President Eisenhower progresses in Denver convalescence
President Eisenhower continues recovery from a heart attack at Fitzsimons Army Hospital Denver. Secretary Wilson and Adm. Radford report positive progress as Eisenhower sits in a chair for extended periods and cardiograms stop, with officials planning further meetings and medical checks this week.
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Denver
Eisenhower
National Defense
Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Thomas W. Mattingly
Army Heart
Walter Reed Hospital
Capital
Secretary of
State Dulls
Atty. Gen. Brownell
Justice Department
Dil Jon Anderson
Paul Dudley White
Boston
New Lower Court Hearing Ordered For Caryl Chessman
The Supreme Court ordered a new lower court hearing for Caryl Chessman in a habeas corpus proceeding. The action follows multiple stays of execution and prior failed legal moves, with the hearing to occur in U S District Court in San Francisco.
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Caryl Chessman
Washington
Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Tapist
Chessman
San Quentin
Clarke
U. S. Dist. Court
San Francisco
Reed
Burton
Clark
Warren
Headquarters for Warm Morning Heaters Schowel Furniture Co
The Schowel Furniture Co announces the headquarters for its Warm Morning Heaters line. Details include product scope, distribution plan, and key contact points for dealers and customers.
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Schowel Furniture Co
Morocco forms regency council to ease terror amid cross border tensions
The four man council met at the Imperial Palace in Rabat under Grand Vizier Mohammed el Mokri to seek calm as France and Spain feud over rebel incursions from Spanish Morocco. Mohammed el Bekkar, aligned with exiled Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef, drew attention while Ben Slimane, a Fez governor, was seen as a potential prime minister to organize a representative government.
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Rabat
Morocco
Imperial
France
Spanish Morocco
Spain
Spanish
Mohammed el Mokri
Mohammed el Bekkar
Mohammed Ben Yousseef
Ben Slimane
Fez
Edgar Faure
Toy Train Wiring Sparks Berryville Fire
A fire today at the home of Mr and Mrs Mel Richards in Berryville started by an electric train wiring fault. The transformer burned and fell into a box of clothing, causing moderate damage to clothing and curtains with smoke throughout the house and water damage in the second floor playroom. The John Enders Fire Company responded.
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Berryville
Mel Richards
Lucian Grim
Virginia Ave
John Enders Fire Company
Rawson
Mississippi
Duff’s
New Effort Planned Tonight to Settle Rockingham Strike
A fresh negotiation set for tonight aims to settle a five week strike at four of six Rockingham Poultry plants. The Amalgamated Meat Cutters seek immediate wage gains from 89 to 95 cents, with planned rises to $1 then $1.05 by spring. Contracts at affected sites expired Sept 9 and payroll disruption hit Richmond Broadway Winchester Moorefield.
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Broadway
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Cooperative
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
AFL
Co-Op
Richmond
Winchester
Moorefield
W. Va
Victor Pringle
Community Chest Harvests $18 500 to Date in Winchester Frederickt
Winchester Frederickt Community Chest reports $18,500.80 raised to date, 43.7 percent of the $42,315 goal. Aiming for $45,741 to meet annual needs for Day Nurseries, Scouts, The Salvation Army, USC and Children’s Home, the drive is organized by Charles S. Toan with division heads and volunteers across Commercial, Professional, Government, Organization, Individuals, Industry, Retail, Special Gifts, and Residential sections.
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Winchester-Frederick
Chest
Scouts
Salvation Army
USC
Children's Home
Society For
Charles S. Toan
Commercial
Paul Vance
J. Randolph Larrick
Cpo Woodrow Whitmore
USN
Traffic Mishaps Injured in Area Damages Over $2700
Eight traffic accidents in Winchester and Frederick County from Saturday through today injured three people and caused over 2700 in damage. A fourth injury was reported in West Virginia. In Winchester Fredie Clark was hurt walking into a car on E Boscawen Street near Loudoun Street. Edward Montgomery was driving the 1954 Pontiac involved and the pedestrian entered as the light changed. Clark was treated and released at Memorial Hospital. In Frederick County Glenn Silman was hurt in a 1951 Mercury crash on State Route 672. The car left the road after the driver Arthur Miller failed to negotiate a curve. Damage to the car and power pole totaled 775. Lawrence Locke suffered a forehead laceration on Route 600 near Gainesboro.
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Winchester
Frederick County
West Virginia
Kernstown
Fredie Clark
Baltimore
E. Boscawen St
Loudoun St
Memorial Hospital
Sai
Clark
Maurice Lake
Edward Gerrard Montgomery
Chevy Chase
Friendship
State Rt
Clearbrook
Glenn Silman
West Virginia Ave
J. W. Witt
Silman
Arthur A. Miller
Berryville Ave
Witt
Lawrence Locke
Rt. 1
Boyce
Rt. 600
Gainesboro
High Court Upholds Ruling Blocking Provoo Trial
The Supreme Court today affirmed a lower court ruling that blocked a new trial for former Army sergeant John David Provoo on treason charges. Judge Roszel C. Thomson had dismissed seven treason counts filed while Provoo was a Japanese prisoner after Corregidor fell. his constitutional rights allegedly violated by extended pretrial imprisonment. The Justice Department sought to overturn the decision to permit a second trial after Provoo’s New York trial ended in a life sentence later vacated.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
John David Provoo
U. S. Dist
Roszel C. Thomson
Baltimore
Provoo
Corregidor
Thomsen
Justice Department
High Court
U.S. Dist
New York
Farm Bureau Plans Series of Meetings On Key Issues
Frederick County Farm Bureau announces local discussions this week to gauge farmer views on 1956 General Assembly and 84th Congress issues. Meetings rotate nights across Gainesboro, Opequon, Shawnee, Stonewall, and Back Creek. Members urged to attend and shape county and state resolutions.
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Farm Bureau
Frederick County
Virginia General Assembly
Landos B. Whitacre
Gainesboro
Stephens City Methodist Church
Opequon
Farm
Whitacre
Paul Richard
Ray G. Keller
C. E. Staples
Henry Brumback
B. F. Strother
Landon B. Whitacre
State Resolutions Committee
Hurricane Katie not expected to hit the U S mainland
Hurricane Katie, the 11th tropical storm of the season, surged over Haiti and the Dominican Republic with 115 mph winds. Forecasters said it likely will not threaten the United States, though damage estimates are pending after a 160 mile trek across Hispaniola.
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Miami
Fla
Katie
Haiti
Dominican Republic
U. S
Caribbean
Hispaniola
U.S
Atlantic
CIO Electrical Workers Strike Second Time at Westinghouse
The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers ordered a nationwide walkout affecting about 44,000 members across 29 Westinghouse plants after failing to reach a contract extension. Negotiations continued past midnight with no immediate restart planned, over wages time studies and contract length.
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Pittsburgh
CIO Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse
Cioius
Margaret Returns to London Amid Royal Marriage Debate
Princess Margaret arrived in London from a weekend in the country with Peter Townsend as opposition to their marriage grows in royal and church circles. Police and crowds gathered as she left Clarence House in a Rolls Royce. Townsend plans to join later at Lowndes Square.
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London
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Church of England
Clarence House
Iris Peake
Fred Crocker
Windsor Castle
Townsend
Marquis Abergavenny
Lowndes Square
Belgium
Air Force
Duke of
Edinburg
Elizabeth II
Berryville Water and sewer study to address storage and expansion
A 14 member advisory committee of local businessmen met with Berryville Town Council to outline water and sewer needs and plans. They tentatively set a meeting for next Monday October 24 at Hawthorne Library to decide financing and how to meet projected demands. They propose a gravity fed storage basin of 30 to 50 million gallons to reduce winter waste and increase summer reserves, with peak use around 400 gallons per minute and a broader sewer expansion due to pollution concerns.
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Berryville
Ralph Snapp
Edward P. Berlin
Hawthorne
Snapp
Shenandoah River
Blue Ridge Mountain
Judge Rules Baptist Pastor Must Leave Covington Church
Covington Kentucky area Circuit Court Judge Earl Abbott permanently enjoined Rev Barney Freasier from acting as pastor of Covington Baptist Church He must not interfere with members or appear on church property except the parsonage and is to be paid a month’s salary and given 30 days to vacate His July 6 church meeting vote 101 to 0 to seek his resignation was deemed valid by the judge and 225 members had petitioned for removal Freasier may appeal but no immediate indication reported He opened revival services at the church with a visiting minister
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Covington
Alleghany County
Earl Abbott
Barney R. Freasier
Covington Baptist Church
Abbott
Freasier
Copington
Richmond
Frazier
Hail Stones Large As Golf Balls Near Ozark Alabama
A severe windstorm near Ozark Alabama damaged property worth thousands of dollars and residents reported hailstones as large as golf balls. Buildings suffered damage but there were no serious injuries.
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Ozark
Alabama
Ala
Duff’s
Six Stricken States Are Assured Aid
The Associated Press reports a three day storm battle left 38 known or presumed dead across six Northeastern states. President Eisenhower promised aid from his sickbed as rescue and salvage continued with civil defense, coast guard, and Red Cross relief aiding about 6,900 families across Connecticut New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania amid widespread flood damage and power loss.
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Associated Press
New York City
New York Weather Bureau
Denver
Eisenhower
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
Army
Navy Coast Guard
American Red Cross
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Leesburg Party Shooting Leaves 18YearOld Wounded
Lt George E Balcom of Nashua New Hampshire was detained after an officer party shooting at Ft Belvoir Virginia. Sylvia Miller 18 of Leesburg was seriously wounded in the abdomen chest and arm as Balcom fired after she declined to leave. Balcom fled in a white Jaguar but was halted by a police roadblock near Richmond. Capt William Ball was struck in the knee by a stray bullet.
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FT. Belvoir Va
George E. Balcom
Nashua
N. H
Balcom
Richmond
Sylvia Miller
Leesburg
Ft. Belvoir Hospital
William N. Ball
Post
Alexandria
Miss Miller
Pines Club
Leutenant
Virginia Weather Forecast Readies Cooler Showers
Rather cloudy and cool tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers mainly in the west and north. Lows range from 35 to 40 in the west and north and 38 to 44 in the southeast. Shenandoah Valley sees increasing cloudiness, rain tonight and Tuesday, with highs in the 40s. Wednesday looks partly cloudy and cool with southwest winds 10 to 20 mph, rising to 20 to 25 mph Tuesday.
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Shenandoah Valley
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