U S Open to Direct Talks With Reds on American Prisoners
U S officials at Geneva signal willingness to negotiate directly with Chinese Communists for release of about 71 Americans held in China. Revised counts list 35 civilian prisoners and 18 seeking permission to leave, plus 18 fliers including Capt Harold Fischer Jr. Missing Navy and Coast Guard personnel from a 1952 crash may also be held.
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U.S
Reds
China
Geneva
United States
Panmunjom
State Department
Red China
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Richard Applegate
Medford, Or
Donald Dixon
New York
Merchant Marine
Ben Krasner
Brooklyn
Lawrence Buol
Stockton
Calif
Navy
Coast Guard
South China
U. S
United States rejects partition of Indochina territory
The United States declared it would oppose any settlement that would partition the Associated States in Indochina. The stance was reported by authoritative quarters as the nine party Indochina conference pressed ahead.
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Geneva
United States
Indochina
Local Men Aboard Bennington Report They Are Safe
Relatives announce four seamen aboard the Carrier Bennington are safe and well. Mrs Benny Longerbeam reports her husband is all right, and Mrs Blanche Myers confirms her son Donald Ray Myers is safe. Other families, including Mrs William Walters, say nephews Charles William Wood and Everett R Wood Jr are safe.
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Bennington
Benny Longerbeam
Berryville
Anna Kerns
Malvin Longerbeam
Blanche Myers
N. Kent St
Donald Ray Myers
Myers
Antettam
William F. Walters
W. Cork St
Charles William Wood
Everett R. Wood, Jr
Broadway
7th District Republicans To Meet July 10
Staunton reports a 7th District Republican nominating convention called by Stephen D. Timberlake district chairman. The meeting is set for Strasboro Town Hall July 10 to reorganize the district committee and nominate a U S House candidate, with no announced names. The GOP nominee would face incumbent Democrat Harrison later chosen at a Waynesboro convention.
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Staunton
Stephen D. Timberlake
Timberlake
Strasboro Town Hall
Republican Committee
U. S
House of Representatives
GOP
Rep
Harrison
D-Va
Waynesboro
Jewel Box
Jewel Box, Inc
Winchester
Bennington Disaster Probe Focuses on Catapult Room
Eyewitness accounts of the Bennington disaster point to the catapult room as a focal point for inquiry after a Navy board meeting. The incident killed 91 and injured 201 as the carrier, 32,000 tons, lay offshore 75 miles from shore.
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Bennington
R. I
Navy Board of Inquiry
Leyte
Boston
Naval Board of Inquiry
William F. Raborn, Jr
Oklahoma City
General Service
J.G
John Wallam
Pittsburgh
State Education Board Rejects Immediate School Integration
The Virginia State Education Board rejected Negro leaders’ call to begin desegregation this fall and ordered continued segregated plans for the 1954-55 school year. Governor Stanley and Attorney General Almond attended. Dowell J. Howard will issue formal guidance to superintendents. NAACP warned that injunctions could be sought to force early admission if officials do not show reasonable effort.
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Ocal
Virginia
Dowell J. Howard
Gov. Stanley
Supreme Court
Stanley
Atty
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Lynn Wolfe Named Virginia Delegate To 4-H Club Camp
Lynn Wolfe 20 of Winchester Rt 2 was named one of four Virginia delegates to the National 4-H Club Camp June 16 23 at the Raleigh Hotel Washington D C The selection honors 4-H members for leadership and project achievement Lynn a sophomore at V P I majoring in animal husbandry is the Hayfield 4-H Club member since age 11 and is the son of Mr and Mrs Sloan Wolfe.
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Lynn Wolfe
Winchester
Rt. 2
Virginia
Raleigh
Washington, D. C
John T. Wolfe
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Lynn
Sloan Wolfe
Eight to Receive Diplomas at Douglas High
Graduation at Douglas High School on June 7 begins 8:30 p.m. with eight students receiving diplomas. Rev. L. E. Terrell of Storer College delivers the baccalaureate sermon Sunday evening June 6. Garland R. Quarles, Winchester Schools superintendent, will award diplomas. Names include Shirley Bartlett Charles Brown Joan Broan Jean Dyer John Finley Walter Nickens Andrew Gaskins and Barbara Turner.
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Douglas High School
L. E. Terrell
Storer College
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester Schools
Shirley Bartlett
Charles Brown
Joan Broan
Jean Dyer
John Finley
Walter Nick
Clarke County Civilian Defense observes 72 hour drill
Clarke County Civilian Defense Corps conducts a 72 hour test at Woodley Farm to evaluate ground observer posts without radar. B 29 aircraft will overfly at 500 to 4000 feet as three observer teams A B C rotate duty under Col Graham Dougherty and Eustis Jackson with VF W team to follow.
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Clarke County Civilian Defense Corps
Woodley Farm
Ground Observer Corps
Clarke County
Woodley
Eustis Jackson
Graham Dougherty
Jail Sentence Delays Airman On Bennington Crew
Robert Rakosky. 23 from Venice Ohio was due aboard the carrier Bennington but stayed behind after being released from a Delaware Ohio jail where he served a three day drunk driving sentence. The item notes a jail sentence and a canceled ship assignment.
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Delaware, Ohio
Robert Rakosky
Venice
Ohio
Bennington
Naval
Vietminh Pressures Delta Defenses In Indochina Fight
Vietminh rebels stepped up pressure on the southern arc around Hanoi, threatening Thai Binh Phu Ly and Nam Dinh as mortars and machinegun fire hit posts. French forces retook Yen Phu area and cleared many infiltrators from Delta villages while rebels remain inside parts of the Delta.
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Hanot
Indochina
Red Delta
Rice Bowl
Hanoi
Are
Thai Binh
Phu Ly
Nam Dinh
Yen Phu
Trannhe
Doaithon
Sunday designated as day of prayer for lasting peace
President Eisenhower designated Memorial Day as a day of prayer and lasting peace. He called on Americans to join in prayer at 11 a.m. local time to seek guidance for a peaceful world and to honor the sacrifices of war dead as part of a Congress approved proclamation from 1950.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
United States
Congress
Stevenson Sees Constitutional Crisis in U S Politics
Adlai Stevenson warned in Meridian that President Eisenhower’s reluctance to defend his office and congressional encroachments signal a constitutional crisis in American government. He called the Army McCarthy hearings a sign of a splintered, besieged executive and urged restoring order to win broad public support.
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Meridian
Miss
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Jimmie Rodgers
Meridian Railroad
Bricker
Crosby and son sued over fatal car crash in San Jose
Bing Crosby and his 20 year old son Gary face $65,000 in damages after a Monday automobile collision that killed one man and injuring seven. Gary, the driver, has minor injuries and may be released Friday. Two separate suits were filed by Mexican laborers jailed awaiting deportation. Ayala seeks $50,000 and Hernandez $15,000. both were treated for injuries after entering the United States illegally.
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San Jose
Calif
Bing Crosby
Gary
Bing
Domeco Ayala
Jesus Hernandez
United States
Indictment Reinstated in Ray Brennan Case
The U S Court of Appeals reinstated an indictment accusing Ray Brennan a Chicago Sun Times reporter of posing as a government officer to obtain secret Senate Crime Committee testimony.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals Today
Ray Brennan
Chicago Sun-Times
Senate Crime Committee
Canonization of Pope Pius X Brings Thousands To Rome
Rome readies for the canonization of Giuseppe Sarto as Pope Pius X. Cardinal Stritch and Spellman attend while cardinals from Europe converge in Vatican City. The ceremony begins in St Peter's Square with a golden carriage procession to St Mary Major Basilica and a three day thanksgiving.
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Vatican City
Rome
Giuseppe Sarto
Pius X
St. Peter’s Big Square
Pius
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Chicago
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Venice
Europe
Josef Mindszenty
Hungary
Steven Wyszynski
Poland
Alojzipc Stepinac
Yugoslavia
Krasic
Pius XII
St. Peter's Square
St. Mary Major Basilica
St. Peters
Italy
Salzano
Mantova
Brussels
McClellan Implicates McCarthy in Classified Information Crime
Sen. McClellan accuses Sen. McCarthy and an Army officer of crime for handling classified material. McCarthy denies wrongdoing and refuses to disclose the officer involved. Brownell bars publication of a supposed FBI summary.
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McClellan
McCarthy
Army
Washington
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Virginia CAP In Plane Search
Virginia Civil Air Patrol units searched western Virginia for a light plane overdue to Pittsburgh. A reported New River oil slick proved false. Pilot Peter Budavich of Pittsburgh, 45, last messaged at 5:34 p.m. asking weather near Pulaski and Pittsburgh as 10 CAP planes and 15 radio cars scouted the area amid storms and high winds.
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Pulaski
Virginia
Civil Air Patrol
Pittsburgh
New River
CAA
Peter Budavich
Budavich
Elkins
W. Va
Roanoke
New Market
Timberville
CAP
Charlotte
N. C
Florida
Winchester Retail Merchants Announce Summer Hours
Winchester stores will operate 9 am to 5 pm Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday 9 12 noon Wednesday 8 pm Saturday through June July August. Memorial Day close Monday May 31 observed. Board plans Civil Defense Post meeting June 9 and Civil Defense notes presented by City Council on Merchants matters.
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Winchester
John Carr
Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Board of Directors
Jim Wilkins
Vincent A
Handley Council Notice and City Services Schedule
A regular meeting of Handley Council No 634 UCT is set for 8 00 p m Friday May 28 at the Lions Shelter City Park with J R Brandon secretary Also garbage and bus notices state no collections on Monday May 31 holiday and rescheduled pickup Thursday June 3 with buses not operating after 6 00 p m
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Handley Council
U.C.T
Lions Shelter
City Park
J. R. Brandon
Secy
Cohn Tests Army Push to Block McCarthy Hearings
Roy M. Cohn testified that Secretary Stevens and Army counselor John G. Adams tried to block the McCarthy subcommittee probe into communism at the Army and hinted at avoiding hearings. He said Adams called it a feather in his cap to stop inquiries and suggested transferring the matter to the Army. Cohn noted a long security issue at hidden radar labs at Ft Monmouth and said the Army had not acted despite FBI warnings.
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Jetter
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Army Intelligence
Hoover
Atty
Brownell
McCarthy
McClellan
Wisconsin Republican
Washington
Roy M. Cohn
Stevens
Army
John G. Adams
Air Force
Navy
McCarthy Subcommittee
Adams
Sen
Subcommittee
Cohn
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Monmouth
New York
McCarthy Army
Berryville Girl Win Fourth Prize in Stonewall Essay Contest
Berryville junior Sue Ellen Clevenger daughter of Mr and Mrs William E Clevenger won four hundred dollars first prize in the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Essay contest national winners included Betty Lewis Law of Lexington who took top prize for essays on the life of Confederate General Jackson Sixty high school youths entered statewide for the thousand dollars in prizes.
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Sue Ellen Clevenger
William E. Clevenger
Berryville
Clarke County
Stonewall Jackson
Betty Lewis Law
Lexington
Jackson
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