Winchester approves 1.72 million budget for 1958 59
The city council finalized a 1.719 million dollar budget for July 1, 1958 to June 30, 1959 with no public comment at the hearing. Council also passed a tax ordinance on final reading and approved funds transfers for a 24 passenger bus and armory interior painting.
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Winchester
Oiati
Commonwealth
Lee Grant
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Robert 8. Barbour
General Fund
East Cork St
Commercial St
Pennsylvania Ave
Water and Sewer Fund
Commerce St
J. M. Steck, Jr
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Council
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Taylor Barr
Memorial Hospital
J. Ben Cather
Joseph C. Ritter
Clifford and
Stewart Sts
Public Safety Committee
William F. Schenck
Hoye L. Riley
Schenck
Grant
Adjutant General of
State
National Guard
Rummage Sale At Old Friendship Fire Hall
Community rummage sale set for June 13th and 14th at Old Friendship Fire Hall. Proceeds aid local projects with hours 1pm to 6pm Friday and 9am to 3pm Saturday. Local residents participate, offering clothing toys and household items.
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Old Friendship Fire Hall
Gainesboro
Gainesboro Fire Co
P & T Thrift Shop
Berryville
Tornado kills 13 in El Dorado Kansas
A tornado devastated 40 square blocks of El Dorado injuring 49 and killing 13. National Guard and Kansas Turnpike units searched rubble for additional victims as residents described the destruction and basement sheltering.
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EL Dorado
Kan
W. W. Goodwin
The
National Guard
Kansas Turnpike Highway Patrol
Maj
Lloyds. Vincent
Bessie Diaz
Carlos W. Wheeler
JW Commencement Awards Highlight Campus Event
Thirteen awards were presented at James Wood High School graduation on the campus lawn. Wendell Paul Dick received the Winchester Evening Star Leadership Award from State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. and a Legion certificate and medal. Barbara Dolphin was valedictorian and received a scholarship.
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James Wood High School
Wendell Paul Dick
Winchester Evening Star
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Conrad Hoover
Post 21
American Legion
Randolph Gaunt
Barbara Dolphin
Nancy Carolyn Bursey
Sharon Cather Omps
The
Lions Club
Carter Baker
Roger Rickard
East Germans Offer Quick Release If U S Acts Reasonable
Berlin dispatch reports East Germany vows swift freeing of nine U S Army personnel and a helicopter if Washington acts in a normal and reasonable manner. Dulles said the U S would negotiate for the eight officers and one sergeant after their helicopter ran out of gas and landed in East Germany. The Neues Deutschland editorial called for measured actions while reaffirming air space violation. The East German Defense Ministry disowned a spy trial idea from Volksarmee and disciplined the editor.
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Statemght
Neues Deutschland
Dulles
United States
East Germany
Red
East
Ministry of Defense
Volksarmee
Winchester Evening Star Earns State Excellence Award
The Virginia Press Association cited The Winchester Evening Star for Excellence of General Make-up, rating first in its circulation bracket for overall excellence in news and ads and giving it honorable mention for front page quality. The Star previously earned national recognition as a top seven newspaper in its bracket by N W Ayer.
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Virginia Press Association Today
Winchester Evening Star
The
Star
the Star
United States
N. W. Ayer
New York
Auto Workers Lift Their Softpedal On Strike Talks
In Detroit, the United Auto Workers eased their strike talk while urging Chrysler workers to stay on the job. UAW Vice President Norman Matthews warned of possible closures at two Plymouth plants over rules limiting stewards and committeemen on company time. 400 Chrysler workers did not return after lunch, prompting a noon shutdown of the Dodge truck plant and 1,000 more sent home.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
UAW
Norman Matthews
Plymouth
General Motors
Ford
Matthews
Chrysler Department
Dodge
Pace Addresses VMI Graduates
Pace told the Virginia Military Institute class that Russia’s lack of belief in God and faith in human freedom strengthens the U S position. Frank Pace then president of General Dynamics addressed 133 first classmen who received diplomas and commissions as second lieutenants. Maj Gen Milton Jr supervised the ceremony marking the last Virginia spring graduation.
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Kexington
Russia
Frank Pace
Pace
General Dynamics Corp
Virginia Military Institute
William H. Milton Jr
Sec Hool
VMI
Maine Grown Seed Potatoes Win Winchester Seed Co
Maine grown green mountain seed potatoes highlighted by Winchester Seed Co in a brief item from the period. The notice underscores regional agricultural product quality and a local business connection.
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Maine
Winchester Seed CO
Mayors and Councils Elected in Stephens City Berryville Winchester
Municipal elections across the area produced light turnout with six unopposed Winchester council candidates. In Berryville Mayor Leland Broadstater was re elected and Gene T. Dicks won Middletown mayoral race.
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Stephens City
Boyce
Leland Broadstater
Berryville
Winchester
Gene T. Dicks
Middletown
David K .Miuntzing
Lynn Comer
Ralph Wakeman
Wakeman
Lawrence L. Kephart
J. M. Casey
Cone
Lelana W. Broadslater
H. L. Maxwell
L. M .Allen
Rouss
Friendship
H. W. Butler, Jr
Eugene Dearing
Stewart Bell, Jr
Sarah Zane
Virginia Avenue
A. Lee Coble
Eugene C. Babb
Mr. Comer
M. P. Lemley
Garland F. Strickler
Kenneth E. Mowery
Winchester appoints Forrest E. Jones Civil Defense Director
Forrest E. Jones was named Civil Defense Director for Winchester by Mayor Claude B. Smalts Jr. The council unanimously approved. Jones will assume July 1 and will remain in his job at Allegheny Freight Lines. He is a U.S. Army Reserve Corps of Engineers captain and Winchester native.
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Forrest E. Jones
Allegheny Freight Lines, Inc
Winchester
Jones
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Corps of Engineers
U. S. Army Reserve
Robert L. Jones
Handley High School
Chamber of Commerce
Front Royal
Fredericksburg
Montgomery
W. Va
North Wilksboro
Lenoir
Elizabeth City
North Carolina
National Institute For Commercial Organization Managers
University of North Carolina
De Gaulle tells insurgents to quit interfering in Algeria
Paris AP Premier De Gaulle bluntly orders the Algeria insurgents to stop meddling in government and chides Gen Raoul Salan. Cabinet considers inviting Dulles for talks in July as De Gaulle seeks to restore authority and push local elections despite the All Algeria Committee of Public Safety challenge.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Algeria
Raoul Salan
Dulles
Washingon
All-Algeria Committee
Publc Safety
France
Salan
Maurice Couve de Murville
Macmillan
Adenauer
United States
Soviet Union
All-Algeria Committee of Public Safety
Corsica
Jacques Massu
Algiers
U.N. Observers Ordered to Lebanon to Halt Military Aid
The United Nations Security Council decided to rush an international watchdog team to Lebanon to seal its borders with the United Arab Republic. The observers would ensure no armies or military aid reach Lebanese rebels from the UAR, amid Lebanon’s complaint that President Nasser meddled in its internal politics. The UAR denied the charges.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Lebanon
United Arab Republic
UAR
L-Nation Council
Nasser
U.A.R
Charles Town Hit By Heavy Rain Storm
Charles Town suffered a heavy rain storm at 1 15 this afternoon causing flooded sidewalks and darkness over the town as reported by a Winchester Star correspondent.
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Charles Town
Winchester Star
Spelling Bee Elimination Round Narrows Field
In Washington the National Spelling Bee trimmed 26 contestants in the first three hours leaving 42 participants. The championship will be decided Thursday after a second session this afternoon. Jitters and tough words felled 12 of 27 boys and 14 of 41 girls by noon as the field began the sixth round.
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Washington
Macmillan ends talks with U S officials
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said Western military power is strong and well organized and that armed aggression against the West is unlikely. He spoke after two days of informal talks with President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles at a National Press Club lunch and planned to brief Canada before leaving.
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Washington
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
National Press Club
Eisenhower
Dulles
Canada
United States
Britain
House Clears Five Year Extension of Reciprocal Trade Act
The House passed and sent to the Senate a five year renewal of the reciprocal trade program. The 317 to 98 vote crushed efforts to limit the program to two years and curb the President's tariff authority. Democratic leaders and Eisenhower pressed for the extension, while a Simpson proposal to two years failed 234 to 147.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Richard M. Simpson
D-Pa
Tariff Commission
Congress
Simpson
United States
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
John W. McCormack
Dmass
Joseph W. Martin Jr
R-Mass
Rights Group Launches Study In Three Fields
The Civil Rights Commission begins a nationwide study this month in voting education and housing, focusing on discrimination while leaving door open to other areas. Few incomplete complaints exist and are being returned for more information.
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Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Commission
Gordon M. Tiffany
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Tish
U. S
Harold Cacggia
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J. Randolph Larrick
Red Cross
Mary Lou Owings
Madison College Aumnae
Clara Petrie
Strayer Business College
American Legion Auxiliary
Ellen Miller
Patsy Lamp
Library Club
Peggy O'Dell
Robert E. Ayler, III
John Kinzie
Calvary Baptist Church
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