Salk Polio Vaccine Found Safe and Court Hears Desegregation Pace
The Supreme Court heard arguments on ending school segregation with the 1956 term. Thurgood Marshall urged immediate integration while states urged delays. Virginia and South Carolina pressed for phased plans as Kansas and Delaware seek flexible timetables.
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Washington
P— Thurgood Marshall
Supreme Court
Marshall
High Court
Virginia
South Carolina
Kansas
Delaware
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Sailor Found Not Guilty Of Manslaughter
A U S Navy sailor, Jerry Frederick Francis, was acquitted in Clarke County Circuit Court of manslaughter in the January highway death of 5 year old Carol Ann Huff near Winchester. The jury of eleven men and one woman returned the not guilty verdict. Francis was defended by Thomas G. Scully of Winchester.
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Guy W. Shackleford
H. L. Boxwell
Richard Bromley
Edith Foley
Oscar Kaye
Hunter Fuller
Albert Thompson
James Parks
Abram Trent
Ralph Seckford
Francis
Thomas G. Scully
Winchester
Reelection bids loom in Frederick and Clarke counties
Most area county officials in Frederick County announce plans to seek reelection in November with Clarke County voters facing a single notable contest for the Commissioner of Revenue. Virginia legislators H F Byrd Jr and E Blackburn Moore seek another term while William B Claggett is not running for reelection.
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Area
Frederick County
Clarke County
Virginia
H. F. Byrd
House of Delegates
E. Blackburn Moore
Byrd
Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
Winchester
Moore
William B. Claggett
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Battletown
Claggett
the Star
Virginia road deaths rise with three day toll of twenty
Twenty people died in Virginia accidents over the past three days, pushing the year total to 185. A deadly Tuesday included a four-vehicle crash on rain slick U S Route 60 near Sprouse's Corner, killing James L. Knight and three others, including Bailey Hall and Ruth Hall. Emily Bowen, a Sweet Briar College freshman, died after a hit and run incident linked to a separate crash involving Bill Peterson and Frank Collins.
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Virginia
Old Dominion
U.S. Rt
Sprouse’s Corner
Buckingham
James L. Knight
Norfolk
Horace L. Smith Jr
Richmond
Knight
Farmville
Bailey L. Hall
Ruth A. Hall
Smith
Waters Charles Northam
Emily Bowen
Sweet Briar College
Roanoke
Miss Bowen
Bill Peterson
Hollins
Peterson
Frank Collins
Negro
Collins
Char
Dulles Faces Political Risk Over Corsi Case
Secretary of State Dulles may have made a political misstep in the Edward J. Corsi affair by firing his longtime associate in charge of speeding European immigration. The move appeared aimed at appeasing Democratic lawmakers including Rep Walter of Pennsylvania who had clashed with Corsi.
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Washington
Dulles
Edward J. Corsi
Congress
Rep
Walter
Corsi
Secretary Dulles Defends Corsi Ouster
Secretary of State Dulles labeled Edward J. Corsi’s charges as reckless after Corsi was dismissed from a State Department post. Dulles said the ouster aimed to block Corsi’s bid to run the refugee admission program in defiance of law assigning the job to W. Scott McLeod, the department’s security chief.
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Washington
Dulles
Edward J. Corsi
State Department
Corsi
Congress
Department
W. Scott McLeod
Corsi Rejects Latin America Survey Post amid Immigration Debate
Walter accuses Corsi of past ties to subversive groups. Corsi denies and blames liberal immigration policy for opposition. He will not take a substitute job offered by Dulles to study Latin American settlement of immigrants. GOP veteran Corsi faces pressure as Leonard Hall urges continued service in Eisenhower administration. Averell Harriman, NY governor, notes he offered a State Refugee Commission post earlier. aides say unsalaried. Harriman arrives from Florida criticizing the situation as outrageous.
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Ugees
Walter
Corsi
Dulles
Latin America
New York State
Leonard W. Hall
Eisenhower
Averell Harriman
New York
State Refugee Commission
Florida
Harriman
Weather Outlook for Richmond April 12 to 17
The Virginia forecast projects temperatures about 4 degrees above normal with warmer conditions Wednesday and weekend warmth returning after cooler Thursday and Friday. Showers and scattered thunderstorms are expected Wednesday and again over the weekend, totaling 1 to 1-4 inches.
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Richmond
Virginia
Resignation Sent On To Commission By Presbytery
Berryville minister Rev. William A Abbott submitted his resignation to Winchester Presbytery in protest over whether Negroes should be allowed to join the church. The commission will study the matter before deciding. The session upheld his resignation action 54 to 30 earlier, and the presbytery organizer was Rev S R Dieh. The Winchester Presbytery serves churches from Thomas West Virginia to Berryville Front Royal and Woodstock to the Potomac River.
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Berryville
William A. Abbott
Winchester
Presbytery
Mr. Abbott
Abbott
S. R. Dieh
Martinsburg
Stevenson Critiques Far Eastern Policy and Calls for Unified Stand
Adlai Stevenson denounces the Eisenhower administration’s Far East policy saying the U S risks another retreat or war. He urges a joint declaration by free nations condemning force in the Formosa Strait and seeks UN action and Russian input. Stevenson spoke via CBS NBC radio in a nationwide broadcast.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
United States
Asia
Free Nations
Formosa
China
Eisenhower
Quemoy
Matsu
Staten Island
New York
Formosa Strait
Russia
Stevenson
CBS
NBC
Friends
United Nations General Assembly
U. N
New
Clearbrook Fire Company Reelects Officers and Directors
At the annual meeting held at the fire hall, all officers were re named for the coming year. June 29 was set for the annual party and auction. Re elected officers include W. H. Lawrence Jr president Walker Bond vice president D K Russell secretary Claude Gore treasurer and William O Boden chief. Directors whose terms expired and reelected are Gore Bond Jolliffe and C Irvine Cather with others continuing. Assistant chiefs named are George Wright Russell Willey and W H Lawrence Jr. An inspection of the hall addition followed with refreshments as about 32 attended.
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Clearbrook Fire Company
W. H. Lawrence, Jr
Walker Bond
D.K. Russell
Claude Gore
William O. Boden
Mr. Gore
Mr. Bond
John Jolliffe
C. Irvine Cather
Walter Anderson
Mr. Lawrence
E. Earl Shade
Mr. Russell
Fred Duncan
Henry Kline
Mr. Boden
Grover Teets
Huyett Leight
Gordon Armel
John Smith
George Wright
Russell Willey
Washington Area Apple Blossom princesses named for Shenandoah XXVIII
Jean Stephens announced as Apple Blossom festival queen court selection director. Washington area contestants include Harrell La Place from American University representing the university, Carol Jane Fitzpatrick from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, Sally Baddeley Harmony from University of Maryland, and Marilyn Joan Tate from George Washington University as the princess from their schools, with bios noting academic honors and sorority memberships.
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Washington, D. C
Jean Stephens
Harl Ercell LaPlace
Arling
National Capital Area
Shenandoah
Monford D. Custer, Jr
Department of the Queen
Har] Ercell la Place
Aubrey E. la Place
Arlington
American University
Miss la Place
Alpha Chi Omega
Pi Delta Epsilon
National Journalistic Society
Cap and Gown
Carol Jane Fitzpatrick
G. R. Fitzpatrick
Alexandria
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Dayton
Shenandoah Conservatory
George Washington High School
Fitzpatrick
George Washington High
Sally Baddeley Harmony
University of Maryland
College Park
Marilyn Joan Tate
George Washington University
Miss Tate
Frederick W. Tate
Delta Gamma
Delphi
Snowstorm halts travel across Rockies and Great Plains
A spring snowstorm snarled travel across the Rockies and Western Plains with winds to 60 mph and heavy snowfall up to 12 inches near Kimball Nebraska. Eastern Wyoming roads were blocked, Cheyenne nearly paralyzed, and hundreds of motorists stranded while Nebraska farmers welcomed the moisture amid drought.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska Panhandle
Kimball
Neb
Cheyenne
Wyo
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Garland
Tex
Kansas
Great Lakes
Atlantic States
Virginia
Michigan
Churchill heads to Sicily for two-week holiday
London Sir Winston Churchill departs from a London airport clutching a last-minute letter from his sovereign for a two-week holiday in Sicily.
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London
Winston Churchill
Sicily
Fire Kills Mother Father And Six Children In Saratoga
A downtown business and apartment building in Saratoga Springs caught fire early today killing a mother and father and six children. More than 50 residents lived in the three story frame structure, with survivors fleeing to the street. One man was hospitalized with burns. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Abeel and their children died along with 10 year old Garry La Rue. Abeel children ranged up to age 11.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Gilbert Abeel
Garry la Rue
Abeel
Eisenhower Addresses Citadel Graduates as Apostles of Peace
President Eisenhower spoke at The Citadel in Charleston to about 10 000 graduates urging them to become apostles of peace by seeking understanding among nations. He received an honorary doctor of laws from Gen Mark W Clark while James F Byrnes watched, as he traveled from Washington for Augusta golf. The notice also promotes the Golf Driving Range open daily noon to midnight with new clubs and balls available.
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Charleston
S. C
Eisenhower
the Citadel
South Carolina Military College
Mark W. Clark
The
Citadel
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Washington
Augusta
City
Valley Pike
Joe's Ocean Cove Closed for Family Death Thursday
Joe's Ocean Cove shuts Thursday due to death in the family. Includes brief notices of spring clearance at Macy ads, bids for Apple Annual Street Sales, and Shawnee Volunteer Fire Dept meeting at 8 p.m. on Thursday April 14 with notice by secretary G. A. Helsley.
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Macy Ad
Apple
Shawnee
Salk Vaccine Priority Urged For Children
Dr. Dwight H. Murray of Napa Calif urges giving children priority for the Salk polio vaccine. He says adults are likely already immune and that financial barriers should not deny vaccine to any patient. He credits medical societies and health officials for orderly administration plans and stresses the family physician’s central role in assessing suitability and risks for children.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Dwight H. Murray
American Medical Assa
Murray
Napa
Calif
Dr. Murray
Stanley Man Charged With Arson In Forest Fires
Stanley County authorities arrested Arthur Bailey a 22 year old Stanley man and charged him with arson following the year's worst forest fire outbreak. Bailey was released on a 1500 bond. About 10 000 acres of Virginia timberland burned over the weekend with an estimated loss of 300 000 as rain dampened the threat but more rain was urged.
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Stanley
P— Page County
Arthur Bailey
Virginia
R. W. Slocum
Famed Scientist Affirms Polio Vaccine Triumph Prediction
ANN ARBOR MI Dr Thomas Francis Jr of the University of Michigan announced the Salk polio vaccine is safe effective and potent. Dr Jonas E Salk of Pittsburgh expressed near total protection and potential complete triumph over polio noting high success in tests and urging two shot schedule this year.
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Jonas E. Salk
Secretary of Welfare Hobby
Virus Research Laboratory
University of Pittsburgh
Ann Arbor, Mich
Thomas Francis Jr
University of Michigan
Pittsburgh
Francis
Beaver Drug Store Sale Starts Wednesday
Sale starts Wednesday at Beaver Drug Store, with details continued on page 2 column 3. The notice indicates a store sale event opening midweek and directs readers to the continuation for full terms.
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Beaver Drug Store
City Auto Tags Ordinance Urges Prompt City Tags Renewal
City residents must buy and display City Tags by April 15 to avoid penalties. Anyone buying State Tags after April 15 must obtain City Tags within 48 hours to comply. New City Ordinance on Auto Tags issued.
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Weather Outlook
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Washington Area
Miss Harmony
John W. Harmony
Fort Dix
N. J
Diamond
Maryland
Angel Flight
Air Force R.0.t.g
Tate
George Washington
Air Force R.O.T.C. Queen
Rockies
Western Plains
Plais
Churchill
Joe's
Ocean Cove
Salk
Taylor L. Barr
the Revenue
Winchester, Va
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