Hurricane Ione Curves Away From Land Areas
Frightened residents in Puerto Rico and the Virgin and Leeward Islands relax as Hurricane Ione curves northward with 80 mph winds. Ione’s sister Hilda heads toward the Yucatan Peninsula, while warnings spread across Caribbean coasts and Cuba.
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Miami
Fila
Puerto Rico
Virgin and Leeward Islands
Ione
Atlantic
Hilda
Caribbean Sea
Yucatan Peninsula
Leeward
Virgin Islands
Cecil Gentry
Miami Weather Bureau
Connie
Diane
North Atlantic
Finnish Leaders In Soviet for Talks About Naval Base
Finnish President Paasikivi and Premier Kekkonen arrived in Moscow for talks with Soviet leaders on the Porkkala naval base. The base has been held by Russia since World War II, with Helsinki seeking its return amid easing tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet
Moscow
Juho K. Paasikivi
Urho Kekkonen
Finland
Porkkala
Helsinki
Kremlin
Red Air Force
Klementi Voroshilov
V. M. Molotov
Paasikivi
Soviet Union
Kekkonen
Auto-Truck Crash Kills 5 Near Toledo
Five Michigan youths died in a crash between a car and a truck trailer at Telegraph Road and U S 25 north of Toledo. Victims were Richard Millstead 27 and his brother Lawrence 21 both of Flint Hilda Henderson 17 Nancy Mackay 15 and William Bennett 17 of Pontiac. Truck driver Guy Bullock 44 of Kirkersville Ohio escaped with minor injuries. Police spent nearly two hours freeing bodies from wreckage.
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Toledo
Ohio
Michigan
Telegraph Road
U.S
Richard L. Millstead
Flint
Lawrence
Hilda Henderson
Nancy Mackay
William Bennett
Pontiac
Lawrence Millstead
Miss Henderson
Guy H. Bullock
Kirkersville
Sow delivers 22 pigs in illinois farm record
Illio polis Illinois Walter Beck reports Hampshire sow Susie gave birth to 22 piglets 12 in one day and 10 more five days later. He feeds the litter cow milk from a bottle as the sow cannot nurse all the young.
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Illiopolis
Ill
Walter Beck
Hampshire
Beck
Tropical Fish & Supplies
Shenandoah Ave
Dixon Promoted To Houston Store
George R. Dixon, longtime manager of the W. T. Grant store here since March 1954, is promoted to manage the new larger Houston suburban store in North Shore Village. He leaves by air Tuesday. his wife and two children will join him later. Nettie E. Jolly arrives weekend to take over here as local store manager.
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George R. Dixon
W. T. Grant
Houston
Texas
Dixon
North Shore Village
Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Kiwanis Club
Kid’s Day
Nettie E. Jolly
Greenville
N. C
Virginia Apple Harvest Underway With Good Early Demand
Harvest of Virginia’s 1955 apple crop is underway with the first of the five million bushels headed to the fresh fruit market and canneries. Demand for packed fruit is excellent, especially Red Delicious, as Grimes, Delicious, Jonathan and Stayman are in good supply while York is short. Estimates place 2.91 million bushels from Frederick and Clarke counties, about 58 percent of the statewide total. Prices announced by Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider & Vinegar Corp. include U S No 1 canners 22 inches up at 2.50 per hundredweight and 214-22 inches at 1.35.
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Doug O'Connell
Virginia
Virigiia
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Grimes
Jonathan
Stayman
York
Prederick and
Clarke
The
Horticultural Society
Staunton
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
U.S
Quiet Durand Family Homes Struck by Polio Wave
In Durand Illinois a 7 year old describes life after eight siblings contract polio. Four children are hospitalized in Rockford, including David 17 in an iron lung in critical condition, while Eddie 16 is listed not good. Parents stay in Rockford, sister Caretaker Daily Walsh helps with six uninfected siblings on the 160 acre farm. Neighbors provide aid and two churches hold prayer services as Molly Lou 1 remains under observation but free of polio.
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Keren Walsh
Rockford
Ill
David
Eddie
Miss Daily Walsh
Bernard
Tom
Molly Lou
Durand
Charlies Leonard
Rahburns welcome triplet girls in Coldwater
Mrs Rahburn 23 gives birth to triplet girls in Coldwater Michigan. Parents Charles Rahburn celebrate as they welcome three daughters. All are reported healthy. Local ads mention Corner Kitchen and cleaners nearby. Delivery jobs listed for Rhodes Drug Co. in the same issue.
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Coldwater
Mich
Charles Rahburn
Rathburn
Mississippi
Duff’s
Hershberger
Southern Tire Service
Handley High Campus
Rhodes Drug Co
Duff's
New Style Teddy Bear Aids Sleep
Three British engineers unveil a teddy bear that plugs into a socket and, with an artificial lung inflating at 10 to 12 breaths per minute, induces sleep by slowing breathing and relaxing the body. A pulsing pillow version is also offered for adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Norman Parker
Detective Burk Injured As Cruiser Gas Tank Explodes
Louisville police report detective John Burk switched on his cruiser radio and sparked gas fumes. the tank blew up cracking the rear window and buckling the trunk, burning his face slightly and blowing his hat from the window.
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Louisville
John Burk
Burk
Strike of Poultry Firm Workers Hits Winchester Branch
The Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co operatives Winchester plant saw a walkout by about 60 workers amid a Broadway Virginia strike spread to the local branch. Pickets and union officials planned a 2 p.m. meeting as 40 percent of the 150 workers remained on the job and some strikers returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co-operative
Broadway
Winchester Star
Winchester Police Department
Winchester
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Cooperative
Rockingham
Ernest W. Pettit, Jr
Amalgamated Meat Cutters’ and Butchers Workers
AFL
Albert G. Gray
Ill Bulganin Critically Halts Soviet Delegation Plans
Tass reports Premier Nikolai Bulganin is ill delaying a Soviet delegation trip. President Voroshilov told a Finnish delegation that Bulganin is too ill to receive them or attend airport arrivals, jeopardizing talks with East Germany and a Kremlin courtesy call from Urho Kekkonen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tass
Klementi Voroshilov
Juho K. Paasikivi
Urho Kekkonen
Bulgaria
Otto Grotewohl
Bulganin
Kekkonen
Kremlin
West German Cabinet Delays Action on Moscow Talks
The West German Cabinet studied the Moscow talks led by Chancellor Adenauer and postponed any formal decision. Ministers want detailed foreign office reports before approving a Bonn Parliament submission to normalize diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Germany
Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
Foreign Office
Adenauer
West Germany
Soviet Union
Carlo Schmid
Bundestag
Schmid
Salk Vaccine Plan Adopted by Virginia Health Dept
The Virginia State Health Department adopted a Salk vaccine program for children aged 5 to 9, distributing through the state system with private physicians allowed to administer to their patients. Funding from federal sources will cover purchases, with public clinics and education planned. private patients may pay for administration or receive free shots if unable to pay. Priority starts with ages 5 to 9, then 1 to 4, with private doctors supplying limited doses and reporting identifications to the health department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Health Department
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Virginia
Mason Romaine
Health Department
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
Romaine
National Foundation
Dockers Move Toward Cleanup After East Coast Strike
Dockers moved 200 million dollars worth of goods piled at the New York waterfront as a eight day strike by 30 000 longshoremen ended. The ILA praised a voluntary citizens fact finding committee while facing a contempt citation and potential 10 million dollar damages suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Longshoremen’s Assn
ILA
New York- New Jersey
New York Shipping Assn
State Supreme Court
Sh "Ping Association
Virginia and Shenandoah Valley Weather Forecast
Fair tonight with mild lows in the 50s to 60s. Friday will be fair and warmer. Shenandoah Valley expects mostly sunny highs in the mid 80s with a cool night near 56 to 60. Saturday looks generally fair with little temperature change and light winds.
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Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
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Gentry
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Allowance Grove Furniture CO
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Dead City
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Florida
Philip’s
N. Loudoun St
Ing
Grimsport
Bernard Walsh
Winchester Day Cleaners
Cammer’s Cleaners
Peoples Cleaners
Irs
Bulganin III
Nikolai Bulganin
Clarke County
Berryville
Nelson Martin
Clarke County Raritan Club
David F
East Germany
Aden~auer
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