Britain Eyes Locarno Type Asia Security Plan
Washington reports a cold US reception to Britain's Locarno style proposal for Southeast Asia. Officials say a nonaggression pact with China and others is unlikely to work, undermining Eden Churchill talks as doubts grow over a Southeast Asia defense alliance.
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Britain
U.S
Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
China
Wartorn
Indochina
Eden
State Department
Locarno
Dulles
Eisenhower
Churchill
Editorial Assn Opposes Alcohol Ad Ban Bill
The National Editorial Association criticizes a federal bill banning interstate alcohol advertising calling it censorship and warning it would set a dangerous precedent for free expression.
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Washington
National Editorial Assn
Regular Meeting of Handley Council No 634
Notice for a 8:00 P M Friday June 25 Handley Council meeting at Lion's Shelter City Park with J R Brandon as secretary listed.
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Handley Council No
Lion's Shelter
City Park
J. R. Brandon
Secy
Russia rejects Western ban on A weapons
Western powers propose immediate nuclear weapon ban with defense caveat and a manpower and arms freeze. Russia rejects the disarmament plan saying enforcement behind the Iron Curtain is inadequate. U S delegate Morehead Patterson notes the contrast. Britain France the United States Canada join the subcommittee with Russia in the talks.
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London
United Nations Subcommittee On
U. S
Morehead Patterson
Britain
France
United States
Canada
Russia
Fire Breaks Out in Braddock Street Triplex
Firefighters respond to a noon blaze at 705 N Braddock St a three family dwelling owned by Mrs Mary Good. Upstairs Anvil apartment occupied by Mr and Mrs Malloy burns with sofa destroyed and smoke water damage in adjacent rooms. Owner’s son reports possible insurance. cause undetermined.
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Mary Good
N. Braddock St
Malloy Anvil
Good
Austin Wilkins
Fred Madigan
Anvil
Richard Good
Richmond
Army Announces August Draft Call for 23 000 Men
The Army issued a draft call for 23 000 men in August matching July figures. This brings total drafted or earmarked since September 1950 to 1 743 430 as many will complete two years of active duty in the coming fiscal year starting next month.
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Washington
Army
Ramshackle Farm Classified Ad Sparks Local Contact
Hartford Courant carries an odd classified by John Holmes age 31 offering a forty acre Higganum Conn farm direct sale from owner. The ad touts old world charm with sagging floors and draughty fireplaces and notes a husband and kids toughening opportunity. Holmes says he received several calls about farm viewings.
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Hartford
Conn
John Holmes
Hartford Courant
Higganum
Holmes
Des Moines River Reaches Historic Crest in Flood Plight
Des Moines reports the Des Moines River cresting just over 30 feet in a three day flood battle. Levees held with no deaths as guardsmen clamped down on spectators undermining flood controls amid minor breaches and sand boils.
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Des Moines
Alva Glasscock
Senate Rejects Flexible Farm Price Support Plan
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 8 to 7 to extend rigid price supports for another year, turning down a two year extension of mandatory supports on wheat cotton corn rice and tobacco. Chairman Aiken predicted the full Senate would favor the administration plan. Sen Young offered a one year extension with three Republicans and five Democrats supporting it.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aiken
R-Vi
Senate
Sen
Young
R-Nd
Jewel Box, Inc
Winchester
Republican Chairman Warns on 1954 Congress and Socialism
ALBUQUERQUE April 1954 GOP chairman Leonard W. Hall warned that a Democratic Congress would steer the nation left toward socialism. He urged New Mexico supporters to back Gov. Edwin Mechem for the Senate against Clinton Anderson and touted a $7.4 billion tax cut proposal. Hall defended Eisenhower’s presidency and opposed Communist influence in government. He also affirmed Eisenhower’s potential 1956 re election bid.
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Albuquerque
Leonard W. Hall
Republician
Walter Reuthers
Hall
New Mexico
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Edwin L. Mechem
Clinton Anderson
Congress
GOP
OAS
Inter-American Peace Commission
Washington
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Arbenz
Commission
Luis Quintanilla
Mexico
U. N
Oscar Sevilla Sacasa
U.S
John Puerifoy
Guatemala City
U. S
Carlos Castillo Armas
Three Accidents In Three Days Put Man in Hospital
Pasadena man Toil Dickerson, 20, was hospitalized after three days of collisions. A Monday car crash caused minor damage, Tuesday another collision required tow, and Wednesday a borrowed motorcycle crash left him with a fractured pelvis.
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Pasadena
Calif
Dickerson
Secret talks open as French Vietminh seek Indochina peace
Geneva reports say France and Vietminh began secret discussions through a third party with Pham Van Dong. Paris hopes for settlement but signals possible concessions, as Chou Enlai and Mendes France push Geneva progress. Talks postponed, British and American envoys informed, Chou en route to New Delhi.
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Geneva
Pham van Dong
Pierre Mendes- France
Red China
Chou En-lai
Bern
Chou
New Delhi
Nehru
Mendes-France
Jean Chauvel
Dong
Chauvel
France
Britain
United States
Indochina
Lord Reading
Anthony Eden
London
Amdresailor
Switzerland
Lionel Lamb
Lamb
Peiping
Good Luck Over Mercury to Climb After Tonight
The article notes a brief spell of relief followed by a warm rebound. Forecasts predict cooler tonight with a low between 54 and 60 degrees and sunny, warmer conditions tomorrow. Readings show today’s high around 80 and a previous low of 59 with no rain in the past day.
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Mercury
Association
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Benefit Barbecue at JWHS Raises Lights Fund
Approximately 1500 attended the James Wood High School barbecue hosted by the Touchdown Club. The event raised about $2,000 to fund the installation of lights on the school athletic field.
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James Wood High School
Touchdown Club
Fantastic Medical Treatments Used On POWs
A U S Army doctor reported that POWs faced vitamin deficiencies and pain with innovative treatments in Korean camps. Chinese doctors used gall bladder bile for deficiency, needles on springs for pain, and salt water injections for eye trouble. Starvation and poor care caused most deaths.
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San Francisco
North
U. S. Army
Alexander M. Boysen
Brooke Army Medical Center
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
American Medical Assn
Maj. Boysen
Boysen
Bemidji
Minn
Guatemalan War in Seventh Day With Cross Border Rhetoric
TEGUCIGALPA reports seven wounded as police fire on protesters during a pro Arbenz anti U S demonstration. Guatemala denies bombing charges while OAS considers on the spot inquiry as fighting and propaganda clash in Central America.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Liberation Army
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Honduran
United Nations
Organization of American States
U. N
New York
International Organization
Guatemala
Fraudulent Claims for Parents of Servicemen
House Armed Services chair Rep. Short says U S taxpayers have lost millions to servicemen fraudulently claiming benefits for parents through secondary dependency allotments. He cites Puerto Rico led Project Big findings and broad national probes with high rejection rates across Army Navy Marine Air Force. About 500 servicemen have voluntarily canceled such allotments as prosecutions and court martials loom.
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Washington
House Armed Servicesmmittee
Rep. Short
R-Mo
Armed Services
Federal
Treasury
Short
Congressional
Puerto Rico
United States
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Ruritan Leader to Speak at Round Hill Clarke County Meeting
A Ruritan National leader from Rocky Mount North Carolina will address a joint Round Hill Stonewall District and Clarke County club meeting at Round Hill Community Center at 7 30 p m Tonight About 100 members are expected. Amos Shryock will preside and district governor Art Steiner will introduce the speaker A short business session will cover plans for the August 11 yard party at James Wood High School.
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Ruritan National
Rocky Mount
N.C
Round Hill
Stonewall
Clarke County
Round Hil
Ruritan
Amos Shryock
Art Stiener
Rappahannock Raritan
Round Hill Club
James Wood High School
Venus Ocean Theory Stuns AAS With Water World Guess
Harvard astronomers Donald Menzel and Fred Whipple proposed at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Ann Arbor that Venus is completely covered by water. They joked the ocean would be carbon dioxide rich and likely flat, given the planet's atmosphere.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Venus
Harvard
Donald Menzel
Fred Whipple
American Astronomical Society
University of Michigan
Delegates Travel to MFA Meeting in Waynesboro
Rouss Fire Company delegates Dorsey Hottle Fred Baker and James Knicely join South End Auxiliary officers Mrs Edwin Lillis president Mrs Lester McKee secretary Mrs O H Lewis and Miss Marie Rains berger at the two day Northern Virginia Firemen's Association convention opening today in Waynesboro Some 300 fire company members and auxiliaries attend the gathering representing 46 area companies The Rouss Drum and Bugle Corps aerial truck and marching unit plan to join tomorrow's parade ending the convention Business sessions speeches and the chiefs banquet and grand ball are on the schedule with elections and a memorial service planned for tomorrow.
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Dorsey Hottle
Fred Baker
James Knicely
Rouss Fire Company
Edwin Lillis
Lester McKee
O. H. Lewis
Marie Rainsberger
South End
Northern Virginia Firemen’s Association
Waynesboro
Rouss
City to Bond $2.65 Million for Shenandoah River Water Project
Virginia city officials authorized a $2,650,000 bond issue for a new Shenandoah River water supply system and empowered the city manager to award construction contracts. Bids from 43 firms across 18 states were reviewed, with bond bids due by July 15 in Richmond. Contracts awarded include a raw water pumping station, water treatment plant, and 24-inch mains to firms in Charlotte, Altavista, McLean, and Richmond. Work to start soon with pipe work at S Braddock and Gerrard Streets.
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Common Council
Lee Grant
Shenandoah River
Boyd and Goforth, Inc
Charlotte No
English Construction Company, Inc
Altavista
M. J. Bles Construction Co
McLean
Boyd and Goforth
Grant
S. Braddock and
Gerrard Sts
Cork St
Cameron
Kent St
Cork
Kern St
Rotary to Sponsor Bloodmobile Visit Here on Tuesday
The Winchester Rotary Club will sponsor the Red Grass Bloodmobile visit in the Presbyterian Church assembly room from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a 150 pint quota. The Winchester Frederick County Red Cross chapter seeks a full donation to cover arrears and depleted reserves. Appointments are available Friday Saturday or Monday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be arranged by calling 5412.
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Winchester
Red Cross
Rotary Committee
McSherry Lupton
C. E. Hofer
W. Nelson Page
A. J. Bowen
H. E. Alberti
Stewart Bell, Jr
Friendship E U B Church at Double Churches
The notice lists Friendship E U B Church at Double Churches dated July 10th with a 1p 6 10 24 2t marker.
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E.U.B
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E. Piccadilly St
Relief Methodist Church
Northern Virginia
Virginia
B. F. Groves, Jr
Charley Rouss Fire Co
Montmorency Cherries
L. O. Dick Orchard
Clearbrook
Schewell
W. Cork St
Frederick County Court House
Negro Day Nursery
Barbara Thompson
Wesley Thompson
E. Kern St
Alice Finley
Tavior Finley
N. Cameron St
Winchester Day Nursery
William and Henry Evans
Winchester Star
Willow Lawn
Kiwanis Club
Braddock St
Indochina War
Council
William H. Brake
MFA
State Commission On
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