Three Negro Convicts Escaped From State Camp at Double Toll Gate
A search was pressed for three escaped convicts from State Road Force camp No 7 at Double Toll Gate after they fled during a ball game. Authorities from state troopers and local sheriffs along with guards pursued them. possible link to a nearby auto theft in Millwood. Names and details of Flake Taylor and West were provided with physical descriptions and sentences. Anyone with information was asked to notify authorities.
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State Road Force Camp No. 7
Double Toll Gate
Frederick and
Clarke County
Millwood
Tyree Dillard
Virginia
Robert Lee Flake
Flake
Richmond
James Taylor
Daniel West
Norfolk
Pinza to Rest at Sea After Accident Sighting
Mrs. Pinza said her husband would benefit from sea travel and may sing again on reaching the United States. She reported no permanent injury and that he would miss rehearsals for A Very Special Baby starting September 17. Pinza, famed for South Pacific and Fanny, has opera roots.
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United States
Pinza
Three Persons Hurt in Weekend Traffic Crashes
Three people were injured in area crashes over the weekend. Carl Gross and Michael Berger, both Bronx residents, suffered serious injuries in a head on truck collision near Winchester on US Route 50. A woman, Ervie Boswell of Clarke County, sustained a fractured leg when a car overturned on Marvin Chapel Road. Police attributed alcohol, driver error, and loss of control to the various incidents.
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Carl Gross
Fox Ave
Bronx
N. Y
International Panel
U. S. Rt
Michael Berger
University Ave
Memorial Hospital
Berryville
Winchester
Ervie Boswell
Clarke County
US Rt. 7
Marvin Chapel Road
G. T. Griffith, Jr
Boswell
Ralph Mayo
Bluemont
U.S. Rt
Whitacre Road
M. H. Moore
Albert Luther Fletcher
Cumberland
Jack Eugene McDaniel
Martinsburg
W. Va
Fletcher
McDaniel
Chevrolet
U. S. Rt. 50
Winchester Star
Bioux
Textile mill reaches new labor contract with United Textile Workers
United Merchants and Manufacturers Inc and the Virginia Woolen Co renewed a long running contract after initial talks began last November. The March purchase by the firm prompted renewed negotiations and a mutual agreement was achieved with Local 71. Mill officials Mr Mellor and Mr Boggs welcomed the accord and noted potential future woolens bearing the Julliard label.
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United Merchants and Manufacturers, Inc
Virginia Woolen Co
Boggs
Mer. Mellor
Julliard
A. D. Julliard
United Merchants and Manfacturers, Inc
Mellor
Frank Constangy
Atlanta
Conner Stewart
United Textile Workers
Robert Ritter
Freda Fuller
Dorsey Hottle
Elise Rinker
George Dove
Bessie DeHaven Woodrow Keller
Linwood Newbrough
International
Charles Kligman
Clinton High School first in Tennessee to admit Negroes
Clinton High School opened to negroes today becoming Tennessee's first state supported secondary school to admit them. About 15 negro students enrolled among roughly 750 white pupils with no trouble reported. Police jailed John Kasper in Knoxville on inciting to riot and vagrancy charges after distributing inflammatory literature and urging boycotts. Mayor Lewallen said police were on duty to prevent unrest.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton High School
Tennessee
D. J. Britain Jr
Britain
U. S. Dist
Robert L. Taylor
Knoxville
John Kasper
Washington, D. C
Kasper
W. E. Lewallen
Army official backs shape up goal despite mistake at Ft. Carson
Army Secretary Wilbur Brucker said a reduce or else program at Ft. Carson, started by General Marlington, erred in insisting troops reach specific weights. He noted nothing wrong with getting troops into shape while posting authorities reported only a small number affected and gave no figures.
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FT. Carson
Colo
Army
Wilbur M. Brucker
Britain Charges Makarios Gave EOKA Orders
British Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd charged exiled Archbishop Makarios as the personal directing head of the EOKA campaign in Cyprus, asserting he was involved in selecting murder victims. The claim, backed by captured documents, linked Makarios to 145 deaths and jeopardizes ongoing negotiations for independence.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Britain
Makarias
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Makarios
Lennox-Boyd
London
EOKA
Mediterranean
Greece
Eoka Cam
Paign
Seychelle Islands
Indian Ocean
Army chief of staff order on weight loss rescinded
Gen Watlington reports Gen Maxwell D Taylor ordered a program to reduce weight after observing officers and enlisted men appearing flabby. Bricker notes a Washington directive forcing weight loss and court martial for noncompliance has been rescinded.
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Brucker
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army Chief of Staff
Arlington Solon Raps Governor's School Proposal
Arlington Del Harri man Mann criticized Gov Stanley's plan to cut state funds from mixed schools. He argued the proposal would not stop integration in Virginia and that Nor folk Arlington Fairfax and Richmond would keep their public schools open despite the governor's measure.
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Richmond
del. Harriman Mann
Arlington
Stanley
General Assembly
Mann
Virginia
Norfolk
Pairfax
House
First steamship Rising Star crosses Atlantic in 1818
The Rising Star became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, sailing from England to South America in 1818. No exact crossing time is recorded.
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Atlantic
Rising Star
England
South America
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