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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1959
Page
1
Haiti's government abruptly withdrew an arrest order for Msgr. Francois Poirie, Roman Catholic archbishop of Port au Prince, after he ignored a summons to appear at the district attorney's office. The move comes amid a widening clash between church and state in the mostly Catholic nation.
Dickie Goode, a standout James Wood athlete and UPI sophomore, loses football punting duty after a baseball injury and cast. Police actions bring Ralph Embrey home to aid his polio risked child Patricia. A Father’s misadventure with Scouts, a Pennsylvanian wagon tour, and a 1836 Philadelphia Public Ledger first edition are noted. Stamps observe Eisenhower Hawaii proclamation and other commemoratives.
In Front Royal and Washington a secret meeting discussed pulling 18 Negro students from Warren County High School for 1960 61 and transferring some to the new Bessie Jeffries School for Negroes. Federal officials NAACP and local leaders weighed possible districting and private schooling options amid the school crisis and AVCO tensions.
The Winchester Democratic Committee called a mass meeting for August 31 at 7 30 p m in the Corporation Court Room to elect a new two year committee. It endorsed State Sen H F Byrd Jr for the State Senate and E Blackburn Moore for the House of Delegates.
In Vienna, Virginia a family of three was injured and two men were jailed after a dispute over Army versus Navy led to a fight on the Fort Valley road near Blue Hole. Donald Clem and Bud Funk were arrested on felonious assault charges and held on $5,000 bond awaiting Shenandoah County Court action.
Stephen Nash the 36 year old knifer dies in the San Quentin gas chamber after a life of murder and fearsome confessions. He was convicted for two killings and tied to others across California while his case spurred a gubernatorial clemency review and calls for reforms.
President Eisenhower proclaims Hawaii the 50th state at the White House after a 56 year effort by residents. A 50 star flag will replace the 49 star banner next July 4, with a special 7 cent air mail stamp issued soon after. Governor Quinn to take oath in Honolulu and Hawaii’s delegation to be sworn in Washington Monday.
The Defense Department denied Gen. Thomas S. Power approval to publish Design for Survival while on active duty. McElroy said a commander cannot author a book on his area of responsibility. Random House had only outline and synopsis, not manuscript.
Hope diamond, last year given to the Smithsonian by a New York gem dealer, is blamed for a string of mishaps to owner James G. Todd the delivering mailman. Todd denies the curse while noting his family survived four rooms burned in a later house fire. The tale blends superstition with a medical doctor’s notice and local ads follow.
A Fisher's Hill man Omar Lester Wakeman 74 died and his wife Almeta Funk Wakeman sustained critical injuries after a truck loaded with hot asphalt collided with their pickup on Route 55 near here at 11 50 am. The other driver Laurel Mosby Huff Jr 36 of Roanoke escaped unharmed. The crash buried the pickup and rescuers freed the Wakemans. Funeral plans pending.
Washington AP reports the Labor Department says the consumer price index rose 0.3 percent in July, reaching 124.9 percent of the 1947-49 average. Food prices led the rise with broader gains across housing transportation and services.
Senator Byrd's 36th annual picnic will honor Dr. J. R. Magness of the U S Department of Agriculture. He retires this year as chief of the fruit and nut crops research branch. The event at Rosemont Orchard near Berryville Aug 29 will feature Everett Severe and L A Putnam with attendees from many states. A noon picnic lunch includes butter broiled turkey ham sandwiches Byrd apple sauce cupcakes and iced tea. Speaking starts at 1 p.m.
The House Committee on Un American Activities canceled hearings set for Oct 14 to probe communism in California schools. Subpoenas for about 60 to 70 teachers were dropped after a letter from California Teachers Assn. executive secretary Arthur Corey urged delays and questioned public disclosure of teachers names. Walter agreed to transmit teacher names to district boards for possible action, allowing boards to interrogate and report back, effectively removing the California teachers hearings from the committee schedule.
In Morristown New Jersey burglars under a 97 degree heat struck a vacant residence Thursday and carried away 31 radiators. Police are investigating but no arrests are reported.
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