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/Home Daiiy of Virginia's Golden Triangle—Where Education, Agriculture and Industry Meet?3RD YEAR NO. 267 Associated Press RADFORD VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY P. M. FEBRUARY 20, 1957 Telephone Radford 2436 F^VE GENTSMurdeOfficer Says Shooting WasA Well Planned CrimeUN OffersSuez PlanNephew Working Nearby, Heard ShotA railroad detective and city police today were attempting to locate the gun that killed a 60-year-old Norfolk and Western employe last, night at the coal wharf in the NW Yards.Walter Lewis, .who had worked for the railroad for the past 30 years, was shot about 8:10 p. m. last night while a nephew was working within 50 feet.Hearing the shot, the nephew i —-----------------investigated and found Lewis [ bleeding profusely from a head j wound. He was rushed to the!Tech FacultyRad-ford Community Hospitalwhere he died an hour later.* * *W. II. II. Kennedy, NW detective, said this morning that clues to the murder were few. He termed the shooting a well planned crime. •Retreat SetFor Weekend!*i»ItBLACKSBURG — Dr. Stanley R.IT ~ . . . . - : Hooper, professor of ChristianIT WAS COLD and rammg: .. . . ... - ,♦Ko eth]Cs and dean of the graduateo Egyptir :k^Vill Allow Egypt50 PercentOn Half Of Tollsat the time of the shooting, andthe only person nearby wa3 schnol at Drew Theological Sem-Lewis’ nephe\V, a man by the binary, Madison, N. JM will lead name of Jackson. Jackson said the discussion at the annual Vir-he thought he heard someone1 gjtlja Tech FacilUy Ketreat to be-after the^eport it' ^ Hofcl Sat-By TOM IIOGE UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. UR —Secretary General Dag Hammar-skjold was expected to relay toEgypt today a four-nation plan forinterim operation of the • SuezCanal that would give Egypt atleast half the lolls.Authoritative sources said representatives of the United States, Britain, France and Norway presented the plan last night in a 30-minute meeting with Ham mar-skjold. It reportedly hinged on these two main points:s.y lt;••• V »*• «*• s*«j if»* r* -A r * nr % • - r'-^r V t Ife -t T/ i — »• • ■ -mr i. 'ft • • ■ t ■ •FIREMEN ARRIVED too late to save this Montgomery county home owned by Harold Cummings of Riner and occupied by Mr. and Mrs, R. G. Altizer. The firebroke out while the Altizers were at breakfast yesterday morning. A few clothes were saved, but that was all.(Lester Photo)Top Level Conference— *V '• j*r v*but he was unable to see anyone,” Kennedy said.Lewis' hat with a bullet hole In it,1 was found beside the body.The body was sent to Roanoke for an autopsy and recovery of the bullet, Kennedy said the type of gun used will not-be.known until a ballistics report Is received later today.The railroad detective said that Lewis had reported ..for -his regular shift of duty from 3 until 11 p.m. He drove his car iourday and Sunday (Feb. 23 and 24.)The1 weekend conference of Virginia Tech faculty members and their wives has been sponsored annually for the .past decade by the Virginia Tech YMCA, Nationally known religious or educational leaders have been brought to lead the discussion. Also to takc_ part In the program and to conduct worship services Sunday morning will be” Rev. Dr. William II. Marmlon of Roanoke, Episcopal bishop of Southwestern Virginia diocese, .Dr. Markham L. Peacock, pro-1, Dividing the canal tolls withEgypt on a 50-50 basis once the waterway is opened to shipping. Tolls would be paid to the World Bank or to the U. N.’itself. Half the mopey then would bo credited to Egypt and the other haU held until a final canal settlement fs reached.2. Use of the 103-mile canal by ships of'oil nations, including Israel.Leaders Prefer PersuasionTo Sanctions Against Israel't- .*•* **work . . md it.was found un-; lessor of English at VPI and chaiN disturbed in the parkirig ‘ lot man of the committee’making ar-where he had placed it.In the absence of a gun, suicide was discounted lmme-(Continued On Fage 6)rangements, will preside at the two-day session.As has been customary in the past, the first session will be at 4 p. m. Saturday; the second 1m-THE BRITISH . Foreign-:. Office said the world's major shipping nations had agreed to share the Suez tolls with Egypt, but London observers predicted the Egyptians would demand 10 per cent payment. .WASHINGTON.to A’ bipartisan group of Congress* top • men, apparently- aligned- solidly- against applying sanctions to Israel, went into conference with President Eisenhower today, on the turbulent Middle East situation.From the time Egypt nationalized the canal July 26 until it was blocked during the October-Novem-Thc aim of the session was to work out something short of sanctions that will get Israel troops out of occupied Egyptian areas. * * . .SEN. LYNDON JOHNSON of Texas, Democratic leader of the Sen-against sanctions included Rep. Ha.lleck (R-Ind) assistant minority leader- in the House,—and Sen:; H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ), Smith said he thinks the emphasis should be on negotiations and ..attempting to work thingsyout on a'reasonable basis.Meeting with the congressional leaders of both parties in the Cabinet room at the. White House, in addition to the President, were Vice President Nixon, • Secretary of State Dulles and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American ambassadorsenior Democratic and Republican members of the Foreign Affairs, Armed- Services and 'Appropriations committees.Only two were missing when the meeting got underway about 10 minutes later. They were' Sens. Bridges. (R-NH) and Hennings (D-Mo). Hennings hurried in a few minutes later.’« ’ * K- **Dulles declined at a news conference yesterday ferrule out possible use of sanctions. But he
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Wed, Feb 20, 1957
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