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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1959
Page
3
A blaze alarm at 4 10 p m drew Reuss Sarah Zane and South End to the Crystal Restaurant. Firemen removed heavy smoke using ejectors and cut electricity. The building owned by J Henkle Henry and operated by Mrs Lillian Sem ples sustained smoke damage but no fire damage.
The Pleasant Grove Evangelical United Brethren Church hosts a Sunday memorial for Mt Pleasant Public School built in early West Virginia history. The all day event begins at 10 a.m. with dinner on the grounds including guest teacher, singing and a preaching service. Former pupils who attended the school attend annually.
Revival services start Sunday evening at the Church of God on Roosevelt Blvd Pineville. Evangelist is Rev B C Fields. Pastor Rev James I Marshall says meetings are open to the public.
A man identified as Smith opened fire at the Whorley home in Franklin County Virginia killing an infant and wounding the elder Mrs Whorley. The three other Whorley children escaped to a neighbor. Police search the Bassett Ferrum area near Philpott Lake for Smith while the elder Whorley’s husband remains in fair condition. Mrs Smith is in protective custody.
Front Royal Warren County jury hears one witness as the trial of six youths charged in the June 13 attack on Edith Johnson and Frederick Hiatt continues. Flynn, 26, pleads not guilty. Kibler, 17, white, pleaded guilty and is remanded for pre sentence report. Other defendants include Robinson, Mathews, Downing Jr., and Newman, all Front Royal residents.
Postmaster General Summerfield vows to persist in the mail ban on D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover despite a New York federal court ruling that the work is not obscene. He cites pornography as a cause of juvenile delinquency and says the ban may reach the Supreme Court.
Labour members accuse Britain of turning Nyasaland into a police state after a four man government commission reports nationalist outbreaks in Nyasaland detention camps and over 50 Africans killed. They demand Colonial Secretary Lennox-Boyd resign as the Conservative government faces Africa policy as a key election issue.
Soldiers and police suppress violence in Nyasaland and reach neighboring Rhodesias. Governor Armitage proclaims a state of emergency in Nyasaland granting detention powers. Commission head Sir Patrick Devlin finds unnecessary force in arrests, labeling Nyasaland a police state for now.
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