Polio Vaccine Uncertainty Extends Into Next Week
Washington reports ongoing uncertainty over mass polio inoculation scheduling and possible dosage changes. The Public Health Service delayed embargoed Salk vaccine releases pending study while a Bethesda advisory panel reviews techniques to stretch dwindling supplies. Senate action looms as Senator Hill aims to grant standby distribution powers.
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Public Health Service
The
Health Service
Bethesda
National Conference of State Epidemiologists
Atlanta
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Wefare Hobby
Mrs. Hobby
New York City
Morris Greenberg
Elmer Hess
Erie
American Medical Assn
Atlantic City
N. J
Cross Burned at Boyce Home of John Rier
A crude wooden cross was burned in the front yard of John Paul Rier in Boyce. Rier reported the incident to police around 10 a.m. Sunday. The cross was partially burned, made from bean poles wrapped in burlap and tied with wire. No suspects or motive yet. The case remains under investigation by State Trooper J. W. Witt.
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John Paul Rier
Boyce
Rier
J. W. Witt
Berryville
Berryville Baptist Church
Witt
Clarke County High School top scholastic winners named
Clarke County High School announces valedictorian Ches ter Hobert and salutatorian Joan Brubaker for the graduating class. Hobert has a 95 plus average, plans Notre Dame commerce and accounting. Brubaker has a 94 average, excels in music and aims for Bridgewater College with journalism or music as goals.
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Berryville
Clarke County High School
Chester Hobert
Joan Brubaker
C. E. Miley
Hobert
Miss Brubaker
Kaufman Brubaker
Notre Dame
Bridgewater College
Mountainside Inn
Bert's Club
JWHS Seniors Rotary Guests Honor Twins Top of Class
James Wood High School seniors were honored at a Winchester Rotary luncheon. Doris and Dorothy Andrews of Middletown were named valedictorian and salutatorian respectively. The event featured brief talks by students and remarks by Frederick County school superintendent Robert E. Ayler.
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Winchester
Frederick County
James Woods
Doris
Dorothy Andrews
Dorothy
James Wood High School
Woodrow C. Andrews
Middletown
Beta Club
Daughters of the Stars Federation of the Future Homemakers of America
Virginia
Chicago
Methodist Youth Fellowship
James Wood
Grace Methodist Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship of
Robert E. Ayler
Jane Fout
James Biddle
James Miller
Charles Fries
Cynthia Dorton
Shelby Everly
J. Kenneth Robinson
Rotary
Homer E. Alberti
Beable
Four Die When Car Skids Into Delaware River
Four young Black people died when a car skidded from a dead end waterfront street into the Delaware River in Chester Pennsylvania. Driver Alfred Thompkins 24 survived and is held for investigation after admitting no license. Passenger Barbara Friend 23 helped to surface. others identified as Joan Friend 21 Evelyn Sterling 20 Augustus Cooper 19 and Alexander Broom 21.
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Chester
Delaware
Alfred Thompkins
R. Robinson Lowry
Barbara Friend
Thompkins
Joan Friend
Evelyn Sterling
Augustus Cooper
Alexander Broomall
Norris Street
Mother Unattended While Child Is Born
A Florida mother gave birth to her eighth child at home with no physician present. El lerbe W Carter Sr., 71, minded his real estate office while Ruthie Lee, a housemaid, assisted briefly. The writer Mary Lou Culbertson notes the mother relaxed with a whisky drink during birth and urged others not to fear childbirth. A flower shop and a PTA bake sale section follow the story.
Fatal to End Foreign Aid Now Warns George
Sen George of Georgia argues it would be fatal to halt foreign aid as the Big Four approach and tensions ease. He urges continuing aid, especially economic, and predicts the Senate panel will approve Eisenhower's 3.12 billion aid bill with little change. He notes Knowland doubts major cuts.
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George
Washington
Sen. George
D-Ga
United States
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Knowland
R-Calif
Duchess of Kent Attends Billy Graham London Crusade
In London at Wembley Stadium Billy Graham spoke to a royal audience member the Duchess of Kent. A crowd of about 56 500 attended the fifth night of the revival with 3036 decisions for Christ bringing the total to 15010.
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London
Billy Graham
Britain
Duchess of Kent
Elizabeth
Wembley Stadium
Christ
Destructive Spring Floods Hit Four Southwestern States
Torrential rain swelled rivers across Texas Oklahoma Colorado and New Mexico causing mass evacuations and widespread damage. Five people died including four Kingsville Texas schoolboys struck by lightning and a Colorado woman drowned. Emergency measures mobilized with Red Cross National Guard and Army support.
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Associated Press
Kingsville
Tex
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Conchas
Lufkin
North Canadian
Cimarron
Trinidad
Purgatoris
Red Cross
National Guard
Army
Ft. Carson
Whitacre Reappoints to Frederick County School Board
Fred A. Whitacre of Whitacre is reappointed for a four year term to represent the Gainesboro District on the Frederick County School Board. The five member board elects members on staggered years with trustees Julian S. Carbaugh as chair and others including J Pinckney Arthur and R Lee Smith.
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Fred A. Whitacre
Whitacre
Gainesboro
Frederick County
Julian S. Carbaugh
Stephens City
J. Pinckney Arthur
R. Lee Smith
Charles E. Bass
Opequon
Clayton E Pugh
Stonewall
T. Newton Cather
Shawnee
Robert M. Muse
Back Creek
Richmond Virginia Weather Outlook May 2025
May 2025 forecast shows temperatures 2 to 6 degrees below normal. Warmer Saturday followed by cooler Sunday and Monday, then warmer Wednesday. Rain arrives Sunday with rainfall beginning in Southwest Virginia late Saturday and continuing through the period.
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Richmond
Virginia
Living costs ease in April to two-year low
The Labor Department reports the consumer price index at 114.2, down 0.1 percent from March and 0.3 percent year over year, with declines led by used and new car prices and a small rent drop. Potatoes rise 30 percent from March due to a March freeze, while dairy prices fall seasonally. Take home pay and purchasing power for factory workers reach record highs in April.
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Washington P
Aryness Joy Wickens
Commissioner of
Labor Statistics
Aid in Cutting Road Tax in Berlin Meets Soviet Rebuff
Western ambassadors led by James B. Conant tell of a plan to have German experts study the Berlin road tax issue and propose a fix. Soviet Ambassador Pushkin rejects joint four power action and says only direct talks between Bonn and East Berlin can resolve the tax dispute.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West
G. M. Pushkin
Moscow
Pushkin
Germany
West Germany
East Berlin
Bonn
America
James B. Conant
Britain
Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar
Andre Francois- Poncet
France
Marchuk Sentenced to 12 Years for Aiding Soviet Intel
Pvt. William T. Marchuk of Norristown Pennsylvania was convicted by an Army court martial of surrendering U S military secrets to the Soviet Union. He received a 12 year prison term plus dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay. The 39 year old pleaded innocent and did not testify in defense. The trial heard evidence on Army Intelligence activities in West Berlin.
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Berlin
William T. Marchuk
Norristown
Russia
U. S
Soviet Union
Marchuk
West Berlin
Market Street Church Marks 100th Anniversary
Market Street Methodist Church in Winchester celebrates its centennial with 11 am and 7:30 pm services. Former ministers preach. Miss Mary Katherine Kern and Harry Dieckman speak before Rev. Brashears delivers the final sermon. Congregation invited to a post service reception.
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Market Street Church
Market Street Methodist Church
Winchester
Millard Lewis
Market Street
Garland Evans Hopkins
American Friends of the Middle East
Mary Katherine “Ern
Harry E. Dieckman
Brashears
Prices Cut by Two Coffee Distributors
New York reports wholesale price reductions from General Foods and Standard Brands lowering Maxwell House and Sanka by four to five cents per pound with instant coffee adjustments. Grand Union and A and P stores say they will pass the cuts to retail in the New York metropolitan area. The move follows a drop in green coffee quotations as Latin American producers seek stabilization.
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New York
General Foods Corp
Standard Brands
General Foods
Maxwell House
Standard
Chase & Sanborn
Grand Union Co
Sanka
A & P Food Stores
Fifty Attend GOC Training Meeting at George Washington Hotel
Ground Observer Corps training drew over fifty attendees at the George Washington Hotel where Day Captain wings were awarded to Mrs. D. F. Hardesty James Curl and Robert Barney. Richard McDonald earned an Observer's Wing for 20 hours at the post. About 550 have signed up. 1000 needed for 24 hour observing. An additional training session is planned for next week with location to be announced.
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Ground Observer Corps
George Washington
al Knowles
Suprsor
D. F. Hardesty
James Curl
Robert Barney
Richard McDonald
Knowles
Bank Robbery Near Jacksonville Seizes 85 000 To 90 000
Four armed white men kidnapped an assistant vice president and cashier from his home then robbed the First National Bank of Jacksonville of between 85 000 and 90 000. They tied up employees, kept women calm, and fled in a repossessed bank car as the FBI and highway patrol hunted the suspects. No one was injured.
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Jacksonville
Ala
First National Bank of
Jesse N. Wood
Dan W. Gray
Wood
Highway Patrol
Birmingham
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Margaret Deason
Denola Aderholt
Betty Hicks
Catherine Angel
Margaret Blair
T. Weller Smith
Reservoirs to receive aluminum roof construction west of Handley
The Minnette Bros. Co of Pittsburgh completed steel work for two city reservoirs near Handley School. Limbach Co. will begin installing an aluminum roof Monday after being the low bidder, with contracts signed Jan 29 for reservoirs of 3 million and 300 thousand gallons.
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Minnette Bros. Co
Pittsburgh
Handley School
Tennyson Ave
Lee Grant
Grant
The
Limbach Co
W. H. Kelly
Hero
Minnette Firm
Minnette
Minnette Company
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