Storms Trigger Renew Haiti Riots Leave Dozens Dead
Violent rains in Port au Prince aggravate weekend riots against the military junta. At least 50 people dead and 200 wounded as mobs loot and burn, with fear of higher tolls and a threatened general strike. Troops guard embassies. U S diplomat notes no anti foreign sentiment. Authorities imprison around 1 000 Haitians amid ongoing political crisis.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Daniel Fignole
U. S
Gerald Drew
Fignole
Sen
Louis Dejoie
New York
Beam Nominated Envoy to Poland
President Eisenhower nominates career diplomat Jacob D. Beam as ambassador to Poland. Beam has served in the Foreign Service since 1931 and would succeed Joseph E. Jacobs in Warsaw, who has resigned and is likely to retire after returning to the United States.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Jacob D. Beam
Poland
Beam
Foreign Service
Joseph E. Jacobs
Warsaw
Jacobs
White House
United States
Character of Thomas Fairfax praised by reformers and bishops
Archdeacon Burnaby and Bishop Meade describe Lord Fairfax as humble and generous. Records from Frederick County court show him as a good citizen who aided the poor, lent money, and supported neighbors and settlers with his lands and deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Lord Fairfax
Andrew Burnaby
Winchester
Northern Neck
Virginia
Bishop Meade
Greenway Court
Frederick County Court
June Heatwave Repeats Last Year’s Seage Pattern
Virginia endures a heat wave from June 13 to 17 with temperatures at or above 90 degrees. Readings include 92 in Winchester and a peak of 98 in Danville, while the five day forecast calls for two chances of thundershowers and continued high temps. One death linked to heat exhaustion reported in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Associated Press
Henry Atkins
Richmond
Danville
Gordonsville
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Blackstone
Coney Island
New York
Bee Blamed For Traffic Crash At Clearbrook
A bee entering a car caused Mrs Eva M Hughes to lose control on a 1956 Chevrolet, injuring three people and sending them to Memorial Hospital where they were treated and released. The accident occurred at 12 45 p m near Clearbrook with $600 damage to the car.
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Clearbrook
Memorial Hospital
Eva M. Hughes
Dallas
Hughes
Ruth J. Hughes
Wilkesbarre
J. H. Smith, Jr
Morse Opposes Senate Shortcut on Rights Bill
In Washington the House moved toward likely passage of Eisenhower civil rights legislation while Senate backers faced a setback. Senator Morse of Oregon rejected a plan to bypass the Judiciary Committee and urged discharge if stalled, defending committee procedure even as talks of a bipartisan bypass circulate. The House voted 199 to 167 to end debate and proceed to a vote by 6 PM, signaling strong support for the measure.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Senate Judiciary Committee
Douglas
Dill
Judiciary Committee
Eastland
D-Miss
Twenty Nine Women Pilots Start Race to Cuba
Twenty nine women pilots depart from McAllen Texas in 17 small planes on a 1700 mile handicap air race to Cuba. Sponsored by the Florida chapter of the Ninety Nines the international women pilots group plans pit stops at Alice and Beaumont Texas and Valdosta Georgia with a Fort Lauderdale refuel and a Varadero Beach Cuba finish after a Thursday morning takeoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcallen
Tex
Cuba
Florida
The
Ninety-Nines
International
Organization of Women Pilots
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Alice and Beaumont
Valdosta
Driver abandons hot flivver as blaze consumes car
A 1949 sedan burst into flames just south of here yesterday. The unidentified driver fled the scene, leaving 148 gallons of illegal whiskey inside. Fire consumed the vehicle but the whiskey was unscored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Here
Middletown Firemen Parade Draws 50 Plus Entries
More than 50 units enter the Middletown firemen parade set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. to open the carnival week. The week includes an amateur contest Friday, a Charlie Armel show, and a prize for entrants calling for contest entries.
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Middletown
Middletown School
Charlie Armel
Rhythm Ramblers
Mr. Armel
William Shull
Katherine Wealthy
Apple Blossom
Strasburg
VFW
New Market
Stephens City
Pine Motor Co
Winchester
Independent Fire Company 1
Harrisonburg
Gore Fire
Middletown Cleaners
Round Hill
Loudoun County
Amissville
Friendship Truck
Registrations Lag For Bloodmobile Visit Tomorrow
The Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to this city shows slow registrations with 39 names posted at noon. Rotary Club sponsors recruit donors from local business groups to meet a 175 pint quota and cover annual deficits. Blood Donor chairman Charles S. Toan and Rotary recruitment head George G. Snarr Jr urge volunteering at the Presbyterian Church Bloodmobile tomorrow from 10 00 am to 3 30 pm or by calling 5785 or 5412 for appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Rotary Club
Charles S. Toan
George G. Snarr, Jr
Rotary
Presbyterian Church
Western delegates seek unified reply to Soviet test ban plan
In London Western delegates met to shape a coordinated response to the Soviet Union proposal for an internationally controlled end to nuclear tests. The plan calls for Kremlin acceptance of inspections in the USSR and in the United States Britain and the Pacific, signaling a potential propaganda edge in U N disarmament talks. Labor opposes continued testing urging a Russian challenge.
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London
Soviet Union
Kremlin
United States
Britain
Pacific
U.N
Harold Macmillan
France
Canada
Labor Party
Newcastle
Hugh Gaitskell
Gaitskell
U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee
Scientist Scheduled to Appear Before Probers Is Found Dying
Stanford University research scientist William K. Sherwood 41 was found dying in his Hopkins Marine Laboratory Pacific Grove after being subpoenaed by the House Un American Activities Committee. Deputy Coroner Hill said likely death by his own action and noted letters threatening publicity and televised hearings. He died at Monterey Hospital an hour later.
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Probers
Monterey
Calif
Stanford University
Christopher H. Hill Jr
House Un-American Activities Committee
San Francisco
Sherwood
Washington
House Committee
Oakland
Bertram Edises
Boy 10 Terrorizes Muse With Pistols for Two Hours
In Muse, Pennsylvania on Fathers Day 1957, 10 year old Joe Coleman armed with a .38 and a .25 pistols shot at moving targets for two hours. He pinned his father behind a telephone pole and was captured by three men who coaxed him home. No one was wounded. Police rushed him to Washington Hospital in a highly emotional state. He will be turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Canonsburg
Muse
Joe Coleman
Joey
Washington County
Trick
William Burns
Burns
Washington Hospital
Canonshure
Catherine Coleman
Ust
Pittsburgh
New York Times to Boost Price Across Regions
The New York Times announced a price hike for weekday editions outside a 100 mile radius of New York City. Effective July 1 the price rises to 10 cents per copy while the metropolitan area up to 100 miles stays at five cents. The rise reflects higher distribution costs.
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New York
New York Times
New York City
Connecticut
New Jersey
Philadelphia
The
Herald Tribune
Supreme Court frees five Communist leaders in major act case
The Supreme Court voided the convictions of five California Communist leaders on Smith Act charges and ordered new trials for nine others. Justice Harlan led the majority with Brennan and Whittaker not participating. Clark dissented. The decision centers on whether the 1940 act targets the act of organizing the party or ongoing conspiracy.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U. S
High Court
California
Communist Party
Harlan
Brennan
Whittaker
Clark
Black
Douglas
Warren
Frankfurter
Burton
U.S. Dist
William C. Mathes
Los Angeles
Mathes
New York
Eugene Fennis
Philip R. Monahan
Justice Department
William Schneiderman
San Francisco
FBI
Schneiderman
Philip M. Connelly
People’s World
Henry Steinberg
Rose Chernin Kusnitz
Congress
Court of Appeals
District Court
Washington Woman Indicted for Slaying VOA Translator
Edith Louise Hough, 41, indicted on first degree murder for the slaying of Zurab Abdusheli, 44, a Voice of America translator, shot six times in her apartment on Memorial Day. The case, in U.S. District Court, follows allegations of previous engagement and Abdusheli’s alleged advances.
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Washington
Edith Louise Hough
Zurab Abdusheli
Voice of America
Abdusheli
Miss Hough
U.S
District of Columbia
Mary Surratt
Lincoln
Radcliffe College
William Hite Hough
Abdushel
Five Drownings Reported in Virginia Over Torrid Weekend
Five people including four children died in Virginia over a hot weekend as youths flocked to lakes and rivers. James Thacker, 13, and Warren Meeks, 15, perished when their boat capsized on Tuckaway Lake near Danville. Other victims were Leon Jones, 36, at Phillips Pond in Chesterfield County, Harry Smithers, 16, in the Pamunkey River near U. S. 1, and Donald Bridgett, 11, in a farm pool in Middleburg. all bodies recovered.
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James Thacker
Danville
Warren Meeks
Greensboro
N.C
Tuckaway Lake
Leon E. Jones
Rt. 1
Chesterfield County
Phillips’ Pond
Mantooka
Harry L. Smithers
Hanover County
Pamunkey
Donald Lee Bridgett
Middleburg
Easy Method Dual Control Phone M 2-3177 Maine Grown Seed PostatoFrs
Winchester Seed Company advertises Maine grown certified seed for late planting then notes a yard party at Stephenson Methodist Church on June 19 with times and contact numbers included in the listing.
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Maine
Winchester Seed Company
Mile
Stephenson Methodist Church
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Queen Elizabeth II
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