Agreement Reached On Civil Rights Bill After Deadlock
Congress and both parties announce a compromise to pass a civil rights bill next week. The plan preserves jury trials in some cases, adds a civil contempt route, and limits penalties to six months in jail or a thousand dollars fine. The measure includes a federal court injunction tool and news protection for evidence from closed sessions.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
House Rules Committee
Howard Smith
D-Va
House
Sesson
Cvil Rights Investigating Commission
Department of Justice
Army trims divisions as defense budget tightens
The Army announced the deactivation of an additional division and elimination of 18 anti aircraft battalions. Plans include a 15,000 civilian payroll cut and 14 depots closed as part of a broader effort to meet a 38 billion dollar military spending ceiling. Overall manpower to drop about 100,000 from a total near 2.8 million, with 53,000 civilian jobs cut and hiring frozen pending a new civilian workforce cap.
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Wilson
Girard to Be Handed Over To Japs Monday
Maebashi Japan Major escort to court for trial on charges of fatally shooting a Japanese shell picker. Girard, 22, from Ottawa Illinois, will be handed to Japanese authorities outside the Maebashi district courthouse around 9 am. Army guards and an interpreter will accompany him with Maj Stan Levin as personal adviser.
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Maebashi
Japan
GI William
Girard
Ottawa
U.S
Army
Stanley Levin
Hollywood
Calif
Community Event at Round Hill Center by Methodist Church
An evening event is planned Saturday August 24 at 5 p.m. at Round Hill Community Center hosted by Round Hill Methodist Church. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early for seating and information.
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Round Hill
Round Hill Methodist Church
Closing Vacation Notice and Fruit Sale Advertisement
Aue announces vacation closing from August 26 to September Gen Lee Beauty Shoppe and a one week sale featuring tree opened nectarines and peaches. Also offers Aco Damsons and Stanley prunes by L. O. Dick Estate, Clearbrook Virginia. Prices: you pick or we pick for peaches at $1.50 per bushel and $2 per bushel.
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Gen-Lee Beauty
South Haven
Elberta
Hale
A’co
Damsons & Stanley Prunes
L. O. Dick
Clearbrook
Virginia
Tragic Quarry Tragedy Claims Gurnsey Sisters
Three sisters Nancy ten Ruthie nine and Theresa eight were found dead in an abandoned quarry near Dixon Illinois after a 22 day search. Rescue workers uncovered the bodies about 35 feet below the rim as rain-soaked clay slowed recovery efforts.
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Dixon II
Gurnsey Sisters
Nancy
Ruthie
Theresa
Rock River Valley
Henderson Will Study Possible Mid East Moves
Veteran diplomat Lou Henderson heads to the Middle East to assess how the United States can counter Soviet influence in Syria. State Department officials say Syria is not yet a Soviet satellite though pro Soviet officers hold power. Henderson will visit Ankara and likely other Middle East states to confer with leaders including Adnan Menderes King Hussein and King Faisal about Middle East developments and U S response.
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Washington
Lou Henderson
Middle East
United States
Syria
State Department
Moscow Henderson
Department
Turkey
Henderson
Ankara
Adnan Menderes
Hussein
Jordan
Faisal
Iraqih
Pess
Lincoln White
U. S
White
Egypt
Two Are Killed In Valley Crash Toll Hits 550
A Shenandoah Valley double fatality and four south of the region raised Virginia 1957 traffic deaths to 550, with Bernard Mundy 32 and Doris Robinson 24 of Elkton died at 3 15 a m in a single vehicle crash on Route 340 near Shenandoah Rockingham County. The car owned by Charles Herring of Elkton carried only the two. investigation by State Trooper J R Pailes noted the vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree after a sequence of lanes. driver unclear.
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Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
North Carolina
Bernard Carlton Mundy
Rt. 3
Elkton
Doris Becks Robinson
Rt. 1
Rt. 340
Shenandoah
Rockingham County
Mundy
Jones Photography Notice and Local Business Updates
Out of town for Aug 26 27 with notices in the paper. Shirkey's Sunnyside offers Sunday dinner from 11 am to 9 pm. Rush Studio and Elsie Kay Shoppe advertise remaining articles from an annual sale with special pricing. Closed for vacation Aug 26 through Sept 2.
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Shirkey’s
Sunnyside
RUSH
Elsie-Kay Shoppe
S. Braddock St
Virginia drought aid denied by White House
The White House declined Virginia's plea for major disaster drought relief citing insufficient severity. Gov Stanley’s request for 23 counties as disaster areas followed similar actions granting aid to five North Carolina counties. Local officials criticized the decision while federal agencies offered other drought support programs.
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Washington
White House
Statley
Virginia
Maryland
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Stanley
Department of Agriculture
Adams
Civil Defense Administration
Department of Agriculture and
Richmond
Parke C. Brinkley
Brinkley
Agriculture Department
Robert Hall
USDA
Fairfax
Prince William
Louisa
Powhatan
Amelia
Cumberland
Hanover
King William
Orange
Caroline
King and Queen
Fluvanna
Mecklenburg
Fauquier
Clarke
Nottoway
Albemarle
Norfolk
Lunenburg
Loudoun
New Kent
Greene
Charlotte
Pentagon admits millions in supplies mishandled at bases
A Senate subcommittee reported large surpluses and mismanaged records at bases in Newfoundland Labrador and Greenland. The Pentagon said corrective actions are in place and investigators found six million dollars of excess supplies shipped back from Harmon Air Force Base with millions more awaiting identification and return.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Pentagon Today
Newfoundland
Labrador
Greenland
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
E. Perkins McGuire
McClellan
McGuire
Harmon Air Force Base
Harmon
United States
Pentagon
Northeast Air Command
Ernest
Hoffa Returns to Union Duties After Denunciation
James R. Hoffa, a Teamsters vice president, was reinstated to union work after Senate prober McClellan denounced him as a disgrace to trade unionism and listed 48 misconduct acts. Hoffa, dismissed from the witness stand, flew to Detroit and joined negotiators in a labor dispute settled after six days of newspaper strikes.
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G. Milton Kelly
Washington
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Senate
Hoffa
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Detroit
Senate Committee
New York
Johnny Dio
Drowning in Virginia Pond Claims 8-Year-Old Girl
Abbie Gale Clay eight drowned in a Scottsburg area fish pond after she and sister Ruby Jane ten drifted out in a boat. Ruby Jane hastened to Falkland Plantation home to raise alarm. Halifax County life saving crew recovered the body.
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Scottsburg
Abbie Gale Clay
Ruby Jane
Abbie Gale
Falkland Plantation
Halifax County Life Saving Crew
Twelve in Family Escape Death In Waterloo Crash
Twelve members of a single family in Englishtown New Jersey escaped death in a crash at Waterloo at 12 15 a m. Driver For est Louk 40 was jailed for DUI. The Kaiser suffered total loss and two accidents left multiple Injuries with several children admitted for observation.
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Waterloo
Kaiser
Forest Louk
Englishtown
N.J
Berryville
Memorial Hospital
Virginia Pudder
Jerusalem
W. Va
Edna Pudder
Coy Pudder
Arnold Pudder
Judy Pudder
Edgar Pudder
Nancy Pudder
Roxie Pudder
Darlene Pudder
Franklin Pudder
Jerry Louk
Salvation Army
Percy F. Click
Donald Sheets
M. H. Moore
Click
Loudoun Transfer
Purcellville
John Dodd
Leesburg
Friendship
Omps
Harvey Moats
Staunton
New Virus Joins Asiatic Flu Warns Dr Sabin
Cincinnati virologist Dr Albert Sabin warned of a new intestinal virus joining Asiatic flu as a health threat in the United States. He cited Milwaukee cases around 10 000 with no deaths but illness lasting days. Echo type 9 causes fever muscle pain sore throat and vomiting with no vaccine. isolation and strict hygiene advised. The infection can mimic measles or nonparalytic polio and often has a asymptomatic incubation period before symptoms appear. The disease is usually warm weather related and not expected to rise until cold weather.
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Albert Sabin
Cincinnati
United States
Sabin
Milwaukee
Europe
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Mid-East
M Hightower
Loy Henderson
THE
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Jones
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Hall
Prober
Union
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Temperatl
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