Dalton Heads List of Candidates As GOP Nominating Group Meets
ROANOKE The Republican nominating committee meets to review candidates with State Sen. Ted Dalton of Radford as a leading name. Dalton says he would enter the governor race to oppose the Democratic school-funding stance, urging local pupil assignment to meet federal court decrees while opposing integration.
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Dalton
GOP
Roanoke
Ted Dalton
Radford
Stanley
Virginia
Resolutions Committee
State Committee
J. Lindsay Almond
Republican Party
Lee Potter
Lester Parsons Sr
Norfolk
Sire
Almond
Richmond
Howard H. Carwile
Gray Commission
Hillsborough proclamation sparks Virginia resentment, 1763
The Hillsborough order restricting settlement beyond the Alleghenies provoked strong pushback in the Shenandoah Valley and across Virginia. Leaders say it would have blocked westward growth toward Kentucky and the Northwest, leaving colonists resentful of English authority.
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Shenandoah Valley
Frederick County
Alleghanies
Kentucky
Ohio
Frederick
Virginia
Great Northwest Territory
Lord Hillsborough
England
Traffic Deaths Mount at Pace for Independence Day
The Associated Press reports traffic fatalities across the United States mounting toward an estimated 535 deaths during the 102 hour Independence Day period from Wednesday evening to Sunday midnight. Through Thursday 149 deaths were counted, with drownings at 88 and miscellaneous accidents at 26, totaling 263. The worst drowning occurred at Anacoco Lake near Leesville Louisiana where six youths died during a rescue attempt.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
Anacoco Lake
Leesville
Virginia interposition report urges other states join effort
Virginia Senate committee releases a yearlong study defending interposition against the Supreme Court school segregation ruling. It argues states retain rights and urges other legislatures to adopt interposition resolutions, with minority objections and calls for possible constitutional amendments.
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Richmond
Virginia
Old Dominion
U.S. Supreme Court
Senate Courts of Justice
Supreme Court
Majority Committee
John A. K. Donovan
Paris Church
Edward L. Breeden Jr
Norfolk
M. M. Long
St. Paul
E. Almer Ames Jr
Accomack
Ted Dalton
Radford
Sens
Curry Carter
Staunton
Edward C. McCue Jr
Charlottesville
Virginia General Assembly
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
North Carolina
Florida
Tennessee
Donovan
Breeden
South
Double Drowning and Traffic Fatalities Mar State Holiday
A Virginia July 4 holiday toll rose to nine with two drownings in York County and two traffic deaths near Danville. Patricia Anne Dillard, 9, and Cynthia Louise Dillard, 7, of Ringgold were killed on US 58 near Danville. James H. Fallon, 28, of Dinwiddie County was driving. Hugh Welford Smoot, 20, of Gladstone died in a two vehicle crash on US 60 near Amherst. Warren Joseph Radford, 48, of Richmond died early Thursday.
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Virginia
Patricia Anne Dillard
Cynthia Louise
Rt. 1
Ringgold
Pittsylvania County
US. 58
Danville
James H. Fallon
Sutherland
Dinwiddie County
Hugh Welford Smoot
Gladstone
Nelson County
Amherst
Warren Joseph Radford
Richmond
Stassen Rejects Ban on Nuclear Weapons Use
Harold E. Stassen, American disarmament delegate at the UN, rejected Russia's call for unconditional renunciation of nuclear weapons. He said the United States will not pledge to never use nuclear arms against any country that does not violate the UN Charter and urged a broader restraint in future East-West disarmament talks.
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London
Harold E. Stassen
United States
Stassen
United Nations Disarmament Group
Russia
Soviet Army Charges Treachery by deposed Kremlin leaders
Moscow radio reports four former Kremlin chiefs including Kaganovich Molotov Malenkov and Shepilov are guilty of fraction activity and undermining Soviet defenses. Zhukov vows the armed forces will defend the state as Khrushchev and Bulganin plan to visit Czechoslovakia.
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Roy Essoyan
Moscow
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Red Star
Soviet Defense Ministry
Georgi Zhu- Ko
Lazar Kaganovich
Army
Navy
Nikita Khrushchev
Kaganovich
V. M. Molotov
Georgi Malenkovy
Dmitri Shepilov
Marshal Zhukov
Communist Party
Molotov
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Czechoslovakia
A. Mikoyan
Stalin
Malenkov
Atomic Test Blast Clears Distant Mountains Shocks Marines
A huge atomic blast at the Atomic Energy Commission site rocked Marines 5,700 yards away in trenches near Camp Desert Rock. Observers described a dazzling fireball, dust, and a shake like an earthquake as 136 aircraft and 400 observers watched. One Marine buried briefly in a trench was rescued. fallout described as very light.
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Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Associated Press
Harvey Tsichirgi
Marine Brigade
Tsichrigi
Theodore Sturgion
St. Louis
AEC
Inyokern
Bishop
Calif
Camp Desert Rock
Charles McGaugh
Indianapolis
Marine Infantry
Albert Romney
Los Angeles
Marine Corps
al Freeman
McGaugh
Ground Zero
Rev Beard New Associate Minister At Braddock Street
The Rev Charles Leonard Beard arrived in Winchester to serve as associate pastor at Braddock Street Methodist Church. He and his wife bought a home at 1503 Valley Ave. Beard, retiring from active ministry June 1, has 38 years in the Baltimore Conference, most recently at First Methodist Brunswick Md. He starts his duties July 1.
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Charles Leonard Beard
Winchester
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Beard
Valley Ave
Forest B. Oglesby
Baltimore
First Methodist Church
Brunswick
Wright House
P. m
Middletown
Grange Hall
Middeltown Grange
Robinson's
N. Cameron St
Fourth of July Holiday Weather and Incidents In Winchester
Warm Fourth of July featured 91 degree heat and intermittent clouds in Winchester. Hundreds used pools and parks, with 168 in the city pool and 293 in the playground by 3 p m. A West Virginia man was fined for hit and run after a front of 310 Liberty Ave crash. several youths and others faced charges for gasoline theft. Fire incidents included a house fire west of Mt Falls and an auto wiring blaze on Amherst Street. Police noted no traffic deaths during the period.
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Winchester
James A. Sprint
Willow Lawn
Mt. Falls
Amherst St
Robinson Ice & Cold Storage
Air Force
Middletown
Paper Mill Road
West Virginia
Liberty Ave
Clarence McClear Butler
Veterans Center
Marlinsburg
W. Va
Warren Rudolph
Berryville Ave
Opequon Ave
Martinsburg
Kenneth Wesley Crim
Glenver Custer
Melvin Richard Peck
Charles Hill
Floyd Barley
Roger Pennington
Eisenhower Doubted On Civil Rights Bill Support
President Eisenhower admits he does not understand parts of the civil rights bill, giving ammunition to opponents. James Marlow reviews the record on today’s editorial page. The Star also comments on Senator Russell’s remarks about the bill.
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Ike
Eisenhower
James Marlow
Star
Russells
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Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Harry
Everard K. Meade
Slonaker & Son
Lovete
Ward
Legislative Committee
Earl A. Fitzpatrick
Omills
E. Godwin Jr
Suffolk
Mar
THE
York County
Bulletin
Moscow Radio
Mikhail Pervukhin
Maxim Suburev
Georgi Malen¢kov
Mikiyan
Shepilov
Warsaw
Saniil Khrushchev
Alexei S. Pavienko
Pavienko
Mikoyan
Rev. Beard
Braddock Street
Drum's Church Grounds
Whitacre
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