Churchill to Visit Ike for Three Days on White House Trip
Sir Winston Churchill at 84 flies to the United States as a guest of President Eisenhower for three days. He will stay in Washington and New York, dining at the White House and the British Embassy, with Bernard Baruch also due to meet him.
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London
Winston Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
New York
Bernard Baruch
Churchill
John Hay Whitney
Winston
Whitney
United States
France
Scotland Yard
Edmond Murray
Anthony Montagu Browne
Judges commend Wills High Band for calm in ambulance moment
The Grand Feature Parade judges praised the Wills High School Band for efficiency and courtesy during an ambulance incident. The band kept form and played on as the vehicle moved through, not missing a note.
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Wills High School
Fruit Co-Op Sets First Meeting Here
The Virginia Fruit Marketers Co Op Inc formed by fruit growers will hold its first official meeting with time and place to be announced. J Kenneth Robinson of Winchester chairs as 132 Virginia growers commit 2 million bushels of processing apples, mostly in Frederick and Clarke Counties, as the co op seeks broader backing. The group aims to bargain for higher processing fruit prices and cites similar efforts in Pennsylvania West Virginia Maryland Michigan New York.
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Virginia, Fruit Marketers Co-Op., Inc
J. Kenneth Robinson
Winchester Fruit Grower
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Robinson
Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Michigan
New York
Nehru Denies India Will Join Armed Alliance
New Delhi reports Prime Minister Nehru closed a parliamentary debate on the Tibetan revolt with a firm nonalignment pledge. He rejected any plan for India to join an armed alliance amid border tensions and urged continued friendly relations with Red China despite Tibetan exile grievances.
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New Delhi
Nehru
India
Peiping
Red China
Tibet
Dalai Lama
Fifteen Stranded In Oklahoma City Cable Car
A cable car with 15 passengers stalled 85 feet above ground after a pulley snapped. Eleven were rescued by a fireman on a ladder, four rode to safety after repairs. Dick Cummins, 50, suffered a broken leg. others had cuts and bruises.
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Oklahoma City
Jimmy Field
Jimmy
Dick Cummins
Rexall lo Sale Now On See Ad in Sunday Paper
Beaver's Drug Store advertises a Rexall sale in the Sunday paper with savings and specials. The notice highlights low prices and drugstore items available at Beaver's Drug Store.
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Rexall Lo Sale
Beaver’s Drug Store
Barn Struck by Lightning Destroys Farm Buildings
A barn at White Post was struck by lightning and burned with crews from John H. Enders Fire Co and Boyce volunteers responding after pump trouble delayed the call. The barn was insured per a spokesman for Mrs. Mackay Smith in England. Mrs. George W. Lee also reported two beef cattle and one dairy cow killed by the lightning.
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Boyce Volunteer Fire Co
John H. Enders Fire Co
Boyce
Tidal Wave Alarm Called Off
A tidal wave alarm in Honolulu was sounded after an earthquake north of Japan but was canceled 1 hour 35 minutes later by the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey. Wake Island and Midway reported no unusual activity so no wave reached Hawaii.
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Honolulu
Japan
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Hawaii
Wake Island
Midway
Wake
Kamchatka Peninsula
Siberia
Soviet Attache Fails in Bid For Freedom
Soviet attache Col. Mikhail Strygaine attempted to gain asylum in Burma. He was hurried onto a Chinese plane to Kunming Peiping after a tense hospital stay regarding an overdose. His wife and two Soviets accompanied him as Burmese officials were asked to intervene.
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Rangoon
Burma
Mikhail I. Strygaine
Kunming
Peiping
Strygaine
Soviet Union
Col. Win
Moscow
39 Individuals Ask Court to Bar Nuclear Tests
Thirty nine plaintiffs including Linus Pauling Norman Thomas Bertrand Russell and other scientists church leaders Japanese fishermen and Marshall Islands residents petition the U S Court of Appeals to halt further nuclear tests. They seek to overturn a July 31 ruling by Judge Richmond B Reech dismissing two suits for lack of jurisdiction and standing.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
United States
Marshall Islands
Linus Pauling
California Institute of Technology
Norman Thomas
Bertrand Russell
U.S. Dist
Richmond B. Reech
Truman urges repeal of third term ban
Former president Harry S Truman told a Senate subcommittee that the constitutional ban on a third term is foolish and hampers a president. He argued the amendment should be repealed and noted the irony of a "lame duck" president being limited, referencing Eisenhower and the 1951 ratified provision.
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Truman
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Congress
Eisenhower
Supreme Court Reverses Contempt Conviction
The Supreme Court unanimously overturns the contempt conviction of Virginia Quaker David H. Scull who refused to testify before the Thomson investigative committee of the Virginia Assembly. Scull, a printer from Annandale, Va., was jailed for 10 days and fined $50 after declining to answer questions. Justice Black authored the opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Virginia
Federal Court Hearing Ordered for Indiana Death Row Inmate
The Supreme Court ordered a federal court hearing for Leslie Irvin, sentenced to death in Indiana for killing six people in Evansville. Justices Brennan and Harlan wrote opinions, with dissenting views by Frankfurter, Clark, and Whittaker. The case goes to the U.S. Circuit Court in Chicago to evaluate Irvin’s constitutional claims, possibly sending it to Indiana District Court for the same issue.
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Supreme Court
Leslie Irvin
Indiana
Brennan
Harlan
Frankfurter
Clark
Whittaker
High Tribunal
U.S. Circuit Court
Chicago
Irvin
Circuit Court
U.S. District Court
Evansville
Ind
W. Wesley Kerr
Thrifty Tuesday Returns to 50 Winchester Stores Tomorrow
Thrifty Tuesday returns tomorrow in 50 Winchester stores with a one day bargain carnival. More retailers join this repeat event after the first held April 7, offering 40 special items at reduced prices across participating shops. McCrory's 5 and 10 cent Store will give free coffee from 9 to 10 am as an added lure.
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Winchester
Retail Merchants Association
McCrory
B & M Chevrolet Sales Co
Baker & Anderson
Bell Clothes Store
Cain Furniture Store
Caldwell Sites Co
Eleanor
Newberry’s
Northern Virginia Power Co
J. C. Penney Co
Philip's Speciality Shop
Royal Jewelers
Schewel Furniture Co
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Shenval Music Co
Shoe Center
Swimley Furniture
Britain backs high altitude U.S. flights over Berlin
In Parliament John Profumo affirmed Britain's support for U S transport planes flying above 10 000 feet along East German corridors toward Berlin. Britain dismissed Soviet claims that such flights are provocative.
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London
Britain
America
Berlin
John Profumo
U.S
Soviet Union
Governor considers declining June commencement speech
Gov. J Lindsay Almond Jr said he preferred not to speak at Warren County Private High School's June 9 commencement if his presence would embarrass the foundation. A 35 member citizens committee, backed by union support, urged withdrawal of the invitation citing his stance on school integration.
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Richmond
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Warren County Aiaian Foundation
Duncan ¢. Gibb
Sepei
Perrow
Front Royal
Almond
Warren County
Citizens Committee
Warren County Education Foundation
Virginia
Jack Crouse
Textile Workers Union
American Viscose Co
Crouse
Humphrey Sees Open Convention with Multiple Ballots
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey predicted an open Democratic convention in Los Angeles with at least four ballots to name the nominee. He kept unclear about active candidacy while noting a West tour included Washington Oregon California Utah and Wyoming meetings. Other potential nominees mentioned include Kennedy Symington Johnson Williams Meyner and Stevenson.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Los Angeles
Senate
Oregen
California
Utah
Wyoming
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
G. Mennen Williams
Bert Meyner
New Jersey
Adlai Stevenson
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