Senate Votes Fast on Anti Little Rock Bill in Virginia
In Richmond the Senate approved quickly the administration anti Little Rock measure to allow automatic closing of schools under federal orders. The bill passed 6 0 as members left out patrons and absent senators lingered due to illness. The measure moves to the House which already has a companion bill with 90 patrons.
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Richmond
Senate
House
Little Rock
Ark
General Laws Committee
John B. Boatwright
T. Nelson Parker
Meyner
New Jersey
Virginia
Parker
Julian Rutherfoord
del. Shirley Holland
House Insurance and Bank
McElroy's Authority Grows in Pentagon Reorganization Plan
Washington reports state the administration's early Pentagon reorganization sketch would grant Secretary McElroy broad powers over military spending. Gen. Lucius Clay urged a single military command and expanded role autonomy, while Congress weighs flexible role assignments and defense funding levels for missile and detection projects.
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McElroy
Pentagon
Washington
Secretary of Defense
Senate
Lucius Clay
Eisenhower
Clay
Rockefeller
Congress
Administration
Army
Navy
Air Force
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
White House
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Strategic Air Command
Winds Make Jupiter C Launching Uncertain
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida upper atmosphere winds of 140 mph threaten Jupiter C launch timing. Ground winds forecast 20 to 30 mph with squalls along the coast, plus rain hazards could disrupt power systems. Recent flood-related conduit damage delayed a Thor missile test, as the Army nears the zero hour to loft a 30 pound moon into orbit.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.t
Alr Frace Weather Bureau
Florida
Clarke Mothers' March Collects for Polio Fund
Berryville hosts Mothers' March on Polio raising over 361 dollars. Co chairmen Mrs M T Wood and Mrs Howard Hart led the Berryville effort with 36 women participating. Boyce tally reached 55 dollars and White Post details were unavailable.
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Clarke Mothers’ March
Berryville
M. T. Wood
T. B. Strode
Boyce
White Post
White Post Group
Robert Buckley
Howard Hart
Wood
Juniggy Woman's Club
Musial Signs with Cardinals for Major Pay Raise
Stan Musial, already the NL's top paid batter, signed with the St. Louis Cardinals and received a raise of about $20,000, boosting his 195? salary to nearly $100,000.
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ST. Louis
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Killings Spur Hunt For Couple in Nebraska
A spree of six brutal killings over 24 hours triggers a statewide manhunt for Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate, sought by farmers and law officers. Authorities describe Starkweather as kill crazy. victims include a 16-year-old girl subjected to an alleged sexual attack.
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Bennet
Neb
Kill Crazy
Nebraska
Charles Starkweather
Caril Fugate
Lincoln
Lancaster County
Merle Karnopp
Joe Carroll
Starkweather
Elmer Scheele
Charles
Cari
Scheele
Dan Casey
State Safety Patrol
Caril
William Fugate
Rodney
August Meyer
Carol King
Robert Jensen
Meyer
Carol Fugate
Velda Bartlett
Marion Bartlett
Betty Jean
Meyer Farm
Stark
Shenandoah Bank marks anniversary and new director
Shenandoah Valley National Bank held its 92nd anniversary stockholders meeting with about 225 attendees and 14,000 shares represented. Twelve directors were re-elected for 1958, plus Claude B. Smalls Jr. as a new board member, and officers were chosen including W Nelson Page as chairman and Harold G. Brown as president.
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The
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Frank Armstrong
William M. Battaile
H. K. Benham
Harold G. Brown
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Claude R. Cammer
Ralph N. Dorsey
Allen T. Hawthorne
J. Sloan Kuykendall
W. Nelson Page
Sam D. Preston
C. F. Schenck
Claude B. Smalls, Jr
Winchester
George Washington
John C. Blackburn
Robert D. Glaize
Roy Harper
Robert B. Fuller
Elsie Mathews
H. Robert Edwards
Howard A. Holland
John L. Kater
Assis
Assaults Reported At Brooklyn School Bystanders Recount Incidents
A report card cites two separate assaults on young girls at a Brooklyn school. In Winchester Frederick County, the Mothers March on Polio raised 2943 dollars. Winchester chairwoman Mrs Clarence H Hill announced 1818 dollars raised locally, and county chairwoman Mrs William A LaRue reported 1125 dollars for Frederick County. No data yet for Stephens City drive led by Mrs Roy Wise Carver and Mrs Harry Carbaugh.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Clarence H. Hill
William A. LaRue
Stephens City
Roy Wisecarver
Harry Carbaugh
Cuban Holiday To Be Awarded Pageant Winner
A two week Cuban Holiday will be the top prize in the Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom pageant at the 1958 Apple Blossom Festival. The winner and chaperone will travel to Havana on Cubana Flight 999 and stay at a renowned hotel, with meals and touring planned at historic sites and venues. Thomas Gosselin of the Cuban National Planning Board will speak at a planning dinner and outline the trip to about 40 communities.
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Shenandoah
Howard H. Shockey
Fete
Department of
Cuban National Planning Board
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Shockey
Thomas Gosselin
New York City
Cuba
Miss Apple Blossom
Idlewild
Cubana
Havana
Tropicana
Cafe Parisien
Hotel Nacional
Morro Castle
Cathedral Square
Ayuntamiento
la Floridita
Campestre
Rancho Luna
Havana Hilton
Police Refresher Course Opens With 14 Attendees
The 1958 Winchester Police School Refresher Course began Monday with 14 local officers in attendance. Classes run 2 to 4 PM twice weekly covering shoplifting, auto thefts, sex crimes, jewel thefts, fraudulent checks, handling of abnormal persons, unlawful assemblies, hazards of atomic energy, traffic enforcement and more. Instructors include Capt. J. C. Ritter, Sers. F. L. Woolf and H. C. Burk, and attorneys J. Randolph Larrick, John Anderson, Robert K. Woltz, Glenn Shifflett, of the National Auto Theft Bureau.
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Winchester Police School
National Auto Theft Bureau
J. C. Ritter
Winchester Police Department
F. L. Woolf
H. C. Burkhead
Virginia State Police
J. Randolph Larrick
John Anderson
Robert K. Woltz
Glenn Shifflett
Science teacher speaks out on education dangers
A lifelong science teacher warns that the public may be misled about how to correct educational deficiencies. The article on page 4 argues for careful understanding, with an editorial on the same page offering additional comments on the subject.
Brooklyn School Crime Sparks Boycott Call and Tragic Death
A surge of violence around Brooklyn schools includes a 13 year old girl raped in Public School 20 basement, two prior attacks at John Marshall Junior High, and a 55 year old principal George Goldfarb who killed himself after being summoned before a grand jury. Foreman George Golden urged parents to consider boycotts until safety improves as Mayor Wagner pled action. Police stepped up school patrols amid fears of ongoing disorder.
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Brooklyn
George Golden
George Goldfarb
John Marshall
Public School 20
Pete White
Boys High School
John Marshall Junior High School
Wagner
Goldfarb
Grand Jury
Samuels. Leibowitz
Golden
Leibowitz
Brooklyn Dist
Edward
Armstrong Heads Manufacturers Association Here
Frank Armstrong Jr. elected president of the Shenandoah Valley Manufacturers Association at the annual meeting at the George Washington Hotel. Officers named: Godfrey Child vice president, William Mellor Jr treasurer, John F. Anderson secretary. Directors serving three years: Armstrong, Frederick W. Hale, Ferman W. Perry. Terms ending 1959: F L Largent Jr, Paul Plumley, William Hickey. Terms ending 1960: William Mellor, Godfrey Child, Paul Vance. Prize winners in the Industrial Tour Essay Contest were Betty Jo Johnson and Ellen Eschell, read to the group. Guests included Robert E Ayler, Archie Pry Handley, and Eugene Funkhouser. Promotion for Mary Chess Cream Body Massage offered at Marianne's of Winchester.
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Frank Armstrong
National Fruit Product Company
Shenandoah Valley Manufacturers Association
George Washington Hotel
Paul D. Plumley
Armstrong
Godfrey Child
Snapp Foundary
William Mellor
United Merchants and Manufacturer's Mill
John F. Anderson
Frederick W. Hale
Ashworth Brothers
Ferman W. Perry
Perry Engineering Company
F. L. Largent, Jr
Plumley
William Hickey
Mellor
Child
Paul Vance
Association
Betty Jo Johnson
Handley
Ellen Eschell
James Wood
Robert E. Ayler
Frederick County
Archie Pry Handley
Eugene Funkhouser
Ike Eludes Fog to Attend Brother’s Funeral in Kansas City
President Eisenhower could not land at Kansas City due to fog, diverting to the naval air station here. He arrived aboard Columbine III after a 27 minute hold, then entered a motor caravan to reach the city for funeral services for his elder brother Arthur. Accompanying him were his younger brother Milton and Mrs. Eisenhower remained behind.
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Clathe
Kan
Eisenhower
Kansas City
Naval Air Station
Columbine III
Grandview
Olathe
Navy
Arthur
White House
National Airport
Washington
Executive Mansion
Virginia
Potomac River
Secret Service
Marine Corps
William W. Thomas
William G. Draper
Milton
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Bus Driver Killed in Turnpike Crash Near Reading
A Greyhound bus collided with a large steel laden tractor trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike seven miles west of the Reading Lancaster interchange. The driver, James M. Bennett 36 Merchantville NJ, died trapped for an hour. Thirteen others injured as a second Turnpike bus crash this month follows January 13 derailment near Bedford with one fatality and collapse of a bridge embutment.
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Ephrata
Amperes
Greyhound
Reading-Lancaster
James M. Bennett
Merchantville
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Byrd
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
John R. Holden
MVET
Korea
West Va
W. Va
Sol King
NEW York
Armstrong Heads Manufacturers’ Association
Mary Chess
Marianne’s of
Ike
Bedford
Pennsylvania
Handley Council
Elks Home
J. R. Brandon
Seey
Gainesboro
Denny's
Berryville Pike
W.F.W. Post
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