Lewistown
Belgrade
Butte
Great Fal
Colorado
la Junta
Strike Keeps Roanoke Construction Projects Idle
A four-union strike halts work on more than eight million dollars of Roanoke and western Virginia construction. Over 800 carpenters operators laborers and truck drivers walked off after contracts expired, demanding wage boosts and new agreements amid stalled negotiations.
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Roanoke
Virginia
AFL
Clifton Forge
General Electric
Waynesboro
Radford Arsenal
First National Exchange Bank
WSLS
John McGuinness
Roanoke Building Trades Council
B. F. Parrott
J. M. Turner
J .A. Jones
Charlotte
N .c
John P. Pettyjohn
Lynchburg
Four Polio Cases Reported in Virginia Week
Virginia health officials said four new polio cases last week, the highest weekly total this year, bringing the season's total to 23, up from 20 a year ago.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Health Department
U S Aims to Withdraw Indochina Air Force Technicians
Washington reports show about 200 U S Air Force technicians sent to Indochina last March will be pulled out by June 12. Some may volunteer to aid French ground crews while 47 B 26 bombers remain to bolster air attacks near Hanoi and the delta. Secret strategy talks with allied leaders begin tomorrow.
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Washington
United States
Indochina
Congress
U. S
Far East
Gore Fire Company Considers Auxiliary Formation
The Gore Fire Company will hold a June 7 meeting at 7 30 p m in the Gore School to discuss creating an Auxiliary. Mrs Edwin Lillis, president of the South End Fire Company Auxiliary, will speak. all Gore members and interested women are invited.
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Gore Fire Company
Gore School
Edwin Lillis
South End Fire Company
The
Gore
Door and Window Screen Materials Besides Galvanized Steel
Bronze aluminum and plastic are the other commonly used screen materials. Stainless steel monel metal and catronized steel are used to a lesser extent but not as readily available.
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FE. E. D
Birmingham approves segregation ordinance
Birmingham voters overwhelmingly approved a segregation ordinance banning mixed play by Negroes and whites in games and at public venues. The measure prohibits competition together in cards dice dominoes checkers softball basketball baseball football golf and track and bans mingling at swimming pools beaches lakes and ponds. The City Commission had previously voted to permit segregation.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mulvey's Haberdashery Opens at New Loudoun Street Site
Mulvey's New Clothing Store opens tomorrow at 22 S. Loudoun St with a men’s shop in an 88 foot air conditioned building built by Percy D. Miller. Ralph Mulvey and Lawrence Bell will operate it. plans include fall expansion and free souvenirs and a free suit giveaway.
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W. Boscawen St
Negro and white professional players set for base ball and football games
The notice announces events featuring both white and Negro professional players in baseball and football. Details on teams, venues, and scheduling are limited but indicate interracial professional competition.
President Signs Bill Changing Name of Holiday
President Eisenhower signed a bill changing the holiday on November 11 from Armistice Day to Veterans Day to honor American veterans of all wars.
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Bill
Eisenhower
Fire Chars Neighbor's Chicken in Pottstown Kitchen
George Brill of Pottstown spotted a kitchen fire at a neighbor's home and alerted the fire department. Two volunteer companies with a service truck and an ambulance arrived just in time to save the Sunday dinner as the flames singed the chicken's pink feathers.
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Pottstown
George Brill
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