Triton completes 41519 mile submerged world cruise
The U S nuclear powered submarine Triton finished an 41519 mile submerged voyage around the world in 84 days. Capt Edward L Beach received the Medal of Merit from President Eisenhower after the lengthy mission that included a transfer of a sick crewman off Montevideo and a stop near Cadiz to honor Magellan.
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U.S
Triton
Ferdinand Patlan
Montevideo
Uruguay
Macon
Edward L. Beach
Delaware
White House
Eisenhower
Legion of Meritation
Long Isand
St. Paul's Rocks
South
America
Africa
Equator
Falkland Islands
South America
Cape Horn
Easter Island
Hawaii
Cadiz
Spain
Rehoboth
Del
New London
Conn
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Bea
Ike to Visit Japan and Korea as Scheduled
President Eisenhower will travel to Japan and Korea next month as planned even if his Soviet tour is canceled. White House spokesman Anne Wheaton confirmed Tokyo events include state dinners and a dinner for the Emperor. Preparations for the Soviet trip continue as officials discuss details with both governments.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Japan
Korea
Soviet Union
White House
Anne Wheaton
Tokyo
Eman & Found of
Sigbaosaing Id Tend Dendiname
Emperor Ibinedees
Nikita
United
Afl-Cio
Meany
United States
The Warning Bell at Baker Street Stirs Downtown
The warning bell at the Baker Street railroad crossing has been covered in a cardboard box for a week drawing complaints. Three Route 50 signs near Duff's Restaurant mislead motorists about distance, while a youth fixes a bicycle in front of a downtown store amid light rain and hot temperatures near 88 degrees at night.
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Baker St
Sagana
Shenandoah Valley Science Fair winner heads to national event
Marsha Fretwell, winner of the top prize at the Shenandoah Valley Regional Science Fair in Harrisonburg, travels with her teacher Miss Mary Virginia Carson from Handley to Indianapolis to compete in the National Science Fair. Her exhibit, shows the...
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Marsha Fretwell
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Cher
Mary Virginia Carson
Handley
Indianapolis
Heavy Voting In West Virginia Democratic Primary
West Virginia Democrats vote in a marathon primary to decide between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey. Long ballots and manual counting mark the process with rain and cold shaping turnout as polls close at 7:30 p.m. and results likely by Wednesday morning.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Hubert Hamore
Minnesota
Kennedy
Humphrey
Washington
Police surround Owens as hostage standoff continues in Marysville
In Marysville California a 34 year old man James W Owens holed up in a small frame house after seizing a pistol from two patrolmen during a hospital intake. Firefighters and spotlights stood by while Owens kept his girlfriend Laverne Midgette 25 nearby as crowds of up to 700 gathered outside.
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Calif
James W. Owens
Fae Sebras
John C. Blevins
Owens
Patromen
Charles Spencer
Owens Power
James Brown
Brown
Laverne Midgette
Stockton
Soviet protests as US spy flights anger Moscow
The Soviet Union protests US spy flights over Soviet territory while Washington seeks access to pilot Francis Powers. Khrushchev warns rockets will down any future spy missions and could target foreign bases. He urges restraint but signals counter measures in response to continued operations.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Francis G. Powers
Pound
Nikita Khrushchev
Czechoslovakia
Khrushchev
Sverdlovsk
Peshawar
Pakistan
Bodo
Norway
Turkey
Halvard Lange
Hearing Set Friday in Crash Fatal to Two
A preliminary hearing is scheduled Friday for Emory Lee Shifflett, driver of a lime truck, after a collision with a Frederick County School bus that killed two children. Shifflett faces two counts of manslaughter in the deaths of Joyce Marie Borrer, nine, of White Post, who died on arrival.
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Emory Lee Shifflett
Frederick County
Shifflett
Joyce Marie Borrer
White Post
Rabies Vaccination Plan Brought Back to County Board
Dr. Stuart II urged an anti rabies ordinance requiring all county dogs to be vaccinated by licensed vets by July 1. Dogs entering the county must be vaccinated within 30 days and wear vaccination tags. A certificate of vaccination would be shown when dog licenses are bought. The board took no action and sent the proposal to the next meeting.
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County Board of Supervisors
Stuart II
Highway Department
State
U.S
Recice
Robert L. DeHaven
Nottingham
State Dept. of Health
Byrd cites sales tax would cost Winchester 2.56 million
State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr told the Winchester Exchange Club the Almond sales tax plan would remove 2.56 million from Winchester over two years and harm Shenandoah Valley trade as West Virginia residents buy locally to escape their tax. He contrasted it with a 2 percent general tax plan promising local allocations and warned of large net tax increases on Virginians.
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Winchester
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester Exchange Club Today
Byrd
Shenadoah Valley
West Virginia
Almond
Clarke
Virginia
Khrushchev Threat Triggers U S Backing Of Allies
The United States pledged to uphold defense commitments with allies if the Soviet Union attacks bases used by a U S ally for spy flights into Soviet territory. State Department said reconnaissance flights may continue if Soviet secrecy remains, as Khrushchev warned of rockets in response to such bases. He viewed related U S explanations as dangerous and linked the issue to Berlin and summit dynamics.
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United States
Russia
Nikita Khruschev
U.S
Soviet Union
Gence
Red
State Department
Lincoln White
White
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Nikitachev
Khrushchev
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Khrueshchev
Ie Ganda
Gener
Berlin
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