Mexican Plane Crash Kills 45 Near Guadalajara
A four engine Aeronaves de Mexico Constellation with 45 aboard crashed into San Agustino Peak near Guadalajara while en route from Tijuana to Mexico City. The wreckage was found after last radio contact at 10 15 p m. Weather was rainy and witnesses heard an explosion. Some American passengers were among the 22 boarding at Tijuana.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
The
Aeronaves de Mexico
Tijuana
California
San Agustino Peak
Guadalajar
Clarke Board Tackles County Road Problems in Clarke County
Clarke County Supervisors addressed road issues at a meeting. They moved to add an old White Post road to the state secondary system and consider taking 3 miles of Rt 612 into state care. Bear Den Park sought an ordinance waiver for narrower roads. Planning Commission recommendations followed. Dr. Lindall resigned as Health Director. Dr. Nottingham will succeed him.
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Berryville
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
White Post
A. S. Brown
Brown
William Rodenberg
Bear den Park
Blue Ridge Mountain
Rt. 7
Bear den
Planning Commission
Kenneth N. Gilpin, Jr
Robert Renshaw
Rodenberg
Gilpin
A. L. Lindall
Clarke
Frederick Counties
Lindall
Stuart C. Nottingham
Man Under Guard After Fatal Fracas in Arlington
In Arlington, Russell Gantt, 46, remained under 24 hour guard at Arlington Hospital after a family dispute ended in the death of Theodore Strom, 55, a Washington CPA. Neighbors say Strom struggled with Gantt at Strom’s Oakton home, while Mrs Strom, 56, was hospitalized with concussion and scalp injuries. Gantt reportedly pistol whipped Mrs Strom after she shot him in the chest with a .22 birdshot pistol. No charges have been filed.
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Arlington
Russell Gantt
Arlington Hospital
Theodore R. Strom
Washington
Strom
Gantt
Oakton
House approves space bill setting up NASA
The House passed unanimously a bill to create a civilian space agency to direct nonmilitary space activity. It would absorb the NACA, appoint a $22 500 annual head, and establish interagency liaison with Defense and AEC while keeping nonsecurity information public.
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House
Senate
Bohnson
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Congress
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Air Flight Research Agency
NASA
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Virginia welfare payments reach 1.8 million in April
The Virginia State Department of Welfare and Institutions reports April welfare payments totaling 1,801,990 dollars, up 22,622 from a year earlier. General relief cases rose to 2,773 in April from March.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Department of Welfare and Institutions
Nottingham Names New Health Director for Winchester Frederick Clarke Loudoun
Dr. Stuart C. Nottingham will assume the post September 1 succeeding Dr. A. L. Lindall as director of the Winchester-Frederick Clarke-Loudoun Health Department. Dr. Lindall resigns June 30. Dr. John D. Hamner Jr. will oversee July and August duties. Nottingham, born April 18 1931 in Norfolk, is a Richmond University and VCM graduate who served in the U S Public Health Service and worked in Norfolk and Richmond health departments.
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Stuart C. Nottingham
A. L. Lindall
Winchester - Frederick Clarke - Loudoun
Lindall
John D. Hamner, Jr
Virginia State Health Department
Northern Virginia
Nottingham
Norfolk
University of Richmond
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
de Paul Hospital
United States Public Health Service
Anne Bowie Miller
Washington, D. C
Stuart, Jr
Jack
Connell
Norfolk Health Department
Richmond Health
Winchester - Frederick - Clarke - Loudoun
U. S. Navy Medical Corps
Virginia Health Department
Loudoun County
Leesburg
Governor hints private schooling option amid closed Virginia schools
Governor Almond suggested residents in areas with threatened school closures prepare for private schooling, noting tuition grants exist if integration forces closures. He refused to urge local groups to act and urged preserving public schools, warning against racial mixing. He avoided commenting on Arlington County segregationists plans.
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Richmond
Almond
Virginia
General Assembly
Arlington County
Americans For Democratic Action
California Holds Primary Spotlight
Four states held primary elections with California drawing the main focus. Senator William F. Knowland sought the governorship against Attorney General Edmund G. Brown under California cross filing. Alabama Montana and South Dakota also voted for governors and other state and federal races.
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Associated Press
California
William F. Knowland
Knowland
Senate
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Montana
South Dakota
Alabama
De Gaulle Gains Power as Senate approves emergency program
France moves toward new order as De Gaulle secures six month emergency powers after Senate approval and National Assembly adjourns until October. He summons Gen. Salan and resident minister Lacoste to reinforce control over Algeria and the army while preparing to address future budgets.
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Algeria
de Gaulle
Robert Lacoste
Senate
France
French National Assembly
Assembly
National Assembly
Senate Committee
Guy Mollet
Pierre Pflimlin
County Fair Set September 8 13 Brumback Elected
The 1958 Frederick County Fair will be September 8 to 13 at the Winchester Armory grounds. Fred Brumback of 110 Peyton Street is president, succeeding retiring Fair President D K Russell. Weedon Teets of Clearbrook is vice president and Arlis Frymyer is secretary. I Fred Stine is re elected treasurer.
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Brumback
Frederick County
Winchester Armory Grounds
Fred Brumback
Peyton St
D. K. Russell
Weedon Teets
Clearbrook
Arlis Frymyer
Robert Edwards
Raritan
H. F.F.A
F.H.A
Round Hill Ruritan Club
Winchester
Kenneth Rudd
Valley Pike
Harold Cooper
Stonewall Ruritan Club
W. Weedon Teets
Fred Stine
Gainesboro
Mary Lou Owings
Middletown
Agnes V. Shirley
Billy Grim
E. W. Adams
ITI
John T. Wolfe
Godfrey Zirkle
J. H. McDonald
Stephens City
Granville Crabill
Landon B. Whitacre
Whitacre
Maynard Hausenfluck
Death of Second Army Satellite Seen This Month
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory estimates Explorer II, the second U S Army satellite, will plunge to its death late this month as it loses about 15 miles of altitude daily since its March 26 launch. Sputnik III may plunge to its end early next month and become visible again in about 10 days.
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Cambridge
Mass
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Iti
Observatory
Smithsonian
Jack Slowey
Soviet Union
U N Hopes Rise For Franco Tunisian Peace Settlement
United Nations delegates expressed optimism that French Premier De Gaulle and Tunisian President Bourguiba could resolve the dispute in the Security Council. Bourguiba remained skeptical, with an Il Tempo interview quoting him on French troop withdrawal. The council debated Tunisian and French actions, planning to resume Wednesday pending new developments.
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United Nations, N. Y
U.N
de Gaulle
Habib Bourguiba
Security Council
Bourguiba
Rome
Il Tempo
Tunisia
Council
Mongi Slim
Guillame Georges - Picot
Below Normal Temperatures Predicted for June forecast
Washington AP The Weather Bureau released a 30 day June forecast. Temperatures should be below normal in the eastern quarter and plateau states while central areas from the Rockies to the Mississippi and the West Coast near normal or higher. Rainfall may exceed normal in the northern half while the southern third sees subnormal rainfall.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Mississippi
Rain delays corn and peanut planting in eastern Virginia
The Virginia Crop Reporting Service says last week’s rainfall slowed planting in eastern Virginia for corn and peanuts. Elsewhere the week was generally favorable for farm work.
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Virginia
Richmond
Virginia Crop Reporting Service
Trumans Arrive in Naples Aboard Independence
Former President and Mrs Harry S Truman arrive in Naples aboard the liner Independence, touching down in Italy for a visit. President Truman and his wife disembarked and proceeded with the official itinerary through the port city.
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Naples
Italy
Harry 8. Truman
Independence
NAACP Expected To Seek Desegregation Date In Prince Edward County
The NAACP plans to ask Federal Judge Sterling Hutcheson to set a desegregation date for Prince Edward County schools and to oppose Arlington attorney John Bradley Minnick’s bid to intervene. Minnick argues federal laws support state control over schooling, a point the NAACP contests as unrelated to the case.
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Richmond
National
Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Prince Edward County
Sterling Hutcheson
Arlington
John Bradley Minnick
Minnick
Spotswood W. Robinson III
Hutcheson
U.S. Supreme Court
Hutchson
Prince Edward
Telephone Company approves eighty two thousand expansion here
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company board approved eighty two thousand dollars for central office equipment in the local plant. Total area improvements reach eight hundred ninety three thousand dollars, with about one thousand terminals and nine hundred thirty additional lines planned locally to handle growth. An extra ten thousand dollars covers higher long distance costs between Winchester and Lost River, West Virginia.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Winchester
Lost River
West Virginia
Virginia
Salem
Washington
Rich
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