Humphrey Warns Of Possible Red Trap in Asia
Sen. Hubert Humphrey warns Russians may be plotting in Southeast Asia while Europe tightens. He urges re examination of US Asia policy and predicts infiltration tactics rather than open aggression. He doubts any appeasement by Eisenhower at a Big Four meeting. Sen. McCarthy warns of possible concessions for airmen release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey
Asia
Washington
Sen
D-Minn
Southeast Asia
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Formosa
Free World
Far East
Korea
Eisenhower
Russia
Britain
France
McCarthy
Witness Denies Payoff in Textile Contracts Probe
Marvin Rubin, a garment industry finder, denied paying a payoff to government workers. Jerome Schlesinger testified Rubin arranged to cover his 1953 Puerto Rico trip expenses, using an assumed name, while Schlesinger worked for the Army Quartermaster Corps in New York. The Senate subcommittee probes graft in armed forces textile and uniform contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marvin Rubin
Jerome Schlesinger
Army Quartermaster Corps
New York
Rubin
Puerto Rico
Schlesinger
Quartermaster
Federal Internal Revenue Service
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Car Damages From Brake Failure Hits Tree in Loudoun
A 1940 Ford sedan owned by Mrs. Carrie Lee Bond of Clearbrook suffered $125 in damage after brakes failed on a curbside park and it drifted downhill, striking a tree about 10:20 a.m. on N. Loudoun Street. Officer Harry Lee Shirley investigated. minor tree damage noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Loudoun
Harry Lee Shirley
Carrie Lee Bond
Clearbrook
N. Loudoun St
Cloudbursts Relieve Drought Across Southwest Texas Oklahoma
Across Texas Oklahoma and Colorado rainstorms eased drought conditions with evacuations in low areas and minor flood damage. In Ballinger Brady and Eastland Texas residents hoped for good weather as heavy downpours swept through the region. Colorado saw heavy mountain snow and eastern plains rain while tornadoes touched down briefly with no injuries reported. Elsewhere, most of the nation remained dry with pockets of light showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Ballinger
Brady
Eastland
Tex
Temple
Waurika
Lawton
Frederick
Camache
Walters
Upper
Great Lakes
Pacific Nothwest
Gulf Coast
Pencil Sale Supports Children Endowment Fund of Memorial Hospital
The Women’s Auxiliary at Memorial Hospital funds the Children’s Endowment Fund through Pencil Day sales. Mrs. Pinckney Arthur reports over 300 underweight children benefited with cod liver oil, leading to a 5 to 11 pound weight gain across Handley Virginia Avenue John Kerr and Douglas schools and nurseries. Aid covers prescriptions hospital care eye dental X-ray and needed surgery with doctors not charging. Endowment funds rely on auxiliary projects and this sale will contribute. Girl Scout and school groups help with sales in Berryville and Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Auxiliary
Memorial Hospital
Children’s Endowment Fund
Pinckney Arthur
Handley
Virginia Avenue
John Kerr and
Douglas
Winchester
Arthur
Auxiliary
Handley School
James Wood School
John C. Digges, Jr
Girl Scouts
Berryville
Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun St
Communists Fear New Anti Red Revolt in East Germany
WEST GERMANY reports say East Germany faces a fresh anti Red revolt amid worsening conditions. Intelligence cites strikes, student arrests, and security clampdown as Moscow watchers fear backing Moscow pullouts and a Vienna treaty shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Bonn
East Germany
Austria
Russia
Moscow
War Memorial Drive Plans Final Fund Campaign
War Memorial Board and Junior Chamber of Commerce members met to finalize plans for the last fund raising drive for the Winchester Frederick County War Memorial center. The project began in 1945, aims to serve Winchester and Frederick County with recreational facilities and civic uses, and seeks to raise about 150000 dollars for completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Memorial Board
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
Frederick County War Memorial Center
War Memorial Community Center
County of
Frederick
The
Jaycees
Winchester Evening Star
Kent Street
Winchester Recreation Park
Name Change Hearing for Exectrom Fullenwider Springs
Exectrom Fullenwider Springs, 26, seeks a name change in front of Superior Court Clerk William E. Church on May 24 to become Exectrom Fullenwider Springs Caldwell in Winston-Salem North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N. C
Food Center Closing Notice After Family Death
The Food Center will close tomorrow Friday from 12 noon to 4 pm due to a death in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Engineering Co
Food Center
Three Traffic Appeals Heard in Frederick County Court
In Frederick County Circuit Court Judge Elliott Marshall presided over three traffic appeals from the Frederick County Trial Justice Court. Jack F. Smoot received a $100 fine and 30 days in jail for DUI, without counsel. Homer C. Lehew was acquitted of speeding. William Bernard McNelley’s hit and run case was nolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Trial Justice Court
Frederick County
Elliott Marshall
Jack F. Smoot
Trial Justice Court
Smoot
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Commonwealths
Harry F. Strother
Raymond Sandy
F. L. Cooley
Ted Cawthorne
S. E. Dick
Homer C. Lehew
Middletown
Mr. Lehew
Thomas Monahan
William Bernard McNelley
Nolle
Firefighters Stage Controlled Blaze for Mutual Aid Drill
In Troy New York volunteer crews from seven companies battled a dramatic fire in Wyantskill. The blaze destroyed a large barn but fire officials say the blaze was deliberately set to test the effectiveness of Rensselaer County mutual fire aid plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N. Y
Wyantskill
Rensselaer County
Bishop of Richmond Ordains Eight Priests Here Today
The Most Rev Peter Ireton bishop of Richmond ordained eight deacons to the priesthood at Sacred Heart Church in a colorful rite. The ordination class was from Holy Trinity Mission Seminary Jordan Springs with about 100 relatives and clergy in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Peter L
Peter L. Ireton
Richmond
Sacred Heart Church
Holy Trinity Mission Seminary
Jordan Springs
Sacred Heart
Ireton
Stephen Quinn
William McVeagh
Justin D. McClunn
Christopher Reilly
Long Island City
N. Y
Linus Nickerson
Somerville
Mass
Leonard Bachmann
St. Paul Minn
James Devaney
Jersey City
N. J
David O’connor
Brooklyn
Conrad Schmitt
Baltimore
Walter O’donnell
Lyn
House Sidetracks Consideration On Ike Military Reserve Plan
The House sidetracked action on Eisenhower's plan to expand the military reserves amid antisegregation disputes. A 161-124 vote pushed the measure ahead for later consideration, with Vinson gaining power to revive the bill. A 167-143 vote rejected eliminating segregation amendments, while action paused, leaving the measure unfinished on the calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Rep. Vinson
D-Ga
Vinson
Armed Services Committee
Rep
Powell
Halleck
Indiana
President Vetoes Postal Pay Bill After 8.6% Hike Plan
President Eisenhower vetoed a bill to raise postal workers pay by 8.6 percent for 500000 employees. He cited three grounds including new inequalities administrative problems and heavier taxpayer burden. He urged Congress to act fairly and hinted 7.6 percent may be acceptable. Senate action and override attempts loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
Carlson Ryan
Fisenhower
Carlson
Virginia Toll 274 in 1955 Deaths From Traffic Crashes
Two sets of sisters died in Isle of Wight traffic crash as a hog truck barreled into a halted car. A mother and daughter perished when a train struck their stalled auto near Waynesboro. A 28 year old man was killed in a hit and run in Princess Anne County. Eight Virginians died in these incidents raising 1955 toll to 274.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ung
Isle of Wight
Waynesboro
Princess Anne County
Virginia
State Rt. 10
William M. Copeland
Negro
Winfall
N. C
Gerdine
Plassic Copeland
May Branch
Olive Branch
Smithfield
Copeland
Branch
Betty Taylor
Fishersville
Nellie Taylor
Angelo P. Angleopoulos
U. S. 60
Ocean View
Khrushchev vows noninterference in Yugoslav talks
Soviet Communist Party chief Nikita Khrushchev affirmed that Moscow will pursue equal rights and mutual noninterference with Yugoslavia in forthcoming Belgrade talks with President Tito. He defended Soviet aims as peaceful and noted recent Austrian State Treaty as proof of nonaggression while touting disarmament proposals as a path to peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mogecow
P— Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Tito
Belgrade
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Yugoslavia
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet Union
Europe
EUB Conference Plans Special Move Meeting in Braddock Street
The Virginia Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church schedules a May 26 special session at the Braddock Street EUB Church to discuss financing and policy related to Shenandoah College and Shenandoah Conservatory relocation invitation. Bishop David T. Gregory will preside. luncheon is offered for a small fee. The conference covers Roanoke to Cumberland and Shenandoah Valley region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Evangelical United Brethren Church
E.U.B
Braddock St
Fairfax Lane
Shenandoah College and
Shenandoah Conservatory Board of Trustees
Dayton
David T. Gregory
Pittsburgh
Roanoke
Cumberland
Shenandoah Valley
Move Adds Uncertainty To Program
A sharp rise in polio cases was reported by the U S Public Health Service for the week ending May 14 total 206 up 30 percent from the prior week. The figure compares with 151 in the second week of May last year and an average of 116 for the last five years. For the first time since vaccination efforts began the number of cases among inoculated persons stayed at 77 confirmed cases. In another development the story continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Joynes Macfarlan
Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Second Round of Polio Shots Postponed Here
Dr. A. L. Lindall of the Winchester Frederick County Health Department announced the second dose of the Salk polio vaccine cannot be given to local children before school ends. All planned clinics next week are canceled, with a new schedule to be arranged once vaccine arrives, or after the fall opening if it does not arrive before summer ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Lindall
Winchester - Frederick County
Lindall
Polio cases rise amid Cutter vaccine concerns and delays
Health service reports 23 polio cases among unvaccinated contacts of vaccinated children tied to Cutter Laboratories vaccine. Delays in antipolio vaccine approvals spark uncertainty, while officials stress no reflection on vaccine quality. Seven or more suspect cases are being studied across California Idaho Kansas Nebraska Pennsylvania Kentucky Illinois. Deaths total five among vaccinated individuals. Vaccination progress remains near six million doses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Service
Cutter Laboratories
California
The
Leonard A. Scheele
National Conference of State Epidemiologists
Atlanta
Nebraska
Idaho
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
MOJUD HOSIERY SALE AT LAWN CHATR SPECIAL
D A Doyle Cabinet Co advertises mojud hosiery sale with first quality hose at 89 cents and three pairs per customer. Lovett Shoe & Dress Shoppe promotes Buzzella Shop nylon and Dacron blouses and spring hats with discounts. Pinal Clearance offers further discounts on items formerly priced up to 14.98.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Doyle Cabinet Co
Lovett Shoe & Dress
Buzzella Shop
Nylon & Dacron
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G. Milton Kelly
County
Winchester Star
Tireton
Associated Press
Children’s Fund
Rheinsberg
University of Griefswald
Bishop of
Russell Brines
Miller and Anderson Bldg
Stonewall P. T. A
Hurst
National Ave
Red Chief
Yugoslav
Stanley Johnson
EUB
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