Gainesboro Methodist Church Sets August Meeting
A called gathering of Gainesboro Methodist Church members will be held August 31 at 4 p.m. at the church to finalize plans for an educational room.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1957
Page
5
Toll Roads Incorporated Into Interstate Network
The Bureau of Public Roads announced 2102 miles of toll roads in 15 states were added to the 41000 mile interstate and defense highway system. Congress will decide whether to buy and toll free the roads or keep tolls under state control.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Public Roads Bureau
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Richmond-Petersburg
Richmond
Petersburg
Crippled Lufthansa Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Shannon
A Lufthansa Super Constellation with about 80 Americans aboard diverted from a transatlantic flight from Hamburg to New York and landed safely at Shannon Airport after an engine failed. Airline spokesmen said the aircraft was not in serious danger and returned on three engines.
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Shannon
Ireland
Atlantic
Lufthansa
Spy Rudolf Abel Confers With Court Appointed Lawyer
Rudolf Abel the accused Soviet spy prepares to confer with his court appointed attorney James B. Donovan at the federal house of detention. Donovan said he will seek FBI files if they may aid Abel, who is charged with stealing atomic and military secrets over nine years while posing as a Brooklyn artist. Conviction could carry death. Abel is described as a Soviet secret police colonel.
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New York
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
Federal House of Detention
James B. Donovan
Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
FBI
Abel
U.S
Soviet Union
Brooklyn
Television Schedule Snapshot 5 PM to 4 AM Listings
Channel lineups list shows and times across four stations with a mix of dramas comedies news and movies including Last of the Mohicans Masquerade Party Father Knows Best Kraft Theater Ride Into Danger This Your Life Sherlock Holmes Tonight Paar and Mellis and more, reflecting a dense mid century programming slate.
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B. Rash
Gibbons
Sam
Helen O'Connell
NBC News
Harkness
Ward
Paar
Mellis
Richmond Woman Abducted and Robbed in West End
A Richmond woman was abducted from a West End shopping center parking lot by a 17 year old white male. He forced her to drive to Byrd Park where he robbed her of 186 dollars including 180 in cash and 4 in charity money before fleeing on foot. The assailant wore a blue shirt and slacks and is described as about 5 feet 9 inches, 170 pounds with a blond crew cut.
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Richmond
Leon M. Hoffman
West End
Byrd Park
Broadway Girl Reigns Over Rockingham Fair
Miss Kathryn Lohr of Broadway the 1956 queen opened the Rockingham County Fair at enlarged fair grounds near Harrisonburg. More than 4000 attended a chicken barbecue as the high point of Chicken Day. Two pony shows drew over 300 ponies.
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Harrisonburg
Kathryn Lohr
Broadway
Rockingham County
Here
Men to Promote Canary and Gray For Next Spring
In Asheville North Carolina the Men's Apparel Clubs at its 15th annual convention adopted a motion to promote canary and gray as color choices for men next spring by manufacturers salesmen and sales representatives.
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Asheville
N. C
Organization of Manufacturers
Almond Opposes Dalton Plan in Virginia Governor Bid
Atty. Gen. J. Lindsay Almond Jr. launched his governor campaign in Suffolk Kiwanians with a sharp rejection of the Dalton plan for school assignment. He warned the locally run system would legalize integration by state law and invite mass integration and NAACP lawsuits while pledging to resist with every means.
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Suffolk
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Virginia
Almond
King’s Fork High School
Ted Dalton
North Carolina
NAACP
Canary and Gray Col or Duo Set for Spring Fashion
Dallas designer Leo Koppman says a canary and gray color combination will lead spring wear. The basic theme will debut at 28 MAC 1957 fall shows and appear in all menswear. He notes the campaign started in Texas about six months ago.
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Leo Koppman
Dallas
Tex
Koppman
Texas
Bill Extends U S Refugee Admission Amid Red Fleeing
Senate Judiciary Committee backed a immigration bill to reopen 18 565 visas from the 1953 act to admit refugees fleeing communism or persecution. It would allocate 2 500 visas to expelled Germans 1 600 to Holland refugees and 500 to Far East refugees with the rest worldwide. The measure mirrors a House version but rejects permanent residence for last fall Hungarian evacuees.
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Washington
United States
Senate Judiciary Committee
Middle East
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
E Eisenhower
West Germany
Austria
Netherlands
Holland
Far East
Refugees and Family Reunification Provisions Discussed
Lawmakers in the House and Senate debate refugee relief against persecution in the Middle East. Both bills include language to reunite families separated by immigration, aiming to bring relatives who remain abroad to the United States.
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Senate
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