Patsy Cline to Headline Hillbilly Homecoming Guest
Patsy Cline born Virginia Hensley will be one of the featured guests at the fifth annual Hillbilly Homecoming in Maryville Tennessee on July 16. Daughter of Mrs Hilda Hensley of 608 S Kent St she has been heard coast to coast on radio and TV during the winter. The Tennessee Hillbilly Homecoming is proclaimed by Governor Frank G Clement and celebrated by Act of the 83rd Congress.
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Patsy Cline
Maryville
Tenn
Virginia Hensley
Hilda Hensley
S. Kent St
Miss Cline
Frank G Clement
Egypt sees oil potential in Sinai discovery
Cairo June 15 Egypt reports a Sinai Desert discovery in the Abu Rodais area 80 miles east of Suez. The new well yields about 38 barrels daily in a field with 1000 barrel daily capacity. Recent data show Egypt producing 212 million tons of crude annually and importing 1 million tons.
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Cairo
Sinai Desert
Egypt
Abu Rodais
Suez
Heart Council Formed To Promote Local Cardiac Health
James Stone of the Virginia Heart Association reviews heart disease literature at a War Memorial Building gathering where a Winchester Frederick and Clarke Counties Heart Council is established. The group will run as an information center with clinics and children's services and fund raising for heart and blood vessel disease control. Dr J B McKee named medical advisor.
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James Stone
Virginia Heart Association
War Memorial Building
Winchester
Frederick and
Clarke
Edward Barnett
Clarke County Senior Women's Club
Harry C. Jones
Junior Women’s Club
J. E. McAboy
Sally Dunn
Handley
J. B. McKee
Lamp
Festival Reports Seven Divisions Are in Arrears
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival reports seven of thirteen divisions have not met quotas. Division V Individuals needs 237 dollars to reach 351 dollar target. Division VI Industrial has 217 dollars remaining to hit 3157 dollar quota. Unpaid 1957 dues total 7521.77 dollars, and urgent membership income is needed to cover Festival expenses.
URW Auxiliary to Meet Tomorrow at Teamster Hall
URW Auxiliary Chapter 511 of the United Rubber Workers will meet at 730 p.m. at 215 North Cameron Street Teamsters Hall. A spokesman said important business will be discussed and all members are urged to attend. Mary Lena House, president of the URW Council of Auxiliaries, will be guest speaker.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
United Rubber Workers
Teamster’s
Cameron St
Mary Lena House
URW Council of Auxiliaries
Economic slowdowns persist with inflation feared in 1950s report
Washington and Wall Street warn of lagging factory output while inflation remains the top economic threat. Government and business spending are viewed as offsets, with officials ruling out tax cuts and easier credit. Auto production drops, Mercury plants idled, GM and Ford brake production. steel demand falters though apparel sales rise on Seventh Avenue with strong fall buying.
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New York
Washington
Wall Street
Congressional
William McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Humphrey
Detroit
Ford
Mercury
California
New Jersey
Wayne
Mich
General Motors
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Dustry
Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Iron Age
National Metalworking Weekly
Seventh Avenue
Eiffel Tower Grows with TV Mast Upgrade
The Eiffel Tower in Paris is being extended by about 25 feet as remodeling of the television transmitting facilities atop the 984 foot tower proceeds after a January 1956 fire. The new equipment and mast will raise height and improve transmissions.
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Paris
Eiffel
Doctors flee Reds Bonn report mass East German emigration
The German Medical Society says 1,206 doctors fled East Germany in five years while the Federal Statistical Bureau reports over 1,250,000 residents of East Germany and East Berlin moved to West Germany during the same period.
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Bonn
The
German Medical Society
East Germany
Federal Statistical Bureau
East Berlin
West Germany
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H. C. Christianson
Heart Council
Miller's Hardware
N. Loendoun St
URW
AMC
Cadillac
Fleetwood
Eiffel Tower
Smalts, Fiorist
Pisa
ORGAH
Playtex
Bendene
Porotre Putapene
SAFEW
Bowes
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