Shell Casings Tarnished by Soldier Case in Japan
Michigan soldier Vic tor Nickel told Japanese authorities that William Girard tossed empty shell casings at a U S army range prompting a scrap collector’s death. Girard, charged with inflicting bodily injury resulting in death, faces up to 15 years. Nickel’s statement is in a secret police file, not in court records.
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Maebashi
Japan
Michigan
William Girard
Tan
3.C. Victor Nickel
Inkster, Mich
Girard
U. S
United States
U.S. Army
Tokyo
Washington
Berryville Weighs Zoning Ordinance Revisions At Council Meeting
Berryville Town Council heard a special committee report on zoning and subdivision ordinances saying many provisions are difficult to meet. The committee led by J Edward Thoma recommended submitting findings to the Planning Commission before any amendments. The council asked the attorney to arrange an informal meeting with the Planning Commission to discuss changes and potential repeal.
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Berryville
Berryvile Town Council
J. Edward Thoma
Seldon G. O'Bryan
Charles H. St. John
Thomas W. Bishton
Mr. Thoma
Planning Commission
Garland M. Canter
Leland W. Broadstater
H.L. Maxwell
Jack Enders
Loring C. Kackley
Committee
Commission
Danville Auto Collision Kills Three In District Crash
A furniture van and car collided at a Danville street intersection killing three people Harrison Tunstall 24 Danville Thomas F Reaves Jr 26 of Danville and Herbert Martucci 26 a soldier assigned to Ft Bragg NC The crash also injuries two others including Reaves wife Edna 18 and Harrison Tunstall s brother Paul Fleetwood Nash 40 of Nickelsville Russell County. Another two deaths occurred in separate single vehicle crashes on State Rt 66 and U S 421 near Pennington Gap.
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Associated Press
Danville
Harrison Tunstall
Thomas F. Reaves Jr
Herbert Martucci
H&s Co
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Martucci
McNair Loop
Fayette- Ville
B. D. Dunn
U.S
Reaves
Edna
Herbert Tunstall
Paul’ Fleetwood Nash
Nickelsville
Russell County
Scott County
James Cecil Wagner
Exter
Wise County
Pennington Gap
U.S. 421
Lee County
Winchester bake sale for Mary Chess SOAP PROMOTION event
June 15 at 5 p.m. at Grange Hall Stonewall School hosts a homemade food sale featuring ham sandwiches and cakes. Marianne's of Winchester, promoting Rainbow Box specials, offers regular and boxed items at discounted prices.
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Stonewall School
Grange Hall
Mary Chess
Marianne’'S of
Winchester
Mao admits 800000 liquidated by Chinese security forces
New York Times reports Mao Tse tung acknowledged that 800000 people were liquidated by Chinese security forces from October 1949 to early 1954. The dispatch cites Mao asserting the need for force against enemies and notes a shift away from terror after 1954.
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New York
New York Times
Mao Tzetung
Times Dispatch
Wasa
Red China
Peiping
Mao
Warsaw
Red
Stalin
China
Grand Jury to Probe City Treasurer funds Misuse
Winchester Commonwealth's Attorney Dabney W. Watts announced a grand jury will convene June 24 to review alleged misappropriation in the city treasurer's office. The city auditor's report cites former deputy treasurer Zelma V. Hyatt holding funds totaling at least 3116.06.
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Winchester Commonwealth
Dabney W. Watts
Robert S. Barbour
Common Council
Zelma V. Hyatt
Khrushchev Rejects Disarmament Proposals at News Conference
Nikita Khrushchev and Bulganin held a two hour press briefing in Helsinki rejecting Western disarmament plans as a screen for continuing the arms race. He offered conditional approval for international inspection posts if they help ban nuclear tests, noting trust and confidence are key to any disarmament solution. The leaders spoke before a train trip back to Moscow after a Finland tour.
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Khrushchev
Helsinkip
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
London
U.N
Harold Stassen
U.S
Russia
France
Canada
Bulganin
Moscow
Finland
Craft demonstration to be shown at District 9 meeting
Social workers hear Miss Marian Clements of Virginia Craft Guild at the June District 9 Virginia Conference of Social Work session at the Golf Club. The program covers state needs from the Roanoke convention and opens publicly at 1 30 p.m. in Harrisonburg.
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Marian C. Clements
Virginia Craft Guild
Virginia
Social Workers
Roanoke
Golf Club
Eulalia Savage Nalley
Warren County Welfare Department
W. C. Beatty
Winchester
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Frederick, Clarke, Warren
Page
Harrisonburg
Miller & Anderson
Boscawen St
Wartime light project blamed for sterility in soldiers in Bridgeport
An IP A lawyer claims a dozen soldiers from a top secret wartime test faced sterility or had deformed children. He represents four Connecticut soldiers with spouses reporting miscarriages and deformed offspring. The test involved bright arc lights mounted on tanks along the Rhine. Army officials say no official complaints have been filed.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Atty
Raymond Lyddy
Connecticut
Lyddy
Tank Ordnance Company
New York Daily News
Washington
Army
Wil
Ber Brucker
Marshal White
Chicago
9Th Armored
Rhine
Navy Officials Call Chinese Attack An Isolated Incident
US Navy says the Chinese shore battery fired on an American plane from the carrier Hornet near the Formosa Strait. The aircraft was eight miles off course during a routine training flight and returned to the carrier. Diplomatic protest potential noted if China deems space violation.
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Washington
Navy
Formosa Strait
Peiping Radio
London
Hornet
Hong Kong
South China Sea
China
Swatow
US. Navy
Formosa
United States
Ameri
Can
7Th Fleet
Bernice Kern Receives Top Honor from Virginia FHA
Bernice Kern daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Kern Route 1 won the top award from the Virginia Association Future Homemakers of America at its final Radford College session. She has served as historian of the James Wood Chapter and chaired the project committee and was cited for outstanding contributions to home family and community including March of Dimes leadership.
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Bernice Kern
Harry Kern
Route 1
Virginia Association
Future Homemakers of America
Radford College
Stassen Denies Reprimand From Dulles
Harold Stassen denied any rebuke from Secretary Dulles over private dealings with the Russians on disarmament. He said he will return to London with new procedural instructions after a stop in New York en route to his transatlantic flight.
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Washington
Harold Stassen
Secretary of State
Dulles
London
New
Stassen
National Airport
New York
State Department
Eisenhower
U. S
Britain
France
Methodists Announce Three Area Pastoral Changes
At the Virginia Conference in Roanoke Reynolds York of Stephens City moves to Danville Sledd Memorial Church. Rev A W Heaton from Schoolfield Danville becomes his successor. Additional transfers include Rev Harry Renner Jr to Warren County with Rev Claude Dews succeeding him. Rev Kenneth Whetsel to Marvin Chapel Clarke County. Rev J A Andrew returns to Middletown with Rev L H Smallwood reassigned as Brucetown associate.
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Virginia
The
Methodist Church
Roanoke Rey
Charles A. York
Stephens City
Sledd Memorial Methodist
Danville
A. W. Heaton
Schoolfield
Harry C. Renner, Jr
Francis Ashbury
Warren County
Claude W. Dews
Kenneth L. Whetsel
Marvin Chapel
Clarke County
J. A. Andrew
Middletown Methodist Church
L. H Smallwood
Mr. Smallwood
Brucetown
J. S. Peebles
J. C. Dugger
Winchester
A. R. Marks
Senators Target Foreign Aid Waste Amid Cuts
Sen Morse says millions wasted on foreign aid fuel anti Americanism and urges deeper disclosure. He joins Sen Long in pushing to cut 390 million from a 3.6 billion aid bill, arguing waste and secrecy prevail and a single ineffective decision costs up to 100 million yearly.
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Sen
Morse
Washington
Sen. Morse
D-Ore
Senate
United States
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Knowland
California
Sen. Long
Mayflower II Ends Long Voyage
Mayflower II, a Plymouth Mass replica of the Pilgrim ship, concluded a 54 day voyage from Plymouth England. The 92 foot bark entered Plymouth Harbor shortly after 11 am to a welcoming flotilla while Alan Villiers steered to the mooring basin near Plymouth Rock. Church bells rang as the ship neared Garnet Light signaling its arrival.
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Plymouth Mass
Plymouth
England
Coast Guard
Alan Villiers
Plymouth Rock
B & © Baking CO
Dixie Narco Buys Victor Products Plant at Ranson
The Victor Products plant adjoining Ranson has been sold to Dixie Narco Inc. A deed filed in the county clerk's office lists a million dollar transaction. The plant makes refrigeration for soft drink vending machines and employs about 50 people. Roy Steeley becomes vice president and GM of Dixie Narco and will run the plant, with plans to double employment soon.
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Victor Products
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Centreville
Hagerstown
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Carl Navarre
Chattanooga
London Bus Kills Six Pedestrians in City Center
A double decker bus mounted the sidewalk on London's main shopping street, crushing 18 pedestrians queued near a hat shop. Four men and two women died, twelve others injured, one seriously, as emergency crews investigated the fatal incident.
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London
Last Appropriation Bill Boosts House Cuts to $4 Billion
The Appropriations Committee sent the final regular appropriation bill to the House, proposing about 4.04 billion dollars in total cuts for the year. It allocates 814.8 million for public works, down 61.6 million from Eisenhower's request, with water resources and several power administrations funded.
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House
Washington
Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Army Engineers
Reclamation Bureau
Bonneville Power Administration
Southeastern Power Administration
Southwestern Power Administration
Congress
Missing Detroit Girl Found Slain
Six year old Mary de Caussin was found slain in a dump two miles from her home in Ecorse Township. Her hands were tied behind her back and she was unclothed. Over 1,000 searchers aided by walkie talkies and sound trucks combed eight miles of fields swamps and creeks after she vanished near 5:30 p.m. yesterday. Police said the girl was killed at the scene and her body showed signs of violence. The case drew help from Boy Scouts servicemen and media broadcasts as investigators probe a possible link to broader societal issues referenced by the girl's father. The report includes an unrelated fashion clearance notice at the end.
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Detroit
Mary de Caussin
Ecorse Township
Edmund de Caussin Jr
Gervaise
Margaret L. Hodgson
Harry Burss
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