Registration numbers rise in Winchester three city schools
About 160 children will start school next fall and have registered during the two day first grade period. Virginia Avenue reports 50 registered with about 100 more expected, Douglas four with about 30, John Kerr about 100 with over 200 expected. Principal Lola Moore cites bad weather as delaying registrations and hopes remaining students sign up Monday or Tuesday.
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Winchester
Virginia Avenue
Douglas
John Kerr
Lola Moore
John Kerr School
McCarthy Subpoena Question Roils Senate Hearings
Senate investigators consider whether McCarthy as parent committee chairman can block subpoenas to staff aides. Senator Mundt weighs action as Symington demands full disclosure of monitored calls and access to transcripts by the subcommittee and public. McClellan says McCarthy cannot stop hearings by skipping but aides must testify.
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McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Government Operations Committee
Subcommittee
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Memphis
Tenn
Sen
Mevlellan
McClellan
Symington
DMO
Mundt
Ray Jenkins
Jenkins
German killings probe widens with secretary's discharge
A German girl secretary was discharged by Cofran and an order cancelation ruined her father. An ax found in Leech's basement was recovered by Passau divers after the killings. Leech gave inconsistent answers to lie tests after autopsies. He remained a suspect until September 1946 when officials felt insufficient evidence for charges.
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Cofran
Leech
Passau
Canfield
In Memoriam Willard M Kline One Year Gone
In loving memory of our son Willard M Kline who passed away on May 21 1953 We think of you when alone and grieve your absence. Memory is the only friend grief can call.
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Willard M. Kline
Willard
Rodeo Queen Crowned At Airport Speedway Event
A 17 year old James Wood High School senior will be queen of the All Star Rodeo Show at Airport Speedway tonight under Junior Chambers of Commerce sponsorship. She leads a parade at 1 p.m. tomorrow along Loudoun Street before the matinee. Other shows follow tomorrow night and Sunday afternoon.
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James Wood
Airport Speedway
Junior Chambers of Commerce
Loudoun St
Robert Montgomery Birthday Profile
The actor and TV producer Robert Montgomery was born May 21 1904 in Beacon New York the son of a rubber company executive He gained fame as a movie star for Night Must Fall and served as a WWII PT boat commander He later hosted Robert Montgomery Presents NBC TV dramatic features and advised President Eisenhower.
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Robert Montgomery
Beacon
N. Y
Eisenhower
Richmond Virginia Weather Outlook May 22 26
Extended Virginia outlook shows near normal temperatures with a rising trend into Monday. Showers likely Sunday night or Monday could bring 0.25 to 0.75 inch of rain.
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Richmond
Virginia
City intersection crash causes $110 in damage
A two car collision at Braddock and Cork Streets at about 7 20 last night caused no injuries but property damage estimated at 110 dollars. The 1946 International truck driven by Rosseau Via Martin and the 1947 Mercury sedan driven by Eula Lee Owens collided at the intersection with possible red light violation noted. Damages were 10 dollars to the truck and 100 dollars to the Mercury.
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Braddock
Cork Sts
David Fahnestock
Rosseau
Martin
Middletown
Eula Lee Owens
Stephens City
Miller Franklin Owens
Braddock St
Mercury
Cork St
Auto Strikes House Trailer Near Winchester on Rt 11
A 1951 Kaiser sedan pulling a house trailer collided with a 1950 Hudson sedan north of Winchester on U S Route 11. Property damage estimated at 450 dollars with 200 to the trailer and 250 to the Hudson. no injuries reported. Francis G Tebbs of Linesville Pa drove the Kaiser. W Ray Armstrong of Chambersville Pa drove the Hudson. State Trooper C D Taylor investigated.
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Winchester
U. S
C. D Taylor
Kaiser
Francis George Tebbs
Linesville
Hudson
W. Ray Armstrong
Chambersville
Salk Vaccine Trials Report No Serious Reactions
Chicago reports no serious reactions or deaths among over 400000 children given the Salk polio vaccine. Dr. Robert F. Korns announced at the Illinois Medical Society convention that mass inoculations show safety. Nationally, 644,138 children in 44 states have received the first of three injections with trials continuing.
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Robert F. Korns
Illinois State Medical Society
Hart E. van Riper
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
New York
Korns
Florida
Texas
Michigan
Polio Cases Rise Across Nation in Latest Week
Washington reports 151 new polio cases last week raising the year’s total to 2,273. The figure is about two percent above the 2,217 cases recorded in the same period in 1953.
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Washington
Surplus Food Aid From U S Churches Overseas
Protestant Jewish and Catholic relief groups have shipped 52 million plus dollars of government surplus foods to needy areas abroad over the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rhee Party Wins Control Of South Korea Assembly
President Syngman Rhee's Liberal party clinched control of the National Assembly by securing 109 of 203 seats. Independent candidates won 74 districts while Democratic nationalists took 15, Korean Nationalists 3 and the Korean Nationalist Society 1.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Liberal Party
South Korean National Assembly
Korean Nationalist Society
Radio silenced at Romanian legation in Washington
The United States has shut down a short wave radio operated by the Communist Romanian legation in Washington, likely to cut direct contact with the Red government in Bucharest.
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Washington
United States
Red
Bucharest
JWHS Barbecue Dinner Prep Details Remain Under Way
The JWHS barbecue plan calls for meat to be stored cold until Monday afternoon, then cut wrap and prep by meat cutters. Two beeves around 1000 pounds each will be used. A four by sixteen foot trench will be dug to cook the meat after preparation, with fire started Monday evening June 21 or early Tuesday morning.
Meat Cooked in Pit Delights After 16 Hours of Cooking
On Tuesday at midnight the meat was placed in the pit and cooked over hot coals until about 5 p m Wednesday. Sr Cunningham notes that after roughly sixteen hours of cooking the meat becomes delicious and ready for serving.
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Cammer Tire CO
S. Braddock St
Sharon Driskell
Weather Outlook
Superior Bottled
GAS Service
Bayliss & Patterson
N. Cameron St
Sane
Nyton
Kelvinator
E. Boscawen St
Relief Services
ENE
Winchester, Ve
Voters Return
Rhee
Party
Sr. Cunningham
Valley
Ious
Valley Pride
FORD
Fordionners
Fordomatic
Shenandoah Motor CO
Valley Avenue
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