Rebels Reject New Guatemalan Government
Rebel radio in Tegucigalpa says it does not recognize Col. Carlos Enrique Diaz as Guatemala's leader and threatens a general air assault on Guatemala City military bases if its seven peace conditions are not met. It urges the army to resist the new junta and vows to fight communism.
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Tegucigalpa
Carlos Enrique Diaz
Guatemala City
Col. Diaz
Jacob Arbenz Guzman
Arbenz
Diaz
Liberation Radio
Probe Plane Crash Kills 14 At Box Springs
An air force KC97 Strato Tanker from Altus AFB crashed on Box Springs Mountain during a training flight. Seven crew and seven passengers died after the four engine aircraft struck the mountain and burst into flames. March AFB rescue teams confirmed there were no survivors. The incident occurred during overcast conditions while approaching Norton AFB for landing.
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March Air Force Base
Kig Air Force
Box Springs Mountains
96Th
Altus Air Force Base
Okla
Norton Afb
San Bernardino
March Afb
Norton
Box Springs Mountain
Altus
Free plane rides postponed by weekend winds at local airport
About 500 people attended the airport event Sunday but high winds grounded planes and kept flights from taking off. Organizer Donald Patton said free rides will resume next Sunday weather permitting with model aircraft demos and a Navy helicopter visit possible. A paratrooper jump by Dick Hockman is planned for July 11 from 2500 to 3000 feet if weather allows.
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Donald W. Patton
Patton
Navy
Dick Hockman
Severe storm hits Northern Virginia causes heavy damage
A savage thunderstorm with 50 mph winds struck Northern Virginia Saturday after 3 30 p m. felling trees, flattening gardens and damaging power and telephone lines. Apples and cherries crops were damaged. no casualties were reported.
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Virginia
Severe Storm Strikes Winchester City Leaves Trees Down
One of the severest storms in years sweeps through the city and county causing extensive damage. Temperature plunges from 97 to the 70s as winds hit 50 mph with .44 to .58 inches of rain recorded. Homes on Loudoun Street suffer tree damage and partial destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Hough
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Hough
U.S. Rt. 11
Winchester
S. Loudoun St
Robert Lonas
S. Loudoun
C. R. Simpson
N. Loudoun St
Eve Whetzel
N. Loudoun
VV Sas
Guatemala’s Arbenz Resigns for Diaz Junta Amid Rebel Advance
Guatemala’s leftist President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman resigns under army pressure, ceding control to a military junta led by Col. Carlos Enrique Diaz. The transfer follows a major rebel victory near Zacapa and rising support for Castillo Armas forces as diplomats call the move a bid to negotiate terms with the rebels.
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Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Carlos Enrique Diaz
Diaz
Carlos Castillo Armas
Arbenz
Zacapa
Radio Liberation
Washington
Castillo Armas
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
U. S
Whiting Willauer
Sheriff DeHaven Heads To National Sheriffs Conference
Frederick County Sheriff Robert L. DeHaven will join 500 delegates at the National Sheriffs Association annual informatives conference in Washington. He will ride with fellow sheriffs including Francis W. Slaughter and Garland E. Weaver to discuss topics from traffic accidents to comic books and vote on a resolution seeking limits on comic book sales.
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Frederick County
Robert L. DeHaven
National Sheriffs’ Association
Washington
DeHaven
Francis W. Slaughter
Front Royal
Garland E. Weaver
Shenandoah County
Storm fires destroy cabin and house in two counties
A Warren County cabin owned by James Nevitt and a Clarke County house owned by Charlies Jenkins were both wiped out by flames from Saturday storms. Nevitt’s cabin burned after lightning struck an electric wire, while Jenkins’ six room home was consumed by fire likely caused by storm wiring damage. Nevitt escaped with his car. Jenkins saved a table chairs and a TV.
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Winchester Star
S. Loudoun St
Robert Lonas
Warren County
Clarke County
Milldale
James Nevitt
Amherst St
Charlies Jenkins
Boyce
Nevitt
Front Royal
Mrs. Jenkins
Clearbrook Fire Company Plans Yard Party and Auction
Final plans for the Clearbrook annual yard party and auction to be held Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the Stonewall School will be completed tonight at a joint meeting of the fire company and its auxiliary. The auxiliary prepared 18 hams totaling 400 pounds for the event.
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Clearbrook Fire Company
Stonewall School
Fire Company
Lions to Install Boyd at Dinner Meeting Tomorrow
Thomas Boyd will be installed as president of the Lions Club at the annual ladies night dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the George Washington Hotel. Leland Hayden, District 24 C governor, will officiate. Other officers and directors to be installed include Cecil Adams, L. Baker Loper, Earl Mason, John C. Blackburn, Howard Shockey, Carter Baker, Lion Tanner, H. A. Lowry, August Cahill, Wilbur Feltner, Ralph Cain, Curtis Barr, James Wilkins, Bernard Grove, James Snider, and Jack Ireland. The Lions Cub awards for outstanding local students will also be announced.
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Thomas Boyd
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Leland Hayden
District 24-C
Cecil Adams
L. Baker Loper
Earl Mason
John C. Blackburn
Howard Shockey
Carter Baker
Lion
Man misses wife with .22 bullet in family quarrel
Edward D. Orndorff, 28, of Winchester, fired a .22 rifle at his wife Teressa last night but missed. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and released on $5,000 bond. Police arrested him after the incident near Montgomery Ward at 10:55 p.m. The rifle was hidden in weeds and a shell was found in their apartment hallway. Police expect the case to go to Police Court.
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Winchester
Edward D. Orndorff
S. Loudoun St
Orndorff
Teressa
J. C. Ritter
Orndoff
Indian Alley
Montgomery Ward
Nicholson
Ritter
Apartee House
Virginia Draft Quota Sets August Aim at 415 Men
Virginia must supply 415 men for the Army in August according to State Selective Service headquarters. The July quota stands at 435 men.
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Richmond
Virginia
Eisenhower Churchill Press Asian Defence Plan Push
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill announced plans to press forward with collective defense for Southeast Asia regardless of Indochina peace talks. They urged early action on a European Defense Community and sovereignty for West Germany, and they endorsed full technical atomic cooperation under U.S. law.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
Southeast Asia
Indochina
West Germany
France
United States
White House
James C Haggerty
Ottawa
Canada
Eden
Seven Arrested In Fauquier Abortion Mill Case Waive Hearings
In Fauquier County Trial Justice Court seven defendants including Dr. G Thomas Strother waived preliminary hearings after a raid on a Paris area farmhouse. Strother faces five abortion counts with $5000 bond. his wife Ruth Strother and Mary Boyer each posted $2500 bonds. Aiding and encouraging an abortion charges were filed against three men and additional defendants who served as drivers or guards. The grand jury convenes Monday September 27.
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Warrenton
Fauquier County
G. Thomas Strother
Brunswick, Md
Virginia
Strother
Paris
Ruth Strother
Mary Boyer
Brunswick
Ellen Grimes
Alexandria
Jesse Fef. Grimes
DuPonts Named in Senate Windfall Probe
Senate hearings into housing scandals spotlight three DuPont family members Pierre S. DuPont III Nicholas Z. DuPont and Lammet Du Pont Copeland as stockholders who gained 549375 in windfall profits from three Delaware FHA insured apartment projects. McKenna cited 27 cases detailing a pattern of inflated assets and other foreign and domestic profits tied to government backed loans.
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Washington (P
DuPont
Senate
Delaware
William F. McKenna
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Senate Banking Committee
Long Island
McKenna
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Banking Committee
Pierre S. DuPont III
Nicholas Z. DuPont
Lammet DuPont Copeland
Oakland Garden
Bayside
Alley Park Housing Corp
77Th Road
Robbers Break Up Dice Game in Tennessee Heist
Three armed men busted a 20-man dice game in a corn field near Atwood Tennessee yesterday and seized about $9 000. State patrol reports say the robbers forced players to remove shoes then chased them into nearby woods firing over heads. A pursuit followed but the robbers escaped after an exchange of gunfire.
Judge Rules Pegler Libeled Quentin Reynolds in Libel Trial
Federal Judge Weinfeld told a jury Pegler clearly libeled Quentin Reynolds in a 1949 column. Reynolds seeks damages, up to at least 500000, with two specific allegations found unfounded. The trial marked the first libel suit against Pegler in court.
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Pegler
Quentin Reynolds
NEW York
Edward Weinfeld
Jury Today
Westbrook Pegler
Reynolds
Hearst Corp
Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc
Winfield
Hearst
Collier's Magazine
Radio
Telvision
Hollywood
Day Camp Opens With 105 Girl Scouts And Brownies
Winchester Lions Club Shelter hosts 105 girls as the Girl Scout Day Camp begins under director Mrs. Richard I. Carter and 21 staff. Camp runs 10 to 3 Monday to Thursday across two weeks with Kapers chores crafts swimming at Rouss Park and weekly cookouts for Brownies and Girl Scouts from Frederick and Clarke Counties.
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Winchester Lions Club
Richard I. Carter
Blood Donor Clinic Sees 41 Registrations for Tomorrow
Forty one donors have signed up for the Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic organized by the Rotary Club at the Presbyterian Church. The event runs 10 am to 4 pm with a 150 pint quota. Appointments can be made at the Red Cross office through 5 pm today by calling 5412, though walk ins are welcome.
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Red Cross
Rotary Club
Presbyterian Church
Rotary Committee
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