Former Winchester deputy treasurer cited in $3116 town funds misappropriation
City Auditor Robert Barbour reports Mrs. Zelma V. Hyatt, former deputy treasurer, withheld at least $3,116.06 from city accounts between July 1, 1956, and May 1, 1957. State funds suspected. investigation ongoing with potential further amounts. Hyatt claims her husband directed the scheme and she did it to cover checks.
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Zelma_ V. Hyatt
Winchester
Robert S. Barbour
Barbour
Mrs. Hyatt
Baker
J. William Hollis
Hollis
Marvin D. Weaver
Weaver
Hyatt
Eisenhower Hosts 40 House Republicans in Recovery Breakfast
President Eisenhower hosted 40 GOP members at a breakfast aimed at boosting support for his legislative program after a mild stomach illness. He discussed school construction funding and budget cuts, noting Ohio’s opposition to the school bill, while doctors said he was nearly recovered and not weakened by the illness.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Hisenhower
GOP Congress
Rep. Brown
Ohio
Brown
Congressional
Four Warner Washingtons linked to Frederick history
Four Warner Washingtons lived in Frederick and Clarke counties across generations. The first settled in the Valley and built Fairfield, visited by George Washington in 1769. His descendant Warner Jr. owned Clifton Audrey and Llewellyn, while Warner Washington I is noted only in a 1789 will. A Winchester Warner reportedly ran a tavern on South Braddock Street before moving to Georgia after 1818.
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Warner Washingtons
Frederick
Winchester
Clarke County
Fairfield
George Washington
Warner
Frederick Court
Frederick Parish
George William Fairfax
Belvoir
Warner, Jr
Clifton
Audrey
Llewellyn
Warner Washington, I
John W. Wayland
Washingtons
Winchester Warner
Braddock Street
West Side
Wolfe
Cork
Georgia
Bandleader Jimmy Dorsey Dies in New York Hospital
New York bandleader Jimmy Dorsey, 53, died at Doctors Hospital after a month’s illness with cancer. Brother of Tommy Dorsey, he had led a famous orchestra with stars like Glenn Miller and Bing Crosby’s crews. He leaves daughter Julie Milton and widow Jane.
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New York
Jimmy Dorsey
Doctors Hospital
Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy
Pennsylvania
America
Jimmy
Shenandoah
Paul Whiteman
Vincent Lopez
Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
Glenn Miller
Charlie Spivak
Ray McKinley
Bob Crosby
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Jane
Julie Milton
American Turncoat Leaving Red China
Andrew Fortuna of Ionia Michigan is leaving Red China this Saturday according to the U S consulate general Fortuna was one of 21 U S soldiers who refused repatriation after the Korean War and was among those dishonorably discharged by the Defense Department in 1954 The Supreme Court later ruled they could not be prosecuted for their actions while in service Fortuna later described his poverty and exposure to Marxist philosophy in prison camp and his reasons for deserting.
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Hong Kong
U.S
Andrew Fortuna
Ionia
Mich
Red China
Fortuna
United States
Samuel David Hawkins
Oklahoma City
Defense Department
Supreme Court
Detroit
Driver burned to death after oil truck crash
A fuel oil truck driver, Mack Watson Sloan, 37, of Winston-Salem North Carolina, was killed when the loaded vehicle crashed 10 miles south of Rocky Mount Virginia on U.S. 220. The tanker struck by crossties from a passing tractor trailer sparked a fire after a chain holding the ties broke.
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Rocky Mount
Here
U.S. 220
Mack Watson Sloan
Winston-Salem
N. C
Maine Grown Certified Seed Potatoes and Home Sites
Seed potatoes offered by Winchester Seed Company on Route 11 with Maine grown certification. Planting windows and restrictions noted. land lots advertised across from Quarles School on New Montague Avenue. Plat and prices available at Buzzella Shop with J. H. Henry. several lots feature large shade trees and traffic considerations.
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Winchester Seed Company
New Montague Avenue
Quarles School
J. H. Henry
Buzzella Shop
New Montague Ave
Loudoun
EF. Cecil
Darden Urges Virginia to Adopt Gray Plan for Desegregation
Former Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr. urges the Virginia General Assembly to scrap the massive resistance approach and enact the Gray Commission local option plan for school desegregation. He favors limited integration and local control, warning the state will not comply with the Supreme Court order while it remains rigid.
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Richmond
Colgate W. Darden Jr
General Assembly
Gray Commission
Virginia
Darden
University of Virginia
Richmond News Leader
Charlottesville
Supreme Court
Senate Approves Farm Bill Extending Soil Bank Program
The Senate voted 78 to 0 to approve a $3.67 billion farm money bill and extend soil bank payments through 1958, after a 13 hour session with key votes shaping the compromise with the House. Senate conferees will push House agreement on the soil bank extensions.
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Washington
Senate
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Eisenhower
Senate House
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Soil Bank
Algiers Capital Returns to Normal After Rioting
Algiers slowly returns to normal after anti-Moslem riots that killed between six and twelve people and injured dozens. authorities detained hundreds of French rioters as curfew ended the clashes and a night fire destroyed a market on the city edge.
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Algiers
Algier
Algeria
French Political Crisis Nears End
Paris reports France's three week crisis ending as Maurice Bourges-Maunoury seeks investiture as premier. The Radical Socialist leader, 42, expected to win Parliament approval and become France's youngest premier since 1883, succeeding Guy Mollet.
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Paris
France
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
Radical Socialist Party
National Assembly
Guy Mollet
Proud Day for Ike's Valet Moaney Reveals Close Bond
Sgt John Moaney, longtime aide to President Eisenhower, shared a lifetime of loyalty from the White House days through illness and recovery. Moaney, 43, lives with his wife Delores at the White House and serves as more than a valet, guiding mornings and evenings, even helping with fishing and golf practice. His devotion shines as he accompanies Eisenhower on his first day of presidential appointments since illness.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Sgt
John Moaney
Eisenhower
Mooney
Moaney
Coopersville
White House
Eissenhower
Meoney
Budget Approved and Speed Limit Law Pass by Council
The city approved a $1.6 million budget and ordinances setting the tax rate and speed limits at the June Common Council meeting. All three measures passed unanimously with those present. Dog control ordinance action was postponed. it would impound dogs, though the city does not own a dog pound.
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Common Council
Dorothy G. Allen
Public Safety Committee
Health
S.p.c.a
Police Department
J. M. Steck, Jr
Steck
General Assembly
Winchester
Claude B. Smalls, Jr
Middletown
F. L. Largent, Jr
Vincent O Boyle
Sheridan Ave
O'Boyle
Robert S. Barbour
Henry Ave
Valley Ave
Whitlock Ave
Lambden Ave
Miller St
Public Health Committee
Health Department
M. M. Miller, Jr
Kent and
Pall Sts
Council
Mayflower II Towed Into Provincetown Harbor
The Mayflower II replica of the original Pilgrim vessel, captained by Alan Villiers, arrived off Race Point and entered Provincetown harbor after a long voyage from Plymouth England. Observers noted rough seas and a wind driven by a southerly gale as the ship was towed in by the Coast Guard tug Yankton and moored without sails.
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Provincetown
Mass
Provincetown Harbor
Plymouth
England
Alan Villiers
Villiers
West Indies
Gulf
Race Point
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Yankton
Christian Radich
Yngger Kjelstrup
Cape Cod Bay
Storms Pound Mid-Continent Across Several States
Late spring storms with strong winds hail and tornado reports spread across eastern Kansas central Missouri and sections of Oklahoma Illinois Indiana and Ohio. Winds reached 80 mph in Hoisington Kansas with no casualties reported. warnings continued in southern Illinois as storms moved through the middle Mississippi Valley.
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Mid-Continent
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Hoisington
Kan
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Zelma V. Hyatt
House Republicans
Howard M. Snyder
BY Everard K. Meade
N. Y
China
Maine
Mayflower
Nantucket Island
U. S
State
U. S. Supreme Court
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Asheville
Ike
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