Dulles urges UN action on Indochina at Geneva
Secretary of State Dulles rejected British and French arguments against UN action in Indochina while Geneva peace talks continue. He urged the Security Council to send a Southeast Asia peace observation commission and warned unity is needed among free nations. He also pressed European nations to ratify the European Defense Community and stated the United States won’t fight for colonialism. He expressed hope the Organization of American States will help Guatemala rid itself of malign influence.
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Seattle
Wash
Dulles
United Nations
Indochina
Geneva
U. N. Security Council
Southeast Asia
Britain
U. S
Washington
Europe
Italy
France
United States
European Defense Community
Central American
Guatemala
Organization of American States
Grammer to Die Tonight for Almost Perfect Murder
George Edward Grammer, a New York office manager, faces execution at Maryland Penitentiary for allegedly bludgeoning his wife to death in August 1952 and staging the car crash to mask a homicide. Two county officers present at the wreck found a wedged pebble under the accelerator, and Mrs Grammer's wounds contradicted a car accident story.
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Baltimore
George Edward Grammer
New York
Maryland Penitentiary
Grammer
Nation's population near 161 969 000 in May
Census Bureau reports the U S population including armed forces overseas was about 161 969 000 on May 1 reflecting a 2 767 000 rise or 1 7 percent from the prior May. Community notices list a yard party at Greenwood Chapel June 11 and a fire company meeting at Round Hill Community Center June 12.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Armer
Greenwood Chapel
Friendship E.U.B
The
Round Hill Fire Company
Round Hill Community Center
Southern states favor keeping separate schools
A 35 member Southern governors conference in Richmond heard that representatives from 12 states favor segregation in schooling with 3 border states believing no major problems would arise. The closed session drew guards and a press ban despite Florida’s insistence on openness.
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Richmond
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina
North Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Charley Johns
President denies backing away from foreign trade program
President Eisenhower rejected claims he is abandoning his foreign trade program. He noted he seeks a one-year extension of the reciprocal trade act, not the three-year plan with tariff cuts, and said this does not indicate retreat. House approved the one-year extension unanimously, with Senate impending.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means
Senate
United States
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Congress
U.S
Eisenhower to Make TV Radio Appeal Tonight
President Eisenhower will address the nation in a half hour TV radio appeal aimed at rallying support for his legislative program. The National Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee will host a three day meeting with a reception by Vice President Nixon. Five senatorial candidates were named as promised supporters: Kuchel, Cooper, Saltonstall, Ferguson and Cordon Ore.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National
Citizens For Eisenhower Congressional Committee
Nixon
White House
ABC
NBC
Mutual
Citizens Committee
Kuchel
Calif
Cooper
Saltonstall
Mass
Ferguson
Mich
Cordon Ore
Negro Jailed After Ransacking Seven Autos Here
Be verley William Ellis, 29, local Negro, convicted in Police Court of larceny for ransacking seven autos last night. Stolen items included cigars cigarettes and an insurance rate book. Police found a home made gun in a car, reportedly lost by Ellis, with a sawn off barrel and one live round. The gun was discovered by John Sommers at 18 S Cameron St beside a 1947 Chevrolet.
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Beverley William Ellis
Ellis
John Sommers
S. Cameron St
Sommers
Cameron St
Perfumes by Rogaux at Clowe's Jewelry Store
Vogue perfume display lists 12 Rogaux creations for sale in purse sizes at 1 dollar. Customers invited to test samples at Clowe's Jewelry Store with hours noted.
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Rogaux
Clowe’s Jewelry Store
Two Killed Near Harrisonburg In Head On Crash
A Florida couple, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Tony Amato of Coral Gables, were killed early today in a head on collision between their car and a tractor trailer on U S 11 near Harrisonburg. State Trooper Joe Hash reported the victims’ identities.
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Harrisonburg
Florida
U. S. 11
Here
Joe Hash
Anontonio Amato
Coral Gables
Fla
French Outpost Abandoned Near Hanoi in Indochina
The French high command reports the abandonment of Haiyen village in Hung Yen sector about 30 miles southeast of Hanoi. A garrison of 160 men withdrew after fending off two Vietminh attacks that had infiltrated the Red River Delta.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River
Haiyen
Hungyen
81 Degree High Follows Showers Here Today
Light showers this morning gave way to a high of 81 degrees this afternoon. Temperatures will stay warm tonight with 60 to 66 degrees. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast for tonight and tomorrow across Virginia Maryland and Delaware.
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Associated Press
Winchester Research Laboratory
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Observer Post To Be Reality In Winchester
A Civil Defense Observation Post for Winchester will become a reality, announced by Vincent A. Catozella new Winchester Post supervisor after a meeting at the George Washington Hotel. Lt Slager and Sgt Heightchew of the U S Air Force outlined the post and a film by Edward R Murrow explained its role in radar support and defense. Reports are due by July 10.
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Civil Defense Ground Observer Corps
Winchester
Vincent A. Catozella
Winchester Post
Catozella
George Washington Hotel
Ross E. Mohney
Winchester-Frederick County
Mohney
Slager
Sgt. Heightchew
United States Air Force
Baltimore
Air Force
Edward R. Murrow
United States
Empire State Building
New York City
Two Motorcycle Riders Killed in Route 58 Crash
In Suffolk near Magnolia on Route 58 a motorcycle collided with a truck killing Helen Patricia Davis 400 block Dorset Ave Portsmouth and Charles A Sullivan 22 of 1700 South Street Portsmouth. Davis died instantly from a fractured skull. Sullivan died about 10:30 PM at Obici Memorial Hospital.
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Suffolk
Portsmouth
Here
Helen Patricia Davis
Dorestt Ave
Charles A. Sullivan
South Street
W. G. Morgan
Provincetown
Mass
Miss Davis
Sullivan
Obici Memorial Hospital
Magnolia
Cabinet Crisis Threatens Laniel Government in France
Paris reports a looming cabinet crisis as Premier Joseph Laniel seeks a confidence vote from the National Assembly amid indecision over Indochina peace and the European Defense Community pact. The vote could affect the Geneva conference, with Observers wary of Laniel's survival.
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France
Geneva
Laniel
Paris
Geneve
Joseph Laniel
Lanier
Assembly
Indochina
Georges Bidault
Elysee Palace
White House
Governor Writes Star Leadership Award Winners
Three local high school seniors receive letters from Virginia Governor Stanley congratulating them on winning The Winchester Evening Star Leadership Awards. The honorees are Miss Shirley Ann Gilliam of Frederick County Miss Beth Ames of Clarke County and Miss Shirley Hauptman of Winchester for qualities of character leadership and duty.
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Virginia
Stanley
Winchester
Evening Star
Shirley Ann Gilliam
Frederick County
Beth Ames
Clarke County
Shirley Hauptman
Norfolk Attorney Ivory A Page Sr Dies at 90
Ivory A Page Sr a longtime Norfolk attorney and former dean of the Norfolk bar died at his home at age 90 He was the oldest practicing Virginia lawyer at retirement three years ago and continued to be linked with the local legal community.
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Norfolk
Ivory A. Page Sr
Virginia
Riot in Cananea as anti American feeling erupts
In Cananea near the Arizona border, an anti American riot freed eight land squatters from jail as about 3,000 protesters damaged city buildings and shouted anti Yankee slogans. Federal troops were dispatched and police chief Teotilo Peralta vowed 100 soldiers would stay until order returned.
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Cananea
Mexico
Sonora
Hermosillo
Arizona
Teotilo Peralta
Peralta
Cananea Cattle Co
Cananea Copper Co
Anaconda Copper Co
United States
Abraham Mayo
Atee
Moore to Address State Pasture Group Here Tonight
Speaker of the House E Blackburn Moore will address the State Pasture Committee dinner at the George Washington Hotel at 6 30 this evening. About 50 to 60 people are expected with Dr W S Newman as toastmaster.
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House of Delegates
E. Blackburn Moore
State
George Washington Hotel
Middleburg
W. S. Newman
Tomorow
Frederick County
John T. Welfe
Howard L. Fisher
Eden urges narrowing East West gaps at Indochina talks
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden pressed the Indochina peace conference to narrow East West differences without delay or admit failure. He warned that if positions do not change the world must be told the talks failed. No progress was seen yesterday as France faced a confidence vote and Molotov Chou En Lai blamed U S policy for stalling Geneva progress. Walter Bedell Smith said U S patience with unconstructive remarks was running out.
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Popular Republican Movement
MRP
EDC
Laniel
Bidault
Geneva
Indochina
Anthony Eden
France
Joseph Laniel
China
Chou En-lai
Chou
V. M. Molotov
United States
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Molotov
Smith
Plater to Join Star Staff for Summer Months
Ormonde Plater son of Mr and Mrs Richard C Plater Jr of Boyce joins The Winchester Evening Star staff for the summer. He is a Vanderbilt University senior in Nashville Tenn and was named editor of The Hustler campus weekly.
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Ormonde Plater
Richard C. Plater
Boyce
Winchester Evening Star News
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
Plater
Star
Hustler
Vanderbilt
Firecracker cigar injures Texas toddler
In Longview Texas an eight year old boy gave a firecracker to two year old Bobby Hughes calling it a cigar. The firecracker exploded in the child’s mouth leaving him in serious condition at Gregg Memorial Hospital.
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Longview
Tex
Bobby Hughes
Bobby
Gregg Memorial Hospital
McCarthy Accuses Adams of Blackmail to Halt Probe
Senator Joseph McCarthy testified that Army Counselor John G. Adams tried to blackmail him to stop questioning loyalty board members about communism graft and corruption. He warned that an unfavorable report about Roy Cohn would be made public if the probe continued.
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Washington
McCarthy
Army
John G. Adams
Army Loyalty Board
Adams
Roy M. Cohn
McCarthy Subcommittee
Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Subcommittee
Stevens
Pentagon
Air Force
Navy
G. David Schine
Schine
McGuire Air Force Base
Kirke B. Lawton
Lawton
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
AA Plans First Regional Meet Here on Tuesday
The first open regional AA meeting will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Miller House, 125 North Washington Street, with groups from this city, Front Royal, and Luray. Speakers from Washington, D C will discuss what an alcoholic is how one becomes an alcoholic and the most successful way to combat this disease. The meeting is open to the public.
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Alcholics Anonymous
Front Royal and
Luray
Miller House
N. Washington St
Washington, D.C
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Moore
H. G. Blalock
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
W.W. Lewis
Wv. P. I
R. C. Hammes
G. C. Graf
V. P. IL. Dairy Department
W. K. Hardison
W. L. Taylor
George Jones
Piedmont
Orange
Tswears
Joseph N. Welch
Monmouth
Army War Colleges
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