Eisenhower Signs St. Lawrence Seaway Bill in White House
President Eisenhower signed the St. Lawrence seaway bill in a White House ceremony with 43 Congress members and Canadian Ambassador A D P Henney observing. The plan authorizes U S and Canada to build a deep waterway to Toledo Ohio, six years to complete, with a parallel 600 million dollar hydroelectric project to be pursued by New York state and Ontario.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
A. D. P. Henney
Old Fort Detroit
Michigan
United States
Canada
Atlantic
Toledo
Ohio
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Woodrow Wilson
International Rapids
St. Lawrence River
Ogdensburg
N. Y
New York State
Ontario
Geaway
Open House At Memorial Hospital Draws 300 Attendees
Over 300 people toured Memorial Hospital during Open House, part of National Hospital Week and Florence Nightingale’s birthday anniversary. A local firm donated 1000 dollars for National Hospital Day, with tours of all areas including operating rooms and post tour refreshments.
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Memorial Hospital
National Hospital
Florence Nightingale
Soviet Red Star: cobalt bomb claims exaggerated
The Red Star argues Soviet scientists understand the cobalt bomb and its effects are overstated by imperialists. Lt Col A Sedov explains cobalt shells capture neutrons from a thermonuclear H bomb, producing radioactive cobalt dust with a 5.3 year half life, countering fears of mass extinction aims.
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Moscow
Red Star
A. Sedov
Sedov
Winchester Tri-Breed Show And Sale Saturday
The twelfth annual Winchester Tri Breed Show and Sale will feature 110 Aberdeen Angus Hereford and Shorthorn cattle at the Farmers Livestock Exchange west of the city on U S Rt 50. Show at 8 30 a m and sale at 12 30 p m with 40 Herefords 34 Shorthorns and 36 Angus consigned by 40 producers from northern Virginia and nearby West Virginia. Auctioneers are Morris Fannon and Edward Huff. Northern Virginia Livestock Producers Association Inc sponsors. E Clay Rogers is general chairman.
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Winchester
Farmers Livestock Exchange
U. S
George Washington Hotel
Neutrals urge new look at Korea armistice policing
Swedish Maj. Gen. Paul Mohn and Swiss Brig. Gen. Ernst Gross accuse Czechoslovak and Polish colleagues of blocking supervision of North Korea violations. They call for a reexamination of the Military Armistice Commission and investigations into alleged contraventions, citing restricted access for inspection teams in Communist areas.
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Munsan
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
North Korea
U. N
Paul Mohn
Ernst Gross
Military Armistice Commission
Mrs Atkinson Appointed House Mother at Winchester Hospital
Edith Mae Atkinson of Lynchburg arrives to assume duties as house mother at Winchester Memorial Hospital nurses home. She succeeds Clara Elia son who resigned in February after 16 years in the role. Atkinson previously directed Edgewater Home For Girls in Norfolk and held numerous house mother posts.
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Edith Mae Atkinson
Lynchburg
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Clara Eliason
Riding Chapel Rummage Sale Opens Friday Evening
The Riding Chapel opens its rummage sale at 6 p m Friday at 12 S Loudoun and continues Saturday 9 a m Also a bake sale Saturday from 1 p m to 5 13 11 offers bake goods for shoppers.
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A. C. Slonaker & Son
E.S.T
N. Cameron St
G. G. Baker
S. Loudoun
Virginia radar speed checking device demonstrated near Middletown
Virginia officials and law enforcement demonstrated the state's new radar speed system set to take effect June 30. Twenty radar sets were ordered for state divisions, with tests showing readings from 250 to 300 feet away and meters located 3 to 12 feet from the highway edge.
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Virginia
R. C. Barham
Front Royal
Charles A Menefee
Francis L. Woolf
Winchester
Frederick County
Middletown
F. L. Woolf
Robert Barham
General Assembly
Barham
Woolf
Five Atomic Powers Open London Disarmament Talks
London hosts the five leading atomic powers under UN auspices at Lancaster House as they seek a treaty to end the arms race and outlaw atomic and germ warfare. Western delegates plan to press their old enforcement-then-ban stance while awaiting Soviet moves and possible concessions.
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Atomic Powers
London
Russia
Lancaster House
United Nations
U.N. Disarmament Commission
Pacific
Globe
Churchill
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Selwyn Lloyd
Morehead Patterson
Lester B. Pearson
Jules Moch
Jacob Malik
Chennault Says He Would Have Used Atom Bomb at Dien Bien Phu
Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault ret. cites Dien Bien Phu fall to Communists and argues the United States should have intervened in Indochina with air support only. He says he would have used the atom bomb and does not think it would have sparked World War II. Chennault and his wife Anna are in New Orleans for the Flying Tigers reunion.
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New York
Claire Chennault
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
Chenault
Flying Tigers
China
United States
Chennault
Anna
New Orleans
NATO medical conference chair vows higher US wartime casualties
The American chairman of a NATO medical conference says the United States expects atomic weapons to double the number of its military personnel injured in war.
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Paris
NATO
United States
Two Gunmen Die After Suicide Near Police Standoff
In New Haven Connecticut two suspects James Pollard and Clarence Rydstrom killed themselves when cornered by police after a bank holdup investigation. Detective Ralph Palma was wounded in the prior theater confrontation as officers closed in.
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New Haven
Conn
Howard O. Young
James Pollard
Stonington
Young
Clarence Rydstrom
Waterbury
Ralph Palma
Pollard
Rydstrom
Middlebury
Palma
Army Counselor Back in Witness Chair McCarthy Hearings Resume
Army counselor John G. Adams said the Army had no wish to halt the McCarthy subcommittee inquiry into Ft Monmouth though it preferred an end to the type of hearings. He denied trading favors for Pvt G David Schine or seeking McCarthy appeasement. Adams testified under cross examination that Secretary Stevens did not instruct halting the inquiry though the Army wanted the hearings to end.
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Washington
Army
John G. Adams
McCarthy Subcommittee
Ft. Monmouth
Pvt
G. David Schine
Sen
McCarthy
Adams
Schine
McCarthy Army
Stevens
Ray H. Jenkins
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Jenkins
Sherman Adams
White House
Truman Blasts GOP Policy as Creeping McKinleyism
Former President Truman accuses the Eisenhower administration of creeping McKinleyism as he outlines six steps to near full employment within a year. He calls for higher federal spending, tax relief, parity for farmers, higher minimum wage, broader unemployment insurance, and a doubled housing program.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Truman
Eisenhower
McKinley
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers Annual Convention
Brinkley Calls Marketing Key to Virginia Farm Progress
Parke C. Brinkley, Virginia agriculture commissioner, told Winchester Rotary that real progress will be in marketing. He cited large waste of perishable foods in transport and retail and urged market development to close the gap between producer and consumer.
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Virginia
Parke C. Brinkley
Winchester Rotary Club
Brinkley
Virginia Department of Agriculture
John Kerr Open House Called Great Success
John Kerr School hosted an Open House drawing many parents and fathers. Principal Lola V. Moore said the event aimed to show parental progress of students since September with folders of work and exhibits including a life size cow model and a moth development project.
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John Kerr School
Lola V. Moore
French Hope Airlift Of Casualties Will Start Tomorrow
The French planned a mass airlift to remove casualties from Dien Bien Phu, aiming to evacuate about 700 wounded from the Viet Minh held valley. Dr Pierre Huard led the relief party to prepare landing strips and organize medical transport to Hanoi.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Pierre Huard
University of Hanoi
Huard
Luang Prabang
Christian de Castries
Vietminh
de Castries
Grove Furniture Co
Winchester
Laniel Defends Shaky French Government in Indochina Row
Premier Joseph Laniel opened his defense in the National Assembly arguing the Dien Bien Phu siege delayed Vietminh attacks on the Red River Delta and Laos. He sought a vote of confidence as the Geneva process loomed, warning that a defeat could topple his cabinet and threaten peace negotiations led by Georges Bidault.
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Dien Bien Phu
Red River Delta
Paris
Joseph Laniel
Red River
Laos
National Assembly
Assembly
Laniel
France
Indochina
Georges Bidault
Geneva
Bidault
Barn Fire Destroys L. V. Watson Farm Structure
A large barn on the Sunnyside farm of L. V. Watson burned at about 2 a m with the blaze reported by a passer by on Route 522. Firefighters from Rouss and Sarah Zane attended. contents including hay straw a chicken house and lumber shed were a total loss. Mrs Ward Brubeck said the Watsons are away in North Carolina and insurance covered the buildings but damage totals could not be estimated without Mr Watson.
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L. V. Watson
Sunnyside
Rouss and
Sarah Zane
Ward Brubeck
Mr. Watson
Jewel Box, Inc
Winchester
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Jinks Shoe Repairs
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Yeterday
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