Turkish election returns favor Democrats with early lead
Early returns from Turkey's general election point to a landslide for Premier Adnan Menderes and his Democrat party. Reported in 55 of 58 provinces, the Democrats may win about 508 seats to 28 for Republicans and 5 for the Small Nation party, extending a four year prosperity plan backed by U.S. aid since 1947.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Democrat Party
National Assembly
Democrats
Republican Party
Kamal Ataturk
Republicans
Small
Nation Party
Allies
United States
BPW Club Names 1954 Chairmen
Mrs. Lawrence Lichliter, president, announces 1954 committee chairs for the Winchester Business and Professional Women's Club. Appointments include Membership Mrs. John Leatherman and Education Miss Betty Drake along with Public affairs Mrs. Virginia Gaunt and Finance Mrs. Harry Mason.
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Lawrence Lichliter
Winchester Business and Professional Women’s Club
John Leatherman
Carl Lewis
Kathleen Strother
C. M. Russell
Charles Dunlap
Betty Drake
Virginia Gaunt
Harry Mason
Julia Beaver
Ridgeley Jackson
Goldie Brown
Parliamentarum
Luther Shutts
Fulton Evans
Douglas Drake
Laurens Jones
George Wigginton
Dorothy Snellings
Mildred Jones
Vermont Maple Sugar Season Timeline
The first flow of sap occurs around mid-March, known as first run. Sap runs increase with warming weather producing darker syrup. The final run is about mid-April, historically called tobacco syrup used to flavor chewing tobacco.
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Vermont
Three Baptists Plan to Enter Church Service
Three young people were approved for full time Christian service on Sunday by the First Baptist Church. Werner Lutzenhiser, a James Wood High School graduate, will study for the ministry at the University of Richmond this fall. Betty May Kersey, University of Richmond graduate, will enter Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. James E. Clark will pursue ordination at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest.
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First Baptist Church
Werner Lutzenhiser
James Wood High School
Betty May Kersey
University of Richmond
James E. Clark
Lutzenhiser
the Star
Kersey
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, Ky
Mr. Clark
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, N.C
Machine Strips Clothes From Man at Louisville Rail Yard
William Thomas, a railroad maintenance man, was injured yesterday at a Louisville locomotive shop when his rain coat was pulled into a radiator fan motor. He escaped with a broken arm after his clothes were ripped from him.
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Louisville
William Thomas
Thomas
Record low Fahrenheit temperature in California history
The Weather Bureau records the lowest temperature in California as 45 degrees below zero at Boca in Nevada County on January 20, 1937. The Boca station sits at an elevation of 5 535 feet.
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California
Weather Bureau
Boca
Nevada County
Windfall Profits May Be Recovered In Housing Program
Housing Administrator Albert M. Cole says the government may recover part of the 75 million dollars in windfall profits argued to have gone to builders under the federal housing program. He cites potentially forbidden windfall gains in insured loan contracts and notes tenants in a Queens development withheld 25 percent of rents pending settlement.
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Washington (P
Albert M. Cole
Cole
New York
Queens
Glen Oaks
Prisoners Escape From Atmore Prison Ball Game
A prison baseball game ended in the fourth inning when 19 spectators slipped through a fence as a sleeping guard failed to notice. Seventeen escapees were recaptured. two convicts are still missing. Tower guard Henry Sawyer was fired and three other guards suspended pending inquiry.
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Atmore
Ala
Atmore State Prison
Henry Sawyer
Hauling Firm Wins Expanded Rights in Berryville
The Star reports that Battletown Transfer Inc of Berryville received new ICC authority to haul general commodities. The article originally misstated the location, clarifying the rights cover Berryville and Berryville to and from Winchester.
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Berryville
the Star
Battletown Transfer, Inc
Interstate Commerce Commission
Winchester
Bass Flops Into Boat At Dallas Lake
Three teenage boys Jerry Wilson Gibson Jester and Billy Youngblood were rowing on a Dallas area lake when a five pound 13 ounce sand bass jumped into their boat. They handed the fish to a nearby fisherman.
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Dallas
Jerry Wilson
Gibson Jester
Billy Youngblood
Court Entries List Drunken and Disorderly Offenses
A list of court cases shows multiple defendants from various towns charged with drunkenness and related offenses. Fines range from 1.25 to 55.25 dollars, with one case also noting disorderly conduct and another for no operator's license.
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George Franklin Kline
S. Cameron St
Mitchell Bruce Smith
Herman Williams
Stephens City
Harrison Clowser
N. Cameron St
Charles Evans
Middletown
William G. Slonaker, Jr
Orchard Ave
Joseph Lee Williams
Hugh G. Brill
Clearbrook
Johnnie Garrett
Winchester
Ray Kerns
Carl Edward Brill
Woodland Ave
John Roger Jackson
Southwerk St
John Gilbert Shifflet
Cedar Creek Grade
Hallie Martin
Loudoun St
Robert Walter Leign
Loudoun
Edgar Junior Marple
Daisy Baker
East
Lorking C. Sargent
Sunnyside
William Stevens
National Ave
Alfred Deramont Curry
Leonard Lee Hottle
Front Roal Road
Remembered loss in two fatal Norfolk area crashes
Six Traffic continues with details of a crash that claimed 10 year old Christine Gurley and notes driver Capitola Bridger of Portsmouth survived with minor injuries. The report also records the belated death of 48 year old Christmas C Butker near Portsmouth from a farm tractor overturn incident on Canterbury Road in Norfolk County.
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Gurley
Christine
Capitola Bridger
Portsmouth
Christmas C. Butker
Cantebury Road
Norfolk County
Four Drownings Reported in Virginia Rivers Over Weekend
Four men drowned in Virginia rivers over the weekend with two other possible drownings. Paul Anderson 30 of Sandston died when a small motorboat sank in the Chickahominy River near Toano. Three men in the same craft survived. Charles Washington Jackson 23 Garland Withers 32 and W Odell Minnix 37 drowned when their boat overturned in the James River near Lynchburg. All worked at Mead Corp Heald Division in Lynchburg. Page Broyhill 5 year old near Corithian Yacht Club disappeared. Tom Ballard 16 believed drowned in Cherry Stone Creek Cape Charles. A hurricane will release energy far greater than early atomic bombs.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Paul Anderson
Sandston
Chickahominy River
Toano
James River
Lynchburg
Charles Washington Jackson
Garland Withers
W. Odell Minnix
Mead Corp
Heald
Page Broyhill
Rep. Broyhill
R-Va
Corinthian Yacht Club
Anacostia River
Washington
Marvin T. Brogill
Fifth Coast Guard
Norfolk
Tom Ballard
Cheriton
Cherrystone Creek
Cape Charles
Mitchell says he will not back Roosevelt for Congress
Democratic National Committee chairman Stephen A. Mitchell said he will not support James Roosevelt's candidacy for Congress even if Roosevelt secures the party nomination.
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Washington
Stephen A. Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
James Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
Half of Shakespeare First Folio Copies in U S
Of the 238 known copies of the First Folio, about half are located in the United States. The figure highlights the distribution of this landmark literary edition among American libraries and institutions.
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Shakepeare
United States
Local Restauranteurs To Attend Industry Show in Chicago
Miss Sally Hess a nurse at Memorial Hospital and Miss Ada Trussell of Stephens City won the two watches from the Joanly Shop on Saturday. Pencil leads today come in 18 different degrees of hardness.
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Chicago
Sally Hess
Memorial Hospital
Ada Trussell
Stephens City
Joanly
Pickets Close Mine in Johnstown Strike
About 150 pickets at the Shanksville mine of Cambria Fuel Co. halted operations after the company refused to renew its contract with the United Mine Workers. State police reported no disorder. The mine employs around 85 workers and no one crossed the line.
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Johnstown
Shanksville
Cambria Fuel Co
United Mine Workers
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BPW
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Smalts
Florist
Shoecenter
Mitchell
Indianapolis
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