Atomic Chief urges continued H bomb tests for civilian safety
Lewis L. Strauss, head of the Atomic Energy Commission, told a U S Canadian civil defense meeting that hydrogen bomb tests must continue to gather data on blast, heat and radiation crucial for protecting civilian populations. He argued Soviet testing offers no comparable data and stressed tests from Eniwetok bolster defenses and reduce fallout.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Adlai Stevenson
Strauss
Free World
Eniwetok
Crash on Antarctic Ice Shelf Kills 3
A Navy plane carrying advance units of this year s South Polar expedition crashed on the Antarctic ice shelf killing three men and injuring five others three critically. Six other planes landed safely after the 2250 mile flight from New Zealand to McMurdo Sound. The dead are Lt. David M. Carey Aviation Machinist Mate J C Marion O Marze and Aviation Electronic Technician Charles S Miller. Two of the injured had been aboard a Navy patrol bomber that crash landed in Venezuela last February en route to Antarctic rescue work.
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Washington
Navy
Antarctic
New Zealand
McMurdo Sound
David M. Carey
White Plains
N. Y
J.C. Marion O. Marze
Waxham
N. C
Charles S. Miller
Providence
R. I
Venezuela
Rayburn A. Hudman
Saunderstown
R. L
Robert C. Spann
Eggertsville
Temperatures Dip Across State With Cooler Conditions
Temperatures were 25 degrees cooler today than yesterday with a high of 54 and a low of 49. A year ago the high was 59 and the low 45. Readings in the mountains may reach the mid 30s tonight. The five day forecast calls for rain Sunday night into Monday with about a quarter inch total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Winchester
Two Men Die After Diesel Tanker Slams Into Vehicles
An out of control oil tank truck plowed into a car a pickup and a Greyhound bus near Montvale. Two men, Carl Simonton 43 of Richmond and Wallace B Campbell 50 Roanoke, died in the blaze.
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Roanoke
Greyhound
Montvall
Carl Simonton
Richmond
Wallace B. Campbell
James Hicks
New London
William E. Brown
Thaxton
Three Idaho Students Die in Dormitory Arson Fire
In Moscow Idaho three University of Idaho students were killed when a dawn fire at Gault Hall was labeled arson by Fire Chief Carl Smith. The blaze on the main floor lounge killed a sophomore Paul Johnson and freshmen John Knudson and Clair Schuldberg, with three others injured. Prosecutor Lloyd Martinson opened an investigation as arson is suspected.
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Moscow
Idaho
University of Idaho
Carl Smith
Smith
Gault Hall
Atty
Lloyd G. Martinson
Paul Johnson
Davenport
Wash
John Knudson
Idaho Falls
Clair Schuldberg
Terreton
Johnson
Upham Hall
C. O. Decker
Willis Sweet
Chrisman Hall
Eisenhower Heads to California for New Adlai Attacks
In Portland President Eisenhower plans another broadside against Adlai Stevenson in a Los Angeles address. He argues to maintain strength with a military draft and H bomb tests while criticizing Stevenson’s peace proposals and urging McKay in the Senate race against Wayne Morse.
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Portland
Ore
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
California
Stevenson
Hagerty
Douglas McKay
U. S. Senate
McKay
Wayne Morse
President Eisenhower Gettysburg farm assessed for tax purposes
Gettysburg Pennsylvania. D. W. Woods Adams County chief tax assessor reports Ike s Gettysburg farm is assessed at 6250 a quarter of its sale value in 1950 revised in 1953 after improvements. Assessment will be changed after remodeling is completed.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
D. W. Woods
Adams County
Woods
Prank Blamed For Murder And Death By Own Action
Singapore police say a schoolteacher shot a colleague dead then killed himself after a prank about a lottery win. A bulletin board posting misled a group of teachers to believe they had the winning ticket worth 2000 dollars. The holder of the winning ticket misplaced it and argued with a coholder who demanded it. One gunshot killed the colleague, then the teacher killed himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Six Die in Bottled Gas Depot Blast in Herrin
A blast at a bottled gas depot in Herrin Illinois killed six people and injured seven others. The dead include Fred Kerley 62 and Charlotte Jarvis 11. Oscar Williams 38 and Violet Williams 33. Freddie Williams 3 and Robert Lee Keller 5. Eleven-year-old Charlotte Jarvis twin sister Sharon and Susan Jarvis 7 were among the injured. Police said depot operator Henry Scheffler 50 was refilling tanks when a leak ignited. a series of explosions followed. Firefighters battled flames about an hour.
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Herrin
Fred Kerley
Charlotte Jarvis
Robert Lee Keller
Oscar Williams
Violet Williams
Walter Lowe
Illinois
Roy Cole
Henry Scheffler
Imajean Keller
Charlotte
Sharon
Susan Jarvis
Gladys McGee
Williams
Randy
Kerley
Elizabeth
Carl
Scheffler
Ochsner Denounces Tobacco Use In Hospital Lecture
Dr. Alton C. Ochsner warned Memorial Hospital staff that smoking directly causes lung cancer and links tobacco to coronary artery disease. He dismissed filtering devices and argued cessation yields significant cancer-rate drops only with complete, permanent quitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton C. Ochsner
Ochsner
New Orleans
Memorial Hospital
Frank N. Hack
Hack
American Cancer Society
Tulane University
Washington University Medical School
St. Louis
Department of Surgery
Tulane
RENT-A-CAR FOR WEEKEND TRIP AND GASOLINE
Classified item noting a RENT A CAR service for weekend travel from GEO WASHINGTON GARAGE 210 N Loudoun with phone MO 2-3848 and a furniture sale at SCHEWELL 19 W Cork St Winchester offering a living room group for 159 with 10 down. Also mentions fall dresses at Margaret L Hodgson Hat Dress Shop and a weekend banana cakes sale at Ward’s Pastry Shop.
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Geo
Washington Garage
Loudoun
Schewell
Cork St
Winchester
Gomulka Re elected as Poland's Communists Move Toward Independence
In Warsaw Gomulka and three close associates were re elected to the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers party. The session opened with calls for greater political and economic information freedom. The group faces pressure from youth and workers while talks hint at a shift toward equality with Yugoslav and Soviet cadres and a potential shift on Soviet led policy.
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Warsaw
Poland
Wladislaw Gomulka
Polish United Workers Communist Party
Gomulka
Moscow
Marian Marek - Spychalski
Zenon Kliszko
Lodge Sowinski
Kremlin
Tito
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Marek — Spychalski
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Rokossovsky
Central Committee
VHE
Communist Party
Stolen Goods Worth 511 From Lakeside Store
Frederick County sheriff reports $511.45 value of goods stolen from Lakeside store and service station eight miles north of Winchester on U S Route 522. Loss includes 100 cartons of cigarettes, shotgun and rifle ammunition, a typewriter, an adding machine, and $25 in cash. Clay Rogers owns and runs the establishment as investigation continues.
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Lakeside
Winchester
U. S. Rt
Frederick County
Robert L. DeHaven
Clay Rogers
Sheriff's Office
Medical Student Killed by Elevator at General Hospital
A 24 year old woman medical student Mary Ann Logan died when an elevator crushed her at General Hospital in Louisville. Eight witnesses watched as the elevator moved up with her body partly inside. One witness tried to rescue her but could not reach in time.
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Louisville, K
General Hospital
Mary Ann Logan
Miss Logan
Five youths die in Linden train crash after football game
Five youths were killed when their speeding car struck a southbound Frisco freight train near Jefferson crossing in Linden. The car skidded 258 feet before impact, smashing into a small frame waiting station and derailing part of the train. Only survivor Lieutenant Johnson, 17, was in critical condition at Demopolis Hospital.
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Linden
Ala
T. Wilmer Shields
M. C. Robertson
John Lee Robertson
Lorenzo Scott
Sylvester Alston
Levin Besteder Jr
Leutenant Johnson
Demopolis
Shields
Jefferson
D. M. Bryant
Montgomery
GOP Chairman Skips Hearing on 1954 Nickel Plant Contract
Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall failed to attend a House subcommittee hearing on alleged political pressure tied to a $43 million 1954 government contract for expanding the Nickel plant at Nicaro Cuba. Democrats had questioned Hall's involvement while he claimed campaign duties kept him away.
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Washington
Leonard Hall
House
Hall
Subcommittee
Jack Brooks
D-Tex
Rep
Reuss
D-Wis
Brooks
Edmund F. Mansure
The
General Services Administration
Nicaro
Cuba
GOP
Harriett Sinclair Receives Horsley Award in Richmond
Mrs Harriett M Sinclair wife of a Warrenton physician won the Shelton M Horsley award from the Virginia branch of the American Cancer Society in Richmond today.
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Richmond
Harriet M. Sinclair
Warrenton
Shelton M. Horsley
Virginia
American Cancer Society
Adlai Launches Fresh Attack On Ike's Aides
Adlai E Stevenson attacked Eisenhower aides as his campaign argued undecided voters will decide the race. He targeted Nixon and Humphrey and said a vote for Eisenhower is a vote for Nixon if the president cannot be the party leader.
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Adlai
Ike
Lexington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Nixon
James E. Finnegan
Michigan
Ohio
Richard Nixon
Presley Fight Sparks Memphis Car Showdown at Station
Elvis Presley and Ed Hopper clashed at a downtown Memphis service station over a crowd at a Presley appearance. Presley, Hopper, and attendant Aubrey Brown were jailed on assault and battery and disorderly conduct charges after a melee that left Hopper with a black eye and a minor facial cut.
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Black Eye
Presley
Memphis, Tenn
Elvis
Ed Hopper
Hopper
Aubrey Brown
Asst
Bruns McCarroll
Huff
Brown
Jordan Seeks Strongest U N Penalties Over Israeli Aggression
United Nations, N Y Jordan called for the strongest penalties short of war to stop Israeli actions. Ambassador Abdul Monem Rifa i warned he may act to protect borders if the Security Council fails. He urged measures under Article 41 citing possible diplomatic cuts and economic restrictions. The debate followed deadly border incidents killing 105.
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United Nations
N. Y
Jordan
U. N. Security Council
U.N
Abdul Monem Rifa'i
Council
Israel
Rifa'i
Rifa’i
U. N
Ammunition Works Explosion Kills Four Near Oslo
An explosion at the government owned Raufoss ammunition and high explosives plant 65 miles north of Oslo killed at least four and injured about a dozen. Four bodies were recovered within three hours in a hall where 100 workers usually toil. Raufoss, tied to NATO, prompted area lockdown and rapid civil defense response.
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Oslo
Norway
Raufoss Works
Raufoss
NATO
Gjeevik
Weather Outlook and Local Shooting Match Notes
Five day Virginia forecast reports cool weekend with Saturday cooler than normal. North regions fair, south cloudy with low 50 coastal, interior 40s, mountains mid 30s. Sunday night into Monday rain possible. A shooting match at Mt Williams starts 8 PM on Saturday October 20 offering turkeys and 12 gauge shotguns as prizes.
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Virginia
Mt. Williams
Turkey Shoot at Apple Valley Driving Range
Local event schedule lists a turkey shoot on Saturday October 20 at Apple Valley Driving Range located on Sunnyside Route 522. Hours run from 1 PM to 10 PM with 18 holes of play and 2 tournament times.
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Apple Valley
Sunnyside
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Tme
A. W. McDaniel
S. L. Mitchell
Lynchburg
U. of Idaho
Calif
White House
James C. Hagerty
Los Angeles
Hollywood Bowl
Freddie Williams
Herrin Hospital
Price Margaret L. Hodgson
Ward's
Frederick County Fireman's Association
American Brake Shoe
Ernie Nesselroot
Beaver
J. C. Penney CO
Felts
Horsley Award
Harvey Huff
Rifa
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