Hard bargaining ahead with Bulganin at Big Four talks
President Eisenhower faces tougher talks with Soviet Premier Bulganin as Moscow publishes a disarmament plan. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman George urges a vigorous, proactive U.S. stance and warns against defeatist attitudes before any heads-of-state meeting.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin
Moscow
George
Dga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Antitrust Suit Filed Against Publishers
The Justice Department filed an antitrust suit in U S District Court New York City against six major publishing and advertising associations. It alleges a conspiracy to restrain interstate commerce and a uniform 15 percent commission for national advertising. Defendants include American Association of Advertising Agencies and American Newspaper Publishers Association among others.
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Washington
Justice Department Today
Atty
Brownell
U. S. District Court
New York City
American Assn
American Newspaper Publishers Assn
Publishers Assn
Associated Business Publications, Inc
Periodical Publishers Assn. of America
Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun St
Water Laws Discussed at Potomac River Basin Meeting
The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin met at the George Washington Hotel with about 75 attendees from Virginia Maryland West Virginia Pennsylvania Washington D C and federal representatives. Speakers outlined Western Water Law the Riparian System and urged East West differences and a new legal code to maximize beneficial water use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commission On the
Potomac River Basin
C. E. Busby
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
H. N. Young
Virginia Agricultural Expert
Potomac River
Western Water Law
Eastern Water Law
Interstate Commission On
George Washington Hotel
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
Charles Curran
Hoover Commission
William J. Burke
Presidential Advisory Committee On Water Resources Policy
H.N. Young
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Young
Snead to Speak at Scout Dinner in Shenandoah Area
Judge Raynor V. Snead of Washington Virginia will headline a Blue and Gold Banquet following a Cub Scout Pow Wow for Shenandoah Council in the First Presbyterian Church. Training sessions cover administration ceremonies games handicraft and den mother decorations led by local volunteers. Shenandoah Area Council operates as a Red Feather Agency.
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Raynor V. Snead
Washington, Va
Shenandoah Council
Boy Scouts of America
Marvin Gore
First Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Adam Friski
T. Jack Calkin
Winchester Games
Monroe Grizzard
Martinsburg
W. Va
Frances Morrison
Harry A. Fuss
Garnet.Brown
Winchester
Walter Brooking
Shenandoah Area
Red Feather
Ferry Collision Toll Reaches 193 in Japan
Divers recovered 133 bodies including many schoolchildren from the inland sea fog disaster. 60 remain missing as 775 were saved with 51 injured. Parents crowded a temporary morgue in Takamatsu seeking missing youths without ID papers after the Shinn Maru sank minutes after a collision.
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Takamatsu
Japan
Spring Coats Suits 14 Price Women Misses Junior Sizes
Margaret f Hodgson Hat and Dress Shop offers spring coats and suits in women girls and junior sizes. Prices start at 14 and markets emphasize affordable wardrobe options for varying ages and fits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret F. Hodgson Hat & Dress Shop
Price Lovett
Polio Case Rise With 149 New Infections Last Week
The Public Health Service reports 149 polio cases last week up from the prior week and 1,601 for the year through May 7. California leads with 27 cases, 20 paralytic, many in Los Angeles County, and 10 cases occurred in vaccinates.
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Washington
Public Health Service Today
California
Los Angeles County
Pennsylvania
Health Service
Wyeth Laboratories
Colorado
Ilinois
Indiana
Georgia
New York
Missouri
Wyoming
Connecticut
Mississippi
Hawaii
Ohio
Idaho
The
Shawnee VED Sets Location for New Hall Auditorium
The Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department selects a Roosevelt Boulevard site near Weems Lane west of Paper Hill Road in Pineville for a new fire hall and community building. Lot 57 and Lot 58 have been donated with Lot 56 on option, forming slightly over an acre for a 60 by 100 foot hall and 60 by 60 foot auditorium, plus parking and outdoor space. Fundraising, led by Gilbert Helsley, drives the drive, with a company meeting at the Brakeblok Plant to hear committee reports. Contributions are welcomed by Ernie Nesselrodt or Helsley.
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Roosevelt Boulevard
Weems Lane
Paper Hill Road
Pineville
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department
Frederick County
Charles A. Pine
Roosevelt Blvd
Ed Molden
Gilbert Helsley
Brakeblok
Shawnee
Helsley
Ernie Nesselrodt
Taylor elected commander of VFW Post 2323 at annual meeting
George S. Taylor was elected commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2323 at the annual meeting on Piccadilly Street. He succeeds Al Knowles. Other officers elected include W. C. McClintock as senior vice commander Earl Kerns as junior vice commander and Harry Lake as quartermaster. Installation will be at a June dinner.
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George S. Taylor
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Piccadilly St
al Knowles
W. C. McClintock
Earl Kerns
Harry Lake
City Sees 71000 Surplus After Budget Adjustments
City officials project an unappropriated surplus of about 71000 as of June 30 after deducting 24000 to balance next year’s budget. A tentative 1955 56 budget of 1541585 was approved. public hearing set for June 7.
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Common Council
Robert Barbour
Finance Committee
John Michael Steck
Handley School
Barbour
Steck
GOC Training Class At Hotel Tonight
A third Ground Observers Corps training session will be at the George Washington Hotel at 8 p m with Lt H E Bonney and Sgt John T Sinclair teaching. Volunteers signing for two hour shifts will learn how to call in aircraft and the Kerr Street post expands to 24 hour operation as volunteers grow.
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Ground Observers Corps
George Washington
H. E. Bonney
John T. Sinclair
Baltimore
Kerr St
Air Force
al Knowles
Vets Say Reunion With Soviets Hasn't Altered Views
Nine American veterans visiting Moscow say their reunion with Soviet counterparts does not change their right of center politics. Spokesman Joseph Polowsky of Chicago says they fully support U S foreign policy, including West German rearmament, while praising the hospitality and inviting Soviet vets to Washington.
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Moscow
Elbe River
Joseph Polowsky
Chicago
U. S
Soviet Union
Polowsky
A. S. Zhadov
West Germany
United States
Washington
William Weisel
Cincinnati
Murry Schulman
Queens Village
N. Y
Elijah R. Sams, Jr
Pinnacle
N. C
Charles C. Forrester
Greer
S. C
Robert Haag
Indianapolis
Fred W. Johnston
Bradford
Claude W. W. Moore
Red China vows to fight with Russia in European conflict
Peng Teh-huai, Peiping defense minister, declared at a Warsaw meeting that Communist China will join the Soviet bloc if war erupts in Europe. He said Peiping supports peaceful coexistence and would negotiate international disputes including Formosa, while warning aggressors that the balance favors the camp of peace and socialism. The Warsaw talks aim to form an Eastern defense grouping reacting to West Germany joining NATO.
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Warsaw
Poland
China
Soviet Union
Europe
Peng Teh-huai
Peiping
Peng
Formosa
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Albania
East Germay
West Germany
Two U S Soldiers Face Pro Red Activities Charges
Two American soldiers held as POWs in North Korea must answer to charges of collaboration with the enemy and mistreatment of fellow prisoners. Sgt. James C. Gallagher of Brooklyn and Cpl. Harold M. Dunn of Baldwinsville are confined at Fort Jay Governors Island. Gallagher is accused of murder without premeditation and both men face court martial proceedings with no trial date set.
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New York
James C. Gal
Governors Island
Panmunjom
Korea
Ft. Jay
Army
Dunn
New York State
Syracuse
Veto Could Halt Postal Pay Boost Yet To Come
The Senate approved the postal pay bill 66-11 and sent it to President Eisenhower who may veto. A veto appears likely. the White House signals a quick veto on the 8.8 percent raise while supporting a 7.6 percent compromise. The measure would cost about 179.8 million annually and affects half a million postal workers with higher bracket reclassifications.
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Washington
Sen. Carlson
R-Kan
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Carlson
White House
D Carlson
Congress
Eight Members of Mexican Family Killed in Accident
Eight members of a Mexican family from Fresno California were killed when their car plunged into a canal near Monterrey after a Mother’s Day visit. Father Ramiro G Lozano survived, saying his wife’s nervousness over speed caused him to lose control.
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Monterrey
Mexico
Fresno
Calif
Here
Ramiro G. Lozano
Lozano
Four Small Boys Die in Second-Floor Fire blaze in garage apartment
Los Angeles reports a fatal blaze that destroyed a second-story garage apartment killing four young brothers Leroy Jr Billy Ray Lewis Lee and Michael and leaving their 10-year-old half sister Margie Davenport badly burned. Investigators suspect a candle caused the fire as electricity had been cut for two months due to the family’s finances. A neighbor, Wilbur Hamilton, rescued Margie by climbing a tree and breaking a window, but attempts to save the four boys failed.
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Los Angeles
Margie Davenport
Wilbur Hamilton
Leroy Franklin
Leroy Jr
Billy Ray
Lewis Lee
Michael
Big Four Reach Agreement on Austrian Peace Treaty
Vienna reports the Big Four ambassadors from the United States, Soviet Union, France and Britain have settled differences on an Austrian independence treaty after a three day deadlock. If confirmed the news would allow foreign ministers to travel to Vienna to sign the accord. US officials warned signing must be ready before Dulles travels.
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Vienna
United State
Russia
France
Britain
Austria
Paris
V. M. Molotov
Warsaw
Leopol Figl
Figl
U. S
Dulles
Fig
Eisenhower
Nikolai Bulganin
Edgar Faure
Eden
Greek Migrants To Settle Here In United States
Greek migrants Evangelou Papadakos and Vassiliki head to resettle in the United States aboard an ICEM charter flight to New York. They have housing and employment assurances from an aunt in Winchester, Virginia, endorsed by Church World Service, as part of the Refugee Relief Program. The couple fled Potamia Sparti after guerrillas burned their home in 1944. they later lived in a makeshift hut. ICEM notes it aided 308000 Europeans, including 19000 Greeks, in finding new homes.
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New York
Evangelou Papadakos
Vassiliki
United States
Intergovernmental Committee For European Migration
ICEM
Stella Yeatras
N. Loudoun Street
Winchester
Virginia
Church World Service
Papadakos
Potamia
Sparti
Greece
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Taylor
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Red China
U.S
Gainesboro
Gainesboro Pta
New Friendship Fire CO
Co. Hall
Orin Ritter
Hollywood
Schewels
Cork St
Schewell
W. Cork St
South End Fire Company
Kenneth Carl
Round Hill Community Fire Company
Harry Patterson
Big Four
Market Street Methodist Church
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