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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1955
Page
13
Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. The work has been translated into 16 languages and transcribed in Braille for the blind.
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Senate Internal Security subcommittee sought additional names as it probes communist influence dating to the late 1930s. Witnesses Charles Grutzner of the New York Times and Winston Burdette of CBS admitted past Communist ties.
The committee approved large sums for Virginia Army installations 20 530 000 Air Force facilities 3 384 000 and Navy 44 246 800. The Parkway Mt Vernon Highway access issue hinges on CIA Langley location or alternative site.
The temperature rose to 90 degrees shortly after 1 p.m. for the second straight day above 80s with 89 at 1 p.m. earlier. A low of 69 reported last night and a forecast of fair weather tonight and Saturday with temperatures three to four degrees above normal for five days. Scattered thundershowers and high humidity expected in the afternoons and evenings.
Warren Coffee of Middletown was found guilty by a five man jury of reckless driving on a warrant by Frederick Baker. He was fined 25 dollars and costs. The jury included Ray Robinson Jr, Paul Schneider, James J Jones, Robert F Gaines and Milton H Middlekauff. Thomas Monahan represented Coffee. Dabney Watts prosecuted.
Don Jesse Neal, a 25-year-old San Francisco man convicted of fatally shooting Salt Lake City police sergeant Owen T. Farley on May 23, 1951, died at dawn in Utah’s firing squad. He proclaimed innocence, and a 5 rifle volley with one blank ended his life amid a crowd of about 150. Foster mother Irene O’Brian plans to bury him under the name O’Brian.
Normal passenger operations were resumed today on the westbound line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway near Lee Hall in Warwick following yesterday's two train derailment of 60 coal cars. There were no injuries and no estimate for resuming the eastbound line.
Temperatures will average 3 4 degrees above normal for the period July 1 6 in Richmond Virginia. Expect warm conditions with widely scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers. Total precipitation around one quarter of an inch.
Clarke County School Trustee Electoral Board reappoints G. Kenneth Levi to four year term representing Battletown District. Board members: Gwynne H. James, Julian C. Glascock, Richard B. Smith Jr.
In Wise County, a mandamus action challenged a list of potential voters who planned to qualify by paying poll taxes. Cites Wise County Case Comics, noting the voter had to pay in person per Judge Morton. The treasurer followed Attorney General Lindsay Almond Jr.'s guidance that appearance by the taxpayer or agent suffices.
Gov. Stanley appoints three new members to the VPI board for four year terms ending June 30, 1959. Dr. Paul D. Sanders of Richmond succeeds Paul Mellon. Mrs. Louis A. Houff of Clifton Forge and Mrs. E. Floyd Yates of Powhatan County take seats, replacing long-serving members.
The debate opens on a new bill as Representative Powell from New York declares he will use every parliamentary prerogative to oppose the measure. Lawmakers prepare to argue the proposal's merits and potential impacts.
Powell seeks another amendment to bar racial segregation in the National Guard. He notes he has lost support since successfully attaching a similar provision to the original reserve bill last month.
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