British urges lifting Soviet barriers on news and air links
British Foreign Secretary Harold Macmillan urged the Russians to drop barriers against news and radio broadcasts and to allow direct air links with Moscow. He said freeing travel and ideas is crucial, noting hopeful East-West developments but more is needed. Dulles also backs easing Iron Curtain restrictions to boost trade and exchange.
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Geneva
Harold Macmillan
Moscow
Macmillan
East
Soviet Union
U. S
State Dulles
Jackson Murder Trial Opens in Clarke Circuit Court
Wardell Jackson, 29, Negro, goes on trial for the shotgun killing of Frank McKinley Banks in Jackson’s Millwood home August 20. He pleads not guilty as jury selection ends with 12 jurors and Judge Elliott Marshall. Commonwealth's Attorney Edward McC. Williams prosecutes. defense by J. Randolph Larrick and John F. Anderson. Nine Commonwealth witnesses planned. trial underway after 2 p.m. to hear testimony.
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Berryville
Wardell Jackson
Elliott Marshall
Clarke
Frank McKinley Banks
Jackson
Millwood
W. W. Smallwood
Annie Locke
Arthur H. Edmunds
Henry Blair
Ed McDonald
Lewis F. Hart
Wm. F. Travers
Lonnie W. Levi
Marvin Longerbeam
Robert T. W
Four Return Scholar and Others Arrive From Red China
Four Americans including a Fulbright scholar returned from Red China after 42 months in prison on espionage charges. Harriet Mills of New York confessed to acts inimical to China. Rev. Armand Proulx of Lowell Massachusetts and Mrs. Nadeshda Romanoff and her daughter Irene arrived later aboard the British freighter Hanyang.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Harriet Mills
New York
China
Armand Proulx
J .T
Lowell Mass
Nadeshda Romanoff
Irene
Hanyang
Tientsin
Proulx
Red Army
Peoples Court
Retiring Dr Emmett C Stuart Sr Ends 68 Year Medical Career
Dr Emmett C Stuart Sr retires after 68 and a half years in practice dating to 1887. Born in Clarke County he studied in Martinsburg and at the University of Maryland Medical School. Memorial Hospital honors him with a silver tray and plaque on his 90th birthday.
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E. C. Stuart, SR
W. Boscawen
United States
Emmett Christopher Stuart, Sr
Baltimore
Memorial Hospital
Stuart
Clarke
Clarke County
Martinsburg
College of Physicians and Surgeons
University of Maryland Medical School
White Post
September Traffic Toll Reaches 3530, Highest in 14 Years
The National Safety Council reports September traffic deaths totaled 3530, the highest for the month in 14 years. Only September 1941 saw more fatalities, with 3746, reflecting continued growth in motor vehicle traffic. Schewel Furniture Co advertises Perfection Oil Heaters with easy terms.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Schewe: Furniture Co
Schewel Furniture CO
Bribe Reported In Income Tax Case In Virginia
FBI agent testified that a bribe of 6265 dollars was offered to Assistant U S District Attorney Richard R Ryder to influence the prosecution in a tax evasion case involving F O Brooks and Georgia C Brooks. Charles Evans Hughes 65 of Providence Forge met Ryder in a Richmond hotel and delivered 6000 dollars and 265 in cash. Georgia C Brooks and F O Brooks with Hughes are charged with conspiring to sway the case heading to a preliminary examination.
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Richmond
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S
Richard R. Ryder
Thomas E. Bishop
FBI
Charles Evans Hughes
Providence Forge
Ryder
Hughes
F. O. Brooks
Georgia C. Brooks
Federal District Court
Albert V. Bryan
Alexandria
Melvin Flegenheimer
Bishop
Brooks
Dinghes
Thoroughbred Race Horses Injured in Train Collision
Five thoroughbreds suffered serious cuts and three more had minor injuries when a Norfolk and Western freight struck a stalled horse van on a private road to Ben Venue farm in White Post. The van and horses, owned by A. I. Scott Trucking Co., were damaged, with all horses expected to recover though one race horse’s future was uncertain. The driver William Palmer of Jamaica, NY, and the incident occurred at 9 15 am as the train approached.
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Norfolk & Western
White Post
Ben Venue
Thomas F White
William Palmer
Jamaica
N. Y
A. I. Scott Trucking Co
Elmont
G. T. Griffith, Jr
White Farm
White
E. M. Kohler
Courtney Grim
Kohler
Griffith
Mr. Palmer
Groom
Wil
Princess Margaret Ends Hopes of Townsend Marriage
Princess Margaret announces from Clarence House that she will not marry Group Captain Peter Townsend. She cites church beliefs and duty to the commonwealth while noting she could renounce succession for a civil marriage. The statement says she acted alone and thanks supporters and those who prayed for her happiness.
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London
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Clarence House
Commonwealth
Townsend
Eisenhower approves plans to seek postal rate boost
President Eisenhower gave approval for Postmaster General Summerfield to request Congress next January to raise postage rates to cover a $500,000 annual deficit. The plan may target raising first class from 3 to 4 cents and air mail from 6 to 7 cents while final rates are to be determined. Summerfield noted no political discussions with the President during their 30 minute Fitzsimons Hospital meeting.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Summerfield
Congress
Republican National Committee
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
Benson
Halloween parade and Moose party set with clear weather
The town expects a chilly night with a 25 to 30 degree low for the annual Halloween parade on Loudoun Street and related events. Parking rules will be enforced, and Chief Boyd urges safe conduct as Winchester's police department handles large crowds. Ice cream cookies and soft drinks will be served at the Moose Club after the parade with pie and cracker eating contests for children.
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Order of the Moose
Gobblins
Loudoun St
Peyton
Cork Sts
Boyd
Winchester Police Department
Moose Club
Dr Groves Named Associate Editor of Plant Journal
Dr A B Groves a plant pathologist at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory has been elected associate editor of Phytopathology the international journal of the American Phytopathological Society. The Groveses recently returned from a Pacific coast trip visiting research institutions in Washington Oregon and California and relatives in Porterville and Sun Valley California.
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A. B. Groves
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
American Phytopathogical Society
Groves
Pacific Coast States
Washington
Oregon
California
Porterville
Sun Valley
Millionaire Sportsman Is Shot by His Wife
Oyster Bay, N Y authorities sought to question socialite Ann Woodward about the fatal shotgun blast that killed her husband William Woodward Jr a renowned race horse owner. Police say the shooting may have been an accident as the couple prepared for prowlers after a party and a night of heightened nerves.
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William Woodward JR
Nashua
Ann
Oyster Bay Cove
L. I
New York
Frank Gulotta
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Stuyvesant Pinnell
Nassau County Detectives
Woodward
India
Windsor
Long Island
Pinnell
Rites This Week For Plane Victims
Five people killed in a twin engine Piper Apache crash near Harrisonburg will be honored in services across the country this week. Robert Martin his wife Mable and his brother Perry all from Park View will have a triple service at Eastern Mennonite College chapel Wednesday. Elmer Berkey the pilot and owner 57 will be laid to rest in Sheridan Oregon with Mrs Berkey attending. Samuel Kaufman 27 will be buried in McAllister Pennsylvania after a service at Lindsey Funeral Home here today. The crash happened Saturday two miles north of Harrisonburg as the plane dove from a low altitude and burst into flames.
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Harrisonburg
Eastern Mennonite College Chapel
Robert Martin
Mable
Perry S. Martin
Park View
Elmer Rhodes Berkey
Sheridan
Ore
Berkey
Here
Fla
Virginia Forecast Says Clear Cool Tonight With Frost
The Virginia forecast calls for a clear and cool night with a low of 25 to 30 degrees and heavy frost in the interior. Tuesday looks fair and somewhat warmer with a high around 52 and a low near 31. Sunrise is 6:38 a.m. and last quarter moon was noted.
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Virginia
Winchester
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