Eisenhower Reports Good Night Sleep After Signing Two Documents
President Eisenhower, recuperating from a coronary event, slept soundly from 10 p.m. to 6:20 a.m. and appeared relaxed and comfortable. Sher man Adams set up a Denver office as the President signed two State Department appointment lists, marking his first post illness act.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Adams
Lowry Air Force Base Administration
John S. Doud
State Department Foreign Service
Fitzsimmons Army Hospital
Secretary of State
Dulles
Howard M. Snyder
Howard
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone expands offices
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company announces a second building will house a larger business office from October 8. Manager Robert Heltzel says operations will move from 120 N Bradock St to 106 S Loudoun St and the Braddock Street space will be used for expanded toll and intertoll equipment.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Robert Heltzel
S. Loudoun St
B F. Goodrich Co
N. Braddock St
Braddock St
Shirkey’s
Sunnyside
House of Good Food
Chanticleer Inn
September Rainfall Below Par With Lone Storm Veering Out
September rainfall in the area totaled 2.13 inches, below the 42 year average of 2.66. Lone hurricane veered out to sea after causing North Carolina damage, with only 0.09 inches locally. August was the wettest on record, and year-to-date rainfall remains above last year’s and above the nine month averages.
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Lone
North Carolina
Connie
Diane
Grimes Post Office Closes After 70 Years of Service
The Grimes Post Office, in operation for 70 years, closed yesterday as postmistress Mrs. Ora Fleek retires. The 31 local families will receive mail via the Siler Star Route or the rural route from Clearbrook, while Mrs. Fleek will keep her store open.
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Grimes
Ora Fleek
Post Office Department
Fleek
Leonard Brown
American Ramps Up Second Atlas Style Intercontinental Rocket
Washington reports intelligence on Russian progress prompts a new US project tied to the Atlas SM65 program. Officials seek a 4500 to 5500 mile range with sub thirty minute delivery and potential nuclear payloads. The contractor and formal designation remain undisclosed though IBM’s K-25 name surfaces in discussion.
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Washington
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
IBM
Work Rebuilding Penney Building Starts Next Week
The J C Penney Co store in the Penney building will be rebuilt after a fire gutted the structure last Saturday. Herman Hable, owner, said debris removal will take about a week before construction begins and completion is expected in about 90 days, with walls reused and the building rebuilt as before including basement ground floor space and mezzanine offices.
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J. C. Penney Co
Herman Hable
Corner Kitchen Offers Colonial Atmosphere Downtown
Stop in at The Corner Kitchen located at 103 W Piccadilly St. Open daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hershberger invite patrons to luncheon teatime and dinner, with reputations for well recommended food.
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J. P. Hershberger
Kids Day Parade Draws Big Crowd and Awards
Over 1 000 children joined the Kiwanis Kids Day parade this morning on Loudoun Street and then attended a show where ten trophies and 30 cash awards were presented. Judges included Cecil Adams Aaron Zuckerman and Howard Melton. Winners included Lee Knowles Mary Jane Clement Leslie Murray Sheila Atkins Gretchen Weaver and others in multiple divisions.
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Kiwanis
Loudoun St
Cecil Adams
The
Lions Club
Aaron Zuckerman
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Howard Melton
Exchange Club
Reuss
Sarah Zane
Mary Jane Clement
William Clement
S. Stewart St
Leslie Murray
Howard S. Murray
Valley Pike
Sheila Atkins
James Atkins
E. Piccadilly St
Gretchen Weaver
George Weaver
Winchester Retail Merchants Elect Officers Monday Evening
The Winchester Retail Merchants Association will meet at the George Washington Hotel at 7 30 p m Monday to nominate and elect a president vice president treasurer and secretary for the coming year and to elect two directors for three year terms Warren Eddy and Earl Crowser reach term expirations as do Ralph Mulvey Ralph Cain James R Wilkins and Phil Gabler. Plans for the Christmas parade and the annual social will be discussed with all members urged to attend.
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Winchester Retail Merchants Association
George Washington
Warren Eddy
Earl Crowser
Ralph Mulvey
Ralph Cain
James R. Wilkins
Phil Gabler
Aid Rushed to 3 Storm Stricken Areas in Mexico
Mexico City reports government and private relief rushing aid to three storm stricken zones as Hurricane Janet dissipates after leaving floods and crop ruin along 200 miles of coast. Death toll in Mexico about 300 with 1 000 injured and thousands homeless. Airlifts and deliveries of food medicine and clothing underway from Yucatan to Tampico.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Janet
la Madre
Yucatan Peninsula
Tampico
Caribbean
Yucatan
Chetumal
Panuco
Tux Pan
Veracruz
Nautal
Laredo
Tex
Break-In Spree Reported Across Winchester and Frederick County
Winchester and Frederick County authorities investigate a series of break-ins and thefts late Thursday night and early yesterday at multiple sites including the American Legion quarters on Rouss Ave Hershey Drive-In the Aikens Construction firm and Bray's Service Station. Money missing totals vary with Bray's reported around 163 dollars. State trooper C D Taylor notes entry to Bray's was via a rear window and the juke box was broken. Juke boxes at the American Legion quarters also burglarized and coins taken. Hershey Drive-In entry and coin boxes broken with a large but unconfirmed amount of change stolen. Aikens Construction saw an attempted entry and a struck object stolen found abandoned south of Mt Jackson.
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Winchester
Frederick County
American Legion
Rouss Ave
Hershey Drive
Bray
C. D. Taylor
Wilbur Dicks
Aikens Construction Co
Mt. Jackson
Virginia toll hits record 109 in September crashes
The Virginia September road toll rose to 109, a new monthly high, with 1955 total deaths at 643. Victims include Carter Franklin Lane of Richmond in a U S 1 collision near Ladysmith, Junior Harvey Perdue of Union Hall in a Route 40 crash, and 10 year old Margaret Fay Saunders of Henrico in a rain related three car wreck on U S 350 in Chesterfield.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Old Dominion
Carter Franklin Lane
Richmond
Ladysmith
Caroline County
Lane
Junior Harvey Perdue
Union Hall
Franklin County
Route 40
Margaret Fay Saunders
Henrico County
Chesterfield County
U. S. 350
Walk Out on Algerian Rebuff At U N Assembly
The French delegation to the United Nations was ordered home after a walkout over Algeria. Permanent representative Herve Alphand will depart within 48 hours, with uncertainty on whether the move is permanent. Antoine Pinay and the delegation prepared to fly to Paris as-France’s Assembly seat remains vacant until Monday.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.N. Assembly
U.N
France
Algeria
Paris
Herve Alphand
Prance
Security Council
Assembly
Faure
Oerseas
Specialist Has No Objection to Eisenhower Running Again
Boston reports Dr. Paul Dudley White, heart specialist, stated he would have no objection to President Eisenhower running for a second term if his recovery remains strong. He clarified earlier remarks on NBC that suggested he would not advise such a run. He emphasized the future and did not endorse a course of action now.
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Boston
Paul Dudley White
Denver
Eisenhower
White
Paul D. White
United States of America
Assumed Eisenhower Will Not Seek Re election in 1956 ADA Says
Joseph L Rauh Jr national chairman of Americans for Democratic Action said it must now be assumed the President will not be a candidate for re election in 1956 The illness changes the political picture and shifts the 1956 campaign to issues rather than personalities ADA describes itself as anti Communist and nonpartisan following the New Deal and Fair Deal.
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New York
Joseph L Rauh Jr
Americans For Democratic Action
Eisenhower
Rauh
New York City
ADA
Allen denies threat to cut aid in Egypt talks
Special US Envoy George Allen met with Premier Gamel Abdel Nasser in Cairo for two hours and denied discussing any withdrawal or conditional aid. He emphasized no information on canceled aid and stated a sovereign nation may obtain arms from any source. Also met with Byroade Trevelyan du Chayla Solod.
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Cairo
Egypt
George Allen
Gamel Abdel Nasser
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Allen
Nasser
Henry Byroade
Humphrey Trevelyan
Comte Armand du Chayla
Daniel Solod
Typhoon Louise Flares Into Niigata Fire Inferno
Dying typhoon Louise rips through Niigata City driving winds up to 45 mph as a small electrical fire erupts into a seven hour blaze destroying 1,200 buildings and nearly 106 acres. It stands as Japan’s worst postwar conflagration. Tonight prayer vigil at Braddock Street Methodist Church. Laborer jobs and sales position available in Winchester Virginia with auto sales demand.
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Tokyo
Louise
Japan
Niigata City
Braddock ST. Methodist Church
Dodgers Tie World Series With 8-5 Win Over Yankees
Dodgers collect 14 hits to defeat the Yankees 8-5 in game four. Roy Campanella Gil Hodges and Duke Snider homer as Brooklyn moves to two games apiece. Campanella hits his second homer in two days while Hodges belts a go ahead shot.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Duke Snider
Dodger
Yankees
Noren
MacDougald
Mantle
Berra
Snider
Dodgers
Rizzuto
Gilliam
Collins
Reese
Howard
Erskine
Hodges
Martin
Larsen
Campanella
Furillo
Robinson
Amoros
McDougald
Walter Alston
Bessent
Bers Ra
Robby
Brooks
Weather Outlook for Shenandoah Valley and Winchester
The Shenandoah Valley faces cooler tonight with a low 46 to 54 degrees and a Saturday forecast near 69 high 54 low. Sunday shows little temperature change with fair skies. Sunrise 6:08 a.m. Sunset 5:27 p.m. Harvest Moon at 2:17 p.m. The South End Fire Co holds its regular meeting Monday night October 3 at 8 p.m. Kenneth Curl, President.
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Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Duff’s
South End Fire CO
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Gary Bolen
Loudoun Street
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Elmer R. Vance
Gary
Denzil Bolen
Mosby St
Paras Lone
Washington, D. C
Southern Tire Service
Handley High Campus
Schewel Furniture CO
America
Penney
W. Piccadilly St
Yucatan State
Bacalar
Xcalax
Yanks
Antoine Pinay
Winchester Cold Storage Co
Smith Ponitiae
Gerrard St
Valley Ave
Schowel Furniture Co
Kenneth Curl, Pres
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