Five Candidates Join PTA Panel For Shaw Act Seat
Five aspirants for Freder County Board of Supervisors shared a Rob inson School PTA panel. Incumbent Charles Garber and Republican David Simpson led the exchanges while Democrat Eugene Lupton and Mrs. Jesse Clare, Donald Baughman, and Mrs. Roy A. London moderated and posed questions. Each candidate had six minutes to answer ten questions plus audience queries, with three minutes for summary, on board appointments budgets and industrial development.
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Shawact
Freder County
Jesse Clare
Donald Baughman
Eugene Lupton
Roy A. London
Sincl
Egypt Syria May Approve Unified Arab Republic Plan
Egyptian Premier Aly Sabry announced a possible United Arab Republic to be based in Cairo with four days of unity talks. The plan proposes a single flag a central military command and one nationality for all while Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser is expected to lead. the three original states would be the Egyptian Syrian and Iraqi regions.
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United Arab Republic
Cairo
Aly Sabry
U.A.R
Martins resident reports illness and a travel update
The record notes Obe Gown Crier and F. M. Straight in Martinsville area with chicken pox and mumps, plus Dwight L Funkhouser riding a horse toward California. He passed Gore and was near Dale, West Virginia, at nine this morning, Easter greetings attached.
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Martins
Dwight ‘L. Funkhouser
Here
California
Gore
Moon
Dale
Contests Grow as July Democratic Primary Looms
Voters face a busy race scene with county and state officials seeking re election. Clarke County Sheriff W W Smallwood Jr did not file for the July 9 primary while State Senator Harry F Byrd Jr seeks re election in the 23rd district. Frederick and surrounding counties see two contenders for sheriff with Robert L DeHaven and David Fahnestock. Shawnee District Board of Supervisors sees Thelma Thompson Clore and Eugene S Lupton competing alongside incumbent Charles E Garber and Republicans David G Simpson and Donald L Baughman. The Republican slate will be chosen at a party convention.
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Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
Dele
Sherif
Robert L. DeHaven
David Fahnestock
Stephenson
Fahnestock
Board of Supervisors
Shawnee
Thelma Thompson Cl
Snow Delays End of Holidays in Frederick Clarke Counties
Snow forced Frederick and Clarke counties to shorten the Thanksgiving break to one day and require students to return on Monday. Make up days are set for April 27 and a May date at Handley High School and other city schools. Archie Frye says there is no change beyond the one day.
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Frederick
Clarke County
Handley High School
Archie Frye
Snow
Contests Set for 28 Virginia Assembly Seats in Primary
Nominations for about one fifth of the Virginia General Assembly proceed as party primaries open July 9. Contests appear in at least eight Senate districts for 10 seats and in at least 12 House districts for 18 seats, mainly urban and suburban areas including Northern Virginia Richmond Norfolk Hampton Williamsburg and Roanoke. Several veteran incumbents face no opposition while major battles loom in the Richmond Henrico District with 16 candidates for eight seats.
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Associated Press
Virginia General Assembly
Senate
Virginia
Richmond
Norfolk
Hampton
Williamsburg
Roanoke
Middletown gets summer stock play franchise
A nine play summer stock season for Middletown was granted to the Lyric Theatre of Washington D C for an 11 week run at Wayside Theatre. The first show Come Blow Your Horn opens June 18 with Andrea Miller star. The lineup includes Servitude Misalliance The Drunkard Charies Aunt Bus Stop Light Up the Summer in Smoke and The Fantastics.
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Middletown
Lyric Theatre
Washington
D.C
Wayside Theatre
Andrea Miller
Mitch Miller
Broadway
Hollywood
Eugene O’neill
George Bernard Shaw
Philadelphia family recalls Thresher skipper as devoted seaman
In Philadelphia, relatives describe Lt. Cmdr. John Wesley Harvey as serious and dedicated to the sea as searchers comb the Atlantic for the missing nuclear submarine Thresher. His parents express faith and hope, noting his Penn and Navy ties and his two young sons.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Ocean
Thresher
Cmdr
John Wesley Harvey
Manning J. Harvey
Harvey
University of Pennsylvania
U.S. Naval Academy
Penn
Navy
Irene Nagorski
Academy
al Cox
Hope
William Keiler
Green Bay
Wis
Ronald D. Keiler
Aaron S. Gunter
Jacksonville
Fla
Aaron Jade Gunter
Portsmouth
N.H
Gunter
Doris Mae
Ralph E. Grafton
de Witt
N.Y
Syracuse
J.g
John G. Grafton
New London
Conn
Shepherd Jenks
John W. Harvey
Jenks
de J. Harvey
Neil D. Shafer
Groton
Benjamin
John
George Burnett
Hobbs
N.M
Clyde E. Davision
Davison
Kin of Sub's Crew Waiting Praying for Thresher Fate
Families of Thresher crew express hopeful resolve as the submarine remains missing. Statements from parents and spouses across several states reflect faith in the crew and prayers for a safe outcome amid the crisis.
Washington eyes steel price moves as talks stall
Washington lawmakers and officials monitor possible steel price boosts tied to Wheeling Steel Corp. discussions. Democratic legislators caution against punitive government action while some senators favor modest wage gains for United Steelworkers. Republican voices urge restraint amid fears of broader economic impact.
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Washington
White House
Wheeling Steel Corp
Democratic Congress
A. Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Philadelphia
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Page & Col. D
Navy Chief Declares Thresher Lost After Deep Dive
Adm. George W. Anderson announced the Thresher is lost with 129 aboard after a deep dive test 220 miles east of Cape Cod in 8,480 feet of water. An oil slick and hull renovation findings supported the conclusion, with limited survival time suggested. Marine salvage efforts and worsening weather continued as the search ended.
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Washington
George W. Anderson
Naval Operations
Recovery
Skylark
Interig
Thresher
Derson
Thresher Class
Portsmouth
N.H. Naval Yard
Anderson
Navy
Massachusetts Air National Guard
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W. W. Smallwood, Jr
Southwest Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Garland Gray
Waverly
Charles T. Moses
Appomattox
House
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Berryville
Moore
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Mathews
W. Roy Smith
Petersburg
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Harrison Mann
Kathryn Stone
William M. Winston
Howard H. Adams
Eastville
House Appropriations Committee
Thomas H. Blanton
Bowling Green
Armisted L. Boothe
Alexandria
John A. K. Dono
Church
Fairfax
Toy’ D Savage
David E. Satterfield III
Nelson Thurman
Roanoke County
Julian H. Rutherfoord Jr
Kossen Gregory
Henrico County
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Anna Kantz
Ann Arbor
Mich
Thomas C. Kantz
Marvin T. Helsius
Trout Creek
Bruno B. Helsius
Spokane
Wash
Everett B. Wiggins
Lewis Wiggins
Wiggins
Exeter
Richard C. Hall
George Willard Hall
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RFD
Charlottesville
Sperry
Ward’s
SEARS
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Grove Furniture CO
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S. Loudoun St. Winchester
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers of America
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