D-Day for Revolt May Have Arrived In Guatemala
Guatemalan exiles mass near the Honduras border amid reports of a looming revolt against President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán. Exiles led by Carlos Castillo Armas plan to strike, with 5,000 men near the border cited and a large parade planned in Guatemala City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Amadeo Chinchilla
Guatemala City
Carlos Castillo Armas
la Ceiba
Puerto Barrios
Rodolfo Mendoza
Air Force
Castillo Armas
Arbenz
Chinchilla
Caribbean
Harry Patterson
Winchester
Bayliss Store
Round Hill Community Fire Dept., Inc
Five U S Air Force Men Missing Near Tourane Beach
Five U S Air Force men stationed at Tourane France base are missing after leaving the base without passes. A Vietnamese peasant reported seeing the Americans among 20 Senegalese prisoners south of Tourane as Gen. John O Daniel arrived to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Indochina
Tourane
U. S
John O’daniel
Viet Nam
Hanoi
America
Summer School Enrollment Totals Reach Seventy in Two Counties
About 70 pupils enrolled in Winchester and Frederick County summer sessions. Handley opened Tuesday with 40 students and James Wood started Monday with about 30. Most are doing makeup work. a few take new subjects for extra credit. Clarke County High School opens Monday with registration in the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Handley
James Wood
Clarke County High School
Physicians refuse to label smoking as cancer cause
The American College of Chest Physicians refused to name cigarette smoking as a definite cause of lung cancer after a two hour debate. A motion to declare smoking a possible suspect was blocked by concerns about other factors like smog and air pollution. Doctors cited varying evidence and urged further study before attributing causation.
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San Francisco
American College of Chest Physicians
Richard Overholt
Brookline
Mass
Tufts College Medical School
Alvis E. Greer
Houston
G. W. H. Schepers
Saranac Laboratory
Saranac Lake
N. Y
South Africa
Evarts Graham
St. Louis
Teamsters Lose Canning Election at Berryville
Employee of H F Byrd Inc canning plant Berryville voted 20 to 7 this morning against joining the Teamsters Union. Election held under the National Labor Relations Board. Porch swings ad appears. other small classifieds note help wanted and a yard party hosted by Middletown Grange with food and ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Byrd, Inc
Berryville
Teamsters Union
National Labor Relations Board
New Grange Hall
South End
Middletown
Middletown Grange
Bible Toting Man Protests End of Hearings
A tall man carrying a Bible protested the McCarthy Army hearings at the Capitol. Kenneth Paul Rodrigue of West Hempstead New York was taken to a hospital for mental observation after repeatedly seeking Sen McCarthy and criticizing Army attorney Joseph Welch. He was escorted from the building and later detained for evaluation.
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Washington
Capitol
Lewis Disney
Kenneth Paul Rodrigue
West Hempstead
N. Y
Disney
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Welch
Army
Joseph N. Welch
Boston
Rodrigue
Weather Turns Sunny After Drizzle Clears
The day brought clear skies and rising temperatures with a high of 71 degrees at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory. A previous 24 hours saw 20 inches of rainfall ending two days of drizzle, and the AP forecasts warmer highs with a low of 57 to 60 tonight followed by possible clouds tomorrow.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Associated Press
John Kerr School Lot Benefit For Friendship Fire Co
A two day event at John Kerr School Lot on Friday and Saturday June 18 and 19 benefits the Friendship Fire Company. Proceeds support firefighter services and community safety programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kerr
Benefit of Friendship Fire Co
Doctors warn against viewing eclipse with sunglasses
The Journal of the American Medical Association echoed warnings from the joint committee on industrial ophthalmology that no sunglass is dense enough for direct sun viewing. Editors caution that even colored or tinted devices can cause macular burns and permanent vision loss, urging extreme caution and brief viewing only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Assn
Joint Committee On Industrial Ophthalmology
AMA Journal
Two Self-Styled Hindus Held After Slaying and Assault
In Pocahontas Virginia two men identified as self-styled Hindus face preliminary hearings for murder and assault tied to the slaying of a landlord and injuries to two deputy sheriffs during an attempted eviction. A woman, believed to be Moses White’s wife, was found dead in their apartment.
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Pocahontas
Moses White
White
Abbner
Abbner White
A. K. Harvey
C. H. Gilbert
Gilbert
Harvey
Jackson
Able
Mendes-France Poised to Form Cabinet and Seek Indochina Peace
France’s new premier Georges Bidault may retain the foreign ministry as Edouard Mendes-France moves to form a cabinet. He plans to push for an Indochina settlement by July 20 or resign, with possible direct talks in Geneva with the Vietminh to avert wider war.
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Paris
France
Mendes
Foreign Ministry
Georges Bidault
Indochina
Geneva
Joseph Laniel
Bourbon Palace
National Assembly
Mendes—France
Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
Robert Schuman
Mendes - France
MRP
Mendes-France
Italy
Ho Chi Minh
Fire Devours Five-Story Chicago Building in Packingtown
A five story Armour animal food plant in Chicago’s stockyards burned with flames 150 feet high. Deputy fire commissioner estimates losses above a half million dollars. Firefighters used 23 hoses two high pressure trucks and two water towers to prevent spread. No injuries reported as hydrogen tanks and a pipeline near the site were emptied. Officials say cause undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Stockyards
Anthony J. Nullaney
Packingtown
John J. Haberkorn
Armour & Co
Bishop, Laflin
43Rd
44Th Streets
Armour
Supreme Court to Review Tilton Newman Death Sentences
The State Supreme Court agreed to review the cases of Lawree I Tilton and Grover Willie Newman who were sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of an elderly storekeeper in Carroll County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Supreme Court Today
Lawree I. Tilton
Grover Willie Newman
Carroll County
Queen Elizabeth IIs Narrow Escape at Ascot Course
At Royal Ascot the Queen narrowly avoided injury when a fallen telephone cable hung at head height across the course. Duke of Edinburgh warned her, she ducked under the wire, and the group continued the ride as workmen recalled the near miss.
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Ascot
England
Elizabeth II
Royal Ascot
Duke of Edinburgh
Lord Roseberry
Windsor Castle
F. D. Perkins
Duke of Gloucester
Lord Porchester
Stevens Says Army Integrity Is No Longer at Stake
Secretary of the Army Stevens asserts the Army’s integrity is no longer at stake after the McCarthy dispute. He vows no resignation, plans ongoing cooperation with Congress, and notes no Army personnel will attend Mundt’s post hearings party. Secretary of Defense Wilson echoes firm stand against subversion and defends free society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Quantico
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
Washington
Defense Department
Armed Forces
McCarthy
Steven
United States
Congress
Wilson
Free Money Uproar In Times Square By California Sect
Five barefoot members of the W E F L Fountain of the World handed out $1 bills in Times Square near Broadway and 42nd Street. They stated the act was to promote practical Christianity and drew a several hundred person crowd before police contained the scene. The group originated from Canoga Park California and money distribution is estimated at about $30 in total.
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New York
California
Times Square
Krishna Venta
Broadway
42Nd St
W.E.F.L. Fountain of the World
Canoga Park
Calif
Four Masked Gunmen Loot Brighton Apartment
Four masked gunmen bound a husband and wife in a Brighton district apartment last night. They listened to the Marciano Charles fight on the radio, shared a snack and liquor, then stole nearly $10,000 in antiques and silverware. The couple, Alex Levkoff and Selma Levkoff, were restrained for about three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Brighton District
Alex Levkoff
Selma
Brownell Attacks McCarthy Bid to Bypass Law
Baltimore Attorney General Brownell warned at a National Editorial Assn convention that Senator McCarthy seeks to recruit government employees to leak classified information. He says this would replace government by law with rule by an individual and split the separation of powers. He denounced efforts to investigate communism as harmful to constitutional government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Brownell
Sen. McCarthy
Congress
National Editorial Assn
State Board allocates 70000 for Frederick School additions
The State Board of Education approves 35000 for Stonewall and 35000 for Gainesboro Elementary Schools in Frederick County. The A P dispatch notes the 383455 total awarded to assist five white and four Negro schools. DAREDEVIL STUNT SHOW with regular racing card at AIRPORT SPEEDWAY Sunday, June 20, 2:30 p. m.
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State Board of Education
Stonewall
Gainesboro
Frederick County
Associated Press
Airport Speedway
Democrats Urge Quick Action On McCarthy Hearings Fallout
Democrats on the McCarthy Army investigations panel press the Eisenhower administration to move swiftly on possible perjury or crimes tied to a 214 page FBI document. Sen. McClellan says an immediate staff cleaning may be needed, with Symington and Jackson concurring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCarthy Army
Eisenhower Administration
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
McCarthy Investigations Subcommittee
Sen. McCarthy
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Army Intelligence
Subcommittee
Hoover
Army
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Atty
Brownell
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Sen. McClellan
Potter
Box Score On Hearings
A compact box score of the McCarthy Army hearings totals 36 days from April 22 to June 17 with about 2 000 000 words of testimony and 10 million dollars of radio and TV time. It lists 30 witnesses including officials, 160 hours of session, and 115 000 spectators.
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Washington
Secretary of the Army
Robert T. Stevens
Francis P. Carr
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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