End of 14 State Railroad Strike Seen Likely End Monday
Negotiators worked through the night on a basis for arbitration as the 57 day L&N railroad strike neared an end. Dynamite damaged bridges and derailed trains in Kentucky and Alabama while a Chattanooga telephone strike blast injured a child and damaged circuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Washington
Kentucky
Alabama
Souther Bell Telephone Co
Chattanooga
National Mediation Board
Buxahatchie Creek
Birmingham
L&n
F. W. Firchner
Corbin
Louisville
Raymond D. Murphy
Murphy
Harold
Shirley Murphy
Walnut Bridge
Karoline Vasquez
Four Lucky Five Babies Born Here
Four area youngsters qualify as Lucky Five babies born at Memorial Hospital on Thursday May 5 55. One weighed five pounds seven ounces born to Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Thompson Adams The Plains at 843 PM Others include a six pound 13 ounce daughter of Mr. and Mrs Billye Rinker Bunker Hill WV born 240 AM an eight pound ten ounce son of Mr. and Mrs James Sites Gainesboro and a six pound one ounce daughter of Mr. and Mrs Cecil Kump Route 1 Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Samuel Thompson Adams
the Plains
Billye Rinker
Bunker Hill
W. Va
James Sites
Gainesboro
Cecil Kump
Route 1
Middletown
Rodneys Twin in Grave Condition After Setback
Rodney Brodie, first head joined Siamese twin separated, in grave condition after brain bleed at University of Illinois Research Hospital. He has been in a coma since yesterday. doctors cite bleeding with no clear brain injury tracking. Born Sep 16 1951, he and twin Roger were separated in 1952.
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Chicago
Rodney Brodie
University of Illinois Research Hospital
Rodney
Ferris
Roger
Fair Weather Outlook and Local Temperatures Noted
The forecast calls for scattered showers this afternoon then clearing tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures rose to a high of 80 today, 70 yesterday, with a 39 degree low reported by the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory. Tomorrow’s high expected in the upper 70s. Old data show last year on this date reaching 60/46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Detroit
Parke, Davis & Co. Laboratories
Michigan
Public Health Service
Weather Bureau Tests Electronic Brain for Forecasts
Suitland Maryland The Weather Bureau is testing a large IBM built electronic brain to improve forecasts. The unit will issue one daily forecast initially and later two, aiming to correlate past data and speed up general projections for national weather patterns.
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Weather Bureau
Suitland
International Business Machines Corp
Principal Rules Out Bermuda Shorts
Portsmouth Virginia Wilson High Principal Robert Sweeney orders 20 boys who wore Bermuda shorts in class to return home and put on pants. The rest of the page lists a Sunday dinner at Shirkey's Restaurant in Sunnyside and local ads for clothing, jewelry, and STIEFF silver at Hodgson and Brown in Winchester Virginia.
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Portsmouth
Wilson High
Robert Sweeney
Schewels
Cork
Winchester
Hodgson and Brown
W. Boscawen
Stieff Silver
Western leaders in Paris discuss Asia and Europe fate
In Paris the Western Big Four met as Dulles Macmillan and Adenauer weighed Europe’s peace, Austrian independence, and a potential Sino tension test. They eyed Formosa Viet Nam issues while Bao Dai and Ngo Dinh Diem clash over Monarchy or republic in Viet Nam.
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Paris
Far East
U. S
State Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Konrad Adenauer
Dulles
Ashtoine Pinay
Edgar Faure
South Viet Nam
Macmillan
Formosa
Adenauer
Western European Union
NATO
West Germany
Bao Dai
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Binh Xuyen
Viet Nam
Ground Observer Post Operations Begin Today
Winchester opens its Ground Observer Post at 2 p m with City Councilman Hoye Riley deputizing for Vice Mayor Claude Smalts Jr The first call to the Baltimore Filter Center came from Al Knowles commander of Post 2123 Veterans of Foreign Wars The opening includes a jet fly past and a two hour shift from 2 to 4 p m and 4 to 6 p m and 6 to 8 p m Only until 8 p m as more volunteers train Disappointing attendance only ten people attended the sessions despite 400 volunteers signed up for observers The program will continue until the post is manned full time by trained volunteers
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Winchester
Hoye Riley
Claude Smalts, Jr
Baltimore
al Knowles
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Washington
Vf.w
Jack Bowen
Robert Barney
Andrew Bowen
David Keene
Eugene Sine
Air Force
Corporation Court Room
Lineweaver High wins beef cattle judging top prize
Stephen Lineweaver of the James Wood FFA led the beef cattle judging contest at the Farmers' Livestock Exchange west of Winchester scoring 300 of 300 to win a pure bred Shorthorn heifer donated by Farnley Farm. Ronnie Miller of Hayfield 4-H led the bulls judging with 100 of 100, with Frederick County teams earning 15 top placements.
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Stephen Lineweaver
James Wood F.F.A
Farmers’ Livestock Exchange
Winchester
U.S. Rt. 50
Frederick County
Farnley Farm
White Post
W. H. McCeney, Jr
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Young Lineweaver
Ronnie Miller
Hayfield
Herbert Teague
Warrenton F.F.A
Leonard Wright
Nokesville F.F.A
Warrenton
Warren County F.F.A
James Wood F.F
Amos Kettlewell
James Wood F
Ernest Lee Green
Warrenton F. F
Ronnie Brown
James Wood
Arthur Payne
Nokesville F. F. A
Kenneth McDonald
Miller
Thomas Stokes
Warrenton F. F. A
Jimmy Yates
Rappahannock F. F. A
Stokes
Yates
Russian Engineer Reports Flapping-Wing Glider
Aero Digest cites a Soviet inventor A. A. Manozkov of Kiev who named the single seat Kashuk flapping-wing glider. The craft uses a pneumatic cylinder and moving valve to flap the wing, lifting and returning with compressed air. U.S. engineers say few pursue such work beyond hobbyist interest.
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Washington
Aero Digest
A. A. Manozkov
Kiev
U. S
Europe
Job gains could undermine 1956 Democratic campaign issue
Republicans welcomed a Labor Department report showing a record April employment rise and a drop in unemployment, arguing it could undercut Democratic campaign talking points. Democrats cautioned figures mislead by labor supply and noted persistent regional unemployment despite the gains.
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Washington
Labor and Commerce Departments
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
Sen. Kuchel
R-Calif
Sen. Kilgore
D-Wa
Kilgore
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
Hill
Alabama
Truman Turns 71 as He Plans Library Groundbreaking
In Independence Truman marks 71 with a ground breaking for the Harry S. Truman library, a $1.75 million project to house his administration papers. He says he feels good and ready for more work while guests include former Cabinet members and scholars. He will turn the first spadeful of earth at the ceremony.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Independence
United States
Truman
President Helps Dedicate New Hebrew Temple
President Eisenhower helped dedicate a Hebrew temple in Washington addressing 2200 attendees on rights enunciated in the Declaration of Independence. He urged protection of spiritual rights for all, saying the nation is a spiritual organism and attendance at the service was a natural act for him.
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New Hebrew Temple
Washington
Eisenhower
Scheele
Public Health Service
Viscose Thanks Local Firemen For Aid At Fire
Letters of thanks from the Mayor of Front Royal and from the American Viscose Corporation praised Winchester firemen and equipment for aid during Monday’s serious Viscose plant fire. The firm sent a donation to Fire Chief Taylor Barr to be shared by Winchester’s four companies. About 75 members attended the May meeting of the Rouss Fire Company at the fire hall. Weeden Lee Walker joined as a new member and plans were made for outdoor summer meetings. A Ryland Conner thanked the parade staff for Apple Blossom Festival support. J Newton McDonald, a long time member, will note his 86th birthday on May 12.
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Front Royal
American Viscose Corporation
Winchester
Rouss Fire Company
Taylor Barr
Weeden Lee Walker
A. Ryland Conner
J. Newton McDonald
Wire tap evidence upheld by U.S. Court of Military Appeals
The U S Court of Military Appeals has upheld the use of wire tap evidence gathered from armed forces telephone lines. Auto races tomorrow at Airport Speedway Winchester feature over 100 laps of racing.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
Winchester
Atomic Powered U S Destroyers Predicted by Carney
Admiral Robert B. Carney forecast soon armed guided missiles for American destroyers and, eventually, atomic powered ships. Speaking at the John Paul Jones launch in Bath he said nuclear plants for destroyers are being sought and modern replacements must be built. The John Paul Jones is second in a postwar class, following the Forrest Sherman launched at Bath Iron Works.
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Bath
Maine
Robert B. Carney
Carney
Naval Operations
John Paul Jones
Forrest Sherman
Bath Iron Works
Trouble in Korea report signals Communist buildup
Dallas dispatch notes North Korea facing a Communist military buildup as stated by the South Korean ambassador, suggesting rising tensions and potential trouble in the region.
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Dallas
Tex
Korea
North Korea
First Lady Rejects Presidential Widow Pension
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, widow of the president, announces she will refuse any pension voted by Congress for presidential widows, clarifying her stance from Hyde Park, New York.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Government Report Delays Polio Vaccination Halt
Washington urges freeze on mass antipolio inoculations pending tomorrow’s safety report on Salk vaccine. Surgeon General Scheele reversed stance, with experts reviewing manufacturing and testing methods. Some states paused campaigns. Michigan largely continued with caution and awaited federal guidance.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
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Schewell
W. Cork St
Cork St
Dead City
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Yucca Flat
Atomic Energy Commission
Brodie
Tery Vales
Shirkey’s
Sunnyside
House of Good Food
Lineweaver
U.S
Albert Heustis
Oakland
Heustis
Cutter Laboratories
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Jonas Salk
Pittsburgh
Middletown Grange
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