Republicans Square Off in Convention Preliminaries Today
GOP convention hearings open amid disputes over seating contested delegates in Texas and other states. Taft leads Eisenhower in delegate counts with 480 to 407 as 190 uncommitted. Texas dominance and possible televised sessions are debated while Democrats and Truman speculation loom.
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Robert Taft
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Guy Gabrielson
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Associated Press
Taft
Eisenhower
Taft MacArthur ticket eyed by Ohio senator
Senator Robert Taft says Republicans would have a strong ticket with him for president and General Douglas MacArthur for vice president. He would accept the VP offer if nominated and noted MacArthur may or may not accept. He spoke on an NBC program en route to Chicago for the July party convention.
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Robert Taft
Douglas MacArthur
Taft
Chicago
Ohio
MacArthur
Authority Given To Contract For Planes On Credit
The Senate unanimously voted to fund Air Force expansion to 143 wings by mid 1955. An amendment by Sen. O Mahoney would cut cash for planes to 4.685 billion but grant 8.0 billion in credit authority, totaling 5.6 billion more than House plans.
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Senate
Air Force
Sen. O'Mahoney
Dwy
House
O’mahoney
Senate aims to speed up American military buildup
Senator O'Mahoney leads a drive to accelerate U S defense spending. He pushes a $46 billion military appropriations bill through the Senate and proposes a $3.6 billion addition to expand Army Navy and Air Force. He seeks a 143‑wing Air Force by July 1954 and a faster Pentagon credit expansion.
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Washington
Senate
O'Mahoney
Sen
D-Wyo
Pentagon
Five Die in State Highway Accidents
Virginia road toll rises to 411 for the year as five people die in weekend crashes. Victims listed include Chester Taylor 46 of Hampton Ryland Moore 18 of Halifax Eva Stakes Litchfield 63 of Back Bay Princess Anne County Mary Davis 14 of Dillwyn and Otha Herman Dudley 46 of Lexington. Sunday accidents claimed Taylor Moore and Mrs Litchfield. others died Saturday.
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Associated Press
Virginia Highways
Chester Taylor
Hampton
Ryland C. Moore
Rt. 1
Halifax
Eva Stakes Litchfield
Back Bay
Princess Anne County
Virginia Mary Davis
Dillwyn Buckingham County
Otha Herman Dudley
Lexington
Taylor
Moore
Litchfield
Elizabeth City
U. S. Rt. 58
Capron
Southampton County
Patricia Litchfield
Hopewell
Davis
Dudley
Buffalo Creek
Tense Town Closes Shop Near UMW Rally in Kentucky
In southeastern Kentucky the town of Manchester shuts shops ahead of a United Mine Workers rally involving about 6 000 members. Fear of violence led residents to relocate families while 75 deputy sheriffs and state police gird for order amid prior union violence and a dynamited railroad bridge nearby.
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Kentucky
United Mine Workers of America
Clay
Leslie County
UMW
Guthrie Crowe
Clay County
Barbourville
Leslie
Richard Hyde
Oscar Hubbard
Lawrence W. Wetherby
Three Days of Rain Turns Battlefront Into a Soggy Swamp
Rain drenches the Korean front turning terrain into swamp. Allied planes grounded, B26 bombers idle at bases. Lt. Gen. Barcus says Suiho power plant raid caused heavy AA fire but did not silence guns. Barely any patrols. Baldy Hill quiet after heavy fighting last week.
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Korea
Glenn O. Barcus
Fifth Air Force
Suiho
Yalu River
Manchuria
Barcus
North Korea
Jim Becker
Western Front
Baldy Hill
171 Battle Casualties in Korea Reported
The Defense Department identified 171 battle casualties in Korea in list No. 596. It reports 22 killed 123 wounded six missing and 20 injured. The announcement reflects ongoing hostilities and casualty accounting.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Look Magazine Honors Virginia Tax Reduction Effort
LOOK Magazine praised Virginia in its July 1 issue for the Automatic Tax Reduction bill. The piece cites a 20 percent income tax cut under state Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. and notes Virginia's school and health spending in 1950, calling the achievement extraordinary amid national trends.
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National Magazine
Look Magazine
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester
The
Old Dominion
United States
Frederick 4 H teams shine in Virginia state Short Course
Frederick County 4 H members excel at the State 4 H Short Course at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg winning one first one second and one third place. Livestock Conservation Team members George Cather and Donald Hodgson earned a first place trip to the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago with accompanist John T. Wolfe assistant county agent. Poultry team members Roger Ramey Bradley Driver Julius Whitacre and William Swartz took second place just 13 points behind Princess Anne County. Swartz placed fourth individually and earned a trip to the 4 H Congress in Chicago. Second place teams included Dickinson County and Augusta County. The Frederick poultry judging team members Sidney Rogers Denny Cole Boyd Romney Jr and Lynn Wolfe. Wolfe elected first vice president of the 1953 State Short Course.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
George Cather
Donald Hodgson
Chicago
John T. Wolfe
Roger Ramey
Bradley Driver
Julius Whitacre
William Swartz
Princess Anne County
Swartz
Frederick
Boston
Dickinson County
Augusta County
Loudoun County
Sidney Rogers
Denny Cole
Boyd Romney, Jr
Lynn Wolfe Wolfe
Maxie Moore
Lunenburg County
Irene Stoneman
Henrico
J. E. Pigg
Henry
Death Toll From Blistering Heat Wave Nearing 200
A week long heat wave covered the South and Midwest with temperatures from 90s to 108. Rain and storms brought brief relief in the East, South Atlantic, and parts of Maryland and New York. The toll rose toward 200 with thousands hospitalized as heat persists regionally.
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East
South Atlantic
New York City
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Norwalk
Pittsburgh
Four New Doctors To Join Memorial Hospital Staff
Homer E. Alberti announces four new physicians elected to Memorial Hospital’s medical staff. Warren S. Carter arrives September 1 as dermatologist at 212 W. Boscawen St. Joseph McDonald Damron arrives July 10 as pediatrician with Dr. Thomas Gibson. Pierson P. Deming arrives July 15 as urologist with Dr. E C. Stuart Jr. Richard L. Hughes Jr. arrives tomorrow as obstetrician gynecologist with Dr. C. L. Riley.
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Homer E. Alberti
Memorial Hospital
Warren S. Carter
W. Boscawen St
Joseph McDonald Damron
Thomas Gibson
Pierson P. Deming
E.C. Stuart, Jr
Richard L. Hughes, Jr
C. L. Riley
Pre-Cooled Ready to Pit Sour Cherries at Robinson Cold Storage
Robinson Cold Storage offers sour cherries pre cooled and ready to pit in 86c gallon containers with 24 hour seven day service. Locker supplies for freezing available.
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Robinson
Guards Test Mettle in Electrical Storm at VA Camp
National Guardsmen from Maryland Virginia and West Virginia faced a severe electrical storm at A. P. Hill Military Reservation. Lightning struck tent poles and damaged a 29th division network leaving six West Virginia 197th Tank Battalion tankmen briefly stunned while five men from the 29th QM company suffered first degree burns. Signal crews worked to repair the patchy telephone lines as units reassembled for training after the storm.
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A. P. Hill Military Reservation
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Telephone Network Corp
Marvin Keffer
Peatress
29Th Signal Company
QM Company
Blue and Gray
United Nations Ends Second Session On Forced Labor
U N special committee wraps its second session after a preliminary look at documents the United States calls shocking evidence of Soviet slave labor. The packet includes 18 000 Polish soldiers statements from Soviet prisoners of war and thousands more from German and Japanese POWs. It also contains official statements and extracts showing how Communist states have laws enabling forced labor.
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N. Y
U. N. Special Committee On
United States
U.S
Truman Set to Sign Ten Month Wage Price Controls Bill
President Truman is expected to sign today a bill extending wage and price controls for 10 months, despite reservations from Speaker Rayburn that he is not enthused. The Defense Production Act authority would lapse at midnight without the signature.
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Truman
Rayburn
D-Tex
White House
Joseph Short
Short
Congress
House
Senate
Sen
McFarland
D-Ariz
Progressive Party Seeks Ballot Spots and Balance of Power
Progressive Party Secretary Baldwin says the party will appear on 35 to 40 state ballots and add balance of power in some states. He notes ballot access secured in New York Pennsylvania Michigan California and Missouri among others. About 3 900 delegates from 44 states attend the Chicago convention. Vincent Hallinan heads the ticket.
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Baldwin
Progressive Party
Pennsylvania
Michigan
California
Missouri
Henry Wallace
Chicago
Vincent Hallinan
Highway Death Toll Reaches Record High in May
The national safety council reports May highway deaths at 3,160 the highest on record. May 1952 shows a 12 percent rise from May 1951 and 94 more deaths than the previous May peak of 3,066 in 1937.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Severe storm relieves heat as Virginia endures 96 degree spell
A thunderstorm swept through northern central and eastern Virginia bringing brief relief from a five day heat wave. Rainfall measured at Winchester Laboratory 0.22 inches but felt heavier in cities. The Richmond area reported toppled trees shorn roofs and blown power lines with minor injuries and no deaths. The storm forecast to cool margins but temperatures expected to rise again into the mid 90s.
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Mercury
Winchester Research Laboratory
Valley Pike
Associated Press
Virginia
Richmond
Fourth of July Bicentennial program scaled back in Winchester
July 4 events proceed despite Rep. Burr Harrison cancelling the speaking engagement. Massie lists three remaining activities including free children's films at Capitol and Palace Theaters, a Winchester White Sox versus Clarke County baseball game at Rouss Park, and a joint fire fighting demonstration by Friendship and Clearbrook Departments.
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Burr P. Harrison
Virginia
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Harrison
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Winchester
Capitol
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Winchester White Sox
Clarke County
Rouss Park
Burglar with Brain Surgery Ends Life in Detention Cell
Millard F Wright a 42 year old burglar who had brain surgery in 1947 to curb theft killed himself in a Butler Pennsylvania detention cell. Police found a makeshift noose and a severed artery. He had confessed to 28 burglaries in Western Pennsylvania and two in West Virginia and had been paroled from prison in 1949.
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Millard F Wright
Butler Barracks
Wright
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Stevenson Will Decide Action Later If Draft Develops
Illinois Governor Adlai E Stevenson said he would decide later if a draft movement emerges to nominate him for the Democratic presidential race. He stressed he will not participate in such a move and intends to remain focused on re election as governor. He noted the unlikely nature of a draft and urged reporters not to press further questions.
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Tex
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Illnois
Chicago
Governors Conference
Stevenson
Tlinois
Tiliois
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Gevs
Alfred F. Discoll
New Jersey
Walter Kohler
Wisconsin
Advertising Pays Honest Help Pays Loss Recovered
Miss Urania Baynham of Pittsburgh lost a shoulder handbag containing $140, papers, and a badge while en route to Florida. An ad in The Evening Star led R Clark at Clark's Service Station to turn in the bag found on Fairmont Avenue. Baynham recovered the handbag in Miami Beach and rewarded Clark with $20.
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Winchester
Florida
Howard Johnson
Pennsylvania
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Warren Rudolph
Evening Star
Star
R. Clark
N. Loudoun Street
Ntional
Miami Beach
Clark
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