Radford warns on uncertain next war and defense planning
Adm. Arthur Radford, chairing the Joint Chiefs, said the timing and type of the next war remain uncertain and could be short and violent or long and drawn out. He urged relying on combat-ready forces and warned atomic power alone is not enough for security. President Eisenhower planned a visit to the Quantico Marine base as a defense chiefs meeting opened.
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Quantico
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
America
Radford
Defense Department
Armed Forces
Eisenhower
White House
Washington
Truman Misses Guest Spot at Call Me Madam Show
Former President Harry S. Truman felt weak with indigestion while attending the outdoor Starlight Theater opening in Kansas City. He left early with Mrs. Truman driving him home. he was reported improving later in his room with heat and humidity noted as contributing factors.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Madam
Starlight Theater
Truman
Irving Berlin
Perle Mesta
Washington
Luxembourg
Falsies stir at Ascot races among stylish men
In London at Ascot many men rushed to buy false mustaches as capricious fashion dictates smart men wear facial hair. Whiskers-maker Gerald Rex notes the rush for bargains at one guinea each and a few patrons request eye brows and unusual stains.
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London
Gerald Rex
Eyes and glasses notice with local advertisers
Eyes examined prescriptions filled lenses duplicated and all styles of frames offered by Hodgson and Brown. Plus a Daredevil Stunt Show with regular racing card at Airport Speedway on Sunday June 20 at 2 30 p m. Also Live Bait at Branner's Sport Shop with specials for the weekend and Frostee Whip Martinsburg Pike listed.
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Hodgson & Brown
Airport Speedway
Branner’s Sport Shop
Martinsburg Pike
Patterson, Alabama AG Nominee, Fatally Shot in Car
Albert L. Patterson, 59, newly nominated Alabama attorney general, was shot in the mouth in Phenix City as he sat in his car near his law office. Police tied the crime to an assassin, with guards deployed as investigations and political tensions rose.
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Alabama
Phenix City
Ala
Albert L. Patterson
Patterson
Russell County Betterment Assist
Army
John
Howard Pennington
The
Betterment Assn
Phenix
Walter J. Hanna
National Guard
Chattahoochee River
Columbus
Ft. Benning
Lee Porter
Gadsden
Deep South
Democratic Executive Committee
J. W. Brassell
Brassell
John Patterson
Ralph Mathews
Mathews
Cobb Memorial Hospital
Frederick County 4-Hers to Attend State Short Course
Thirty four Frederick County 4-H youths will attend the annual State 4-H Short Course at Virginia Polytechnic Institute June 21 to 26 as part of about one thousand delegates. Fifteen boys and nineteen girls will participate in county area and district contests with prizes awarded for top performances in egg grading livestock and demonstration events.
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Frederick County
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
John T. Wolfe
VPI
Wolfe
James Sumption
James Wood High School
Wilbur Butler
James Wood
Syracuse
N.Y
Ronald Miller
Boyd Ramey, Jr
Sidney Rogers
Gainesboro
George Cather
Round Hill
Donny Henshaw
William James Watts
Neil Miller
Lynn Wolfe
Hayfield
Richard Goode
White Hall
Agnes V. Shirley
Prederick County
Rhoda Whitacre
Patricia and
Mary Ann Adams
Demon
Fair Weather Week End Seen For This Area
Spring like weather continues with sunny skies and warmer days ahead. The Associated Press forecast predicts fair conditions through Monday with tonight’s low around 48 to 56 and a high near 79 observed at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory.
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Associated Press
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Rouss Drum Corps takes top honors at Wardensville parade
The Rouss Drum and Bugle Corps won first prize as best appearing corps in the line of Parade at the 8th annual Firemen's Parade in Wardensville. Capon Valley Farm Women's Club won floats, Capon Bridge High School Band led bands, with Timberville and Wardensville clubs also placing in various categories. Prize for longest track distance went to Wiley's Ford Fire Department.
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Rouss
Capon Valley
Capon Valley Farm Women’s Club
Wardensville
Wardensville Lions Club
VFW
Capon Bridge High School
Hardy County School Band
Wiley’s Ford Fire Department
Handley Library To Receive State Aid Increase
Handley Library in Winchester will get 618 dollars in state aid next fiscal year. The State Library Board approved 95 000 dollars in Virginia library allocations, up from the current biennium totals, state librarian Randolph W. Church said.
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Handley Library
Winchester
Associated Press
State Library Board
Virginia
Randolph W. Church
Mundt backs fast decision on security clearance data
Senator Mundt indicated he would back a Democratic push to speed Pentagon security clearance determinations for two Senate Investigations subcommittee appointees. Senator McClellan urged public acceleration after 14 and 15 month delays, with Mundt saying he would support a yes or no ruling if McClellan raises the issue.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Pentagon
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
McClellan
Arkansas
Defense Department
Subcommittee
Patton takes over local airport operations on Bufflick Road
Donald W. Patton of 1601 S&S Loudounet assumes a five year lease to operate the city airport on Bufflick Road. Valley Airways surrendered its lease after May suspending flights. Patton plans four airplanes, a charter service, CAP support, and an official opening to be announced.
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Bufflick Road
Donald W. Patton
S&s
Valley Airways
Common Council
Airport, Parks and Recreation Committee
Patton
CAA
CAP
Earth tremors rock Jakarta area with no casualties reported
Strong quakes shook Jakarta for 17 seconds with seismographs placing the center about 50 miles west of the city between Java and Sumatra. No casualties were reported so far.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Java
Sumatra
Eden and Smith to Leave Geneva Parley Tomorrow
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and U S Undersecretary Walter Bedell Smith will depart Geneva tomorrow. Smith flies to Washington to report on Indochina talks. Eden plans to return via Paris to London and join a debate in the House of Commons before meetings with Eisenhower. Reading will head the British delegation.
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Geneva
Anthony Eden
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Vu.s
Smith
Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Indochina
U. S
Czecholovakia
U. Alexis Johnson
Eden
London
Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
Mendes
France
House of Commons
Sir Winston Churchill
Lord Reading
China
Chou En-lai
Viet Nam
Nguyen Quoc Dinh
Laos
Cambodia
Mendes France names 16 ministers as new French cabinet
Premier Pierre Mendes France appoints his 20th post liberation cabinet with 16 ministers and 13 secretaries of state. He keeps the foreign portfolio, adds Edgar Faure as finance minister, and names Francois Mitterand interior minister amid party tensions. Two MRP members Robert Buron and Andre Monteil vote for Mendes France despite party abstention. General Koenig becomes defense minister.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes
MRP
Robert Buron
Overseas Territories
Andre Monteil
Buron
Monteil
Mendes-France
Edgar Faure
Lauiel
Pierre Koenig
Charles DeGaulle
Francois Mitterand
Laniel
Interior
Democratic and Socialistic Union of the Resistance
Three Business Indicators Are Pointing Upward
New York reports a brighter week for business with mine and factory output rising for the first time in ten months and stock prices at new twenty five year highs. Construction activity also set new records while other sectors like autos petroleum and textiles showed signs of market glut as the first half of 1954 closed.
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New York
Woman 101 Leads Voting For Towanda Fire Dept Queen
Towanda Pennsylvania Mrs Margaret Ronan 101 years old holds the lead in voting for queen of the Towanda Volunteer Fire Department celebration marking the department's centennial Final results will be announced Tuesday Ronan was one when the department was founded a century ago
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Towanda
Margaret Ronan
Ex NLRB Counsel Denham Dies in St Louis
Robert N Denham aged 68 former general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board from 1947 to 1950 died at Barnes Hospital apparently from a heart attack last night in St Louis.
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NLRB
ST. Louis
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Barnes Hospital
Former Wyoming Senator Hunt Dies From Bullet Wound
Former Wyoming governor and senator Lester C. Hunt died at Casualty Hospital after being found with a bullet wound in his private senate office. Capitol Police said the injury appeared personal safety related. Hunt had announced he would not seek another term due to health conditions and had been undergoing treatment at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda.
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Washington
Lester C. Hunt
D-Wye
Capitol Police
Casualty
Senate
Benson Pecson
Hunt
Sen. Clements
D-Ky
Mike Manatos
Ira Whitlock
Sen
Morse
Oregon
George W. Calver
Capitol
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Virginia apple crop seen around 9.5 million bushels in 1954
Dr. A. H. Teske of Virginia Tech told the Frederick County Fruit Growers Association that Virginia could expect about 9.5 million bushels of apples this year. Local growers heard forecasts on crop quality with Red Delicious and York promising better yields, while Stayman and Rome may be lighter. The national crop should total about 97 million bushels with pockets of weakness in the northwest due to frost.
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A. H. Teske
V.P.I
Frederick County
Teske
Virginia
York
Stayman
Rome
Midwest
A. B. Groves
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
C. H. Hill
Hill
A. P. Barnhart
Local Employment Service
Boy's Surprise Trip Ends in Tragedy in Syracuse
In Syracuse New York five year old Daniel Flynn died in hospital after being struck by a vehicle while rushing home from kindergarten to give his father a handmade Father’s Day card. Police found the card on the bumper of the car reading I love you daddy.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Daniel P. Flynn
Daniel F. Flynn
Danny
13 State Lookout Broadcast for Man
Police issued a 13 state lookout for a man about 30 to 32 years old and six feet one inch tall who allegedly attempted to rob and assault Mrs. Robert Snyder at her Kingsley Road home in Vienna Virginia. She resisted and suffered deep scratches on arms and chest.
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Vienna
Robert Snyder
Kenneth Carkin
Musical Feud Shatters Quiet Revival in Raleigh
In Raleigh North Carolina a revival preacher and a drive in restaurant operator clashed again last night when Sam Bell blasted music from his juke box aided by amplifiers across the street claiming evangelist Douglas H Poole violated an anti noise truce in the meeting.
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Raleigh
N.C
Sam Bell
Douglas H. Poole
Pledges Senate Fight for New Income Tax Cuts
Sen George of Georgia said Democrats would push to add new income tax reductions to a general tax reform bill already delivering about 11.5 billion dollars in relief for corporations and individuals. The measure moves toward Senate debate after Finance Committee approval. two Senate options propose a 2.4 billion annual personal tax cut or 20 dollar per taxpayer credit.
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Washington
Georgea
D-Ga
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
George
Millikin
R-Cole
Finance Committee
Eisenhower
Invasion Seizes Two Guatemalan Sea Ports
United Nations reports Guatemala seeking emergency Security Council session over aggression. Honduran informants say anti-Communist liberation army holds two inland towns and two strategic Guatemalan sea ports amid the ongoing incursion.
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United Nations
New York
Guatemala
U.N. Security Council
U. N
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Liberation Army
Guatemala Size Compared To Kansas And Nearby Cities
The text compares Guatemala to Kansas in area about 200 miles wide and 150 miles tall with an eastern extension 300 miles to the north tip. It notes Guatemala City roughly 1000 miles south of New Orleans and cites Puerto Barrios Zacapa Retalhuleu as locations of action and San Jose naval air base on the Pacific coast.
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Caribbean
Guatemala
Kansas
Guatemala City
New Orleans
Puerto Rico
Zacapa
Puerto Barrios
San Jose
Retalhuleu
Guatemala Invaders Push Toward Capital Amid Islanded Resistance
Reports from NBC and other informants say Guatemalan forces led by Carlos Castillo Armas moved inland toward San Jose and Puerto Barrios with potential holds near Zacapa and Retalhuleu. No setbacks were confirmed while clashes raged in Quezaltenango and other key cities as Armas’ liberation army fights government troops.
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Puerto Barrios
Carriebean
San Jose
Pacific
Carlos Castillo Armas
Zacapa
Honduras
Guatemala City
Retalhuleu
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Armas
Castillo Armas
Guatemala
Quezaltenango
Liberation
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Truman, Ill
Arch Ferrell
Pingley & Carper
Wyoming
Sen. Hunt
Dad
Bulletin
Dead City
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