Annual Community Concert Drive Opens Monday in Winchester
Seventy residents from Winchester and Frederick and Clarke Counties gather at the George Washington Hotel at 7 p.m. Monday to launch the annual Community Concert Association membership drive. John Sheldon of Community Concerts will attend, speaking to workers and staying through the week to aid the campaign. A social hour follows the business session.
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Winchester
Frederick and
Clarke Counties
George Washington Hotel
Mildred Jones
Marshall Kline
Richard Lewis
John Sheldon
New York City
Jay H. Lowden
Four Children Drown After Storm Floods Creek
In Brandenburg Kentucky four children aged 7 to 13 died after leaving a school bus and entering a swollen creek. Sheriff Allen Thompson named victims Virginia 13 Margaret 11 Mary Ruth 9 and James 7 children of Mr and Mrs Mike Hardest. The tragedy followed hail and heavy rains that filled roads with six inches of hail, about 16 miles southwest of Brandenburg.
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Brandenburg
Allen Thompson
Charlie Smith
Virginia
Margaret
Mary Ruth
James
Mike Hardest
Here
Red Flotilla Attacks Matsu Island in Brief Raid
A flotilla of 40 Red gunboats and armed junks conducted a hit and run raid on a small Matsu island, near Formosa. The action comes amid high level talks between Nationalist China and the United States and growing speculation that Nationalist forces may abandon Matsu. Dulles warned that Beijing cannot expect impunity for assaults on Formosa while en route home from Southeast Asia.
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Formosa
China
United States
Matsu
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa Strait
Red China
Matsu Islands
Dulles
Honolulu
U. S
State Dulles
Southeast Asia
Peiping
Tokyo
Tachens Islands
Handley Wins Distinction at One-Act Play Festival
Handley High School earned a distinguished rating for its one act The Running Tide at Waynesboro HS festival. Directors Mrs. Ho ward N. Carper Jr and Mrs. Richard Carter led the Handley cast including Ann McKee Ellen Dupuy Robert Gibson and David Keen. James Wood HS also received a creditable rating as six schools competed.
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Handley High School
Waynesboro High School
Handley
Howard N. Carper, Jr
Richard Carter
Warren County
Waynesboro
Handley Group
Charlottesville
James Wood High School
Carper
Carter
Ann McKee
Ellen Dupuy
Robert Gibson
David Keen
Sharon Gray
John Lewis
Jay Gould
James S. Helms
Bureau of School and Community Drama
University of Virginia
Harrisonburg
George Opposes Any Ultimatum To Red China
Sen. George of Georgia rejects fixing a deadline or issuing an ultimatum to Red China to release 15 imprisoned American airmen captured in the Korean War. He says action may come later, likely through the UN, as Knowland proposes possible blockade options.
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Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
China
Knowand
California
GOP
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.N
Hill and Clevenger Lead Beekeepers Annual Program in Fredericksburg
Dr. C H Hill of the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory and C Stanley Clevenger of Stephens on the program of the Virginia State Beekeepers Association annual meeting to be held Thursday at the Princess Anne Hotel Fredericksburg. H M Maxwell president will conduct the all day event which includes the first Virginia Honey Show and features talks on hazards to bees in apple orchards and costs of producing section comb honey.
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C. H. Hill
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
C. Stanley Clevenger
Stephenson
Virginia State Beekeepers’ Association
Princess Anne
Fredericksburg
H. M. Maxwell
Berryville
Virginia
Hill
Clevenger
A. D. Hiett
Southern States Beekeepers
Fedpone
Lava Flows Ravage Hawaii Towns Causing Millions In Damage
Two lava streams from fissures near Puna district advanced toward the sea, burying cane fields and nine homes and leaving a ghost town of 70 houses. About 400 residents were homeless as Kapoho evacuated, with Ki lava flows cutting a two mile wide swath and threatening sea entry.
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Pahoa
Hawaii
Puna
Manhattan
Jauea
Civil Defense
Kapoho
Shotgun Ended Green River Manhunt For Gray Killings
A 16 hour crime spree ended when officer W G Sherman fired through a window at ex convict Melvin Henry Gray 27 in Green River Wyoming Gray had killed one man wounded three others and kidnapped a youth during a running gun battle before dying from a shotgun blast as deputies pursued him Also wounded Deputy Ed Phillips and Kemmerer marshal Frank Kulinski and others were injured In a related chase near Kemmerer Albert Maffei was killed and Don Wagner wounded The manhunt began after a burglary and Gray forced hostages before returning toward Green River The incident involved multiple towns and lawmen including Union Pacific agent Sherman Beasley SC and Evanston WY residents Also note a local flower shop closure for March.
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Melvin Henry Gray
Gray
Gus Kalivas
Wyoming
Kalivas
Sherman
Ed Phillips
Rock Springs
Green River
Phillips
Frank Kulinski
Kemmerer
Frontier
Wyo
Here
Albert Maffei
Don Wagner
Evanston
Robert Durrant
Kulinski
Wagner
Maffei
Young Durrant
Manila
Utah
Durrant
Little America
Pete Thalas
U.P
Beasley
S.C
Civic Leagues Annual Fashion Show Grosses 500
The Women's Civic League held its annual fashion show at the George Washington Hotel last night, grossing over 500 with net proceeds to be named after the next Executive Board meeting. About 450 attendees saw 24 children and 28 teen girls model 80 costumes from Winchester shops.
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Women’s Civic League
George Washington Hotel
The
Civic League
Winchester - Frederick County
Richard F. Lewis
C. R. Creamer, Jr
Ball Room
Washington Room
Judy Vance
Sandra Carper
Mary Garland
Girl Scout Week Declared In Winchester March 6 12
Vice Mayor Claude B. Smalls Jr proclaimed March 6 through 12 as Girl Scout Week in Winchester. The note highlights the organization’s 43 years of growth to over 1.5 million members and 500,000 adult leaders and urges local support for the program.
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Claude B. Smalls, Jr
Winchester
Mr. Smalts
Security Council Condemns Israel Over Gaza Clash
United Nations Security Council demanded a stronger defense of Israel after the Gaza incident that killed 39 Egyptians and 8 Israelis. Eleven members backed a US proposal to delay further debate until Maj Gen Burns reports. council urged both sides to calm and avoid force amid accusations between Egypt and Israel.
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N. Y
U. N. Security Council
Israel
Gaza
11 Nation Council
Egypt
Russia
U. S
Edson L. M. Burns
U. N
Palestine
Selim Sarper
Turkey
Council
Cairo
James J. Wadworth
United States
Wadsworth
Henri Hoppenot
France
Senators Probe Stock Market Killings Through Tips and Rumors
Senate Banking Committee probes about 20 cases of market losses linked to tips and rumors from Walter Winchell broadcasts. President McCormick of the American Stock Exchange cites Amurex Oil and Pantepec Oil trading, with losses of millions in hours and a rush of orders.
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Washington (S) Senate
Fullbright
D-Ark
Senate Banking Committee
Walter Winchell
Edward T .McCormick
American Stock Exchange
Winchell
Amurex Oil
McCormick
Pantepec Oil Co
New York
Exchange
Pantepec
Amurex
Fulbright
Army Restores 3rd Armored Division to Full Strength
The United States Army announces the 3rd Armored Division nicknamed Spearhead will be brought back from a skeleton training unit at Fort Knox to full strength with about 14 500 men and nearly 350 tanks. It will remain in training through June 30 and is targeted to reach full strength by September. A small armored replacement training center will also be established at Fort Knox for advanced schooling.
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Germany
Ft. Knox
3Rd Armored
Normandy
St. Lo
Falaise Gap
Siegfried Line
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Proving Ground
James Gavin
Gavin
Rainy Weekend Forecast With Colder Sunday Night
A rainy weekend with showers and thunderstorms forecast across the state through tomorrow night. Showers last night added .46 inches, raising March total to .81 inches and 1955 rainfall to 3.38 inches. Today high cooled to 48 from 65 yesterday, with a low of 43. last year on this date it was 36/21.
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Associated Press
Top Medical Men Seek Cure for 15 Month Old Bleeder
Doctors at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago after 12 days of tests report potential leads in treating Peggy Lee Davis a 15 month old girl from Lisco Nebraska with a mysterious inherited blood disorder not matching known hemophilia Her sister died at 17 months from a bowel hemorrhage and her brother has received 53 transfusions Peggy and her mother have undergone multiple transfusions and carry the condition Peggy’s prognosis remains guarded with the prospect of lifelong transfusions and risk of hidden internal bleeding
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Chicago
Peessy Lee Davis
Presbyterian Hospital
Peggy
Joan Davis
Lisco
Neb
Davis
F. W. Vesely
Lewellen
Alvin
Threat of Ohio Flood Abating in Pittsburgh Area
The U S Weather Bureau said the Ohio River will crest about one foot above flood stage in Pittsburgh, with late crest expected. No flood threat exists in the Pittsburgh area, though warnings had urged low lying areas along the Ohio between Pittsburgh and Wheeling to prepare for high water.
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Ohio
U. S. Weather Bureau
Vernon Houghton
Weather Bureau
Wheeling
W. Va
Mercury
Houghton
South End Fire CO
Kenneth Carl
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