Youth Admits Carrying Bombs On Air Flight
A 19 year old youth Leggie W Yates admitted carrying three eight inch bombs on a trans continental flight. Police said he bought the bombs in San Francisco Chinatown and carried them in his luggage to New York on a March flight. He did not name the airline. Yates and two other youths were charged with tossing a bomb at Jolie Swin's home. No injuries reported.
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N. J
Leggie W. Yates
San Francisco
Chinatown
New York
Yates
Jolie Swin
Halifax County Man Sentenced for Beer Store Slaying
Lonnie Venable aged 20 pleaded guilty to first degree murder in circuit court for the April slaying of Otis B. Moore, a rural grocer. Moore was found stabbed to death in his country store after a beer sale dispute, a written confession cited a fight over beer.
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Halifax
Hallifax County
Otis B. Moore
Lonnie Venable
G. E. Mitchell
Moore
C. T. Coates
Benable
Virginia alcohol sales lag July totals this year
Richmond AP reports Virginia alcohol beverage sales for July are down from the same period last year. For the first three weeks sales reached 127,017 cases versus about 149,000 last year, and the week ending July 21 showed 43,077 cases, 7,210 fewer than the prior year, with the decline blamed partly on a 10 percent tax effective July 23.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Sets September Draft Quota At 147 Men
Richmond Virginia AP reports Virginia's September draft quota is 147 men all to be drafted into the Army. The national quota for September is 8,000 up 1,000 from August, reflecting broader mobilization.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia appoints new public instruction head Wilkerson
Gov. J. Lindsay Almond in Richmond signs the commission making Dr. Woodrow W. Wilkerson Virginia's superintendent of public instruction. Wilkerson succeeds Dr. Davis Y. Paschall who resigns to become president of the College of William and Mary. Announcement made Tuesday.
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J. Lindsay Almond
Richmond
Woodrow W. Wilkerson
Virginia
Wilkerson
Davis Y
Paschall
College of William and Mary
Almond
Sheriff seeks extra deputy to match nearby counties
Sheriff Robert L. DeHaven argues Frederick County needs two more deputies to align with neighboring counties, though he requests only one. He cites staffing, jail operations, crime risk from higher traffic, and growing workload alongside state figures and salaries totals for a deputy at 3200 from the Compensation Board plus 1500 from the County Board.
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Robert L. DeHaven
Frederick County
DeHaven
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Commonwealth
Jacob Skiles
Stephenson
Compensation Board
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
Loudoun
Skiles
Aircraft executive Richard Fairey dies in France
Richard Fairey 42 head of Fairey Aviation Co of Britain died after a heart attack in Cannet France on Wednesday.
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Cannel
France
Richard Fairey
Fairey Aviation Co
Britain
Front Royal Livestock Market Sale Prices July 28
Market report from Front Royal showing bid ranges for hogs veal sheep and lambs slaughter cattle stock feeder cattle and yearling steers with price bands across goods standards and utilities for July 28 sale.
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Front Royal Livestock Market
Canner & Cutter
Cutter & Utility
Local Stocks and Quotations The Weld and Co. List
Quotations courtesy of Weld and Co. show prices for American Furniture Bank of Clarke, George Washington Hotel, Green Chemical Co, Investors Loan, Life Insurance of Virginia, Rubber Corp preferred, Potomac Edison, Winchester Orchard & Farm Supply, and Winchester Storage. Noted par values include 1 10 100 and prices range from 49% to 100.
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A Weld and Co
Winchester Co
Bank of Clarke
George Washington
Isis
Wee Green Chemical Co
Ok Sas Paragy
Vane
Life Insurance Co
Virginia
Winchester Orchard & Farm Supply
Winchester
Morton Reelected GOP Chairman in Unanimous Vote
Sen Thruston B Morton of Kentucky was unanimously reelected chairman of the Republican National Committee. The move followed a committee report that Nixon and President Eisenhower favored retention, with Meade Alcorn of Connecticut leading the inquiry. Morton previously took the post in April succeeding Alcorn.
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Chicago
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Republican National Committee
Morton
Richard M. Nixon
Meade Alcorn
Connecticut
Nixon
GOP
Eisenhower
Alcorn
Marshals Seize Golden Rooster in Nevada Art Dispute
U S marshals seized a 1 inch high 15 pound solid gold rooster from the Nugget Casino owner Dick Graves under a court order the government says it is not art Graves argues the piece is art valued at about 40000 dollars though containing 12500 dollars worth of gold The government claims the piece was displayed for advertising purposes and not kept as art.
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Sparks
Nev
U.S
Dick Graves
Nugget Casino
Graves
Reporter Ends Jail Sentence in Red China
Hong Kong AP reports 26 year old Chinese reporter Bill Yim of United Press International returned to Hong Kong after a one year sentence in a Chinese Communist jail on espionage charges. He travelled to Canton last July to cover a news assignment and said he acted under pressure and brainwashing attempts.
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Hong Kong
Bill Yim
United Press International
Yim
Canton
Red China
Pie
William F. Downey
New Britain
Death Rate Is Lowest On Record On Nation’s Highways
The first six months of 1959 show a highway death rate of 5 per 100 million miles traveled with 17,100 fatalities, a slight rise in total deaths from a year ago but a record low rate. Arlington in the 100k–200k population class records 0.6 deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles among top safe-driving cities.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Arlington
Bus Hero Saves Family From Fire on Brooklyn Block
A Brooklyn bus driver Henry A. Hauske, 37, risked his life after seeing flames from a four story building on Atlantic Avenue. He coaxed Charles Moore and his two children to safety from a third floor window before returning to his delayed bus. Firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire with no injuries reported.
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NEW York
Brooklyn
Henry A. Hauske
Hauske
Atlantic Avenue
Charles Moore
Linda
Charles Jr
Transit Authority
Moore
Navy Fireman Dies of Burns on Destroyer Eaton
Norfolk AP report says Navy fireman R. P. Forchini 19 of Negaunee Michigan died from burns after steam and hot water sprayed from a boiler on the destroyer Eaton. He was fatally burned when a plate he was tightening unseated and he died en route to Portsmouth naval hospital after the Wednesday accident off the Virginia capes.
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Norfolk
Navy
Eaton
R. P. Forchini
Negaunee
Mich
Forchini
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Virginia Capes
Officious secretary meddles in company affairs
A new secretary is described as officious for meddling in matters beyond his concern. His attitude is critiqued as overly eager to manage others’ business.
Red Cross Gets New Motor Corps Car
Mrs. Ralph Hardy chairs the Red Cross Motor Corps as she receives the keys to a new Pontiac from Bob Smith. He donates a replacement car to the Winchester Frederick County Chapter each year, enabling volunteers to run community service errands across the countryside. Robert K. Woltz, the chapter chairman, notes the gratitude for the ongoing generosity.
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RED Cross
Motor Corps
Ralph Hardy
Red Cross Motor Corps
Bob’ Smith
Winchester-Frederick County
Robert K. Woltz
Mr. Smith
Belgians Pledge Congo Troop Withdrawal Soon
Belgium promised to begin withdrawing about 1,500 troops from the Congo as the U N and Congo officials urge rapid evacuation. Congo Premier Lumumba accused Belgium of threatening Africa while seeking Western aid and backing Katanga’s secession efforts.
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Congo
Gaston Eyskens
U. N
U. N. Security Council
Patrice Lumumba
Washington
Belgium
Africa
Canada
Lumumba
Oc Ae
Katanga
United States
Douglas Dillon
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Leopoldville
Hammarskjold
Powers Won't Be Allowed U.S. Lawyers
U S lawyer access denied as Francis Gary Powers faces espionage trial opening August 17 in Moscow. Sources say the tribunal will be first instance and Powers can appeal to a higher court. maximum penalty is death.
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Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
Fors
Powers
Imperious and domineering synonyms listed
A compact list presents synonyms for imperious traits including arrogant exacting domineering haughty commanding despotic dogmatic imperious and lordly sideshow terms noted as overbearing.
12th A-Sub Joins Fleet
The USS Scorpion, the Navy's 12th nuclear powered submarine and first sister ship of the USS Skipjack, was commissioned yesterday at Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics in Groton.
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Groton
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Woodstock
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