Governor drops Newton from State Board of Education
Gov. Stanley replaces Blake Newton with Sen. Garland Gray on the Virginia State Board of Education. Newton served 20 years and opposed a key funding provision on integration while supporting other Gray Commission recommendations. Gray, from Norfolk, leads the Public Education Commission and aims to bolster Southern and Eastern Virginia representation.
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Culpeper
Louise F. Galleher
Manassas
Public Education
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4Th Congressional District
Solons Circulate Petition Against Tito Invitation
Four House members seek signatures on a petition urging President Eisenhower not to invite Yugoslav President Tito as an official guest. They argue the invitation would embarrass the United States and undermine its stance in the cold war. Catholic and veterans groups also object while talks of resuming military aid to Yugoslavia continue.
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R-Ny
Madden
D-Ind
McCormack
Rep
May
R-Conn
Moscow
Social Workers Discuss Retirement Theme for February Meet
District 9 Virginia Conference of Social Work schedules a February 13 meeting at 10 a.m. at Berryville Presbyterian Church with a luncheon at Battletown Inn at 12 15 p.m. An afternoon session will follow at the church and focus on retired workers who still teach crafts to children.
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Berryville
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W. C. Beatty
Fire Claims Policeman as Saratoga Fire Destroys Seven Businesses
A two million dollar blaze in Saratoga Springs killed Patrolman Frederick Pettit and damaged seven businesses including Starbuck's Department Store and Woolworth's. Ten neighboring fire units aided as gas mains flared and a street section was torn up to shut off the line.
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N.Y
Frederick Pettit
Harry A. Burke
Palace Recreation
Starbuck's Department
Woolworth’s
Burke
Six West European Nations Fail To Set Up Joint Atomic Program
Diplomats from France West Germany Italy the Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg failed to complete a common market plan or a joint Euratom project. They set February 13 as a new target and will reconvene February 4 to press unresolved issues including overseas territories financing and tariff walls. A committee will develop detailed Euratom plans and a joint European parliament may be formed with direct elections.
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France
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Paul-Henri Spaak
Guy Mollet
Maurice Faure
United States
Second Person Is Sought in Slaying Of Grimes Sisters
Chicago police pursued a man named Frank in a brutal case tied to Bennie Bedwell who admitted beating Barbara 15 and Patricia 13 with another unidentified man before the sisters were dumped in a snowbank near Willow Springs. Bedford is jailed on murder charges. The case centers on a seven day spree of alcohol and sex with the skid row duo. Authorities say the girls disappeared December 28 after seeing Elvis Presley and likely died from exposure or abuse, with autopsy pending.
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Turncoat Hawkins To Return From China After Korean War
Samuel David Hawkins former Oklahoma City Army private is en route to the United States from China via Hong Kong. He is among the last group of 21 U.S. soldiers captured in the Korean War who refused repatriation. Hawkins reportedly married a White Russian in China and will join six others who have already returned.
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Oklahoma City
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China
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Deparure
Peiping University
Peiping
Patton Lucas Garrett Receive Annual JCC Awards
Harold D. Patton received the Distinguished Service Award for the Outstanding Young Man of 1956 from the Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Founder's Day Banquet. Richard P Lucas won the Outstanding Boss of the Year and James F Garrett was named Outstanding Young Farmer. About 150 Jaycees and guests attended at the York Inn with six new members inducted.
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Richard P. Lucas
Harold D. Patton
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Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Richard P Lucas
Schewel Purniture Co
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Middletown
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower urges swift federal school aid to curb race clashes
President Eisenhower asked Congress to pass a four year $1.5 billion program of federal grants for school construction, aiming to avoid fights over integration. He proposed $2.07 billion in total aid including bonds and planning funds, stressing emergency needs and local control.
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Eisenhower
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Byrd Receives Silver Quill Award at National Business Dinner
Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia was lauded with the National Business Publications Silver Quill for his fiscal policies. Vice President Nixon presented the honor at the state of the nation dinner, praising Byrd as a great American senator. Byrd warned that increased spending in President Eisenhower's budget could only be paid for by inflation.
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Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
National Business Publications
Nixon
Harry Byrd
Virginia
America
Byrd
Eisenhower
Farms Grow More Mechanized In Frederick County Postwar
Postwar growth in Winchester Frederick and Clarke Counties brings mechanized farms with beef dairy and poultry thriving while fruit remains key. Inflation and rising costs pressure farmers yet new machinery improved practices and farm programs boost diversification. A Virginia Department survey shows Frederick apple trees down 20 percent from 1949 to 1956 yet county stays the state’s leading apple area with rising production per tree or acre.
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Doug O'Connell
Divisions of Markets and Statistics
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Frederick County
Shotgun incident leaves man in critical condition
Preston Henry Jackson, 43, was wounded by a 12 gauge shotgun outside Charles Harris's home at 526 N Kent St after an argument. Harris, 56, was charged with felonious assault and jailed on a $10,000 bond. Jackson, of 434 N Kent St, was treated at Memorial Hospital for a gunshot wound to the left front hip.
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N. Kent St
Charles Franklin Harris
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J. C. Ritter
Harrison
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Harris House
Aesigs Hitch
Margaret L. Hodgson
Virginia forecast shows rain and fog with cold nights
Overcast with rain and considerable fog this afternoon and tonight, heavy rain possible in the south. Tonight a low of 35 to 40, 40s to low 50s in the south. Tuesday cloudy and warmer with rain ending in the afternoon, then colder at night. Five day outlook through February 2 calls for colder Tuesday night and Wednesday, somewhat warmer Friday, with about half an inch of rain Tuesday and again Friday.
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Winchester
Coe
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