Fire at Loudoun Street apartment injures none
Elderly occupants escaped unhurt as fire gutted the kitchen and filled rooms and the ground floor furniture store with smoke. Mrs. Nannie B. Green of 129 South Loudoun Street awakened by a stove blaze was aided by Joseph Shade who led her to safety. Fire crews confined the flames to the kitchen area and a rear enclosed porch. a cat died in the blaze. Continued on Page 13.
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Nannie B. Green
S. Loudoun St
Tank Swatz
Mr. Swartz
Green
Joseph Shade
Grove Furniture Company
Mark Armel
Red Cross Blood Drive Hits 99 Pints. Moose Club Aids
The Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 99 pints of blood on a 150 pint quota yesterday, with donor recruitment led by the Moose Club. Nearby, Francis P. Lages reports an eight inch tall Leptota Morgania mushroom found in his yard, while Linwood Newlin found a 10 inch cap toadstool in a field. William Marks notes lilacs bloom later if pruned in August, suggesting a late season display on Rt. 522 south of Winchester.
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RED Cross Bloodmobile
Moose Club
Francis P.lages
Millwood Pike
Leonard Newlin
Berryville
The
Star
Linwood Newlin
William Marks
Rt. 522
Winchester
New Radiation Study Rocket Sent Aloft
An Air Force Blue Scout rocket launched from Cape Canaveral carried a 32.8 pound radiation study payload aimed at 16 600 miles into space. The flight tested the vehicle while signaling reception from the payload and ended with a planned 34 hour descent over the south Atlantic.
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Fla
Air Force
Earth
South Atlantic
Donald A. Stine
United States
Atlantic
Argus
Kennedy Election Seen As Imperative By ADA
The Americans for Democratic Action urged Kennedy’s 1960 election as essential for strong liberal leadership. ADA rated Kennedy 100 percent liberal, with Humphrey Douglas and McNamara also high, while Byrd Robertson Russell McClellan Goldwater Thurmond scored zero on liberal issues.
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Americans For Democratic Action
John F. Kennedy
ADA
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Humphrey
Minnesota
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Illnois
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Byrd and Robertson
Virginia
Russell
Georgia
McClellan
Arkansas
Goldwater
Arizona
Thurmond
South Carolina
Pat Newlin
Betty
Winchester
Stephens City
Four youths sought in entry theft and car theft case
Police in Virginia and nearby states hunt four about 17 year old youths in a stolen black 1957 Ford two door sedan with Virginia plate 911 716. They allegedly broke into a concession stand at a park near Cork Street and sold empty beverage containers. A warrant is expected for breaking and entering. The group may be heading toward Florida.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Winchester
City Recreation Department
Cork St
Holmes McFarland
Maurice Lake
Fairfax County
Florida
Ike to press revised Open Skies plan at UN address
President Eisenhower will challenge the Soviet Union with a revised Open Skies proposal and offer aid to emerging African nations when he speaks to the U N General Assembly. Diplomatic sources say the plan mirrors what he would have proposed in Paris and may seek United Nations supervision of reconnaissance flights. He is also to repeat calls for shutting plants producing fissionable materials for war, including a plan to exchange 33 tons of U 235 for peaceful use if Moscow agrees.
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N.Y
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Soviet Union
Africa
U.N. General Assembly
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Geneva
U.N
United States
U.S.S.R
Board Seen Turning Down Applications for Handley High
A State Pupil Placement Board official said the board will likely reject Negro applications to attend Handley High School due to late filing. The three applicants date from September 7, with two seniors from Winchester and a tenth grader from Frederick County. The Winchester School Board referred the case to the state board and suggested placement at the Douglas School, the local Negro school.
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Associated Press
B. S. Hilton
Hopewell
Winchester
Handley
Frederick County
Winchester School Board
Douglas School
Nixon Pictures Rival Naive About the Communist Mind
Vice President Richard Nixon campaigns in Michigan framing his Democratic rival Kennedy as naive about the Communist mind and beholden to big labor. He markets a Labor Day pledge opposing rigid labor group alignment while urging unity for all Americans amid a pivotal swing through Mount Clemens Flint Saginaw Bay City and New York with Khrushchev as a feared backdrop.
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GOP
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Nikita Khrushchev
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New York
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Massachusetts
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Saginaw
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Bay City
Detroit
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Eisenhower
Eisenhower to Stay Overnight in New York for UN Session
President Eisenhower will remain in New York overnight to meet with some government leaders attending the United Nations General Assembly. No Khrushchev meeting was indicated, and Fidel Castro was not invited to the Latin American luncheon at the U.S. Embassy’s Waldorf Astoria venue.
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Eisenhower
New York
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White House
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James C. Hagerty
United Natins
Khrushchev
Eisenower
Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
Castro
United States
United Nations
Waldorf-Astoria
Hagerty
Gamel Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
N.Y
Nikitai S. Khrushchev
U.N. General Assembly
Africa
Amtorg
Soviet Trading Corporation
U.N. Assembly
Harlem
Tito
Yugoslavia
U.N
Cuba
Republic
U.S
James J. Wadsworth
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Congo Soldiers Oust Lumumba Officials Again
Steel-helmeted Congolese soldiers seized key government offices and Leopoldville radio station in a renewed crackdown on Lumumba supporters. Mobutu tightened control, expelling Lumumba officials and placing the Technical Commission in charge until year end. Security operations surrounded the National Security Police while Lumumba and his aides remained under U.N. protection.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Leopoldville
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
Lumumba
Mobutu
Thysville
National Security Police
Avenue Lippens
U.N. Ghana
Charles Muzungu
Premier Khrushchev attends U.N. Assembly amid security warnings
Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives at the United Nations General Assembly as Amtorg warns of a possible assassination attempt. Police inspect newsmen gear while Castro Tito and other leaders mobilize for Africa and disarmament talks.
Kennedy Says Next President Must Act First and Fast
Sen. John F. Kennedy says the next president must act first and fast to strengthen peace and confront Khrushchev, urging a proactive program including nuclear and conventional forces, while opposing a moratorium on talking about American strength. He spoke at a Democratic rally amid calls for timely action against Soviet threats.
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Khrushchev
United Nations General Assembly
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