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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1959

Page

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Khrushchev says Soviet to set rocket bases in Albania

Khrushchev in Tirana says the Soviet Union is ready to establish missile bases in Albania and Bulgaria to counter NATO bases in Italy and Greece. He warns that U S rocket sites on those lands will draw Soviet missiles. He urges a Balkan nuclear weapons ban and summit talks. He praises Dulles despite his death.

Albania Moscow Nikita Khrushchev Soviet Union Bulgaria United States Italy Greece Balkan U.S Tirana Tass NATO Khrushchev Adriatic Geneva John Foster Dulles

Tough Talk Pushes West Toward Geneva Breakthrough

Khrushchev in Albania warned of separate Soviet treaty and missile bases if Italy talks fail, prompting a Western strategy review. Wilhelm Adenauer and the Western Big Three plan to confer after Dulles’s funeral as Herter, Lloyd, and Couve de Murville head to Eisenhower with Geneva efforts under pressure.

Washington Nikita Khrushchev Albania Germany West Germany Konrad Adenauer John Foster Dulles Christian A. Herter Selwyn Lloyd Maurice Couve de Murville Geneva Herter Eisenhower Berlin Khrushchev East Hae Einer Ny Carrages Misons Italy Poe Bin Adenauer

Local Weather, Sleds and Ice Cream Ads In 1900s Chronicle

A past issue features a boy crafting a sled in Loudoun Street, weather forecast predicting cloudy hot humid conditions with drizzle tonight and warmer tomorrow, a radio plug for a film simile, auxiliary service notices for WWI veteran hospital volunteers, Mr Softee ice cream promotion, and a closing notice for Boyd's Drug Store on May 30.

Boyd’s Drug

Man Claims Knowledge of Jackson Family Killer

A Baltimore man bragged about knowing the killer of the Carroll Jackson family during a bar tour. He set a hotel bed on fire with a lit cigarette but was subdued and detained as police investigated links to the slayings near Louisa County and Gambrills, Maryland. No charges filed yet.

Baltimore Carroll Jackson Apparso Washington Atlanta Kemi Louisa County Jackson Gambrills

Teenager Fights Bear To Rescue Child At City Zoo

In Grand Rapids Michigan a 19 year old, Thomas Cole, heard a mother scream and burned the nose of a 250 pound bear with a glowing cigarette to free a boy, Russell VanDam, who had reached into a two inch mesh cage and was pulled away from the animal. The boy and rescuer were reported in good condition.

Grand Rapids, Mich City Zoo Russell VanDam Thomas Cole Melvin J Cole

Teen Age Girls Mob Tab Hunter in Melbourne

Hundreds of teen age girls mobbed U.S. film star Tab Hunter in Melbourne Australia as he fled the crowd stealing his clothes then escaped into a radio station after the mob halted traffic and blocked streets.

Tab Hunter Melbourne Australia U.S Hunter

Combs Presses Lead in Kentucky Democratic Race

Bert T. Combs built a strong lead for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Kentucky as Lt. Gov. Harry Lee Waterfield trailed by about 31,800 votes with nearly half the precincts counted. Combs led 168,979 to 137,137 with 1,724 of 3,784 precincts reporting. Wyatt led the lieutenant governor race for Combs with 145,929 to 32,536 for J B Wells Jr. Republican John Robsion held a wide edge in the GOP governor race.

Louisville Bert T. Combs A. B. Chandler I’s Harry Lee Waterfield Waterfield Kentucky Combs U.S John Robsion Chandler Lyndon Johnson Texas Earle C. Clements Wilson W. Wyatt Wyatt J. B. Wells Jr

Unusual Names Enter Hospital In New Orleans List

Among the unusual names listed entering the hospital Tuesday in New Orleans are Charity Mixmaster Telephone Frances and Lemon Head. Pink Green also reported to hospitalization.

New Orleans Charity Mixmaster Telephone Frances Lemon Head

West Berlin sees record foreign visitors amid Berlin talks

West Berlin crowded with a record number of foreign visitors as Khrushchev delays the May 27 deadline for withdrawal. U S Army reports no alert while talks between the Big Four proceed in Geneva ahead of an August summit. Officials warn risk of conflict remains despite assurances.

Willy Brandt Berlin West Berlin East Germany West Germany Khrushchev United States Soviet Union Britain France Germany Geneva Helmstedt

Official Funeral Carries Dulles To Final Rest

John Foster Dulles receives a state funeral in Washington with a cathedral service, a caisson burial at Arlington, and national telecast. President Eisenhower attends along with foreign representatives while citizens bow by his casket. The Senate and House recess to honor the former Secretary of State who died at 71.

Washington John Foster Dulles NBC CBS Senate Konrad Ideenee Geneva Christian A. Herter Maurice Douve de Murville Britain Selwyn Lloyd

Tornadic Storms Lash Five States

A large storm outbreak across five states injures at least nine people and damages numerous homes. Tornadoes hit southern Oklahoma and northwestern Wisconsin hardest with additional twisters in Indiana Kansas and near Chicago suburbs. The wet belt stretched from Oklahoma to the Great Lakes.

Associated Press Prospect Oklahoma Wisconsin Indiana Kansas Chicago Mississippi Valley Great Lakes Graham Clemscot Fairchild Trempealeau

FBI Solved Parker Lynching Named Missing Men

Government sources said the FBI solved the Parker lynching and identified the masked men who abducted Parker from the Pearl River County Jail in Poplarville Mississippi. The slain 23 year old, awaiting trial for rape, was found near Bogalusa Louisiana after being shot twice. The FBI turned its evidence over to Governor Coleman for possible grand jury action in Pearl River County next November.

Washington FBI Mack Charles Parker Mississippi J. P. Coleman Dee Pearl River Poplarville Miss Parker Chicago Tribune Ing Capitol Hill Colemar New Orleans Wdsu-Tv Bogalusa Coleman Pearl River County Gaie, Sere

Raul Castro Found Safe After Plane Crash

Raul Castro, brother of Fidel Castro, was found safe after walking from a plane crash in swamp lands near Cienaga Zapata, Cuba. He led a four-person crew after their light aircraft ran low on fuel during an aerial search mission Tuesday. peasants aided their exit and navy launches evacuated them.

Havana Raul Castro Fidel Castro Cuba Raul Fidel Ensenada de la Brea Cienaga Zapata Hatiguanico Air Force Pedro Luis Diaz Sanz Diaz Cienaga de ‘Zapata

Mother Seeks Missing 14 Year Old Girl After Night Out

A Worcester mother asks for help locating her 14 year old daughter Evelyn Mason who disappeared after leaving with her brother to attend a movie with 21 year old Donald Carter. A postal card indicated she eloped and planned to marry. police are checking license bureaus. The girl is described as 5 foot 4, blond with blue eyes, last seen wearing a black dress and black shoes with a pale blue coat. Call Worcester Police or MO2 0419 with information.

Hazel Coffman E. Gerrard St Evelyn Donald Carter

White House Conference Set Thursday

President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Christian A Herter begin a White House conference at 10 30 a m Thursday with the Soviet Union s Andrei Gromyko Britain s Selwyn Lloyd and France s Maurice Couve de Murville to discuss Geneva conference negotiations They attend after flying to Washington for John Foster Dulles funeral and for key Allied diplomacy events with multiple foreign ministers and dignitaries present.

Washington Eisenhower Christian A. Herter Russia Britain France Herter White House Soviet Union Andrei Gromyko Selwyn Lloyd Maurice Couve de Murville Geneva John Foster Dulles Dulles West Konrad Adenauer Aconames C. Hagerty House Say Adenauer Australia Robert G.menzies Menzies Italy Giuseppe Pella Belgium Austria Japan Chiang Kai-shek Paul Henri Spaak North Atlantic Treaty Organization Forei J. M. A. H. Luns Netherlands Leopold Figl Gromyko U.S Selwyn

Kozlov to Open Soviet Exhibit in New York

Premier Ni kita Khrushchev will send First Deputy Premier Nikolai Kozlov to unveil a Soviet exhibition in New York next month. Kozlov, 51, is a rising Kremlin leader, following Anastas Mikoyan who toured the United States in January.

Kozlov New York Moscow Nikita Khrushchev United States Anastas I. Mikoyan West Mikoyan Kremlin

Moon bases to be supplied by freight rockets says scientist

U S Army scientist Dr Ernst Stublinger predicts manned lunar observation stations will receive freight carrying rockets. He says rockets will depart from nuclear powered bases and ferry supplies to the moon and return to earth.

Tokyo Moon Ernst Stublinger

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