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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1959
Page
1
Star reporters compare Winchester Harrisonburg and Staunton budgets for 1959 60 noting Winchester 1 862 426 population 16 000 Harrisonburg 2 165 323 12 000 Staunton 2 332 542 24 000 Major items include schools water and sewer welfare police and fire with per capita costs and school enrollment figures.
In Jerusalem Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion postponed his resignation after Parliament approved selling 250000 Israeli grenade launchers to West Germany. The 57-45 vote split reflected coalition support and leftist opposition over the arms deal.
This brief explains the revenue streams funding city governments excluding state funds. It outlines property taxes sales taxes user fees fines and other local receipts that finance municipal operations and services. It highlights how different revenue sources support budgets and public programs.
The Senate passed a two-year two-billion dollar foreign development loan program funded by direct appropriations. The compromise between Democratic and Republican leaders reflects tensions with the Eisenhower administration over borrowing versus direct funding and congressional review.
A light local column notes a reporter Doug OConnell with a tissue beard prank, a bumper sign reading Property of U R Stock Finance Co, and a child quoting ticks on a puppy. Classifieds offer seed potatoes, Montmorency cherries, and used cars from Miller Auto Sales.
Marion Ohio AP search crews scoured a wheat field for the seven remaining victims of a Continental Can Co plane crash that killed all ten aboard. The twin engine B26 Martin wreckage spread 150 yards wide, with only parts of three bodies recovered as others were buried under earth.
New York AP reports 13,000 workers at Jones and Laughlin Aliquippa plant and 7,000 at U S Steel Morrisville plant returned to work under union leaders guidance. Republic Steel in Cleveland still silent with 9,000 on strike. McDonald seeks update on 3,700 union members who quit Great Lakes ore ships.
Public meeting scheduled for Thursday July 9 is postponed. The session was set for 5 30 p m at Lions Shelter Rouss Fire Co and will be rescheduled by the organizing body.
Burton B. Mercer was installed as president of the Lions Club at a weekly luncheon, with officers including Arthur Mumpower and Bernard Groves Jr. The new president, a Northern Virginia Area Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company field engineer, has lived in the city since 1952 and holds multiple local and fraternal memberships. He is married to Ebnor Summer and resides at 300 Parkway.
Markets will be closed for an extended Independence Day weekend. The New York Stock Exchange and other exchanges will not trade from closing today until Monday July 6. Chicago grain markets close Friday while the Agriculture Department issues Chicago livestock quotations.
A smoky fire behind walls at the Pentagon routed about 200 employees and sent several firemen to hospitals. The blaze started from defective wiring behind a false ceiling in the concourse area, with smoke choking main corridors and closing shops, cafeterias, and offices. Fire crews from nearby jurisdictions battled the flames as air packs were requested and additional equipment rushed in.
Soviet Deputy Premier Frol R. Kozlov canceled a Maryland trip to prepare a major address to be broadcast on NBC TV. The move followed sharp exchanges with administration leaders and suggested no new offer on key issues like Berlin.
Showers and a cooler mass of air broke the six day heat wave that hit 100 degrees, dropping the mid day high to 81 at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory and nighttime to 69. Forecasters warned of more improvements but urged caution as scattered storms possible in the southeast. Repairs continued after a whirling windstorm south of Waynesboro leveled sheds and knocked down trees, with 500 to 1,000 chickens killed in one building. Richmond faced heavy rain and widespread power outages as crews restored service.
A U S District Court jury halted deliberations in the Mack and Whiteside conspiracy case due to juror illness. Judge Burnita Matthews said deliberations would pause until all 12 could attend. Eleven jurors could not reach a verdict without agreement from both sides or via unanimous consent.
Early today two people were injured when a car struck a jackknifed tractor-trailer on Rt. 11 about a quarter mile north of Winchester. Forrest Miller 23 of Woodstock suffered cuts and neck injuries. Sharon Shumate 15 of Rt. 1 received a forehead cut. The highway was blocked about an hour as Memorial Hospital treated Shumate and the couple’s descent from the Fourth of July travel line was delayed.
The Post Office will observe a Saturday holiday schedule with no city or rural delivery and no window service. Tomorrow's service will be normal with city and rural delivery and window service as usual. Incoming and outgoing mails will be dispatched as usual and holiday schedules printed on postal boxes will be observed.
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