Senate Approves Administration Housing Plan amid House Split
The Senate backed Eisenhower's housing program with a 66 to 16 vote, backing low down payments and 30 year FHA insured loans, slum clearance grants, and safeguards. The House rejected the public housing provision, setting up a Senate House conference to craft a compromise.
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Indochina Situation Is Grave but Not Hopeless
Secretary of State Dulles told Congress that the military situation in Indochina is grave, but by no means hopeless. He made the statement before colleagues and committee members amid questions on U S policy and Communist influence in the region.
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Kopf to Deliver Handley Sermon
Dr. Carl Heath Kopf of the First Congregational Church Washington D C will give the Handley High School baccalaureate sermon Sunday at 8 p m in the school auditorium The Winchester Ministerial Association conducts the service with Rev Rhodes M Artz presiding The program includes hymns readings prayers and musical selections by the glee club A Cappella Choir and other choirs. The event features Kopf a Princeton and Boston University graduate and author of Windows on Life and Personal Crisis.
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Washington, D. C
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Cork Street
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McCarthy Delivers Monitored Calls for Public Record
Senator McCarthy agreed with Army counsel Joseph Welch to include in the public record all monitored telephone calls between Pentagon officials and senators, including McCarthy. The agreement excludes calls involving other administration figures and aides Roy Cohn and Francis Carr, aiming to publish calls by senators while limiting others. The compromise follows a tense exchange in the hearings as Symington pressed for release and Mundt kept order.
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Mrs Richard Lewis Heads Winchester Community Concert
Mrs Richard Lewis was named president of the Winchester Community Concert Association for the coming season at a meeting of its executive committee held Wednesday evening at the George Washington Hotel. The group plans a week long annual membership drive starting September 13 with officers including W Elliott Button and Dr M Schaeffer as vice presidents and Charles Rupp as treasurer.
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New York
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E. C. Stuart, Jr
Charles Rupp
J. W. Crider
Mildred Jones
Marshall Kline
Gladys O. Cochran
Nelson Lineburg
Clarke County
J. H. Lowden
H. B. McCormac
Helene Walker
Handley High 1954 Graduates by Birthplace
Handley High School’s 1954 senior class included 89 graduates. Winchester-born totals 55 students, 62 percent, with 14 born elsewhere in Virginia and remaining numbers across West Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland North Carolina DC Georgia Iowa Maine Texas New York New Jersey and one in China Helen Womeldorf.
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China
Tomb of Sankhet Seen as Earliest Intact Royal Tomb
Egyptian archaeologist Zakaria Goneim announces the discovery of what may be the oldest intact royal tomb in Egypt. The rock tomb under a step pyramid at Sakkara holds a reddish alabaster sarcophagus believed to contain Pharaoh Sankhet from the Third Dynasty, dating around 3000 B C.
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James Wood High seniors hear UVA dean urge using intellect
Dr. Lindley J. Stiles of the University of Virginia told 112 James Wood High School graduates to solve problems with intelligence not emotions. He urged lifelong talent development and teamwork while urging national cooperation.
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New Mexico
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Communists Score Two Bloody Successes in the Hanoi Delta
Vietminh forces scored two major blows near Hanoi and Haiphong. At Cho Moi, near Hanoi, a French garrison of 60 men held off multiple Vietminh assaults, while 3,000 Vietminh overran the seminary at Ouanphungha, killing and capturing hundreds. French sources warn of heavy losses on both sides and possible survivors returning. Meanwhile US sources report a 10 Navy four-engine bomber transfer to Indochina, with two shot down earlier at Dien Bien Phu.
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House Appropriations Okays 1.95 Billion for Labor Welfare
The House Appropriations Committee advanced a bill granting 1,948,946,011 dollars in new cash for the Labor and Welfare departments for the next fiscal year starting July 1. The measure, drafted under Rep Busbey, falls 16.3 million below the Presidents request and 302.2 million below the current year.
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Mighty Mo to Be Decommissioned This Fall
The 45 000 ton battleship Missouri will be decommissioned this fall after continuous service since 1944. It will be mothballed at Bremer ton Washington Navy Yard in September after midshipmen cruises with the Atlantic Fleet. Missouri’s decommissioning leaves Iowa Wisconsin and New Jersey in active service.
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Gramer Loses Final Appeal In Maryland Death Case
Governor McKeldin denied the last appeal for George Edward Grammer of Baltimore in the slaying of his wife. The ruling sets his execution by hanging for next week, likely around midnight next Thursday.
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