Khrushchev Demands Berlin Summit if Geneva Fails
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev urged that a summit meeting becomes necessary if the Geneva foreign ministers talks collapse. He warned that Allied occupation of West Berlin must end and sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany would follow if Western powers block settlement. He spoke to East German leaders and visiting delegates in Moscow, expressing readiness for multiple summits and noting a one year deadline for Berlin settlement can be discussed.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
Kremlin
Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
G.D.R
Gown Crier reports scouts prepare for Camp White Rock trip
The Blue Ridge Area Council Girl Scout counselors will march to Camp White Rock next week to start preparations for the annual outing. Anticipation of better weather than last year’s rain is noted. A caravan of Salvation Army board members and reporters traveled to Camp Tomahawk in West Virginia, while a driver handled a precise parking maneuver with careful attention to curb distance.
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Blue Ridge Area
Camp
White Rock
Salvation Army Board
Salvation Army
Tomahawk
Hedgesville
W. Va
West Virginia
Eisenhower condemns Strauss rejection as American losers
President Eisenhower said the Senate defeat of Lewis Strauss for secretary of commerce makes the American people the losers. He read a brief White House statement after a 49 to 46 post midnight roll call. Strauss, calm and hopeful, thanked Hoover and Taft and said his future plans are undecided.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Lewis Strauss
Merce
White House
Strauss
Lic
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Dixon- Yates
Commerce Post
Herbert Hoover
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Taft
Calendar Girl Contest Pictures in The Star Tomorrow
Pictures of 24 Winchester area calendar girls will appear on two pages in tomorrow's Evening Star. Readers vote for two favorites, with 100 votes for first choice and 50 for second, to crown top calendar girl for the two year run. A silver trophy and a $25 savings bond will be awarded to the winner and runner up respectively.
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Evening Star
The
Star
Winchester Area
Not In the Star
Calendar Girl
Winchester Evening Star
U.S
Lolita Young
Jean Bucketr
Helen Dettra
Elva White
Gail Dean
Kay McKean
Faye Perry
Shirley Oates
Elizabeth Lacy
Anita Pennypacker
Janice Brumback
Mary Helen
Massie Barb
Laura Bowman
McGuire
Pat Bemis
Eunice Miller
Carol Dickson
Mariono Damko
Compromise Housing Bill Clears Conferees
Washington AP conferees from both parties reach a compromise 1.375 billion dollar housing bill after Democratic cuts to appease Republicans. Senate and House must approve before sending to President Eisenhower who is expected to sign. The package boosts federal housing programs with 10 billion in new FHA loan insurance and relaxed down payments, plus longer VA mortgages.
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Senate
Eisenhower
Senate House
John J. Sparkman
D-Aala
Homer E. Capehart
R-Ind
Conference Committee
Insurance Authority
FHA
Veterans Administration
Capehart
Curtain falls on Barrymore era as Ethel dies at 79
Hollywood mourns Ethel Barrymore who died in Beverly Hills after a long illness. The actress, last of a famed theatrical trio with brothers John and Lionel, reshaped stage and screen across six decades. She would have turned 80 on August 15 and will be buried in Calvary Cemetery.
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Hollywood
Calif
Ethel Barrymore
Beverly Hills
Miss Barrymore
Calvary Cemetery
John
Lionel
Barrymores
Ethel
Pugh Wins FFA State Farm Mechanics Contest
Bradley Pugh of Gore won first place in the Virginia FFA state farm mechanics judging contest at Blacksburg. He topped 184 other contestants from 185 chapters with top judging of equipment craftsmanship and welding, plus tool identification.
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Smithy Pugh
Gore
Future Farmers of America Farm Mechanics
Blacksburg
Virginia
Living costs peak in May with modest rise in prices
May's Labor Department index reaches a record 12 percent of the 1947-49 base as small price gains lift costs. Factory worker earnings rise to 81.03 weekly for a four-person family, while 100000 aircraft workers get a penny-an-hour hike under cost-of-living adjustments.
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Washington
Labor Department
Alli
H. E. Riley
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Riley
Fairchild
Hayes, Martin
North American
Macmillan Poised for Western Summit If Geneva Fails
London Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was prepared to fly to Washington or Paris for a Western summit with President Eisenhower and President de Gaulle, possibly Chancellor Adenauer, to chart the West's next move in talks with the Soviet Union if foreign ministers return from Geneva empty handed.
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Harold Macmillan
Washington
Paris
Geneva
Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
France
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Soviet Union
Storm Breaks Up In Gulf as Beulah Fails to Hit Shore
Beulah, the season's second tropical storm, formed in the Gulf of Mexico within three weeks. It developed quickly and broke apart Thursday, so its full impact did not reach any shoreline.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Argentina Faces Revolutionary Plot Under Frondizi Rule
President Frondizi's government says it faces a revolutionary plot with unconfirmed reports of a military revolt in Cordoba and other garrisons. Police sweep arrests top generals and admirals tied to the provisional government, while dissidents oppose his tactics against Peronists and unions.
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Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Cordoba
Juan D. Peron
Federal Lice
Campo de Mayo
Salta
Frondizi
Peronists
Peron
Fernandez Suarez
Emilio Bonnecarrere
Arturo Rial
Hat sale and weekend specials at local stores
An old newspaper snippet shows reduced hat sale at The Clothes Closet on West Boscawen Street and boxers at Modern Age Shoppe, plus a price correction for a previous ad. Leggett's Dept Store features a weekend lemon spice cake offer, and Ward's Pastry Shop lists a summer day camp in Gainesboro Virginia with limited enrollments and a contact number.
Attacking MIGs Likely Korean Says McElroy
Washington AP McElroy states the attacking MIGs were likely Korean based on the flight direction. He notes attackers flags show Red Star symbols and that pilots could be North Korean Red Chinese or Russian. He calls Pentagon fears over armament unfounded and stresses the patrol plane was on a peaceful international mission.
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Washington
McElroy
Wonsan
Queen Elizabeth Begins Tour of Newfoundland
Queen Elizabeth II opens a six week Canada tour with a Newfoundland stop after a misty welcome in St Johns. She and Prince Philip will visit Government House tour parts of the city and open the new eight million dollar government building before flying to Gander to inaugurate a three million dollar airport terminal.
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ST. Johns
Mld
Newfoundland
Acros Canada
London
Government House
Prince Philip
Gander
Berlin Talks Recess As Big Four Clash Over Occupation
In Geneva the Big Four foreign ministers recess to July 13 amid Western rejection of Soviet deadlines for West Berlin. Gromyko proposed new interim arrangements and a nonaggression pact, while Khrushchev urged end to Allied occupation. Herter and Lloyd left the villa with no clear path to a settlement.
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Geneva
Berlin
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