Gambling Trials Close Phase Two of Crackdown in Princess Anne
In Princess Anne County Circuit Court phase two of the gambling and illegal whisky crackdown concluded with two convictions and four acquittals. Jack Kane of the Surf Club Virginia Beach was cleared of leasing for gambling. Sullivan and Vincil received jail terms for roulette and blackjack operations. Several others remained at large.
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Princess Anne Court House
Princess Anne County
Jack Kane
Virginia Beach
Norfolk
Virginian - Pilot
Sen
Philip Sulivan
James Landon Vincil
Sullivan
Pine Room
Vincil
Latin Quarter
Kane
James E. Calleran
Leonard Byrd
History House
Piney Point Club
Grace Rose Walters
F. D. Ferguson
Alfred M. Miles
George Hurley
Joe Gorman
Elkin Lachman
Adenauer Emerges Grim Faced From Talks With Soviets
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer left Spiridonovka Palace grim faced after a three hour session with Soviet leaders. Foreign Minister von Brentano restated Bonn’s demand that prisoner of war issues be settled before any diplomatic relations or ambassador exchanges are considered.
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Moscow
West Germany
Russia
Heinrich von Brentani
Spiridonovka Palace
Konrad Adenauer
von Brentano
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet Union
Leonid Ilyichev
Foreign Office
Bulganin
Germany
Adenauer
Bulgaria
Kremlin
Johnson commends Byrd for disarmament subcommittee appointment
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson praised Virginia Senator Byrd as a senior statesman and announced his appointment to the Subcommittee to Study Disarmament Proposals. Johnson expressed pride in the appointment, saying Byrd combines vision with prudence and will benefit the committee. Also included are two classified lines seeking tires and well colored Jonathans and Reg Delicious apples.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Virginia
Byrd
Johnson
Senator Byrd
Parade Talks Highlight Virginia Legion Convention Agenda
Virginia Beach hosts the second day of the American Legion state convention with speakers Dr. William T. Sanger, former Gov. John S. Battle, and Mrs. Percy A. Lainson scheduled. about 1,000 members attend after opening day led by National Commander Seaborn P. Collins who urged peaceful actions by Communist nations and proposed Soviet participation in unifying Germany.
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Virginia Beach
Virginia Department of the American Legion
William T. Sanger
The
Medical College of Virginia
John S. Battle
Percy A. Lainson
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Auxiliary
Seaborn P. Collins
Collins
Soviet
Russia
Germany
East German police seek asylum in West Berlin
About 2,500 members of East Germany s Communist police force have sought asylum in West Berlin since January 1, according to West Berlin police. In one week, 109 members crossed over.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Mississippi
Duff’s
Leaders Press Eisenhower for 1956 Term Announcement
GOP state chairmen in Denver pressed President Eisenhower for an early second term declaration to aid candidates in state and national races. They anticipated a 1956 ticket with Nixon and urged Ike to run, while noting health and world conditions would shape his decision.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Washington
Ike
Leonard W. Hall
Nixon
Harriman Strong
Church Delegates Eye Budget At General Convention
Delegates to the Protestant Episcopal Church's 58th General Convention plan Monday budget consideration. The proposed budget ranges six to eight million dollars and may be among the church's largest ever. A joint session of the House of Bishops, House of Deputies and Women's Auxiliary will review it.
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Honolulu
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
House of Deputies
Womans Auxiliary
New York
Miami
Fla
Hearing Set On Pembroke Water Co Complaint
The State Corporation Commission schedules a hearing for November 15 on Pembroke Water Co after Pembroke town in Giles County contends the firm provides inadequate water at excessive rates. The town seeks fire protection and reliable supply as a public service mandate.
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Richmond
Pembroke
Giles County
Pembroke Water Co
State Corporation Commission
South End Fire Co
Kenneth Curl
All But One Winchester Schools Open for 1955 56
All Winchester Public Schools except Quarles Elementary will open on September 12 for the 1955 56 session. Quarles will open September 19. A faculty meeting at Handley Building outlined plans. new pupil registrations are complete with Sept 13 catch up. Room assignments for transfers posted in Handley Building. student assistants to help.
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Winchester
Quarles
Handley
John Kerr School
Handley School
Virginia Avenue
Play Court
West Elementary
Miss America Selection Tonight in Atlantic City
The 1956 Miss America contest nears its final judging as 11 judges prepare to select the winner from 49 contestants representing 45 states plus DC Hawaii and Canada. Top preliminary winners include Barbara Vieira Ann Campbell and Clara Faye Arnold, with talent honors going to Patricia Byrd Huddleston.
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Atlantic City
N.J
States
Chiago
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Canada
Lee Ann Meriwether
San Fransicio
Barbara Maria Vieira
Honolulu
Ann Campbell
Oklahoma City
Clara Faye Arnold
Raleigh
N.C
Patricia Byrd Huddleston
Clanton
Ala
Sandra Wirth
SETAF Formed as 5000-Strong US Force in Northern Italy
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWER EUROPE reports the organization of SETAF a 5000 man US army force to be stationed in northern Italy. Brig Gen John H Michaels will command the force which will join NATO defenses under Allied land forces Southern Europe led by Lt Gen Clemente Primieri. Exact deployment sites to be announced later.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Power Europe
SETAF
Italy
Austria
John H. Michaels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Land Forces
Europe
Clemente Primieri
Courts Defer Dock Action in Hopes Of Return to Work
Longshoremen in New York Harbor faced strikes over the weekend as courts postponed a full injunction while dock workers were urged back to their piers. Disrupted ports in Boston Providence Norfolk and Philadelphia began resuming activity as 70 ships remained idle in New York Harbor and cargo losses mounted.
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New York
Boston
Providence
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Port Newark
Bayonne
Jersey City
Hoboken
New Jersey
New York Harbor
State Supreme Court
William C. Hecht Jr
New York-New Jersey Waterfront Commission
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Ind
State Road Death Toll Rises to 566 for Year
A West Virginia steel worker died in Clifton Forge Hospital raising the Virginia highway toll to 566 for the year, 81 more than last year. The 21 year old Robert Ned Ferguson from Resoco died when his car hit a tree on U. S. 60. His companion Cecil Paul Patrick, 21, of Baltimore, survived with fractures. A Richmond caterer, Anthony P. Fahed, 41, and his wife Virginia were injured. their daughter Judy Ann, 7, unharmed. In Gordonsville, Thomas Arnette, 22, of Louisa, died after a late midnight crash on Route 15.
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West Virginia Steel
Clifton Forge
Richmond
Louisa
Robert Ned Ferguson
Resoco
W. Va
U. S. 60
Thomas Arnette
Gordonsville
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Governor and advisers wind up agency tour week in Norfolk
Gov. Stanley and a 11 member budget advisory board concluded their first week touring state agencies with stops in Norfolk at four installations. They received major budget requests from William and Mary, Eastern State Hospital, Hampton and the Virginia State School, detailing capital outlay and operating expenses. The study emphasizes a conservation budget with no new education programs and highlights salary increases already approved.
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Norfolk
Stanley
Norfolk Division of
William and Mary
Virginia State College
Virginia State Ports Authority
Virginia Truck Experiment Station
Williamsburg
College of William and Mary
Eastern State Hospital
Dean H. H. Hibbs
Ricmond Professional Institute
W&m
Hampton
Virginia State School
State
John Garland Pollard Jr
Board of Visitors’ Finance Committee
Radford Sees No Major Change in Defense Spending
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said after meeting with President Eisenhower that no large changes in defense spending are planned. He noted figures mentioned during remarks and stressed the United States remains in a strong security position despite questions raised by former President Truman.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Denver
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
United States
Pentagon
Truman
Chicago
France, Sultan Reach Agreement on Morocco Protectorate
Paris reports a general agreement with former Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef on sweeping reforms of Morocco's protectorate government and its relation to France. Drafted in Aix les Bains last month, the accord faces cabinet and parliamentary opposition as Faure seeks acceptance and the current sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa to relinquish the throne.
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Paris
France
Morocco
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Madagascar
Ben Youssef
Premier Faure
Aix Les Bains
Faure
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Malik Charms Crowd During Blackpool Illuminations Visit
Soviet Ambassador Jacob Malik toured Blackpool during the Illuminations Festival with Mrs Malik. He greeted spectators at the lights and Tower, posed for photographers, shook hands with a young fan, signed the visitors book, watched dancers, and gave a short speech wishing good festival good dancing and health.
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Blackpool
England
Jacob Malik
London
Malik
Judith Lowe
Blackpool Tower
Small Grass Fire Reported at Lamp Home
City firemen were called at 9 45 a m to 31 W Gerrard St for a small grass fire. South End and Rouss crews said the area burned was small with no damage. Cause not known but may be a spark from trash burning. Earlier, at 8 20 p m yesterday Friendship Fire Co wet down rubble at Barr's Hardware on N Cameron St after Tuesday's fire.
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John H. Lamp
W. Gerrard St
South End
Rouss
Friendship Fire Company
Barr’s Hardware
N. Cameron St
Inches of snow fall in Calgary
Nearly an inch of snow covered Calgary yesterday and overnight and melted quickly on the street surfaces. The light accumulation affected travel briefly before warming and clearing.
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Calgary
Alta
First Big Cold Front Hits Midwest
The season’s first major cold front moves from Canada into the Midwest ending a brief heat wave. Cut Bank Montana records 33 degrees as Chicago expected to fall from 95 to near 40 by Sunday morning. Eastern Iowa and southwestern Wisconsin posted 80s overnight.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Canada
Cut Bank
Mont
Mercury
Chicago
Iowa
Wisconsin
Colorado
Great Lakes
Legion Committee Clears UNESCO of Communist Charges
An American Legion special committee found UNESCO not communist and not hostile to world government, after an 18 month review. The 40,000 word report, released May 5, disputes claims of communist sympathizers and will be presented at the Miami national convention October 10 to 13.
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Washington
American Legion
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
U. N
Unesco
Americanism Commission
Legion
U. S. Commission
Miami
Fla
Seaborn Collins
Iranian buyers spark surge in German rugs in Regina trade fair
Executives at Regina’s fall International Trade Fair report Iranian buyers placing thousands of dollars in orders for modern designed German rugs. Officials say Oriental rugs have become unaffordable for many Iranians, prompting the shift to German exports.
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Regina, Sask
Iran
Duff’s
Ambassadors Reach Accord In Geneva
In Geneva the United States and Red China agreed that Americans in China may return home within a few days. Ten named Americans were to be released immediately. Talks between U S Ambassador Johnson and Chinese Ambassador Wang Ping Nan will continue, with British and Indian mediation for detentions and repatriation.
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Geneva
Red
China
U. S
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-Nan
United States
State Department
Lawrence R. Buel
Dilmas T. Kanady
Lovegren
Dorothy Midleton
Sara Perekins
Walter A. Pickett
Forest Fire Battle Near Santa Barbara Rages On
A seven mile line of battle holds a brush fire near Santa Barbara as 2,000 firefighters and 500 Marines push to contain it. If the ridge fails, 20 cattle ranches face danger. damage to the watershed tops five million dollars with 70,000 acres burned. Crews test 3,000 gallons of chemical retardant, sprayed from tanks and by airplane.
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San Francisco
Santa Barbara
California
Robert Jones
Los Padres National Forest
Alisal Guest Ranch
Nojoqui Fall State Park
Nolan O'Neal
Winchester Skies Offer Weekend Star Gazing Details
The article lists weekend celestial events in Winchester with sunrise at 6 48 am and sunset at 6 30 pm on Saturday September 19. The Moon rises Sunday at 12 37 am in Gemini with Vega prominent overhead at 7 28 pm and Saturn and Jupiter visible at specific times.
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Gemini
Vega
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Handley High Campus
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Pingley & Carper
Piccadilly
Lke
GOP
By Jack Bell
Hall
Averell Harriman
William J. Waugh
James F. Tomlinson
ILA
Bistate Agency
New York Shipping Assn
Justice Hecht
Gov. Stanley
Red China
Sultan
Legion Committee
UN Body
Winchester Skies
Saturn
Jupiter
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