Nine Critically Burned In Flaming Auto Crash
A crash on U S 40 near Martinsville left nine people critically burned after a Texas family of four collided with a Melrose couple’s car and both vehicles caught fire. Passersby pulled the King family from the flames and West and his wife and two daughters were also rescued with burns.
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Martinsville
U. S. 40
Melrose
Milo Pearce
Clark County
Walter King
Thomas Adri
An West
Etha
Patsy Su
Judy Ann
Fort Worth
Tex
King
King Auto
Kings
Lucy
Grover
Nancy
Linda
James
West
Three Repossessed Singer Portable Machines for Sale
Repossessed singer portable sewing machines available for purchase to settle unpaid balances. Contact Singer Sewing Center at 26 N Loudoun MO 25116 for details and payment options.
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Singer
Singer Sewing Center
N. Loudoun
John Miller Jr Wins First Prize In Talent Show
John Miller Jr won the top prize in Clarke County High School’s combination variety and talent show held Thursday night, with about 200 attendees. Proceeds support football field lights. Ralph Alger took second in the talent portion, Jenny Lind Levi and Bonnie Lou Carlisle were third in a duet, and numerous other acts or contestants also performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John OU. Miller, Jr
Clarke County High School
Clarke County Eagles
Ralph Alger
Jenny Lind Levi
Bonnie Lou Carlisle
Betty Tharp
Alois Tinsman
Judy Payne
Jeanne Roysotn
Madeline
Man Killed When Tractor Overturns in Wythe County
William A Shelton 61 of Wythe County was killed when his tractor overturned and pinned him. Police say the accident happened about noon but the body was found only late last night.
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Sytmeville
William A Shelton
Wythe County
Two Killed in Rf 11 Auto Truck Collision
Two Pennsylvanians died when a car crossed the center line and struck a tractor trailer about eight miles south of Martinsburg West Virginia. Driver Charles Billy Fletcher 17 and Elsie Jones 36 of Oxford Pennsylvania were killed. Injured were Shirley Hamm 11 and Elizabeth Fletcher in fair condition. Truck driver Arthur Fred Ellis uninjured said he tried to stop as the car veered into his lane. Coroner ruled accidental deaths no charges against Ellis.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Here
Charles Billy Fletcher
Elsie Jones
Route 2
Oxford
City Hospital
Shirley Hamm
Elizabeth Fletcher
Fletcher
James L Fletcher
Idlewild
N. C
Winchester
Letcher
Arthur Fred Ellis
Charlotte
C. G. Powers
Ellis
Two Solenberger Sales Raise Total to $7 828 Here
Two public sales of Ansel B. Solenberger bankrupt estate brought 7 828 10. At 803 Berryville Ave about 20 farm pieces sold for 5 387, and at Shawnee Building and Loan office at Piccadilly and Braddock sts equipment sold 2 441 10. F L Largent Jr conducted both sales, noted by E T Snider Sr.
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Ansel B. Solenberger
Berryville Ave
Shawnee Building and Loan Association
Piccadilly and Braddock Srs
F. L. Largent, Jr
E. T. Snider, Sr
Mrs Rhoden Heads Berryville Auxiliary
Mrs. William Rhoden was installed as president of the Berryville Auxiliary to the Clarke County post Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Post Home. Other officers included Mrs. Charles Heare senior vice president Mrs. D C Schultz junior vice president Mrs Barbara Hamil treasurer secretary Mrs Thomas Wingst chaplain Mrs Francis Logan conductress Mrs Walter Rutherford Jr guard Miss Dorothy Logan.
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William Rhoden
Clarke County
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Charles Heare
D. C. Schultz
Barbara Hamil
Thomas Wingst
Francis Logan
Walter Rutherford, Jr
Dorothy Logan
Boyd Grayson
Winchester Auxiliary
Television Schedule Snapshot From Multiple Channels
A dense listing of daily programming across channels 4 6 5 detailing late afternoon to after midnight lineups. Programs include news sports variety shows films talk shows Westerns and theater features with notable titles and performers such as Perry Como Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Dirk Bogarde and Ford television events.
Mistaken Identifications Follow Mountain of Grief in Crash
In Mt. Pleasant Michigan a couple mourned a wife they believed dead after an auto crash. Judith Snyder survived but is critically injured while Norma Jean Barnhart, 18, died in the crash. Also killed were Buddy Lee Emery 16 and James Johnson 16 injured critically. Police later confirmed the dead and injured through fingerprints.
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MT. Pleasant
Mich
Ezra Snyder
Judith
Norma Jean Barnhart
Here
Buddy Lee Emery
James Johnson
Central Michigan
Joseph Sooke
Mt. Pleasant City
Gordon Hodges
Wealthy Briton Fined For Vile Anti Child Letters
Frederick Henry Bessemer Clark a 76 year old former businessman was fined 112 for mailing grossly offensive letters to bereaved mothers. The letters praised deaths of children and urged fewer births calling it patriotism. A judge condemned the act as the vilest crime and warned of jail if repeated. Detective Inspector Fanstone traced the sender through family history.
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Sevenoaks
England
Frederick Henry Bessemer Clark
Sir Henry Bessemer
Clark
Fay James Fanstone
Fanstone
Great Britain
Methodist Clergy Exchange Promotes College Support
Methodist ministers will exchange pulpits Sunday as part of a state program to highlight higher education in the church and to raise 1.30 per year per Methodist for college support. Locally, ministers from Braddock Street, Market Street, Montague Avenue, Round Hill, and Harrisonburg will preach at various churches, with other clergy speaking at Macedonia and Rest Church.
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United States
F. B. Oglesby
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Market Street Methodist Church
Millard Rewis
Market Street
Harrisonburg
W. C. Lockett
Braddock Street
W. C. Eastridge
Montague Avenue
Loudoun County
Roger Snider
Round Hill
J. C. Boggs
Randolph Macon Academy
Front Royal
Macedonia
J. B. Jenkins
Mount Jackson
North Frederick
Harry Renner, Jr
Francis Asbury
White Hall
Death Claims Seven Year Old Tree Climbers
NORFOLK death toll rises as two seven year olds die after tree falls. Harold Gamble of Virginia Beach died at DePaul Hospital at 4:30 a m following a Thursday night fall, and Wayne Wilson Jones died at Portsmouth Hospital on Thursday afternoon within an hour of his fall in the yard of his Portsmouth apartment.
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Norfolk
Harold Gamble
Virginia Beach
DePaul Hospital
Wayne Wilson Jones
Portsmouth
Fire at Savanna High School Forces 100 Students to Flee
About 100 students fled as a blaze destroyed Savanna High School in Savanna Illinois. Estimated damage ranged from 390000 to 590000. Two firefighters were hospitalized with burns. Police Magistrate Earle Engleking said hundreds more would have been in the building at a scheduled dance if the fire had started 30 minutes later.
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Savanna
Ill
Savanna High School
Earle Engleking
Mayor Smalts Urges Full Cooperation in Cleanup Drive
Mayor Claude B. Smalts calls for 100 percent citizen cooperation in the Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up campaign. He urges residents to work at home, work, and in neighborhoods to boost beauty and betterment, aiming to make Winchester the best community in Virginia, as sponsored by the local Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Claude B. Smalts
Winchester
Virginia
Mrs. Kemp Heads Stephens City VFW Auxiliary Officers
Mrs. Rhoda Kemp was seated as president of the Stephens City Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary during its annual installation of officers at the Middletown Fire Hall. Mrs. Boyd Grayson of the Winchester Auxiliary served as installing officer with Miss Anne Peer assisting.
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Rhoda Kemp
Stephens City
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Middletown
Boyd Grayson
Winchester Auxiliary
Anne Peer
Raymond Baker
Brannon Funk
William Dalton
Warren Holt
Lorraine Hensley
Margaret Lee
Myrtle Fox
John Gossard
Howard Cline
Grayson
Miss Peer
Jordan Leaders Meet In Amman Talks Extend
Fragmentary text shows Jordan and a Syrian delegation including President Shukri Kawally discussing regional issues from a palace setting on the west bank of the Jordan.
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West Bank of the
Jordan
Shukri Kuwaily
Egypt King Saud meet as U S fleet moves in Middle East
President Nasser conferred in Saudi Arabia with King Saud who backs Hussein amid crisis. The U S Sixth Fleet was ordered to Middle East waters after Eisenhower said Jordan’s independence matters, drawing a Soviet protest at the U N. Arkady Sobolev accused the U S of inventing a Communist threat to justify the fleet dispatch. The New York Times cited government sources on Egypt Syria and...
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Egypt
Nasser
Saudi Arabia
Saud
Hussein
U. S
Middle Eastern
Eisenhower
Jordan
U.S
United Nations
Arkady A. Sobolev
U.N. Security Council
United States
New York Times
Washington
Syria
Russia to challenge the US in Middle East moves
The Times notes Jordan crisis moves weakened opposition to King Hussein and suggests conflict risk has fallen. Washington officials predict the next Arab move will seek a face saving cover for Nasser's defeat.
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Russia
Hussein
Jordan
Times
Washington
Nasser
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Channel 6
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Pocahontas
ESSIO
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ULTRA
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Smalts
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Valley
Lovadeon
John P. Nall
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Chevrolet
Loudoun St
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America
Household Finance ‘Corporation of Winch
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Mohawk
National Live Stock and Meat Board
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Big Ten
BP Mik
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Philco Electric
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