Crowding at Winchester Hospital Spurs Debate on Capacity
Winchester Memorial Hospital built in 1953 now often runs full with 90 percent plus occupancy and some over 100 percent. Hospital officials and physicians cite factors such as aging facilities, insurance, better lab and electronic services, population growth, and patient preference, while noting no current plans to expand.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
H. E. Alberti
Winchester
Hill- Burton
Long Scheduled To Enter Hospital In New Orleans
Gov. Earl K. Long, confined in a Galveston mental clinic for 19 days, is set to transfer to the Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans. If the family withdraws its commitment petition, the court may lift the order and permit his release. Blanche Long, accompanied by state officials, plans to fly to New Orleans to accompany him.
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Galveston
Tex
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
S. Long
John Sealy Hospital
Ochsner Foundation
New Orleans
Guy Caldwell
Long
Hugh Gibson
Bedford Fine
Blanche Long
Baton Rouge
National Guard
Raymond Hufft
Martin O. Miller
Peculiar V Shaped Object Seen Over Gerrard Street
Jean Jones of 9 E Pall Mall Street reported a green V shaped flying saucer traveling about five yards east at 11 15 p m yesterday then vanishing over Gerrard Street. A motorcyclist rested on a Rt 11 picnic table helmet off amid traffic. Adeline Farmer of a local dime store will get a $50 savings bond for closely predicting total entries in a shopping sweepstakes. Weather: five day cool spell with temperatures about five degrees below normal and gradual weekend warming. Today's high 65. overnight 48.
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Jean Jones
E. Pall Mall St
Gerrard St
Adeline C. Farmer
MIGs Attack US Navy Plane Off Korea Coast
A U S Navy P4M Mercator limped home after Communist MIG fighters fired 15 to 20 bursts, crippling two engines and wounding Aviation Electronics Mate 2.C. Donald E. Corder. The crew reported the attack near international waters off North Korea, the tail gunner wounded, two 20mm guns inoperable, and no fighter escorts used afterward.
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Yokosuka
Japan
North Korea
Air Force
Sabre
Aviation Electronics
2.C
Donald E. Corder
Jacksonville
Farmer City
Ill
Frederic S. Withington
U.S
Sea of Japan
Withington
Far East
Washington
Cmdr
Donald R. Mayer
Litchfield
Five Children Die in West Side Fire
A three alarm blaze in a four story Chicago building at 2301 2319 W Madison St killed five children all African American on the third and fourth floors. Firefighters battled for an hour and saved other occupants. Victims named Mary Morris 5 and William 11 months died on the fourth floor while Sam Yar borough 11 and his brothers John 3 and Lawrence perished on the third floor.
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Chicago
Madison St
Mary Morris
William Jr
Sam Yarborough
John
Lawrence
Virginia Teens Win National Spelling Relay Title
Patsy Parker 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Eli Parker of Ste ce aetooet Virginia joins Mary Jenkins Culpeper High and Arlene Conrad Andrew Lewis High Salem on a three girl team that won a national spelling relay contest in Washington hosted by Future Business Leaders of America. Parker earned a Strayer College scholarship and will start there this fall after a summer job at Yount and Hyde accounting firm. Twenty five teams competed. FELA is backed by the National Education Association business division.
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Patsy Parker
Eli Parker
Stece Aetooet
James Ood
Virginia
Future Business Leaders of America
Washington
Mary Jenkins
Culpeper High School
Arlene Conrad
Andrew Lewis High School
Salem
Miss Parker
Strayer Business College
Yount and Hyde
Fela
National Education Association
Storm Beulah Lingers Off Mexican Coast Near Mexico
Tropical storm Beulah hovered about 200 miles south of Brownsville moving slowly as winds near 65 mph. A Weather Bureau bulletin warned possible intensification to hurricane strength and issued alerts along the lower Texas coast from Corpus Christi southward with high tides and beach danger. Mariners were urged to keep small craft in port from Brownsville to Panama City.
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New Orleans
Beulah
Mexico
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Tex
Texas
Corpus Christi
Middle Texas
The
Panama City
Fla
Demand report on gun troubles during sea air attack
President Eisenhower and top defense officials demanded an immediate report on why a Navy patrol plane could not fire back during a sea of Japan air attack. Reports claim missing gun parts impaired the plane's defense. McElroy and Beakley said inquiry already begun. Burke ordered an explanation. Also brief classified ads for a 1955 Volkswagen and a 1953 Cadillac appear with local shop promotions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Navy
Sea of Japan
Secretary of Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Adm
Wallace M. Beakley
Naval Operations
Arleigh D. Burke
Democrats Back Compromise Housing Bill
Democratic leaders endorse a $1.31 billion housing bill trimmed to avoid a veto and fit a two year program within the Eisenhower budget. Rayburn and Johnson say more funding powers can await a Democratic president in 1960.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Summit Berlin Talks Drag On as Gromyko Delays Answer
In Geneva Andrei Gromyko sought a 24 hour delay before replying to a new Western plan for a Berlin stopgap. The plan aims to guarantee existing Berlin arrangements and limit Western forces while avoiding occupation rights. A yes or even maybe could avert a summit delay. a rejection risks a breakdown of talks.
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Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Gromyko
West Berlin
West Germany
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Kremlin
Manhunt Ends With Capture of Coyle Brothers in Massachusetts
The Coyle brothers, sought in a Philadelphia police murder and a liquor-store hold up, were trapped in woods near Route 28 in Middleboro. William Coyle, 22, died from police gunfire. John Coyle, 24, was unharmed. Hostage William Sedgwick, 49, escaped during the confrontation. A posse of up to 400, including state troopers and FBI agents, hunted them since Monday.
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Middleboro
Mass
Coyle Brothers
Massachusetts
St. Luke’s Hospital
William Coyle
John
Philadelphia
William Sedgwick
Sedgwick
Nction Rey FBI
Walter Schmidt
Union City
N.J
Victoria Anova
John Lacasse
New Bedford
Young Coyle
Paul Keating
Lacasse
Cape Cod
James F. Kane
Coyles
Boothers
Kane
Winchester Evening Star invites readers to vote for calendar girl
The paper asks readers to select their favorite calendar girl from 24 local entrants. Ballots appear in the June issue with voting ending June 24 by postmark, with 100 votes for first place and 50 for second.
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Winchester Evening Star
The
Star
Calendar Girl
Winchester
Virginia
Eisenhower Rejects Call for White House Steel Conference
President Eisenhower rejected proposals to summon steel industry representatives and union leaders to a White House conference to avert a possible strike. He warned government intervention could worsen the bargaining process while urging both sides to seek a reasonable settlement for the welfare of 175 million people. Senator Symington urged the meeting at an AFL CIO event in Philadelphia.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Philadelphia
Afl-Cio Industrial Union Department
Harry Truman
Supreme Court
Personal Income of Americans Reaches Record High
The government announced that May personal income rose to a record annual rate of 376.2 billion dollars, up 7 percent from a year earlier. Wages and salaries led gains, with manufacturing and durable goods sectors driving the increase, signaling a shift from recovery to a new boom.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Lewis L. Strauss
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Montmorency Cherries and Beauty Shop Notice
Blue and Gray Beauty Shop announces Thursday night appointments. Montmorency cherries offered at 85c per gallon for We Pick, 65c per gallon for You Pick, or 10¢ per pound for We Pick. L. O. Dick Estate listing appears with parcel codes 1p-6-17-19-2t.
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Blue & Gray Beauty Shop
Montmorency Cherries
L. O. Dick Estate
Somoza Reports New Threats Of Invasion
President Luis Somoza of Nicaragua alleges new invasion threats from Honduras and Costa Rica. He says about 50 men based in Honduras may have crossed the border, while a second force of around 200 men from Costa Rica plans an attack in about two weeks. He blames Cuban training and Communist financing with involvement by the Caribbean Legion and Fidel Castro's government.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Honduras
Costa Rica
Somoza
Rafael Somarriba
Federal Jury Indicts Beck and Company Presidents
A federal grand jury indicted former Teamster Union President Dave Beck for accepting 200000 from presidents of two trucking firms. The two presidents, leaders in the trucking industry, were indicted in the same charges.
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New York
Teamster Union
Dave Beck
Impasse at Geneva dampens summit prospects
President Eisenhower said Geneva foreign ministers talks have reached an impasse with little chance for a fruitful discussion. He offered to attend a heads of government meeting if reasonable progress is made on East West issues and stressed progress need not focus only on Berlin.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Geneva
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Russia
White House
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Steel Workers Union
Raymond Brandt
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
U.S. Navy
Sea of Japan
U.S
Liberace Wins Libel Damages Against Daily Mirror
In London the high court jury awarded Liberace 8000 pounds or about 22400 dollars in a libel suit against the Daily Mirror. The panel found a 1956 Mirror column by William Connor implied the pianist was homosexual and that the implication was untrue.
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London
Liberace
London Daily Mirror
Mirror
William N. Connor
Connor
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