13 Year Old Illinois Girl Is New U S Spelling Champ
Sandra Sloss 13 of Granite City Illinois won the national spelling bee defeating 61 opponents in a tight contest. Jean Copeland 12 of Prescott Arizona finished second after misspelling abbasy while Sandra correctly spelled crustaceology to seal the title. Naomi Klein 12 of Brooklyn claimed third as the girls led the field over the boys.
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Illinois
U.S
Washington
Sandra
Sandy) Sloss
Granite City
Dra
St Joseph's School
Scrippe-Howard
Jean Copeland
Prescott
Ariz
Jean
New York
Naomi Klein
Brooklyn
William Kelley
Kennecott
Stonewall Pupils Earn Bank Interest on Savings
As of May first Shenandoah Valley National Bank credited interest to Stonewall School student savings accounts. The program aims to teach thrift with May and November interest payouts and certificates for those who saved daily this year at commencement on June 1.
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Stonewall School
Stonewall
Tax bite on earnings ranges from twenty to forty percent
Federal, state, and local taxes take from 20 to 40 percent of earnings, according to estimates by the Tax Foundation.
Chinese Reds Hover Within 600 Miles of Formosa
Gen Wang Shu ming reports 800 combat planes within 600 miles of Formosa with MIG 15s MIG 7s TU 2s and IL 28s. Bases include Shanghai and Nanking as potential attack points on Okinawa and the Philippines. China builds new airfields as air drills suspend radio comms halt trains and seal Pine Hill Airport.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Tiger
Wang Shu-ming
Wang
Southeast Asia
Chiang Kai-shek
Pescadores
Big Island
Pine Hill
Marchuk Case Hears Sealed Evidence Details
Lt. Col. James E. Johnson testified on what evidence the court considered in Marchuk's case. He noted that Marchuk deserted to East Berlin in February 1949 while intoxicated, that Russians used alcohol and drugs to extract secrets, and that Marchuk had written a statement about his activities.
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James E. Johnson
Jonesboro
Ark
Marchuk
East Berlin
May 20 sales directory notice for Frederick County
A Frederick County sales directory lists multiple auction items with dates May 20 through June 8. Items include cattle household goods farm equipment real estate and antique furniture with auctioneers C. R. Duvall Paul E. Miller Jr. and others. Locations span Middletown Winchester and Charlestown with times 10 am to 1 pm daylight time.
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Rebecca Owens
Macedonia Church
Jim Smith Place
Buddy Artrip
W. E. Edwards
Frederick County Court House
Middletown
Chas
R. Duvall
Roy Russell
Brucetown
C. D. Braithwaite
East Cork St
Winchester
Myrtle M. Fetzer
Samuel St
Charles Town
W. Va
Capital
Paul E. Miller, Jr
White Hawkins
Apple Ridge Avenue
Linden Heights
Chas. R. Duvall
Benjamin B. Snarr
Woodmen Hall
Byron Brumback
Dunecan Cribb
Euclid Ave
Lloyd Boyce
Sulphur Spring Road
Joseph H
Frederick County
Massie, Jr
Court House
Cameron St
E. T Snider
Circuit Court
Virginia
Euclid Avenue
Greenwall
Deputies Approve End of State Religion in Argentina
The Chamber of Deputies voted 121 to 12 to end Catholicism as Argentina's state religion. The bill calls for a national convention to amend the constitution, with Senate approval and presidential signature to follow. Demonstrations both inside and outside the chamber accompanied the vote amid tensions with the church.
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Peron
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
House
Slide Rule War with Russia Highlights Air Power Race
Boston report quotes Lieut. Gen. Thomas Power saying the United States and the Soviet Union are in a slide rule war to maintain technological superiority. He notes the USSR has about 20,000 combat planes and vast manpower while the U S emphasizes qualitative edge and overwhelming capacity to deter atomic retaliation.
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Boston
United States
Soviet Union
U. S. Air Force Research Development Command
Thomas S. Power
Air Power
New England
New England Council
Air Force Cambridge Research Center
Power
Soviet Bloc
Air power and border guard gaps in North America
General Power touts advanced guided missile work and superior air power while noting Canada and U S border security lacks guards. Customs inspectors operate at times to check luggage and assess taxes rather than patrol borders.
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Canada
United States
Mercury Rises To 80 Today With Threat of Showers
The high reached 80 degrees by 1 p m with thundershowers possible and fair weather forecast for tonight. Overnight lows fell to 58 at the Winchester Fruit Laboratory after a 78 degree day. The AP forecast calls for partly cloudy warm conditions tomorrow with scattered showers likely. Last year on this date the high was 63 and the low 47.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Associated Press
How's Your I Q Answers From Page 4 Quiz
Answers to the Page 4 quiz list names and facts: Bob Hope. gin or strong liquor. feeding swine. Lake Superior. false about John Jay. swine and cattle. Queen Victoria 1837 to 1901. turned into a pillar of salt. N. Po at 405 miles long.
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Bob Hope
Lake Superior
John Jay
Queen Victoria
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