McCarthy Army hearings derail as Rosenberg links arise
Senate probes pivot to a McCarthy claim that Army allowed Rosenberg associates at Fort Monmouth. Roy Cohn pressed Secretary Stevens on the issue, seeking confirmation of prior dismissal amid security reviews. Stevens said 36 Monmouth cases existed and none were Communist or invoked the Fifth Amendment.
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Washington
Senate
McCarthy
Army
Eye
Atom
Julius Rosenberg
Roy Cohn
Sen
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
Rosenberg
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Monmouth
Army Signal Corps
Monmouth Laboratory
Mundt
R-Sd
Mundat
Joseph N. Welch
Dirksen
Bank Assets Show Increase Over April 1953
Total assets in three local banks rose by 2 286 374 27 from April 1953 with Commercial and Savings Bank at 5 354 700 93 Farmers and Merchants 13 701 447 52 and Shenandoah Valley 9 129 503 87. A year earlier totals were 5 325 332 31 12 290 089 69 and 8 283 856 05. January 1 total stood at 28 390 909 58, down 214 257 26 from now.
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Commercial and Savings Bank
Shenandoah Valley
Sheanandoah Valley
Allies Prepare Compromise Plan To Unify Korea
In Geneva a coalition of U N allies moves toward a compromise proposal to unify the divided Korean peninsula. A Vietminh delegation from Indochina arrives to join talks aimed at ending the seven year war with major powers watching closely.
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Geneva
U.N
Korea
Indochina
Russia
Red China
North Korea
South Korea
U. N
Pham van Dong
Andrei Gromyko
Chou En Lai
Nam Ti
Pham
Chou
Massey Sees U S and Canadian Policies Alike
In a prepared address to Congress Governor General Vincent Massey argues Canadian and American foreign aims are shared though methods may differ. He cites joint northern defense projects and Canadian troops in Korea and Europe, stressing cooperation and the goal of peace via patient diplomacy. He notes mutual aid to Europe and Asia and returns to Canada after an Eisenhower invitation.
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Washington
Vincent Massey
Canada
Congress
House
Senate
Massey
U. S
Korea
Royal Canadian Air Force
Europe
Queen Elizabeth
Asia
Eisenhower
White House
Grove Furniture Co
Winchester
Rhodes Jewelry CO
Edgewood
Front
Royal Rd
Harvard Anthropologist E A Hooton Dies At 67
Earnest A. Hooton 67 internationally known anthropologist dies of a heart attack at his Cambridge home shortly after lecturing to students. He headed the Harvard anthropology department since the early 1930s and was famed for his critical views labeled Hooton ism.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard University
Earnest A. Hooton
Harvard
Ira T. Nathanson
Hooton
Eisenhower Says U S Action in Indochina Needs Local Support
Sen. Flanders reports President Eisenhower told newsmen the United States will undertake no military operations in Indochina without the support of the people in the region. The remark came after a meeting with the president on Indochina unrest.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
United States
Indochina
Flanders
Armed Services Committee
TV Teeth Warned By British Dental Association
The British Dental Association warns parents about a new child ailment called TV teeth. A report says children watch television with heads in their hands and pressing hard when excited, potentially misaligning their teeth.
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London
British Dental Assn
Condemned Man Commits Suicide Before State Chair
Joseph Cocky Robinson, 42, condemned for murder, hanged himself in his death row cell at the Virginia State Penitentiary less than two hours before an electric chair execution set for 7 a.m. He used a sheet strip and a razor to end his life, after jamming a cell lock with a spoon.
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Richmond
Joseph Cocky
Joe
Robinson
State Penitentiary
Portsmouth
Hastings
Mark A. Terrell
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
New York State
W. Frank Smyth
Vietminh Renew Assault on Dien Bien Phu Fort
Vietminh forces renewed a major attack on Dien Bien Phu as French defenders counterattacked. In brutal close combat, western sector assaults pressed the besieged garrison while Vietnamese troops used nitroglycerine charges against barbed wire amid muddy, hand to hand fighting.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh
Vo Nguyen Giap
Christian de Castries
Va. Well Drillers To Hold Annual Convention Here
The Virginia Water Well Drillers Association will hold its annual convention at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester Friday and Saturday. About 60 members plus guests will attend with a banquet, dancing, and a city tour arranged by local chambers and groups.
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Virginia Water Well Drillers Association
George Washington
Justus S. Ange
Annandale
Ralph Fox
Falls Church
Winchester-Frederick County
John T. Lingewald, Jr
State of
Maryland
Merridity
State Health Department
Wysog
U. S. Credit Rating Bureau
Ange
Pedestrian Deaths Drop in Rural Virginia
State police credit tighter patrols for fewer pedestrian deaths in rural Virginia through April. Rural fatalities fell from 52 in 1953 to 33 this year, while urban deaths dropped from 24 to 14. Overall fatalities declined 14 percent from 276 to 238.
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Richmond
Virginia
W. L. Groth
Fireman Arrested in Japan for Arson Spree
Police in Sawa ra Japan arrested Koichi Namiki a 21 year old fireman on charges of setting five houses on fire over three months and then returning with his own fire engine to extinguish them.
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Sawara
Japan
Koichi Namiki
Rabid Fox Problem Stirs Clarke County Supervisors
Clarke County leaders discussed the ongoing mad fox issue at their monthly meeting. County Clerk Loring C. Kackley reported 31 bounties paid in April and 39 in March for fox tails, mostly from rabid foxes harming animals or people. The board questioned a Virginia regulation proposal to ban fox shooting here, seeking clarity on exemptions and the health department certificate that currently allows killing to prevent rabies spread. All supervisors attended the session.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Loring C. Kackley
Kackle
Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Richmond
State Health Department
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Clarke
Kackley
William H. Fenton
William B. Clagett
Edward B. Lee
Robert L. Withers
Moreell study backs relocating steel mills for security
An industry study by Admiral Ben Moreell recommends moving 25 percent of the United States steel mills to safer locations to reduce the risk from a nuclear attack and keep the industry functioning under threat.
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Washington
Adm
Ben Moreell
America
Temperature Drops 44 Degrees Frost Predicted Tonight
A 44 degree temperature drop followed by a 41 degree low and 85 highYesterday brought rain totaling .74 inches. Dr. Walter Hough of Winchester Research Laboratory says fruit loss unlikely though frost is forecast tonight with a low of 28 to 34 degrees Brisk winds in 24 hours should help growers in low lying areas stay cautious.
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Walter 8. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Themend Mme Dont
A. Abssa Ot
Vonight
Hough
Washington State Apples Damaged In Cold Snap
Reports from Washington state indicate Sunday temperatures fell to 20 degrees. Delicious apples were badly damaged there, with near total wipeout reported in Canada.
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Washington State
Canada
Weather watch as frost threat looms for Shenandoah Valley
Winds of 38 mph were logged at Reliance early today with forecasts of 20 mph gusts up to 40 mph. Dr Hough warns the fruit bloom vulnerable to freezing temperatures and a 3 to 5 degree below normal trend with showers anticipated later in the week. Orchardists prep smudge pots near Charlestown and elsewhere, while recent heavy storms brought renewed rain across Berryville Middletown Stephens City and Winchester.
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CAA
Reliance
Front Royal
Martinsburg
Hough
Charlies Town
Shenandoah Valley
Berryville
Middletown
Stephens City
Winchester
Army court martial convicts Cpl Edward S Dickenson
Washington bulletin reports Cpl Edward S Dickenson found guilty by eight high ranking Army officers of collaborating with Chinese forces and informing on fellow soldiers while a Korean War prisoner of war. Deliberation lasted up to 12 hours, described as the longest ever in military history. Sentencing postponed for review of mitigating circumstances.
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Washington
Cpl
Edward S. Dickenson
Korea
No Communist Buildup Seen Along China Indochina Border
Hong Kong observers report no evidence of increased Communist strength along the China Indochina border. Technicians and Viet Minh training exist but totals stay around 8 000 to 10 000 for two years. No border incursions or aerial buildup detected. known mobile troops, airfields, and transports remain unchanged.
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China-Indochina
Hong Kong
China- Indochina
Indochina
Hainan
Nanning
Canton
Hainan Island
China
Coroner Rules Taylor Deaths Murder and Suicide
A coroner ruled the deaths of Grace A. Taylor and her son John M. Taylor as murder and death by own action following an eyewitness account of John pushing his mother from a second floor porch rail. Grace Taylor died after a skull fracture at Memorial Hospital. John Taylor died at home from a shotgun wound. Funeral services were held at Kurtz Funeral Home with burial in Mt. Hebron.
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Grace A. Taylor
John M
Beefy) Taylor
Victor F. Albright
John Taylor
S. Braddock St
Dr. Albright
Mr. Taylor
Ernest Grayson
Douglas Cather
Carl Campbell
William Stine
Rodney Sirbaugh
Eugene B. Cooper
Mt. Hebron
In Town Festival Dept Aims to Raise Over $2000
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival In-Town Membership department pursues more than $2,000 to meet its 1954 quota. By May 3, $11,650.50 of $14,516 had been raised, leaving $2,865.50. Subscriptions are urged to be mailed to Festival headquarters Box 699 Winchester.
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Shenandoah
Winchester
General Smith Misses Chou At Geneva Conference
Gen Walter Be dell Smith leads the American delegation at Geneva after Dulles departure. An official notes Smith greeted Molotov but avoided Chou En-lai, passing him in the corridor. In the same issue a clearance sale ad promotes spring dresses coats tops at Margaret L Hodgson Hat and Dress Shop.
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Geneva
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
China
Chou En-lai
Dulles
Smith
Chou
V. M. Molotov
Margaret L. Hodgson
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Moore and Dorsey
Marshall Locke
James Bolden
Jim MacDonald
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Hodgson and Brown
Bulletin
Taylor
Gen. Smith
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