Memorial Day travel toll climbs during busy weekend
Safety officials warn the Memorial Day holiday weekend could see 260 deaths during a 54 hour period as 40 million autos hit the roads. NSC spokesman notes toll running ahead of last year and urges drivers to protect others. Early hours bring four fatal crashes near Towner North Dakota and near Knoxville Tennessee with multiple injuries. Weather forecasts mix sun and storms across regions.
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National Safety Council
NSC
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Southwest
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee Valley
North
North Dakota
Towner
Knoxville
Tenn
Apple pie craving meets sharp cheddar quest in city
The Down Crier notes deserted downtown streets on Saturday morning and complains about bland processed cheese with apple pie. A parking sign mixup on National Ave is resolved, and Mrs. Clarice Wines reports a blank post card from Chattanooga with no local contact.
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Land of
Apples
National Ave
Kerr St
Preservation of Freedom Urged At Memorial Day Rites
State Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr urged vigilance and national resolve at Memorial Day services at a National Cemetery. He warned against complacency and pressed for economic and military strength to deter war, urging all citizens to honor fallen freedoms and preserve the nation’s heritage. The ceremony featured local veterans groups, a color guard, musical and religious observances, and wreaths.
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Byrd
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
National Cemetery
Sen. Byrd
America
Veteran’s Groups
Rouss
Handley Band
Salvation Army
Paul Jones
American Legion
Gerald Goodman
Paul Peters
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Owen Shull
Conrad Hoover
Stonewall Jackson
Mosby
George R. Davis
Department Quartermaster
Department of Virginia
Frederick County Property Assessments Vary Widely
Farm Bureau meeting hears Frederick County assessments range from four to 40 percent with extremes up to 400 percent for taxation. Frederick County seeks state trained appraisers to correct inequalities in the next real estate assessment.
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Frederick County
Farm Bureau
Shawnee Fire Hall
Fred Forberg
Virginia Department of Taxation
Farm Bureau of
County Board of Supervisors
State Department of Taxation
Seven Thousand Cold War Casualties Among U S Military Men
A studies notes over 7,000 U S service members died in peacetime duty 1954 to 1958 while operating defense weapons and equipment. It details Air Force Navy Marine Corps and Army aviation fatalities and the role of hazard pay. It cites 3 921 Air Force 2 893 Navy Marine and 177 Army aviation deaths with paratrooper losses.
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U.S
Washington
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
King Baudouin welcomed with 21 gun salute at SHAPE
The Belgians King Baudouin arrived at Supreme Allied Command headquarters where a 21 gun salute greeted him. AP report notes the ceremonial tribute as part of his arrival proceedings.
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Norfolk
Baudouin
Supreme Allied Command
First Soviet freighter arrives in New York after decade
The 5900 ton Ivan Moskvin docked at Stapleton Staten Island bringing 850 tons of crated exhibits for the Soviet Union exposition set for June 30 to August 10 at the New York Coliseum.
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New York
Stapleton
Staten Island
Ivan Moskvin
New York Coliseum
Storm Arlene Affects Louisiana Coast With Gusts And Warnings
Arlene remained a tropical storm moving north-northwest along the Louisiana coast with 50 mph winds. Gale warnings stretched from Galveston to Grand Isle as small craft were told to stay in port and Grand Isle reported higher seas and two foot tides. Locals in Lake Charles Cameron area recalled Hurricane Audrey's 1957 devastation while authorities cautioned against hurricane development.
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Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
Weather Bureau
Sai
New Orleans
Galveston
Tex
Grand Isle
Pensacola
Arlene
Middle Gulf
Louisiana
Lake Charles-Cameron
Audrey
Miners Trapped After 450 Foot Shaft Collapse
Rescue workers hope to reach three miners by afternoon as a shaft cave near Beaver Dam Kentucky entombs them 90 feet underground. Superintendent Ralph Bailey leads the three sided operation while water and air are piped to the men who are in good spirits but hungry. Trapped are Don McClernon Jake Lewis and Earl Bennett.
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Beaver Dam
Ralph Bailey
Don McClernon
Pana
Ill
Jake Lewis
Harlan
Earl Bennett
Taylorville
West Accused of Subversive Acts in Berlin
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko charged the western powers with subversive activities in Berlin and called for an end to their occupation of West Berlin during talks in Geneva.
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West
Berlin
Geneva
Andrei A. Gromyko
West Berlin
U S Blames Soviet Red China For Tensions
Western diplomats report Gromyko spoke for 40 minutes at the Big Four foreign ministers conference and presented Khrushchev's six month old demand that Berlin be made a free city. Secret talks inched toward possible compromises but failed to break the Berlin deadlock as Western powers insist on rights in West Berlin and lifelines to the isolated city.
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Gromyko
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
West Berlin
East Germany
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Selwyn Lloyd
Khrushchev
Herter
Asst
Andrew H. Berding
Berding
Loyd’s vi
Prices Steady for Farmers Despite Higher Input Costs
Washington AP reports prices affecting farmers income held fairly steady from mid April to mid May with a 0.4 percent rise in prices received by farmers, but still 4 cents below a year earlier and 22 percent under the 1951 record. Prices paid remained at a record high, up 1 percent year over year.
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Washington
Articulture Department
Start of 43rd Indianapolis 500 sees wild early action
Rodger Ward Johnny Thomson and Jim Rathmann led the field in a chaotic opening of the 43rd 500 mile race in Indianapolis Defending champion Jimmy Bryan failed to start initially and a smoky pit exit lingered. Eddie Sachs spun early as rain clouds hovered and humidity rose. Rathmann and Pat Flaherty alternated in front while Len Sutton caused a caution by sliding into the wall. Mike Magill was taken to Methodist Hospital with a throat injury.
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Indianapolis
Rodger Ward
Johnny Thomson
Jim Rathmann
Jimmy Bryan
Eddie Sachs
Rathmann
Pat Flaherty
Len Sutton
Sutton
Mike Magill
Methodist Hospital
White Teachers React To 90 Day Budget In Virginia County
Front Royal Warren County educators prepare for reaction after the Board of Supervisors approves a 90 day budget with possible cuts if schools integrate. Association president Leslie Young says yearly funding is preferred and notes many teachers plan to leave for other counties or states. Warren High principal James Duff declines to comment on the budget.
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Front Royal
Leslie €. Young
Education, Association
Young
Board of Supervisors
Warren County High School
Maryland
James Duff
Warren High
Pingley & Carper, Cleanere
90 Day Funds Voted in Warren and Diploma Denied
Warren County voters approved 90 day county fund allocations affecting the next budget cycle. Ann Elizabeth Rhodes, a 17 year old Negro senior at Warren County High School, will not graduate this June due to insufficient Carnegie credits and may seek a state high school completion exam. No summer school is planned due to low enrollment, leaving 21 black students at Warren High amid desegregation efforts.
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Warren
Front Royal
Ann Rhodes
Warren County High School
Board of Supervisors
Ae Nt
C. W. Baldwin
Negro Elks
Warren High
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