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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1955
Page
12
The death of 37 year old Frank Carlton Anderson of Arlington in a two car crash Aug. 20 raises Virginia’s 1955 highway fatality toll to 607. He died in an Arlington hospital after the Arlington crash. Last year on this date Virginia’s toll stood at 512.
East Berlin radio says East Germany and the Soviet Union signed a treaty granting East German sovereignty and ending the Soviet high commissioner. It states Soviet troops stay while Allied forces remain in West Germany, and talks covered repatriation of former prisoners of war.
In Hong Kong the first stage of repatriating 41 American civilians from Communist China nears completion as two women missionaries, Sarah Perkins 63 and Dorothy Middleton 34, are freed after four years' imprisonment. The pair, previously jailed on sabotage charges, crossed to British territory with U S officials and Red Cross observers amid reports of further exits for other Americans. Perkins and Middleton expressed relief at reaching freedom and good health despite fatigue.
In Chicago the GOP chair Leonard Hall says Eisenhower will run again and will announce plans before the August San Francisco convention. Democratic chair Paul Butler counters that Eisenhower will not run, citing unhappiness and heavy family considerations.
John D. Dingell, a Michigan Democrat who served Detroit's 15th District since taking office, died suddenly at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The 84th Congress records his death as its first.
Mrs. Eisenhower was described as in poor health and Butler recalled facing strong backlash after making the remark. The exchange underscores tensions over health disclosures in public remarks and political critique during the period.
Carthage Tenn a painter and writer with homes in New York and Paris bought a Black Angus heifer from Sen Albert Gore's inaugural production sale. Ludwig Bemelmans purchased Miss Angus amid the event.
Bemelmans, owner of an Austrian dairy farm, bought Miss Burgess from Gore’s sale for 1250. He said her kind face and pet appeal persuaded the purchase and plans to keep her at Gore’s farm while arranging a Virginia farm purchase.
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