Lonardi Named Provisional President As Argentina Rebels Grab Power
In Buenos Aires a military junta announces a peace accord after rebels oust loyalist Peronists. Eduardo Lonardi, a retired major general, is named provisional president as tanks clear diehard Peron followers from the docks and loyalty shifts unfold across the capital. Peron is aboard a Paraguayan gunboat seeking asylum.
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Eduardo Lonardi
Lonardi
Peron
Cordoba
Cord
Eduardo A. Lonardi
Jose Domingo Molina
Buenos Aires
Assembly Charts Agenda After Red China Sidetracked
United Nations brief notes the General Assembly delaying the seating issue for Red China to 1956 after a 42 to 12 vote. Chilean Jose Maza elected president. Molotov appeals for Red China amid Cold War tensions. Lodge counters for the United States.
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China
United Nations
N. Y
U. N. General Assembly
Russia
VM. Molotov
U. S
Chile
Jose Maza
Molotov
Peiping
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
United States
Dulles
Anthony Nutting
Lodge
Britain
Indonesia
Burma
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
India
Norway
Poland
Sweden
Soviet Ukraine
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Israel
Afghanistan
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Yemen
Red China
George Yeh
Fire near Coney Island leaves eight dead in four rooming houses
Wind driven blaze at Mer maid Avenue and 15th Street near the boardwalk killed eight and injured fifteen as firefighters battled flames from early morning. Authorities linked to a prior bathhouse fire seven blocks away amid hurricane Ione’s winds. A priest gave last rites to victims.
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New York
Coney Island Amusement Park
Coney Island
Mermaid Avenue
15Th Street
Brooklyn
Tractor Trailer Driver Charged With Manslaughter Near Culpeper
In Culpeper County a tractor trailer driver, Nelson Fred Lundy of Ga lax Route 3, faces involuntary manslaughter charges after a five vehicle crash on U S 29 that killed Lee F. Rosson a 35 year old garage owner his wife Margaret J Rosson 29 a schoolteacher and their son Harvey H Rosson 6. The Rosson car was rear ended by Lundy’s truck while stopped behind a school bus.
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Culpeper
Mason Green
Culpeper County
Here
U. S. 29
Lee Franklin Rosson
Brandy
Margaret Johns Rosson
Harvey Howard Rosson
Nelson Fred Lundy
Route 3
Galax
Green
Rosson
Lundy
Call Mutual OF
Omaha
Hospital & Sick
Miller’s
C. J. Rischer
Dist
Mgr
Duff’s
Break-Ins Hit Two Gasoline Firms in Frederick Area
State Police and Frederick authorities probe overnight burglaries at Gulf Oil and Shell Oil offices. About 30 dollars stolen total from both sites with 10 at Gulf and 20 at Shell plus changed cash. Gulf manager says will stop overnight petty cash after the theft. prior break-in noted August 2.
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Frederick
J. W. Detrick
Frederick County
John Hoover
Detrick
Gul? Oil Corp
Martinsburg Pike
Shell Oil Corp
U. S. Rt. 11
John D. Glover
Gulf Oil
Charlottesville Banks Offer 21 Percent Savings Interest
Charlottesville's three banks Peoples Citizens National will begin paying 21 percent interest on personal savings accounts from Oct 1. They become Virginia's first to offer 25 percent on straight savings accounts, with semi annual interest computation for the main banks and their branch offices in Elkton Louisa Crozet Scottsville Fork Union Palmyra Mineral and the University of Virginia.
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Charlottesville
Virginia
Elkton
Louisa
Crozet
Scottsville
Fork Union
Palmyra
Mineral
Univerata
Final Preparations For Frederick County Agricultural Fair
Frederick County readies its eighth Agricultural Fair opening at noon tomorrow in the Armory. Exhibits must be in place by noon with judging starting then. Livestock and poultry judges named, 4-H and FFA girls to be judged, and preparations include pens, tables, sewing dummies, freezers, rides, stalls, and electric lighting. Machinery displays sit to the east of the Armory with commercial displays and a large livestock tent prepared.
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Frederick County
J. J. Foster
Front Royal
Jack Brown
Leesburg
Carl Coiner
Woodstock
D. W. Myers
Mt. Jackson
Ben Weddle
J. C. Huffman
Berryville
R. A. Wall
Luray
E. G. Smith
Kenneth Robinson
A. L. Fry
Home Demonstration Club
Elizabeth Trainham
Harrisonburg
Farmers of America
Round Hill
Stonewall kKovsuwan
Clearbrook Fire Company
U S Advised to Reveal Size of A Bomb Stockpile
Nuclear scientist Dr. Ralph E. Lapp urged President Eisenhower to disclose America's atom bomb stockpile, saying its size could foster peace. He claimed the stockpile amounts to several tons of TNT per person and described a hydrogen bomb with force equivalent to 18 million tons of TNT.
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White Sulpher Springs
W. Va
Eisenhower
Ralph E. Lapp
Nuclear Science Service
Washington
Atom Bomb Agency
Manhattan District
Lapp
U. S. Tea Assa
Bonanza Air Force Telephone Contract Probed
The House Appropriations Committee opens an inquiry into a $2.4 billion Air Force contract with AT&T and Western Electric to build and lease a semiautomatic ground environment system. Critics say the deal bypasses Congress. the Air Force warns canceling could trigger penalties up to 2.2 billion dollars.
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Washington
Houses
Appropriations Committee
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Air Force
Congress
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Western Electric Co
Cannon
D-Mo
Joseph Campbell
Asst
Lyle Garlock
Campbell
At&t
Western Electric
Two Arrests in Virginia Poultry Strike Reported
The Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co operative plant at Broadway Virginia reported two striking workers Leo Biller Jr and Earl Combs arrested on assault charges after a night watchman complaint. The AFL Meat Cutters Union backs the strike demanding pay from 89 cents to 1.25 an hour.
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Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co-operative
Broadway
Associated Press
Harrisonburg
Poultry Packing Company
Ernest W. Pettit, Jr
Associated Press Dispatch
A. L. Strawderman
Rockingham County
Leo Biller, Jr
Earl Combs
Strawderman
Biller
Combs
AFL Meat Cutters Union
Winchester
Co-Op
Marines to Accept Teenage Enlistees Under New Reserve Plan
The Marine Corps will accept 461 to 661 teen volunteers monthly for a six month training course under a new reserve program. Recruits ages 17 to 18 must sign up before a draft notice and serve 72 years in the active reserves after training.
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Washington
Marine Corps
U S Lead in Atomic Arms Race Seen Safe Until 1960
Washington reports that U S military chiefs see a sound lead over the Soviet Union in atomic arms and long-range missiles through 1960. A White House MIT Killian study on mobilizing scientific resources for emergencies is being reviewed, with concern that post 1960 gains by the USSR could shift the balance and affect foreign policy.
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U.S
Washington
United, States
Russia
White House
State and Defense Departments
Eisenhower
James R. Killian Jr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
National Security Council
City Officials Reelected as $100000 Set For School Debt
Winchester Common Council unearthed a $100000 earmark from surplus for debt repayment on the Garland R. Quarles Elementary School. Claude B. Smalts was named Vice-Mayor and joins Lee Grant J Randolph Larrick Taylor L Barr as reelected officials.
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Winchester
Lee Grant
J. Randolph Larrick
Taylor L. Barr
Garland R. Quarles
Smalts
W. P McGuire, Jr
Grant
Larrick
Dabney W. Watts
Commonwealth's
Frederick County
Washington and Lee University
Witness Identifies Two Defendants In Murder Case
Mose Wright, a 64 year old farmer, identified J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant as the men who abducted Emmett Till on August 28. Prosecutor Gerald Chatham announced six new witnesses who place the defendants near the Tallahatchie River crime scene. Wright described the moments at his shack door and pointed to Milam in court, then identified Bryant as the second man involved.
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Sumner
Miss
Mose Wright
J. W. Milam
Sharecroper
Roy Bryant
Milam
Wright
Emmett Louis Till
Bryant
Chatham
Till
Tallahatchie
Mr. Bryant
Pinky Lee Collapses On TV Show in Hollywood
Comedian Pinky Lee, 54, collapsed on a coast-to-coast TV show in Hollywood amid reports of heart trouble. Doctors ruled out heart damage and blamed exhaustion and nervous strain. Lee was sent to his dressing room while filming continued.
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Pinky Lee
Hollywood
Lee
City OKs land use for War Memorial building in park
The Winchester Frederick County War Memorial Association wins council approval to use park land at Senseny for a community building. Bids were opened with apparent low bidder Boyd J Hamman at 82733. projected 9000 square feet includes teen recreation room four meeting rooms lounge and kitchen and director quarters with land supplied by the city. Construction to start in about 16 days after awards and funding approved.
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Winchester
Common Council
White
War Memorial Commission
Boyd J. Hamman
Aikens Construction Co
Rockville Construction Co
Rockville
Howard Shockey & Sons
Haddox & Williams
Senseny Road
Fred I. Brumback
Staunton Voters Approve 3-Floor Parking Facility
Voters approved a $375,000 bond issue for a downtown three-floor parking facility. The plan passed 1,390 to 413 and will provide space for 220 cars with entrances on three main streets.
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Staunton
Virginia Forecast Warns Fair, Cooler Tonight With Showers
The Virginia forecast calls for fair and cool conditions tonight with interior lows around 45 to 50 and coastal areas 50 to 56. Thursday brings increasing cloudiness and scattered showers in the west, with moderate temperatures. Shenandoah Valley remains fair tonight with highs near 74 to 78, while Winchester skies show similar fair conditions and temperatures.
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Shenandoah Valley
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Charles Burns
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Dead City
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Holland
Winchester Seed CO
Mississippi
Bonanza’ Air Force Telephone Company
Marines
War Memorial
Winchester Star
M.B. Clowe, JR
Jean Evans
Business and Professional Women’s Club
BPW
Fairfax County
Loudoun County
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