Dinner meeting among Big Four fronts summit talks
Gene va AP Secretary of State Christian Herter and other Big Four foreign ministers plan a social dinner at Herter’s villa to press for a breakthrough on a summit conference. In Richmond a U S district judge adds the State Placement Board as a co defendant in desegregation suits, signaling broader legal action. In Geneva Herter warns Gromyko against unjustified NATO accusations as Western ministers press for a workable peace settlement.
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Geneva
Christian A. Herter
Herter’s Villa
Richmond
Sterling Hutcheson
State
Hutcheson
U.S
Walter E. Hoffman
Newport News
Virginia
Andrei A. Gromyo
NATO
Herter
Gromyko
USS
Offic
Andrei Gromyko
Gronkyko
Britain
Selwyn’ Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
West Germany
Charles
Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Local Notes on Trash Trucks Trout Tale and Pen Pal Request
The city faces a trash problem with at least one truck roaming with a bright Pennsylvania tag. Fishermen Mack Turner and Roland Keller claim they hauled three 14 inch trout from Cedar Creek after lines snagged a fallen tree. A 16 year old Japanese boy Hideshiko Matsuta seeks pen pals in America via The Star and provides an address in Japan. Scattered thundershowers expected tonight and tomorrow with highs in the 60s.
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Pennsylvania
Mack Tunner
Roland Keller
Cedar Creek
the Star
Hideshiko Matsuta
Youth Council For International Contact
Shiban-shima
Ono-shi
Fukai-ken
Japan
Hideshiko
Ford Wins Race To Name New Car The Falcon
Ford Motor Co. won a race with Chrysler to name its new small car the Falcon just 20 minutes before Chrysler acted. Neither firm knew the other valued the name. Chrysler planned Valiant, GM planned Corvair. All three compact cars hit markets this fall.
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Ford
Falcon
New York
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Assn
General Motors
House Democrats Fight To Stop Cuts In Housing Bill
House Democrats pushed to prevent cuts in a 2.1 billion omnibus housing bill. The vote 203 to 177 defeated a 1.3 billion substitute and endorsed new public housing features. Debate centered on financing methods, with calls for annual Congressional review and tighter agency accountability.
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House
Washington
Eisenhower
House Banking Committee
Democrats
Banking Committee
Congressional
Congress
Albert Thomas
D-Tex
Treasury
Gulf Coast Storm Rips Galveston Area Causing Drowning Fears
Wind gusts near hurricane force hit Galveston Texas with two fishermen missing after they went to check lines. The storm damaged Pleasure Pier sign and wrecked vessels, tore roofs, blew cars off tracks, and left Bolivar Peninsula without power. Weather officials logged 87 mph winds in Galveston and about 100 mph on Bolivar Peninsula.
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Galveston
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Jerry Simpson
Port Bolicar
Weather Bureau
Bolivar Peninsula
Continental Grain Co
Port Bolivar
Mice to ride Discoverer III in space test launch
Unofficial Western Aviation claims four specially bred mice will be aboard a Discoverer III mission from Vandenberg to orbit and recover the payload near Hawaii. Air Force officials gave no comment. If successful, they would be the first U S animals sent to space and recovered. Previous Discoverer II failed to drop its payload near Hawaii due to a timing fault.
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Los Angeles
Western Aviation
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Hawaii
Air Force
United States
Vandenberg
Arctic
Spitzberan Island
Norway
Pacific
Berg Guilty Of Attempted Assault Here
A jury found Henry Berg of 300 National Ave guilty of attempted rape of a Winchester woman. He faces three years in the penitentiary with sentencing deferred to hear defense motions. Charges of sodomy and maiming remain pending as the case moves toward further rulings. The incident occurred between 12:30 and 1 a.m. March 22 in the back yard of the William Gochenour home at Loudoun and Monmouth Streets. Police were alerted after neighbors reported a commotion and observed a man fleeing as officers arrived.
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Corporation Court
Henry Berg
National Ave
Winchester
Elliott Marshall
Berg
William Gochenour
Loudoun
Monmouth Sts
Gochenours
Roy Clark
Veterans Plan Memorial Day Observance Cooperation
Local veterans groups unite for Memorial Day May 30 with Mike Kowalchick coordinating. American Legion to handle speaker, VFW parade and seating, DAV wreath service, WWI veterans religious services, plus roles for Grim Lovett Goodman McIntyre Easter Allamong and others in firing squad publicity roll call and announcements.
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Mike Kowalchick
National Cemetery
American Legion
Ralph Grim
Harry Lovett
Gerald Goodman
House Pays Tribute To Dulles
The House paid affectionate tribute to cancer stricken John Foster Dulles as McCormack praised his possible place in history. Reps Judd and Schwengel lauded Dulles as America’s greatest secretary of state and spoke of hope for a miracle to spare his life.
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Washington
House
John Foster Dulles
McCormack
Dulles
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
Fred Schwengel
Rrowa
America
Presbyterian Building Fund Oversubscribed by $14171
The First Presbyterian Church raising a $350000 building fund has surpassed its goal. Pledges total $364171 from 352 families over three years, with $320000 targeted to be raised after a $30000 Boyd Memorial gift. Seventy two workers ran the campaign in one week, beginning after a loyalty dinner. A victory dinner at 6 30 tonight at the George Washington Hotel will mark final reports and celebrate efforts.
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First Presbyterian Church
Boyd
Armory
Air Force Recovers Tiny Nose Cone After Flight
The Air Force retrieved a 6 inch nose cone intact four hours after a Thor-Able rocket launch. Re-entry and impact were spotted by a plane near Ascension Island as the cone, carrying warhead protection secrets for future ICBMs, was hoisted aboard a search vessel. The launch occurred at 1 40 a m and was visible for over two minutes.
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Cape Canaveral Fla
Air Force
Atlantic
Ascension Island
Thor
Indictment Tails Apalachin Underworld Convention Delegates
Federal prosecutors indict 27 delegates from the 1957 Apalachin underworld meeting on conspiracy charges. Arrests begin as a nationwide crime task force continues probing the convention’s purpose and its alleged control of rackets. Coconspirators total 36, with potential five year terms and $10,000 fines for the indicted.
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New York
Apalachin
N.Y
U.S
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Mafia
Sicily
Traffic Violators May Lose Diplomas After Prom
Police Chief William A. Ross announced that Havers Hill seniors found guilty of traffic violations after the prom will forfeit their diplomas along with their licenses. Acting Principal Donald Evans agreed to withhold the diplomas of graduates convicted of auto charges to curb further accidents in the area.
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Haverhill
Mass
William A. Ross
Ross
Donald Evans
Extra Funds Approved for War on Hoodlums and Racketeers
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed a 649.9 million dollar bill funding the State and Justice departments and related agencies for the new fiscal year starting July 1. It adds 50 FBI agents, allocates 217.6 million to the State Department and 264.1 million to the Justice Department, while creating a 16 position State unit to counter international Communist economic activity.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
State
Justice Departments
State Department
Justice Department
U.S. Information Agency
Federal Judiciary
Judiciary
House
Sandstone
Minn
Voice of America Broadcasting
Greenville
N.C
Starkweather Set for Friday Execution in Nebraska
Charles Starkweather 19 is scheduled to die in the electric chair at the Nebraska Penitentiary shortly after 6 a.m. CST for the Bennet schoolboy slaying. Caril Ann Fugate, 15, serving a life term, contends she was a hostage. Starkweather claims she was a willing accomplice. The case anchored the January murder spree that left 11 dead in Lincoln and nearby towns.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
Nebraska Penitentiary
Starkweather
Bennet
Caril Ann Fugate
Caril
Charles
Ralph Brooks
Brooks
Lancaster County
Elmer Scheele
Jensen
Marion Bartlett
Vda
Betty Jeans
Bartlett
August Meyer
Young Jensen
Miss King
Lauer Ward
Clara
Lilyan Fencl
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Robert Waitt
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Underworld
Merle Collison
Great Falls
Mont
Douglas
Wyo
Robert George Calvert
Lincoln Filling Station
Old Bethel Methodist Church
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G. T. Dunn
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