Byrd Apparent Winner in Close Maryland Race
Dr. H C Curley Byrd led the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Maryland with about 80 of 77 county units reported while Mahoney refused to concede. With 1 338 polling places, Byrd held 157 790 votes to Mahoney 155 257 and recounts expected in several counties. Gov McKeldin led Republican rivals and three incumbents, Miller and Small in the First and Fifth districts and Friedel in the Seventh, won their primaries.
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Maryland
Electoral College
Byrd
Mahoney
Theodore R. McKeldin
Miller
Small
Friedel
Quentin Reynolds Wins $175000 Libel Award in Pegler Case
Quentin Reynolds won a $175,000 cash award in a federal libel action against columnist Westbrook Pegler and Hearst entities, while receiving only one dollar for damages. The seven week trial followed Pegler's 1949 column, with Reynolds claiming a fortune lost in magazines and entertainment.
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New York
Quentin Reynolds
Westbrook Pegler
Pegler
Hearst Corp
Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc
U. S
Reynolds
Dolar
Pegler-Hearst
Fortune
Edward Weinfeld
Final Eisenhower Churchill Meet Yields Armament Reduction Call
Washington released a joint statement after the last meeting of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Prime Minister Winston Churchill calling for general and drastic armament reduction with safeguards. They urged all nations to join in a just peace, offered friendship to communist states, and pledged peaceful means to secure independence while resisting subordination.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
White House
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Anthony Eden
Laredo Evacuates as Rio Grande Flood Tops Crest
Police in Laredo Texas evacuated residents from low areas as the Rio Grande reached a crest forecast at 64 feet. Across the border in Nuevo Laredo sandbagging was abandoned while workmen moved people to higher ground. The flood threatened the Inter national Bridge and forced thousands to flee to hills on both sides of the border. In Ozona far west Texas flash floods left 14 dead or missing while Red Cross tallies noted six killed and nine missing.
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Laredo
Tex
Rio Grande
Boundary
Nuevo Laredo
International Bridge
U. S.-Mexico
Texas
Ozona
Red Cross
International Boundary and Water Commission
IWBC
Langtry
del Rio
River Wise
Mexican Hills
Youth Drowns In Bathtub In Covington Virginia
John M. Nester Jr., 17, of South Covington drowned in a water-filled tub at his home yesterday. First aid workers could not revive him after he apparently fell ill and could not pull himself out. His mother found him dead upon returning from a shopping trip.
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Covington
John M. Nester, Jr
South Covington
Health department urges clearing unimproved city lots
Winchester Frederick County Health Department asks owners to clear all unimproved lots inside city limits of weeds rubbish and underbrush and keep them clean all summer. Health official warns tall weeds breed flies mosquitoes rats and pests. cleanliness fights disease and pollen hazards.
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Winchester-Frederick County
Winchester
Fairfax Man Killed In Virginia Crash
State police report Patrick McAleese of Fairfax died in a single vehicle crash at the U S 50 and State Route 338 intersection near Falls Church. The death raises Virginia's 1954 toll to 338.
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Richmond
Patrick McAleese
Fairfax
U. S. 50
Falls Church
Virginia
July Fourth Traffic Jam Predicted by Safety Council
The National Safety Council warned the long weekend could bring the worst July 4 traffic jam in history with as many as 430 fatalities. It estimated over 40 million cars will fill highways as Ned H. Dearborn urged cautious driving to prevent wrecks.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Soviet Hikes Ice Cream Production Increase Report
The Malenkov government backs more food and drink for the Soviet public with rising ice cream output. Moscow sales soar with 160 to 170 tons daily on hot days and a June 13 peak of 200 tons. Last week Moscow closed its Koktail Hol bar and opened it as an all day ice cream parlor.
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Moscow
Malenkov
Anastase Mikoyan
Ministry of Trade
Wife Won’t Testify In Shooting Case Nolle Prossed
Edward D. Orndorff, 28, of 138 S Loudoun St, was released after his wife Teressa withdrew the assault with deadly weapon charge and declined to testify. Police said he fired a .22 rifle at 10 25 p m Sunday but missed. He was arrested after a complaint from his wife.
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Edward D. Orndorff
S. Loudoun St
Nolle
Teressa
Orndorff
J. C. Ritter
Warmer Weather Trend Predicted In Local Area
The balmy spell after Saturday's storm will give way to a warmer trend tomorrow. Today's high reached 83 degrees with a 62 degree low, while yesterday stood at 78/59. Tonight should be fair with a 52 to 60 degree low, and tomorrow is forecast to be fair and warmer. No rain in the last 24 hours per the Winchester Fruit Laboratory.
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Associated Press
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Cather and Rogers Win at State 4-H Short Course
George W. Cather and Sidney Rogers of Frederick County won awards at the State 4-H Club Short Course at V P I last week. Cather took first place in the state 4-H meat animal contest and will attend the 4-H Club Congress in Chicago.
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Cather
Rogers
George W. Cather
Sidney Rogers
Frederick County
George
Newton Cather
Rt. 3
Sidney
E. Clay Rogers
Rt. 2
George Cather
Chicago
Plant Food Institute of
North Carolina
Virginia
Round Hill
Byrd to Survey Europe Conditions in Six-Week Tour
Editor Harry F. Byrd Jr and Mrs Byrd will travel Thursday for six weeks to study political and economic climates in Portugal Spain Italy and Yugoslavia. They will report in The Star Winchester Evening Star and sixteen other newspapers reaching about four million readers. Byrd previously toured France Germany Austria and Great Britain in 1951.
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Harry F. Byrd, Jr
the Star
Balkan Countries
Byrd
Winchester Evening Star
Denver
Col
Post
Nashville
Tenn
Banner
Kansas City
Star
Rochester
Times-Union
Hartford
Conn
Times
Binghampton
Press
Albany
Knickerbocker News
Harrisonburg
Daily News- Record
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Observer-Dispatch
Elmira
Star-Gazette
Danville
Commercial News
Plainfield
Courier- News
Newburgh
Ithaca
Journal
Saratoga Springs
France
Germany
Austria
Great Britain
U S Steel Contract Nears Ratification by CIO Union
President David J. McDonald may urge CIO United Steel workers to accept U S Steel Corp's new contract. A wage boost is expected around five cents an hour with seven cents for wages and insurance plus pension improvements, though details remain unofficial. The 170 member wage policy committee must ratify after executive board sessions.
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Pittsburge
David J. McDonald
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
U.S. Steel
Ltte
Telephone and power service restored after storm damage
After Saturday afternoon's heavy rain and 50 mph winds, trees were down and utilities disrupted. City crews cleared debris while power and telephone service were largely restored by today, with only about 20 telephones still pending earlier repairs.
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W. C. Fisher
Northern Virginia Power Company
Conrad Akers
Chesapeak & Potomac Telephone Company
Negro Day Nursery Plans Benefit Concert for Building Fund
Rosa Page Welch the noted Negro mezzo soprano will headline a July 28 benefit concert at 8 30 p m in the Handley Bowl. Proceeds support the Negro Day Nursery building fund with Mrs William H Lawrence III as general chair and committees named for ushers publicity and more.
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Rosa Page Welch
Negro Day Nursery Advisory Board
J. M. Steck, Jr
Fairmont Ave
Handley Bowl
William H. Lawrence, III
Guatemalan Cease Fire Talks Amid Junta Shuffle
A Guatemala City diplomatic source says cease fire arrangements are being finalized offering amnesty to political prisoners except known Communists. The country is under a third government in three days as Col. Castillo Armas presses anti Communist aims and rebels threaten anew.
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Mexico City
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Carlos Enrique Diaz
Diaz
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Col
Castillo
Jose A. Sanchez
Arbenz
Alfred H. Monzon
Enrique Diaz
Jose Luis Salazar
Maurice Dubois
Castillo Armas
Communist Party
Honduras
Associated Press
Jack Rutledge
Junta
Red
11 Year Old Winchester Boy Charged With Theft
An 11 year old Winchester boy was turned over to juvenile authorities after confessing to stealing 34 dollars. Police say the theft occurred from Mrs Minnie Lowery on Loudoun Street as a back window was forced and a pocketbook rifled. The mother then produced the 34 dollars. The remaining 55 dollars theft remains unrecovered.
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Winchester
Minnie Lowery
Loudoun St
Sat
Warren Rudolph
Lake
Rudolph
Doctors Still Concerned Over Truman Reaction to Drugs
Kansas City report says Harry S. Truman's condition improved but serious, with hypersensitivity to antibiotics delaying recovery after June 20 surgery. Doctors, including Wallace Graham, consult antibiotics experts Alan Wright and Frederick Fink. Truman slept most of the day, took soft foods, and marked his 35th wedding anniversary with a cake as his wife visited.
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Truman
Kansas City
Harry Su. Truman
Wallace Graham
Alan Wright
Fred
Erick C. Fink
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles Pfizer & Co
Probe of Guatemala Study Called Off by Committee
The Inter American Peace Committee halted its planned three country visit and postponed its Guatemala inquiry as Guatemala’s military junta resigned. The closed session with Henry Holland followed, with uncertainty over whether any issues would remain for investigation against Honduras or Nicaragua.
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Guatemala
Washington
Inter- American Peace Committee
U. S. Air Force
Honduras
Nicaragua
Pan- American Union
Asst
Henry Holland
Holland
Arbenz
Col. Castillo Armas
Col. Castillo
National Appeal for Farm Program
The Eisenhower administration urged national support for a flexible farm program. Vice President Nixon and Secretary Benson argued the current law is unfair to farmers and taxpayers and rejected proposed extensions of high parity supports for a one year period. The House moves toward action while the Senate committee backs continued high supports.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Benson
Congress
House
Capitol
Senate Agriculture Committee
U N Officials Cleared of Security Risks by State Dept
A federal grand jury reported that the government corrected conditions that led a prior grand jury to charge the State Department. The probe found no security risks among Americans employed by the United Nations.
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New York
U. S
State Department
United Nations
Senate extends trade pact act to 1955
The Senate approved and sent to President Eisenhower a bill extending the reciprocal trade agreements act for another year and a half through June 12, 1955.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
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