Spotty Areas May Get Some Rain Or Snow Sunday
A North American weather summary reports cooler conditions in the South and East while the Plains and Rockies warm. Snow to six inches fell around Mount Washington New Hampshire and Caribou Maine with lighter totals through New York and New England.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Ohio
Tennessee
New England
Plains
Rockies
Pacific
Mount Washington
N. H
Caribou
Maine
New York
Pennsylvania
Pacific Northwest
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
Texas
South Atlantic
Midwest
East Coast
Mississippi Valley
Russia Accepts Open Skies Idea and Proposes Three Month Arm Freeze
Moscow radio reported Russia accepted the open skies concept and proposed a three month arms freeze at 1955 levels followed by global cuts in conventional forces. The Tass outline included a zone of limitation in Europe, an international control body, and a ban on hydrogen tests and atomic weapons in Germany.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Eisenhower
Tass
U. N
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Soviet
Union
Red China
International Control Agency
U. N. Security Council
Germany
Europe
East
West Germany
China
Annual Cancer Crusade Opens Here Tomorrow
The 1956 Citizens' Crusade on Cancer starts tomorrow with the Winchester Frederick County chapter finalizing plans at the George Washington Hotel. Mrs Bradford Bennett named chair of door to door solicitation. Dr R T Shields to speak in April with a film.
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Citizens
Winchester - Frederick County
George Washington Hotel
Bradford Bennett
J. A. Hotinger
Women's Civic League
R. T. Shields
Charles Rupp
J. £. Frew
Harry Lovett
Bennett
Charles Watson
Hotinger
Homer Alberti
Betty Drake
Charles B. Baker
Shields
Alcohol and Gas Don't Mix City Frederick
Frederick Clarke notes a cautionary tale in 1956 about the dangers of mixing alcohol with gasoline. The column highlights reckless behavior and urges safer handling of fuels to prevent accidents and fires.
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Frederick Clarke
Pope Pius XII Prepares Easter Message for Peace
Vatican says the Pope will address world peace in Easter Sunday message as thousands of pilgrims arrive for Holy Week rites in Rome. More than 200 000 visitors fill St Peter's Basilica area amid light rain. A prior tenebrae service reflected on Christ’s death and Resurrection themes.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Rome
St. Peter's Basilica
Christ
Vatican
Nixon Poised for renomination as GOP ticket balance
Vice President Nixon appears secure for renomination as Republican running mate with Eisenhower, despite whispers of a dump Nixon movement. Rep. Hugh Scott and Dewey allies suggest the convention will decide, while private polls keep Nixon position strong unless Eisenhower bows out.
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Washington
Nixon
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower
Scott
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Elisenehower
Festival Apple Blossom tickets go on sale Tuesday
Ticket office for the 1956 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival opens Tuesday at 9 a m in J C Penney on N Loudoun and Boscawen Streets. Mrs. Fred S. Scott runs the office with events listed including Majorette Contest, Coronation, Pageant, parades, dances, and balls. Mail orders may be sent to Festival Headquarters Box 699 for ticket order blanks.
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Shenandoah
J. C. Penney Co
N. Loudoun
Boscawen
L. W. Wallace, Jr
Department of Public Safety and Public Service
Fred S. Scott
Shenandoah Valley
Smudge Pot Overturns on S Braddock Street
Fire units responded to a smudge pot overturned on S Braddock Street between Bond and Hart after 8 p m a resident reported the alarm. State Trooper G T Griffith righted it and no damage occurred. Also noted, Dr M Schaffer chiropodist moved his office to 132 North Braddock St Medical Arts Building Ground Floor.
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S. Braddock St
Bond and
Hart
Rouss
South End
G. T. Griffith
M. Schaffer
North Braddock St
Medical Arts
Berryville Mayor E P Berlin Will Seek Re-Election
Berryville mayor E P Berlin reverses prior stance and files for re election. Other candidates include George Chapman Jr first ward councilman seeking reelection Melton R Bean candidate for Recorder Lonnie Levi fourth ward councilman seeks another term Robert Osth new voter filing for council. Berlin says desire to be relieved of duties led to initial non run.
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Berryville
E. P. Berlin
E.P. Berlin
George Chapman, Jr
Melton R Bean
Andrew LaVelle
Benjamin Crampton
Crampton
Clarke County
Frank M. Galloway
Fourth Ward
Lonnie Levi
Robert Osth
Berlin
Quadruplet Lambs Born in Clarke Farm
John Yowell of Boyce reports a bumper year with 27 ewes producing 44 lambs to date, including a rare quadruplet birth Wednesday. Two lambs stay with their mother while two are bottle-fed. all four are thriving.
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BOYCE
John Yowell
Yowell
Three Children Die As Blaze Sweeps Apartment
In Mechanicstown, Mechanicburg? no, Mechanic sburg Pa three children aged 8, 4, and 2 died in a second floor apartment fire. The victims were Joann, Michael, and Harry Shearer children of Harry and Rose Mary Shearer. Parents treated for shock. Two men from an adjoining apartment were rescued by fire ladders. Sister Mary Ellen 11 woke family and alerted police. Fire origin under investigation by state fire marshal officials.
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Mechanicsburg
Cumberland County
Harrisburg
Joann
Michael
Harry
Harry Shearer
Rose Mary Shearer
James L. Shearer
Franklin H. Giffery
Mary Ellen
Eisenhower Reaffirms U S Refusal to Recognize Red China
Reports say President Eisenhower restated the United States position against recognizing the Peiping regime or admitting Red China to the United Nations. The stance was conveyed during a three nation summit with Canada and Mexico at White Sulphur Springs.
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Lice
U.S
Red China
Washington P
Eisenhower
China
United Nations
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
U. S
Eden
Peiping
U. N
Louis St. Laurent
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Soil Bank Plan Okayed By Farm Bill Conferees
Senate House conferees approved Eisenhower soil bank provisions as part of a 1.7 billion dollars package. The plan includes 750 million dollars yearly for four years to pay farmers cutting production and up to 4 million dollars yearly to reward cropland diversions to soil building practices.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Soil Bank
Senate House
Conference Committee
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Milk Strike Escalates in Detroit Area
Detroit faces a deep milk shortage as a week-old strike widens. Governor Williams warns against private groups blocking roads or forming a private army. Nonstriking farmers threaten to move milk trucks by force to Detroit plants. Strikers and rival union members push for higher prices and continued picketing.
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Detroit
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan Milk Producers Assa
Fair Share Bargaining Assn
Williams
Easter Sunday Outlook Brims With Services and Spring Cheer
Winchester residents anticipate bright warm weather and sunny skies for Easter weekend. The day centers on church services with sunrise and morning masses, family meals, and children’s Easter egg hunts. Shops report brisk holiday buying as residents travel and prepare finery for spring celebrations. The city dawn service starts 6 30 a m at Handley High School with the Winchester Youth Council leading.
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Winchester
Handley High School
Winchester Youth Council
Frederick County
Sacred Heart Church
Trinitarian Seminary
Jordan Springs
Seminarians
Claude Thornhill Orchestra to Play For Queen's Ball
Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra will perform at the Queen's Ball of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival on Thursday April 26 at 10 p.m. in the Armory. Thornhill, a pianist composer and arranger, wrote most of the band's arrangements and is known for "Snowfall" featuring his piano work. He trained at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. The group is noted for its reed and brass arrangement with three trumpets two trombones five saxophones and clarinets plus a French horn. The Thornhill orchestra has long been popular with college crowds and records for Columbia and RCA Victor.
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Claude Thornhill
Shenandoah
Armory
J. Randolph Larrick
Thornhill
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia
Imakes
Columbia
RCA Victor
Terre Haute
Ind
Vote for Battaile Aiding Parking Access
A public notice promotes Battaile for improving parking access with emphasis on local transit and street spacing. The snippet signals a campaign theme framed as a voter choice for better parking.
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Butler
Battaile
Virginia ends 133 hour highway death free streak
A Richmond five year old died from injuries after a car struck her, ending Virginia’s 133 hour no death record on the state’s highways. Police report two other fatal crashes today in Flu vanna County and near Lynchburg, lifting the year toll to 164.
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Richmond
Virginia
Fluvanna
Lynchburg
Owen
William Voelcker, Jr
Voelcker
Carleton E. Jewett
Jewett
Pulaski
Willis J. Rucker, Jr
Forest
Bedford County
Robert W. Carrington
Palmyra
Malinda G. Wood
Norfolk
Rucker
Campbell County
L N. Waldin
Carrington
Fluvanna County
Wood
South
Disneyland Rates With World Cities In Kids Opinion
Albany boys club members aged 9 to 12 estimated travel around the world may cost from 400 dollars to 4 million. They list meals in Paris, an automobile, candy abroad, airplane tickets to New York Brooklyn and China, and visits to Spain Italy France Japan Greece, plus Disneyland.
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Albany
N. Y
Paris
New York
Brooklyn
China
Spain
Italy
France
Japan
Greece
Disneyland
Virginia Weather Forecast and Local Notices
Fair tonight with lows 25 to 30 in the west and north and in the mid 30s in the southeast. Sunday mostly sunny and warmer with increasing cloudiness in the afternoon, high 56 to 64. Winchester skies note sunrise 5 57 a m and sunset 6 35 p m. South End Fire Co meeting April 2 at 8 p m. refreshments. Dinner at House of Good Food Sunnyside serving 11 a m to 9 p m.
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Winchester
South End Fire CO
Harry Rainsberger, Jr
House of Good Food Shirkey’s
Sunnyside
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Bill” Butler, JR
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Festival
Penney
M. B. Clowe, Jr
M. Roy Wisecarver
Stephens City
Wisecarver
Roanoke
Handley School
Clarke
Blaze
State Fire Marshall’s
By Edwin B. Harkinson
Brenda Joyce Owen
James Ralph Owen
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
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