Retiring custodian Loring Ritter feted at John Kerr scene
Loring Ritter retiring after 37 years with Winchester School System and about 20 years at John Kerr School. A ceremony on the John Kerr play court honored him with a contour lounge chair from teachers and a gold wrist watch from pupils. Hunty Hyde, son of Lewis Hyde Jr., stood nearby.
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Loring Ritter
Winchester
John Kerr School
John Kerr
Dora Brill
Hunty
Hyde
Ritter
Lewis Hyde, Jr
Front Royal fight debated at TWUA convention
The Textile Workers Union of America sustained its leadership as delegates debated a ban on using union funds to support a segregated school. Local 371 proposed funding the school with 8000 dollars in bonds and a 500 dollar annual scholarship, but administratorship was ordered. The convention re elected President William Pollock and Secretary-Treasurer John Chupka.
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Chicago
Textile Workers Union of America Today
Front Royal
Executive Council
Textile Workers Union of America
Local 317
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
TWUA
William Pollock
John Chupka
William Lillard
371
C. E. Leachman
Warren County Hospital
Chupka
Ee Aa Toe Fe East
Sesdusina Hunters & Jumpers
Ray Berthiaume
Rock Hill
S. C
Earl McGrew
McGrew
37L
E. T. Kirkland
Columbus
S.C
Victor J. Canzano
Out of state dealer’s trunk key mystery ends in lesson
An out of state auto dealer struggled to open a car trunk shown to a local salesman. His wife finally guided him to lift a letter on the car name to reveal the keyhole. A Shepherd College graduate also faced a keyless lockout after misplacing car and house keys. Memorial Day honors and a 98th birthday gift to A N Carroll highlighted local notes.
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Shepherd College
A. N. Carroll
Front Royal
Confederate Air Force
Kiwanis Club
Khrushchev Says U S Bases Would Be Hit First
Soviet Premier Khrushchev renews attacks on Eisenhower and Nixon at a Kremlin news conference. He claims a dark U S presidency and warns of nuclear retaliation if spy planes operate over the Soviet Union. He outlines disarmament aims and open skies linkage, and mocks Eisenhower’s willpower.
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Eisenhower
United States
John Foster Dulles
Nixon
Dulles
U.S
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Christian A. Herter
Soviet Union
M. I. Nedelin
Defense
Malinovsky
Nedelin
Eisenhower, Herter, Dillon and Company
White House Denies Khrushchev On German Unification
The White House calls Khrushchev's claim that Eisenhower opposes German unification completely untrue. Anne Wheaton says Eisenhower is opposed to reunification. Khrushchev also claims he authorized nuclear warheads, but no Kremlin comment is given.
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Washington
White House
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Germany
Anne Wheaton
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Scripps-Howard Newspapers Back Johnson
The Scripps Howard newspapers announce support for Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson for the Democratic presidential nomination. The New York World Telegram and Sun editorial says the 19 editors consider Johnson the ablest and strongest Democrat available and hope he is his party's choice.
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Scripps Howard
Sen
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sen. Johnson
New York World-Telegram
Sun
Plane Crash Survivor 9-Year-Old Rescued After 15 Days
A helicopter plucked Walter Sedor from the bush 15 days after a May plane crash 390 miles northwest of Winnipeg. His father Steve Secor and friend Ken Harrison died. Walter, malnourished, survived by drinking rainwater and chewing roots.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Walter Sedor
Flin Flon Hospital
Steve Secor
Ken Harrison
Tartan Lake
Khrushchev vows all-out cold war against United States
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev commits to a vigorous political and propaganda offensive against the United States. He accuses Eisenhower and the Free World of weakness after the spy plane controversy and the failed summit. He ridicules Eisenhower and Nixon as he aims to discredit U S leadership.
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Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Eisenhower
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Paris
Richard
Winchester Sets 1960 School Census Underway
Winchester conducts a five year census of all residents under 20. Census takers Hunter Maddox and Edward Siebert will visit homes within the city limits over the next two months to collect names occupations addresses and birth dates of children plus school attendance status. Parents are urged to cooperate to ensure an accurate count for planning school needs.
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Winchester
Winchester School Board
Hunter J. Maddox
Edward Siebert
Garland R. Quarles
Khrushchev presses base ban with new disarmament plan
At a Kremlin briefing Khrushchev warned that states hosting U S missiles and bases would be the first targets if war starts. He said Marsha Nedelin was authorized to use nuclear warheads and outlined a plan to destroy delivery systems. The plan, shared with ambassadors, urges open skies surveillance and bases’ liquidation.
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Moscow
Swiet
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
U.S
Kremlin
United Nations
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
France
Rodionsheen
M. I. Nedelin
Eisenhower
Paris
Bloody clashes erupt as students clash with police in Tokyo
About 5 000 leftist students gathered around the Parliament building and charged police outside the prime minister's residence. They carried anti Eisenhower and anti Kishi placards and called for dissolving Parliament before treaty ratification. Transportation unions planned a morning transit stoppage to support the protest.
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Tokyo
U.S
Eisenhower
Japan
Nobusuke Kishi
U. S
Ike
Kishi
Sohyo
Labor Federation
Harrisonburg approves 2 191 789 budget for next fiscal year
City council approves a 2 191 789 dollar municipal budget starting July 1. Public schools receive 810 480 dollars, up 133 636. State contributes 255 850 and the city 509 380. The total increase is 106 692 over the current budget. Tax rate remains at 50.
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Harrisonburg
Senate doubts unanimity in U2 spy probe report
Senators probing the U2 spy plane incident show little hope of drafting a unanimous report as bipartisan support wanes. The hearing, marked by censorship and prior Khrushchev denouncements, follows a collapse that foreshadowed a stalled summit in Paris.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
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