Air Force Navy Hit Four North Korean Power Plants Again
Allied air forces plus navy carriers joined to strike four of five hydroelectric plants in North Korea marking the biggest raid of the Korean War. F-85 Thunderjets destroyed two plants near Changejin Reservoir and two on the Songchon River while F-86 Sabres clashed with MiG-15s south of the Yalu. The operation signals a new Get Tough policy as gun film reviews show near total target destruction and observers note political aims amid stalled armistice talks.
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Korea
Navy
Air Force
Changejin Reservoir
Songchon River
Yalu
U.S. Eighth Army
Chorwon
Washington
Panmunijom
Suiho
Manchuria
Changjin
Soncchon River
North Korea
United Nations
Typhoon Hits Japan Kills 65 Across Four Islands
A typhoon struck Japan causing at least 65 deaths with 27 injured and 58 missing as communications failed. The Japanese Coast Guard reported 55 fishing boats 234 aboard unaccounted. 8,800 homes damaged amid heavy rainfall. The storm moved inland earlier, with winds and flooding devastating coastal areas.
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Tokyo
Japan
Coast Guard
Mock A Bomb Raid On New York Today
A mock grim A bomb attack is planned on New York today to test the nation's air defenses. An Air Force B29 will fly from a European base to simulate an enemy strike. Jet interceptors, radar stations, and defense centers will be filmed for Sunday television programs.
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New York
Air Force
Farouk Recognized by Greece as Ruler in Egyptian Sudan
Greece decides to recognize Egypt's King Farouk as ruler of the disputed Apelo-Egyptian Sudan becoming the first non-Muslim nation to do so.
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Greece
Egypt
Farouk
Sudan
Reds Warn Prisoner Screening Could Prolong Korean War
In Panmunjom talks North Korean Gen Nam warned UN that continued prisoner screening may lengthen the war. Maj. Gen. Harrison said freedom of individuals must be respected, noting 45 000 prisoners are being questioned to decide if they wish to go home. The dispute over repatriation blocks an armistice as negotiations made no progress.
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William K. Harrison
Kose
U. N
Korea
Nam
Panmunjom
Harrison
Massachusetts Republican leaders back Eisenhower in delegate shift
National Committeeman Sinclair Weeks and ex Governor Bradford released support for General Eisenhower in Massachusetts. The move gives Eisenhower 31 of 38 delegates, Taft holding three with four undecided, Weeks urging Taft to withdraw and Bradford endorsing Eisenhower for party harmony.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Sinclair Weeks
Robert F. Bradford
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Bay State
Taft
Weeks
Bradford
Gen
16000 Workers Sign New Contract With Weirton Steel
About 13 000 steelworkers in the Independent Steelworkers Union at Weirton Steel Co received a 16 cent hourly wage increase after peaceful negotiations. The contract covers Weirton and Steubenville employees, lifting hourly pay to about 2.27 dollars, versus roughly 1.95 dollars for CIO Steelworkers nationwide. The union shop issue did not affect Weirton employees.
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Weirton
W. Va
Weirton Steel Co
Independent Steelworkers Union
Weirton Steel
Weirton and
CIO
Weixton
FBI Says Lattimore Trip Report Was A Fabrication
The Washington Post reported the FBI found a claim that Owen Lattimore planned a trip to an Iron Curtain country to be a sheer fabrication. The article notes the State Department ordered customs to prevent travel pending a check and that Lattimore denies Communist connections.
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Washington Post
FBI
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
State Department
Customs
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Michael J. McDermott
France Proposes Three Step Disarmament Plan
France urged the U N Disarmament Commission to focus on bans against bacterial and chemical warfare. Jules Moch proposed reducing the U S five step plan to three stages with voluntary force cuts and halt on armaments budgets. The plan envisions staged disclosure from nations and eventual destruction of atomic stockpiles, aiming to restore international confidence.
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N. Y
France
U. N. Disarmament Commission
Jules Moch
U. S
U.S
Soviet Union
U.N
U. N
Moch
Five clubs raided in Norfolk County by police
County police raided five clubs in Norfolk County arresting 22 people. Two club managers face liquor law violations. remaining clubs had no arrests.
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Norfolk
Norfolk County
Perjury Hint Raised in Liquor Industry Probe
House Republican Rep Keating suggested perjury proceedings amid conflicting testimony over a lack of anti trust action against major liquor distillers. New witnesses from the cooperage industry testified as former Anti Trust Division head Bergson denied improper motives and urged a Friday hearing.
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House
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Justice Department
Ernest L. Branham
Branham
Edward P. Hodges
Anti-Trust
Hodges
Chelf
D-Ky
Herbert A. Bergson
Anti-Trust Division
Bergson
Subcommittee
Democratic
Republican National Committee
Anti- Trust Division
Big Four
Two Forgers Get Suspended Terms
Raymond Rice 37 once employed by United Sign and Advertising Company of Front Royal and Winchester was convicted of forging a $398.60 check drawn on Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival funds. Judge Marshall gave one year and six months on two counts to run concurrently with two years probation. The sentences followed Commonwealth Attorney Dabney Watts's recommendation.
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Comonwealth
Raymond Rice
United Sign and Advertising Company
Front Royal
Winchester
Shenandoah
Elliott D. Marshall
Dabney Watts
Rice
Ban on Building Color Television Sets is Lifted
Washington reports the government lifts the color TV production ban for home and theater use. The NPA allows manufacture by firms proving color TV won’t hinder defense output, though Fowler expects few home makers qualify due to defense work. CBS was the sole commercial producer during the blackout last November.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Columbia Broadcasting System
Charles E. Wilson
CBS
Crockett Presses Byrd Renomination At First District Meet
Paul Crockett of Yorktown urged renomination of U S Senator Byrd at the First District Democratic convention in Old Point Comfort to back Byrd in the July 15 primary. The gathering endorsed Rep Edward J Robeson Jr for Congress and pledged Byrd strong support amid attacks from Miller in a mudslinging campaign.
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Old Point Comfort
Edward J. Robeson, Jr
Congress
U.S
Byrd
Paul Crockett
Yorktown
U. S
Virginia
Senate
United States Senate
Crockett
Francis Pickens Miller
House of Representatives
E. J. Robeson
Newport News
Charles M. Lankford, Jr
Accomac
Commissioner of Fisheries
Robeson
Stanley S. Garner
Telephone 4256 For Mail Ballot Arrangements
If you will be away on election day Tuesday July 15 and want to vote by mail call Winchester 4256 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. today to arrange a mail ballot.
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Winchester
Polio Crises Grow Across Texas Governors Urges Action
Governor Shivers declares polio at a critical stage and calls Texans to mobilize. National Foundation notes Texas surge exceeds national rise with 15 new Houston cases and about 200 county cases in Harris. Memorial Hospital Corpus Christi treats 101 this year. San Antonio reports 58 mild cases with eight deaths. Dallas Parkland beds fill. Fort Worth reports 39 cases. Waco tally reaches 26. Beaumont reports 44 cases under treatment.
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Tex
Allan Shivers
National Foundation For
New York
Texas
Houston
Harris
G. Foard Meginnes
National Foundation
Memorial Hospital
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Parkland Hospital
Dallas
Fort Worth
Waco
Beaumont
Gulf Coast
MacArthur Touted as Possible GOP Vice Presidential Pick
As the GOP gears up for its July 7 convention in Chicago, MacArthur is floated as a potential vice presidential candidate by some Taft supporters, while Taft and Eisenhower race for delegates. Democratic delegates near completion with Stevenson favored. Kefauver urges anti filibuster platform. Eisenhower earns 393 to Taft 477 in AP tally.
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Ohio
Robert Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Taft
Chicago
Indiana
Indianapolis
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Senate
Georgia
Richard Russell
West
Phoenix
Pennsylvania
Hershey
Maryland
Theodore McKeldin
Baltimore
Eisenhower
John Fine
GOP
Associated Press
Tann Sentenced For Armed Theft In 8 Year Term
Johnnie Tann, 35, was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary for his role in the April 12 armed robbery of Seibert's at the Fairmont Creamery N Cameron Street station. His prior record includes a 1934 murder conviction and multiple later offenses. his confession aided the conviction of Keystone Tann of Margaretsville North Carolina.
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Seibert’'s
N. Cameron St
Fairmont Creamery Company
Tann
Winchester Corporation Court
J. M. Harvey
Front Royal
Commonwealth
Dabney Watts
Berryville
Johnnie ‘Tann
Keystone Tann
Margaretsville
N. C
Watts
J Randolph Larrick
Hopes Peace Possible in GOP
General Dwight D Eisenhower urged writing a peace focused foreign policy plank into the Republican platform. He said he does not want a bitter convention fight and then noted Sen. Robert A Taft as an isolationist. Eisenhower stressed needing truth about national defense and foreign policy.
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Denver
Dwight D Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Taft
Americas
Oates Will Divides Estate With Church Memorial and Nephews
The will of Arthur C. Oates, Winchester orchardist and banker, filed for probate, divides assets among relatives and churches. Principal items include a $5,000 graves fund, bequests to nephews Talmadge and Gardner Nelson, and transfer of life residences and business interests to wife Minnie B. Oates with conditions and specific property notes. A $200,000 bond was posted for administration, executor Herbert S. Larrick relinquished the role, and probate follows as the estate awaits appraisement.
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Arthur C. Oates
Corporation Court of the
Oates
Timber Ridge Christian Church
Hampshire County
W. Va
Talmadge Nelson
Gardner Nelson
Minnie
B. Oates
N. Loudoun Street
Clayton Pugh
Britain Labor Leaders Protest Bombings In Korea War
In the House of Commons Labour leaders condemned bombings of Yalu River power plants to curb the Korean conflict. Prime Minister Churchill said the attacks have a legitimate object to reduce enemy war potential and reserved rights for further responses. Clement Attlee argued the strikes destroy key Manchuria infrastructure and could widen hostilities.
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Labor Party
House of Commons
Yalu River
Korea
Churchill
Manchuria
Clement Attlee
Taft backs bombing of Korean hydro plants
Sen. Robert A. Taft said bombing communist hydro electric plants in Korea should have happened earlier and that it will not spark a third world war. He also discussed Manchurian bases, domestic policy critiques, and strategy for the Republican national convention in Chicago.
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Taft
Korea
Hershey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
China
Pennsylvania
John S. Fine
Texas
Maryland
Chicago
Fine
11 Die In B-50 Bomber Crash
A U S Air Force B 50 medium bomber with 11 aboard crashed and burned minutes after takeoff from Mildenhall England near Bryant May Bottom farm community. No survivors reported. The aircraft was on a routine training flight and names of the crew were withheld pending next of kin.
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Mildenhall
England
Suffolk
Bryant May Bottom
Berryville Woman Named Clarke County Treasurer
Mrs. Ann H. Cooley of Berryville was appointed treasurer by Judge Elliott D. Marshall to fill the expired term of William D. Burter who resigned after admitting a fund shortage. The term runs to December 31 1955 and she previously served about ten years as deputy treasurer.
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Ann H. Cooley
Berryville
Clarke County
Elliott D. Marshall
Richmond Extended Virginia Weather Outlook June 25 29
The outlook forecasts temperatures averaging five to ten degrees above normal with a warming trend by Thursday and continued warmth through the end of the week. Little or no precipitation is expected across the period.
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Richmond
Virginia
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