Stevenson and Kefauver Face California Finale
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver entered the final California primary day predicting victory in the winner take all contest for 68 Democratic National Convention votes. Kefauver pressed civil rights themes while Stevenson mocked the rivalry as a sideshow. Other primaries in New York Montana and South Dakota influence the race as Farm country contests test policy. Delegates totals show Stevenson 186.5 Kefauver 140.5 with others and uncommitted at 347 of 900 plus remaining to reach 1,372.
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Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
California
Kefauver
Stevenson
Florida
Harriman
Countryman
Tito visits Lenin tomb andIGNOREs Stalin in Moscow
Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito visited the Lenin Stalin mausoleum in Red Square and deliberately ignored Stalin's display. He laid a wreath, then passed Stalin's glass encased body without turning his head, eight minutes after arriving.
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Moscow
Tito
Stalin
Communist Family of Nations
Soviet Union
Red Square
Vladimir Hyich Lenin
Josip Broz Tito
Lenin
Kremlin
Alcohol and Gas Dont Mix Stay Alive in 56 Accidents
City Frederick Clarke reports injuries after 1956 style accidents highlighted by 1988 incidents involving alcohol and gasoline. Authorities urge safer handling to prevent fires and injuries.
State leaders clash in debate over segregation issue
In Richmond the Virginia attorney general challenged the speaker of the House of Delegates to a public debate on each leader contributions to the school segregation problem.
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Almond
Moore
Richmond
Virginia House of Delegates
Supreme Court Allows Wisconsin Mass Picketing Ban
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that state labor boards may ban mass picketing and violent conduct by strikers under Taft Hartley. Justice Reed led the majority in upholding Wisconsin actions during the Kohler Co strike, while Justice Douglas dissented. The decision emphasizes state power to curb violence and protect public safety amid labor disputes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Reed
Frankfurter
Burton
Clark
Minton
Harlan
Douglas
Warren
Black
United Automobile Workers
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Kohler Co
Kohler
Wis
Reed
Congress
Wisconsin
Reinsch Named Manager of 1956 Democratic National Convention
J Leonard Reinsch 47 year old Atlanta radio television executive was named manager and assistant chairman in charge of the Chicago convention to name the Democratic candidates and draft a platform. The Aug 13 event at International Amphitheatre will be the largest and most efficiently run in party history. Butler indicated no rival plot to embarrass Republicans and noted the platform committee will meet Aug 6 for speedier proceedings. A tomato plants for sale advertisement follows.
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Chicago
J. Leonard Reinsch
Atlanta Radiotelevision
Paul Butler
Democratic National Committee
Reinsch
William Neale Roach
International Amphitheatre
Butler
San Francisco
Arrangements Committee
Platform Committee
C. E. Babb
Millwood Ave
Chiropodist M Schaffer relocates to West Boscawen Street
Notice lists Pr M Schaffer the chiropodist moving to 117 West Boscawen Street Ground Floor with phone MO 2 3636. Also announces Corner Kitchen Sunday closure and Monday through Saturday hours 6 30 am to 9 30 pm. J P Hershberger dual control driving school advertises modern car easy method with or without clutch and phone MO 2 3177.
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Pr. M. Schaffer
West Boscawen St
Orndorff Withdraws From NAACP Segregation Suit
Arlington white plaintiff Jack G. Orndorff and his wife withdraw their names from the NAACP anti segregation suit filed in Alexandria Virginia federal court. He cites foul and vicious telephone calls and adverse effects on his family after joining the suit to ensure an integrated school system for their son Eugene 6 and cites telegrams offering tuition to integrated schools. Barbara S. Marx also reports obscene calls but plans to stay in the case.
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Arlington
Arlington School Board
Jack G. Orndorff
Eugene
Alexandria, Va
National Assn. For
Orndorffs
Orndorff
Winchester
Barbara S. Marx
NAACP
Ann
Claire
Royal Pair Guarded During Baltic Visit
A large security presence shielded Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Stockton and Middlesbrough to deter Cypriot ex tremists seeking revenge. Frogmen examined the royal yacht Britannia in the Tees to ensure no explosives before the voyage to Sweden for a state visit. Three Cypriot gunmen are said to have entered Britain vowing retaliation for colleagues executed in Cyprus.
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London
Queen Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Stockton
Middlesbrough
Tees
Sweden
Britain
Cyprus
Moore Heads New Grower-Processor Apple Association
Blackburn Moore of Berryville was named chairman of the Appalachian Growers Processing Apple Association formed at Martinsburg West Virginia. Eighty growers from Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania and Maryland attended. Henry W. Miller vice chairman Arthur E. Rice secretary. The four state group will bargain with processors on processing apples. Directors include Moore Miller Rice Linde Hess Dillon and others from four states.
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Blackburn Moore
Berryville
Appalachian Growers Processing Apple Association
Martinsburg
W. Va
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Henry W. Miller
Paw Paw
Arthur E. Rice
Biglerville
Mr. Moore
Delmar Robinson, Jr
Philip Glaize
Winchester
Robert J. Rea
Jackson
William F. Young, Sr
Staunton
Thomas H. Beasley, Jr
Roanoke
John B. Morton
Lynchburg
Joseph E. Henley
Crozet
Ben R. Lacy III
Front Royal
Mr. Miller
Sam M. Skinner
Shepherdstown
Fred C. Matson
Ned Miller
Romney
Mr. Rice
John Linde
Orefield
Frank M. Hess
Waynesboro
Ralph W. Tyson
Gardners
Garnett Gillian
St. Thomas
Ray Reiter
Mars
Appalachian
Ike Dedicates New AFL CIO Headquarters
President Eisenhower dedicated the AFL CIO national headquarters across Lafayette Park from the White House. About 8000 spectators watched as he urged labor and government to serve the people and noted he would discuss matters of mutual interest with labor leaders.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
Lafayette Park
White House
Truman Plays Mozart Piano in Salzburg Shrine
In Salzburg, Harry S. Truman, famed as an amateur pianist, performed a Mozart sonata on the composer's piano at the Mozart birth house. Mrs. Truman joined on the tour. guides applauded as the event occurred during the 200th anniversary celebrations.
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Truman
Mozart
Salzburg
Austria
Harry S. Truman
America
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Khrushchev Charges Stalin Planned New Purge of Associates
Khrushchev alleged Stalin plotted a fresh purge of top associates before his death. He described Stalin as sickly suspicious and accused him of baseless charges against Molotov and Mikoyan, with a listening device supposedly in Voroshilov’s home.
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Khrushchev
Stalin
Washington
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Joseph Stalin
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Russia
Klementi Y. Voroshilov
Voroshilov
Grace Kelly baby due late January after April Monaco marriage
New York Post reports Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier’s marriage on April 19. The couple wait to welcome their baby late next January. Also notes South End Fire Co meets Monday June 4 at 8 p.m. for important business. presiding officer is Harry Rainsberger Jr.
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New York
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier of
Monaco
New York Post
South End Fire CO
Harry Rainsberger, Jr
Walkout Enters Fourth Week at O Sullivan Rubber
A fourth week of strike continues at the O Sullivan Rubber Corp as talks at the George Washington Hotel yielded no settlement. unions demand 15 cent hourly raise and six holidays while management holds to a four point plan. A 3 pm union meeting was planned at Friendship Fire Hall to decide next steps.
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O'Sullivan Rubber Corporation
George Washington
Rubber Workers
Friendship Fire Hall
Methodist Congregation Rejects Southern Secession Move
In Appomattox Virginia Memorial Methodist Church rejected a resolution by State Senator Charles T. Moses calling for secession to preserve segregation. Pastor Rev. Lee H. Richcreek opposed the measure which failed for lack of a second amid clashes and vows to push democracy against church law.
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Appomattox
National Methodist Union
Memorial Methodist Church
Charles T. Moses
South
Lee H. Richcreek
Moses
Richcreek
United Church
C. W. Smith
Board of Stewards
Riehcreek
Church
City Weekend Traffic Crashes Leave Four Hurt
Four people sustained injuries in three city crashes over the weekend. A Frederick County man was briefly hospitalized after a crash on Welltown Pike Friday night. Marshall Shoemaker, 30, of Paper Mill Road, suffered a cut above the eye in a collision at Valley Ave and S Braddock St Saturday night. In that wreck a 1953 Chevrolet driven by Granville LaFollette, 29, hit a pole near the east sidewalk. damage estimated at 200 dollars. Two Marines were injured in a second two car crash at Washington and Boscawen Streets around 1:53 a.m. Saturday. A 1950 Ford convertible driven by Jerry Lee Curtis, 20, of Camp Lejeune, collided with a 1951 Ford sedan driven by Robert Loring Armel, (Mt Falls Rt). Curtis suffered shock. Stephen MaDor as, 22, had head lacerations and knee abrasions. Damages: 395 dollars and 250 dollars respectively. A third incident saw 17-year-old William Monroe Vanscoy incur abrasions when his 1951 Chevrolet truck overturned on E Cork St near city limits at 2:30 a.m.
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Frederick County
Welltown Pike
Valley Ave
S. Braddock Sts
Marshall Shoemaker
Paper Mill Road
Granville LaFollette
Gore
Jack Shumaker
S. Barddock St
Washington and
Boscawen Sts
Harry Miller
John Hoover
Jerry Lee Curtis
U. S. Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Washington St
Robert Loring Armel
Mt. Falls
Armel
William Monroe Vanscoy
E. Pall Mall St
Chevrolet
E. Cork St
Virginia Five Day Forecast Shows Warmer Weekend
Five day outlook for Virginia from June 5 to 9 calls for temperatures 3 to 6 degrees below normal with mostly fair conditions tonight. Tuesday brings cloudiness and a slight rise in temperatures with scattered showers near the coast. Showers are expected Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday with total precipitation around 1? inches. cooler Tuesday and Thursday, then warmer Friday through Saturday. Highs near 63 and lows around 42 today in Winchester with sunrise at 4:47 a m and sunset at 8:30 p m.
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Virginia
Winchester
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Nikolai A. Bulganin
Edvard Kardelj
Communist Party
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International Radiophoto
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H. Blackburn Moore
Gray Commission
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Newport News
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General Assembly
J. P. Hershberger
Apple Association
Michigan
Ike
Bernhard Paumgartner
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State Department
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Mikoyan
Politburo
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Kossier
Rudzotak
Eikhe
Postyshev
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