James Wood High School marks 145 in 1957 commencement
Dr. Percy Warren urged James Wood seniors to develop an appropriate system of values and live by them as 145 graduates receive diplomas. Principal Paul D. Beable presented diplomas. awards honored music, leadership, perfect attendance, citizenship, and scholastic excellence.
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James Wood High School
Percy Warren
Madison Collawa
Warren
Robert ‘Oe. Aylor
Frederick County
Aylor
Paul D. Beable
James Wood
Lions Club
Orion
Charles A. Dorton Jr
Donald Williams
I. W Williams
Handley Ave
Kay Lou McClanahan
Paul McClanahan
Stephens City
Choral Club
Joyce Williams
Nannie Boons
Sunnyside Station
Beable
Harold Albert Kurstedt
Col H . A. Kurstedt
Kurstedt
Mt Falls
Winchester Evening Star
Robert W. Mille
Robert St
Molly Seals
Hodgson & Brown
James H. Seals
Falls
Dr. Warren
William V. McCray
Betty Jo Gilliam
Trumans Glad Over First Grandchild Born in New York
Margaret Tru man Daniels gave birth to a 6 pound 8 ounce boy at Doctors Hospital New York the baby delivered at 12 11 am both mother and child reported doing fine Former President Harry Truman and wife Bess said they were very happy about their first grandchild Margaret is their only child The Daniels live in Manhattan and plan to leave Independence Missouri for New York today
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New York
Clifton Daniel
Margaret Truman
Margaret
Daniel
Harry Truman
Bess
Trumans
Independence
Doctors Hospital
Louise Dantuono
New York Times
E. Clifton Daniel
Zebulon
N. C
Daniels
Manhattan
Drill Instructor Reduced in Rank in San Antonio
A court martial board reduced A.2.C. William Roberts Jr. one rank and fined him $50 monthly for two months for mistreating a basic trainee. He was convicted for pulling Trainee Robert Dinsenbacher from his bunk to the floor, while acquitted of striking, shoving, and kicking other trainees.
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San Antonio
Tex
William Roberts Jr
Roberts
Robert Dinsenbacher
Astoria
Long Island
N. Y
Dinsenbacher
George E. Walker
Springfield
Washington's first Winchester visit in 1748 noted
Everard K Meade recounts George Washington's March 16 1748 stop in Winchester then Frederick Town with George William Fairfax and James Genn. Washington lodged in the tavern, hunted vermin at Pennington's, then toured the town and described a tidy rooming and a dinner with wine and rum punch before bed. His lodging source remains unnamed.
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George Washington
Winchester
Frederick Town
George William Fairfax
Washington
Mother Finds Children After 18-Month Search
Mrs. Virgie Wyss of Lewisville Arkansas located her four children in Kansas City after an 18 month nationwide search. The 39 car registrations and habeas corpus order led to the discovery. the father Walter Wyss was at a junkyard. The court ordered him to appear and present his side of the story.
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Kansas City
Kan
Virgie Wyss
Lewisville
Ark
Dist
O. Q. Claflin III
Piggott
Walter Wyss
Michigan
Illinois
Tennessee
Louisiana
California
Virginia Schools Endangered By Outside Forces
Virginia Senator Harry F Byrd Jr warned at Harrisonburg High School graduation that forces outside Virginia threaten the public school system and democratic government. He urged the public to defend an effective Virginia education amid perceived external pressures.
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Virginia
Byrd
Harrisonburg
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Harrisonburg High School
America
Europe
Baby nuclear device explodes from balloon at Yucca Flat test site
The United States detonated a small nuclear device from a balloon 500 feet above Yucca Flat at 4 55 am observers at Las Vegas 70 miles away reported a faint flash and mushroom cloud. Dr Gerald W Johnson of UC Livermore called the test successful with fallout expected minimal. The event marked the third shot of the summer series with a larger prior blast and the next test planned for June 10.
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Ney
United States
Yuca Flat
Las Vegas
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Gerald W. Johnson
Angel's Peak
AEC
Vaccine Sought for Influenza Reaches Britain
London reports the British Medical Research Council expects the new influenza strain from the Far East to reach Britain and Continental Europe. Experts at the world influenza center work to develop a vaccine as cases rise in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Bombay, and Calcutta.
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London
British Medical Research Council
Far East
Britain
Europe
World Influenza Center
Hong Kong
Philippines
Bombay
Calcutta
Health Ministry
Rain and Floods Sweep Southwest Amid Widespread Downpours
Rain and floods pounded Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas with more sections at risk after four days of heavy rainfall. The Red River swollen by Lake Texoma dam overflow caused major damage while sections of Louisiana Alexandria and Mississippi towns faced high water. Rain extended from the Southern Plains to the lower Mississippi Valley with Fort Worth and Shreveport reporting heavy totals and the Northeast hoping for fair conditions.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Red River
Mississippi
Lake Texoma
Texas-Oklahoma
Dallas
Louisiana
Alexandria
Shreveport
Greenville
Miss
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
South Atlantic Coast
Baltimore
Fort Worth
Paris Navy Retires Jean Bart Over Money Woes
The French navy withdraws one of its two battleships Jean Bart due to insufficient funds to update the vessel. A navy spokesman stated the painful decision follows current government finances.
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Paris
President Doubts U.S. Will Test Hydrogen Bombs
President Eisenhower said he would favor a complete ban on atomic weapon testing if there is total disarmament but insisted the United States could not join such a ban without a parallel agreement with Russia against use of atomic weapons. He expressed doubt that the U.S. would test another hydrogen bomb after two tests in the Pacific.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Pacific
National Academy of Scientists
Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Wildcat Work Stoppage Halts Boston Rail Service
A wildcat strike by maintenance workers paused Boston and Maine Railroad service into its Boston terminal for a second day. About 15,000 commuters shifted to cars, buses, and rapid transit as a partial schedule was scrapped after 400 workers walked out over job cuts and lost apprenticeships. An injunction was issued against picketing by Suffolk Superior Court.
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Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
Portland
Maine
Troy
N.Y
New England
Suffolk Superior Court
Edward M. Sullivan Jr
Frank L. Davis
International Assn. of
Machinists
Davis
Boy's Will Notes Hazards of Tornadoes
In Tulsa during a tornado alert nine year old Ted Cobb son of Highway Patrolman Ty Cobb drafted a last will and testament and taped it to his chest. The note left his friend George Draper Junior the survivor of any disaster as the beneficiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Ted Cobb
Ty Cobb
George Draper Junior
Rebels Killed in Three Battles in Algeria
French military officials report 15 nationalist rebels killed in three battles in Algeria, with 16 French soldiers dead and 15 wounded. Additional clashes in Europe France claim two North Africans killed and six wounded, amid strikes by Algerian workers protesting the Melouza massacre.
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Algiers
Melouza
National Liberation Movement
FLN
Algerian Nationalist Movement
MNA
Soummam
Ouarsenis
Tlemcen
Batna
Niska
Crepello Wins Epsom Derby in English Classic
Crepello owned by Sir Victor Sassoon stormed from behind to win the Epsom Derby by a length and a half. Ballymoss, a long shot owned by John McShain, finished second with Pipe of Peace third. Tempest and Royaumont followed in fourth and fifth.
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Epsom
England
Crepello
Victor Sassoon
Ballymoss
John McShain
Philadelphia
Pipe of Peace
Stavros Niarchos
Aga Khan
Bahrain
Lester Piggott
Tempest
Elizabeth Graham
Maine
Senate Probes Girard Case Involves Japanese Trial
The Senate Armed Services subcommittee opened a probe into the decision to let Japan try Specialist William C. Girard of Ottawa LaSalle Illinois for homicide. Girard allegedly shot a Japanese woman, Mrs Naka Sakai, 46, near an Army firing range on January 30. The move to permit a Japanese court to try him was announced by secretaries Dulles and Wilson with White House approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Japan
Senate
Ervin
D-Nc
Defense Department
Robert Dechert
Armed Services Subcommittee
Sen
Flanders
R-Vi
S. C
William C. Girard
Ottawa - la Salle
Naka Sakai
Girard
Dulles
Wilson
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
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CCHS
Iris Collis
Clarke County High School
Martha Kennerly
Greenway Court
White Post
Collis
William Edgar Collis
Berryville
Ken
Topeka
Yucca Flat
University of Caliifornia
Livermore
Calif
Ike
Associated Press
Mary Chess
Mariannes of
Winchester Seed Company
Mile South
Miller & Anderson
E. Boscawen St
U.S
William Mickle
Naval Academy
Catherine Keith Bacon
Enterprise
Academy
Girrard
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