Judge Rules Circuit Court Lacks Jurisdiction in Middletown Case
Judge Eliott D. Marshall ruled Frederick County Circuit Court has no jurisdiction to issue a writ prohibiting Robert E. O Neal from presiding in Middletown traffic cases. The decision follows a sequence of suits by Mayor Daniel Burner and Paul R. Himelright arguing O Neal acts as town attorney and profits from fines.
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Judge Rules Circuit Court
O'Neal
Robert E. O'Neal
Middletown
Eliott D. Marshall
Frederick County
Mr. O'Neal
Woodstock
Daniel F. Burner
Cedar Creek Valley
Paul R. Himelright
Bauserman
David K Muntzing
Robert Milburn
American Automobile Association
Burner
District of Columbia
AAA
Virginia State Police Reports Two Road Deaths
Virginia State Police reported two traffic deaths in the past 24 hours. The 1957 toll and historical figures are cited, noting tolls near 791 the previous year and a 1956 figure of 30.
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Richmond
Virginia
Subway Strike Ends in New York
New York rush hour service returned to normal after an eight day motormen strike. MBA members voted to return to work following promises of state help and no mass reprisals.
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New York
Transit Authority
Independent Motormen'’s Benevolent Assn
Robert F. Wagner
Averell Harriman
MacNeil Mitchell
Manhattan
MBA
Transport Workers Union
Subway
Mitchell
Michael J. Quill
TWU
Quill
Quill’s Union
Wagner
Theodore Loos
December Bargains Offer Tax Savings on All Lots
The ad notes lots for sale this month with income tax savings passed to buyers by J. H. Henry. It promotes Desirable location near schools and easy access, located in Southern Tire area and Fleet & Co. components with holiday specials and winter trends.
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Howard Johnson
George Washington
J. H. Henry
Carpenter Arrested On Bad Check Charge
Dewey Arthur Carpenter Jr. aged 26 of 201 E Paul Mall Sr is jailed on $1000 bond after arrest by Winchester Police Officers Basil Cooper and Fred Hildebrand for violation of the bad check law. He had not posted bond by mid morning.
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Dewey Arthur Carpenter, Jr
E. Paul] Mall
Winchtser
Basil Cooper
Fred Hildebrand
Compromise on missiles formula at NATO summit opened
At the Paris NATO summit the United States and European allies reportedly reached a compromise formula on missiles and exploring talks with Russia as ministers debate disarmament and West-East settlement. Eisenhower joined late. Dulles and Hagerty stressed health not involved.
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Paris
United States
Russia
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Dulles
1S Nation Alliance
NATO Europe
NATO Permanent Council
Nikolai Bulganin
NATO
Europe
Bulganin
Middle East
Africa
Christmas Mail At Post Office Sets New Record
Winchester Post Office reports an all time record 115610 pieces of letter mail canceled yesterday. The prior high was 111210 on December 17, 1956. Through December 16 this year 337090 pieces had been processed versus 271440 last year. Thirty assistants helped, and a new 2500 square foot basement space with a mail chute and conveyor aids handling.
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Winchester
Wilbur R Johnston
Meterea
Mr. Johnston
Johnston
Pednick Toy Rage Grips Moscow Shoppers
A Moscow radio report says a pedal powered toy called Pednik is the craze among Soviet Christmas shoppers. The novelty item, a Sputnik style toy, drives fascination as holiday gifts surge nationwide.
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London
Moscow Radio
Anti-Dutch Campaign Brings Famine to Java
Jakarta reports say anti-Dutch actions have caused famine in 30 areas across Java and serious food shortages in East Indonesia. Dockyard workers refuse to unload ships, shipping paralysis follows Indonesian takeover of Dutch KPM. Over 130,000 tons of rice await import delays. prices soar.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Java
KPM
Egypt
Spain
Amboina
Moluccas
West New Guinea
Tokyo
Transportation Ministry
Central Java
Nationalists
BPM
Royal Shell Oil Co
Abdul Harris Nasution
Luke Series Tracks Nativity Story In Yale Aims
The Winchester Star begins a six part series The Legacy of Luke tomorrow. George Cornell writes on Luke the gospel writer who sought birth details of Jesus. Each weekday through Christmas features art from Rembrandt Titian Rubens and more.
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Luke
Paul
Winchester Star
George Cornell
Associated Press
Jesus
Rembrandt
Titian
Rubens
Atlas Intercontinental Missile Test Earns Brief Announcement
The Defense Department said today's Atlas ICBM launch from Cape Canaveral was a success. The brief Pentagon note stated the missile was test fired at 12 38 p m and flew its prescribed course landing in the pre selected impact area. Full results would follow after instrumental reporting.
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Washington
Defense Department
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Pentagon
Ceter
Air Force
Department
West Indies
Equator
South America
Africa
Ascension Islands
Air Force seeks mile a second plane to push satellite goals
Secretary James H. Douglas told a Senate Preparedness subcommittee the Air Force is developing a mile a second aircraft as a step toward a manned satellite. He cited the X-15 plan, nuclear rockets, ramjets, and faster missiles like the Thor Atlas and Titan programs as part of space and defense advances.
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Washington
James H. Douglas
Air Force
Douglas
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
America
Atomic Energy Commission
Subcommittee
Edwin L. Weis
United States
Russia
Weiss
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson
Defense McElroy
Civic Clubs Set To Man Salvation Army Kettles Saturday
Civic groups in Winchester will staff Salvation Army Christmas kettles Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Charles Campbell and Henry Lowry announced the clubs, kettle chairmen, and stations including Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis, Exchange, Jaycees, American Legion, VFW, BPW, Quota Club, Disabled American Veterans, and Women's Civic League with locations at stores and banks.
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Charles Campbell
Salvation Army
Henry Lowry
Winchester
Lions Club
Carter Baker
Harry Wolfe
McCrory S Rotary
Charles Baker
S. Loudoun
Mulvey's
Kiwanis
Charles Pine, Sr
Horace S. Browne
J. C
Winchester native coauthors a history of moving pictures
A Winchester native is co author of a monumental word and picture history of moving pictures. The work surveys fame and fortunes from Willams S. Hart John Gilbert and Clara Bow through the silent era to the present with illustrations. A review appears on page 4.
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Winchester
Willams S. Hart
John Gilbert
Clara Bow
Atlas Missile Flight Disappears After Launch
A U S Air Force Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 12 39 p m EST and soon vanished into overcast skies. Observers judged this launch a far better test than the two prior Atlas firings, which ended in destruction.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
U. S S
Soviets Attack NATO Summit Rifts in Western Bloc
Pravda and Izvestia accuse the Western alliance of distrust and dissension after the NATO summit. Moscow outlets say Eisenhower fails to offer a new peace course, pushes arms programs, and ignores Bulganin’s peace proposal.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Izvestia
Eisenhower
NATO
Western Europe
U.S
Europe
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
North America
Dulles
Bulganin
Three Teens Struck by Car In Wise County
Three Wise County teenagers Alma Wood 17 Darrell Bolling 16 and Douglas Wyatt 15 were in serious condition at Wise Memorial Hospital after being struck on the Wise-Coeburn road on their way to a church play practice. State trooper Q M McCulloch said the driver, a 28 year old Coeburn man, is being held as investigations continue as the vehicle went into a ditch six tenths of a mile beyond the scene.
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Wise
Val
Wie County
Wise Memorial Hospital
Alma Wood
Darrell Bolling
Douglas Wyatt
J. J. Kelly High School
Q. M. McCulloch
Coeburn
McCulloch
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