Aiken Says Farm Bill Best Possible At This Session
A county area reports five accidents in 24 hours with total damages over 3700 dollars and no serious injuries. The most tragic wreck occurred at 12 30 am on Senseny Road near town when a 1955 Studebaker station wagon caught fire after leaving the road.
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Aiken
Senseny
C. D. Taylor
Taylor
Studebaker
Stone- Hoover Construction Company
Herbert Stone, Jr
Young Stone
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department
Housewife Pleads For Party Phone As House Burns
A Kansas City housewife on a party line begged for 15 minutes to call the fire department as flames took hold. Two women refused the line until it broke. the operator relayed the address to Edwardsville volunteers. The gasoline lantern fire caused about 5000 dollars in damage.
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Kansas City
Kan
Donald L. Siegelen
Edwardsville
1955 73 Alcohol and Gas Accidents
City Frederick Clarke 19 44 32 dead. 1958 city incidents list Frederick Clarke dead, 41 in city, 70 Clarke 32.
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City
Frederick
Clarke
Frederick Clarke
Senators Hope It Will Become Law Next Week
Senate leaders expressed hope a new farm bill will become law next week without further controversy. Sen Aiken urged President Eisenhower to sign the measure the Senate passed by voice vote last night if the House accepts it.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Eisenhower
House
Benson Gives Qualified Approval To New Farm Bill
Secretary of Agriculture Benson announced a qualified approval of the Senate passed farm bill. He called it rather complicated with amendments and said he has not studied all details yet. A quick review shows overall improvement for the Agriculture Department.
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Benson
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Senate Edges Toward Farm Bill With Soil Bank Plan
Senate leaders announced changes to a farm bill aimed at paying farmers to retire surplus land through a $1.2 billion soil bank program. The measure trims Eisenhower objections by toning down rigid price supports while retaining parity formulas for wheat corn and peanuts through 1957. House support for feed grains and commodity price programs remains uncertain as lawmakers push toward a White House decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Aiken
Sen Anderson
D-Nm
Ellender
D-La
White House
Eisenhower
Byrd Amendment Approved to Farm Bill for Wheat Overages
The Senate approved Senator Byrd’s amendment allowing farmers to grow excess wheat for animal feed and seed without penalties. Byrd cited lawsuits against Virginia farmers who exceeded allotments and used surplus for feed and seed.
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Washington
Byrd
Senate Today
Virginia
Labourites hail Soviet proposed military cutback
Fifty five Labour MPs in London hailed Moscow’s arms cuts and urged an early end to conscription and deep defense spending cuts. In Washington Defense Secretary Wilson pledged to maintain current forces with upgraded weapons as Stassen announced an Eisenhower task force would meet May 29 to assess the Soviet move.
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London
Britain
United States
Russia
Washington
Soviet Union
Eden
Wilson
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Solon secretary convicted of tax evasion in federal case
Hattie Dodson 46, secretary for Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, found guilty of nine counts of income tax evasion by a federal jury after a three hour deliberation. Sentencing set for June 4 with a possible five year prison term and ten thousand dollar fine per count. Dodson freed on five hundred dollar bail pending sentencing. Prosecutors said she evaded taxes from 1948 to 1952 and claimed illegal refunds and nonexistent dependents. Powell denied involvement. Dodson did not testify. Both individuals are Black and Dodson also served as business secretary at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem.
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New York
Hattie Freeman Dodson
Adam Clayton Powell
D-Ny
Irving R. Kaufman
Dodson
Joseph E. Ford
Powell
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Harlem
Russian Baptists Claim Converts Among Communists in USSR
Russian Baptist leaders say thousands of Communists are converting to Christianity each year. Dr. Jakov Zhidkov, 70, says 12,000 to 15,000 new converts join Baptist churches annually as his group visits U S churches for a month. He notes church membership rose from about 100,000 after the revolution to 560,000 now and that Communists must resign from the party to join.
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New York
Jakov Zhidkov
Zhidkov
Soviet Union
U.S
Zhidkovy
United States
Russia
First Traffic Fatality in 16 Months in Winchester
Marion A. Dyer 41 dies from skull fracture after being struck by a 1951 Chevrolet tractor-carrier on Braddock Street near Piccadilly. Police report no charges against driver Medford Eugene Hansberger 41 of Mt Jackson. Dyer, Roanoke native and Caldwell Sites manager, had lived in Winchester since 1948. Funeral set for Monday at Oakey Funeral Home Roanoke. burial Evergreen Cemetery.
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Mr. Dyer
Braddock St
Piccadilly St
Winchester
Charles Lenie Cook
Berryville Ave
Richard Whittington
S. Loudoun St
Detroit
Medford
Eugene Hansberger
Mt Jackson
Mr. Hansberger
Dyer
Piccadilly
Burlington Mills
Hansberger
Burlington
Friendship
Memorial Hospital
Virginia Barnett
C. Walton Dyer
Edwin F. Dyer
Robert Reedy
Congregational Christian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Roanoke
Omps Funeral
Handley Class of 1956 Commencement Schedule Set
Handley High School announces commencement events for the Class of 1956. On June 3 at 8 p m the sermon will be delivered by Rev Wayne H Bell, with Rev Dr George D Jackson presiding. June 8 at 8 p m features a short Handley Glee Club concert and student body leadership handoffs led by George Sempeles Sharon Glaize Thomas Baker Robbie Robinson.
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Handley High School
Winchester Ministerial Association
George D. Jackson
Wayne H. Bell
7Th Street
Virginia Council of Churches
Bell
Rhodes M. Artz
Cork Street Christian Church
William E. Eisenberg
Glee Club
Gwendoyn Haynes
Handley Glee Club
George Sempeles
Sharon Glaize
Thomas Baker
Robbie Robinson
Whitehead Calls Self-Duted Assembly for School Segregation Vote
Virginia lawmakers should convene a special session to consider Gray Commission segregation proposals. Del. Robert Whitehead urged the move after Gov Stanley hesitated, arguing a two thirds vote is needed to summon the assembly. He cited past self-called sessions and urged action to protect the public school system.
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Gladehill
General Assembly
Robert Whitehead
Gov Stanley
Gray Commission
Assembly
Nelson County
Whitehead
Stanley
Richmond
Sen
Byrd
Ities
Franklin County Farmers Union
Virginia
Pollard
Two Youths Killed in Romney Car Crash
In Romney West Virginia a car wreck on US 50 killed Larry Donald Saville 19 and Harold Curtis Brown 20 while Wilbert Voit 21 was critically injured. Brown worked for Tidewater Oil Co in Wilmington Delaware and had recently retrieved a used car.
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Romney
W. Va
U.S. 50
Larry Donald Saville
Ray Saville
Augusta
Harold Curtis Brown
Wilmington
Del
J. L. Martin Said Brown
Tidewater Oil Co
Martin
Saville
Wilbert Frank Voit
Slanesville
American Legion Hall
Brown
Memorial Hospital
Cumberland
Voit
Kenneth Voit
Martin Said Brown
Romney High School
J. H. Malone
JW Team Wins Ist In Judging Contest Held This Morning
The James Wood Senior 4-H Club team won first prize and $12 in the tri breed judging contest at the Farmers Livestock Exchange Route 50. They scored 809.3 points, with Middletown 4-H Club second and Marshall FFA third. Danny McDonald led individual scoring with 283.3 points and won $8. Other winners spanned Angus Heifers, Shorthorn heifers, weight estimation, and Herefords bulls. Prize money was donated by the Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Shenandoah Production Credit Association.
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James Wood
Farmer’s Livestock Exchange
Middletown
Marshall Ffa
Kenneth McDonald
Ronald Green
Danny McDonald
Freddie Grim
Roy McDonald
Russell McDonald
Gerald Carroll
Edward Ahlers
Strasburg Ffa
Glen Updike
Rappahannock
Jack Shiley
James Wood Ffa
Alden Gough
Nokesville Ffa
Roger Snapp
Angus Keifers
Ronnie DeHaven
Herefords
John Wirts
Loudoun County Fpa
Shorthorn Keifer
Buddy Adams
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Shenandoah Production Credit Association
Marie Dionne Opens Shop in Montreal
Shy Marie Dionne will open a flower shop in Montreal tonight. It is the first business venture for any of the Dionne quintuplets who received one million dollars on their 21st birthday last May 28. The shop is named Salon Emilie after the quint who died in 1954.
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Montreal
Marie Dionne
Emilie
Quint
Democrats Give Stevenson Lead In Oregon Primary
Oregon GOP voters backed Eisenhower with strong support while Stevenson edged Kefauver in the write in contest for Democratic delegates. Morse won the Democratic nomination for Senate, McKay led Hitchcock for the Republican Senate nod, and Nixon received a substantial write in. Official returns show Eisenhower unopposed with clear margins for Morse and McKay.
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Morrie Landsberg
Portland
Ore
Adlai Stevenson
Oregon
Stevenson
Florida
California
Estes Kefauver
Eisenhower
Nixon
Douglas McKay
Phil Hitchcock
Wayne Morse
Morse
Woody Smith
Hood River
Kefauver
Tate
Hitchcock
McKay
Smith
Security Guards Assigned British Cabinet Members
Scotland Yard assigned armed security guards to cabinet members amid threats tied to Britain’s execution of two Greek Cypriots. Detectives probe London Cypriot communities for EOKA links while a guard is posted at the Turkish Embassy and security layers are tightened after Cyprus executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Cyprus
East Mediterranean
Fatal propeller accident severs life of Snow College student
Miss Helen Peacock, a Snow College senior, was killed in Ephraim Utah when she rode in a small plane with pilot Clyde W Powell. After landing she stepped onto the wing as the engine ran and slipped into the propeller blades, dying instantly.
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Ephraim
Utah
Helen Peacock
Snow College
Clyde W. Powell
Planes Collide Over Charleswood Killing Six RCAF Airmen
Two Royal Canadian Air Force planes collided at 1500 feet above Charleswood and crashed into a farm field late yesterday. Six airmen perished, including four student pilots, in the fatal Midwest region accident.
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Winnipeg
Man
Royal Canadian Air Force
Charleswood
O'Sullivan Walkout Quiet on Sixth Day in Virginia
The O'Sullivan Rubber Company walkout reaches day six with pickets at the gate and no new production. The company reports some shipments but offers no totals. Pay and job status letters reassure workers protections if they return, while negotiations on a new contract remain without a date.
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O'Sullivan
Company Shipping
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Vincent A. Catorella
Robert Mcc. Glass, Jr
Paul Tereretta
Virginia
White Students Remain Aloof From Negroes at Prom
Oak Ridge Tennessee report on Oak Ridge High School's first racially integrated junior senior prom. About 250 white students attended and later joined a private party from which Negroes were excluded. Fifteen Negroes were eligible to attend. The Atomic Energy Commission ordered desegregation of the high school affecting about 50 Negro students in a 1500 enrollment.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
Oak Ridge High School
Oak Ridge
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Comedian Jerry Lewis Ordered Hospitalized for Checks
Hollywood reports Dr Marvin S Levy ordered comedian Jerry Lewis hospitalized for heart condition tests after a chest pain and an abnormal electrocardiogram. The medic said Lewis 30 is not in serious danger.
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Hollywood
Jerry Lewis
Marvin S. Levy
Lewis
Virginia Weather Forecast for Winchester Area
Partly cloudy with scattered showers this evening and southeast tonight. Lows 40s to 50s, highs about 80 today and cooler Sunday. Sunrise at 4 55 a m and sunset earlier shown. Moon phase noted with moonset at 2 19 a m Sunday.
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Winchester
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Solon
Marion Dyer
Marion A. Dyer
Wayne Bell
Handley
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Coed
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