Berryville Clarke Chamber Annual Report Highlights
Clarke Chamber notes labor supply survey led by Edward P. Berlin and Loring C. Kackley. Four new directors elected to three year terms. officers up for renewal. Projects include Christmas lights, Clarke County recreation funding, Apple Blossom float support, and a fall festival with Raritan Club. Attendance up from 18.3 to 24.4 over ten meetings. membership steady with 82 paid, ten new members. Dead dogwood trees to be replaced. coordination with Rev. Arthur H. Brown for replacements.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Harold G. Potts
Maurice Wisecarver, Jr
G. Kenneth Levi
Edward P. Berlin
Kackley
F. L. McWilliams
William F. Zarbock
Winchester
Garland M. Canter
Retail Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur H. Brown
Mr. Brown
C of C
Raritan Club
Virginia Wins Top Honors In National Safety Contest
Virginia and Wausau Wisconsin win top honors in the 1953 National Traffic Safety Contest conducted by the National Safety Council. Forty-seven states and 843 cities competed. Arlington Virginia Sacramento California and Wilmington Delaware tie for second in the 100000 to 200000 bracket. Winchester Virginia records its third straight year without a traffic death in the 10000 to 25000 population category.
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Chicago
Virginia
Wausau
Wis
National Safety Council
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Washington
Pennsylvania
Arlington
Sacramento
Calif
Wilmington
Del
Elon College graduate Ralph E. Pugh earns arts degree
Ralph E. Pugh son of Mr and Mrs Ernest E Pugh of Morningside Drive was graduated on May 31 from Elon College North Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a major in Commercial Education He belonged to Sigma Mu Sigma Spanish Club French Club Education Club Elon College Choir Elon College Band and served as a laboratory instructor in the Commercial Department
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Barr Sudio
Ralph E. Pugh
Ernest E. Pugh
Morningside Drive
Elon College
North Carolina
Elon
Sigma Mu Sigma Frater
French Air Force Destroys String of Vietminh Bases East of Hanoi
The French high command says massive air strikes destroyed a string of communist Vietminh bases 12 miles east of Hanoi, hitting arms depots and caches near key highway and railway links to Haiphong. Five Vietminh killed, 18 captured in mopups. 575 Vietminh sick and wounded to be freed per Geneva accord. 8,000 Vietnamese troops parade in Hanoi during fete of national unity.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Haiphon
Red River
Cho Noi
Hung Yen
High Command
Geneva
Dien Bien Phu
Viet Nam
Unmarked Cars Cut Norfolk Traffic Violations
Traffic violation arrests in Norfolk have more than doubled since police began using unmarked patrol cars and accidents dropped sharply.
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Norfolk
Wife of Russian who changed sides reported missing
Western officials report Yanina Khokhlov vanished from her Moscow apartment weeks ago and may be in secret police custody. Her husband Nikolai Khokhlov, who deserted to the West, had appealed for help to save his family from Soviet reprisals. Unclear fate of their 18 month old son and sister.
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Bom
Germany
Nikolai Khohklov
Moscow
Yanina Khokhlov
Khokhlov
Frankfurt
Georgi S. Okolovich
Senate approves 35 million boost for rural electrification
The Senate, by 42 to 40, added 35 million dollars in loan authority to the rural electrification program, raising a 100 million dollar fund already approved by the House and appropriations committee. President Eisenhower sought 55 million. debate included a second vote by 43 to 39 after maneuvering to reconsider. Senator Morsey supported the increase, though he would have preferred 75 million.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Rea
Knowland
R-Calif
GOP
Senate Committee
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Morsey
Ind-ore
Two British Planters Killed by Guerrillas
Singapore reports two British planters killed by Communist guerrillas on a rubber plantation at Sungei Siput in Perak State. The Britons had just arrived from England.
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Singapore
Sungei Siput
Perak State
England
Bidault Plan Seeks Asian Neutrals to Supervise Indochina Cease-Fire
Geneva reports say French Foreign Minister Bidault will propose an Asian dominated supervisory body for Indochina cease-fire with U S and British support. India Pakistan Ceylon Indonesia and Burma eyed for the policing role while the U S rejects a mixed Soviet bloc panel.
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Geneva
Georgie Bidault
Indochina
United States
Britain
U.S
India
Pakistan
Ceylon
Indonesia
Burma
U. S
Korea
United Nations
Laos
Cambodia
Student Burns After Chemistry Set Accident at Penn State
Jack Briggs, 19, returned to classes at Pennsylvania State University after vacation and said he was hospitalized with first, second and third degree burns on both hands from an explosion while using his younger brother's chemistry set. He noted his college coursework did not cover such a situation.
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Coudersport
Jack Briggs
Pennsylvania State University
Montfort Mail Seeks Buyer After 54 Years of Hand Set
Montfort Wisconsin editor Rufus D. Quick 77 suspended publication due to illness and plans to sell the Montfort Mail, a weekly serving about 550 residents, which has run since 1900 with typesetting done by hand.
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Montfort
Wis
Sting Brings Protest in Hartford Beehive Case
Harold Berger testified in Common Pleas court he protests his neighbor's beehives in Hartford Connecticut. He claims the buzzing noise and hive activity violate his rights and seek relief from the court.
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Hartford, Conn
Harold Berger
Common Pleas
Bee sting tale shows truth in old wartime quip
A man recalls a saying about bees that warned not to move to avoid stings. He stood still as advised but still got stung, illustrating the humor or misdirection behind folk wisdom.
Porcupines Found In Hay Bales From Montana Near Carrollton
Carrollton Missouri held a curious incident when farmer John Sherwood discovered his dog with quills. Conservation Agent John Madden traced the puzzle to drought relief hay from Montana, uncovering a dozen dead porcupines in the bales.
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Carrollton
John Sherwood
Missouri
John Madden
Montana
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Clarke Chamber
Winchester Specialty Shop
E. Piccadilly ST
Harry Walsh
the Potomac Edison Co
Hagerstown, Md
Northern Virginia Power Company
Bidault
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Handset News
Sting
CCHS
Lowell Crumpler
A. L. Crumpler
Clarke County High School
Stephens City
Venable
John Kopenhaver
P Rinting
N. Cameron
Eee
Fin
Schloss
Hubbard
Mayfair
Disney
Alligator Rainwear
Wilson Bros
Barracuda
Paris Belts
Haberdashery
Loudoun Street
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