Long Receives 30-Day Bill For Guard Plane Use
The Air Force billed Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long 4251 for unauthorized use of National Guard planes. Long, who was taken to a Texas mental clinic, offered a halfhearted payment plan and joked about paying none. The flight covered 45 hours and involved Maj. Gen. Raymond Hufft among others.
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Washington
Air Force
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Long
National Guard
Galveston
Raymond Hufft
Louisiana National Guard
City Hall Doormat Size Sparks Tiny Footnote Mystery
The Down Crier notes the doormats at City Hall are under 18 inches square with ragged edges, rumored to be part of Lord Fairfax’s original mat. Middletown police debut a new 1959 sedan with a push button speedometer and full radar to catch speeders. The Soil Conservation Service plans a 4 cent soil conservation postage stamp to be issued August 26 with sale August 27 in Rapid City South Dakota.
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City Hall
Lord Fairfax
Middletown
Soil Conservation Office
Post Office Department
Soil Conservation Society of America
Rapid City
S. C
Explosion Decimates Roseburg as 11 Die and City Reels
Eight blocks suffer heavy blast damage in Roseburg Oregon after a truck carrying six tons of dynamite and ammonium nitrate bombs detonates. At least 11 killed and about 100 injured as fire and shock render large areas unsafe. Mayor Arlo Jacklin says property losses may reach 10 to 12 million dollars and rebuilding will take time.
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Roseburg
Ore
Oregon
National Guard
C. H. Babbitt
Arlo Jacklin
Gerretsen Building Supply Co
George Rutherford
Chehalis
Wash
Gerretsen
Jacklin
Park group seeks highway route change near Winchester
Members of the Rouss Park Development Committee and other supporters drafted a resolution urging the State Highway Commission to relocate the Winchester segment of the interstate. They argued the current plan would consume much of the park, and advocated moving the road farther east with civic club support. Leslie C. Lynch, a national recreation park planner, addressed the meeting at the War Memorial Building.
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Rouss Park
State Highway Commission
Winchester
War Memorial
Leslie C. Lynch
National Recreation Park
M- Lynch
William Hay
National Recreation Association
Jim Barnett
Parks and Recreation
Chhairman Samuel Preston
Steel Strike Settlement Far Away as Ever
The 25 day old steel strike shows little progress and calls grow for President Eisenhower to intervene. Negotiations resume Monday after a weekend recess as union leaders, company spokesmen, and mediators dispute recent progress reports. Senate Democrats sponsor a resolution urging the President to push a settlement, with costs exceeding a billion dollars in wages and orders.
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New York
Congress
Eisenhower
David J. McDonald
Washington
Senate Democrats
Notice for Yard Party at Payne's Chapel Aug 8
Public notice advertising a yard party at Payne's Chapel Methodist Church Rain or Shine on August 8. Contact numbers MO 2-0622 and MO 2-9595 for Chicken In the Rough Ritz-Lee Restaurant involvement.
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Payne's Chapel
Electrical Storm Halts Power and Phone Lines
A severe storm early today damaged power and telephone wires in Winchester with no other major harm reported. The Fruit Research Laboratory recorded 0.18 inches of rain by 8 a.m., bringing August total to .59 inches, as repair crews fielded numerous fuse and wire-down calls from the Berryville Pike and Martinsburg Pike areas.
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Winchester
Fruit Research Laboratory
Route 11
Town
Northern Virginia Power Company
Martinsburg Pike
Welltown Pike
Gore
Berryville Pike
C & P Telephone Company
Newest Satellite Gathers Data For Scientists
The Paddle-wheeled Explorer VI, the United States most advanced satellite, orbited Earth in a wide path and collected data to aid manned spaceflight. Launched from Cape Canaveral by a Thor Able rocket, it reached 25 950 miles peak altitude and 152 miles low orbit, completing a 12 ½ hour orbit. NASA reported all instruments tested were functioning on signals at 108.06 108.09 megacycles and an undisclosed high frequency.
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Stanley Meisler
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Missile Test Center
Earth
United States
National Astronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Gore to Head Winchester Frederick Chest Drive
Marvin F. Gore Jr a Winchester insurance man and civic leader will be general chairman of the Winchester Frederick Community Chest fall campaign Paul Terrette Chest president announced Gore active inKiwanis Chamber of Commerce Ellis Lodge Shenandoah College board of trustees and First Presbyterian Church Deacons He and his family live at 306 Maple Street funds will support eight agencies including Girl Scouts Children s Home Society Child Guidance Center Negro Day Nursery Salvation Army Boy Scouts USC and Winchester Day Nursery
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Marvin FE. Gore
Winchester - Frederick
Paul Terretta
Chest
Mr. Gore
Community Chest
Kiwanis
Winchester - Frederick County
Winchester
First Presbyterian Church
Girl Scouts
Children’s Home Society
Child Guidance Center
Negro Day Nursery
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts
USC
Winchester Day Nursery
Gore
Marian Hinkle
Baltimore
Ronald
Carol
Maple St
Eisenhower expands Europe trip plans to meet NATO leaders
President Eisenhower broadens his Western Europe swing to include talks in Paris with NATO officials and Italian Prime Minister Antonio Segni. He will visit London August 28 for talks with Harold Macmillan and Paris September 2 for a session with Charles de Gaulle. He will also confer with NATO head Joseph Luns and secretary general Paul-Henri Spaak on world issues of mutual interest.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Europe
Antonio Segni
NATO
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
London
Harold Macmillan
de Gaule
White House
James C. Hagerty
Fisenhower
Joseph M.A.H. Luns
Netherlands
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
Paul-Henri Spaak
Hagerty
Japan seeks 42 ancient Samurai swords among US wartime gains
The Japanese Artistic Sword Preservation Assn. asks Americans to return 42 of about 350000 samurai blades believed brought home after World War II. Swords from the 11th and 12th centuries fetch value based on maker inscriptions. The consulate will judge finds and reward returns, noting more swords exist in the United States than in Japan.
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New York
Japan
Japanese Artistic Sword Preservation Assn
Junzo Sato
Sato
United States
New Radar Device Aims to Track Missile Firings Across Oceans
A U S Navy led project Tepee develops a radar system to spy across oceans and report on ballistic missile launches, potentially speeding warning time to about 30 minutes. The system, still in breadboard stage, has tested at intercontinental ranges and may locate launch sites and assess Soviet rocket performance.
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Elton C. Fay Washington
U.S. Navy
William J. Thaler
Office of Naval Research and
Father
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
Thaler
Breadboard
South Atlantic
Johnston Island
Pacific
New York Times
Times
Air Force
Brent Brent, 9, Dies After Bicycle Accident
Brent child died from a head injury after a bicycle fall near 402 S Cameron St in Charlottesville road ambulance transfer to Mt Jackson. He was treated at Memorial Hospital with a rare drug from Hagerstown. Survived by parents Hugh III and Ann and siblings Hugh Johnston 12 Giles 8 Ann Markell 6. Funeral plans pending return of father from Louisiana. Capon Bridge Picnic scheduled Rain or Shine at Capon Bridge School tonight.
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Warren Crampton Brent
Charlottesville
S. Cameron St
Memorial Hospital
Hagerstown
Maryland
Mt. Jackson
Stage Miller
Baltimore
Ann and
Hugh Brent, III
Hugh Johnston Brent
Giles Weymouth Brent
Ann Markell Brent
Episcopal Church
Louisiana
Kurtz Funeral Home
Capon Bridge
Expectant Queen Returns to Balmoral for Rest
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrive at Balmoral Castle with their two children to rest before the birth of the couple's third child. The royal vacation at Balmoral is kept private as reporters watch for news of the upcoming birth. The Queen plans to stay through late October, resuming public duties afterward.
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Elizabeth II
London
Canada
Balmoral
Scotland
Balmoral Castle
Britain
Queen Victoria
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Apple price comparison shows New York Virginia parity
A USDA based calculation finds processing apple prices for 1949 to 1958 show little variation between New York and Virginia. In six of ten years New York growers earned more, but the ten year average was about three cents per cwt higher in Virginia. Virginia growers say prices often did not cover production costs.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
New York
Virginia
New York State
N.Y. Va
OLD Bethel Methodist Church
Albin
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