Negro Leaders Urged to Move Slowly Yet Firmly
Atlanta leaders and NAACP officials map a cautious action plan after the Supreme Court's anti segregation ruling. Austin Walden urges delaying immediate lawsuits while opposing apology for the court decision. State attorneys general gather in Georgia to discuss next steps ahead of broader Southern talks in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAACP
Atlanta
Supreme Court
Austin T. Walden
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
South
Georgia
Eugene Cook
Cook
National Assn. of
High Court
Richmond
Virginia
Thomas B. Stanley
French Relieve Encircled Outposts in Indochina
French High Command reports mobile relief columns reach two isolated outposts Yen Phu and Coquan in the Red River Delta. A third outpost Anxa fell to Vietminh forces aided by 90 mm bazookas and heavy mortars, with Dien Bien Phu’s collapse influencing activity nearby. French casualties are described as appreciable.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Anxa
Yen Phu
Coquan
Sylvia Herbaugh Heads Jaycee-ettes
Sylvia Herbaugh was elected president of the Winchester Jaycee-ettes at the annual officers election held Wednesday night at the Lee Jackson Restaurant. She succeeds Kathy Perry. Installation will occur Friday June 25. New officers include Vice-President Mary Harmon Treasurer Louise Singhass Secretary Helen Sandy and Corresponding Secretary Peggy Williams. Board of Directors for two years are Carolyn Smith Lucia Barbour Peggy McAboy. Frances Packard has a one year term. Remaining board members are Kathy Perry and Peggy Haun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Herbaugh
Winchester Jaycee-ettes
Chamber of Commerce
Lee- Jackson
Kathy Perry
Mary Harmon
Louise Singhass
Helen Sandy
Peggy Williams
Carolyn Smith
Lucia Barbour
Peggy McAboy
Frances Packard
Peggy Haun
Virginia
N. Loudoun St
Farm Bureau Told of New Apple Products
Dr. William A. Rooker spoke at the Round Hill Community Center before nearly 200 people at the Farm Bureau of Frederick County dinner. He outlined six new apple products, discussed promotion and the danger of foreign products, and noted labor costs for fried and baked apples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Rooker
H. F. Byrd, Inc
Round Hill
Cener
Farm Bureau of
Frederick County
Farm Bureau
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
Rooker
Hugh Dailey
Farm Bureau of Virginia
Landon B. Whitacre
Joseph E. Butler
Winchester
Fruit Growers Association
Cc. H. Mussleman Co
Man Proves Rights Costly TV Set Incident
In Peoria Illinois John M Casserly threw his TV set from a window during an argument over what to watch. He said he wanted to prove his rights. The act caused about 350 in repair costs to the TV and window and led to charges of intoxication and disturbing the peace.
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Peoria
Ill
John M. Casserly
Casserly
Leap saves girl from suicide on Tokyo rail line
A 19 year old Tokyo girl attempted to leap in front of a speeding train to end her pregnancy and desertion. She cleared the 10 foot wide tracks and was unharmed, later telling police she once was a high school long jump champion.
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Tokyo
Seventh District Democrats Nominate Harrison At Waynesboro Convention
The Seventh District Democratic convention convened in Waynesboro to renominate Burr P. Harrison with no opposition. A 53 member Winchester delegation and delegates from Frederick and Clarke Counties planned to vote by unit rule. Attendance was expected for 303 delegates and 303 alternates, with speeches from local officials and party leaders.
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Waynesboro
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Waynesboro High School
McCarthy Sees No Attack Amid Army Dispute Address
Len McCarthy said he would not attack Ike and planned a major Fort Atkinson address to outline his row with the Army. He urged five newsmen be subpoenaed if Senate hearings continue and noted Army Counsel John Adams discussed announced Army statements. He would decide on calling aides Roy Cohn and Francis Carr based on the Army's actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Len McCarthy
Army
Ike
Wisconsin
Fort Atkinson
McCarthy
Senate
Homer Bigart
New York Herald-Tribune
Joseph Alsop
Phil Potter
Baltimore Sun
Murrey Marder
4As Friendly
Washington Post
John Adams
Chamber of Commerce
Roy Cohn
Francis Carr
Eck
Presbyterian merger approved by General Assembly
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America voted unanimously to unite with two other branches. One faction had split over slavery during the Civil War, the other over a state church in the 18th century.
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Detroit
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Voting age lower doomed for this session
President Eisenhower’s bid to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 failed in the Senate as 24 Democrats opposed the constitutional amendment, with only seven Democrats voting for it. The House was unlikely to act this session.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
Hugh Butler
Nebraska
Malone
Nevada
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Georgia
Patterson Triumphs and Angell Falters in Oregon Gubernatorial Race
In Oregon, Governor Paul L. Patterson won the gubernatorial nomination, defeating Secretary of State Early F. Newbry, while 41 year old radio commentator Tom Lawson McCall upset longtime congressman Homer D. Angell. Early returns show Patterson leading 97,767 to 36,211 and McCall ahead 19,909 to 14,022 in their respective precincts.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Paul L. Patterson
Homer D. Angell
Patterson
Newbry
Tom Lawson McCall
Angell
McCall
Interior
Douglas McKay
4-H Members to Sell Lambs and Steers Monday in Va.
Four northern Virginia counties send 4-H members to the Farmers Livestock Exchange on U.S. Route 50 west of Winchester for a Monday show and sale of about 40 to 50 commercial market lambs and nearly 30 commercial grain fed steers.
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Farmers Livestock Exchange
U. S. Rt
Winchester
Virginia
Frederick County
Margaret and
W. Boyd Ramey, Jr
Hayfield
Bradley Pugh
Gore
E. W. Adams, III
Gainesbero
Kenneth McDonald
James Wood
Roy McDonald
Middletown
Stephens City
Clarke County
Bradley Grove
Louis Foltz
Clarence Kerns, Jr
Rennie Davis
Sammy Buckley
White Post
Clarke
Valley of Northern Virginia Purebred Sheep Breeders Association
4-H Club
Shenandoah
Fairfax
Fauquier
Hugh F. Henderson
Pyun Outlines Unification Plan For Korea Elections
South Korean Foreign Minister Pyun Yung tai outlined a 14 point plan for all Korea elections at the 19 nation Korean peace conference. Key conditions include UN supervision and certification of results and withdrawal of Chinese Communist troops a month before elections. Pyun urged a unified Korea protected by the United Nations and proportional representation favoring South Korea. The plan rejects a Communist style All Korea Commission and warns it would legalize infiltration and subversion. Separate Indochina talks saw limited progress with no agreement on ending the war.
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Geneva
Korea
Pyun Yung-tai
United Nations
U. N
U.N
North Korea
Pyun
South Korea
Nam Il
North
All-Korean Commission
All-Korea Commission
Indochina
Guatemala Says Saboteurs Targeted Munitions Train
Guatemala reports an attempt to blow up a munitions train after saboteurs attacked a rail line killing a civilian and a soldier while injuring three. Interior Minister Charnaud MacDonald blamed refugees in Honduras and said the arms shipment to Guatemala City survived unscathed.
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Guatemala
Alpheim
Poland
Puerto Barrios
Washington
State Department
Stettin
Charnaud
Honduras
Foreign Ministry
United States
Russia
U. S
Danish farmer defeats electronic brain in four rounds
In Copenhagen a 39 year old Danish farm worker Gerhard Mortensen known as a human adding machine beat an electronic brain in a bus iness machine exhibition contest. Round by round scores show Mortensen faster in two rounds and slower in two, with a final 45 second round victory and a boast about predicting days of the week for any date.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Gerhard Mortensen
Mortensen
Three Children Die as Flaming Airliner Crashes
An airliner from Christchurch to Auckland crash lands in a house and fields, killing three children and injuring 26 others. The DC3 skimmed the sea then hit trees and burst into flames. Elderly homeowners escaped as a wing pierced their bedroom. pilot Captain William Pettet suffered shock and burns.
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Auckland
New Zealand National Airways
Christchurch
William Pettet
French Nurse Genevieve de Galard in good health at Dien Bien Phu
The French army radio announced that 29 year old nurse Genevieve de Galard Terraube is in good health at Dien Bien Phu. She continues tending French wounded as evacuations of 753 wounded are planned and a larger operation may follow.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Dien Bien Phu
Miss de Galard
Observers note Guatemala may have arms from Iron Curtain sources
In Washington observers said Guatemala denied receiving arms from Russia or Poland but did not deny obtaining weapons from other Iron Curtain countries.
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Washington
Guatemala
Russia
Poland
Long Range Bombers Ready to Strike Globally
Gen Curtis E LeMay head of the Strategic Air Command says American long range bombers and crews can strike anywhere in the world. He told the Armed Forces Chemical Assn that bombers can take off in any weather fly direct to within a few hundred feet of a designated point and hit their target, discouraging limited war.
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Washington
America
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
LeMay
Armed Forces Chemical Assn
Ladies Auxiliary Meeting at Clearbrook Fire Hall
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Clearbrook Fire Company will hold a meeting on Monday May 24 at 8 o clock in the fire hall.
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Clearbrook Fire Company
Continued Clash With McCarthy Stays In White House Orbit
Washington dispatch says the Eisenhower administration faces ongoing friction with Sen. McCarthy as Harold Stassen attacks the Wisconsin senator over aid to allies aiding Red China. McCarthy rejects the President's order restricting testimony on a high level administration meeting, calling it peculiar and accusing Eisenhower of delaying the facts. Stevens maintains strong White House backing amid the dispute.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Harold E. Stassen
America
White House
Stassen
GOP
Congress
Army
Senate
Stevens
Chicago
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Montana
Moore Appointed To Committee On Fruit Trade
Blackburn Moore of Winchester is named by Ezra Taft Benson to the Advisory Committee on Foreign Trade in Fruits. Moore, partner in Moore and Dorsey with apple orchards in Frederick and Clarke Counties, is speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates and former president of the National Apple Institute. The committee offers non remunerated advice to expand foreign fruit trade.
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Smith-Pontiac Sales & Service
Gerrard
Blackburn Moore
Winchester
Ezra Taft Benson
Moore
Moore and Dorsey
Frederick
Clarke
Virginia House of Delegates
National Apple Institute
Benson
Department of Agriculture
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Howard Shull
J. P. Everley
Charles D. Harris
E. B. Caplinger
Harrison
Richard Rosenberger
J. Fred Larrick
Noble C. Pierce, Jr
William M. Battaile
T. G. Scully
Robert K. Woltz
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
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H. W. Butler, Jr
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Will Newcome
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James Largent
Lee Miller
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J.T. Kremer
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H.F. Byrd, Jr
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G. A. Smith
Grover Teets
Robert L. DeHaven
Harry L. McCann
Lee N. Whitacre
Thomas Rosenberger
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W. E. Edwards
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Lester Reed
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Dan Greenwalt
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Guy Smith
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