Never Weres Softball Wins Chamber Picnic Game
The Never Weres captained by Marvin Gore defeated the Has Beens led by Doug Butler in a six inning exhibition at the Chamber picnic. Forty players took part including three women with Linwood De Haven and Joe Pasquali hitting home runs and a crowd of about 150 enjoying games, a ham and chicken dinner, and a record hop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beens
Marvin Gore
Never Weres
Doug Butler
Joe Pasquali
Henry Lowry
Wilbur Feltner
Hedrick Koontz
B. J. Lovett
Larry Hockman
Helen Feltner
Yvonne Butler
Gerald Dulaney
Jack McAboy
Forrest Racey
Linwood de Haven
Chamber
Arlie C. Long
Henry Lowery
Doug Butter
Col
Conrad Follansbee
Drifter Awaits Death Sentence in Key West Killing
Emmett Spencer, a Kentucky drifter, was found guilty of first degree murder in the fatal beating of Johnnie T. Keen at Keen’s Key West home on April 15. The all male jury deliberated 55 minutes before the verdict and the judge must impose the electric chair sentence.
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Key West
Fla
Kentucky
Emmett Spencer
Aquilino Lopez Jr
Spencer
Florida
Johnnie T. Keen
Keen
Key West Navy Yard
Leesburg
Leon C. Hammel
Jacksonville
Mary Catherine Hampton
Sandy Hook
Hammel
Eight More Sit-in Arrests At Hopewell
Hopewell reports eight additional arrests in sit-in protests targeting two George's drugstores. Five days into the action, total detentions reach 49, including a 25 year old woman held on $250 bond and seven juveniles released to parents. Municipal Court hearings set for Sept 2 for 24 adults and 25 juveniles charged with trespassing as desegregation efforts persist. The Hopewell Improvement Assn pledges to continue until service at lunch counters is achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
George’s No. 2
George's
Hopewell Improvement Assn
Low Indian on Totem Pole Lands $300000 in Tribal Property
Agua Caliente tribe elders distribute communal land to 104 members to equalize wealth. Steven, the poorest at $10,000, receives large tracts including 480 acres east of Palm Springs and 49 acres on a hill slope. Realtor Nichols notes the boy’s first pick as his reward.
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Palm Springs
Calif
California
Steven
Nichols
Ning
Darryl
Patrolman Earned 40 000 on Sick Leave
New York AP reports Patrolman Salvatore J. Messina was suspended after officials found he earned more than 40 000 doing outside work while on sick leave. The Massapequa resident reported 366 sick days in five years and worked as a metallurgist and welding engineer for Grumman Aircraft Corp in Bethpage. He earns about 6 000 yearly as a patrolman and is a husband with five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Salvatore J. Messina
Messina
Massapequa
Grumman Aircraft Corp
Bethpage
Library Staff Keep Lost Books 60 Days for Claims
Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Library staff routinely hold misplaced items for 60 days for patrons to claim. A humorous note recalls a lemon meringue pie stored in a staff icebox once. The text also remarks that Armenian has become common in business and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Enoch Pratt Library
68 More Negroes to Attend Mixed Schools in Virginia
The Richmond AP report notes 68 more Negro children will attend desegregated or mixed schools in Virginia in 1960 61, bringing total to 171 pupils in 30 schools across 11 divisions. Desegregation expands to 12 schools this fall with some districts unchanged from 1959 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Richmond
Roanoke
Fairfax
Desegregation Cases Pending as Virginia Boards Set Local Integrations
Several desegregation cases remain in federal courts with rulings possible before the fall term. Parents of children affected by Virginia Pupil Placement Board actions may still file appeals. The board has for the first time assigned Negroes to white schools in some areas this summer, with desegregation expected in Richmond Roanoke and Fairfax through local board actions rather than federal orders. Norfolk anticipates fewer Negro pupils in 1960 61, down from 21 in seven schools to 18 in six. The Gal way Oyster Festival highlights civic pageantry as the mayor opens the season at Clar Pier with the first oyster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Richmond
Roanoke
Fairfax
Norfolk
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Arthur Parrish
Harold Patton
Larrick Hockman
Tev Bailey
Melvin Singer
William Fauver
Linwood DeHaven
Pat Brant
Lewis Ebert
Bob Barbour
Phil Hunter
Jim Wilkins
Kenneth Eyre
Walter Sibert
F. W. Welch
Police
Tom Boyd
Ronnie Gore
Drifter
New Haven
Conn
Celete Retre
Aaa
N. Loudoun St
Busy Beavers
Grant
Cardigans
Orson
FT. Grant Co
Winchester
Madrid
Europe
Grayson
Pulaski
Alexandria
Charlottesville
Arlington, Warren and
Floyd
Blair Junior High
Trust Department
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Old “ Strong Bank
F.d.lc
Galway
Clar Pier
Uu Ks
Cyorc
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