Frederick County Auction Sells Two Rural Tracts
Two Frederick County properties totaling about 138 acres fetched 5900 at a Saturday sale. One 68 acre parcel with a six room house near Rock Enon Camp sold to Capt. Percival E B McDowell of Annapolis for 4300. The other 70 acre tract on Route 794 near Gore went to Sidney H Webster of Frederick for 1600. Commissioner Randolph Larrick and John Anderson oversaw the sale, with E T Snider announcing.
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Frederick County
Rock Enon
Gore
Percival EB. McDowell
Annapolis
Sidney H. Webster
Randolph Larrick
John Anderson
E. T. Snider
State Highway Group to Honor James Anderson
The State Highway Commission will honor retiring Highway Commissioner James A. Anderson at a ceremony in the highway building auditorium. Anderson, head of the department since 1941, retires tomorrow. F. A. Davis was named to complete Anderson’s term through June 30. The commission may decide tomorrow on the location of U.S. 50 near Middleburg following a November public hearing.
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Richmond
State Highway Commission
James A. Anderson
Highway Building
Anderson
Highway Department
F. A. Davis
Stanley
U.S. 50
Middleburg
Loudoun
Fauquier
41 200 000 Americans Enrolled in Schools in October
The Census Bureau reports 41.2 million Americans enrolled in schools and colleges in October, up 27 percent in five years. Growth is due to population increase and more people in older age groups. kindergarten to elementary totals 29 million, high schools 8 million, and colleges 3.1 million. Both full and part time students counted.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
Russ Plans New Moon Launchings, Expert Asserts
MOSCOW Lt Gen Anatoly Blagonravov of the Soviet Academy of Sciences says Russia will launch new earth satellites soon and then send unmanned rockets to the moon and other planets. He offered no dates and also spoke of applying nuclear energy to transport to expand Arctic and Antarctic exploration.
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Moscow
Anatoly Blagonravov
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Russia
Blagonravoyv
Soviet Aviation
Moon
Arctic
Antarctic
Schoolfield Replies To Bar Association Controversy
Judge Raulston Schoolfield sent a reply to the Tennessee Bar Association rejecting calls for his step down from the Criminal Court bench He called the bar action ill advised and said he has no intention of resigning He criticized the bar for hasty action while Gov Clement ordered an investigation into bribery allegations tied to cases before Schoolfield and the Judicial Conference of Tennessee paused comment.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Raulston Schoolfield
Tennessee Bar Assn
Schoolfield
TBA
Judicial Conference of Tennessee
Nashville
Frank Clement
Tennessee Bureau of Identification
Senate
Ben-Gurion Resigns With Coalition Fallout in Jerusalem
Premier David Ben-Gurion announced the resignation of his five party cabinet in Jerusalem. The communique said the move will be submitted to President Izhak Ben-Zvi within a day as disputes, including a reported arms purchase plan from Western Germany, remain unresolved. Bonn denied any arms sale or approach to Israel.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Izhak Ben-Zvi
Germany
Bonn
Israel
X-Ray Surveys Halted in Virginia Schools
Virginia health officials stop school x rays for tuberculosis starting January 1 due to radiation risks and low disease incidence. Policy shifts to selective screening via a health department, Virginia Medical Society, tuberculosis, and Trudeau societies group decision. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established in 1930 and covers 462,224 acres.
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Virda
State Health Department
Health Department
Virginia Medical Society
Virginia Tuberculosis Assn
Virginia Trudeau Society
Mack Shanholtz
Great Smoky Mountiins National Park
Rockets fail to launch Mousenik II mission ends in blast
At Austin Minnesota Pacelli High School science club launches Mousenik II with mouse Ulysses aboard. First rocket explodes mid flight damaging the casing. second ignition fails. No injuries reported, a prior test mouse died earlier this month in a separate flight.
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Ulysses
Pacelli Parochial High School
Duns Scotus
Ita Cage
Gentle Tiger Wheat led Louisiana Tigers in Civil War
The book Gentle Tiger by Charles L. Dufour profiles Roberdeau Wheat, a towering Virginian who led the Louisiana Tigers and fought with Jackson, Taylor, and Lee. Wheat’s fearless leadership, filibustering past, and ultimate death near Richmond are recounted, with ties to his family and Clarke County roots.
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Charles L. Dufour
Louisiana State University Press
Baton Rouge
James MM. Thomson
Freeman
Lee
Stonewall
Jackson
Stonewall Jackson
Roberdeau Wheat
Wheat
Virginia
Louisiana Tigers
Gentle Tiger
John Thomas Wheat
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Selina Blair Patten
New Orleans
Tennessee
Scott
Mexico
Santa Anna
Garibaldi
Italy
Washington
General Scott
Tiger Rifles
Lynchburg
Manassas
Major Wheat
Dufour
Dick Taylor
Taylor
Louisiana
Tigers
Shenandoah Valley
Immortal Valley
Winchester Confederate Cemetery
John Thomas
Shiloh
George Baxter
Leo
Leo Wheat
Clarke County
Berrville
Jeb Stuart
Napoleon
Marshall Ney
Roberdeau
Ney
Armed Robbers Take Over Five Thousand In Norfolk Heists
In Norfolk over the weekend two armed robberies netted more than $5,000. A market manager, James J. Kenneally, 32, lost two bags with about $3,300 in cash and $2,300 in checks after masked bandits attacked at 10:30 p.m. A second crime Sunday saw a sailor, Gary E. Blongreen, 23, USS Saratoga, robbed of $260 on East Main Street by a car halt and masked assailants.
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Norfolk
James J. Kenneally
Kenneally
Gary E. Blongreen
USS
Saratoga
East Main Street
Henkel Harris Christmas Party Honors 55 Attendees
Henkel Harris Company held its annual Christmas dinner and party at the Lee Jackson with about 55 employees and guests present. Directors Wilkie Hunt and William Battaile praised the team for high quality furniture and forecast a favorable 1958 outlook with steady employment for the 40 to 45 workers. Prize winners were Frederick Bowers Paul Goldizen and Lonnie Riggleman.
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Henkel-Harris Company
Lee Jackson
Wilkie Hunt
William Battaile
Henkel-Harris Ple
Frederick Bowers
Paul Goldizen
Lonnie Riggleman
Judge John W Rice Reappointed as Municipal Judge
Judge John W Rice was re appointed by the Common Council for a four year term beginning January 1. The council met in a special session at noon to confirm the appointment. Rice has held the post since 1942. Syria's capital Damascus has existed since 2000 B C.
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John W. Rice
Common Council
Gospel Highway Chapel Plans New Year's Service
Watch Night services at Gospel Highway Chapel near Clearbrook on Route 1h begin tomorrow at 4 p.m. Rev. Rex Coffman will be guest preacher. Dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. in the church basement, then a service by Rev. Joseph Rob at 9 p.m. through midnight.
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Gospel Highway Chapel
Highway Gospel
Pentacostal Holiness Church
Clearbrook
Rex Coffman
Joseph Rob
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