Pair Held After Shots Are Fired Into 10 Cars
In Uniontown Pennsylvania police detained William W. Jackson and Samuel P. Johnson after shots fired into ten moving cars on U S 40. One motorist was wounded, nine others sustained glass cuts as a Pittsburgh man, Robert Gallear, 35, was hospitalized in good condition. Two pistols and a truck with a hoodlum warning were found.
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Uniontown
U.S. 40
Here
Wiliam W. Jackson
Denever
Colo
Samuel P. Johnson
Houston
Tex
J. A. Maggioncalda
Earl Savage
New Mexico
Savage
Robert Gallear
Pittsburgh
Uniontown Hospital
House OKs 72 percent federal pay raise bill
The House passed 370 to 3 a bill granting over a million federal workers a 72 percent raise at an estimated cost of 325 million dollars yearly. The measure moves to a Senate House conference to reconcile with the Senate's 10 percent raise.
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Washington
House
Taber
New York
Mason
Illinois
Versell
Senate House
Senate
Eisenhower
Rep
St. George
R-Ny
Moss
Calif
Congress
Nationalist China Reports Naval Victory near Matsu
Nationalist China announced air strikes on a fleet of more than 400 Communist vessels about 15 miles from Matsu and sank more than 20 ships. The vessels were likely a supply convoy, the largest Red fleet sighted so close to Matsu to date.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Matsu
Poppie Becomes County's First Father on Father’s Day
In Waueksha Wisconsin Rich mond Poppie is the first man in Waukesha County to become a father on Father's Day. His son weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces.
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Waukesha
Wis
Waukesha County
Richmond
Eisenhower to Open U N Anniversary Session in Geneva Talks
President Eisenhower prepares to open the United Nations 10th anniversary session with a policy speech as Big Four ministers plan a Geneva summit. Molotov signals push for a peace declaration ahead of the talks while Dulles stays in Washington for the event.
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Ike
U.N
San Francisco
Eisenhower
U. N
Geneva
Dulles
International
Columbine III
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
Washington
Molotov
Vaclav David
Czechoslovakia
Stanislaw Skrzeszewski
Poland
Dag Hammarskjold
Pinay
Firefighters Respond to Nursing Home Smoke Alarm
Four city fire companies answered a 6 55 a m alarm at Maplewood Nursing Home 411 W Clifford St but no fire occurred. Officials traced smoke to a defective oil furnace filling the basement with fumes and smoke. Manager Mrs Charles Dunlap said there was no damage. Two nurses spotted smoke seeping through the kitchen floor. A separate early morning call to north Loudoun St involved a scooter bike fire with some damage but not serious.
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Maplewood
W. Clifford St
Charles Dunlap
North Loudoun St
Quake Recorded with Uncertain Origin Reports
A seismograph at Columbia University logged a severe earthquake, with probable epicenters in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska or Siberia. Notes also mention a paynes chapel yard party and Ridgeway School lawn on June 22, and a local cherry sale at 75 cents per gallon by H. W. Butler Bros. Inc.
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New York
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Siberia
Columbia University
Paynes Chapel Yard
Ridgeway School Lawn
H. W. Butler Bros. Inc
False Confession Charged to Fischer By AF Spokesman
An Air Force spokesman said Capt. Harold Fischer Jr and three fellow pilots released from Chinese camps confessed to crossing the Yalu under Air Force orders that did not exist. The four, including Lt. Col. Edwin Heller, St. Lyle Cameron, and St. Roland Parks, faced Communist charges but no Air Force discipline is planned.
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Washington
Air Force
Harold Fischer, Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Fischer
Yalu River
Marine Corps
Frank Schwable
Army
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
St. Roland Parks
Omaha
China
Heller
Honolulu
United States
Minneapolis Tribune
San Francisco
United Nations
Pennsylvania
Cameron
Parks
Red China makes new open bid for U N seat
Tokyo reports Peiping radio quotes People's Daily editorial calling for U N reform to advance international cooperation The People's Republic of China says it represents 600 million Chinese and has been deprived of U N status, accusing the U N of dishonor and reduced moral authority. Regular fire company meeting set in Stephens City for June 21 with refreshments. attendance requested. Local stores announce midyear Wednesday openings until 1:00 P M June through August.
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China
United Nations
Peiping
Peiping People’s Daily
Red Chinese
San Francisco
U. N
People’s Republic of China
Stephens City Fire Co
James Bowman
J.J. Newberry Company McCrory Stores, Inc
W. T. Grant Company
Moon Eclipses Sun Across Asia Despite Clouds
Heavy rain clouds blocked most observation posts across South Asia as the moon fully eclipsed the sun for about four minutes beginning near 8:10 a.m. American scientists from Harvard and British Ceylonese teams aimed to study the corona and infrared spectrum while a German group hoped to test Einstein theory.
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Colombo
Cleyon
South Asia
Crevon
Harvard University
German Technicans
Albert Einstein
Potsdam University
Einstein
Harvard
Father Dies Trying to Save Three Children From Flood
In Quanah Texas a farmer Ira Keeney and his wife sheltered in a flooded storm cellar as a 5 inch rainfall overwhelmed the area. Keeney’s children Doris 5 Thomas 4 and Alma 3 drowned after water rose to the cellar and hid their bodies by 9 am. Sheriff M C Owen said a dike breach caused the flood and the storm dumped across northwest Texas.
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Quanah
Tex
Ira Keeney
Keeney
Doris
Thomas
Alma
Ylood
Hardeman
M. C. Owen
Texas
Dallas
Nothwest Panhandle Plains
Stephens City Scout Yard Party Nets $967 for Cabin Fund
A two day yard party at Stephens City Schoolyard raised 967 dollars for Troop 6 Boy Scouts building fund. The event featured chicken barbecue suppers and a Saturday parade at 7 p.m. Prizes totaling 115 dollars were awarded to parade units with Reuss Drum and Bugle Corps taking first in its division for the third straight year. Over 40 units participated and net proceeds will finish a cabin at Fowa Lot.
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Stephens City
Reuss
Luray
Strasburg
Gregory’s Applicances
Boyd
Luray Troop 7
Henry Bush
Robert Sutton
This City
Harvey Melton
Troop 6
Fowa
Costly Driving Lesson Ends With Damaged Window
Mrs. Maxine Metzen allowed her 13 year old son Edward Jr to drive the family car. A mistaken brake and accelerator caused the car to smash an 8 foot picture window at a neighbor's home and stop halfway in the living room. Estimated damage reached $5,000.
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Detroit
Maxine Metzen
Edward Jr
Parachute Stunt By Detroit’s 70-Year-Old Daredevil
Seventy-year-old Jack Clapp parachuted from a plane in Detroit to prove a man is only as old as he feels. A former city schools painter who retired due to age, he executed a backflip or two before pulling the ripcord.
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Detroit
Jack Clapp
184 Austrian War Prisoners Freed By Soviet Union
A group of 184 Austrian war prisoners and civilian internees released by the Soviet Union arrived in Wiener Neustadt Austria. They described encounters with American British and French prisoners in Russian camps and named several individuals including Mike FinEngage Murray Feingersch Charley Brown and Jimmy Fabian. They reported meeting Adolf Hitler’s nephew Johann Schmeid among others.
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Neustadt
Austria
Soviet Union
Camp Alexandrovsk
Siberia
Mike Finegage
Murray Feingersch
Brooklyn
N. Y
Eisenhower
U. S
Charley Brown
Ural
Jimmy Fabian
Mueller von Seidlitz
Philadelphia
Vladimir
Moscow
Hopkins
Camp Verde Uralsk
Siberian
Schwab
Alexandrovsk
Johann Schmeid
Adolf Hitler
Stevedores Vote To End Walkout In London Ports
London stevedores vote to end a five week dock walkout and plan to return to work tomorrow. Similar moves were seen in Manchester Birkenhead Liverpool Hull and Rochester as NASDU fights for recognition with TGWU which accuses NASDU of poaching 10000 members. Port congestion hits Liverpool Southampton and transatlantic liners including Queen Mary Scythia Caronia and Britannic remain docked.
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London
Britain
Manchester
Birkenhead
Liverpool
Hull
Rochester
National Amalgamated
Stevedores and Dockers Union
NASDU
Transport and General Workers Union
TGWU
Southampton
Queen Mary
Scythia
Caronia
Franconia
Ascania
Britannic
Saxonia
Australia
Scotland
Parthia
Why We Say Word Origin Spot Debuts Today
A new educational feature in the Winchester Evening Star explains the origins of common phrases and words. The illustrated daily column, titled Why We Say, offers fresh, informative stories from modern life and begins today on page four. For readers seeking engaging language origins.
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Winchester Evening Star
Star
Shenandoah Realty
Valley Pike
Army Chief Presses Efforts to Stabilize Argentina After Revolt
Argentina's new armed forces chief Gen Franklin Lucero pushes to return the country to normal after the navy revolt that toppled Peron's government. He warns against false reports, vows peace, and plans a Plaza de Mayo ceremony honoring Gen Manuel Belgrano as military leaders discuss a possible three man junta.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Franklin Lucerne
Juan Peron
Lucerne
Plaza de Mayo
Manuel Belgrano
Associated Press
Montevideo
Peron
Navy
Lucero
Alberto Tessaire
Army Ministry
Government House
Berryville Horse Show Stable Burned At Noon
Fire at the Berryville Horse Show grounds destroyed 20 stalls in a central stable section near Route 7. Cause unknown after a second fire in three weeks. Tomblin’s quarters saved but building was a total loss. Fire units from Berryville and Charles Town aided, water supply limited by a cemented well. Owner is James Kelly of Round Hill, Loudoun County.
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Berryville
Jockeys
Nichols
Enders Fire Company
Citizens’ Fire Company
Charles Town
Paul Tomblin
Tomblin
Mickey Longerbeam
James Kelly
Round Will
Loudoun
James Wood FFA Delegation Attends State Convention
Eighteen James Wood High School FFA members and three teachers depart to attend the 29th annual Virginia FFA state convention at Virginia Tech Blacksburg. Over 1,100 FFA members from 197 chapters compete in dairy, crops, livestock, and poultry contests with top teams advancing to national events.
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James Wood High School
Future Farmers of America
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Virginia
F.P.A
Winchester Skies and Local Notices Chronicle June
Evening sky notes place Mars near the Sun with moon phases and past view. local items include wanted Confederate currency and old stamps, live music at Duff’s Restaurant, a Firemen’s Bazaar, and uniform distribution for Front Royal parade attendees with dates and times.
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Winchester
Bailey R_ Frank
Quebec
Vermont
Shawnee
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H. M. Davis
Richard Miller
Donald Pingley
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J. C. Gordon
Edgar Hershman
Arkie Dye
Tommy Driver
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