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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1957
Page
3
Mrs. Nettie Forney stands at the Festival Ticket Sales booth in the George Washington Hotel lobby selling tickets for the thirtieth annual spring fete. Tickets are selling like hot cakes and mail orders pour in from across the country led by Pennsylvania Maryland North Carolina and Virginia buyers.
Walter Reuther said AFL-CIO could back creation of a new truck drivers union if Teamsters are expelled and cleaned up from within. He spoke as the federation's Ethical Practices Committee set a May 6 hearing on corruption charges against the Teamsters, which may limit cooperation with Senate investigators.
New Rochelle New York Tommy Manville 67 says he will wed blonde Pat Gaston 27 of Texas in two weeks. Gaston appearing in the Ziegfeld Follies in New York. Manville announced at New Rochelle Hospital during a routine checkup. His bride to be dropped by with an Easter basket. Gaston's mother first disclosed the engagement in San Antonio Texas. Manville has had 11 weddings and nine wives with two former wives twice married.
The American Oil Company will dedicate its Yorktown facility on the York River with 1500 to 2000 guests over three days. Gov. Stanley and Sen. Byrd will attend ceremonies near Yorktown and Old Point Comfort, marking the 35 million dollar, 35,000 barrel per day plant in York County.
Tyler Texas reports the trial of the NAACP over its right to operate in the state. District Judge Otis T Dunagan issued a temporary injunction October 23 after a five week hearing. The state charges include soliciting lawsuits profit making while nonprofit and political maneuvering in violation of the charter.
Mayflower II with a 32 crew sailed from Plymouth England bound for Plymouth Massachusetts after lingering in the English Channel for over a day. Skipper Alan Villiers hopes to reach Plymouth in roughly six weeks depending on Atlantic weather conditions.
A House subcommittee urges rescinding several reforms made to the Internal Revenue Service five years ago. It criticizes decentralization, annual audits of employees taxes, and interference with closing cases by the inspection service. The panel calls the reforms harmful in the long run yet praises the IRS as fundamentally sound and staffed by loyal public servants.
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