Oatis Reunited With Wife After Release in New York
William N. Oatis, freed after more than two years in Communist Czechoslovakia, was dramatically reunited with his wife Laura Belle at Idlewild Airport. The couple spent about 12 minutes together aboard the plane amid cameras and cheering crowds. Oatis described the Czech trial as psychologically heavy, but not physically brutal, and reacted with disbelief to news such as Stalin and Eisenhower events.
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William Oatis
Wife
New York
William N. Oatis
Czechoslovakia
Idlewild
Associated Press
Pan American World Airways
Laurabelle
Oatis
Frankfurt
Prizes Awarded in Northern Virginia 4-H FFA Judging Contest
Cash prizes totaling nearly 80 were awarded at the 4 H and F F A Judging Contest held before the 11th annual Winchester Tri Breed Show and Sale. Contestants from across Northern Virginia judged Angus Hereford and Shorthorn cattle with top honors to George Sutherland Sammy Richard and Don Richardson who each scored 300 points.
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Farmer's Lipstock Exchange
Rt. 50
Here
Winchester
George Sutherland
Warrenton F.F
Sammy Richard
St. Luke
Don Richardson
Meems Valley
Bobby Bayliss
James
Farmers’ Livestock Exchange
Rt. 50 West
Frederick County
I. Fred Stine
Stine
Herfords
Notice Rouss Drum and Bugle Corps Rehearsals
Rehearsals set for Tuesday May 19 and Thursday May 21 with a break the carnival week. Starting June 3 rehearsals move to Wednesday nights and a special drill is scheduled Sunday June 7 at 3 00 PM.
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Rouss Drum & Bugle Corps
Frank M. Dick
Be Kind To Animals Week Observed At Virginia Avenue School
The Virginia Avenue School will lead a Be Kind To Animals Week with a Pooch Parade on Thursday. Ninety three cattle sold at Winchester Tri Breed Show and Sale brought 29760 dollars with Herefords leading, and the day included a breeders show judged by J. E. Foster.
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Virginia Avenue
Chuckie Bretz
Va. Ave
Paul Dick
George D. Jackson
Edwin Snider
Mark McHale
Ray Costanzo
State Supreme Court Throws Out 1953 55 Budget
The state Supreme Court ruled the 1953 55 budget invalid in full, making a special legislative session mandatory.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
19 Die As Delta-Chicago-Southern DC-3 Crashes in Texas
A Delta-Chicago-Southern DC-3 twin engine airliner tumbled repeatedly into a storm east of Marshall Texas killing 19 aboard. Only one woman, Mrs J W Cox of Panama City Florida, survived after the craft plunged into the Piney Woods.
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Marshall
Tex
East Texas Piney Woods
Here
Douglas Volk
Atlanta
Shreveport
J. W. Cox
Panama City
Fla
Marshall Hospital
Berserk man fires at Union Station crowd injuring agent
A berserk man fired three shots at Washington Union Station injuring himself and FBI agent John Mulvaney. Homer Wesley Green of Hartford Conn. was subdued after grabbing a guard's pistol. Green, bound for Longview Texas, appeared mentally unsettled and had 10 prior arrests. He was under guard at Gallinger Hospital.
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Washington
Union Station
FBI
Homer Wesley Green
Hartford
Gallinger Hospital
Hartford County
Green
Longview
Tex
Mulvaneyv
Hull, Oldest U S Congressman, Dies in Wisconsin
Rep Merlin Hull aged 82 and veteran of the House died in La Crosse Wisconsin after major surgery and pulmonary complications. Hull first won election in 1928 as a Republican, later served as a Progressive, and returned to the GOP in 1946. He was born December 18 1870 in Warsaw Indiana and published the Weekly Black River Falls Banner Journal from 1926 until his death.
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Wisconsin Progressive Party
Warsaw
Ind
Wisconsin
Black River Falls
Wis
Banner Journal
Wreck Sunday Causes Property Damage of $525
A Sunday evening crash on U S Route 522 about 17 miles north of Winchester caused about 525 in damage. A 1949 Chevrolet coupe driven by Eugene Stephenson and a 1951 Chevrolet pickup driven by Curtis Reynolds Story collided when the pickup attempted a left turn. No injuries were reported.
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U. 5 S. Rt
Winchester
J. H. Smith, Jr
Eugene Stephenson
Butler
Curtis Reynolds
Cross Junction
Eisenhower Returns to Washington After Williamsburg Cruise
President Eisenhower came ashore in Alexandria after a three and a half day trip aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg. He spoke at William and Mary College and visited Annapolis Naval Academy while planning a national radio address on security spending and taxes. This was his last scheduled voyage aboard the yacht which will be mothballed at the end of June.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Williamsburg
Alexandria
White House
J. T. Burke
William and Mary College
Norfolk
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Midshipmen
United States of America
Adm
C. Turner Joy
United Nations
Lynde McCormick
Atlantic Fleet
James C. Hagerty
Naval Academy
Bancroft Hall
Taft urges temporary continuation of excess profits tax
Sen. Taft says the excess profits tax is vicious in parts but should be kept temporarily to help balance the budget. He notes it mainly hits large firms and raises about two billion dollars yearly, with no clear standard to define excess profits.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Congress
Eisenhower
Weather to Be Hotter in East
The Weather Bureau foresees hotter than normal conditions for the next 30 days east of the Mississippi. The Northeast is expected to see temperatures rise higher than the rest of the East, while west of the river cooler conditions prevail until June 15. Rainfall mixes with more rain between the Rockies and Appalachians, less on the Atlantic seaboard, and near normal in the Far West.
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Washington
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Plateau
Rocky Mountain States
Great Divide
Rocky Mountains
Appalachians
Atlantic Seaboard
Far West
Walcott Appears to Lie Through Count in Marciano Fight
Three dimensional film study shows Jersey Joe Walcott stirred at the count of 10 but appeared dazed and late to rise after Rocky Marciano's knockout blow. Officials, Bocchicchio and Walcott’s representatives viewed the slow motion sequence confirming the 10 count.
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Chicago
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Rocky Marciano
International Boxing Club
State Athletic Commission
Felix Bocchicchio
Walcott
Frank Sikora
Rocky
Marciano
Philadelphia
Sikora
Mike Murphy
Jersey Joe
Bocchiceho
Boccchicchio
Bocchicchio
Commission
U S Sabre Pilots Push MIG Kills To Sixty Six
American Sabre pilots blasted 12 Red MIGs in one day, boosting total MIGs destroyed to 36 for the Fifth Air Force period May 2-15. Capt. Joe McConnell and Capt. Manuel Fernandez led with 16 and 14 kills respectively, Fernandez set to rotate home after 125 missions. Ground fighting along the 155 mile front diminished as air battle raged.
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Air Force
Fifth Air Force
U. N
Sabre
Edward Szaniawski
Scarsdale
N. Y
Delaware Pilot May Have Bagged Top Red Airman
U S SABRE base Korea reporting that a Delaware pilot Lt. James L. Thompson of Wilmington fired a fatal burst at a dragon-marked MIG. Ground crewmen quoted observers that the Red fighter was protected by others as Thompson attacked during a dogfight amid six days of heavy Red losses.
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U. S. Sabre
Korea
Delaware
James L. Thompson
Monroe Park
Wilmington
Thompson
Winchester Fireman's Executive Group Meeting Notice
The Winchester Fireman's Executive Association will meet tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Sarah Zane Fire Company Hall. Election of officers and other business will be transacted. Announcement came from Taylor L. Barr, president, and John J. Hawse, secretary.
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Winchester Fireman's Executive Association
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Taylor L. Barr
John J. Hawse
Lead Sabre Ace McConnell Seeks 25 More Korea Missions
Capt. Joseph McConnell Jr. of Apple Valley California became the world’s leading jet ace with 16 kills after shooting down three MiGs in Korea. Fifth Air Force chief Gen Glenn Barcus said his request for 25 additional missions beyond 125 authorization is unlikely to be granted, as rival Manuel Fernandez Jr. ended with 14 kills and was grounded at 132 missions.
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Korea
Sabre
Joseph McConnell Jr
Apple Valley
Calif
McConnell
Manuel Fernandez Jr
Glenn Barcus
Fifth Air Force
Barcus
Fernandez
Yellow Sea
Pearle
European Military Aid Testimony Warns of Weak Forces
Gen Ridgway told Congress that even with planned build up Free Europe defenses remain too weak to deter a Soviet attack. He urged continued U S aid of 5.8 billion for Europe next year, citing gaps in land, air, and naval forces and weak support units and ammunitions.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Congress
Europe
U. S.S. Army
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Middle East
Ridgway
Russia
East
Germany
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
Foreign Affairs Committee
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Elmer Emmons
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L. L. Parsons and Sons
Nokesville
Herford
J. M. Hurt
Blackstone
J. E. Foster
University of Maryland
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George Washington
N. Loudoun St
Bulletin
Texas
Rep. Hull
D.C
Fiesnhower
Sen
Sparkman
Ala
By Science Service
Seoul
Joe McConnell
Manuel Fernandez
Miami
By Milo Farneti
California
Mojave Desert
McConnel
Committee
Russell Brines
United States
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
Natty
Poised
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bridges
Far East
Harold E. Stassen
Miller School
Loudoun St
Palace Theatre
Yourau Necchi and
Elna Depierhine Co
Winchester Sewing
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