Baccalaureate Service for James Wood High Seniors
The JWHS senior class will hear an 8 p.m. sermon by Rev. Benjamin W Coe of the Edinburg Methodist Church at the high school auditorium. Rev C A York will give the invocation and benediction with Scripture reading. Graduation speaker is Dr Lindley J Stiles of UVA.
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James Wood High School
Benjamin W Coe
Edinburg
Charles A. York
Stephens City
Warren
Glee Club
Mr. Coe
Paul D. Beable
James Wood
York
Schumann
Lindley J. Stiles
School of Education
University of Virginia
Holiday Deaths May Reach 340
The National Safety Council warns of a potential 340 traffic deaths during the three day Memorial Day weekend as about 35 million motorists travel highways. Early toll reports include nine deaths with five in the Chicago area and drownings and other fatalities in Utah Ohio New York and Alabama.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Chicago
Ohio
New York
Alabama
Utah
Seven Communist Leaders Seized in U S by Justice Dept
The government announced the arrest of seven Communist party leaders in New York City and Connecticut on charges of conspiring to overthrow the government by force. The FBI reported three were seized during an underground meeting in New York City.
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Washington
Justice Department
FBI
New York City
West Hartford
New Haven
Conn
French Force Breaks Through to Yen Phu Post South of Hanoi
Five thousand French troops, aided by air support and tanks, broke the Vietminh siege of Yen Phu, delivering relief to a 160 man garrison after 18 days. The operation, called the largest since Dien Bien Phu, risks Vietminh control of Red River Delta routes to Haiphong as reinforcement airlifts continue.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Yen Phu
Dien Bien Phu
Phu Ly
Red River
Haiphong
Saigon
Windham Bay
France
Winchester Makes Traffic Honor Roll
Winchester led Virginia cities over 5,000 population on the National Traffic Safety Council honor roll for 1953 with zero fatalities. Other listed towns include Big Stone Gap Buena Vista Clifton Forge Colonial Heights Covington Falls Church Lexington Salem Waynesboro Williamsburg and Wytheville.
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Richmond
Virginia
National Traffic Safety Council
Winchester
Big Stone Gap
Buena Vista
Clifton Forge
Colonial Heights
Covingan
Falls Church
Lexington
Salem
Waynesboro
Williamsburg
Wytheville
Bachli Wins British Amateur Final 2 and 1
Doug Bachli former Australian amateur champion defeated Bill Campbell of Huntington West Virginia 2 and 1 in the 36 hole final of the British Amateur championships at Muirfield Scotland.
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Muirfield
Scotland
Doug Bachli
Bill Campbell
Huntington
W. Va
Constitutional clash sidelines McCarthy hearings in Senate
A heated battle over Sen. McCarthy's demand for information from federal workers temporarily drowns the Army probe into the Shine case. McCarthy accuses officials of obstruction while Brownell defends executive branch loyalty to national security.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Senate
Army
David Shine
Wisconsin
McCarthy Took This Stand After A Statement By Atty
Brownell
White House
Executive Department
United States
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Murdered WAVE found at Point Lookout Maryland
Irene Marion Conole a 26 year old WAVE from Rochester New York was found half submerged on Hayes Beach at Point Lookout. Sheriff Willard Long said she was murdered with three deep gashes in her forehead. Autopsy planned to determine cause. Conole worked at Patuxent Naval Air Station. daughter of Mr and Mrs James E Conole of Rochester.
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Point Lookout
Irene Marion Conde
Rochester
N. Y
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Willard Long
Hayes Beach
Waldo Pickett
Miss Conole
Patuxent Naval Air Station
James E. Conole
St. Marys County
Washington
Ho Chi Minh says American aid prolongs Vietnam war
Ho Chi Minh told Voitsek Zhukrovsky in Hanoi that US intervention delays any peace with France and that without it an agreement would have been reached. He warned the war harms civilians and noted arms consignments from the United States will eventually reach his forces.
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London
Ho Chi Minh
Indochina
Communist
Daily Worker
France
Voitsek Zhukrovsky
Viet Nam
United States
Zhukrovsky
Bao Dai
Viet Nan
Guatemala's Communist Party Chief Relieved of Post
Guatemala's Communist party head Jose Manuel Fortuny, close adviser to President Arbenz, was relieved as secretary general due to health concerns. Observers suggest a party split or move to remove stigma from the government. Fortuny also sat on the Democratic Front, and his removal pushes him out of that alliance.
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Guatemala
Jose Manuel Fortuny
Communist Party
Jacobo Arbenz
Fortuny
Arbenz
National Democratic Front
Democratic Front
la Hora
Latin America
Smathers
United States
Jury Convicts Five Communists Of Conspiracy
Five Communists were convicted by a U S District Court jury here yesterday of conspiring to advocate the forcible overthrow of the government. Sentencing was deferred to next Friday with possible penalties up to five years in prison and a $10 000 fine.
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ST. Louis
U. S. District Court
Roy W. Harper
James F. Forest
Forest
Missouri
Communist Party
Dorothy Rose Forest
Hollywood
Calif
William Sentner
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Robert Manewitz
Los Angeles
Marcus A. Murphy
Sentner
Liberty
Federal District Court
Harper
Indochina Experts Call for Top Delegates on Key Issues
At Geneva a meeting of Indochina experts was canceled as nine delegations deferred to top leaders. Gromyko pressed for Communist claims in Laos and Cambodia while West demands focused on Viet Nam and full evacuation. Proposed assembly zones spark disagreement on location and supervision.
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Indochina
Russia
Andrei Y. Gromyko
Gromyko
Laos
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Red
France
Georges Bidault
Britain
Anthony Eden
Eden
Saigon
Thailand asks UN Security Council to meet over Indochina war
Thailand requests a UN Security Council meeting and observers for Southeast Asia citing repeated large scale fighting near Thai territory and a possible incursion of foreign troops. Thailand's Permanent Representative Phanat Khoman sent a letter to council president Sir Percy Dixon detailing the threat and seeking peace observation under the commission.
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N. Y
Thailand
U. N. Security Council
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Phanat Khoman
U. N
Pierson Dixon
Britain
Council
Security Council
Peace Observation Commission
Memorial Day Observance Set With Regional Services
Memorial Day events fill the region with a 2 PM service at National Cemetery led by Legion and VFW posts. VFW poppy sales continue in Winchester Berryville Boyce as scouts assist. Police urge cautious travel for the holiday weekend amid expected peak traffic.
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National Cemetery
Marke
Berryville
Front Royal
Winchester
Boyce
V.F.W
Conrad Hoover
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Francis B. Rhein
Christ Episcopal Church
Millwood
Charles A. Dorton, Jr
F. B. Oglesby
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Joseph Duckwall
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Chapel
Man Escapes Electrocution Second Time in 12 Years
Frederick Maryland reports Wilbert H. Reinhart a 47 year old city lineman escaped electrocution for the second time in 12 years. He received 6700 volts to his right index finger and a severe toe burn as he worked atop a pole. City electrician Max Kehne credited with saving his life by applying artificial respiration while Reinhart hung in a safety belt. He had a prior similar accident twelve years ago with Potomac Edison.
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Frederick, Md
Wilbert H. Reinhart
City
Rinehart
Max Kehne
Rienhart
Kehne
Potomac Edison Co
Mother duck delays Seaford housing project
Seaford New York construction halted for sixth day as a mallard sits on nine eggs near where 96 houses will be built. Louis Hirsch reports a papa duck disrupts work with dive bombs forcing a layoff while he weighs costs of idle crew and hopes the hatchlings emerge soon.
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Seaford
N. Y
Louis Hirsch
Mama Duck
Papa Mallard
Hirsch
Sudden Downpour Floods Streets in City Center
A heavy thundershower drenched the city just before noon with 1.40 inches of rain in 40 minutes. Streets and basements flooded, sewers overflowed, and water covered railway tracks at E Piccadilly. May rainfall totals rose to 4.04 inches.
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Walter S. Hough
Winchester Fruit Laboratory
Hough
Loudoun
Rose Caven
Loudoun St
E. Picccadilly St
U. S. Rt. 11
Flash Flood Destroys Farm Land in Bedford County
A cloudburst in Bedford County caused a flash flood that affected four townships north of Bedford. Potter Creek and Gap Run overran banks for hours, damaging crops and topsoil, washing away outbuildings, and inundating some homes to first floor level. No casualties were reported.
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Bedford
Bedford County
Here
Potter Creek
Gap Run
Bug Doctor's Patients Die Sign Stirs Oklahoma City
An Oklahoma City exterminator drives a truck with the slogan The bug doctor all our patients die prompting readers to question the joke and reflect on the harsh humor in a city where pest control news circulates.
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Oklahoma City
Union College Student Suicide On Father’s Grave
Donald J. Montgomery Jr. a Union College student shot and killed himself yesterday on the grave of his father who had committed suicide last year. The incident occurred in Jackson, Tennessee as reported by AP. A rental car ad follows Supreme.
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Jackson, Tenn
Union College
Donald J. Montgomery, Jr
Washington Garage
Loudoun
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Bobby Smith
Winchester Credit Corp
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corp
ELGIN
Clowe’s. Jewelry Store
Clowe’s Jewelry Store
Curly Top Beauty Shop
N. Loudoun
N. Loudoun Street
Peoples Drug Store
Virginia Fruit Market
United Fruit Bananas
N. Loudoun St
U.N. Security Council
Clarke County
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Woodrow Moore
Lewis M. Castleman
Henry Thompson
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