U N Command Void Arms Ban for New Weapons in Korea
The U N Command voided the armistice ban on new weapons in Korea to match North Korean buildup. Army officials said modern weapons including jet aircraft may arrive, but no atomic weapons are yet bound for ground forces. North Korean and Chinese Communists called the move a threat to peace and vowed to reply later.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.N
North Korea
Murray Snyder
U.S
Washington
South Korea
Chung Kook
U.S. Marine Corps
Homer L. Litzenberg
Litzenberg
Chung
Korean Joint Armistice Commission
U.N. Command
North
Simple polio immunity test developed in California
New York scientists presented a paper strip blood test to detect polio immunity using one drop of blood. The method shows whether a child is immune or if immunity is waning and could replace slower complex current tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmel, Calif
New York
Society For Pediatric Research
Horace Hodes
Helen Zepp
Walter Henley
Rubher Berger
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Hodes
Clerks of Frederick County Court Through the Civil War
A historical list details Frederick County Court clerks from 1743 to 1865. It notes James Wood Sr founder of Winchester serving 1743 to 1759, James Keith long tenure to 1824, and Thomas A Tidball's lengthy period. A comment calls Keith’s 2 years 5 months a record likely unmatched in Virginia history.
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Frederick County
James Wood, Sr
Winchester
Archibald Walter
James Keith
Thomas A. Tidball
Allen B. Tidball
Thomas A. Y. Riely
R. E. Seevers
James P. Riely, Sr
J. Chap Riely
C. W. Gibbons
Virginia
Ike Not Too Disturbed by Budget Cuts Jensen Says
President Eisenhower appeared unfazed by congressional budget reductions after breakfast with 40 House Republicans led by Rep. Jensen. The event followed a GOP rally where Eisenhower spoke and defined Republicanism as a “never failing concern” for every American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Jensen
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Rep
Iowa
House
White House
America
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Martin
Massachusetts
Young Republican National Federation
Constitution Hall
Winchester Evening Star Editorial Goes Into Congress Record
The Winchester Evening Star editorial critical of Virginia rural life was inserted into the Congressional Record by Rep. Watkins Abbitt. He noted Agnes Meyer’s May 29 1957 remarks linking Arlington to primitive rural counties and praised the Star staff. A prior Star editorial on Washington Post integration moves was also cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Winchester Evening Star
Congressional Record
Washington Post
Virginia
Virus influenza hits Atlantic Fleet destroyer force
The virus influenza outbreak aboard eight Newport based destroyers affected about 500 sailors. Navy officials said the epidemic was mild, found on 8 of 110 Newport ships and impacting two percent of 327,500 sailors.
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Newport
R. I
Atlantic Fleet
Navy
Newport Based
One Accident Each 20 Miles Holiday Possibility
Chicago Fourth of July traffic scare cites a Safety Council forecast of a wreck per 20 miles on 3.4 million miles of roads during a four day holiday. About 45 million vehicles could be on the streets, equaling 13 cars per mile if all ran together. President Ned H Dearborn urged police enforcement and prudent behavior to cut holiday deaths.
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Chicago
Ned H. Dearborn
Washington
Whiteo
House
Congress
Senate
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Sen
Knowland
Rcalif
Judiciary Committee
Eastland D-Miss
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Jeep hits roof of Governor Stanleys summer cottage
A jeep dropped from an air force plane with a parachute struck the roof of Gov. Stanley's Camp Pendleton summer cottage in Virginia Beach. The device punched a hole above a rear bedroom but did not break through before being removed by crane. No one was inside the cottage.
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Virginia Beach
Air Force
Gov. Stanley
Camp Pendleton
Stanley
Richmond
Virginia
Benny Hooper Jr. Rescue Bill Expected To Be Adjusted
Manorville New York authorities say a $1500 doctor bill for services during and after Benny Hooper Jr.’s dramatic rescue should be quickly and satisfactorily adjusted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manorville
N.Y
Medical Society
Benny Hooper Jr
Norwegian IFYE Student Arrives In County This Summer
Miss Ingeborg Lervang of Fylkeshuset Drammen Norway arrives June 29 as an IFYE exchange student. She will stay with the Wolfe family June 29 to July 15 and the Bowers family July 15 to 30. She plans to attend the WPJ Short Course June 24-29 and accompany local delegates home. Fellow visitors from Egypt France Finland and Uruguay have previously visited Frederick County under the program. The 26 year old 4 H advisor hopes to bring new ideas to 4 H club work and enjoys folk dancing traveling skiing fishing and needlework. Her family runs a 30 acre farm focused on vegetables and potatoes with limited livestock.
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Ingeborg Lervang
Fylkeshuset
Drammen
Norway
International Farm
Egypt
France
Finland
Uruguay
Frederick County
Wilda Jean Adams
IFYE
Lervang
Sloane Wolfe
D. L. Bowers
Elias Lervang
W.pj
Tornado Death Toll Tops 10 in Fargo. 85 Hurt
A Fargo disaster leaves ten dead and eighty five injured as a tornado rips through about one hundred blocks. Included in the fatalities is a family with six children. The storm caused widespread damage across the city.
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Fargo
N. D
Gerald Munson
Munson
Les Ann
Walter Olson
Minneapolis
Here
Weather Bureau
North Dakota
John Davis
Red River
Shanley High School
American Lutheran Church
Richard Rasmussen
Associated Press
Rasmussen
Phyllis Louise
G. Jeannett i
Mary Beth
Darwin
Bradley
Ex City Employee Named in State Fund Deficiency
State Auditor J Gordon Bennett reports a deficiency of 1352 30 in state funds in Winchester city treasurer office tied to former deputy treasurer Zelma V Hyatt The audit covers July 1 1956 through May 18 1957 and finds Hyatt admitted misappropriating payments from four taxpayers and one additional unrecorded payment The grand jury will review the case Monday
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J. Gordon Bennett
Winchester
Zelma V. Hyatt
Bennett
Marvin D. Weaver
Commonwealth
Robert S. Barbour
Common Council
Hyatt
Battaile Urges Virginia Citizens to Support Federal Economy
Winchester businessman William M. Battaile urged citizens to curb federal spending during a Winchester Rotary Club talk. He noted a proposed 12.5 billion dollar increase over 1954 and questioned aid abroad including 100 million to Denmark and 200 million to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Battaile
Winchester
Battaile
Winchester Rotary Club
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Denmark
Great Britain
Harold G. Brown
Rotary
Tunstall Powers
Red Cross Blood
Charles Toan
Stewart Bell, Jr
Wendell Barney
Harry Lovett
Cancer Society
Richard F. Lewis, Jr
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
American Canter Society
Two Young Sisters Die After Truck Accident in Virginia
In Spotsylvania County a lumber truck struck two crossing sisters Carolyn Fauntleroy 6 and Mary 5, killing them. Driver Earl Key 29 said he swerved to avoid them as the truck toppled and righted. The tragedy raises Virginia highway deaths to 354 for the year.
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Spotsylvania County
Virginia
Carolyn M Fauntleroy
Mary
Earl B. Key
Maine
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Everard K. Meade
IS Prederick
Star
the Nations] Safty Council
Nan Williams
Huw
Christina Wennerstrom
Williamsport
Benny Hooper, JR
Ingeborg Servang
Joseph H. Kris
Suffolk County Medical Society
Benny
Philip J. Rafle
Rafle
Suffolk
County Medical Society
Kris
NBCTV
NBC
Long Island
Hope
Wright House
W. Boscawen St
Montmorency
L. O. Dick Estate
Clearbrook
Don Patton
Hairdressers Assn
Humphrey ‘D-Minn
Gainesboro
Roundhill Community Center
Orchard
Welltown Pike
H.W. Butler & Bro
Ward
THE
Winchester Seed Company 1
Mile
Centenary Reformed Church
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