Deaths Soar on Highways Amid Holiday Travel
The National Safety Council reports rising traffic fatalities ahead of a Memorial Day weekend record. A Cross County Parkway crash in Westchester County New York killed six, another six died in a Ranger Texas truck car collision, a soldier near Afton Oklahoma electrocuted after rescuing others, and Hidalgo Texas two car crash left one dead with seven injured. An AP survey shows 294 deaths in the 78 hour pre holiday period ending Sunday.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Cross County Parkway
Westchester County
New York
Ranger
Tex
Afton
Okla
Hidalgo
Clarke Bar Group Endorses Tavenner for U S District Court
The Clarke County Bar Association and Winchester Bar endorsed Prank E Tavenner Jr of Woodstock to succeed Judge John G Paul of the Western District of Virginia. A Clarke County Bar letter to Attorney General William P Rogers details Tavenner’s career from 1933 as assistant U S attorney to 1940, later U S attorney 1940 to 1948, wartime service in Tokyo, and nine years with the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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Clarke County Bar Association
Prank 8. Tavenner, Jr
Woodstock
John 8. Paul
U. S. District Court
Western District
Virginia
Winchester Bar
Tavenner
William P. Rogers
United States
Stuart E. Brown, Jr
Clarke County
Brown
U. S
Western District of
U.S
U. S. Army
Tokyo
House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee
Pacifists Reach Capitol for Nuclear Weapons Protest
Sixteen pacifists travel 75 miles from Winchester to Washington in the final leg of a peace march. Only four complete the full route. others join at Dranesville Hern Don Leesburg and Darnesville. In Washington they plan a demonstration near the White House against nuclear weapons production and testing.
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Falls Church
Washington
Winchester
Dranesville
Herndon
Leesburg
Darnesville
Wanted Oldest Refrigerator Free Giveaway Contest
Entry at Miller and Anderson 19 E. Boscawen St by dates 1p 5-27-29 31 and 6-2-4-6-6. Win absolutely free a GE refrigerator freezer combination prize for the oldest unit.
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Miller & Anderson
E. Boscawen
Memorial Day highway toll rises to 287 in state
The Associated Press reports a string of highway accidents and a drowning bring Memorial Day weekend toll to 287 at the halfway mark. In Virginia there were five holiday deaths on the roads, including Mrs. Margaret Adams of Cleveland Ohio near Morrisville Fauquier County and Thomas E Weedon of Fredericksburg.
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Virginia
Margaret Adams
Cleveland
Ohio
Morrisville
Fauquier County
Thomas E. Weedon
Fredericksburg
Spotsylvania County
Douglas R. Cox
Sugar Grove
Smyth County
Marion
Willie Cardwell
Richmond
U.S. 60
Williamsburg
James City
Cardwell
Woodrow Wilson Bloxom
Newport News
Unknown Warriors Rest on Arlington Hill in Final Tribute
A crowd of about 115000 watched the burial of two Unknowns from World War II and Korea at Arlington National Cemetery. President Eisenhower awarded Medals of Honor, and the bronze caskets sank into crypts as dusk fell marking the end of the public ceremonies.
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Arlington
Korea
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Potomac
the National Cemetery
Eisenhower
Volcano Eruption Sends Lava High as Azores Quake Toll Grows
Volcanic activity on Faial Island intensifies with De Capelinhos Volcano blasting lava 12,000 feet into the air. Ash falls on Calderia damaged areas as tremors continue. Refugees move to Horta seeking emergency food and shelter amid ongoing eruptions.
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Horta
Azores
de Capelinhos
Faial Island
Calderia
Housewife Pleads Innocent To Armed Robbery Charges
Birmingham AP reports 28 year old housewife pleads innocent to robbing two savings and loan offices at gunpoint. She was released on 10000 bond and fainted in her husband’s arms upon arraignment. Police say she is the tall blonde described by branches across from Homewood police HQ. The maximum penalty is 10000 fine and 25 years.
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Birmingham
Savings and Loan Association
Gunpont
Charles Anderson Jr
PBI
City Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Jefferson Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Anderson
Eisenhower Hosts Memorial Day Golf Round at Gettysburg
President Eisenhower played an early round at Gettysburg Country Club with son Army Maj. John Eisenhower and retired Brig. Gen. Arthur Nevins. His 10-year-old grandson David joined for a lesson while the holiday weekend suited a sunny 72 degree day. He arrived by helicopter from Washington after a quick nine holes at his farm.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Gettysburg Country Club
Army
John Eisenhower
Arthur 8. Nevins
David Eisenhower
David
Dick Sleichter
Washington
De Gaulle Builds Broad Support For Premier Investiture
De Gaulle expands his government with ministers from Socialist and Radical groups while keeping Communist influence out. Associates describe him as a careful thinker who listens, always looking ahead, even as he heads France’s postwar leadership.
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France
Philippe Ragneau
de Gaulle
Ragneau
Paul Ramadier
Jules Moch
Pierre-Henri Tietgen
Rene Mayer
Mail Recovered From Brunswick Plane Collision
Postal inspectors salvaged about 63 pounds of air mail, 97 percent of the 65 pounds aboard the Capital Airlines jet that collided with a military plane near Brunswick Maryland killing 12. Mail was recovered within hours and three pouches loaded at Chicago were found intact near the crash scene.
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Washington
Capital Airlines
Brunswick
Post Office Inspection Service
Chicago
Pittsburgh
London garages hit by major gasoline pump run
London faced the largest gasoline pump run since the Suez crisis as the citywide bus strike threatened to spread to fuel deliveries. The government canceled leave for 6,000 Army drivers and ordered them to stand by to take over gasoline deliveries if workers strike.
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London
Dicks Named County Deputy Sheriff in Frederick County
Paul P. Dicks of Marlboro will become Frederick County Deputy Sheriff replacing the late Deputy Sheriff J. Wilbur Dicks. He resigns from Winchester Police June 15 after qualifying. Dicks, born in Marlboro, served in the U S Army and joined Winchester PD last September. He is married to Dolores Surratt Dicks with one daughter.
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Paul P. Dicks
Marlboro
Frederick County
Robert L. DeHaven
Mr. Dicks
Winchester
J. Wilbur Dicks
Police Department
U. S. Army
Camp Gordon
Killeen Base
Texas
Winchester Police Department
Dolores Fay Surratt
Carroll County
Paula
Mary Orndorff Dicks
Boyd McDonald
Rioting Worsens In Eastern Ceylon
Communal riots intensified in eastern Ceylon with three killed as police clashed with Sinhalese protesters targeting Tamils. Far north areas also saw violence. overall nearly 20 people have died since last week. Schools closed and censorship imposed amid language policy protests.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Byrd Named Honorary Scout Council Member
State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. was elected an honorary member of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America at its 48th annual meeting in Chicago.
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Harry F. Byrd, Jr
National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Byrd
National Council
Chicago
Racial melee disrupts Memorial Day picnic at Chalfont park
About 500 participants including youths clashed for an hour at Forest Amusement Park near Philadelphia, injuring many as they hurled bottles, wielded weapons, and caused chaos. Police from multiple jurisdictions intervened. Delta Phi Tau sorority members were involved.
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Chalfont
Forest Amusement Park
Delta Phi Tau
Philadelphia
Richard Luss
Chalfront
William Hailton
De Gaulle Gains Socialist Backing to Be Premier
Paris AP General Charles de Gaulle won a solid coalition in the National Assembly as the Socialist Party voted to back his investiture. The move gives him roughly 50 Socialist votes and a strong majority, with about 150 Communist deputies as the sole clear opposition. De Gaulle pledged to uphold civil liberties and restore Algeria under the law, while Paris and security forces monitored the extraordinary session and violence near the Arc de Triomphe.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
French National Assembly
Socialist Party
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Pierre Mendes France
la Perouse
Arc de Triomphe
Rene Coty
Pierre Pflimlin
Coty
Pflimlin
Algeria
France
Champs Elysees
Judge Rules Peron Cant Be Pardoned
A federal judge in Buenos Aires ruled that ousted dictator Juan Peron is not eligible for a pardon under Argentina's new amnesty law. Judge Hector Ayarragaray said the charges against Peron remain, preventing his return from exile in the Dominican Republic where he awaits legal clearance.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Argentina
Congress
Hector Ayarragaray
Peron
Dominican Republic
Confederate Money Wanted Charles Affleck Peyton
A brief item notes interest in Confederate money with names Charles Affleck Peyton and a restaurant ad for Shirkeys' in Sunnyside offering Sunday dining from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The item carries several page and line codes but no further context.
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Charles Affleck Peyton
Sunnyside
House of Good Food
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