Japanese Sitdown Protest Against Fuji Firing
Japanese villagers led by leftist labor figures held a sit down on Mount Fuji slopes to protest American artillery practice. Police kept the demonstrators away from firing zones as Marines and Army units continued practice until late May. Asahi called the action a national suffering and highlighted tensions with the United States over using Fuji for military exercises.
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Asahi
Japan
Fuji
Red China Radio
U. S
U S Virologist to Examine Polio Victim in Idaho
A U S Public Health Service virologist rushed to Idaho Falls to examine 6 year old Danny Eggers who died of bulbar polio amid Idaho’s polio outbreak after Cutter vaccine inoculation. He was the third Idaho child to die and the 15th to contract polio post vaccination as state halts mass school vaccination pending federal vaccine review.
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U.S
Boise
Idaho
U.S. Public Health Service
Idaho Falls
Danny Eggers
L. J. Peterson
Carl Ecklund
Rocky Mountain Laboratory
Hamilton
Mont
Danny
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Five Hurt in Six Area Traffic Crashes Reported
Six area traffic accidents in Frederick Clarke and Winchester left five people injured including a man in critical condition. Henry M. Thompson 64 of Leesburg sustained severe head injuries at Horse Shoe Tavern driveway east of Berryville. Others injured in Clarke County include Kenneth N Fahnestock Renne J LeGloahec Warren Fahnestock and William Elliott.
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Frederick
Clarke Counties
Henry M. Thompson
Leesburg
Memorial Hospital
Horse Shoe Tavern
Route 7
Berryville
Renne J. LeGroacec
Rockland
Maine
Kenneth Fahnestock
Warren Fahnestock
Route 3
William Paul Elliott
Waterloo
Clarke County
Friendship
Mr. Thompson
Blue Ridge Mountain
James Wood, Jr
Thompson
J. W. Detrick
Detrick
Marcus Brothers
W. Cecil St
Kenneth N. Fahnestock
Renne J. LeGloahec
LeGloahec
Fahnestock
Millwood Ave
Elliott
Frederick County
Route 50
Merriman’s Lane
M. H. Moore
Elmore DeHaven
Sunnyside
Moore
Trading Post
C. C. Taylor
Lawrence Costello
Stephens City
Route 11
Byrd Resignation as Committee Chair Rejected Again
Sen. Harry Byrd of Virginia has again offered to resign as chairman of the Joint Committee on Reduction of Non-Essential Federal Expenditures and his offer was rejected. Byrd has chaired the panel since its 1941 formation and will continue this term.
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Washington
Len Byrd
D-Va
Joint Committee
Virginian
House
Senate
Violence outbreak at Alcatraz prison reported by warden
San Francisco The warden Paul J Madigan disclosed an outbreak of violence at Alcatraz Prison on April 25. He said seven or eight men were placed in solitary confinement after a small disorder by a few rioters in a disciplinary section of the island prison. The disturbances stemmed from demands for better food newspapers and commissary privileges while under discipline.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
Paul J. Madigan
Island
San Francisco Bay
How's Your I Q Answers from Page Four
Answers to the page four quiz list the ten items: Yodel, Harold Stassen, French, Potomac River, Delaware, Theodor Heuss, Sam Rayburn, Mgr. Edward J. Flanagan, Louis XVI, and Sinclair Lewis.
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Harold Stassen
French
Potomac River
Delaware
Theodor Heuss
Sam Rayburn
Mgr
Edward J. Flanagan
Council Advances Pipe Ordinances for Root Prevention
The council approved a cast iron sewer pipe ordinance to prevent root growth and clogging and barred reclaimed materials. A third ordinance was passed on final reading.
Body of Missing Workman Is Found
Searchers uncovered the body of laborer Joseph Lombardi age 55 in wreckage from New York Coliseum collapse. He was a cement worker. Four relatives including a son in law stood by as priest gave last rites while other workers cried. Fifty two were injured but Lombardi was the sole fatality.
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New York
Joseph Lombardi
Lombardi
President names Indiana Democrat to FTC vacancy
A president names a Democratic replacement from Indiana to fill the vacant Federal Trade Commission seat formerly held by New York Democrat James Mead. The move drew mixed reactions from political figures amid ongoing discussions on party balance and regulatory policy.
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Indiana
New York
James Mead
Federal Trade Commission
Rayburn
Eisenhower
U. S
Eisenhower jokes about Hoover Commission hamburger supply
President Eisenhower and Secretary Wilson discuss a Hoover Commission report noting a 60 year canned hamburger stock held by the Navy. He says there could be misunderstanding about the large supply and questions whether an emergency dole-out would create an oversupply. He adds ammunition stock is not risk free.
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Eisenhower
Hoover Commission
Navy
Wilson
Herbert Hoover
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N. Braddock St
Winchester
Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc
Hereford
Angus & Shorthorns
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
B&o
Mertineberg
Wilmington
Mckeesport
Connellsville
Cumberland
Ohio
Hurton Mountain
Tur
Costello
Maurice Lake
Hagen Johnson
Gate City
Tenn
Jerry Lester Johnson
Berryville Ave
Johnson
East Cecil St
James Claycomb
Chevrolet
C. H. Smith
E. Cecil St
International
Herbert Franklin
S. Kent St
Franklin
Virginia
Riley
Pennsylvania Railroad
N. Loudoun St
Fairmont Ava
Bureau of Inspections
Yount, Hyde and Company, Certified Public Accountants
Stewart Bell, Jr
Standard Oil Co
Gerrard and
Loudoun Sts
Marvin Weaver
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Julia Beaver
Velma Goode
Legislative Committee
the Business and Professional Women's Club
Ica
Agrico
American Agricultural Chemical CO
Green Chemical Co., Inc
Wyck St
Byrd
I. Q
Louis XVI
Sinclair Lewis
Council
John F. Hoover
P. O
Barr’s, Inc
Seta Bait
Battle Ave
Alice S. Grifith
A. E. Griffith
Battle Avenue
John F. Anderson
Alice S. Griffith
Rotary Inife
Smithfield Ave
James Wood
Glenn Hughes
School Auditorum
Administrator's Sale
Preston N. Place
Place Brothers Tire Company. Inc
Valley Pike
Oliver No
P.T.O
Allis Chalmers
Stainelss
G. G. Baker
FE. T. Snider
Rohm & Haas
Miller Chemical Corp
Winchester, Va
Charles Town
W. Va
A. Shayock CO
Valley Fertilizer & Chemical CO
W. Jocison, Va
Washington Square
U. S. Pat
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