Peron Aboard Paraguayan Gunboat as Rebel Intercept Ordered
In Buenos Aires the ousted dictator Juan D. Peron reportedly boarded a Paraguayan gunboat with his aide Maj. Ignacio Ciabeta amid rebel orders to intercept the vessel and return Peron to stand trial. Ambassadors and officials debated his fate as reports said he sought asylum in Paraguay or Uruguay.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Paraguay
Palermo
Uruguay
Argentine
Juan Chavez
Ignacio Ciabeta
Asuncion
General Federation of Labor
Winchester Chest Kickoff Supper Sept 29 to Launch Drive
The Winchester Freder ick Community Chest kickoff will be Sept 29 at the George Washington Hotel with a 6 pm buffet. Howard A Holland chairs the event. parade closes the drive to raise funds for seven agencies including Girl Scouts Boy Scouts Salvation Army and more.
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Winchester-Frederick
George Washington
Frank Armstrong
Community Chest
Day Nurseries
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Children’s Home Society
Salvation Army
USC
Friends of the Community Chest
Chest
Winchester
Howard A. Holland
Charles S. Toan
All United Campaigns
Negro Day Nursery
the Salvation Army
USD
Winchester Day Nursery
Hurricane Ione veers away from Northeast coast
Hurricane Ione drifted east of the coast reducing threats to the Metropolitan Northeast. The storm caused five deaths and millions in damage in North Carolina, with Virginia largely spared. Ione weakened to 60 70 mph winds, moved far offshore, and warnings from Block Island to Provincetown eased.
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North Carolina
Virginia
Ione Passes Offshore Relieving Virginia Fruit Growers
Hurricane Ione veered out to sea after brushing North Carolina and the Washington area. Forecasters warned of gusts up to 60 mph, but by 10 am the storm was 200 miles east of Norfolk. Virginia Red Cross and city emergency crews prepared three first aid stations and mobilized food housing and clothing services.
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Ione
Norfolk
Atlantic
Connie
Diane
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Washington
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
American Red Cross
Friendship Fire Co
C. F. Shenck
Red Cross
Alexandria
Civil Aeronautics Administration Airway
Reliance
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Clarksburg
Fairmont
W. Va
Stephens City Fire Company to Hold Evening Meeting
Notice announces a regular meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in the fire hall with final plans for fire school and refreshments. Stephen Bowmman serves as president and the item appears in a local notices section.
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Stephens City Fire Company
James Bowman
U S Mulls Votes to Bar Communist China From U N
At the United Nations opening of the 10th General Assembly the United States marshals support to block any Soviet effort to seat Communist China. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. says enough votes are lined up to shelve the issue for 1955. Molotov expects productive results as the session begins.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N
United States
China
J. M. H. A. Luns
Netherlands
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
Marciano Moore Fight Postponed By Weather In New York
Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano and Archie Moore weighed 188 pounds each for their 15 round title bout at Yankee Stadium postponed to 9 45 p m tomorrow due to threatening weather While $670 000 in receipts already in hand promoters hoped to add about $150 000 More predicted perfect weather Wednesday night Marciano planned light work in mid town and past postponements in past fights were cited for context
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New York
Rocky Marciano
Archie Moore
Yankee Stadium
Jim Morris
International Boxing Club
Norris
Marciano
More
Ezzard Charles
Rocky
French Cabinet Chooses Regency for Morocco Crisis
Paris reports the French Cabinet authorized Premier Edgar Faure and Pierre July to name a three member regency for Morocco after rejecting their initial regent candidate. Two regents are anticipated from Si Bekkai and El Mokri with the third to be decided.
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Paris
France
Morocco
Edgar Faure
Pierre July
Mohammed Si Kittani Ben Hammon
Faure
July
Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin
Pasha of
Sefrou
Si Bekkai
el Mokri
Union Leader Reports No Progress in Winchster Strike Talks
Albert G. Gray of Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workers Local 393 says five hour negotiations with Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co-operative Winchester branch yielded no agreement. Strike began last Wednesday as workers seek higher pay and benefits. A further meeting is planned, Lancaster, Pa., area likely, while plant runs at 50 percent capacity as talks continue.
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Washington
Winchester
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co-operative
Albert G. Gray
Washington, D. C
Lancaster
Gray
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workers Local 393
Ernest W. Pettit, Jr
Vic Pringle
Rockingham
Jury Selected for Till Slaying Trial in Sumner Mississippi
A 12 man all white jury was seated in Sumner to try Roy Bryant and J W Milam for the murder of 14 year old Emmett Till. Mrs Mamie Bradley arrived to testify as state witness. Sheriff Strider handed her a subpoena as she sat with Negro reporters amid crowded, steamy courtroom conditions.
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Sumner, Miss
Chicago
Till
Mamie Bradley
Sumner
H. C. Strider
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Postal Department Ends Year in Red
The Post Office Department reports fiscal year 1955 ended $362.7 million in the red, an improvement of $29.2 million from 1954. Revenue was $2.3495 billion, expenses $2.7122 billion, despite a retroactive $40.3 million pay raise for workers.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Virginia Trucking Firms Sign Six-Year Union Contract
About 4 500 truck drivers and terminal workers in Virginia signed a six year contract through their union representatives. The pact retroactive to Sept 18 runs to Aug 31 1961 with wage hikes of 60 cents an hour for three years and 2 23 per hour after three years for classed drivers. It includes weekly hours reduction from 45 to 40 over three years, four weeks paid vacation after 20 years, six paid holidays, and a 1957 start for a pension program.
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Richmond
Virginia
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Virginia Freight Council
Teamsters Union
Winchester
Roanoke
Norfolk
Lee R. Brown
Trio Rescued Seven Children From Berryville House Fire
Clarke County man Harvey Owens saved his seven children from a late night blaze at their two story home near Berryville. Mrs Owens was hospitalized with their eighth child. Firemen reported total loss of the house and contents. Red Cross appeals for clothing and housing help.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Harvey Owens
Route 7
Owens
John Enders Fire Company
Mr. Owens
Ran Longerbeam
American Red Cross
Police Sweep for Kidnapped Infant in San Francisco
Nearly 300 officers conducted a house to house search across a 66 block area for 3 day old Robert J. Marcus kidnaped from Mt Zion Hospital. Dr. Sanford Marcus and his wife appeal for the infant's safe return and offer a $1000 reward for information. The woman described as a tall blonde suspected by nurse Lettie Clement.
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San Francisco
Mt. Zion Hospital
Robert J. Marcus
Sanford Marcus
Daly City
Lettie Clement
Eleanor Lorenz
George Dyer
Marcus
Frederick County Teachers Meet Tomorrow
The first fall meeting of the Frederick County Teacher's Association is set for 7 30 p m at James Wood High School. President H Denis Hoover will lead a business session to name committees for the coming year, followed by a program led by Donald Perrault and others. The social hour closes the event, organized by the personnel problems committee.
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Frederick County
Teacher's Association
James Wood High School
H. Denis Hoover
Donald Perrault
Mary Woore
W. H. Armentrout
Clementine Ward
Opal Hillyard
Jean Nixon
Reco Ware
Kathryn Watson
Ruth McNeil
George Turner
Grace Clevenger
Elizabeth Long
Duff’s
Mansfield Calls for Immediate Credit Regulation Reform
Sen. Mansfield pledges strict credit controls and even new legislation to curb rising consumer credit. He supports rules requiring one third down and 18 months to pay for major durable goods and notes wartime powers expired. Credit hit a July total of 32.9 billion amid mixed economic signals.
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Washington
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Eisenhower
Congress
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
Park Directors Meeting Near Berkeley Springs
Gov. William C. Marland will address the Assn of Southeast State Park Directors at the banquet in Cacapon State Park. The three day meeting began yesterday with talks on park operation and development. About 50 delegates from states south of the Mason-Dixon line attend. Tomorrow they will tour the 500 acre park and Lost River State Park near Wardensville.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
William C. Marland
West Virginia
Assn
Southeast
Cacapon State
National Park Service
Mason-Dixon Line
Mississippi River
Lost River State Park
Wardensville
Alleged Robbery and Rape Trio Indicted in Frederick County
A grand jury indicted three men from New York on charges of rape and armed robbery in North Carolina and Oklahoma linked cases. The trio Charles King Van Amburgh 21 Marco Roggio 19 and John Roggio 15 were identified by a North Carolina victim from photographs. Detainers will be sent to Oklahoma where they were arrested in Tulsa for another armed robbery. Five others were indicted on forgery and grand larceny charges as Frederick County opened its September term.
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Frederick County
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Commonwealth
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
W. B. Broach
Charles King van Amburgh
William
Broach
Tulsa
Paris
Illinois
Willaim Hansley
Holly Ridge
L. P. Coverstone
15 000 Homeless In Tampico Mex
MEXICO CITY Some 15 000 homeless today in storm wracked Tampico, Gulf of Mexico oil port where at least 12 were dead and 350 injured in Hurricane Hilda. Gov. Horacio Teran reported 90 percent of Tampico's buildings damaged and a state of emergency ordered. Army authorized to requisition food, shelter and transport for the stricken.
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Mexico City
Tampico
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico
Texas
Horacio Teran
Hilda
Teran
Virginia Weather Forecast for September 21 25
The east will be windy this afternoon with generally fair cooler conditions tonight and Wednesday. Highs reach 84 to 88 in the Shenandoah Valley with moderate northwest winds and lows around 56 to 66. Showers are likely Thursday and Saturday totaling about one half inch.
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Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
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