Northern Virginia seeks larger voice in Virginia Assembly
A public hearing at the state capito l opened with spokesmen from Alexandria and Portsmouth urging expanded representation to match population shifts. Women voters pressed for equity and warned against gerrymandering as they monitor the upcoming December special redistricting session and potential constitutional amendments.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
State Capitol
Virginia Senate
House
Alexandria
Portsmouth
Herschel Burrough
Virginia League of Women Voters
Allied air strike boosts pressure on Korean supply lines
Lt. Gen. Genn Barcus said Communist efforts to increase frontline supplies failed to offset Allied gains as B 26s pounded trucks on secondary roads. He reported 1250 trucks knocked out in 10 days and noted Reds used back roads more, while MIG activity was down this month.
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Seoul
Korea
Barcus
Woods Resigns Price Stabilizer Post Amid Congressional Critique
Former price stabilizer Tighe E. Woods resigns effective Nov 30 and faults Congress for lingering price and wage controls. He cites weak laws and calls for sweeping reform to remove special interests while noting forthcoming executive action by President Truman before Jan 3.
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Washington
Truman
Sen
Maytank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Charlester
Tigher Woods
Congress
Woods
Claybank
Maybank
White House
Tice Price
Brisk Fighting Ushers In 30th Month of War
On the Central and Western Fronts British and Australian night raiders attacked Red lines for over eight hours near Jackson Heights. Chinese forces gained two positions in the night as Gen. Mark Clark met with his commanders and then returned to Tokyo. Clark led a front tour by plane as Eisenhower's pending visit looms. War weather warmed with reduced cold while B26 Marauders struck supply routes destroying 85 Red trucks.
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Seoul
Red Lines
Jackson Heights
Mark Clark
Tokyo
Dwigm D. Eisenhower
Clark
Eisenhower
Charge Air Force Sergeant Conspired To Sell Jet Secrets
Sgt Giuseppe Cascio of the 49th Air Base Group in Tokyo was charged with conspiring to sell secret information on the F 88 jet fighter. The case links him to Sgt John P. Jones of Manchester Massachusetts, arrested Sept 21, and held in the Far East command. If convicted Cascio faces life imprisonment though no trial date is set.
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Air Force
Tokyo
Guiseppe Cascio
Air Force Today
America
Koca
Far East Air Forcee
Jones
Cascio
Court Martia
Tucson
Ariz
Mathew’ Stanhope
Whiteville , C
Stanhope
Canadian Air Force Bomber Crash Kills Eighth Soldier
Four crew and five passengers died in a Canadian Air Force bomber crash near Comox British Columbia. Rescue teams waited for wreckage to cool before recovery attempts. The pilot and co pilot survived with serious injuries. cause not yet determined. Names were not released.
Five Die in B50 Bomber Crash at Army Test Flight
Searchers recovered three more bodies today, leaving one crew member still missing after a B-50 bomber from the Army Chemical Center crashed into Boone's Creek at Bush River during a test flight. Four crew were saved as the plane dived into the water, with an Air Force spokesman citing engine failure as the cause.
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Edgewood
Mad
Army Chemical Center
Boone's Creek
Bush River
Air Force
For Sale Homemade Puddings and Thanksgiving Dinner
Advertisement lists homemade plum puddings and pickles for sale with phone contact 7290. Notes events on Wednesday night at 6 30 and Thanksgiving Day at Watermelon Park Berryville Virginia with dining hours 11 am to 9 pm. Also offers roasted turkey and shrimp preparation and catering services with additional meal options.
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Watermelon Park
Berryville
Wes Winchester
Virginia outlook for late November warm start followed by cooler
The extended outlook for Richmond Virginia covers November 26 to 30. Temperatures stay above normal early then trend cooler. Rain is expected Wednesday with precipitation likely again later in the period. Total rainfall projected around one inch.
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Richmond
Virginia
SMA Superintendent Resigns at Staunton Academy
Col Homer W Jones resigns as superintendent of Staunton Military Academy and Lt Col Harrison B Dey is named temporary successor.
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Staunton
Homer W. Jones
Staunton Military Academy
Harrison 8
Dey
Eisenhower May Spend Thanksgiving in Korea with Troops
President-elect Dwight Eisenhower’s team weighs a trip to Korea for Thanksgiving amid a security blackout. Key appointments include Ezra Taft Benson as agriculture secretary and Sherman Adams as White House assistant, with Gen. Mark Clark arriving in Seoul to plan the visit.
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Korea
U.S
New York
Dwight Eisenhower
Senate
Ezra Taft Benson
Salt Lake City
Utah
White House
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Mark Clark
U. N
Far East
Seoul
Eisenhower
Columbia University
United Nations
Richard M. Nixon
Benson
Adams
Lewis W. Douglas
Great Britain
Harold Talbott
Republican Finance Committee
Ralph Cake
Oregon
Trygve Lie
Lester Pearson
Canada
U. N. General Assembly
John Minor Wisdom
New Orleans
Louisiana
Wisdom
South
Old Man Found After Night Search On Blue Ridge Mountains
Carl Neff, 76, of Elsea Springs near Bluemont, was found at 11 a.m. tangled in a fence on Commodore Faul’s property atop the Blue Ridge near Mount Weather. Up to 100 volunteers, plus the Berryville fire company and National Guard, joined the overnight search. he was cold but conscious and taken to Leesburg Hospital.
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Berryville
Blue Ridge Mountains
Carl Neff
Elsea Springs
Iear Bluemont
Commodoe Faul Phil
Blue Ridge
Mount Weather
Irs Glenn Lioya
Bluemont
Here
W. W. Smallwood, Jr
Smallwood
Cnutef
Eddie Lev
John H Ewers Fire Company
Edward McDonald
Berryvilles National Guard Company
Levi
McDonald
National
Bill Neff
Carl Neff Jr
Paris
Sheriff Smallwood
Leesburg Hospital
State Police
Winchester
Retreat
Shenandoah River
Zisea
Mr. Neff
W. W. Smallwood Jr
Tapscott House
Neff
Glenn Liowdith
Jim
Wintry Weather Hits Southwest
Winter storms sweep the Southwest bringing subfreezing temps and snow from Arizona to New Mexico and northern Texas. Zero readings appear in parts of Arizona and New Mexico while Winslow and Zuni Pueblo report five above. Amarillo and Tucumcari see several inches of snow. The snow belt stretches from upper Michigan to western Kansas and into northern Texas.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Othr
Rocky Mountains
Mid-Continent
Montana
Winslow
Ariz
Zuni Pueblo
N. M
Tucson
Amarillo
Tex
Roswell
Tucumcari
Upper Michigan Peninsula
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
City’s Oldest Furniture Business Selling Out
Kurtz Furniture, founded in 1868 by Capt. George W. Kurtz and James Kremer, is closing after 84 years in Winchester. A complete liquidation sale begins Friday at 9 a.m. at the corner of Boscawen and Cameron Streets, with only the furniture being sold and no future plan announced.
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Kurtz
Winchester
Boscawen
Cameron Streets
George W. Kurtz
James Kremer
Kremer
Kerr
Penney
Mr. Kremer
Lucy Kurtz
Turkey dinners at Robert Lee Restaurant
Notice serves turkey dinners at the Robert Lee Restaurant two miles south on U S 8 11 price $1.25.
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Dailey & Red's Tavern
Robert Lee
George Meany Chosen New AFL President
George Meany was elected unanimously by the AFL executive council as the new president, succeeding the late William Green. William F. Schnitzler was chosen as secretary treasurer. The AFL activated a nine man committee to pursue merger talks with the CIO, with a meeting in Atlantic City to consider a CIO president.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor Today
George Meany
CIO
Meany
AFL
William Green
William F. Schnitzler
Chicago
AFL Council
Atlantic City
Philip Murray
Taft Recommends Sen Harry Byrd For Treasury Post
Senator Taft says he gave Eisenhower three cabinet recommendations from Ohio but did not publish them. He notes he did not pick George Humphrey for Treasury and he supported Ezra Taft Benson for Agriculture while praising Byrd but not claiming him as his nomination.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Republican Senate Policy Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Cloumbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Convention
Gen
Eisenhower
Semmenenen
Arthur Summerfield
Republican National Committee
Salt Lake City
Utah
Secretary of Agriculture
O'Sullivan Hearing Postponed to Jan. 7
The Federal Trade Commission hearing on discrimination based on purchase volume against O'Sullivan Rubber Corp. has been postponed to January 7. Vincent A. Catarella said the hearing may be held in Washington or here and noted the firm sells to wholesalers with a tiered discount system. He cited distribution costs and a broad customer base across 900 buyers affected.
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Federal Trade Commision
O'Sullivan Rubber Corp
Vincent A. Catorella
Washington
O'Sullivan Company
Catarella
O'Sullivan
Children Suffocate In Refrigerator In New Portville
In Newportville Pennsylvania two young children, Kenneth Kugel three, and Jo Ann Kugel, were found suffocated in a frost covered refrigerator while home alone. Their mother Betty Kugel forty, a widow, was at work. A bake sale at Miller P T A Singers window is announced for tomorrow from ten to four.
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Newportville
Kenneth Kugel
Jo Ann
Betty Kugel
Miller P. T. A
Open All Day Thanksgiving at Fort Loudoun Restaurant
Din Fort Loudoun invites families and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving all day with festive dining and a welcoming atmosphere. Reservations recommended for a full holiday experience.
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Fort Loudoun
Korea Rejects UN Truce Demands Amid Sovereign Rights
South Korea declared it would not accept any UN arranged truce against its wishes and asserted exclusive right to decide Korea’s future. The statement cited prisoners of war, a 38th parallel line, and the need for full participation by Seoul in any settlement as U.N. delegates pursued an Indian plan despite Russia’s rejection.
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South Korea
U.N
United Nations
N. Y
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Y. T. Pyun
Republic of Korea
U. N. General Assembly
Unified Command
Eisenhower
Ike
Truman
U. N
Panmunjom
Pusan
North Korea
38Th Parallel
Russia
Reverend White addresses Lions Club Thanksgiving luncheon
The Winchester Lions Club held a Thanksgiving luncheon at the George Washington Hotel. The Rev. E. B. White, new Montague Avenue Methodist Church minister, spoke on Unto God Give Thanks and urged patriotic loyalty and racial tolerance.
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Winchester Lions Club
George Washington
E. B. White
Montague Avenue
White
E. G. Hill
Market Street
W. C. Gleason
Sister Kenny Recovers After Cerebral Thrombosis Attack
Doctors express optimism as 66 year old Sister Elizabeth Kenny rallies after a cerebral thrombosis attack. A bus notice reports Thanksgiving Day service interruption with city buses not operating on November 27th.
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Sydney
Australia
Elizabeth Kenny
Local Men Testify At Hearing On Price Fixing Charges
Washington witnesses testified at a federal hearing into price fixing among apple processors and growers in Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania and Maryland. Layton Stockdale of Zero Pack Co Winchester Va described pressure to match competitor pricing noting five cent per hundred weight moves could cost or gain apples. He and others denied any formal price agreement though industry figures discussed practices at a Martinsburg meeting Aug 26 1950.
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Washington
Trade Commission
Apple
Layton &. Stockdale
Zero Pack Co
Winchester Va
Stockdale
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Stockdales Company
Examiner
Appalachian Apple Service. 'Nc
Martinsburg
W. Va
C. H. Musselman Co
Bizerville
National Fruit Products Co
Shenandoah Valley
Bowman Apple Products Co., Inc
Moon
Jackson
Huse
Delegan
E. Blackburn Moore
Winchester
Moore
Martinsbug
America’s First Jet Ace Seeks Return to Combat
Maj. James Jabara, America’s first jet ace from Wichita, Kansas, requests to return to combat in Korea. He will report to Camp Stoneman, California, on January 6 for further duty with the Far East Air Theater. He had completed 63 missions and downed six Russian MiGs in 1951 before being reassigned to training.
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Air Training Command
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National Guard
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Arrow Coverstone
C. D. Taylor
Associated Press
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Harry Byrd
Treasury Post
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Rev. White
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