Milk Commission Weighs Price Hearing Next Week
The State Milk Commission planned to consider a price hearing for the Northern Virginia market at its next meeting. No action was taken on removing retail price controls in the Alexandria Arlington Fairfax area after a chain store donated 20 cents per gallon to charity. Governor Stanley met with the commission amid concerns of a potential price war in the region.
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Richmond
State Milk Commission
Virginia
Alexandria-Arlington-Fairfax
Washington
Virginia Milk Commission
Alexandria - Arlington - Fairfax
Commission
Revival Services Set at Gore Hebron Baptist Church
A series of revival meetings will be held at Gore Hebron Baptist Church starting Sunday and continuing nightly through June 26 excluding Saturday. Sunday services at 11 a.m. and 1 8 p.m. weeknights at 7 45. Speaker Rev William Thomas Hall of Axton Baptist Church will lead, with Rev Morris Cather directing singing and special music each night.
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Hebron Baptist Church
Gore
William Thomas Hall
Axton Baptist Church
Axton
First Baptist Church
Martinsburg
Ruckersville
Louisa
Lake City
Fla
Hall
University of Richmond
Southern Baptist Seminary
Louisville, Ky
Morris Cather
UAW Official Fined for Contempt of Congress
John T. Watkins, 44, CIO United Automobile Workers official, fined $500 and given a one year suspended jail term for contempt of Congress by U S District Judge Joseph C McGarrahy. Watkins appeals, arguing House Un American Activities Committee overstepped its bounds. Watkins from Rock Island Illinois testified April 27 1954 denying Communist party membership.
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Washington
John T. Watkins
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Cive
Congress
Watkins
Rock Island, Ill
Cio-Uaw
Un-American Activities Committee
Evacuation Plan Aims 600000 DC Residents Sheltered
Virginia and Maryland civil defense chiefs tell a House subcommittee each could shelter 300000 evacuees from the District of Columbia in an emergency. They emphasize shelters and public cooperation, noting evacuation could occur in three to four hours using 73 streets.
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Washington
Virginia
Maryland
House
District of Columbia
J. H. Wyse
Sherley Ewing
Maryland Civil Defense Agency
Wyse
Ewing
John E. Fondahl
Giardello Sentenced for Riot Conspiracy in Pennsylvania
Middleweight boxer Joey Giardello was sentenced to six to eighteen months in county prison on riot and conspiracy charges. Judge Edward P. Little set bail at 1500 dollars after Giardello, 24, was convicted of assault and riot for the Oct 29 beating of Howard Short at a Philadelphia gas station, aided by a crutch. Three companions pleaded guilty to rioting. two also to assault and battery.
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Philadi
Joey Giardello
Edward P. Little
Susquehanna County
Giardello
Michael von Moxhzisker
State Superior Court
Little
Howard Short
Philadelphia
Short
Natural uranium never occurs pure in nature
Uranium is always found in minerals with other substances. Over 100 uranium bearing minerals exist. In some minerals uranium is the main component while in others it is only a minor part of the composition.
Chou En Lai Rejects Cease Fire as Negotiation Prerequisite
In a Peiping radio broadcast quoting a June 2 interview with Indonesian reporters, Chou En Lai refused to tie a cease fire to negotiations on Formosa tensions. He warned foreign armed intervention could trigger international conflict, opposing such involvement. Eisenhower had suggested talks on a cease fire.
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Tokyo
Chou En - Lai
Formosa
Peiping Radio Today
Chou
Eisenhower
United States
Red China
National People’s Congress
Peiping
First College to Wear Caps and Gowns in 1883
G W A Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts is credited with introducing the custom of wearing caps and gowns at graduation exercises in 1883 by its students.
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G. W. A. Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Which sport demands the most skill according to writers
A poll of sports writers placed golf first for skill. The passage notes opinions differ but golf is cited as requiring the most skill.
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L. J
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