Girl on 2200 Mile Horseback Trip Reaches Winchester Tomorrow
Kathryn Elliott a former WAC corporal discharged at Ft. Lee Va after June 3 began a two stage 2200 mile ride from Petersburg on horseback. She travels U S Route 522 toward Front Royal Winchester Berkeley Springs Greensburg Pa and Malta Mont with her horse Brenda and dog Pipeline. She notes a 200 mile shoeing need and that Brenda is blind in one eye and spooks at trailers.
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Winchester
Brenda
Hughes
U. S
Kathryn Elliot
WAC
Montana
Miss Elliot
Ft. Lee
Petersburg
Malta Mont
U. S Rt. 522
Front Royal
Amelia
Pipeline
James Wood High School Barbecue and Lawn Party
About 2,500 people are expected Wednesday evening for a Beeff barbecue and lawn party at James Wood High School to raise funds for lighting the athletic field. Archibald Manuel chairs the event with Lions Clubs backing. two 1,000 lb beeves will be cooked in a four by sixteen foot pit.
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James Wood High School
Archie Manuel
James Wood
Middletown Lions
No New-Type Planes In Soviet Air Show
The Soviet Air Force displayed 667 planes at Moscow with no new types. Premier Malenkov and Nikita Krushchev led about 250000 spectators at Tushino Field as the four jet intercontinental bomber seen on May Day was absent.
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Moscow
Red Square
Georgi Malenkov
Communist Party
Nikita Krushchev
Tushine Field
Rehearsal of Rouss Drum and Bugle Corps Wednesday Night
The Rouss Drum and Bugle Corps will rehearse Wednesday at 7 39 PM to prep for a Waynesboro run. This schedule note appears in a local sports and events blurb with no additional details.
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Rouss
Waynesboro
Smith Pledges Continued Indo Peace Efforts
Undersecretary of State Walter Bedell Smith returned from the Geneva conference with a pledge that the West will pursue a sincere patient effort to negotiate an Indochina peace. He blamed inflexible Communist opposition for the failure to reach a permanent Korea settlement and said the US will continue a calm role in the talks.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Smith
Geneva
Korea
Britain
Churchill
Eisenhower
United States
State Exchange Convention Set for Virginia in 1955
The 1955 Virginia State Convention of the Exchange Club will meet in this city June 17 to 19. At the current Williamsburg four day session, Carl Haines of Winchester was named to the state Board of Control and Ransom Houchins of Roanoke was elected state president. Attending from here were Mr and Mrs Joseph A Marrne Jr, Mr and Mrs Charles Dick, Mr and Mrs Garner Edmonds, Mr and Mrs William Fauver, Mr and Mrs Lawrence Fauver, Mr and Mrs Robert McNally and two children.
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Virginia
The
Exchange Club
Williamsburg
Carl Haines
Winchester Exchange Club
State Board of Control
Ransom Houchins
Roanoke
Garner Edmonds
William Fauver
Lawrence Fauver
Robert McNally
Virginia Supreme Court upholds clerk holding local posts
Richmond bulletin reports the Virginia State Supreme Court upheld a constitutional provision allowing federal clerks to hold local government jobs within the state. The decision clarifies job eligibility for clerks serving in local administrations.
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Richmond
Virginia
State
Supreme Court
Truman Likely to Leave Hospital in Ten Days
Former President Harry S. Truman, 70, is in satisfactory condition after emergency appendix and gall bladder removal. Dr. Wallace Graham says he should be able to leave Research Hospital in about ten days if recovery continues.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital
Wallace Graham
White House
Truman
Madam
Starlight
Graham
Cigarette Smokers Die Earlier Than Other Men Aged 50 to 70
The American Cancer Society reports smoking raises death risk for men aged 50 to 70, with heart disease and cancer as primary killers. The study of 187,766 men from nine states finds up to 75 percent higher death rates for smokers and double the risk of heart disease and cancer for those smoking a pack daily, versus nonsmokers.
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San Francisco
American Cancer Society
ACS
Summer Solstice Marks Official Start of Warm Season
Summer arrives officially today with 90 degree heat as the solstice occurs at 5:55 pm in the Northern Hemisphere. The Winchester lab logged a 90 degree high, 65 degree low, and forecasters predict continued warmth with fair to partly cloudy skies.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
U. S. Naval Observatory
Washington
D. C
Associated Press
Local Man Among Three Injured In Traffic Mishaps
Three people were hospitalized after two Frederick County traffic accidents over the weekend. Raymond Lewis Santmier, 37, of Route 3, suffered severe facial lacerations and knee injury in a three car crash near Clearbrook on U.S. Route 11 at 12:30 a.m. He remained in satisfactory condition. A Washington, D C couple, John Alfred Sanders, 52, and Myrtle Sanders, 60, were hurt in a Saturday crash on U S Route 50, about four and a half miles east of Winchester, with facial lacerations and a sprained ankle. both were listed in satisfactory condition.
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Frederick County
Raymond Lewis Santmier
Route 3
Clearbrook
U.S. Rt
Memorial Hospital
Washington
John Alfred Sanders
Myrtle Sanders
D. C
Winchester
U. S
Sanders
James Kincaid
Mr. Santmier
Chevrolet
Albert Joseph O'Grodnick
Richards Ave
Henry Jacob Bow
Carnival and sales advertise Willow Lawn amusements and store promos
Page fragment advertises Big Carnival at Willow Lawn with rides games and refreshments by the Winchester Kiwanis Club. It also promotes fur storage at Worths 27 North Loudoun Street and notes a store ad continuation.
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N. Loudoun St
Willow Lawn
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
China and United States Trade Detained Persons List
Geneva reports say the Chinese Communists confirm holding 30 American civilians and list about 83 others detained or missing. One missionary, W. L. Winter, died in prison, and three U.S. airmen died from injuries after parachuting in North China. The U.S. details 11 crew members missing after crashes. No release dates given.
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Geneva
United States
U. S
China
W. L. Winter
Winter
Kiangsi
P. E. Voorhis
H. D. Weese
Hunan
John B. Maye
Scranton
U. Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Wang Ping-nan
Landy Breaks Four Minute Mile World Record
Australian runner John Landy clocked 3 minutes 58.0 seconds in Turku to become the second man in history to break the four minute mile mark. Roger Bannister had earlier set the first record at 3:59.4 on May 6 at Oxford. Landy had previously posted 4:01.6, achieved twice in Turku on May 31 and the following week.
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Turku
Finland
John Landy
Roger Bannister
England
Oxford
Landy
Pingley & Carper, Cleaners
Republicans Predict Farm Bill Approval and Sign
Senate and House Republican leaders predicted Congress will pass a farm bill the President can sign. They urged gradual price support reform while maintaining a high but flexible framework, with plans for adjournment by July 31 and no special session unless an international emergency.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Eisenhower
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Rep
Halleck
R-Ind
House Agriculture Committee
Benson
White House
Atty
Gen
Brownell
House Judiciary Committee
Hunt
Wye
Farrington
Hawaii
Delegates Push Cease-Fire Talks in Indochina Deliberations
In Geneva nine power talks on Laos and Cambodia pause until tomorrow as private sessions continue. Chou En-lai remains at the conference while Bedell Smith Eden and Molotov have departed. Mendes France delays arrival to push peace efforts.
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Reds
Geneva
United Front
Pierre Mendes-France
Indochina
Smith
Washington
Paris
Laos
Cambodia
Red
China
Chou En-lai
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Anthony Eden
V. M. Molotov
Chou
Mundt says hearings brought out salient facts
Sen Mundt of South Dakota said the 36 day televised Army McCarthy hearings revealed salient facts and he expects more. He postponed a meeting on the group’s agreement points and said Ray Jenkins may help draft a verdict while weighing a Senate run. Jenkins, a Knoxville lawyer, said he will decide within two weeks.
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Sen. Mundt
Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Ray H. Jenkins
Senate
Jenkins
Tennessee
Knoxville
Flanders Plans Senate Move to Strip McCarthy Chair
Senator Flanders says he will press the Senate to record its stance on stripping Senator McCarthy of committee chairmanships. He set July 15 as a floor deadline if the Rules Committee takes no action. He spoke after meetings with Eisenhower administration officials.
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Washington
Sen
Flanders
Senate
McCarthy
Senate Rules Committee
Hobert Named To Lions Staff At Virginia Convention
Chester Hobert of Berryville a Lions Club member was named to the international staff for Virginia at the State Lions Club convention in Richmond. The meeting adjourned Saturday and next year’s gathering will be in Roanoke.
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Chester Hobert
Berryville
Lions Club
Virginia
Richmond
Roanoke
Atomic plane predicted within seven years
Robert Le Baron a government atomic specialist predicted the United States will have an airplane powered by nuclear energy within six or seven years The forecast reflects early technologic optimism about nuclear propulsion from a federal expert.
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Washington
Robert LeBaron
United States
Convicts Seize Hostages in Kansas Prison Escape Attempt
Six inmates armed with crude pistols and knives seized visitors including two children at Kansas State Prison Lansing. Guard supervisor Fred Kenaga was killed at the admin building as warden Charles Edmondson and guards responded. Two hostages and four convicts were wounded. all six convicts surrendered.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas State Prison
Yesteray
Fred Kenaga
Andy Hollinshead
Charles Edmondson
Hos
Tages
Lawton Ray Collins
Kansas City
William Henry Parker
Gage
Okla
Donald E. Davis
Sturgis
Mich
Emmett May
Topeka
Robert Leroy Knight
Picher
James Tarr
Ponca City
Frankie Scroggins
Edmondson
Kenaga
Urgent Call to Take Cover as Guatemalan Turmoil Escalates
Insurgent leaders announce bombing of Coban and threaten Guatemala City. Anti Arbenz forces push a three pronged drive to disrupt rail and road links while declaring martial law looms. U S Embassy plans evacuation of dependents amid rising anti U S sentiment in Guatemala City.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Coban
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Liberation Army
Arbenz
Esquipulas
Arbeng
New York
United Nations
Eduardo Castillo — Arriola
Guatmala City
Carlos Diaz
el Salvador
Castillo—Arriola
Guillermo Toriello
Gualan
Motagua
Honduran
U. S
Neuva Ocetepeque
Jutiapa
Macuelize
Puerto Barrios
Zacapa
Squirrel Attacks Woman in Indianapolis Yard
An aggressive squirrel charged Mrs. Bessie Wilson in her Indianapolis yard yesterday, biting her leg and then driving away a passing dog before two policemen subdued the animal with night sticks.
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Indianapolis
Bessie Wilson
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Geneva Conference On SE Asia
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Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
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