Handley High to Stage Dreamlike Spring Pageant
A mus i cal dream across the United States will unfold on Handley High steps next Thursday afternoon. Miss Patricia Anne Godfrey will be crowned Miss Shenandoah XXXV at 3 p m before the five part pageant directed by Arthur V d Onofrio features Handley and Shenandoah College students and local dance groups in scenes from Clara Pendleton Monahan and John Kelly Robinson as children guided by the Sandman Eugene Babb through visions of Apple Land Carolina Tennessee Kentucky and more ending with America the Beautiful performed by Handley and Shenandoah College bands. Educational officials include Mrs Genevieve Anderson and Harlan Snow with Verne Collins and Patsy Jack leading dance and musical numbers.
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Nancy Pennypacker
United States
Handley High School
Arthur V. d’Onofrio
Patricia Anne Godfrey
Robert L. Wibberley
Brahms
Sandman
Eugene Babb
Cinderella
Genevieve Anderson
Dancing
Fairyland
Apple Land
Handley
Patsy Jack
Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Evva McGuigan
Land of Lakes and Prairies
Harlan Snow
Verne Collins
Shenandoah College
Johnny Appleseed
Ohio
John H. Glenn
Little Red
America
U.S. Nuclear Tests Fire Back-to-Back Across Distances
The United States conducted two nuclear tests in one day, underground in Nevada and an atmospheric detonation over the Pacific near Christmas Island. The Pacific shot, described as intermediate yield, was more powerful than 20 000 tons of TNT but less than one million, while the Nevada blast was a low-yield underground test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Nevada
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Christmas Island
Hiroshima
AEC
Soviet Union
Johnston Island
Bank of America Robbery Crew Stole 53500 in Five Minutes
Police search for two armed gunmen who robbed the Sunnyvale California branch of Bank of America of 53622. They forced staff and customers to lie on the floor and methodically filled a green tin box and beige bag with cash from tellers and the vault. The heist lasted about five minutes.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
Bank of America
Ten Year Army Veteran to Die in Gas Chamber
Clarence Ashley a 20 year Army veteran was condemned to death in San Quentin for kidnapping raping and murdering 6 year old Angie May Stewart. An all male jury sentenced him the judge will set a date on May 3. Ashley defended himself stating his actions were to spare the Army disgrace and he contemplated death by his own hand. He befriended the girl’s parents near Merced then led her to Mariposa foothills where her body was found.
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Merced
Calif
Clarence Ashley
San Quentin Prison
Anderson
S.C
Angie May Stewart
Superior Court
Gregory P. Maushart
Ashley
Angie May
San Francisco
Korea
William Stewart
Fremont Ford State Park
San Joaquin River
Mariposa Foothills
Slain Cultist as Los Angeles Riot Quelled by Police
In Los Angeles a black suited Muslim cultist was killed and four others wounded as police halted a riot near Muhammad's Mosque No. 27. Officers Tomlinson Kensie and Anderson faced head injuries and critical wounds while 19 detainees were rounded up. The sect with 3500 Southern California members is led by Elijah Muhammad and criticized by civil rights groups.
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Los Angeles
Stanley V. Kensic
Richard T. Anderson
Muhammad
Tomlinson
Central Receiving Hospital
Anderson
Kensie
Father Admits Setting Blaze That Killed Three Children
Seattle AP report says 38 year old engineer James Vincent Miller confessed to starting a fire in his home while family slept. He admitted pouring gasoline and other flammable liquids in a basement and stairwell to trap five children. Patricia 18 months David 2 and Jane 14 died. Rita Miller survived with Paula 12 and Katy 10 escaping through a second floor window.
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Seattle
Wash
James Vincent Miller
Robert Timlin
Miller
Sidep
Ailee
J. W. Fineran
Jane
Ater
Rita
Paula Miller
Ooee Katy
Couple Hurt In Wreck North Of Boyce New Jersey Pair Injured in Collision with Bread Truck
A New Jersey couple from Woodbury Mrs Wilner Pierce and her husband were passengers in a 1960 Rambler that collided with a bread truck at the Rt 340 and Powhatan Rd intersection. They received cuts and bruises and were treated by a Clarke physician. Ronald Anthony Baecher of Winchester drove a 1960 Chevrolet panel truck but did not see the Rambler. The Rambler driven by Paul Lehmann skidded and struck the truck. Damages were listed as 575 for the car and 250 for the truck.
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New Jersey
Boyce
H. K. Malbon
Wilner Pierce
Woodbury
N.J
Rt. 340
Powhatan Road
Clarke
Malbon
Ronald Anthony Baecher
Rt. 1
Winchester
Rt. 720
Paul Lehmann
Bechtelsville
113 year old woman admits fatigue after long life
Esther Purim, age 113, arrived in New York with her grandson after a winter in Miami Beach and said fatigue comes from living so long. The grandson added she was born in Russia 113 years ago.
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New York
Esther Purim
Miami Beach
Russia
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Clara P. Monahan
Robert Wibberley
John Kelly Robinson
Clara Pendleton Monahan
Thomas V. Monahan
J. Kenneth Robinson
Ing
Jack
Rayburn Hickerson
Glenn Workan
J. C. Huffman
Star Photo
National Press Photographers
Charlie Higgins
Police, Fire and Press Relations
Winchester Commonwealth
Dabney Watts
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
U.S
Pine Motor CO
Eveready
Bucky” Singhass
Antenna Work Valley TV and Radio Service CO
Chuck” Bachman
S. Loudoun St
Frank Tomlinson
Sibet 7
Siebtessche Siesbetigt
Ans
Winchester Savings & Loan
W. Boscawen
St. MO
Monroe College
Art
Piccadilly St
Ays
Frigidaire
Northern Virginia Power
Berryville
Strasburg
Front Royal
Luray
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