Hurricane Ione Strikes NC Then Heads Northward Toward Mid Atlantic
Hurricane Ione battered coastal North Carolina with 107 mph winds and high tides as it moved inland and north. The Weather Bureau warned of continued danger with 50 to 60 mph winds over Virginia and Maryland and heavy rainfall up to four inches, locally eight inches. New Bern and Belhaven faced major flooding. power outages hit New Bern. Crops including peanuts and cotton suffered heavy damage. rescue and emergency measures were mobilized across affected counties.
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Hatteras
N. C
North Carolina
North Atlantic Seaboard
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Havelock
Cherry Point
Aurora
New Bern
Washington, D. C
Civil Air Patrol
Belhaven
Camp Lejeune
Opening Day at Quarles School Earns Quiet Vibes
About 280 elementary pupils started at Garland R. Quarles school as workmen rush to finish the building in three weeks. Principal Mrs. Robert J. McNally reports the noise and activity do not disturb the children who attend in grades one to six, with enrollment near 301 if afternoon first and second graders arrive.
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Garland R. Quarles
Robert J. McNally
Quarles
Chest Names Ten Division Heads for October Campaign
Ten division chairmen for the upcoming October Community Chest drive were announced by City Solicitation chair Charles S. Toan. Names include Paul Vance Division 4 Commercial Al Knowles Division II Government employees Dale A. Dougherty Division IV organizations J Randolph Larrick Division V professional men Marvin Gore Jr Division VI individuals J D Shockey Division VII industrial John Carr Division VIII retail J T Kremer Division IX special gifts Mrs George D Jackson Division X residential. The campaign aims to raise 42315 to cover operating costs of the Children s Home Society Negro Day Nursery Boy Scouts Girl Scouts The Salvation Army and USO.
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Paul Vance
al Knowles
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ITI
Dale A. Daugherty
J. Randolph Larrick
Marvin Gore, Jr
J. D. Shockey
John Carr
J. T. Kremer
George D. Jackson
Community Chest
Children’s Home Society
Negro Day Nursery
Boy Scouts
Girl, Scouts
Salvation Army
USO
Missionary Freed by Reds on 67th Birthday in Hong Kong
American Baptist missionary Levi A. Lovegren of Cherry Grove Oregon crossed the border to freedom on his 67th birthday. He was reunited with his wife Ida and daughter Mildred at a Hong Kong police station after nearly five years in Chinese captivity. Three Catholic priests also released after over two years held under house arrest. Lovegren said he was not tortured and that charges of spying were unfounded.
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Hong Kong
Levi A. Lovegren
Cherry Grove
Ore
United States
Geneva
China
Mr. Lovegten
Ida
Mildred
Frederick A. Gordon
Somerset
Ohio
Joseph E. Hyde
Lowell
Mass
James G. Joyce
Red Canton
Father Gordon
Father Hyde
Father Joyce
Lovegren
Chungking
Baptist Foreign Mission Society
China River
Foochow
Matsu Islands
Cock Robin
Congressman Punched Trying to Break Up Hot Dog Spat
U S congressman Charles A Boyle was punched three times while intervening in a dispute between ex convict Thoren R Gentry and his wife Dora over hot dogs. Gentry was arrested after a bullet grazed his hand when a shotgun discharged during the incident.
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Chicago
Charles A. Boyle
D-Ill
Thoren R. Gentry
Gentry
Boyle
Dora
Evangelist Hicks Sees Hungry Soviet for Gospel in Russia
Tommy Hicks returning from Russia reports Soviet people hungry for the Bible. He argues a daily Voice of America Bible broadcast would aid America and world peace more than anything else. The Ava Beauty Shoppe announces Mrs Theo Kerns as new affiliated staff. Phone 6585.
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Los Angeles
Tommy Hicks
Russia
Voice of America
America
Ava
Theo Kerns
County Man Dies In One Car Crash Near Berryville
A Clarke County man, Donald Elmer DeHaven 21, died in a one car crash on US Rt. 7 eight miles east of Berryville at 7 45 p m Saturday. The vehicle left the road struck a bank and a telephone pole causing a end over end flip. Two other passengers suffered minor injuries. DeHaven is survived by parents a sister and a son. Funeral set for tomorrow at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville. Two Winchester youths were injured in a motorcycle car collision on US Rt 11 north of Winchester treated at Memorial Hospital and released.
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Clarke County
Berryville
Donald Elmer DeHaven
Frederick County
U.S
G. T. Griffith, Jr
Smith
DeHaven
Elmer E
Virginia Pearl Carper DeHaven
Virginia Whipp
Ronald Edward DeHaven
John H. Enders
Carroll Goodridge
Mt. Hebron
Winchester
U.S. Rt. 11
Memorial Hospital
Richard
Kerr Says Farm Prices Ruin GOP Prosperity Platform
Sen Kerr of Oklahoma argues the Republican prosperity platform cannot win in 1956 while farmers face a recession. He notes Benson and Nixon acknowledge farm price issues and pledge boosts, while Kerr says the Eisenhower Benson program has left farmers with a smaller share of national income than during the Hoover era.
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Washington
Kerr D
NBC
Nixon
Wabash
Ind
United States
Kerr
Peron Signals Willingness to Quit Amid Argentine Revolt
President Juan D. Peron said he was prepared to resign and left the decision to the Argentine army. The move followed a four state revolt with rebel naval forces threatening bombardment of Buenos Aires and Eva Peron. Negotiations were asked to avert bloodshed as fighting continued around Cordoba and Puerto Belgrano amid unclear reports.
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Eva Peron
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Uruguay
Argentina
Franklin Lucere
Peron
Revolution Command
Mar del Plata
River Plate
Cordoba
Puerto Belgrano
Hurricane Hilda strikes Tampico and threatens Texas coast
Hurricane Hilda, at 125 mph, pounded Tampico Mexico with winds over 100 mph in the city and stronger gusts nearby. Communications failed, power out, and rains intensified across extreme south Texas as the storm moved inland toward the Texas coast.
Weather bulletin on hurricane near Cape Hatters Cape Hatters
The Washington Weather Bureau reports at 2 p m the hurricane stood about 75 miles west of Cape Hatters moving north at 12 to 15 mph with winds up to 100 mph. Winds will rise in the Washington area toward midnight with gusts 75 mph or stronger. Rain begins this evening, strengthens by midnight, then tapers tomorrow morning with clearing expected. Winchester area to see less wind and rain.
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Ione
Marine Air Station
Cherry Point
N. C
Middle Atlantic States
Hazel
Weather Bureau
Washington Area
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
Chespeake Bay
Cape Hatteras
Wilmington
Block Island
R. L
Chespeake
Delaware Bays
Long Island Sound
Washington Weather Bureau
Washington
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Moorehead City
North Carolina
Wolf Whistle Trial Opens In Mississippi
The trial of Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam for Emmett Till’s murder opens in Sumner Mississippi with an all white jury to be seated. Deputy sheriffs search spectators as threats against Sheriff Strider mount and officials expect a speedy, drama filled hearing.
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Sumner
Miss
Chicago
H. C. Strider
Gerald Chatham
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Bryant
Milam
Emmett Till
Money
Tallahatchie County
Mississippi
Strike at Local Poultry Plant Remains Unchanged
No new developments in the Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co operative strike as of today. A noon meeting in Washington with labor and management did not start on time, while 50 percent operations continue at the Winchester plant and Broadway Virginia plant enters its second week.
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Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co-operative
Statler
Washington
D. C
Associated Press
Albert G. Gray
Amalgamated Meat Cutters’ and Butchers Workers
Ernest W. Pettit, Jr
Winchester
Broadway
Winchester Police Department
Gray
Erratic Storm Ione Heads Toward Washington DC Area
Virginia apple growers fear substantial losses as hurricane Ione nears Washington with 60 mph gusts and 150 mile gale reach. Orchardists warn Delicious Stayman and York crops could suffer. estimates imply 25 to 30 percent picked, bruising noted from past storms.
Virginia Forecase Wind Gusts Reach Sixty mph Tonight
Rain will turn windy with gusts up to 60 mph this evening in Virginia. Rain should diminish by Tuesday forenoon with the low 60s tonight and warmer Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures today 80 high 58 low. year ago 89 high 59. Winchester skies details include sunrise five fifty seven and sunset six sixteen.
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Duff’s
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