Nation's First Missile-Firing A-Sub Launched
The George Washington, first in a new nuclear powered class, slips down the ways at Groton to carry Polaris missiles. President Eisenhower says the ship will help preserve peace as ceremonies feature McNeil Franke Raborn and Mrs. Anderson.
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Groton
Conn
George Washington
Eisenhower
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Asst
Defense
Wilfred J. McNeil
the Navy
William B. Franke
Navy
Coteshian
Almond Arrives In Front Royal This Afternoon
Governor J Lindsay Almond Jr expected to arrive at 4 p m in Front Royal to address Warren County Educational Foundation High School graduates at 8 p m at the Park Theatre. He and his wife will stay with Mr and Mrs E H Stokes at Hilltop on the John Marshall Highway if overnight. State Police will escort the Governor’s car.
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Front Royal
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
Warren County Educational
Winchester ball club thanks donor for dugouts at diamond
The Winchester Ball Club praises Sam Shen don for donating cinder block dugouts on concrete bases set to be ready soon. A fire wardens driver discuss pets and a dog that can sing the Star Spangled Banner and cats that can play piano. Lacie Mullins returns to The Star to find a token of esteem from coworkers.
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Winchester Ball Club
Sam Shendon
Winchester Ball Diamond
Lacie Mullins
Star
Lacie
M Y F Yard Party Notice
Social event notice for the M Y F yard party scheduled Wednesday June 10 at a church location. ham sandwiches will be served with assorted refreshments, time and exact address not specified in readable text.
Winchester students honor benefactors at Mt Hebron Cemetery
Winchester School Supt Gar Reid Quarles and Handley Assistant Principal Archie Fry lead about 2,500 city students from Handley Quarles John Kerr and Virginia Avenue Schools in a commemorative procession to Mt Hebron Cemetery. Floral tributes rest on graves of Judge Handley and John Kerr as Benjamin Butler and Charles Rinker lead the Lord’s Prayer. The Handley Band performs and taps end the session marking summer dismissal.
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Winchester School
Garreid R. Quarles
Handley
Archie Fry
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Handley, Quarles
John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Handley Band
John Handley
Quarles
Benjamin Butler
Charles Rinker
Judge Handley
Middletown Council Adopts Eight Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Budget
The Middletown Town Council approved a budget of 8450 for the coming fiscal year up 200 from last year. The tax rate stays at 75 cents per 100 assessed with water receipts rising to 1800. Other receipts include 2000 taxes 550 licenses 2000 fines 1250 A B C funds and 850 miscellaneous. Expenditures keep three items unchanged: personal property protection 3000 water department 1200 and street department 1300. Administration taxes justice and miscellaneous see modest changes. Firearm discharge complaints will be investigated under town ordinances banning firearms and firecrackers.
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Middletown
A.B. C
State Courts to Rule on Virginia Anti-NAACP Laws
The Supreme Court sent the case back to state courts, allowing Virginia to seek interpretations locally before federal review. The ruling preserves procedural steps while deferring merits, with Justices Douglas Warrren Brennan dissenting over the deference to state institutions. Real estate notices and local ads follow, including a Winchester board session and a Gainesboro district trustee election.
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Washington
Virginia
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S
High Court
Justice Harlan
Supreme Court
Harlan
District Court
Douglas
Warren
Brennan
A. S. Harrison Jr
Harrison
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Henry Henkel Criticizes License Increase Plan
Former City Councilman J. Henkel urged that proposed motor vehicle tags rise from five to ten and business licenses from 20 to 25 cents per hundred dollars over two thousand gross be halted. He blamed too many department heads for higher costs as the council weighs a 1 362 426 dollar budget for 1959 60 and noted local inspectors and tax rebates tied to prior assessments.
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J. Henkel Henry
Henry
Winchester
Frederick County
Pinetown
Martinsburg
Harrisonburg
Hagerstown
Today
Star
Clarke High grants largest class in history at Clarke County
Nearly 1,000 graduates received diplomas at Clarke County High School ceremonies in Berryville. Fourteen graduates were from Warren County, including the two honor students Walter Hansborough Carter Jr and Louise Robinson Johns. Diplomas were handed by Principal Charles Miley with remarks by Supt George Burton.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Warren County
Walter Hansbrough Carter, Jr
Louise Robinson Johns
Anne Louise Galloway
Jenny Lynn Levi
George W. Burton
Charles E. Miley, Jr
Vivien R. Wisecarver
Elizabeth Heskett
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Clarke County Woman's Club
Sandra Johnson
American Legion Auxiliary
William L. Boyce
Nancy Bell
Josephine Drury
Anne Louise. Galloway
Edward von Pippin
Miss Galloway
Glen E. Sanderlin
H. F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester Evening Star
Madelyn Ramsburg
Miss Ramsburg
Robert S. Barbour
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
Goodrich URW Reach Accord Ends 55 Day Strike
The United Rubber Workers and B F Goodrich Co reach a contract ending a 55 day strike by 14 000 workers in eight cities subject to local union ratification. Wages and pensions remain to be negotiated later this summer under master contracts.
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Canton, Ohio
United Rubber Workers
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodrich
URW
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone
Cleveland
UAW
Chicago
Goodyear
U. S. Rubber
Goodrich and
Akron
Los Angeles
Oaks
Marion
Ohio
Clarksville
Court Upholds U S Denial of Passports for China Travel
U S Court of Appeals upheld State Department power to refuse passports to Americans traveling to Red China and other areas deemed trouble spots. The decision concerns journalist William Worthy Jr. and his challenge to the policy.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
State Department
Red China
William Worthy Jr
Worthy
Hungary
E. Barrett Prettyman
Prettyman
Supreme Court
Harold H. Burton
William K. Miller
Signing Of Patterson Johansson Title Fight Halted By Court
A New York federal judge denied Eddie Machen's bid to block the Patterson Johansson heavyweight title bout set for June 25 at Yankee Stadium. The ruling delays signing as Gen Krulewitch waits Kaufman decision due at 1 p.m. EST.
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New York
Irving R. Kaufman
Eddie Machen
Ingemar Johansson
Floyd Patterson
Sweden
Melvin L. Krulewitch
New York State Athletic Commission
Krulewitch
Irving Kaufman
Eddie Machen-Johansson
Yankee Stadium
Machen
Patterson
Johansson
Gotesborg
Johansson- Machen
Kaufman
Alvin Ahlquist
Ahlquist
Sniper Kills Tennessee Coal Mine Owner Near Lake City
A sniper's bullet fatally struck Jess Fesler while he worked his bulldozer on a federal flood control project near Lake City High School in Lake City Tennessee. Five men were questioned by deputies from Anderson Campbell and Campbell counties as authorities pursued leads. Sheriff Glad Woodward said the slaying is not tied to union troubles despite past UMW activity and a 1957 welfare fund lawsuit against Fesler.
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Lake City, Tenn
Jess Fesler
Sunbright
Tenn
Lake City High School
Anderson County
Glad Woodward
Clinton
Here
Campbell County
Rose Kitts
Jacksboro
Lake City
Anderson - Campbell County
Knoxville
Kentucky
Tennessee
United Mine Workers
Woodward
UMW Welfare Fund
Fesler
Methodists Tackle Explosive School Integration Problem
Virginia Methodists at their state conference in Norfolk consider a report urging gradual integration in line with the Supreme Court desegregation ruling. The measure seeks Gov Almond to form an education commission and favors preserving public schools, opposing state funding for private school tuition, and restricting church property use for segregation.
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Norfolk
Virginia Methodists
U. S. Supreme Court
Gov. Almond
Conference
Board of Social and Economic Relations
Virginia
J. Edgar Moyer
Wesley Theological Seminary
Washington,d. C
Western ministers fear Geneva talks may collapse over Berlin
Western foreign ministers led by Herter Couve de Murville and Lloyd warned of a possible breakdown at the Geneva conference if no progress is made on Berlin and a summit. Khrushchev's Budapest interview fueled fear of blame and a tougher Western stance as Gromyko awaited Moscow instructions.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Berlin
Christian A. Herter
Maurie Couve de Murville
Secreta Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Herter
Nikita Khrushchev
Hungary
Gromyko
Budapest
Khrushchev
West Germany
West Berlin
Eisenhower
Kremlin
Kremer & Son Grocery Hours Narrowed This Fall
L C Kremer and Son Grocery announces Wednesday afternoon closures until September 2 narrowing midweek service while keeping regular hours other days. Local shop notes hours change for upcoming season.
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L. C. Kremer & Son Grocery
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Shenandoah Downs
Mister A. T
T.S
A.T
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Board of Equalization
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M & Mc
Fred I. Brumback
Charles H. Harper
J. Fred Larrick
Board of Supervisors
Gainesboro
Old Friendship Fire Hall
C.S. Market St. Methodist Church
Howard Johnson
George Washington Hotel
Bride’s Delight
Grove Furniture CO
West
Clarke High
Goodrich Reach
A. C. Slonaker & Son
Cammer’s Cleaners
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