Senators Take Weekend Off After Farm Bill Stalemate
Senate leaders called a recess for St Patrick's Day as wrangling over the omnibus farm bill continued. About 60 amendments remained, with debates over butter milk cheese and rice price provisions and a ship subsidies dispute shaping the late return to action.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
St. Patrick's Day
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson
Senate
Sen. Dirksen
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Agriculture Department
Agriculture Committee
Terrorists Attack British Patrol in Cyprus Mountains
Cypriot terrorists ambushed a British patrol in the Troodos Mountains injuring five soldiers. In a later clash eight miles east of Troodos town reinforcements repelled the attackers and forced house to house searches in seven villages. The outbreak has cost 18 British soldiers since October.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Troodos
Greece
Makarios
Britain
Stevenson Kefauver Battle Minnesota Primary Push Nears Climax
Stevenson and Kefauver campaigned across Minnesota ahead of the primary delivering farm policy and labor positions. Stevenson spoke at Concordia College while Kefauver toured the 9th District and attended events in Oklee and Eveleth amid snow delays. He urged wage policy debate and cited labor votes and St Lawrence Seaway support while denying a universal wage plan.
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Moorhead
Minn
Minnesota
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Stevenson
Concordia College
Ilinois
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Iron Range
Eveleth
City Auditorium
Congress
St. Lawrence Seaway
Supreme Court
Maury Hubbard Named MC for Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Rally
Maury A. Hubbard of Richmond will host the Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom rally Tuesday at 8 p.m. Laurens Jones announced. Hubbard, executive secretary of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation, has served since 1946 and holds roles with the Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company and the Richmond Produce Market Authority.
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Maury A. Hubbard
Richmond
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Shenandoah Valley
Laurens Jones
Hubbard
Winchester
Kiwanis Club
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia State Department of Agriculture
State Farm Bureau
Virginia Agricultural
Pope Receives Shamrocks From Irish Fisherfolk
Shamrocks from Dumore East County Waterford arrive at Vatican City to brighten Pope Pius XII on St. Patrick's Day. About 400 fishermen delivered the three leaf plants, known as tri foglie, for the pontiff's Easter season greeting.
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Vatican City
Ireland
Pius XII
St. Patrick's
Dumore East
County Waterford
Enjoy Your Sunday Dinner at House of Good Food
Sunnyside restaurant Shirkey's advertises Sunday meals served from 11 a m to 9 p m with a focus on hearty home style dishes. The notice promotes casual dining and weekend dining hours for patrons.
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House of Good Food Shirkey's
Sunnyside
Free Public Admission For Winchester Concert
The Winchester Community Concert Association will offer free general admission to the final Handley auditorium performance Monday after ticket holders are seated. The Randoliers, a well known male quartet, will perform at 8 15 p m, with the aim of boosting membership to attract higher caliber artists next season. The program features Broadway songs folk tunes and classical selections.
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Winchester Community Concert Association
Handley Auditorium
Randoliers
Columnist predicts Eisenhower landslide in November
Sees Victory Hot Springs Virginia Roscoe Drummond told advertisers convention that President Eisenhower will win by a landslide in November while Democrats retain Congress.
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Hot Springs
Roscoe Drummond
Eisenhower
Congress
Drummond
Made to Measure Clothing Display and Sale
Frank Gearing announces a one day display and sale of spring and summer fabrics at 15 E. Piccadilly St on Monday March 19 from 1 to 3. The event targets men and ladies seeking custom tailoring services.
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Frank Gearing
E. Piccadilly St
French Cabinet Holds Special Session Over Algerian Crisis
Premier Guy Mollet summoned the Cabinet in Paris to back a large new counterinsurgency drive in Algeria as clashes persisted. Military deserts and upcoming powers were pushed through Parliament, with the Senate approving the emergency powers bill after an earlier National Assembly vote.
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Paris 7
Guy Mollet
France
Revolite
Algeria
Robert Lacoste
Paris
Mollet
Senate
National Assembly
Son of Richmond AP Bureau Chief Killed in Crash
Ensign James Seaborn Fuller, son of Richmond AP bureau chief Frank H. Fuller, died in a plane crash after being catapulted from the USS Randolph 51 miles south of Guantanamo Bay Cuba. His body was not recovered and the accident occurred March 16.
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Richmond
James Seaborn Fuller
Frank H. Fuller
Associated Press
Cuba
Cmd
Robert F. Regan
Fighter Squadron 102
Uss
Randolph
Regan
Fuller
Ensign Fuller
Jacksonville
Fla
Norfolk
Guantanamo Bay
26 Persons Dead in Storm Endangers Coastal Ships
Blizzard battered the Atlantic coast as vessels went aground. The Italian freighter Etrusco grounded off Scituate Mass after hours of peril. 30 crew rescued to shore. Navy destroyers and a frigate ran aground near Narragansett Bay. Fiske refloated. Tanker Sylvia drifted near Long Island before tow offered. 13 crew aboard. Laura Lauro collided with another freighter amid the turmoil.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Etrusco
Scituate
Mass
Coast Guard
Narragansett Bay
Willis A. Lee
Jamestown
Newport
Gould Island
Cottington Cove
Navy
Fiske
Sylvia
Long Island
Shawnee Chooses Lillian Logan Honorary Chief
Miss Lillian Jean Logan of Kernstown will be the Honorary Fire Chief for Shawnee Volunteer Fire Company at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival parade on April 26. A James Wood High School senior, she is active in Pep Club Monogram Club Varsity cheerleading Annual staff and senior play.
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Lillian Jean Logan
Clyde Logan
Kernstown
Shawnee
Shenandoah
James Wood High School
Logan
Ice and snow disrupt roads as two accidents hit Route 522
Cold wintry weather slowed traffic with two major crashes on Route 522 and numerous skids across the area. No injuries were reported. Fruit growers welcomed the cold for blossoms while precipitation pushed March totals to 2.67 inches. A Plymouth with sailors rolled over on a curve near Cross Junction. no driver or owner details available.
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Walter Hough
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Route 522
State Highway Department
West Virginia
Ser
Highway Department
Cross Junction
W. B. Broach
Earthquakes Kill 172 in Lebanon
Unofficial tallies report 172 dead as quakes collapsed two villages and damaged about 25 towns and villages in Lebanon. Troops and police rescue workers scoured wreckage while Beirut saw limited damage and residents fled homes. Government radio urged calm and announced three days of mourning.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Bekka
Washington Mayor Seeks 50000 On Big Surprise Again
Mrs. George H. Davis Jr of Washington makes a second bid for the 50000 question on television's Big Surprise tonight at 730. She missed the first question last week after reaching 20000. A rescuer joins to answer a current events query and a correct response could bring another shot at 50000 and a return to New York next Saturday for a 100000 prize. The weekly segment highlights include visits from her husband the all woman council members borrowed dresses and a running joke about her George Washington cate gory.
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George H. Davis, Jr
Washington
New York
All-Out Denunciation Of Stalin Faces Soviet Silence
Reports claim Nikita Khrushchev told 13,000 delegates at the 20th Congress that Stalin was a murderer and bungler who decimated Red Army officers. Riots in Tiflis, Stalin’s Georgian home, mark renewed anti Stalin sentiment amid Kremlin pressure and censorship.
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Tom Whitney
New York
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Krushchev
Stalin
Tiflis
Traffic Deaths Top 1955 Level in Virginia Update
A 72 year old Loudoun County man, William Thomas Smith of Lincoln, dies in a two car collision on Route 7 near Round Hill. The crash boosts Virginia highway toll to 145 with three others injured. A separate van crash near Woodbridge kills Emery R. Melpass and injures George Tomlin. driver John J. Long cites brake failure and loss of control after veering to avoid other vehicles.
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Loudoun County
Virginia
William Thomas Smith
Lincoln
Route 7
Round Hill
Woodbridge
Prince William County
Emery R. Melpass
Ivanhoe
N. C
George Tomlin
Batesville
Albemarle County
Alexandria
John J. Long
New York City
Reliance Station May Be Closed After Test Period
The CAA Interstate Airways Communications Stations at Reliance undergo a 60 day test to see if radio ranges can be controlled from Martinsburg West Virginia. If successful the Reliance Station may close. All direct air contact is suspended during the test and local services to Winchester and Front Royal are terminated.
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CAA Interstate Airways
Reliance
Martinsburg
W. Va
Donald Patton
Winchester
U.S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Stokes
Front Royal
CAA
Patton
Heavy Snow and Storm Lash Northeast and Mid Atlantic
A violent storm system dumped heavy snow rain and sleet across the Northeast Mid Atlantic and parts of Ohio with at least 26 deaths reported. Snow totals reached over a foot in several New England towns while Nantucket Coast Guard evacuated residents as tides rose.
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New York
Midatlantic
Ohio
Connecticut
Maines
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Augusta
Maine
New England
Nantucket
Mass
Coast Guard
Brant Point
Nantucket Island
Lincoln Downs
Utica
N. Y
Montpelier Vt
Maryland
Tennessee
West Virginia
Georgia
Stewart Air Force Base
Newburgh
Suffolk County Air Force Base
Westhampton Beach
Long Island
Mississippi River
East Gulf Coast
Richmond Doctors Hope to Save Two In Set of Triplets
In Richmond Grace Hospital a 19 year old mother gave birth to triplets, with two surviving after one boy died immediately and another boy and a girl remaining. The two survivors weigh about two pounds total and are in incubators with pure oxygen. Earlier in the week a set of quadruplets was born to Mrs. Richard Shaia.
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Richmond
Grace Hospital
Robert L. Mozingo
D. Bi
Richard Shaia
Virginia Weather Forecast Remains Cloudy With Light Snow Chance
Considerable cloudiness to start with a chance of light snow north tonight and a low around 28 to 35. Sunday will be partly cloudy and warmer across the state.
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Virginia
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