White House aide harshly criticizes Democrats in Congress
White House aide Bernard Shanley accused Democrats in Congress of blocking key parts of Eisenhower’s program speaking to the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers Assn. The remarks, reportedly with Eisenhower's approval, signal possible White House boldness before the November elections as party balance in Congress remains tight. Barkley responded that the claim was preposterous.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Eisenhower
Bernard M. Shanley
Assn
Shanley
Ike
House
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Senate
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
New York
Frederick County Firemen Discuss Traffic Blockade Problem
Frederick County Volunteer Firemen Association meeting hosted by Stephens City Fire Company with six county units. They plan a committee with city county and state officials to tackle spectators blocking roads and motorists not yielding to fire trucks. Next meetings will set up the committee and report at the June session. The 1953 alarms total 124 across county fire units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Stephens City Fire Company
Robinson Cold Storage
Glaize and Brother
Frederick County
Esther
Shipment Makes Guatemala Top Military Power
Secretary of State Dulles stated that a 2000 ton arms shipment from Poland valued at 10 million dollars helped make Guatemala the dominant military power in Central America. He outlined US support for UN peace observers in Southeast Asia and noted talks with France on potential American intervention in Indochina. Dulles announced a new note to Russia on Eisenhower’s atomic energy plan and that Turkey's Prime Minister Menderes would visit the US in June. Arms airlift to Nicaragua Honduras Guatemala continues amid Moscow warnings.
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Washington
Dulles
Guatemala
Panama Canal
Poland
Central America
United States
United Nations
Southeast Asia
Congress
Russia
Eisenhower
Britain
France
Menderes
Turkey
State Department
Nicaragua
Honduras
Moscow Radio
Guillermo Toriello
Seven Indicted In Vote Fraud in Russell County
A federal grand jury in Abingdon Virginia handed true bills against seven men for alleged irregularities in the 1952 general election in Russell County. Indictments cover abuses of mail voting in Dante and Swords Creek precincts as the grand jury resumes hearings.
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Abingdon
Russell County
Western District Federal Court
Dante
Swords Creek
Graduation week at Handley High School 1954 events
The class of 1954 at Handley High School will hold a Sunday June 6 sermon for graduates at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium with Rev. Carl Heath Kopf as speaker and Rev. Rhodes M. Artz presiding. The program includes a glee club performance and music. Graduation exercises follow on Tuesday June 8 at 8 p.m. with a short concert by the Handley Glee Club and A Cappella Choir. The class gift will be presented by Alan Peer to Fran Jo Ducknall, and the senior symbol transfer is led by Robert Kendall to John Hodson.
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Handley High School
Handley School
Winchester Ministerial Association
Rhodes M. Artz
Carl Heath Kopf
First Congregational Church
Washington, D. C
Kopf
Handley Glee Club
Alan Peer
Fran Jo Ducknall
Robert Kendall
John Hodson
Nurse Safer Than Soldier Dien Bien Phu Heroism
The Hanoi based nurse Genevieve de Galard Terraube recalls tending French wounded during the Dien Bien Phu siege. She says she “only did my duty” amid heavy Vietminh bombardment and a shortage of doctors. She describes the night of March 30–31 as the fiercest moment, with hundreds wounded and many dying. She left the fortress after capture and travel to Hanoi, reflecting on mixing joy at survival with sadness for leaving wounded colleagues.
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Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Indochina
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Vietminh
Military currency swap orders issued by U.S. Defense Dept
The Defense Department issued a sudden global order to change military currency aimed at countering counterfeiters. The measure affects U.S. personnel in Europe and elsewhere including Germany France Britain Greece Morocco and Iceland with about half a million affected.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S
Far Eastern
Austria
Trieste
France
Britain
Greece
Morocco
Tripoli
Yugoslavia
Iceland
Belgium
Europe
Armed Forces
U.S. Army
Tokeyo
England
Gary Crosby Hurt in San Jose Car Crash
Gary Crosby twenty son of Bing Crosby was slightly injured in a two car crash that killed a Mexican national and injured six others. Bing Crosby rushed from a mountain trip to visit his son and said the accident won t derail Gary s radio plans. Police said neither driver was to blame. Crosby was in one car with Jesus Hernandez in the other.
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San Jose
Calif
Gary Crosby
Bing Crosby
Bing
Gary
Crosby
Jesus Hernandez
May 26–30 Virginia outlook cooler start with showers
Richmond area forecast calls for a stretch May 26 to May 30 with temperatures slightly below normal at first and rising later. Showers are possible toward week’s end, bringing about a quarter inch of rain in total.
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Richmond
Virginia
Navy blimp lands after world endurance flight record
Key West bulletin reports a U S Navy blimp landed today breaking the world endurance record with over 200 hours of sustained flight without refueling. An unrelated ad notes Winchester Nash ready to inspect cars with shop hours through June 15.
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Key West
Fla
Winchester Nash
Slayer of Judge Doomed by Jury
Norman Moon 28 of Connellsville Pa was found guilty of first degree murder for killing Judge Allison D Wade in Warren Pa last January 13 The 12 member jury fixed the death penalty Moon stared straight ahead as the verdict was read Judge Flick warned spectators there would be no display Sentencing was postponed as defense seeks a new trial claiming mental illness The defense cites a psychiatrist testimony Moon's estrangement from his wife noted by the court
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Warren
Norman Moon
Connellsville
Moon
Allison D. Wade
Pennsylvania
Richard E. Curtin
Alexander C. Flick, Jr
Flick
Wade
Samuel Braemer
Bramer
Two Men Feared Lost In Shenandoah River Sinking
Searchers recovered the body of John D. Wiseman a Navy man at 2 20 p m about one mile north of the U S Rt 50 bridge. The second victim Guy R Line 45 of Winchester remained missing as volunteers and Navy divers widened the search area along the river from Watermelon Park to the Rt 50 bridge.
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Shenandoah River
Rt. 50 Bridge
Winchester Star
Ank
John D. Wiseman
U. S. Navy
U. S. Rt. 50
Guy R. Line
Winchester
Fairview Ave
John D. Diseman
J.C
Staunton
Patuxent River
Naval Air Station
Watermelon Park
Castleman's Ferry
U. S. Rt. 7 Bridge
Locke's Mill
BMC Henning
Navy
Deep Sea
Naval Gun Factory
Washington
Viking rocket soars to 158 miles at White Sands
Navy Viking missile No 11 reached 158 miles altitude at White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico, 22 miles above the prior record. Officials reported a top speed of 4300 miles per hour, surpassing the May 7 achievement.
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White Sands Proving Grounds
N. M
White Sands
Ryan Defends Army Charts On Schine Leaves Claim
Maj. Gen. Cornelius E. Ryan testified that McCarthy subcommittee staff repeatedly sought special leaves from Ft. Dix for Pvt. G David Schine but he said the requests were for subcommittee work only. He defended Army charts as truthful and said there was no preferential treatment for Schine beyond leave passes for subcommittee duties.
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Schine
Ryan
Secretary of the
Army
Stevens
McCarthy
Ft. Dix
McCarthy Subcommittee
Puerto Rican AWOL Marine Convicted Of Petty Larceny
Rafael Zayas Garcia a 23 year old Marine from Quantico Virginia was convicted in Winchester Police Court on a petty larceny charge for driving off from City Amoco Station with 12 gallons of gas after asking for brake fluid He received a 60 day suspended sentence and $4 25 in costs to be paid and was jailed to serve the costs before being turned over to Marine Corps authorities for AWOL charges Garcia claimed intent to head for Chicago and was apprehended near Gore by State Trooper L P Coverstone after the theft
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U. S. Marine Corps
Rafael Zayas Garcia
Quantico
Amoco
Millwood Ave
Albert Moreland
Garcia
Moreland
L. P. Coverstone
Gore
Chicago
Winchester
Marine Corps
C&P Seeks Rate Hike to Fund Virginian Expansion
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. argues a higher rate is needed to fund a 50 million dollar expansion plan for 1954-55 and to raise annual revenues by 4 million dollars. Residential service would rise about 50 cents monthly and general service up to 1.75, with earnings improving from 4.65 to about 6 percent.
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Chesa¢peake and Potomac Telephone Co
T. Justin Moore
C&p
State Corporation
Moore
Pascoe F. Walter
Lynchburg
C&P’s
Blueprint Adopted For Ending School Segregation in D.C.
The District of Columbia Board of Education approved a five point plan to end segregation in public schools with a fall start and full desegregation by September 1955. The plan emphasizes merit based assignments, equal treatment, no cross boundary attendance for race reasons, no race based records, and full school use regardless of race. President Eisenhower hopes the plan will guide desegregation efforts in 17 Southern and border states amid follow up court orders on access to colleges theaters housing and other facilities.
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Washington
District of Columbia Board of Education
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Hobart M. Corning
Sptember
Doctors Kept Out as Social Security Coverage Considered
The House Ways and Means Committee reversed course rejecting adding about 150,000 medical doctors and interns to social security. It also voted 22 to 2 to exclude municipal firemen and policemen after previously voting to offer 270,000 police and firemen the option to join. The American Medical Association opposed the doctors’ inclusion.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Jenkins
Ohio
American Medical Assny
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W. Boscawen St
Handley
U.S. Defense Department
Weather Outlook
Bulletin
Margaret L. Hodgson
Viking
McArthy
Pvt. Schine
Walter
SCC
Morton Wallerstein
Norman Elliott
D.C
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