Soviet Has Failed To Reduce Forces Declared by Brucker
Secretary of the Army Brucker told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that Soviet Russia did not meet its public pledge to cut 1,200,000 troops. He urged restoring 204.7 million of 1 billion in Army budget cuts and warned against reductions in pay and maintenance that would hurt readiness and living standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brucker
Ashington
Russia
Senate Appropriations
Maxwell D. Taylor
House Appropriations Committee
House
Taylor
Chavez
D-Nm
Khrushchev Says Soviet Meat Output to Overtake U S by 1960
Khrushchev boasted at a Leningrad agricultural conference that per capita production of meat milk and butter in the Soviet Union could surpass the United States by 1960 a victory he called mightier than the hydrogen bomb. He cited that U S meat output is more than three times Soviet per capita and suggested a 1961 target if needed.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Soviet Union
United States
Khrushchev
U. S
Russia
America
Handley seniors to college over half plan for fall
Winchester schools superintendent Garland R. Quarles said more than 50 percent of Handley High School's 86 diploma candidates will attend college next fall with 44 planning to enroll. He noted 62 graduates were born in Winchester or Frederick County and highlighted the class's strong potential.
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Garland R. Quarles
Winchester
Quarles
Winchester Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Frederick County
Handley
Rotary Club
J. Pinckney Arthur, Jr
Susan Stine
Fred Stine
Jack Bowen
Andrew Bowen
David Lewis
Richard Lewis
David Wiseman
Lynn Wiseman
Wiseman
Evening Star
Mary Bruce Rhodes
Cora Helen Frye
George Robbie Robinson
William Wheatley
Bass renamed to four year term on Frederick County school board
C E Bass was renamed to a four year term as member of the Frederick County Board for Ope Quon District. Term starts July 1. Other board members and electoral officials listed. Also notices about Girl Scout vacancies, garden seeds, local insurance agents, coat sale, and bakery ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.E. Bass
Frederick County School Board
Charles F Bass
Frederick County
Opequon
School Trustee Federal Board
Bass
Julian S. Carbaugh
R. Lee Smith
J. Pinckney Arthur
T. Newton Cather
Shawnee
Pred Whitacre
Gainesboro
Huyett Light
Stonewall
Robert M. Muse
Back Creek
Illegal Transactions Probed in Cook County
Cook County officials disclose illegal and irregular cash disbursements totaling at least 440000 from funds built by tax foreclosure sales. Treasurer Herbert C. Paschen and State’s Attorney Benjamin Adamowski said the probe involves records back to past treasurers, with two longtime staff suspended and a grand jury subpoena issued for related documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert C. Paschen
Cook County
Benjamin Adam- Owski
Paschen
Adamowski
Hodge
Orville Hodge
Christ E. Peterson
Milton Baer
John Brenza
Louis E. Nelson
Brenza
Nelson
Haiti Braces for Major Violence as Army Chief Faces Strike
Port au Prince residents faced a fourth general strike in six months as Cantave moved to restore normalcy amid threats of violence. Police reported one dead and one wounded, while troops patrolled streets as Dejoie and Fignole supporters pressed to oust Cantave and regain power. The countryside stayed quiet with Cantave’s forces trying to reopen stores and factories.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Leon Cantave
Cantave
Sen
Louis Dejoie
Daniel Fignole
Dejoie
Fignole
Cantaye
Executive Council
New Transmission Line Expands Winchester Power Capacity
Northern Virginia Power Company officials say a 132000 volt line nearing Gore will extend to Millville West Virginia, boosting supply from 33000 to 162000 volts and costing over a million dollars. The project, involving about 100 workers, aims to meet rising residential and industrial demand in Winchester and Frederick County.
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Winchester
Northern Virginia Power Company
Andrew J. Bowen
Nea
Gore
Frederick County
Millville
W. Va
Harper’s Ferry
Bowen
Whch
West Virginia
Florida Grants Sanctuary To Jewish Foster Parents
Governor LeRoy Collins granted sanctuary in Florida to Mr and Mrs Melvin B Ellis Jewish foster parents of 6 year old Hildy McCoy The decision keeps the child with the Ellises amid a custody dispute with the natural mother The Ellises praised the governor and celebrated with their family as Hildy returned to school in Massachusetts plans remain for the child to stay with the Ellises in Florida and for her to continue in her current home life
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Tallahasse
Fla
Hildy McCoy
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Melvin B. Ellis
Hildy
Massachusetts
Ellises
Collins
Ellis
Ben Cohen
Miami Beach
Lear School
Living Costs Up For 8th Straight Month in April
The government reports April living costs rose for the eighth straight month led by higher food prices. The Bureau of Labor Statistics index climbed three-tenths to 119.3 percent of the 1947-49 average, boosting automatic wage boosts for 1.4 million workers and a later six-cent hourly rise for auto workers.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Anti American riots erupt in Taipei over court martial ruling
Thousands of Chinese mobs attack the U S Embassy and Information Office in Taipei and besiege a military headquarters. Two Americans are injured and security is tight as authorities plan possible curfew while Nelson Reynolds and family depart for Manila after being acquitted of voluntary manslaughter.
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Taipei
Formosa
U. S
U. S. Information Agency
U. S. Army
U.S
US. Information Agency
Chiang Kai-shek
Alexander Boase
Carl Ackerman
William Sutton
Aitack
Robert R. Reynolds
Colora
Coatesville
Manila
Reynolds
Eisenhower calls for selective veto power against Congress
President Eisenhower urged a Republican controlled Congress to grant him selective veto authority over appropriations to cut costs. He spoke by telephoned message at a Tren ton rally, the final in a series urging voters to elect a Republican majority in 1958. He defended the 71.8 billion dollar budget and foreign aid, opposed tax cuts that risk deficits, and warned against deficit financing and debt payments being halted.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Trenton
N.J
White House
Downpours Quench Demonstration Fires
Oklahoma City school demonstration on fire fighting methods was canceled as rain halted the event. Downpours put out the fires before equipment could be used. Also ad notes 100 gladiola bulbs while supply lasts and weekend specials at Sears Roebuck and Co and Ward's Pastry Shop.
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Oklahoma City
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Cox Found Guilty Of Manslaughter In Stabbing Death
A jury found Joan D. Cox Jr. guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the April 21 stabbing death of Nathan Carter in Winchester. He received a two and a half year sentence. The trial followed a murder charge request by the Commonwealth for first degree murder with possible life to 20 years.
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Corporation Court
Joan D. Cox Jr
Alabama
Nathan Carter
Winchester
Cox
Commonwealth
Carter
Haddox Row
Helen Rose
Coxe
Ambassador Tong Expresses Regrets Over Formosa Riots
In Washington Ambassador Tong conveyed China’s profound regrets for the Taipei Formosa rioting. He said no deep anti American sentiment existed, calling the event an outbreak of emotion. Riot control included a curfew and martial law as Rankin reported damage to the embassy and Information Agency building with no serious injuries.
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Washington
Hollington K. Tong
United States
Taipei
Formosa
George Yeh
Tong
Walter Robertson
Robertson
State Department
U.S
Karl L. Rankin
Formosan
Rankin
U.S. Information Agency
Clifton NJ Teachers Stay Home as Sick Day Protest Hits Schools
In Clifton New Jersey the majority of teachers in five high and junior high schools called in sick leaving thousands of students sent home while elementary schools remained open. The board increased pay by $200 amid a union drive for $700 yearly raises effective next September with concerns about a further exodus if demands aren’t met.
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Clifton
Board of Education
Daniel Duffield
Clifton United
Jerome Eisenberg
Newark
Sunday Dinner at Shirkey's Restaurant Sunnyside
Shirkey's Restaurant offers a Sunday dinner at "The House of Good Food" in Sunnyside served 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Also advertised a bake and rummage sale at Mt. Airy Community Center Lat on May 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. located at 28 E Piccadilly St. Lat.
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Shirkey’s
Sunnyside
House of Good Food
E. Piccadilly St
Lat
Mt. Airy Community Center
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Tyree and
Skeeter
E. D. Todd
Victoria
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The
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Camp White Rock
Girl Scout Office
SEARS
Rofbuck & CO
N. Loudoun St
Winchester Insurance Agents
J.R. Alexander, Jr
J. W. Arthur
R. T. Bryarly
Hansbrough & Carter
Good & CO
Lawrence C. Hollis
Jamison & Gore
Earl L. Mason
W. H. Louthan, Jr
Nat Joyner
Ken E. Smith Insurance Agency
State Farm Insurance Office
B & C Baking
Bakers of Good
Valley Pride Bread
B & C. Baking CO
Canave
By Bill Garrard
Frederick County Firemen’s Association
Shawnee Fire Co
Ernie Nesselroot
Information Agency
Lemon Coconut Cakes
Ambassador Tong
Clifton, N. J
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