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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1959
Page
1
A presidential study committee urged continued U S economic aid abroad while the Communist threat lasts. It proposed more selective aid by choosing recipient nations and refining aid policies.
Ten young women will graduate from Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the annual commencement at the War Memorial. Names include Patricia Bemis, Patricia Boone, Janet Bowers, and others from Wood stock Ashburn Cherry Run and nearby towns. Baccalaureate service Sunday at 8 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church with Dr. George D. Jackson preaching the sermon. Dr. Forrest Racey of Shenandoah College will give the commencement address on The Mind is its Own Place.
Baffled police admit search futile for Jacqueline Hart 21 who disappeared after seeing her fiance off at Newark Airport. Father Ralph Hart Colgate Palmolive executive urges calls to stay on line and a second phone line is installed at home. Fiance Stanley Gaines 25 Fayetteville WV expresses fear, Pittsburgh flight details noted.
Out of town amateur radio enthusiasts arrived early at Winchester Armory for the upcoming Hamfest on August 1 and 2. They misread the schedule, learned the event was two weeks away, and left with local organizers Dick Rush and Bill Poole noting the pair will return.
Bell Telephone Laboratories test a punch key system with 10 digits laid out in three rows and a bottom zero button. The aim is faster dialing on home and office phones in Hande Connecticut and Elgin Illinois with potential nationwide adoption.
The House Labor Committee approved a watered-down labor control bill by 16 votes to 14 with Democrats split 10-10. Six of ten Republicans backed the bill, signaling plans to seek stronger changes on the House floor. Republicans warned the bill will be amended if brought to a full vote.
Terry Huntingdon, 19, UCLA dancer from California, won Miss USA at Memorial Auditorium before 4,000 spectators. Runners up were Miss Texas Carelgean Douglas Miss Florida Nanita Greene Miss Georgia Dorothy Taylor and Miss New York Arlene Nesbitt. She plans to become a dance instructor after aiming for Miss Universe.
Vice President Nixon arrives in Moscow on a 10 hour 54 minute jet flight. Khrushchev condemns Captive Nations Week and U S attitudes. Nixon warns of no victors in future war as officials greet him at the airport and prepare the U S exhibit opening.
Miss Lucy A. Allen was named Clerk of the Clarke County Circuit Court to fill the unexpired term of the late Loring C. Kackley who died Sunday. The appointment by Judge Elliott Marshall takes effect immediately, ending December 31 1960. Allen, Democratic nominee for Clerk in the recent primary, had served as Deputy Clerk for 40 years and an assistant will be named next month. Judge Marshall also presided at Mr Kackley’s memorial service in the County Courthouse.
Fidel Castro said he would decide on Sunday whether to resume as premier of Cuba. He urged the people to decide on July 26 as thousands gathered at the Sports Palace for the revolution’s anniversary. A general strike was called by the Cuban Confederation of Workers to press him to withdraw his resignation.
Khrushchev and Polish leaders warned at Warsaw that Western restraint in Geneva risks aggravating Europe’s danger. They demand peace treaties with both Germanys and a demilitarized West Berlin, threatening a East German supply link to West Berlin and a possible new blockade. Western Foreign Ministers refuse to yield.
Striking account from Shenandoah County details Curtiss Orndorff and Mildred Orndorff charged with willful neglect after a four year old boy and four month old girl were found malnourished and ill. The baby was hospitalized in Front Royal with Salvation Army caretakers and may stay several days. The case awaits Shenandoah County Court action July 31 before Judge R S Wright Jr. Neighbors reported the boy sought food at nearby homes.
The Virginia Crop Reporting Service forecasts a peach crop of 1 450 000 bushels for the state in July, down 26 percent from last year and 10 percent below average. The report notes June dryness hurt sizing and that Elberta movement begins in August in various regions.
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Lunn petitions a Federal Court in Alexandria seeking disclosure of the purpose and use of a 30 acre mountain site at Llangollen Farm in Upperville. The government says the area is for military use and must remain secret, prompting questions about water and livestock impacts.
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