China frees third American from Communist China
Lawrence R. Buol, 34, an ex CIA transport officer, crossed the border to freedom as part of a staged release of 10 Americans promised by Beijing. Buol said confinement was morally harsh though physically tolerable. His wife Sue embraced him upon reunion, while an Italian bishop ferroni weakened from captivity was carried across the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Lawrence R. Buel
Buol
Civil Air Transport
Bud
Sue
Alphonse Ferroni
Shumchun River
Ferroni
Red China
Hankow
Rangoon
Burma
Ma Hla Kyi
Maung Nyein Maung
Romeo
Apple Tree Blooms On Front Royal Rd
An apple tree owned by Melvin Spitier on Front Royal Road has bloomed early, with apples recently picked though the variety is unknown. The tree has produced more blooms last spring, but this year only about half as many appear. Neighboring trees bloom normally and Mr Spitler plans to watch for apples next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Spitier
Front Royal Road
Mr. Spitier
Mr. Spitler
Shirkey’s
Sunnyside
House of Good Food
Southern Tire Service
Handley High Campus
Florida
Duff's
Tropical Fish &Supplies
Shenandoah Ave
Company Denies It Condoned Incidents In Rockingham Strike
Union official accuses Rockingham Poultry Cooperative of condoning attacks on striking workers. Police report nine warrants for assault and property damage. Company denies backing violence and calls for peaceful operation. A Sunday meeting between union and company leaders is planned in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockingham
Ernest W. Pettit, Jr
Broadway
Winchester Police Department
Gray
The
Star
AFL Decertified by Virginia Trucking Firm Vote
Wilson Trucking Corp. president C. G. Wilson said 86 percent of 106 drivers, mechanics and platform men voted to decertify the American Federation of Labor Teamsters Union as their bargaining agent. The union had represented workers at Waynesboro and nearby terminals for 12 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert G. Gray
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers
Local 393
AFL
The
Star
Rockingham
Poultry-Packing Company
Waynesboro
Virginia
Wilson Trucking Corp
American Federation of Labor Teamster
C. G. Wilson
Lynchburg
Charlottesville
Orange
Culpeper
Staunton
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Duff’s
Loyalist forces claim two rebel strongholds taken in Argentina
In predawn battles loyalist troops under President Peron said they crushed two major rebel strongholds and approached a third. Key seizes included the Rio Santiago naval base while Cordoba and Puerto Belgrano remained contested as reinforcements arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Peron
Argentina
Rio Santiago
Cordoba
Santa Fe
Puerto Belgrano
Bahia Blanca
Punta Alta
Puerto Elgrano
Franklin Lucero
Lucero
Local Processor To Begin Receiving York Imperial Apples
Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar Corp will start accepting York Imperial apples for slicing next Wednesday September 21 at 7 pm Prices apply per hundredweight with U S No 1 and No 2 canners and cider grades listed The firm cites rains justifying a premium for larger fruit and notes apples must be worm free decay free and meet canner specs Purchased on Federal State inspection and cost increases force price rise J P Arthur manager comments in a letter to growers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
U. S
J. P. Arthur
Southeast Coast Under Formal Hurricane Alert
The Weather Bureau issued a formal hurricane alert for the southeastern coast from Melbourne, Florida to North Carolina as Hurricane Ione moves northwestward with winds exceeding 100 mph. A Dutch freighter reported hurricane-force winds near the storm while the Red Cross and Jacksonville operations prepared for possible strikes, recalling the path of Hurricane Connie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Melbourne
North Carolina
Ione
Atlantic
Cecil Gentry
Miami Weather Bureau
Gentry
Amstel Kroon
American Red Cross
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Connie
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Physical Fitness Conference Called by Ike
President Eisenhower invites 139 sports figures educators and leaders to a Sept 27 28 conference in Denver to boost youth athletic participation. He cites juvenile delinquency and failing to meet selective service standards as urging concerns. Vice President Nixon will preside with Eisenhower to receive recommendations and speak at a closing dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Eisenhower
Nixon
Hisenhower
Bank merger approved in Lynchburg by stockholders
Stockholders of First National Bank and Lynchburg Trust and Savings Bank approved a merger, following earlier recommendations from both boards this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
First National Bank
Lynchburg Trust and Savings Bank
Bulganin and Khrushchev Attend East German Talks in Moscow
In Moscow the Soviet Union and East Germany opened negotiations in the Kremlin with Premier Bulganin and Communist Party chief Khrushchev present. I G Kablanov attended, amid speculation on German prisoners and reunification. Tass reported Bulganin ill but recovering, though he attended the reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
East Germany
Kremlin
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
I. G. Kabanov
Konrad Adenautz
West Germany
Bulganin
Tass
U.S
Ringling Circus Crew Expected to Catch Runaway Elephant Vicki
A Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey elephant crew arrives in Charlotte to capture 6 year old Indian elephant Vicki. Louise Reed, head trainer, flies in from California via Sarasota, planning to catch Vicki with kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Ringling Bros
Ang Barnum and Bailey Circus
Vicki
Louise Reed
California
Sarasota
Fla
Ringling
Reed
Soviet to Return Porkkala Base to Finland
Premier Bulganin announced Moscow will return the Porkkala naval base near Helsinki after a 50 year lease dating from 1944. Finnish leaders Paasikivi and Kekkonen welcomed the move as part of improving Soviet Finnish relations and a possible extension of the 1948 friendship treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Bulganin
Soviet Union
Porkkala
Helsinki
Finland
Gulf of Finland
Hango
Baltic
Porkkkala
Juho K. Paasikivi
Urho Kekkonen
Kekonen
Kremlin
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Kekkonen
Late Heat Wave Seen Continuing Across Midwest
The Associated Press reports a continued late summer heat wave across the middle of the country with highs reaching 90s and 100s. Readings included Hill City Kansas 100, Sioux City Iowa 97, Chicago 92 marking a record 43rd day with 90 or higher. Cooler spots ranged from 30 in Fraser Colorado to 60s in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Rain fell in scattered areas including Duluth Minnesota which had the heaviest rainfall at 2.02 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Hill City
Kaw
Sioux City
Iowa
Chicago
Texas
Wisconsin
Gulf Coast States
Nebraska
Minnesota
Gila Bend
Ariz
Fraser
Colo
Rockies
New England
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Atlantic States
Northwest
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Duluth
Minn
Virginia Chiefs Name Boyd First Vice President
J. Thomas Boyd of Winchester was elected first vice president of the Virginia Assn. of Chiefs of Police at its 30th annual convention in Hampton. R. F. Craft of Clifton Forge was chosen president as the group backed stronger state laws on extradition drugs and hit-and-run driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Thomas Boyd
Winchester
Virginia Assn. of Chiefs of Police
Hampton
R. F. Craft
Clifton Forge
Corner Kitchen Home Cooked Meals Advertised
An ad promotes the Corner Kitchen offering evening meals in a colonial dining room supervised by Mrs. Hershberger. It highlights home cooked food and positions the cafe as the best coffee east of the Mississippi and better on the other side, inviting local home folks to dine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Duff’s
Six Killed En Route To Football Game
A truck and a car collided twelve miles north of Graham Texas killing six people en route to a high school football game. Victims from Breckenridge Texas were Fred Masters and Mrs Masters L L Brown and Mrs Brown Walton Cozart 14 Clifton Hodges 10. The truck driver R D Mangrum Jr of Irving Texas survived with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Tex
Fred Masters
Irving, Tex
Here
Firemen Parade Climax of Berryville Fall Festival
Thousands crowded Berryville to see the mile long Firemen’s Parade led by U. S. Senator Byrd as grand marshal. The 64 unit procession included bands, fire apparatus and local clubs with Rep. Burr Harrison and Delegate E. Blackburn Moore along. The reviewing stand on Main Street hosted judges and a dazzling Struttettes performance before today’s fair contests and riding club events closed the two day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Winchester
Clarke County
U. S
Henry Flood Byrd
Norfolk and Western Railway
Clarke County High School
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Byrd
Burr P. Harrison
House of Delegates
E. Blackburn Moore
Roy O. Locke
Locke
Rep. Harrison
Moore
Main Street
Church Street
Bugle Corps
Opequon Riding Club
Washington
Eddie Joyce
Morris H. Clark
Fire Department
Charles Wolz
Naval Reserve
Albert B. Farrell
Sen. Byrd
Rep
Harrison
Annandale
Fairfax County
Charlotte Merriman
Frederick County
Virginia Forecast: Cloudy Skies and Showers Possible
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Sunday with a chance of showers in the south on Sunday. Lows tonight 60-68, 55-60 in the mountains. Cooler in the southwest Sunday. Mostly cloudy with some sunshine and highs in the middle to upper 80s today. Partly cloudy tonight around 60. Sunday remains rather cloudy with highs 80-85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
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China
Tokyop Red
Peiping Radio Today
United States
Stockton
Calif
Reds
Front Royal Rd
Dead City
County
Mr. Gray
Pettit
Statler
D. C
Albert Nufer
State Department
Kaiser
Curuzu-Cuatia
Entre Rios Province
Winchester Day Cleaners
Cammer’s Cleaners
Peoples Cleaners
Southeastern Coast
Carolinas
Ike
Harry Flood Byrd
Winchester Star
Barbara Ballenger
Gail Levi
Russia
Associated Press
Boyd
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Shenandoah Valley
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