Congressman's View of Defense Spending in Virginia District
The piece discusses defense costs in the 7th Congressional District of Virginia as the FY beginning July 1 raises 61 cents of every dollar in federal taxes for national security. It notes lack of local bases, questions on waste, and the process by which defense appropriations, totaling 33.635 billion, are debated in Congress with reliance on military and civilian expert judgments.
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Conflicting Defense Statements Alarm Congress on Parity
A Congressman considers the mix of conflicting defense policy statements about research quality bomber and guided missile inventories and overall parity with the Soviet Union. The confusion mirrors concerns felt by citizens and officials alike.
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Soviet Union
Mass Meeting Commemorates 1954 School Segregation Decision
The NAACP denounces a former Secretary of State and Supreme Court justice as a false representative of the South’s failings. A large South Norfolk gathering marked the May 1954 Supreme Court ruling on school segregation and urged respect for the law.
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Supreme Court
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Norfolk
Rebels Ambush French Convoy Wounding and Killing In Algeria
Algerian rebels ambushed a French military convoy 50 miles west of Sennous on the road to Constantine, killing three and wounding five. French guards counterattacked as rebels fled. authorities reported 17 rebels killed. In Algiers a French soldier was sentenced to death in absentia. Police arrested six Arabs in Temouchent for terrorist cell links. French troops were said to have killed 50 rebels and arrested 200 yesterday.
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Senuf
Constantine
Temouchent
Self-Styled Robin Hood Captured in DC Burglaries
Washington police held Joseph Franklin Wright known as Robin Hood and Bernard Coleman White called Little John after they admitted 65 housebreakings in the District of Columbia. Investigators say hundreds of burglaries in metropolitan areas are linked to the pair and loot totals reach tens of thousands of dollars.
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Robin Hood
Joseph Franklin
Robin Hood) Wright
Bernard Coleman
Little John) White
Fredericksburg
Joseph Shimon
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Shimon
Bandit crew targets affluent homes in scattered raids
An investigator recalled a group nicknamed bum-type operators who raid expensive houses, sharing loot with friends. They would steal a rug but leave the pad, sparing one item to focus on others such as deli items from refrigerators. Loot was recovered from Chester Pa Baltimore Philadelphia Arlington and a Boonesboro Md farmhouse.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Arlington
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Shimor
Daily Across Puzzle Clues Solve A Broad List Of Words
A syndicated word puzzle lists clues across categories. The reader fills entries from city synonyms to old Dutch measures. Answers span several lengths and linguistic roots.
Crossword clues from yesterday page
A list of crossword answers includes 35 Toward the lee 36 Bog 38 River Fr 39 Wither 41 Pinch 42 Gun slang. The fragment appears as a puzzle page reading only the clue set and brief enumerations.
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Pinch
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