Winchester 1958 Star Leadership Awards Committee Named
Dr. George D. Jackson chairs the Winchester Evening Star Leadership Awards Committee for 1958. The program, started in 1954, grants $1,050 yearly and a $350 senior award at June graduation across Handley Douglas James Wood Clarke County High School and Johnson-Williams High School systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Jackson
First Presbyterian Church
Winchester Evening Star
Handley and Douglas
Winchester
James Wood
Frederick County
Clarke County
Academy Lane
Charlotte de Hart
Virginia Avenue School
The
Star
Virginia Motorists to choose annual inspection dates
Virginia plans to switch to a 12 month car inspection cycle with two six month windows. Motorists may pick dates within the first half of the year and a second inspection due six months after the first. A windshield sticker will indicate the due date to ensure staggered inspections for traffic safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
R. B. King
King
Coffee Pot Open Hours and Sunday Closure Notice
The Coffee Pot operates daily from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. It is closed on Sundays.
Auto Industry Flags Profit Sharing Plan
Ford Chrysler and General Motors leaders reject Walter Reuther’s profit sharing proposal as unrealistic and foreign to the American free enterprise system. UAW leaders warn of internal opposition over a shorter work week versus profit sharing as the union prepares for 1958 bargaining. Reuther seeks 25 percent of profits above a 10 percent net capital threshold for workers and 25 percent in rebates to car buyers, with 50 percent retained by companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Walter Reuther
Harlow H. Curtice
L. L. Colbert
United Auto Workers
Carl Stellato
UAW
Reuther
Stellato
Ernest R. Breech
Ford Board
America
Curtice
Navy Plane Crashes at Patuxent. Nine Crewmen Killed
At Patuxent Naval Air Station a giant Navy transport plane, the R7V Super Constellation, crashed on approach in fog and burned, killing all nine crew aboard. Witnesses saw eight bodies ejected and a ninth recovered from the cockpit area. a possible 10th body was reported as missing. Identification was withheld pending next of kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patuxent, Md
Patuxent Naval Air Station
Navy
Stabbing Victim Receives Blood On Icy Highway Transport
A 60-year-old man was stabbed at his home and later transfused after blood was rushed over ice glazed highways by state police from Washington to Memorial Hospital. Elizabeth Gant Butler, ? Winchester resident, is jailed on felonious assault charges with bond set at 2500 in Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Burke, Sr
N. Kent
Elizabeth Gant Butler
Negro
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Washington, D. C
Fairfax County
Congress Asked to Boost Debt Limit by 5 Billion
The Eisenhower administration urged Congress to raise the national debt ceiling from 275 billion to 280 billion dollars. Treasury Secretary Robert Anderson sent letters to House and Senate leaders proposing a temporary increase through June 30, 1959, with the current debt at about 274.251 billion as of January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert Anderson
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committees
Anderson
C and S Bank Elects Directors Sets Organization Date
The Commercial and Savings Bank re elected directors at its annual meeting. New directors Paul D. Plumiey and Harold D. Patton join the board. The board will meet January 17 at Loudoun and Piccadilly LCts. to organize and elect officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred I. Brumback
Ray H. Duncan
Harold R. Edwards
Herbert S. Larrick
Dr. C. L. Riley
H. C. Sheetz
G. Grover Teets
James R. Wilkins, Jr
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
Paul D. Plumiey
Harold D. Patton
Loudoun
Piccadilly
Edwards
Dog Inoculations Lagging Prompt Two Clinics Planned
The Common Council moved to speed dog rabies inoculations in the city. Two additional clinics are set at Winchester Animal Hospital on January 29 and Patton's Hall on January 30 with a $1.50 rate, as the anti rabies ordinance takes effect after January 31 requiring vaccination certificates for licensing. Authorities will transport dogs for owners unable to attend and a public safety meeting urged compliance to avoid violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
H. W. Butler, Jr
Butler
Ervin Cleveland
Winchester Animal Hospital
Rt. 11
North
Patton's Hall
Loudoun St
Cleveland
Public Safety Committee
Governor endorses school fund cut off over integration
Gov. Almond backs withholding state school funds from any locality touched by school integration and rejects local option. A Senate resolution, introduced by Sen. Ted Dalton and Sen. Armistead Boothe, would require a locality referendum to approve funds withholding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Almond
Senate
Officers and Directors of F M Bank Re-elected
Farmers and Merchants National Bank shareholders re-elected all directors and officers at the annual meeting held at the main bank. J H Yost reported a good year in 1957 and announced a new Route 11 South Branch to be dedicated to Admiral Richard E Byrd. Approximately 95 percent of 35 000 shares were represented. Directors named for the next year include B Byrd P Halde man C Hill Jones J T Kremer J Lee Miller Ray Robinson Jr D K Russell William H West Jr C Ridgely White and J H Yost. Paul M Haldeman was re-elected chairman of the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Loudoun St
Rouss Ave
J. H. Yost
Yost
Admiral Richard E. Byrd
J. Kenneth Robinson
R.T. Bryarly
C. H. Himelright
James D. Shockey
E. P. Bean
G. Shendon
Clarence Robinson
Harry McCann
Wilbur M. Feltner
J. William Hollis
B. Beverley Byrd
Paul M. Haldeman
Charles Hill Jones
J. T. Kremer
J. Lee Miller
Ray Robinson, Jr
D. K. Russell
William H. West, Jr
C. Ridgely White
J. H. Yest
Almond Clarifies Literary Fund Policy and Potomac Gambling Stance
Governor Almond urged reducing literary fund loan interest from 34 2 to 24 percent and urged legislative input this time. He opposed using the fund as a money making prop and favored viewing it as a construction fund for schools. He also signaled study of Potomac River gambling controls and riparian questions amid Maryland compact disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almond
State Board of Education
General Assembly
McKeldin
Maryland
Maryland Legislative Council
Virginia Council
Virginia
Battle
Albertis
Harrison Jr
Virginia Shores
Potomac
U.S. Supreme Court
Freezing Rain Halts Area Traffic Injuries Reported
Freezing rain and sleet left roads slick and caused at least eight injuries across the area. Frederick County schools closed with Winchester and Clarke County remaining open. A Winchester man, James Johnson, 67, suffered a fractured skull and concussion after being struck by a car near Amherst and Braddock Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Winchester
Clarke County
Pive
James Johnson
S. Cameron St
Gladys Solenberger
W. Cecil St
Joseph 8. Perry
Amherst St
Herbert Harmer
Bloomery Star Rt
Two Killed and Seventeen Hurt in Bedford Turnpike Bus Crash
A Continental Trailways bus carrying 18 passengers slid on ice on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and struck a bridge abutment. Two rear passengers died Charles Malloy 22 Albia Iowa and Marian Lay 55 New York City. Seventeen injured, 16 admitted to Bedford County Memorial Hospital, nine released. Driver Gordon Hileman 38 Uniontown treated for minor scratches. Most seriously injured Arian Ekenstam 28 Salt Lake City listed critical with internal injuries. Bus front section continued about 150 feet down the highway. Weather hindered ambulance access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Bedford County Memorial Hospital
Charles Malloy
Albia
Marian Lay
New York City
Continental Trailways
Pittsburgh
New York
Gordon Hileman
Uniontown
Airian Robert Ekenstam
Salt Lake City
Seaman Joseph M. Pulaski
Baltimore
Salvation Army Board Officers Are Installed
New advisory board officers were installed at the Winchester Salvation Army annual meeting following the dinner at First Presbyterian Church. Lt. Col. W. J. Huffman directed the proceedings and spoke on The Salvation Army Yesterday Today and Tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Salvation Army
First Presbyterian Church
W. J. Huffman
Baltimore
John Carr
J. Thomas Boyd
T. F. Timberlake
Ed Molden
Col. Huffman
Salvation Army
England
William Booth
Charles A. Pine
Claude B. Smalts
Winchester
George Lovegrove
Dan Briggs
McConnell
Cumberland
Gilbert
Hagerstown
Zimmerman
Camp Tammahawk
W. Va
Envoy
Messenger
Front Royal
Carr
R. Wesley Williams
William F Pauver
Warren Gregory
Hoye Riley
D. E. Leatherman
James Golliday
Leatherman
Lynn Wiseman
Charles Campbell
Sputnik I breaks into eight fragments over weeks
Ohio State University radio telescope confirms Sputnik I disintegrated in stages from Jan. 2 to Jan. 9 with eight fragments in orbit and one fragment later disappearing. Final piece likely fell Jan. 10, about 98 days after launch, aligning with a Russian scientist report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Radio Telescope
Kraus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. Jackson
Carter Kellas
Handley
Harold A. Kurstedt, Jr
Julian Reid Everly
Clarke County High School
Martha Ann Butler
Charles David Symons, Jr
Lloyd Allen Johnson
Fran Jo Duckwall
Nalda Baughman
B. Kathryn Bell
Shirley Hauptman
Shirley Ann Gilliam
Beth Ames
Auto Industry
C & S Bank
Gov
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
Capitol Hill
F&m Bank
Anna Dunlap
W. Clifford St
Ethel Whitacre
Edward Grapes
Augusta
Mabel Singer
Rt. 1
Gore
Riley Mileck
Rt. 50
Singer
Warren Rudolph
Jack Shumaker
Johnson
Braddock St
Cal
Salvation Army Board
Buzzella’s
Bermuda
Margel Wilson
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