City to Condemn Miller St Tracts For Repair
The city moved to acquire by condemnation two Miller St parcels to widen and grade the street. Council approved ordinances for filing petitions in the Corporation Court to condemn the land, with deposit amounts set to compensate owners Minnie S. LaMonde and Laura B. Funkhouser along with Marie and Harry P. Bowman.
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Miller St
Corporation Court
Valley Ave
Minnie S. LaMonde
Laura B. Funkhouser
Marie
Harry P. Bowman
W. Cecil St
Eugene C. Babb
J. Randolph Larrick
W. Amherst St
Violent Weather Hits Wide Areas Across Nation
A sweep of violent weather across the United States left at least 11 dead and widespread damage from snow and sleet to dust storms and tornadoes. Texas saw dust storms and 600 miles of gale winds. Arkadelphia and Dermont in Arkansas reported fatalities. a wine ship threatened near San Francisco. coast guard warnings led to evacuations at Stinson Beach.
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Associated Press
Texas
Texarkana
Odessa
Alpine
San Antonio
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Dallas
Arkansas
Arkadelphia
San Francisco
Houston
Tex
Stinson Beach
Coast Guard
Mail from Texas Delivers Air Mail Postcard
Mrs L D Bruton of Hawley Texas mailed a card to Mr and Mrs W R Carr of 116 W Piccadilly St on Dec 26 1959. The air mail postcard arrived Feb 6 after 42 days. Crocuses bloom in Mrs R C s garden on E Monmouth St with two yellows in flower. A robin signals spring at the Star office window. The Little Daffodil Farm at Ben a County Virginia closes.
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W. R. Carr
W. Piccadilly St
R. C
E. Monmouth St
Town Crier
Star Office
Eisenhower Tours Tours Missile Test Center at Cape Canaveral
President Eisenhower visited Cape Canaveral Florida for a personal inspection of the missile test center. He arrived by jet from Andrews Air Force Base at 10 26 a m EST and planned a three to four hour stay. Secretary Gates Deputy Douglas and Maj John Eisenhower accompanied him as did Air Force generals Yates and Rogers. A classified briefing followed a tour of gantries blockhouses hangars and launch sites under construction.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Eisenhower
U.S
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Andrews
Gettysburg
Defense
Thomas Gates Jr
James Douglas
Maj
John Eisenhower
White House
Air Force
Donald N. Yates
William Rogers
Cape Canaveral Central Control
Msemmy Toarry Oy
Cape
Sailors Battle Ocean To Save Million-Dollar Tanker
San Francisco AP report details the seven million-dollar Angelo Petri, the world’s largest wine tanker, adrift off the Golden Gate after a Pacific storm. Coast Guard crews and tugs fought 30 to 40 foot seas to recover the ship and its 212 million gallons of bulk wine as Capt. Edward A. Lehn Jr. and Taney crew attempted to tow her clear.
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San Francisco
Angelo Petri
Pacific
Golden Gate
Fleishhacker Zoo
Coast Guard
Petri
Edward A. Lehn Jr
San Mateo
Calif
Sea Cloud
Sea Wolf
Clarke Zoning Decision Is Due Friday
Clarke County Board of Supervisors will decide Friday at 10 a m on the proposed zoning ordinance. Chairman Edward B. Lee said the session will be closed to the public though a decision is expected that day after a three hour discussion following Monday night’s public hearing.
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Berryville
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Edward B. Lee
Act
New bombing shocks Little Rock as integration tensions rise
A homemade bomb exploded near Cartelyou Walls' home in a Negro neighborhood as federal troops enforce integration at Central High School. Carlolotta Walls, 16, and three family members escaped injury while police and FBI agents hunted for suspects amid white area vigilance and reinforced school protection.
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Ark
Carlotta Walls
Central High School
Cartelyou Walls
Little We
Werner Knoop
Gann Nalley
Khrushchev Sails to India on Asian Ambitions Tour
Premier Nikita Khrushchev departs Moscow with family and top officials for a multi country visit to India and three other Asian nations. The trip aims to bolster Soviet prestige and mirror Eisenhower’s regional influence.
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Nikita Khrushchev
India
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Seag Saher
Alexei Adzhubei
Izvestia
Julia
Andrei Gromyko
Nikolai Mikhailov
Georgi Zhukov
Semyon A. Shachkov
Adenauer backs Berlin rule by four powers
Bonn chancellor Konrad Adenauer told the lower house Berlin must stay under four power occupation until German unity is achieved. He said he will present the unified German view in talks with President Eisenhower next month.
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Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
Eisenhower
Washington
Warren County Gets 100000 Navigation Aid
A new high frequency radio transmitter for aircraft was installed four and a half miles south of Front Royal at Linden. The FAA reports the cost at over $100,000 as part of the Federal Airways System. The VOR station transmits signals usable up to 50 miles. It aids navigation, weather, and flying conditions with Morse code IDs for 500 plus stations nationwide. C A Keys will oversee the station from Washington National Airport.
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Linden
Federal Aviation Agency
Federal Airways System
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C. A. Keys
FAA Airways Technical
Washington National Airport
D.C
Meatcutters Strike Against Five Major Grocers
In Washington area, Local 555 meat cutters voted to strike five big chains Safeway A&P Grand Union Food Lane and Acme after rejecting a 28 month contract 526 to 224. Over 200 area stores involved spanning Virginia and Maryland Giant Supermarkets previously extended old contract to Feb 16 for talks.
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A&p
Grand Union
Food Lane
Acme
Virginia
Maryland
Giant * Supermarkets
Giant
Almond proposes sales tax amendments to House Finance
Richmond AP The Almond administration plans a last ditch move in the House Finance Committee to salvage a 2 percent general sales tax. Hutchens said amendments including food and drug exemptions will be offered next Monday to try to push the governor's tax plan out of committee. The Senate killed an 8 percent tax bill 11 to 8 yesterday.
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Almond
House Finance Committee
Charles K. Hutchens
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Hutchens
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Hutchens Finance Committee
Virginia
House Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Committee
School Bus Gas Tanker and Car Collide Near Helena
A school bus carrying rural students from the Canyon Ferry Dam area collided with a gasoline tanker and a passenger car near Helena Montana. Sheriff and highway patrol reported at least five casualties though fatalities and severities were not yet known. Police and emergency crews rushed to the scene with ambulances and stretchers.
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Helena
Mont
Canyon Ferry Dam
Cardinal Stepinac Dies Thorn to Tito Regime
Alojzije Cardinal Stepinac, 62, spiritual leader of seven million Yugoslav Roman Catholics and a thorn to the Tito regime, died today in his Krasne village. He had been confined there since 1951 after a 16 year prison term for alleged Nazi collaboration. He suffered from a chronic blood ailment and a thrombosis risk.
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Yugoslavia
Alojzije
Stepinac
Tito
Krasne
Pesician
Krasic
Cardinal Stepinac
Probers Question Disc Jockey Over Payola Payments
A House payola inquiry hearing heard former KYW disc jockeys recount side payments. Joseph Finan testified he received 15500 dollars as a consultant over two years. Wesley Hopkins, also fired last December 3, denied taking payola or gifts for promoting records. The subcommittee continued to probe how such payments mislead the public.
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Washington
Joseph Finan
Wesley Hopkins
New Witness
Cleveland
KYW
Hopkins
House Legislative Oversight Subcommittee
Boyce Mayor to Sell Town Auto Tags Starting March 15
Boyce Mayor Lawrence L. Kephart will sell town auto tags from his home beginning March 15. State tags must be purchased first so the state license number can be recorded locally. Town council also authorized printing 100 registration cards and approved a $200 donation to the Boyce Volunteer Fire Co. toward a new fire hall. All members were present.
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Lawrence L. Kephart
Anderson's
Denny's
Lovett's Shoe
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