Eisenhower calls aides for start on State of Union draft
President Eisenhower, convalescing at Fitzsimons Army Hospital, summoned Maj. Gen. Wilton Persons and chief speechwriter Kevin McKann to plan the January State of the Union message. Aides say he hopes to begin a preliminary draft though a live appearance is unsure. He is walking more with assistance as he recovers.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Wilton B. Persons
Kevin McKann
Washingto
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
New Jersey
Somerset
Bernard M. Shanley
Ormore
West Virginian Buys Audley Farm in Clarke County
J F Edwards of Huntington West Virginia director of racing for the state has bought Audley Farm a 665 acre historic property in Clarke County from the estate executors of Bernard B Jones for about 100000 dollars. Edwards and his wife Joan will take possession November 1 and plan a horse breeding operation. The estate includes a 52 stall training barn with enclosed track a 24 stall yearling barn seven tenant houses and a race track on 18 acres. Nellie Custis Lewis descendant of Martha Washington once lived and died on the main dwelling.
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Berryville
J. F. Edwards
Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Audley
Clarke County
Bernard B. Jones
Edwards
Joan
Nellie Custis Lewis
Martha Washington
Westinghouse Denies J40 Engine Fault in Navy Demon Crashes
Westinghouse officials testified before a House subcommittee that no crash in which a pilot was killed or injured could be directly blamed on J40 engines. Navy and McDonnell officials countered that engines were a factor in several Demon crashes, prompting consideration of the more powerful J71 engine.
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Washington
Westinghouse
Navy
W. W. Smith
House
McDonnell Aircraft Co
McDonnell
Subcommittee
Smith
Adm
James S. Russell
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Russell
Allison
General Motors Corp
Princess Margaret Makes Surprise Visit to Archbishop
Princess Margaret paid a surprise call on Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher at Lambeth Palace amid speculation over her romance with Peter Townsend. The meeting follows warnings in The London Times about renouncing royal duties if she wed the divorced war hero, a barrier given by Church of England norms.
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London
Margaret
Canterbury
Peter Townsend
Church of England
Lambeth Palace
Geoffrey Fisher
London Times
Townsend
Duke of Windsor
Clarence House
Elizabeth
William M. Battaile Elected to Shenandoah Valley Bank Board
Winchester businessman William M. Battaile elected to fill the vacancy on the Shenandoah Valley National Bank board. At 42, he heads the B and M Chevrolet Agency and has led local groups including the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club. He served in the Navy and Coast Guard, is married to Virginia Burke, and resides at 638 Tennyson Avenue.
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William M. Battaile
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Harold G. Brown
Battaile
H. B. McCormac
B and M Chevrolet
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Winchester-Frederick
Virginia Burke
Rockingham County
Tennyson Avenue
Benson Abandons European Tour Plans
Secretary of Agriculture Benson abandoned plans for a European tour to focus on farm program recommendations for Congress next year. Senator Johnston claimed Benson is unpopular with farmers and warned of possible administration change to appease agriculture interests. Benson remained in Washington to direct refinement of the present program and to seek congressional approval of administration recommendations including low income farmer aid and repeal of marketing quota penalties.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Congress
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Eisenhower
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
Johnston
White House
Nixon
U. S
Local Chamber Marks 38th Anniversary in Winchester
The Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce observes its 38th anniversary, noting the Oct 27 1917 charter date. Only two of the original nine directors remain, with Harry F. Byrd the sole living state resident. Original officers were H. B. McCormac president and J. C. McCarthy secretary.
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Winchester- Frederick County
W. A. Baker
Harry F. Byrd
Arthur M. Field
H. D. Puller
R. Gray Williams
Winchester
New Sub to Be Powered With Two Atomic Engines
Navy plans to power its new giant submarine with two atomic engines achieving speeds rivaling surface ships. Rear Admiral H G Rickover outlined details on the supersize sub and other A subs in an address to the Navy League Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club. He predicted that by the 1960s all projected Navy ships will be atomic powered.
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San Francisco
H. G. Rickover
Navy League
Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Club
Smog In New Orleans Traps Armored Trucks With Heavy Losses
Gray smog blanketed eastern New Orleans trapping motorists and stranding armored trucks believed to carry 16 million dollars. Police reports noted six or four trucks in the fog with varying totals. arrests followed a driver who bypassed a patrol. Traffic gradually reopened as conditions eased.
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New Orleans
Israel Says Egyptian Syrian Units Penetrated Two Zones
Israeli military spokesmen said Egyptian forces entered the El Auja Nizana demilitarized zone near Sinai and a Syrian unit crossed into the Dan demilitarized zone in Galilee. One Egyptian soldier reportedly killed, a policeman died in Beerotayim clash, UN observers report ongoing tensions with no new shootings.
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Jerusalem
el Auja- Nizana
Sinai
el Sabha
Beerotayim
Dan
Galilee
Biblical
Jordan River
el Auga-Nizana
Israel
U.N
Veronica Lake Collapses in Detroit Hotel Lobby
DETROIT. Veronica Lake the stage and screen actress fainted in a hotel's lobby and was rushed to hospital. Doctors say a cardiogram did not confirm a coronary blockage and her condition is good after tests at Henry Ford Hospital. Lake, 35, star of a Detroit stage run, cited exhaustion. She is Mrs Joseph A McCarthy after a Traverse City wedding two months ago.
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Detroit
Veronica Lake
Receiving Hospital
Norman Goldston
Henry Ford Hospital
Miss Lake
Shubert
Barlum Hotel
J. A. McCarthy
New York City
Joseph A. McCarthy
New York
Traverse City
Mich
National Guard Patrols Newark Circle Foundry Strike Rumor
In New Castle Indiana the National Guard riot squad kept a motorized patrol around the Perfect Circle Corp foundry as nonstrikers returned to work. A rumored strike demonstration showed 1 signs of tension amid labor rumors.
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New Castle
Ind
National Guard
Perfect Circle Corp
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio Divorce Finalized
New York reports Marilyn Monroe’s California divorce from Joe DiMaggio is final with no signs of reconciliation. Monroe, at an acting school in New York, says she plans to live there permanently and has no immediate plans for remarriage or children. DiMaggio has moved on.
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Marilyn Monroe
Joe DiMaggio
New York
California
Earl Wilson
New York Post
DiMaggio
Wilson
Hollywood
Plane crashes through bank window at airport in Los Angeles
Private pilot Benjamin Fauth died when his light Aeronca smashed into the Bank of America branch at International Airport. He had been dismissed from a teller trainee job the day before. Witnesses recalled the aircraft entering the bank as diners within the second story deck restaurant were startled.
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Los Angeles
International Airport
Benjamin Fauth
Aeronca
Bank of America
Robert J. Workman
Fauth
Toppenish, Wash
E. Fauth
Deadlock Over Security Council Seat Persists at UN
The United Nations General Assembly resumed voting after a week’s recess and failed to resolve the contest for a Security Council seat. The tenth ballot pits the Philippines, backed by the United States, against Yugoslavia, supported by Russia and British Commonwealth nations.
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United Nations
U.N. Assembly
Security Council
Assembly
Philippines
United States
Yugoslavia
Russia
West to Press Plans For German Unification
At Geneva the foreign ministers of the Big Four opened talks to press Molotov on German unity under Western terms. Dulles Macmillan and Pinay aimed to offer security against future German aggression in exchange for East West Germany through free elections. The talks also faced Middle East tensions with Israel Egypt arms shipments and warnings from Washington of Soviet arms deliveries. Israel Prime Minister Sharett joined discussions to press for Western protection and arms.
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Geneva
Russia
Germany
Europe
Palace of Nations
John Foster Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Antoine Pinay
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
Czechoslovakia
Washington
State Department
Dulles
Moshe Sharett
Paris
Full Program Keeps VANH Delegates Busy at Convention
The Virginia Association of Nursing Homes holds its second annual convention at the George Washington Hotel with lectures panel discussions films and social events. Election of officers was postponed to 2 30 p m as the program remains full. About 50 delegates registered with nearly 20 out of town speakers attending.
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VANH
Virginia Association of Nursing Homes
George Washington Hotel
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Winchester
Freeman J. Fisk
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Clark
Covington
Douglass O. Hill
Health Department
Ronald Almack
State Health Department
Ruby Tate
Miss Morrison
Harold Miller
Holy Land
Frederick County
Walker McC. Bond
Annie Sue H. St.Clair
John Bruner
Harris
State Department of Welfare
Richmond
S. Mullen, Jr
Mullen
Fisk
American Association of Nursing Homes
Walter Regirer
Virginia Association
Regirer
Glen Garber
Henry M. Lowden
Newsprint Price Increases Announced By Four Firms
A fourth major producer plans to raise newsprint prices for U S newspapers without specifying the amount Sir Eric Bowater of Bowater Paper Corp notes the rise will occur at their pace Cranston Williams of the ANPA says newspapers must lift ad rates and subscriber prices Canadian International Paper Co will add four dollars per ton bringing delivered price in New York to one hundred thirty dollars a ton The St Lawrence Corp and Abitibi Power Paper Co had boosted prices by five dollars per ton each raising New York rates to one hundred thirty one dollars per ton
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New York
U.S
Eric Bowater
Bowater Paper Corp
Cranston Williams
Assn
Canadian International Paper Co
Navy
St. Lawrence Corp
Montreal
Abitibi Power & Paper Co
Toronto
St. Lawrence
Abitibi
Icelandic Novelist Wins Nobel Prize
Stockholm reports that Icelandic author Halldor Kiljan Laxness won the 1955 Nobel Prize in literature. A 53 year old leftist, he opposed NATO and supported pacifist causes. he will receive 36720 dollars at the December 10 ceremony. Laxness writes about daily life on his North Atlantic island.
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Stockholm
Haldor Kiljan Laxness
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Society of War lIunatics
Laxness
Royal Swedish Academy
North Atlantic
Weekend Virginia forecast and local classifieds
Clear tonight with low 38 to 46. Friday brings clouds but mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the mid 70s. The Winchester area notes a hunter moon Sunday night. Classifieds include a drag note for a soda fountain job at Rhodes Drug Co, ads for Warm Morning Heaters, Shawnee Restaurant, a bake sale on October 29 for Malden Electric Co. Student education benefit.
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Virginia
Winchester
Brunset
Fi .A
Rhodes Drug Co
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James C. Hagerty
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Audley Farm
Frederick
Clarke
City
Deweys
Thomas E. Dewey
Tennation
Dewey
Southern Tire Service
Handley Campus
Lee F. Tuttle
Braddock St. Meth
Handley High Campus
Thurs
Grove Furniture Store
S. Loudoun Winchester
Malden Drive
Orion
New Shenandoah Valley Bank Director
Webber
North Cameron St
Boscawen St
Baker’s
Rebekah Lodge
Schewel Furniture CO
Charity Hospital
Lake Pontchartrain Bridge
West
Shenandoah Valley
Schowel Furniture Co
Millwood Ave
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