Bonn France hold back on secret talks Berlin crisis
Geneva AP reports West Germany and France slow to join U S British push for secret talks with the Soviet Union. Couve de Murville and Von Brentano hint Western leaders must lead with care while Soviets mediate. Diplomats say debate over German peace terms may last until week end delaying a summer summit plan.
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Geneva
West Germany
France
Soviet Union
Berlin
Maurie Couve de Murville
Heinrich von Brentano
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Couve de Murville
von Brentano
Herter
Anmyko Tld Lloyd
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Khrushchev Says USSR Won’t Strike First Against U.S.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told Florida business leaders that the Soviet Union will not be the first to use weapons against the United States. He warned grandchildren may face the spread of communism, spoke in good humor, and invited guests to photos in the Kremlin garden.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Florida
Soviet Union
United States
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Ralph A. Renick
WTVJ
Miami
Radio-Tv
Assn
Thomas F. Fleming
First Bank
Boca Raton
Fla
Geneva
U.S.S.R. Ane
Stormy Weather in Berryville and Local Events
The Winchester area reports scattered rain with heavy downpours near The Star building and light amounts on several streets. A mystery speaker will address Clarke County Ruritans at 7 p.m. in Berryville Methodist Church. The Bloodmobile collected 139 pints toward a 150 goal. Barbara Jenks, a Clarke County High senior, endured a power outage to finish her term paper by candlelight after yesterday's storm.
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Winchester Fruit Rt. 11
Tennyson Ave
Fairmont Ave
Star Building
Clarke County
Berryville
Hammer ‘Pierce
Barbara Jenks
Clarke County High School
Rt. 7
Federick- Clarke County
Miss Jenks
Hoffa Threat Sparks Calls To Meet Labor Leader
Congress urged to tackle Hoffa strike threat as he vows to push antitrust measures on unions. Hoffa proposes nationwide primary strike to force employers into line while organizing a cross union conference amid AFL CIO resistance and mixed political warnings.
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Congress
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Brownsville
Tex
Organized Labor
Teamsters
International Longshoremen’s Association
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
Detroit
McClellan
House Sets 50000 Dollar Cap on Farm Price Loans
The House voted 261 to 165 to limit government price support loans on farm commodities to 50000 dollars. The measure funds 3.939 billion for the Agriculture Department for the new fiscal year. The Senate Agriculture Committee opened a full inquiry into the Commodity Credit Corporation chaired by Stuart Symington with a cross‑party panel including Humphrey Proxmire Talmadge Young and Williams.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Senate
Capitol
Senate Agriculture Committee
Commodity Credit ‘Ation
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
CCC
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Milton R. Young
R-Nd
John J.williams
Rdel
Two Directors Named as Garden Club Ends Meet
The Garden Club of Virginia closed its three day annual meet with two at large directors named Mrs. Wyatt A Williams of Orange and Mrs. J Clifford Miller Jr of Richmond for a two year term They succeed Mrs Hallowell Dickinson of Richmond and Mrs Fontaine Scott of Lynchburg The group discussed highway bill board legislation and urged members to contact state legislators before primaries The lily show is set for June 17 18 at Front Royal and the rose show for September 2 24 at Leesburg Members planted 119 218 trees statewide during the year A dinner featured Mrs f Lexington noting 30 years of restoration work totaling about half a million dollars at sites including Monticello Stratord Gunston Hall and Bru ton Parish Church
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The
Garden Club of
Virginia
Wyatt A. Williams
Orange
J. Clifford Miller, Jr
Richmond
Hallowell Dickinson
Fontaine Scott
Lynchburgel
Front Royal
Leesburg
Warner Snider
Golf Cb
F of
Lexington
Garden Club of Virginia
Monticello
Gunston Hall
Bruton Parish
Kenneth N. Gilpin
R. E. Byrd
W. B. Watkins
William Donovan
Gilpin
White Arboretum
Blandy Experimental Farm
Cadet Uniform Incident In Valley Forge Review
Seventeen year old Elizabeth Penny Breiner wore a Valley Forge Military Academy cadet uniform and rode a trooper’s horse during a regimental review. Second Classman Charles F Halsted III of Durham NC smuggled out the horseman’s uniform and commanded the squad before being dismissed from the academy.
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Elizabeth “Penny” Breiner
Valley Forge Military Academy
Charles F
Halsted, III
Durham
N. C
Penny
Valley Forge
Halsted
Eisenhower awards Medal of Freedom to Dulles at Walter Reed
President Eisenhower confers the Medal of Freedom on John Foster Dulles at Walter Reed Medical Center. The ailing former secretary of state receives the nation’s highest civilian honor, with Mrs. Dulles presenting the medal and Eisenhower sending a personal tribute.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Walter Reed Medical Center
Dulles
Foster
America
Foes Rally Against Budget-Busting Housing Bill in House Vote
Republicans led by Charles A Halleck oppose a 2.1 billion housing bill backed by Democrats amid a looming vote. The fiercest clash centers on a 1.3 billion Herlong substitute versus a 2.6 billion Senate package and Eisenhower veto warnings.
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Washington
House
GOP
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
House Banking Committee
Rep. A
Herlong
Florida
Eisenhower
Senate
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
UCC Attorney Is State's New Commissioner
Gov. J. Lindsay Almond Jr. names Joseph Eldred Hill Jr. as Unemployment Compensation Commissioner succeeding the late John Q. Rhodes Jr. Hill, 30, has served as assistant attorney general for the UCC since Sept. 1954.
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Richmond
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Joseph Eldred Hill Jr
Hill
UCC
John Q. Rhodes Jr
Almond
Byrd Highlights $11.9 Million FHA Excess in Military Housing
Senator Byrd reports 70 military housing projects insured by FHA exceeded construction costs by 11.9 million dollars. He notes loans totaled about 190 million, calling practice mortgaging out while denying fault or cost-cutting claims.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Federal Housing Administration
Byrd
Senate House Committee On
Ifty
Defense Department
Soviets Claim Long Distance TU114 Flight Record
The TU114 prop jet reportedly set a world distance record for passenger airliners by flying 4,225.25 miles nonstop from Moscow to Khabarovsk in 8 hours 22 minutes. The World Almanac lists no Western airline distance record. the Truculent Turtle holds the longer 11,235 miles air distance record.
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London
Moscow
Khabarovsk
Siberia
U.S. Navy
Australia
Coumbus
Ohio
Four Escape Injury After Plane Crash at Mountain Empire Airport
A private plane destroyed during a takeoff at Mountain Empire Airport Marion Va. left four occupants uninjured though bruised. Pilot Roy M Snead III 18 and his wife Nora plus Lewis McKinney 20 of Titusville Pa and Roy M Snead II owner held bruises.
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Marion
Roy M. Snead, III
Mountain Empire
Roanoke
Snead
Nora
Lewis McKinney
Titusville
Roy M. Snead II
Rumble gang clash curtailed by Norfolk police
In Norfolk 35 white youths were taken into custody after a large gang rumble near Granby High School. Judge Lewellyn S. Richardson sentenced 17 to six months in jail with $50 fines, while 18 others faced Juvenile Court appearances. A bystander story noted injuries and weapons recovered.
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Norfolk
Lewellyn S. Richardson
Richardson
Granby High School
Denny's
Severe wind and hailstorm damages northern Frederick County
A major wind and electrical storm cut a seven to eight mile path across northern Frederick County causing uprooted trees, power and telephone outages, flooded roads, and hail damaging orchards. Lightning burned the Ben Harrison barn at Longwood. two fire companies responded. Damage extended into Clarke County with reports of heavy hail in some areas and widespread crop losses in orchards and gardens.
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Doug O'Connell
Frederick County
Clarke County
Ben Harrison
Longwood
Millwood
Rt. 340
John H. Enders Fire Co
Berryville
Boyce Fire Co
Frederick
Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Stephenson
Virginia
Bunker Hill
West Virginia
Welltown
Lester D. Arnold
Apple Ridge
Grimes
Martinsburg Pike
D. K. Russell
Clearbrooke
Blast Kills Five Workers at Martin Co Hangar
A blast in a Martin Co hangar while a cleaning solvent was used killed five workers and injured at least five. The hangar cleans and paints seaplanes before delivery. cause not determined. Identified injured include James Holly and John Dunn.
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Martin Co
Etree Sera
Martin
Cotn Wt Sion
Ad Cluster Company
Martin’s
Air National Guard
University Hospital
John Dunn
James Holly
Jacob Goldstein
Holly
Top Negotiators Air Differences In Public Again
New York AP reports contract negotiators David J. McDonald and R. Conrad Cooper clashed publicly over wage increases and inflation in steel talks. Four-man teams resume negotiations to avert a strike by 500000 workers as contracts expire June 36. Cooper cites inflation. McDonald counters inflation claims.
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NEW York
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
R. Conrad Cooper
United States Steel Corp
Cooper
McDonald
Plane Crashes Into Barracks At Ashiya Air Base
A four engine C130 turboprop returning from Iwo Jima crashed into U S Air Force barracks at Ashiya Base in southern Japan killing three aboard and injuring two seriously. Eight crew were aboard the plane and casualties were withheld pending kin notification. The base is in northern Kyushu and the 483rd Troop Carrier Wing operated the aircraft.
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Tokyo
Japan
Ashiya
Iwo Jima
Air Force
Ashiya Air Base
Low Jima
483Rd
Kyu Island
Nickie's Beauty Shop Announces May Vacation Break
Nickie's Beauty Shop will be closed from May 27 through June 6 for vacation. Public notices indicate the shop will resume operations after the leave period.
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Nickie
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Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference
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Exchange Club
Reds
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