Redistricting Fight Divides City and County Leaders
Tensions rise as urban and rural lawmakers clash over a reapportionment plan advanced for the General Assembly special session. The proposal shifts two senators and five delegates from rural districts to urban Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads, provoking objections from both the city and country camps. Senator Moses condemns the plan as a mess, warning it saddles one member with 2,776 square miles next election.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Senate
House
Virginia
Hampton Roads
City Boys
Country Boys
Charles T. Moses
Appomattox
Privileges Committee
Moses
Walter H. Carter
Rescue of Missing GI by Tanks and Artillery
Allied forces on the Central Front northeast of White Horse Mountain rescued a missing infantryman after a raiding party called for artillery support and tanks joined the chase. The man was found unharmed as heavy fighting with Chinese forces continued amid clouded skies over North Korea.
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Seoul
U.S. Eighth Army
White Horse Mountain
No Man’s Land
North Korea
Silver Star Award Posthumously Given Pvt. Lamp
The Army awarded the Silver Star to the late Private First Class Douglas H Lamp for gallantry near Karhyon ni Korea with Company C 179th Infantry Regiment 45th Infantry Division. He also earned the Purple Heart. His wife Peggy M Lamp of 8 East Bend St Winchester is noted.
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Douglas H. W. Lamp
Army
Lamp
Karhyon-ni
Korea
179Th Infantry Regiment
45Th Infantry Division
Peggy M. Lamp
East Bend St
Winchester
Hill
Labor Officials Warn Ike on Living Standards
CIO leaders gathered in New York warned President-elect Eisenhower of a vigorous response to any move that would lower living standards or attack labor. The group included Walter Reuther James Carey Allan Haywood and other top CIO officials outlining labor goals and support for Ike in constructive efforts.
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NEW York 4
CIO
Eisenhower
Walter Reuther
The
United Au
Tomobile
James C. Carey
Allan
Haywood
Gen. Eisenhower
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Emil Rieve
Textile Workers
David J. McDonald
Albany N. Y
Hagerty
Thomas E. Dewey
Persons
NATO
Europe
Republican National Committee
Congress
Army and
Defense Departments
Staunton Va
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Oveta Culp Hobby
Houston
Tex
Oscar Ewing
Ivy Baker Priest
Bountiful
Utah
United States
Georgia Neese Clark
Hobby
Texas
WAC
Eleven Former Czech Communist Leaders Sentenced to Die
Vienna report outlines the 11 ex leaders convicted of treason in Prague after a purge trial. The court sentenced most to death for plans to liquidate democracy, restore capitalism, and sever ties with the Soviet bloc. Three co-defendants received life terms. leniency cited for those who implicated others.
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Vienna
Austria
Rudolf Slansky
Czech Communist Party
Vlado Clements
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Prankrac
Winchester Christmas Seal drive tops early tally
Winchester residents bought 1752.05 in 1952 Christmas Seals since November 17. S N Johnston, chair man, cited community support and gratitude letters for the tubercu losis fight. Clarke County sales about 300 first week. Frederick County data due.
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Winchester
S. N. Johnston
Johnston
Mr. Johnston
Frederick County
Clarke County
W. B. Watkins, Jr
Winchester Sewing Machine
W. Boscawen
Taft Plans Changes to Taft Hartley Law Next Year
Sen Taft of Ohio seeks amendments to the Taft Hartley Act. He aims to impose a non Communist oath on company officials and allow strikers replaced in their jobs to vote in representation elections. Eisenhower backs similar changes. Taft emphasizes preserving core principles.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Ohio Republican
Senate
House
Eaid
Stephen Brown Wins Democracy Voice Contest in Winchester
Stephen Brown 14 of Ros tel Road won first prize in the Voice of Democracy contest for the Winchester District, sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Second place went to Ivan Ostrishki and third to Eugene Baker. Prizes total 75 dollars with 25 for first and invitations extend to the York Inn dinner tonight at 6 30.
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Stephen Brown
Lemuel Brown
Rostel Road
Voice of Democracy
Winchester
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ivan Ostrishki
Eugene Baker
York Inn
WSVA
Harrisonburg
Handley
James Wood
Clarke County High School
Brown
Ray Garrabrandt
Ostrishki
Glen E. Sanderlin
Eugene H. Baker
James Wood High School
Melvin D. Fawcett
Jaycees
Garrabrandt
Man Is Killed Resisting Arrest in Wise County
Wise County authorities report Cecil Bays a game warden was shot and killed in a Pound restaurant. Edward Napier a Norton resident is held on a murder charge and has admitted killing Bays. Brack Hem bre a Norton cab driver was killed in a separate gunfire exchange after resisting arrest.
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Wise
Norton
Wise County
Cecil Bays
Pound
Bays
Harold Fleming
Edward Napier
Fleming
Napier
Brack Hembree
UN Moves Toward Vote on India's Korean War Truce Plan
United Nations push to vote on India's compromise Pakistan drafted truce proposal to handle prisoners of war. U S support backed by 20 allied nations with a five month window for repatriation and resettlement. Krishna Menon to present final arguments amid Soviet bloc opposition.
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U.N
India
United Nations
U. S
Peiping
Moscow
Pyongyang
S V. K. Krishna Menon
General Assembly
Dean Acheson
Menon
U. N
Korea
Holiday Accidents Kill 122 in U S
The Associated Press reports 122 people died in traffic and miscellaneous accidents over Thanksgiving Day. Ninety nine on streets and highways, twenty three in other mishaps from 6 p m Wednesday to midnight. Cold, icy roads reduced travel and lowered the toll. States like Texas California Kentucky Illinois Indiana North Carolina Ohio and Pennsylvania had high totals.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Texas
California
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Thanksgiving Day Observances Across Winchester Area
Winchester and Frederick County marked Thanksgiving with union services at Market Street Methodist Church and other churches. Dr Flickinger spoke on faith and gratitude amid Korea’s war, with offerings aiding Winchester Memorial Hospital. Dinners and special music accompanied services across Winchester, Stephens City, Middletown, and Reliance amid record sales and turkey shortages.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Handley
Martinsburg
Winchester Ministerial Association
Market Street Methodist Church
Flickinger
Evangelical Reformed Church
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Gene Pasquet
Boyce Baptist Church
Francis Rhein
Christ Episcopal Church
Millwood
Stephens City
Methodist Church
A. Hayne Boozer
Grace Lutheran Church
Charles A. York
Grace Methodist Church
Middletown
Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church
Vaucluse
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Reliance
Cedar
L. P. Tederick
Reliance Church
J. 8. Peebles
Winnie Ruth Judd Escapes From Mental Hospital Again
Winnie Ruth Judd, 48, fled the State Hospital for the Insane in Phoenix after a sawed window screen escape. It marked her sixth escape and prompted a large search for her and an unknown accomplice. Authorities suspect she had assistance in the 1933 killer case involving two murdered friends.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
State Hospital
Winnie
Los Angeles
M. W. Conway
Frank Mitchell
Bombs Reported Stored Near Air Field in England
London reports say Tom Driberg alleged a U S Air Force officer told him of tactical atomic bomb stores near an American air field at Wethersfield in Southeast England. A U S Third Air Force spokesman denied such discussions occurred.
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Air Field
England
London
House of Commons
Tom Driberg
U. S. Air Force
Finchinefield
Wethersfield
Driberg
Aneurin
Weather outlook for Richmond Virginia Nov to Dec period
Extended Virginia forecast for Richmond period Nov 29 through Dec 3 calls for temperatures near normal or slightly below with a gradual rise over the weekend then cooler again midweek. Rain likely late Sunday or Monday totaling about half an inch.
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Richmond
Virginia
Stevenson plans no public addresses until deficits paid
Gov Adlai Stevenson states he will not spend on future radio or television addresses while substantial campaign deficits remain unpaid. The notice also urges ordering fruit cake early from Mrs C C Rhodes of Stephens City.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
C. C. Rhodes
Stephens City
Chilean police call septuplets birth a hoax
Federal police in Santiago announced that a claimed birth of seven girls to Carmen Molina last night was a hoax. Officials said the seven-baby figure was a stunt to gain publicity for a festival, prompting protests from reporters and officials including Gen Carlos Ibanez and Senator Allende.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Luis Salamanca
el Mercurio
Carmen Molina
Carlos Ibanez
Salamanca
Salmanca
Salvador Allende
Chilean Medical College
National Senate
Allende
Seasonal Cold Keeps Nationwide Chill Across the U S
Extreme cold blanks much of the nation from the Appalachians to the Pacific with sub freezing temps reaching Minnesota to Colorado and northern Texas. Only the Southeast coast, Florida, and Southern California stay milder as light snow falls from Wisconsin to New York and eight inches hit Buffalo area. Liqudation sale at Kurtz Furniture continues tomorrow from noon to 9 p m.
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Texas
Tennessee Valley
Rockies
Florida
California
Wisconsin
New York State
Buffalo
N. Y
Kurtz Furniture
Jewel Box Opens Sunbeam Charge Account Offer
Sunbeam appliances promotion advertises opening a charge account with no interest and no carrying charge, dated November 26, 1921, in the Jewel Box.
Three Survive Explosion And Flames
A four engine military transport from Alaska crashed in fog near Tacoma shortly after midnight. Of 39 aboard, 36 perished in the explosion and flames. three survivors were two airmen and an eight year old boy. The plane had left Fairbanks and stopped at Elmendorf before reaching McChord.
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Tacoma
Wash
Alaska
Air Force
McChord Air Force Base
Heriday
C54
Fairbanks
Elmendorf
Anchorage
McChord
North Pacific Rim
Korea
Montana
Vancouver Island
Two Pickup Trucks Stolen in Winchester During Holiday
Winchester police investigated the theft of two Chevrolet pickup trucks during the Thanksgiving holiday. A green 1950 model vanished after being left with keys in it around 6 p.m. Wednesday. A 1946-47 TV service ladder truck was also stolen from 120 North Cameron Street with keys left in it. The TV truck was recovered behind the Herbert Bryant business, but the green truck remained missing.
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Winchester
Kenneth Rudd
Herbert Bryant
N. Kent and
Wyck
Television and Radio Service Company
N. Cameron St
Maurice Lake
Police Department
Bryant
Eye care services offered by Dr Arthur M Jackel
Eyes examined and prescriptions filled with visual training provided. Dr Arthur M Jackel operates at 139 North Loudoun Street, offering comprehensive eye care and eye exams.
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Arthur M. Jackel
D. D
N. Loudoun St
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