State Seeks Supreme Court Stay in Desegregation Case
Virginia Attorney General Almond said the U S Circuit Court of Appeals asked for a stay of its desegregation mandate for Norfolk and Newport News schools until the Supreme Court can review. The ruling upheld Judge Hoffman and could delay school integration plans into autumn pending further appeal.
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Norfolk, Newport News
Richmond
Gen
Al¢mond
U.S. 41 Circuit Court of Appeals
Norfolk
Newport News
Supreme Court
Virginia
Walter E. Hoffman
John J. Parker
Circuit Court
New York
Europe
Parker
Hoffman
Almond
Diablo Nuclear Test Explodes Over Nevada Purple Cloud
The Diablo device, the seventh in the current summer series, burst at 4:30 a.m. over the Nevada desert producing a purple crown and a rising cloud to 30,000 feet. The blast was about half the power of the bombs in World War II and skyward winds were expected to shift toward Wyoming. Newsmen observed from 14 miles away with 800 military observers on site and 40 aircraft aloft for cloud tracking.
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Nev
Diablo
Nevada Desert
Utah
Atomic Energy Commission
Wyoming
Japan
News Nob
Ground Zero
Trench
Groundero
Clinton High School tensions fill federal court testimony
In Knoxville Tennessee a federal trial over civil rights clashes at Clinton High School opened with principal David Brittain describing threats and tension after Negro students entered the school last fall. He testified amid objections as lawyers argued over acts of intimidation and a court order to integrate. The case involves John Kasper and 15 Clinton area residents charged with criminal contempt for interfering with the court ordered integration.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Highland
Clinton
David J. Brittain
U.S. Dist. Atty
John C. Crawford Jr
Clinton Area
John Kasper
Clinton High School
Brittain
Brit
Taylor
Tennessee
Kasper
Robert L. Dobbs
Memphis
Dobbs
General Morgan Answers Virginia's Call
In 1781 Cornwallis overran Virginia and Gen. Daniel Morgan, resting at his Frederick County home, was urged by the General Assembly to join Marquis de Lafayette. Morgan accepted and soon led cavalry alongside Lafayette, but poor health forced his retirement in August.
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Morgan
Virginia
Cornwallis
Daniel Morgan
Saratoga
Frederick
Clarke) County
LaFayette
General Assembly
Marquis la Fayette
Nelson
la Fayette
Dozen Die in Virginia Highways Crashes Weekend Toll
A dozen people died in Virginia highway crashes over the weekend, raising the year’s toll to 430. Victims include Kermit Presley in Dickenson County, Harold Ramey near Haysi, Earl Sutherland in Dickenson, Clarence Young in Lee County, Mary K. Smith near Richmond, Charles Robinson Jr in Richmond, and James Wright near Farmville. A Madison County crash killed five from one family en route to Lynchburg.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Madison County
Kermit Presley
Davenport
Buchanan County
Haysi
Dickenson County
Harold Ramey
Earl Sutherland
Piney
Clarence Young
Gibson Station
Lee County
U.S. 58
Ewing
Mary K. Smith
Farmville
U.S. 360
Richmond
Kenneth Latham
Ft. Belvoir
Charles Robinson Jr
James Wright
Pamplin
Prince Edward County
James Dale Wheeler
Alexandria
Catherine
Wheeler
Herman
Lynchburg
U.S. 29
Madison
Thomas Johnson Martin
Charlottesville
Jaycees Install Officers and Present Annual Awards
At the Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce dinner 225 attended the George Washington Hotel. New officers were installed by Al Neuman of Danville with Roy Williams as president and L Linwood DeHaven as secretary. A first time award named the Robert S Barbour Ward honors leadership training, and Billy S. Chapman won the Key Man of the Year. 17 Spark Plug Awards recognized sustained project participation. Special honors went to Charles Aikin and Thomas W Baldridge for park work and administration support.
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Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
George Washington Hotel
Robert S. Barbour
Jaycee
Billys. Chapman
al Neuman
Danville
Roy Williams
Howard L. March, Jr
Kenneth Cammer
L. Linwood DeHaven
Jay H. Lowden, Jr
Alson Smith
State Directo
Frank Butsler, Jr
Donald Woolschlager
Lester P
Pickett
George Costell
Clifton Forge
Jaycee-ette
R. Wesley Williams
Virginia drought lingers as farmers crave rain
Virginia remains in a fifth week of drought with corn tasseling and fruit crops at risk. Clarke Frederick and Orange counties report damaging pasture conditions and shrinking crop yields while the five day forecast calls for continued sunshine and minimal relief.
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Virginia
St. Swithin
Winchester
England
Winchester Research Laboratory
West Virginia
Associated Press
John Gerken
Clarke County
Gerken
Frederick County
Surry Courthouse
John C. Estes
Orange County
Building Permits Rise Slightly in Early 1957
Area building permits for January through June 1957 reached 276 with an estimated value of 1 631 212 dollars, up from 268 permits and 2 267 810 dollars in the same period in 1956. City and county totals show 123 permits in the city valued at 683 332 and 153 in the county at 947 880.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Safeway Stores, Inc
Washington, D. C
Johnson Lands Senate Debate on Rights Bill
Senate debate on civil rights compromise proposals continues as Johnson of Texas lauds the talks as thoughtful and necessary. Discussion centers on Section 3 and admin protections, with Knowland opposing full removal and Morsey urging quick reference to the Judiciary Committee. A vote on Knowland's motion is expected tomorrow with a possible 5 p.m. result.
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Washington
Johnson
Texas
Senate
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Sen. Ervin
D-Nc
Morsey
D-Ore
Judiciary Committee
Khrushchev says disarmament talks are going badly
In Pilsen Khrushchev warned that London disarmament talks are not progressing. He blamed the United States and other Western powers for stalling and argued that disarmament benefits poorer nations while capitalists resist ending the cold war. He cited UN subcommittee talks as largely superficial.
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Khrushchev
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
London
United States
United Nations
Elections Held At Boys' and Girls' States
In Blacksburg Virginia elections were held today for city officers at the 15th annual Old Dominion Boys State and the 11th annual Virginia Girls State. City contest results will be announced at a joint meeting tonight. Nominations for governors of the two states will be made tomorrow, elections set for Wednesday, and both governors to be inaugurated Thursday. Gov. Stanley is scheduled to speak.
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Blacksburg
Old Dominion
Gov
Stanley
Virginia Democrats Solve Attorney General Race Crisis
Virginia Democrats avoided a three way battle for attorney general as Howard Gilmer Jr. withdrew and Robert Whitehead decided not to file. State Sen. Albertis Harrison was endorsed as an independent candidate with party backing while Republicans nominated J Livingston Dillon. Whitehead cited a split Dem vote risking a GOP win.
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Whitehead
Howard C. Gilmer Jr
Pulaski
Virginia
Albertis S. Harrison
Lawrenceville
Nelson County
Roanoke
J. Livingston Dillon
Giles County
GOP
Harrison
State Board of Elections
Virginia House of Delegates
Atty
Gen
Almond
Richmond
Howard C. Carwile
Stephens
House of Delegates
Ted Dalton
Radford
Lee Potter
Arlington
Middletown Denied as Speed Trap by Mayor and Group
Middletown Mayor David K. Muntzing rejects claims the town is a speed trap. Virginia Motor Court Association officials accuse the town of preying on out-of-state motorists and call for legal reform. The group cites officer conduct, nonmarking of police cars, and profits from fines as a coercive system harming Virginia tourism.
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David K. Muntaing
Middletown
Winchester
Virginia Motor Court Association
Stanley
Virginia
William H. Fisk
Muntzing
Strasburg
AAA
Fisk
Stephens City
Murray Shapiro
H. J. Nixon
Nuclear Waste Container Floats Off New York Coast
Coast Guard aircraft and boats searched 185 miles southeast of New York after a steel container of low level radioactive waste failed to sink following a discharge from the tanker Otco Bayway. About 25 containers were dumped. all but one sank, leaving a single floating canister in darkness.
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New York
Coast Guard
Agassiz
Otco Bayway
Schenectady, N. Y
General Electric Co
Eisenhower Returns From Opera on Alert 1957
President Eisenhower was flown to the White House by helicopter marking the end of his participation in Opera on Alert 1957 on the south lawn and signaling a return to regular duties.
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Washington W
Eisenhower
White House
Court ends era of freewheeling probes warns analyst
News analyst James Marlow argues in The Star editorial page that the court’s decision marks the end of a period of aggressive congressional investigations into communism. He summarizes the ruling’s effects on oversight and political controversy.
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James Marlow
the Star
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