Congress approves 50 percent pay raise for members
Final approval raises congressional salaries to 22500 per year starting March 1 after Senate and House concurrence. The measure also increases pay for federal judges and top officials while removing a tax-free expense allowance and annual home-state trips. President Eisenhower is expected to sign.
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Washington
Congress
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Rep. Gross
Iowa
U. S
Justice Department
West Coast
Erupting Volcano Fires Fields and Town Near Pahoa
Civil defense declares state of emergency as lava from the volcano advances toward the ocean. About 100 acres of sugar cane and timber burn. more than 400 residents flee. Fiery lava rivers, 50 to 100 foot fountains, and rifts threaten nearby areas. no casualties reported.
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Pahoa
Hawaii
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Pahoa High School
Robert
Oregon
March Brings First Thunderstorm and Warmer Outlook
The page notes March's arrival with the year's first thunderstorm yielding .17 inches of rain, followed by clearing skies and warm spell. The weatherman warns of more thundershowers, with tonight's lows in the 40s and tomorrow cooler and partly cloudy. February total precipitation reached 2.24 inches, above the 42 year average, after January's driest on record.
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Associated Press
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Gainesboro School Opens New Cafeteria
The Gainesboro School unveiled a 100 by 50 foot cafeteria costing 45000 with a 200-seat dining room. Orin Ritter completed the addition after June prior, PTA fundraising raised 1300 for utensils, and 150 children will be served daily from a 300 enrollment. Principal Fred C Braithwaite leads the school.
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Gainesboro
Orin Ritter
Parent-Teachers Association
Curtis Story
PTA
Harry Kerns
Richard Hamm
Douglas Nolan
Minnie Lamp
Fred C. Braithwaite
Four Families Homeless After Cork Street Apartment Fire
A basement blaze at 333 W Cork St caused heavy smoke damage to three of four apartments and left four families temporarily homeless. Fire officials traced the cause to unknown factors with investigation continuing tomorrow. Residents aided by neighbors moved belongings as fire crews contained the flames within 30 minutes.
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Cork St
Extea
Winchester Star
Taylor Barr
Winchester Police Department
J. Thomas Boyd
Barr
Miss McCartney
Petersons
Bill C. Wingfield
William W. Goforth
Goforth's
Wingfield
Peterson
Goforths
Wingfields
Memorial Hospital
Five killed when crippled B47 smashes into residential area
A crippled B47 jet bomber crashed near Lake Charles Air Force Base while attempting to land. It struck a trailer park, killing five including three crew members and a young couple. Debris damaged multiple homes as the six engine Stratojet exploded in a field after clipping a power line.
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Lake Charles
Lake Charles Air Force Base
George Spotswood
Clarence Wilson
California
Mark M. Veck
Downieville
Calif
Elwyn B. McBee
Fort Worth
Tex
Calcasieu Parish
Albert Morgan
Kate
James C. Sapp
Lake Charles Afb
Morgans
Cole Olen
Morgan House
Nichols Held Under $10,000 Bond in Slaying
Marvin William Nichols, 54, is held under $10,000 bond in the Winchester Frederick County Jail after being arraigned in Winchester Police Court for the shotgun death of Charles William Huff, 43, shot Sunday night in front of 1623 South Loudoun Street. Huff died about 30 minutes later at Memorial Hospital.
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Marvin William Nichols
Charles William Huff
Winchester-Frederick County
Winchester
Nichols
S. Loudoun St
Huff
Memorial Hospital
Grove Lime Plant At Stephens City First for Get Gas
Stephens City report on the M J Grove Lime Company plant becoming the first user of Shenandoah Gas pipeline gas. Deliveries expected by Friday with $10 000 alterations to switch from coal. Gas pressure steps described for regulator stations and lime kilns. Pipeline path nearly to Martinsburg with main line seven miles short.
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Stephens City
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Shenandoah Gas Company
Middletown
Martinsburg
W. Va
F. Grove White
The
Lime Company
J. G. Goodwin
Summerville Construction Co
Ada
Mich
Mr. Goodwin
Goodwin
Atlantic Seaboard Corp
Six Are Called For Grand Jury Service Tomorrow
The following persons must report to the Corporation Court Room in City Hall at 10 a.m. tomorrow for the February term grand jury: Miles Cartwright, Robert B. Dale Jr., John L. Kater, Marvin E. Gore Jr., Elizabeth T. Snider, and Roger J. Lane.
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Corporation Court Room
Miles Cartwright
Robert B. Dale, Jr
John L. Kater
Marvin E. Gore, Jr
Elizabeth T. Snider
Roger J. Lane
Richmond Virginia Five Day Weather Outlook
The extended forecast for Virginia covers March 2 through March 6. Temperatures will run 4 to 6 degrees above normal with a cool Wednesday and a colder Thursday before warming toward the weekend. Rain is possible Saturday or Sunday, totaling about half an inch of precipitation.
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Richmond
Virginia
Flash of Atomic Explosion Seen Today in Five States
A bright pre dawn detonation in the 1955 test series was visible from Las Vegas to five states including Idaho and Utah. The explosion yielded a 27 000 foot mushroom cloud, no casualties reported, and prompted radiation safety flights and monitoring by AEC, Air Force, Public Health Service, and weather agencies.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Pocatello
Idaho
Phoenix
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
St. George
Utah
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca Flat
Camp Desert Rock
AEC
Livermore
Calif
Air Force
Indian Springs Air Force Base
Bill Becker
Associated Press
Indian Springs
U. S. Public Health Service
Weather Bureau
Nevada
Egypt charges Israeli forces killed 38 in sneak attack
Cairo accuses Israeli forces of a night raid inside the Gaza Strip that killed 38 Egyptians and wounded 31 at an army headquarters two miles inside Egypt. Israel claims Egyptians crossed into Israel. UN observers report Israeli fire in Gaza with uncertain casualty numbers.
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Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Palestine
Gaza Strip
Jerusalem
Gaza
Jordan
U. N
Palestine Affairs
Salah Gohar
U. N. Security Council
Tel Aviv
Oteur Net
Gohar
Mediterranean
Sinai Peninsula
Sperry Heads Frederick County Firemen's Assn
CLEARBROOK Frederick County Volunteer Firemen Association names T Ainsworth Sperry president for the coming year. He succeeds W H Lawrence Jr who served as first president. New officers include Godfrey Prelip vice president W H Lawrence Jr secretary and James W Lee treasurer. Meeting at Clearbrook host. next March 28 with Middletown hosting. Member representation listed and bylaw amendment approved to allow adjoining-territory companies to join. Yard party dates set and county fire alarms reported by company.
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Clearbrook
Frederick County Volunteer Firemens Association
T. Ainsworth Sperry
Middletown Fire Company
W. H. Lawrence, Jr
Godfrey Prelip
Gore
W. H. Lawrence
James W. Lee
Stephens City
Clearbrook Fire Company
Middletown
Frederick County
Shawne
Round Hill
Th Association
Shawnee
Churchill warns hydrogen attack threat still in future
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that the United States alone can deliver a hydrogen bomb on short notice and leads Soviet Russia in knowledge and power. He said the hydrogen threat to the islands lies in the future and Russia would need three to four years to threaten North America, with the US vastly stronger in nuclear capability. He noted Russia may soon develop intermediate power bombs and delivery means. Britain has started...
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Ralph Peterson
Kathleen McCartney
Friendship
Reuss
South End
London
Churchill
United States
Soviet Russia
House of Commons
Russia
North America
Free Nations
the Commons
Britain
Tornadoes Leave Dead and Major Damage in Ohio
Tornadoes ripped into Ohio killing at least one person and causing more than $200,000 in damage. In Youngstown a woman died and six were injured as homes were destroyed or damaged. A missing child and a man hospitalized marked the scale of the disaster.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Youngstown
Mary Fallett
Andrew
Billy Conklin
Kenneth
Conklin
Troy
Pittsburgh
W. Va
Guyan
Logan
West Virginia
Kentucky
Huntington
Charleston
Weather Bureau
Elizabeth Jones
Jimmy Barr
Jimmy Jr
National Guard
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Notice Home Beneficial Life Insurance Co
S. Braddock
Cork Street
Grove Lime
U.S
Civic League
George Washington
J. A. Sperry
Frederick County Firemen’s Assn
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