Defense Plan Stirs Little Enthusiasm
The administration proposes a shift in air defense funding from manned bombers to future intercontinental missiles. It would cut Nike Hercules and Bomarc lines while increasing Nike Zeus development. Sen. Richard Russell backed the plan, while Sen. Henry Jackson called it ridiculous and misleading about nuclear defense.
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Washington
Defense Peeslan
Neil H. McElroy Day
Army
Air Force
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Russell
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Boy Hero Dan Anderson Helps Rescue Accident Victim
The 12 year old Daniel Anderson called Winchester Rescue Squad after injuring his finger fishing on Senseng Road. Dr. Robert Boyd treated him and he was sent home to his parents at 118 Purcell Ave. The note also mentions local weather and quirky local happenings.
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Daniel Anderson
Winchester Rescue Squad
Dan
George Boyd
Senseng Road
Senséng
Robert Boyd
Franklin B. Anderson
Purcell Ave
Collegians Protest TV Instruction at Compton College
At Compton College in California students protest television classroom teaching with more than 200 cut classes and pickets. Ted Hallisey leads a student group demanding to end TV instruction and restore traditional in person schooling.
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Compton
Calif
Compton College
Ted Hallisey
For Better Education
Southern California
Paul Martin
Armel Sought On Attempted Murder Charge
State Police and Clarke County sheriff seek Kenneth Armel near Winchester on a charge of attempted murder after he shot Mrs. Dwight Hanline at the Hanline home yesterday around 4 p m Armel had gone to the house to search for his separated wife and fired a shotgun through the door wounding Mrs Hanline in the scalp at the Charles Town Pike Berryville location.
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Berryville
State Police Dept
Clarke County
Hanline Geren Ee Maaan Bie
Wife of accused rapist testifies in Tallahassee trial
In Tallahassee Florida the defense rested its case in the rape trial of Willian T Collinsworth and three co defendants. The wife Pearlie Collinsworth testified he was intoxicated and could not distinguish right from wrong when drinking, supporting the defense claim of diminished capacity. The trial also featured arguments by Beagles Scarborough and Stoutamire with Stoutamire closing his case.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Collinsworth
David E. Beagles
Ollie Stoutamire
Patrick Scarborough
Beagles
Scarborough
Stoutamire
Seven Hurt in Area Traffic Crashes
Seven people were injured in four area crashes with two admitted to Memorial Hospital. A two vehicle collision on Rt 50 near Rodgers Diner sent two drivers and passengers to hospital. others injured in Clarke County included Imogene Buc her and Ernest Harding with several lacerations and abrasions. An additional three car crash on Rt 7 left two treated and released.
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Memorial Hospital
Paris Mountain
Robert Morrow
Pittsburgh
Thomas Bedner
Ridgeway
Bernard Crate
New Mexico
U.S.S
Norfolk
S. L. Lee
Amadee Angeline
Smithfield
Rodgers Diner
Ronald Sandrock
Seneca
Rt. 7
Clarke County
Minnie Wood Flats
Imogene Youngblood Bucher
Liberty Ave
Winchester
Post Office Workers Won’t Get Holiday on July 3
President Eisenhower authorized a July 4 holiday for government workers since the Fourth falls on Saturday. Post Offices will stay open July 3 with normal mail delivery, according to Postmaster General Arthur E. Somerfield.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Arthur E. Somerfield
Senate Group Votes Monday On Foreign Aid
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to vote Monday on military aid levels in the foreign aid bill. They may exceed the House in cuts though Fulbright warns deeper cuts could be dangerous. The panel also advanced an Anglo American police force idea and blocked attempts to bar aid to Paraguay and the Dominican Republic.
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Senate Group
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
J. William Fulbright
Eisenhower
United States
Senate
Organization of American States
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Dominican Republic
Paraguay
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
International Cooperation Administration
State Department
Latin America
Money Stolen From Eagles Club Vending Machines
Police investigate theft at the Eagles Club after several hundred dollars vanished when the club reopened at 10 15 a m. Cash from vending machines and a small register was taken while over 100 in dues remained. Entrance likely through a window. no other damage or items stolen. Capt. Francis Funk Lt. Warren Rudolph and Officer Maurice Lake lead the probe.
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Eagles Club
Francis Funk
Warren Rudolph
Maurice Lake
Propaganda Attack Expected As U S Steel Talks Jog
The federal government plans to move Monday to revive stalled steel negotiations. FMCS chief Finnegan will meet U S Steel chair Blough and United Steelworkers head McDonald in Washington dinners with Democratic Senators led by Sen. Joseph Clark. A strike could halt 90 percent of U S steel output.
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New York
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel Corp
Washington
McDonald
Blough
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Finnegan
Prospects Dim for Geneva Accord Says U S Officials
American officials in Geneva say prospects for a Berlin and Germany agreement at the Big Four foreign ministers conference are dim. They expect Soviet propaganda and a possible recess or heads of government meeting depending on progress. Lloyd and Couve de Murville prefer a recess if needed to reconvene later.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Selwyn Lloyd
London
Harold Macmillan
U.S
Andrew H. Berding
Herter
Gromyko
Switzerland
Russia
East Germany
West Berlin
Mrs Long Hopes Courts Will Heed Views of Doctors
Galveston Texas AP Earl K Long praised doctors for caring for Louisiana governor while in a peyeblad clinic. Doctors say he is improving but not well and needs continued care. Mrs Long believes courts should follow medical advice and keep him where he can get proper treatment.
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Long
Galveston
Tex
Earl K. Long
Texas
Louisiana
National Guard
Baton Rouge
Ike Begins Day of Golf at Gettysburg Estate
President Eisenhower started a wet Saturday by golfing 18 holes at the Country Club near his Gettysburg weekend retreat. He flew from Washington by helicopter, played with Brig. Gen. Arthur Nevins and Dick Sleichter, and noted he felt discouraged until seeing his group.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Country Club
Arthur S. Nevins
Dick Sleichter
Sleichter
Art
Nevins
Secret Service
Welltown
Cold Air Brings Midwest Relief Overnight
Cold air cut through the Midwest easing heat as temperatures fell about 10 degrees in the region. The Weather Bureau predicted further daytime drops across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley while storms remained scattered in the East. A funnel cloud dubbed a baby tornado hit Celoron New York causing damage and uprooting trees near an amusement park.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Celoron
New York
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Gordon Walsh
WINC
Handley
Manuel Sempeles
Manuel
Johnny Kaknis
Star
Johnny Funk
Madison Funk
Funk
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Dillon
C. Douglas Dillon
White House
Christian Herter
John Foster Dulles
Armel
Eagles
Christian A. Hertes
Winchester Seed CO
Willow Lawn Pool
Ike
Shirkey's
Sunnyside
House of Good Food
Yeortet Mapaiinaaan
Landon B. Whitacre
Soo
Ford
Berryville Pike
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