Laniel Faces Tight Confidence Vote in France Indochina Crisis
Paris reports Premier Joseph Laniel won a 289 to 287 confidence vote as France spars over Indochina policy. He warned the National Defense Committee of major decisions, with talk of sending draftees to Indochina and possibly extending conscription.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
Indochina
National Assembly
Lanier
Assembly
Geneva
Korea
Switzerland
Laniel
Committee On National Defense
France
Saigon
Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
James Wood Band Takes First in Stephens City Parade
The James Wood High School Band won first prize of 25 dollars as the best band in the Firemen's Parade in Stephens City part of the annual carnival by the Stephens City Fire Company. The event drew large crowds as 40 units marched from the south end through town to the Town Lot where the carnival continued. Proceeds benefit the fire company with other prizes totaling 100 dollars awarded for various categories.
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James Wood High School
Stephens City
Stephens City Fire Company
Fire Company
South End Drum and Bugle Corps
Middletown
Shawnee
Hamilton
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Loring Wright, Sr
L. A. Fravel
James Wood High Leads 110 Seniors in Area Graduation
Area high schools Handley James Wood Clarke County plan 251 diploma candidates for May 30 to June 8 ceremonies. James Wood tops with 110 seniors. Handley 90. Clarke County 51. First Clarke County graduate class at Berryville campus. ceremonies set for June 7 8 and Baccalaureate sermons June 6 8.
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Handley
James Wood
Clarke County
James Wood High
Clarke County High School
James Wood High School
Paul D. Beable
Archie Frye
Handley High School
Frye
Berryville
C. E. Miley
Army Asks Draft For 23 000 Men in July
Washington reports the Army will draft 23 000 men in July an increase of 5 000 over the prior months to meet needs for the new fiscal year. Defense officials say the rise is not tied to Indochina and the total drafted or earmarked since September 1950 reaches 1 720 430.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Defense
Indochina
Shawnee Names Program Committee For Summer Meetings
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Company named a 18 member committee to plan programs for summer meetings at the Brake Block Plant last night. Members include J. W. Green Jr, Ernie Nesselrodt, Dick Bauserman and Gilbert Helsley.
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Shawnee Volunteer Fire Company
Brakeblok
J. W. Green, Jr
Ernie Nesselrodt
Dick Bauserman
Gilbert Helsley
For Sale 3 Piece Living Room Suites
Classified notices list a 3 piece living room suite for sale at Grove Furniture Company with limited quantity and savings. Also advertised are expert watch repair at Jewel Box Inc Winchester VA with guaranteed work, Jinks Shoe Repairs by C W Holiday, May car inspections open 8 AM to 9 PM, and Smith Pontiac Sales Service Gerrard St at Valley Ave offering automotive services.
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vauTd.vVu
Saving Grove Furniture Company
Jewel Box
Jewel Box, Inc
Winchester
Jinks Shoe
National Ave
Lincoln St
C. W. Holiday
Smith-Pontiac Sales & Service
Gerrard
Final Hydrogen Bomb Fired In 1954 U S Test Series
The United States closes its 1954 hydrogen bomb test series at the mid Pacific proving ground. AEC and Defense Department officials call the tests essential to national security and note the warning area will be lifted soon with air and sea traffic resuming as notices are issued.
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U.S
Washington
United States
mid-Pacific Proving Ground
Joint Atomic Energy Commission-Defense Department
London
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis Strauss
Wilson
Free World
French Begin Wounded Airlift from Dien Bien Phu
French began airlifting their gravely wounded from Dien Bien Phu as Vietminh claimed 1,400 wounded since the fortress fell. The first group reached Luang Prabang and 32 were due in Hanoi. Two weeks were projected to move all casualties. renewed Vietminh attacks in the Red River delta added to the day’s tense war updates.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh
Luang Prabang
Red River
Phuly
Pierre Huard
Hanoi University
Christian de
Geneva
France
Korea
Bidault
Paris
Red China
North
South Korea
TV Emcee Ralph Edwards Sued Over Show Profits
Mel Wickland sues TV emcee Ralph Edwards in Superior Court claiming he conceived This Is Your Life in 1946 while polio hospitalized and that Edwards promised to share profits. Wickland alleges Edwards paid him weekly sums until Oct 1, 1952 and then asserted sole ownership of the program.
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Los Angeles
Ralph Edwards
Mel Wickland
Superior
Edwards
Autopsy Exhumation In Veteran Death Under Probe
Louis A. Hicks a 34 year old crippled war veteran died in a wreck near La Plata Maryland Investigators found the cars hand throttle taped open and Hicks body was dug from Arlington National Cemetery for autopsy Findings were turned over to state and county investigators Wife Dorothy Hicks was interviewed and injured facially during the crash Charles County State Attorney said little to avoid hindering the probe Major Weber Maryland State Police field force commander said cooperation continues and no further details were released
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LA Plata
Here
Cet
Louis A. Hicks
Arlington National Cemetery
Baltimore
Dorothy
Richmond
Robert R. Barbour
Charles County
Maj
W. H. Weber
Maryland State Police
Weber
Elderly Couple Marries After Auto Accident in Hospital
An Ohio couple 77 year old Effie Meiser and 78 year old Claude Jarrett wed in a hospital sun room after a car overturn near West Virginia. They were en route to Norfolk to visit Jarrett's son when the 1950 DeSoto crashed. Both had minor injuries and were treated before the ceremony.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Effie Meiser
Claude Jarrett
Winchester
Winchester Star
S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Norfolk
Memorial Hospital
Paris
Canton
Here
W. Va
U. S
Christine Hensley
Jarrett
Gore
Virginia Weather Outlook May Fifteenth to Nineteenth
Richmond extended forecast shows temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal with warming in the first days followed by continued warmth. Showers on Wednesday bring 0.25 to 0.50 inches of rain.
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Richmond
Virginia
Freighter Runs Aground Off Hatteras Island
A 200 foot freighter ran aground at Cape Hatteras in rough seas. Coast Guardsmen evacuated the crew of 14 by breeches buoy above the surf.
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Cape Hatteras, N. C
Hatteras Island
Dismissal of ABC Agent Shenk Upheld by Gov Stanley
Gov. Stanley approves the dismissal of Harrisonburg ABC agent E P Shenk after a State Personnel Department report cites persistent deficiencies and violations of standing instructions. The board also fired John E Duff of McGaheysville and Staunton ABC clerk George W Smiley. Schwarzchild case not prosecuted. Shenk alone appealed.
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ABC
Shenk
Gov
Stanley
Richmond
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Harrisonburg
Harris Hart
E. P. Shenk
John E. Duff
McGaheysville
Staunton
George W. Smiley
ABC Board
G. M. Schwarzchild Jr
Shepk
Soviet Proposal Suggests Neutral Supervisory for Indochina Settlement
Russia proposed supervision by a Neutral Nations' Supervisory Commission for any Indochina settlement. Molotov framed the idea as a supplement to the Vietminh plan, while Bidault pressed for international control. Western powers offered cautious, unsettled reactions amid renewed fears of stalled Geneva talks and renewed Vietminh pressure near Hanoi.
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Geneva
Russia
Bidault
Victiy
Paris
Twining Says Soviet Bomber Developed for U.S. Targets
Gen. Nathan F. Twining asserted at an Armed Forces Day speech in Amarillo that the new Soviet heavy jet bomber, rivaling the B52 in size, was created to strike important U.S. targets. He stressed the Red air force’s vast strength and warned the United States must match it in long-range power through sustained material and human effort.
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Amarillo
Tex
Nathan F. Twining
Impor
United States
Air Force
Europe
Asia
North Africa
Moscow
Soviet Union
U. S
Navy
Marines
Army
Twin
United States Air Force
Marine Corps
Twining
Miss Page Lee Wins Orange Blossom Derby
Miss Page Lee, president of the St. Margaret's School senior class and daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward B Lee of White Post, won the orange blossom derby at the main building stairs. Eighteen candidates started the race timed to the 7 40 a m breakfast bell with Miss Lee finishing ahead by several lengths.
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Tappahannock
St. Margaret's School
Miss Page Lee
Edward B. Lee
White Post
Costello Found Guilty by Jury
Frank Costello, convicted of federal income tax evasion, faces up to 15 years and a $30,000 fine. The 63 year old ex-underworld figure appeared near tears as the jury returned a guilty verdict on three counts involving $39,015. Sentencing set for Monday. bail raised to $25,000.
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New York
Frank Costello
Costello
Federal Correctional Institution
Milan
Mich
Kefauver Crime Investigation Committee
Kefauver
John F. X. McGahey
Defense Council
Leo C. Fennelly
No Additional Ban On Shooting Foxes In Clarke County
Clarke County Board of Supervisors heard there is no new prohibition on fox shooting. A misprinted notice caused confusion by listing Amelia County. the state rule already exists and may be waived by local boards during rabies outbreaks. Clarke offers $2.50 bounties for fox skins.
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Richmond
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
State Game Commission
Clarke
Game Commission
Amelia
Dirksen and Mundt Describe John Adams Visits in Army Hearings
Senators Dirksen and Mundt testified about January visits from Army counselor John G. Adams. Adams recounted pressure from Roy Cohn on behalf of Pvt. David Schine as the McCarthy Army subcommittee faced probe.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Sens. Dirksen
R-ill
Mundt
RSD
McCarthy Army
John G. Adams
Adams
McCarthy Subcommittee
Roy M. Cohn
Pvt
David Schine
Byrd Maintains Opposition to Debt Limit Increase
Sen. Byrd of Virginia says his stance against raising the national debt limit remains unchanged despite Treasury remarks. He notes a $10 billion cushion under the $275 billion ceiling and a mid June tax flow, adding an excise tax cut is not enough to alter his position before full 1954 figures. He expects the issue to be debated in the Senate Finance Committee late in 1954.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Treasury
Congress
Finance Committee
House
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Shorty Billmyer
A. C. Slonaker & Son
Schewels
Shawnee Names Program Committee
Weather Outlook
Dirksen
John Adams
Cohn
Sen. McCarty
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
White House
Brownell
Justice Department
Joseph N. Welch
Executive Department
Sherman Adams
Schine
Virginian
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