Mice Aboard Space Test Presumed Lost in Reentry
Four black mice were launched aboard the Discoverer III satellite to endure 26 hours in orbit and be retrieved alive. The two-stage Thor missile sent signals for 13 minutes before ceasing. the craft is believed to have burned up on reentry. Air Force planners note this informs future Mercury efforts.
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Vanderberg Air Force Base
Calif
Space
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Air Force
Earth
Uled
Pacific
Cape Canaveral
Soviet Mystery Planes Fade From Northwest Flight
Northwest Airlines reported an unconfirmed Soviet style jet approach to a Seattle to Tokyo DC7C over the north Pacific about 200 miles off Kamchatka. The U S Air Force denied involvement while the crew noted two or three drones dropped flares and stayed clear of the airliner.
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Tokyo
North Pacific
Northwest Airlines
U.S. Air Force
Gers
Northwest
Soviet Union
Kamchatka Peninsula
U.S
Great Circle
Japan
Alaska
Traveling Trees and Town News From Winchester
The Down Crier notes a Shenandoah County morning sighting as a car on Kent Street apparently sprouted two small trees from dirt lodged behind the bumper. Wednesday store hours shift with summer closings. Dr. Carl W Hiser handles Shenandoah College transfers while serving Lebanon Valley College trustees. Forecast calls for another cool night after a 50s low, then sunny warm day with highs around 80 to 85.
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Winchester
Holmes McFarland
Kent St
Carl W. Hiser
Shenandoah College
Lebanon Valley College
Annville
Strange Cat Found Has Winglike Growth In West Virginia
Douglas Shelton, 15, a Pineville high school freshman, captured a female cat in the woods described as 30 inches long with white Persian fur and a pair of six inch bone free winglike growths that react to the cat’s mood. A local veterinarian said such an animal is unknown.
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Pineville
W. Va
Douglas Shelton
West Virginia
Rotary Beef Bar-B-Que Planned At Senseny Park
Winchester Rotarians under Dr. T. C. Power plan a beef bar-b-que Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Lions Club Shelter Senseny Park. Guenter Skole and Jake Yost Jr co-chair the food. The event benefits the Rotary Charity fund.
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Winchester
T. C. Power
Lions Club
Senseny Park
Guenter Skole
Jake Yost, Jr
Rotary Tharity Fund
Riots Quelled as Ecuador Declares Martial Law in Guayaquil
In Guayaquil police and troops clashed with civilians during renewed rioting sparked by funeral services for six of eight victims. A 10 pm to 5 am curfew was set as martial law was imposed nationwide amid Communist accusations and subversive plots alleged by the army.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Camilo Ponce
Communist Party
Porto Viejo
Pacific Coast
Area high school graduation candidates rise in the county
A total of 339 area candidates will graduate this year up from 299 last year and 306 in 1957. James Wood leads with 130 candidates followed by Handley 106 and Clarke County 75. Douglas and Johnson-Williams of Berryville total 30. Graduation for James Wood is tomorrow at 7 p.m. on the school lawn. Handley diplomas are June 10 at 8 p.m. Clarke County graduates on the lawn at 6 p.m. with Warren County transfers noted.
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Handley, James Wood
Clarke County
Douglas High School
Johnson-Williams
Berryville
James Wood
Handley
Tennessee escapee among three held after gun battle
Carl Davis 34 of Speers Ferry faces $20,000 bond on assaulting a federal officer after surrendering to a 19 man FBI Scott County posse at Clinchport. Mrs Alpha Falin 34 and son Leavi 20 held in Bristol with bonds for harboring a criminal and assaulting officers. They face hearings tomorrow before a U S commissioner.
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Bristol, Va
Tennessee Penitentiary
Clinchport
U.S
Carl Davis
Speers Ferry
Tennessee
FBI
Scott County
Alpha Falin
C. B. Haynes
Davis
Thomas E Hassen Named Manager Of Can Plant Here
Thomas E. Hassen named manager of Crown Cork and Seal Company s new Winchester can plant on Rt 11 north of the city. An industrial engineer, he joined Crown in 1953 and later became superintendent of the Philadelphia main plant. Stackman named master mechanic for Winchester operations. The 90 000 square foot one story brick plant on 40 acres will house high speed lines and allow expansion. Contractor is Howard Shockey and Sons.
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Thomas E. Hassen
Crown Cork & Seal Company
Winchester
Hassen
Indust
Crown Organization
Crown
Philadelphia
Mr. Hassen
la Porte
Virgil L. Stackman
South Bend
Ind
Stackman
Chicago
Rt. 11
Howard Shockey & Sons
Education in Prince Edward Surrounded by Uncertainties
In Prince Edward County a public school shutdown looms after a board vote to halt education to avoid integration. Gov. Almond and AG Harrison offered no immediate guidance on state duties. NAACP vows legal avenues to keep public education, while the Prince Edward Foundation plans to reassign white teachers if schools close.
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Prince Edward
Richmond
Prince Edward County
Board of Supervisors
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Virginia
State Supreme Court
Prince Edward Volunteers Seek School Pledges
In Farmville Virginia Prince Edward County volunteers begin collecting pledges for a whites only private school as public schools face a September shutdown and an integration order. The Prince Edward School Foundation says it will assist if Negroes request help to create their own private schools.
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Prince Edward
Farmville
Prince Edward School Foundation
B. Blanton Hanbury
Private schools planned as county ends public education
The Prince Edward School Foundation prepares to fund segregated private education with about $12 000 cash and $200 000 in pledges from 1956 while County Supervisors approve a 210 654 budget lacking school funds and anticipate white teachers moving to a private school 75 white and 67 Negro teachers affected. Graduation events occur at Farmville High and Moton High with ongoing closings and no new private Negro school planned unless a court mandate compels integration.
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Prince Edward
Prince Edward School Foundation
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Farmville High School
R. R. Moton High School
West Berlin Crisis Talks Hint at Reduced Allied Force
Western officials say the United States Britain and France may trim their 10 000 man force in West Berlin if the Soviet Union agrees to drop its threat to the city. Gromyko shows some flexibility but no Moscow instruction certainty. The four foreign ministers meet at Murville's villa to discuss continued Western force presence and a reduction in inflammatory propaganda.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Kremlin
Gromyko
Nikita Khrushchev
USS
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Herter, Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Berlin
Herter
Lloyd and
Couve de Murville
Gromokyo
Hail Storm Hits Selden Kansas Town
A two hour hail storm dumped a foot and a half of ice on Selden Kansas injuring one man as roofs collapsed. National Guard units were deployed to guard against looting while rainfall flooded basements and residents sought shelter. Reinforcements and a road-clearing effort were planned to restore access.
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Selden
Kan
Kansas
Jim Stewart
Farmers State Bank
National Guard
Colby
Public Hearing Set On Revised Frederick County Tax Rate
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors schedules a June 23 public hearing on a revised fiscal 1959-60 tax schedule. The total rate remains 2.80 per 100, with changes shifting 2.00 from the school levy to the general fund and directing the special building fund to James Wood High School debt. The June 23 hearing runs 3 to 5 p.m. in the county office building.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
James Wood High School
Supervisors
Star
Board to sue American Viscose for 154770 fine
The State Water Control Board will file a civil suit in Warren County Circuit Court within weeks to collect a 154770 fine for a fish kill tied to the American Viscose plant at Front Royal. The company denies responsibility and disputes the cause of the deaths in the Shenandoah River.
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Richmond
State Water Control Board
Front Royal
South Fork
Shenandoah River
Northwest
Virginia
R. A. Wright
Warren County
A. G. McVay
40 Fete Queen's Brother Heads Troubled Nicaragua
Reports from Nicaragua detail turmoil linked to Luis Samoza, brother of Senorita Lillian Samoza who held the Winchester Festival title in 1940. Associated maids of honor included Miss Louise Moore and Miss Elizabeth Carrington Pierce.
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Nicaragua
Luis Sa
Moza
Senorita Lillian Samoza
Winchester
Senorita Samoza
Louise Moore
Elizabeth Carrington Pierce
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