Attacks Hit U S Information Office in Athens Riots
In Athens Greek mobs attacked the U S Information Service office amid protests over the impending executions in Cyprus. Police and soldiers deployed, two killed and about 120 injured, with 30 officers hospitalized. Authorities fortified embassies as crowds numbered in the thousands.
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Athens
Greece
U. S
Information Service Office
Britain
Cyprus
Dorotheus
John Harding
Mediterranean
Harding
NATO
Salonika
Fire at Clarke Supply Today Causes Little Damage
A spark from a torch ignited oil on a wooden loading platform at Clarke Supply Company's Berryville plant. Firefighters said the platform burned like a Christmas pudding but the fuel oil did not damage the frame or planks significantly. Company spokesman pegged total damage under 25 dollars. Fire alarm at 10 10 a m was handled by John Enders Fire Company.
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Berryville
Clarke Supply Company
John Enders Fire Company
Alcohol and Gas Injured City Frederick Clarke Dead
An incident left Frederick Clarke aged 43 dead with injuries from alcohol and gas exposure. No further details available.
Red Star Denounces Military Herald Over Stalin Critique
The Red Star denounces as wrong and harmful the Military Herald editorial charging Stalin with ignoring intelligence warnings before the Nazi attack. The clash signals possible top leadership rewriting of World War II history amid to downplay Stalin's role.
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Moscow
Red Star Today
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Military Herald
Georgi Zhukov
Stalin
Hitler
Russia
Red Star
Central Committee
Communist Party
Germany
Pawer
Red Star Lashed Out Specifically At Military Herald
Hotel Alexander Fire Injures Ten in Hagerstown
In Hagerstown Maryland a blaze on the hotels second floor at the Hotel Alexander injured ten people and forced the evacuation of about 200 guests. Fire Chief Joan Hall said the fire started in a room once occupied by Robert C Dodson of Baltimore. The room was gutted and other contents burned.
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Hagerstown
Alexander
Joan Hall
Robert C. Dodson
Baltimore
Dodson
Hall
Chrysler Lays Off 3 700 Workers. U A W Benefit Plan Set
Chrysler Corp cuts 3,700 hourly jobs in the Detroit area the first large group eligible for company financed lay off pay starting June 1 under the U A W Supplemental Unemployment Benefit plan. Another 2,500 hourly workers are laid off at two Plymouth plants in Evansville Indiana with Indiana approval needed for benefits. The move aims to align production with weak car demand as total Chrysler idled workers exceed 37,000.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Plymouth
Evansville
Indiana
Michigan State Employment Service
George George Not Seek Senate Re election
Sen. George of Georgia announced he will not seek another term and may join President Eisenhower as personal representative to NATO. Eisenhower offered a foreign affairs post and ambassadorial appointment as long as he remains in the White House. Doctors described mild heart condition and diabetes but said health is not seriously impaired.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Capitol
White House
Senate
Worth Daniels
Daniels
Appeal Filed in Glover service station case before Virginia high court
The city has filed its notice of appeal and grounds of error with the Virginia Supreme Court in the John D. Glover service station dispute. City Solicitor Randolph Larrick told the Common Council last night the cross appeal has not yet been assigned. A final decision is not expected soon as defense counsel may raise cross errors.
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Council
Virginia State Supreme Court of Appeals
John D. Glover
Randolph Larrick
Common Council
Corporation Court
Larrick
Harry Ridgeway
Ridgeway
W. Amherst St
Slonaker & Son
Sloan Kuykendall
Glover
Taylor Barr
Cities Service Oil Co
Richmond
Berryville Ave
Kerr St
J. F. Anthony
Justa Quick
Clowe
Winchester Memorial Hospital reports 1955 gross of 1 390 600 and 9 796 patients
The Winchester Memorial Hospital announced a 1955 gross of 1 390 600 with 9 796 patients, both up from the prior year. At yesterday’s annual board meeting six new directors were elected and current officers were reelected.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Gilpin Allen
H. W. Ebert, Jr
J. T. Pry
A. J. Novick
Claude B. Smalts
Paul Plumly
Frye
J. W. Warden
Novick
Louis Wonder
Mr. Smalts
H. B. McCormac, Jr
P. W. Plumly
Disarming Team Ready to Act If H-Bomb Fails to Explode
At Eniwetok Atoll experts from Sandia and Los Alamos outline plans to disarm and salvage components of the H-bomb used in Shot Cherokee if it lands in an accessible area. They note steps include removing the trigger device to prevent fusion and explosion.
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MT. Mckinley
Eniwetok Atoll
U. S
Sandia
N. M
Los Alamos Weapons Laboratories
Shot Cherokee
Eisenhower to Undergo New Head to Toe Physical Exam
President Eisenhower announced at a news conference that he will have a major head to toe physical examination Friday. He said the checkup will include heart testing with cardiograms and other standard procedures, not tied to the Denver heart attack last September. The timing precedes the Republican National Convention in San Francisco opening August 20.
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Washington
Eisenhower
San Francisco
Denver
Five States Hold Elections as Indiana Leads Kefauver Fight
Primary voting across five states sparked immediate debate over Indiana results. President Eisenhower led Kefauver in Indiana with about 60 percent of the vote as Daly trailed. Kefauver faced no Democratic opponent, while Stevenson opposed him among Democrats. Democrats blamed farm discontent but the Indiana vote showed little signal of broad antiadministration sentiment. Governor George Craig urged a broader Democratic retreat, while Kefauver backers argued turnout did not reflect November sentiment.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Lar
America First
Daly
Hefdover
Coull
Adlai E. Stevenson
George Craig
Kefauver
Eisenhower J
Ings
Charles E. Skillen
Skillen
Democratic
Adlai Stevenson
Last Night's Cold Wave Not Harmful
Area orchardists faced frost fears but saw minor impact. Temperatures dipped to 29 in Gordonsville and 28 in Petersburg with frost in some areas, yet wind and brief cold prevented material damage to fruit across Clarke and Frederick counties.
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Winchester
Clarke
Clarke County
Associated Press
Gordonsville
Orange County
Petersburg
Richmond
Mayor Sets Public Hearing For June 12 Budget Approved Unanimously
The Common Council approved a balanced $1,577,699 budget for FY 1956 57 with current tax rates $1.50 per $100 real estate and $2.25 per $100 personal property. Budget readings completed. hearing set for June 12 where citizens may speak.
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M. B. Clowe, Jr
Council
Finance Committee
J. M. Steck, Jr
Fred Brumback
Laurens Jones
General Fund
Walter & Sewer
Virginia Public Assistance
Water & Sewer
Virginia forecast and meeting notice for Frederick County
Increasing cloudiness and not as cool tonight with lows 44 to 50. Thursday will be rather cloudy and warmer with scattered showers or thunderstorms west and north by afternoon or night. Also note a meeting of the School Trustee Electoral Board of Frederick County on May 18 1956 at 10 00 AM in Winchester to elect trustees for Stonewall and Back Creek districts.
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J. Bowen
James A. Miller
H. E. Alberti
Alberti
Carl S. Napps
Mary Jane McCone
R. N
Napps
Mr. Rosenberger
W. P. McGuire
M. D
Frank Armstrong
Hugh Clark
Riley
Harold Edwards
Paul Rosen
Winchester
Frederick County
Virginia
Stonewall
Back Creek
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U.S. Information Service
Clarke Supply
Margaret L. Hodgson
Shawnee
Spring Suits
Frederick Clarke
Kathleen Dennison
Bobby Dennison
Donald
Dennisons
Ginger
Otto
Route 50
Winchester Star
Henry M. Stebbins
Ervin Cleveland
Winchester Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Shukov
Wender
Loudoun St
Jefferson Jackson Democratic Club
Round Hill Community Fire Company
D. L. Bowers
Pres
Schewel Furniture Co
London
Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd
Shenandoah
J. M. Steck
Robert Boyce
H. W. Butler, Jr
Public Safety Committee
Fire Committee
William Godhenour
Jones
Gochenour
University of Maryland
Fred I. Brumback
John H. Rosenberger
Andrew
Task Force 7
Ike
Mariannes
Peter Pan Children’s Shop
N. Loudoun St
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