Two Warehouses Leveled by Fire in Kenbridge Va
Fire leveled two adjacent warehouses in Kenbridge Virginia causing about 25000 in damages. The Farmers Cooperative Fertilizer Purchases Inc and Adams-Harris Co buildings were destroyed as explosions at the fertilizer plant spread the fire to the Adams-Harris Wholesale Grocery warehouse. The blaze came within about 40 feet of the Bridgeforth Tobacco Co. as heavy rains averted further loss. Workers spotted flames at 11 p.m. shift at the fertilizer plant.
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Kenbridge
Lunenburg
Farmers Cooperative Fertilizer Purchases Inc
Adams- Harris Co
Adams-Harris
Theodore Ripberger
Bridgeforth Tobacco Co
Army drill team to perform at Handley Loudoun county game
An Army crack drill team from Ft Lesley J McNair Washington DC will present a 15 minute silent precision drill between halves of the Handley High School and Loudoun County High School football game. The team of twenty soldiers led by 1st Lt John A Moss and SFC Nicholas C DiPette features khaki uniforms and M1 rifles.
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Army
Ft. Lesley J. McNair
Washington, D. C
Handley High School
Loudoun County High School
John A. Moss
Inf
SFC
Nicholas C. DiPette
Department of the Army
George R. Schnurr
U. S. Army
WINC
County Court House
Martinsburg
W. Va
Beeswax From Busy Bees A Classic Beehive Image
A feature about bees producing beeswax beyond honey, describing how young bees work, wax flakes, and diverse uses from candles to polishes and dental impressions. The piece invites collecting a mounted color picture by Violet Moore Higgins and notes the beehive theme for tomorrow.
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Violet Moore Higgins
AP Newsfeatures
Crossword clues from a newspaper page including many entries
A reader facing a dense crossword puzzle lists across clues such as Chinese seaport sacred bull Egypt on fire unit of weight in gem stones enclosures lariat blunder container in which incense is burned summer month a small harpsichord particle languishes pungent vegetable top fished with hook and line pet race at full speed hide of a young beast rugged mountain crest arrange in line part of a door small depressions fashion tolerable at a distance nervous headache water and other scattered terms with references to old style clues and numbers indicating a large fill-in puzzle from a historical page.
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Egypt
President backs new four year Boy Scout program
President Eisenhower and other leaders endorsed the four year Onward for God and My Country program to launch January 1 1956. Scout executives from across the nation attended a week long National Training Conference at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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Eisenhower
Boy Scouts of America
W. C. Gleason
Winchester
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Michigan
America
Gleason
Shenandoah Area
Boy Scouts
Arthur A. Schuck
Harold C. Hunt
Harvard
Hazen G. Werner
Columbus
Ohio
Methodst Church
Fred Waring
Tyrone
Boy Scouts of
Sheridan Alderman Proposes Personal Donation Over City Clean-Up
Alderman Seymour Gerson, elected on an economy platform, offered to donate 10 dollars personally rather than approve a 100 dollar Morristown clean-up appropriation. The board proceeded with a 90-dollar city grant despite his no vote.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Seymour Gerson
Morristown
Gerson
Meteor Shower Shatters Counter Glass in Portsmouth
In Portsmouth Virginia a 18 inch metal object crashed through an asphalt roof and shattered the counter glass after striking near W C Vaughan who ducked. An insurance agent, mistaking it for debris from a plane, witnessed the incident and Vaughan expressed relief at surviving.
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Portsmouth
W. C. Vaughan
Aeria
Vaughan
Ford Truck Safety Features Highlight Include Lifeguard Doors
The article touts Ford trucks with Lifeguard safety options such as steel reinforced door latches and a steering column protection device. It promotes a 14-ton Model 100 express and a 6'4 ft pickup with a max GVW of 5,000 lbs. It also notes a 12-volt electrical system, cooler exhaust manifolds, and Master-Guide Power Steering on many models.
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