Five Governors Seek Common Front Against Integration
Five southern governors met in Richmond to forge a united response to the Supreme Court school desegregation ruling. Georgia Governor Martin Griffin urged the strongest interposition, while Mississippi and South Carolina leaders backed interposition or related measures. Virginia and North Carolina awaited the outcome before deciding their course.
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Richmond
Supreme Court
Georgia
Martin Griffin
South Carolina
Mississippi
Griffin
J. P. Coleman
George Bell Timmerman Jr
Virginia
Thomas B. Stanley
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
New 11 State Consolidation Plan Proposed in India
New Delhi reports a proposal to shrink India's 27 states into five large regions. West Bengal and Bihar consider merging into a 65 million people state with Calcutta as capital. Approval would require state legislatures and Parliament amid border disputes and protests.
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New Delhi
India
West Bengal
Bihar
Calcutta
Patna
Nehru
Bengal-Bihar
Subcontinent
Archbishop Rummel accused as Yankee over desegregation plans
Catholic parents in New Orleans protested Archbishop Joseph Rummel’s desegregation move at a meeting of local school clubs. An unidentified speaker labeled him a Yankee for proceeding with integration, prompting debates on fairness to white families. Rummel’s background includes ordination in Rome and service in New York and Nebraska before becoming Archbishop of New Orleans in 1935.
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New Orleans
Joseph Rummel
Council of
Catholic School Coperative Clubs
James Hoflich
Archdiocese of St. Louis
Deep South
Rummel
Baden
Germany
Rome
Yorkville
Kingston
Harlem
N.Y
Omaha
Neb
N&W Train Wreck Probe Continues
The Norfolk and Western Railway train wreck at Cedar West Virginia killed engineer Walter B. Willard age 60 of Princeton and injured thirty two others. The wreck involved a 45 foot plunge into Tug River as the engine and tender toppled over an embankment while the train tried a sharp curve. Recovery work used the eastbound track while rail traffic ran on the westbound line and remained near normal.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Cedar
W. Va
Walter B. Willard
Princeton
Tug River
Wheeling Downs Profits Under Lias Scrutinized By Government
The Washington Post and Times Herald report Wheeling Downs has earned about 200000 dollars annually since William Lias began running the track under federal control in 1952. Government claims Lias owes nearly three million in back taxes. Lias appeals to the U S Court of Appeals in Richmond while profits are escrowed per a 1952 court order.
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Washington
Washington Post
Times Herald
Wheeling Downs
William
Big Bill
Richmond
Harry E. Watkins
Carl O. Schmidt
Wheeling
Lias
Family Worship Service at First Brethren Church
The First Brethren Church on Berryville Avenue will hold a Family Worship service on Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Sponsored by the Women’s Missionary Councils the event features the film Bible On The Table about a grocer who finds a Bible on the table prompting family worship at home. The public is invited.
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First Brethren Church
Berryville Avenue
Women’s Missionary Councils of
Youth 16 Dies From Gunshot Wounds in Virginia
Bluefield Va. John Robert Neal 16 of Rocky Gap Bland County died in a hospital from shotgun wounds received yesterday. Stepfather Calloway Lee Toliver 50 Bland County was jailed yesterday for felonious shooting held on $1000 bond. Sheriff K W Compton said death could change charges to murder. Neal went to his stepfather’s home to fetch a younger brother. an argument preceded the shooting.
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Bluefield
John Robert Neal
Rocky Gap
Bland County
K. W. Compton
Calloway Lee Madison Toliver
Compton
Clergy Voice Defended Amid Virginia Political Sermon
Reverend Frederick G. Weber of Calvary Episcopal Front Royal argues clergy have equal right to free speech and political discussion from the pulpit amid Virginia tensions over Gray Commission debates. Parishioners at Cunningham Chapel Boyce backed their rector J. L. B. Williams despite pressure to refrain from politics.
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Clarke County
Warren County
Virginia
Frederick G. Weber
Calvary Episcopal Church
Front Royal
Mr. Weber
Cunningham Chavel
Boyce
J. L. B. Williams
Gray Commission
Helicopter Used To Blow Frost Off Telephone Lines
A helicopter blew frost from a 60 mile stretch of south Alberta telephone lines to restore connections between Edmonton Calgary and other points. Flying about 20 feet above the wires the down draft cleared frost from lines and poles but impact was unclear as sun melted some frost. Heavy frost paused power with about five circuits of ten percent working early yesterday. after the flight about 15 were operating.
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Edmonton
Alta
Alberta
Calgary
Man Fined For Damaging Police Car
Floyd Alger of Winchester was fined 50 dollars plus costs for reckless driving and another 50 plus costs for destroying town property after he and two accomplices damaged a Strasburg police car and nearly struck officers while fleeing. Police say Alger admitted celebrating his birthday as the others fled.
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Winchester
Strasburg
Floyd Alger
Valley Ave
Boyd Snyder
Snyder
Alger
H. F. Will, Sr
Jack Marsh
Eye Examinations Aid Brain Tumor Detection
Eye exams can locate about half of brain tumors per Dr. Harrington of California. He demonstrates a four minute screener that checks both eyes for tumor signs, citing four pituitary cases found in a recent month while patients sought glasses.
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Los Angeles
David O. Harrington
San Francisco
Harrington
University of California
New Device Delivers Quick Radioactive Fall-Out Check
Washington reports a government developed device that rapidly indicates fallout patterns within 250 miles of a nuclear blast. The National Bureau of Standards says it renders a fall out appraisal in a twentieth of a second on a TV like screen, aiding civil defense by forecasting bomb fallout with data on cloud size, radioactivity, and wind speeds at altitude.
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Washington
National Bureau of Standards
Atomic Energy Commission
AAAS to Skip Cities Practicing Race Segregation
The American Association for the Advancement of Science will not hold future meetings in cities that practice race segregation, following member protests over the 1955 Atlanta meeting.
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Washington
American Assny For the Advancement of Science
Atlanta
Answers to the How's Your I Q quiz
A list of quiz answers prints on page 2 including White truffle, No 232, Gog, four cent stamp, Miranda, Henry VII, No, Capt James Cook, Yes, and Modern Post Impressionism.
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Gog
Miranda
Henry VII
James Cook
Auctions Schedule For Winchester and Charles Town
Sales Directory lists Headley’s Auctions January 26 at 1 pm 1315 Valley Ave Winchester featuring furniture household goods and antiques Lester Lentz January 28 at 10 am Frank Bane Farm Charles Town WV cattle hogs tractors farm machinery and dairy equipment W D Orndorff auctioneer February 3 1 pm Registered Hog Sale Farmers Livestock Exchange Winchester 26 bred sows and 15 boars from six popular breeds
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Headley’s
Valley Ave
Winchester
Lester Lentz
Frank Bame
Charles Town
W. Va
W. D. Orndorff
Snow In Southern States Piles Up To Five Inches
Wet and cloudy conditions blanketed the nation with a mix of snow sleet and rain. Snow totals reached up to 5 inches in Tennessee and Virginia and 4 inches in North Carolina marking heavy accumulations in several areas.
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Associated Press
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Arkansas
Memphis
Nashville
Smyrna
Tenn
Kansas
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Florida
Tampa
Dakotas
Minnesota
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Jennie B. Oates
Jones Funeral Home, Inc
TITAN
G. I. Brumback & Sons
Cameron St
Farmall
Minor Motor CO
S. Loudoun St
N&w
First Brethren
Crusade For Freedom
Advertising Council
Warren
Weber
Virginia Theological Seminary
University of Heidelberg
First CT
Ferguson
NEW Ny
TRESCOTT _ raders
Congress
T.M.L. A
Connecticut
Delaware
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Texas
Vermont
Wyoming
I. Q
Curtiss
The
Holstein World
Leslie Howard
Dundee
Sjl
Pabst
America
Curtiss Candy
Murl Hannum
Stephens City
Wisconsin
Grantsburg
Armstrong Corson
Armstrong’s Corton
E. Piccadilly St
Upperville
Purcellville
Hollywood
Martha Washington
Headley’s Auctions
Seiberling
Emep
Cammer Tire CO
Braddock
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