Cypriots protest Archbishop Makarios exile strikes widen
Cypriots continue anti British strikes disrupting commerce for a second day. Shops closed, youths clashed with police as authorities deployed reserves. A 76 year old priest faces possible death penalty for carrying a loaded revolver. bail set. Long distance calls halted then lifted. Greek and U S officials urge negotiations on Cyprus future.
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Cyprus Mines Corp
Scouriotissa
Nicosia
Hieronimous Christodoulou
Britain
Basile Mastras
London
Athens
Makarios
Mostras
U. S. State Department
Washington
United States
Sypros Theotokis
Mediterranean
Greece
Israel Accused of Attacking Jordanian Village
Jordan accuses Israeli forces of striking Bartha near the border killing a 70 year old woman and wounding three Jordan national guard members. Each side reported fire across the border with casualties on the opposing side in the first such clash in four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amman
Jordan
Jordan National Guard
Mohamed Ishaq
U. N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Bartha
Israel
Ishaq
Jordan Guard
Israel-Jordan
Betty Furness to Headline Shenandoah Ladies Luncheon
Betty Furness will be guest of honor at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Ladies Luncheon on April 26. Mrs. H J Eavis and Mrs. Clarence Hill announced the event, noting Furness as a noted actress and Westinghouse product demonstrator with a long media career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Furness
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
H. J. Eavis
Clarence Hill
Miss Furness
Variety
Showman’s Publication
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati Ad Club
Nationwide Cold Spell with Mixed Precipitation Report
Cold weather dominated most of the United States with relief only in the northern Midwest. The hardest rain fell along the arctic air front from southeast Texas to the Mid Atlantic, while temperatures dropped 20 to 30 degrees in Texas and other regions. A warming trend appeared in the northern plains and upper Mississippi Valley amid light snow sleet and freezing rain across the south and mid-Atlantic areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Alabama
Tennessee
Middle Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
New York
mid-Atlantic
New England
Ohio Valley
Middle
Central Plains
Ellender Criticizes Farm Bill Debate as Lousy Politics
Sen. Ellender denounces what he calls lousy politics in the farm bill debate and says he has quit predicting action. Senate leaders pace slows after long sessions with more than 80 amendments pending and a compromise on a loan and soil bank provision adopted 78 to 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellender
Washington
Sen
Senate
Aiken R
Agriculture Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Knowland
California
Carlson R-yan
Betty Lou Ewing Named Stephens City Honorary Fire Chief
Miss Betty Lou Ewing of Stephens City will serve as Honorary Fire Chief of the Stephens City Fire Company in the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival parade on April 26. She is a 1955 James Wood High School graduate active in Future Business Leaders of America Beta Club and church youth work. A contest for Winchester and Frederick County Honorary Fire Chiefs will be held at the Palace Theatre on March 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Fire Company
Shenandoah
James Wood High School
Miss Ewing
Future Business Leaders of America
Methodist Church
Stephens City
Winchester
Frederick County
Palace Theatre
Overheated Stove At Stephens City Reported
Stephens City fire crews were called to the Tom Hepner residence at Bartonsville at 5:45 p.m. yesterday for an overheated stove. Firemen said no fire occurred and no damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Stephens City Fire Company
Tom Hepner
Bartonsville
Nixon Sees Ike Stand Short Of Endorsement
Vice President Nixon calls Eisenhower's praise of him exactly right but says the President stopped short of endorsing a Nixon second term. RNC Chairman Hall reports Nixon said Ike has told him to chart his own course as the convention in San Francisco approaches.
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Nixon
Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
GOP
White House
Hall
Dick Nixon
San Francisco
Jones to chair Shenandoah Valley rally March 20
Laurens Jones will head the Shenandoah Valley rally here on March 20 with Forrest Jones Harold Bageant and Howard Murray directing afternoon program street parade and mass meeting at the George Washington Hotel. More than 300 visitors are expected for the board meeting of Shenandoah Valley Inc. and related social events staged by local chambers and the festival organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurens Jones
Mr. Jones
Forrest Jones
Harold Bageant
Howard Murray
George Washington Hotel
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Valley Promotional Organization
Staunton
John Shires
Roanoke
Winchester- Frederick County
Eagle Scout H W Pope Earns Rank In Local Court
Henry William Pope 16 of 16 West Monmouth Street was invested with the Eagle Scout rank at a joint Court of Honor by Troop 2 and Explorer Post 2 at First Presbyterian Church. Pope, a Handley High sophomore, received the badge with a congratulatory letter from national BSA president Arthur Schuck. ceremony preceded a reception for Pope and fellow scouts.
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Henry William Pope
Winton Pope
West Monmouth St
Boy Scouts of America
First Presbyterian Church
Young Pope
Handley High School
McFaden Bible Class
Presbyterian Church
Tunstall Powers
Shenandoah Area Council
Harry G. Straw
Post 2
Pope
Arthur G. Schuck
Boy Scouts, Explorers, Parents and Friends
W. C. Gleason
Eagle Scout Pope
1956 Auto Licenses Go on Sale Here Thursday Morning
The 1956 Virginia automobile license plates go on sale Thursday at 9 a.m. at the Division of Motor Vehicles office 701 S Braddock St. Plates for passenger cars and trucks cost 10 dollars. Local numbers begin 803 651. The deadline for display is April 15. E T Snider, local DMV agent, will sell licenses with assistance from his son and daughter in law and Mrs Vivian H Johnson.
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Virginia
Division of Motor Vehicles
S. Braddock St
E. T. Snider
Richmond
Snider
B. T. Snider, Jr
Vivian H. Johnson
Polish Red Boss Dies in Moscow at 64
Warsaw radio announced Polish Communist leader Boleslaw Bierut had died in Moscow after a severe illness. Bierut, 64, was Poland’s top Communist since World War II and had served as president and premier in the Soviet bloc state. He remained a key figure through 1952 when he gave up the presidency.
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London
Warsaw
Boleslaw Bierut
Moscow
Bierut
Polish Communist Party
Poland
Polish Republic
Robot Weapons and Carriers Seen as Future Atom Striking Force
Admiral Arleigh Burke outlined future fleet concepts aboard the USS Boston in the Caribbean. He cited a force of several Boston and Forrestal class vessels with missile-armed cruisers and the Forrestal carrier as a potent enemy deterrent. The Boston and Canberra undergo missile firing conversions as part of a broader program to field guided missiles and dual purpose weapons aboard new and converted ships. The Northampton serves as task force command ship carrying advanced seaborne radar.
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Atom
Elton C. Fay
U. S. S. Boston
Caribbean Sea
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Burke
Boston
Forrestal
Caribbean
Canberra
Navy
Kentucky
Newport News
Northampton
Task Force Command
First Stevenson Kefauver Battle In New Hampshire
In New Hampshire the 1956 Democratic presidential contest opened with Millsfield and Ellsworth reporting early results. Millsfield split four votes between Eisenhower and Stevenson, while Ellsworth's six ballots favored Eisenhower. Write-ins appeared for Stevenson and for vice president in Millsfield and Ellsworth. Kefauver and Stevenson were the focus as the first primary tests strength, with Kefauver officially a candidate and Stevenson seeking the nomination.
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Stevenson
Kefauver
New Hampshire
Belman Morin
Manchester
N. H
Millsfield
Ellsworth
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Sen
Bridges
R-Nh
Mullsfield
Nixon
Sen. Bridges
Sherman Adams
Dulles Heads to Thailand After Indonesia Visit
U S Secretary of State Dulles travels from Indonesia to Bangkok with praise for Indonesian leadership and an invitation for President Soekarno to visit the United States. He also notes Thailand as the site for a promised small nuclear reactor and discusses future aid to Indonesia.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
U. S
Dulles
Thailand
Eisenhower
Soekarno
United States
Bangkok
Southeast Asia
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Sastroamidjojo
Pig Island Republic
All Faiths Attend Dedication Of Winchester Jewish Temple
Citizens from many faiths gathered for the dedication of a new temple on Fairmont Avenue. Congressman Burr P. Harrison and Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. spoke of pride in interfaith cooperation as Rabbi Jerome S. Garland led the service. Local officials and community leaders attended, with musical selections and post ceremony refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont Avenue
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Senator Byrd
Rabbi Garland
Jerome S. Garland
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Jack I. Bloom
Beth-El Congregation
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Novick
Seymour J. Barr
F. B. Ogelesby
Winchester Mine«isterial Association
Arthur H. Brown
Berryville Baptist Church
Richard A. Bergdoll
Strasburg Methodist Church
Benjamin Belchie
Abraham J. Novick
Temple Building Committee
Mildred Jones
Donald C. Towlen
Southern manifesto praise from Virginia leaders cited
Gov Stanley and Sen Garland Gray praised a manifesto signed by senators and representatives from 11 Southern states. Stanley called the protest by lawmakers a sign of the Supreme Court usurpation and urged corrective action. Gray said he was delighted and believed the manifesto would have a good effect on protecting states' rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Gov
Stanley
Legislative Study Commission
Supreme Court
Gray
Sen
Garland Gray
Waverly
Legislative Commission On Public Education
Virginia Weather Forecase in Winchester and Round Hill Notice
Cloudy with mixed sleet and snow possible tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures today around high 30s, with a low near 32 tonight. Also notes a Country Ham and Oyster Supper on Wednesday March 14 at Round Hill Community Center, $1 per plate.
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Winchester
Seaetes
Round Hill Community Center
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John Powers
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Jasper
Grove Furniture Co
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F. E. Ewing
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