Living Costs Hit New April Record in Consumer Prices
Washington AP reports April living costs rose four tenths of a percent to a new peak driven mainly by higher food prices. The Labor Department notes the consumer price index reached 126.2, up 1.9 percent year over year, with wage adjustments upcoming for auto and farm equipment workers and others tied to contract-based cost of living clauses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Eeware
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co
Arnold Chase
Chase
Marsh Speaker At Memorial Day Rites Here
John C. Marsh a Strasburg attorney and staff officer of the 116th Infantry Virginia National Guard will speak at the annual Memorial Day rites May 30 in National Cemetery. The Winchester Veterans Council sponsors with local clergy and veterans groups gathering at Piccadilly Street. The service begins at 10 a.m. with invoc ation by Rev Stanley Dysard and benediction by Rev W Holt Louder. Marsh a Washington and Lee graduate served as World War II officer and leads the Second Battle Group Staff in Winchester.
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John C. Marsh
Strasburg
116Th Infantry
Virginia National Guard
National Cemetery
Winchester
V.F.W. Post
Piccadilly St
Stanley Dysard
Cork Street
Pho
Aqcee
United States
The
Freedoms Foundation
Marsh
Midas Spy Satellite Tests Earth Surveillance System
An experimental Midas spy satellite, weighing 2 1/2 tons, orbits every 94.34 minutes to test infrared missile detection on flares and rockets. It will assess with a 22 foot long, 5 foot diameter craft the feasibility of global missile surveillance for rapid defense actions.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Midas
United States
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Capeoral
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Soviet Union
Samos
Samps
Danny Dodson ties to Red Cross chief Gruenther
Danny Dodson of 20 S Cameron St sends a letter praising Gen Alfred M Gruenther head of the American National Red Cross. The general replies with an autographed photo and a personal note. Weather notes report cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms and temperatures around the mid seventies.
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Danny Dodson
S. Cameron St
Alfred M. Gruenther
American National Red Cross
Danny
Red Cross
Gen. Gruenther
Volcanic sequence worsens Chile disaster death toll soars
Reports from southern Chile describe a compounding catastrophe as earthquakes and tidal waves devastate towns. Authorities estimate nearly 2,000 dead or missing with millions displaced. waves drown hundreds and villages vanish under 24 foot swells. Recovery will span years and cost hundreds of millions.
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Santiago
Chile
Interior Ministry
Quelen
Japan and Western Pacific tally 183 dead or missing
The Chilean tidal wave left Japan and the Western Pacific with 183 dead or missing and millions in property damage. Japan reported 95 dead, 85 missing, 854 injured. 2,621 ships sunk or washed away. 4,079 homes destroyed. 41,800 flooded. 251 bridges wrecked. 150,000 homeless. Authorities and aid efforts mobilized across the region.
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Tokyo
Japan
Western Pacific
Asia
Philippines
Formosa
Okinawa
Hilo Begins Burying Dead After Wave Disaster
Honolulu AP reports Hilo started burying tidal wave victims as rescue crews search debris along the waterfront. The toll reached 38 dead 21 missing and 53 injured in Hawaii’s worst disaster in 14 years with 100 businesses destroyed or damaged and damage estimates near 60 million dollars. The third wave stood at 22 feet seismologist Dr Jerry Eaton said as sanitation fears rose with disease risk and boiled water advised.
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Honolulu
Hilo
Hawaii
Jerry Eaton
Stassen says Nixon cannot win the presidential race
Harold Stassen says Nixon cannot win the presidential election and urges nominating one of four possible GOP contenders Rockefeller Lodge Anderson or Seaton. He proposes an open convention or delaying nomination until after the California primary June 7 and predicts Nixon would win only five states.
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Stassen
Nixon
Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
U.N
Henry Cabot Lodge
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Secretary of the Interior
Fred A
Sappenp
Lodge
Disaster area declared for Los Angeles harbor damage
The Los Angeles Long Beach harbor is declared a disaster area after waves and tides damaged moorings docks and boat repair sites. The SBA regional director says loans are available to repair businesses but not individual boat owners. A search continues for skin diver Raymond Stuart, 30, of Torrance, who vanished Monday as tides rose after Chilean quakes.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor
Donald McLarnan
Federal Small Business Administration
Raymond Stuart
Torrance
For Rent and Sale Notices in Local Classified Section
A set of classified items includes a new modern house for rent near a school at 70 dollars monthly with contact MO 2 3440, a May 26 church supper at Little Mountain Cedar Grove, a 16 ft Owens boat with trailer and Mercury motor for quick sale through Pine Motor Co, a modern city apartment for 65 dollars monthly with Heat and appliances, a Bar-B-Q and drinks at Echo Village Tonight, a Denny's Community Auction tonight at 7, and Porter-Cable tools display at Miller's Hardware via Northern Va Power Co office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owens
Mercury
Pine Motor Co
Echo Village
Denny’s
Northern
Power Co
Miller’s Hardware
Ike Reports to Nation on Summit Collapse
President Eisenhower addresses the nation about the collapse of the summit conference and its impact on free world policies. The White House urged the Kremlin to allow Soviet broadcasts of the 30 minute speech, with live TV on CBS ABC and radio networks and overseas via Voice of America in many languages.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Kremlin
White House
James C. Hagerty
CBS
ABC
Nbc-Tv
The
Voice of America
Pees
Thousands of Leftists Rally Outside Kishi Home in Tokyo
In Tokyo thousands of young leftists demonstrated outside Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi's residence for the sixth day running. Police stood off as marchers urged an end to the U S Japan security pact, while government officials said Eisenhower’s visit would not be canceled.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
United States
Socialist Party
U.s.japan
Senate
Eisenhower
Japan
Etsuro Shiina
Ichiro Kono
Liberal-Democratic Party
Parliacon
Commonwealth Presents Case Against Landman
Robert Jewell Landman goes on trial in Corporation Court for robbing the Western Union office of 712 dollars on March 23. The Commonwealth shows he fled Berkeley Springs and was seen north of Washington D C the same day. Mrs Mary Frances Rankin identified Landman and described a reddish hair color and a 135 to 140 pound man about 30 or younger.
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Robert Jewell Landman
Western Union
Corporation Court
Commonwealth
Landman
Mary Frances Rankin
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Rt. 240
Washington, D.C
Dabney Watts
David G. Simpson
Winchester
Simpson
Rankin
Watts
Wind and Rain Cancel Flight Back to Freedom
Nine Americans and their C47 were held by Soviet forces after a flight from Copenhagen to Hamburg. Weather halted their return, with the Army seeking Soviet approval to move five by road while the rest await conditions to fly. U.S. Air Force personnel stood by in Wiesbaden to welcome them.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
East Germany
U.S
Grevesmuehlen
North Germany
U.S. Air Force
Copenhagen
Denmark
Hamburg
Clarke T. Baldwin Jr
Warrenton
Iron Curtain
Baldwin
West Germany
West Berlin
Benham Heads New Library Board Here
Harry K. Benham named temporary chairman of the Handley Library Board at its organizational meeting in the Council Chamber. Thomas V. Monahan chosen secretary. Board to operate July 1 and manage city funds with Handley Trustees. Members include Charles H. Dick, Mrs. Robert C. Green Jr., Mrs. J. A. Hotinger, Mervyn C. Teague, and Mrs. E. M. 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Benham
Handley Library Board
Council
Thomas V. Monahan
Common Council
Handley Board of Trustees
Benham
Monahan
Charles H. Dick
Robert C. Green, Jr
J. A. Hotinger
Mervyn C. Teague
E. M
Dorothy Allen
Library Board
Stewart Bell, Jr
Age Aerk Af Corporation Court
Peyton J. Marshall
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Cautin
Jorge Alessandri
Argentina
Peru
John XXII
Little Mountain Church
Cedar Grove
Thurs
Kishi
Ae Eewie
Warren Rudolph
Iron Court
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