Eisenhower Foreign Aid Proposal Heads For Congress
Washington The administration seeks a 3.88 billion foreign aid package to Congress as the economy wrestles with a downturn. President Eisenhower plans a national radio television appeal tomorrow and Dulles will lead Senate hearings Wednesday on the plan shifting toward loans and long term development funds.
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Washington
State Department
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Former Sex Offender Admits Slaying Girl in Connecticut
George J. Davies a 38 year old from Thomaston confessed to the killing of Brenda Jane Doucette a 9 year old girl on a rural Wolcott road last Monday. He described luring her with a screwdriver then stabbing her 22 times before leaving her unconscious. Pathologist said heart wounds may have killed her but strangulation could have occurred first. No rape was found.
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Bristol
Conn
Brenda Jane Doucette
George J. Davies
Thomaston
Thomas Laden
Davies
Wolcott
Litchfield
Brenda Jane
Brenda
Joseph O. Collins
Waterbury Hospital
Japan approves four point defense policy tied to US pact
Japan's government approved a four point basic defense plan anchored to the United States until a United Nations body can deter aggression. The policy pledges UN cooperation, economic stabilization, strengthened defense, and reliance on the US Japan security pact to resist aggression.
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Japan
U. S-Japan
United Nations
Winchester Star
Norfolk man named deputy to Virginia Knights of Columbus
New K of C chief Petersburg and A. Lamden of Norfolk were elected deputy and chief officers at the Virginia State Council meeting. Lamden was chosen yesterday as part of the two day conclave selecting new officers.
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Petersburg
F. A. Lamden
Norfolk
Virginia State Council
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Knights of Columbus
Trial of Dio Postponed in Victor Riesel Blinding Case
The trial of John Johnny Dio Diogaurdi, alleged mastermind of the Victor Riesel acid blinding, was postponed after witnesses were threatened and refused to testify. U S District Judge William B Herlands adjourned the start to Thursday. Riesel was blinded in an April 5 1956 street assault. U S Atty Paul Williams noted witness refusal to talk.
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New York
John Johnny Dio Diogaurdi
Victor Riesel
U.S
William B. Herlands
Riesel
U. S
Paul Williams
Pineau Seeks U N Action on Suez Canal Control
United Nations in New York and Paris report that French ForeignMinister Christian Pineau heads to the Security Council to protest Egypt's sole control of the Suez Canal. He says the plan must be revamped and that negotiations via the U N may be possible with Egypt and canal users.
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Egypt
France
U.N
Middle East
Frederick teen wins 1957 Star Leadership Award
Harold Albert Kurstedt Jr. of Mt Falls, 17, earns the Winchester Evening Star Leadership Award for the Frederick County School System. He is senior class president at James Wood High School, plans Virginia Military Institute civil engineering, and holds the Maxwell scholarship. Julian Reid Everly, 17, of Boyce, won Clarke County’s award.
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Frederick County
Harold Albert Kurstedt
Mt. Falls
Harold A. Kurstedt
Corps of Engineers
U S. Army
Kurstedt
James Wood High School
Charlotte DeHart
Virginia Avenue
Young Kurstedt
Julian Reid Everly
Boyce
Clarke County
The
Star
Virginia Military Institute
Maxwell
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Long Island
New York
Pittsburgh
Arlington
Memphis
Tennesee
Christ Episcopal Church
James Wood
Shanandoah District
Future Business Leaders of America
Arlington County
Shelby County
World's 28th Whooping Crane Is One Day Old
In New Orleans Jo and Crip's chick hatched after a long incubation and is now a day old. The Audubon Park Zoo family monitors the nest around the clock while Jo may lay a second egg soon and Crip aids with feeding. The previous year ended tragically with two eggs, one lost to a predator and the other succumbing to disease.
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New Orleans
Audubon Park Zoo
Park
George Douglass
Douglass
Papa
Audubon Zoo
Eleven Die In Virginia Highway Crashes Over Weekend
Eleven people died in Virginia highway crashes over the weekend, including two triple fatality collisions within 14 hours. The toll to 1957 stands at 274. Victims include Gerald H. Brennan 20 of Detroit in Fauquier County and Capt Wayne Fox Larrabee 34 of Fort Bragg in a U S 1 collision near Colonial Heights.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Old Dominion
Gerald H. Brennan
Montross Ave
Detroit
Mich
Fredericksburg
Morrisville
U.S. 17
Fauquier
South Hill
Mecklenburg County
Colonial Heights
Wayne Fox Larrabee
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Charles Ferguson
Avoca
Paulett Celestine McWilliams
Richmond
Larrabee
McWilams
Pauline McWilliams
U.S. 1
Ferguson
McWilliams
Dry Weather Eases Flood Threats in Southern Plains
Dry weather helped ease flood dangers in the storm struck southern Plains while rain fell elsewhere. Oklahoma suffered four days of floods with nine deaths and about 25 million dollars in damage as rivers including the Arkansas Washita and Cimarron overflowed. Tulsa avoided major flooding though Bixby reported flood damage for 800 of its 2300 residents.
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Associated Press
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Arkansas
Washita
Cimmaron
Tulsa
Bixby
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Texas
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Mississippi Valley
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Florida
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Nebraska
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Mich
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Six Die in Auto Crash Near Odessa Delaware
Six people including three adults and three children perished when their car crashed into a concrete abutment on U S 13 south of Odessa. Authorities tentatively named Cleveland Outlaw of New York City as the driver and Bertha Phillips of New York as a female passenger who later died. A 4 or 5 year old boy survived but could not name the victims. The crash happened at the south end of a bridge during light rain. Identifications were made from papers found on the bodies.
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Del
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Here
Cleveland Outlaw
New York City
Delaware Hospital
Wilmington
Bertha Phillips
Decision on Beck Appeal Ahead at December Convention
Washington AFL CIO Executive Council finds Dave Beck guilty of misusing Teamsters Union funds and permanently removes him as an AFL CIO official. George Meany announces the ruling and says the council will seek further action at the December convention.
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Beck
Teamsters
Washington
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Dave Beck
Teamsters Uneion
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Teamsters Union
Miami
Senate
Temasters
Gerard Treanor
Death of Captain Lynn Wiseman Salvation Army Leader
Captain Lynn Hayward Wiseman 45 of Winchester died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born August 19 1911 in Clarksburg West Virginia he led Salvation Army work in Winchester Cumberland Grafton and other communities. He was active in Rotary fire companies Child Guidance Clinic and social council agencies, survived by wife Kathleen and three children. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at the Salvation Army Chapel with burial in Clarksburg.
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Lynn Hayward Wiseman
S. Loudoun St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Clarksburg
W. Va
Iva Henderson Wiseman
Winchester
Eva M. Cain
Salvation Army
J. W. Huffman
Joseph S. Duckwall
Guard of Honor
Roy Asher
Martinsburg
James Pappas
Daniel Biggs
Cumberland
Harry Ulyat
Noel Ellis
Baltimore
Joseph Askey
Richmond
Winchester Salvation Army
Wiseman
South Chestnut Street
Pravda Backs Israel War Provocation via Suez Mission
Pravda accuses the United States of urging Israel to dispatch a test ship through the Suez Canal to provoke a new Middle East war.
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Moscow
Pravda
United States
Israel
Suez Canal
Middle East
Disorder Returns on Bogota’s Streets as Rojas Backers Rally
In Bogota, die hard followers of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla staged fresh disorders in streets and coffee houses on Sunday despite government efforts to stamp out roaming bands. Reported fighting left several persons wounded.
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Bogota
Colombia
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Eisenhower Sees Positive Response to Budget Speech
The White House said President Eisenhower was satisfied with public reaction to last week's radio TV defense of his 71.8 billion dollar budget. Press secretary Hagerty did not disclose messages or the share in agreement. He plans another nationwide address to seek support for a 3.88 billion foreign aid program. The president met with Defense Secretary Wilson as questions about the military budget were posed.
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H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Washington
Hagerty
Defense Wilson
Wilson
Big Washington Apple Bloom Predicted For 1950
Dr L P Batjer of the U S Department of Agriculture told The Star the Washington apple crop will be very large with a bloom so heavy it may be the heaviest since 1950. He noted Wenatchee trees were in full bloom on April 30, with Wenatchee the nation’s largest apple area.
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L. P. Batjer
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
the Star Today
the Star
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Frederick
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