Gibson Elementary School Planned in Frederick County
Frederick County School Board announced construction of a three classroom consolidated Negro elementary school to be named Gibson Elementary in honor of Powell W. Gibson. The $70 000 to $75 000 project on a 5.03 acre site will replace three one room schools at Stephens City Middletown and Cedar Hill Clearbrook and open for the 1959 60 term housing grades one through seven with 90 pupils.
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Frederick County School Board
Gibson
Powell W. Gibson
Douglas
I. Fred
Herman B. Stine
Keith Williams and
State Department of Education
Stephens City
Middletown
Cedar Hille
Clearbrook
Andra Honesty
Marcia Taper
Cedar Hill
Elenora Davis
James Wood High School
Robinson
Robinson Elementary
Frederick County
Virginia
Board of Supervisors
Winchester
Gainesboro
Warren County School Board Keeps Poll Results Secret
Warren County School Board will not release the poll results on how many white students plan to attend Warren County High School this fall. Superintendent Q D Gasque says the decision serves the community's best interests and the high school will open next September despite the poll.
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Front Royal
Warren County School Board
Warren County
Q. D. Gasque
Warren County High School
Board of Supervisors
A Freak Accident At Winchester Leaves Player Hurt
Donnie Cornwell of the White Post softball team was knocked unconscious after a three way collision with Ken Erickson and Dave Erickson during a fly ball from Grace Bible's Morris Burleson. He was taken to Winchester hospital after the incident. Cornwell had hit the game’s only homer.
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Donnie Cornwell
White Post
Grace Bible
Morris Burleson
Cornwell
Ken Erickson
Dave Erickson
Winchester
Holland Named President of University Alumni Association
Howard A. Holland of this city was named president of the University of Virginia Alumni Association succeeding Lawrence Lewis Jr. of Richmond. Holland, a Shenandoah Valley Bank trust officer and 1925 UVa graduate, was elected at the alumni meeting in Charlottesville during finals week. New board members include John E. Bomar Wilcox Jr of Norfolk.
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Howard A. Holland
University of Virginia Alumni Association
Lawrence Lewis, Jr
Richmond
Holland
Shenandoah Valley Bank
Alumni Association
Rotunda
Charlottesville
Association
John E. Bomar Wilcox, Jr
Norfolk
Rescued from 200-foot Water Tower by Fire Crew
Augustine Le Pree 41 of Passaic New Jersey scaled a 200 foot water tower after drinking. Fireman William Hutchinson helped lower him safely with a ladder rope while a priest talked him down to 40 feet. He faced a disorderly persons charge.
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Augustine le Pree
Passaic
N. J
William Hutchinson
le Pree
Hutchinson
Gromyko and Herter Meet to Discuss Berlin Phase
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and U S Secretary of State Christian A Herter met at Gromyko’s villa to discuss the final phase of the Berlin talks amid Western hopes for a stopgap accord and a possible summit. Britain’s Selwyn Lloyd joined talks as Western unity was tested.
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Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Gromyko
Berlin
Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
A. A. Soldatov
Soviet Foreign Office
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
East
Armed posse hunts two alleged killers in Mass swamps
More than 300 heavily armed officers pursue John Coyle 23 and William Coyle 21 after gunfire forced them to abandon a captive man. Two college girls Priscilla Jury 19 and Elizabeth Mc Kay 19 were believed hostage but were later spotted at a Bourne roadblock near Cape Cod.
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Middleboro
Mass
John Coyle
William
Philadelphia
Bourne
Cape Cod
Priscilla Jury
Wayne, N.J
Elizabeth McKay
Glen Cove N.Y
Green Mountain Unior College
Poultney
Coyle Brothers
Governor Earl Long Returns to Texas Clinic as Judge Delays Ruling
Gov Earl K Long of Louisiana remains in a Texas mental clinic for at least another week as Judge L D Godard postpones a habeas corpus ruling. The judge ordered continued confinement while the sanity hearing is pushed back, with legal action and political tension surrounding the case.
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Galveston
Tex
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
Texas
L. D. Godard
Long
Mrs. Long
Ochsner Hospital
Luther Frazar
National Guard
Glveston
Godard
Hostage Released After Charleston Siege Ends Peacefully
Kenneth E. Adkins 22 releases his half sister Myra Irene Kennedy 34 after a tense siege in Charleston Illinois. Lawmen planned a tear gas assault but Adkins walked out unarmed ending the hours long standoff. Authorities said he threatened to kill Officer Logan Cox and held fast to demands while a crowd formed on the quiet street.
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Charleston, Ill
Kenneth E. Adkins
Myra Irene Kennedy
Paris
White Frame
Mervin Beil
Adkins
Kenneth Eugene Adkins
Smokey Pauley
Charleston
Ill
Pauley
Logan Cox
Self
Cox
Illinois
Democrats urge Eisenhower to seek verdict from the people
Washington AP reports confident Democrats urge President Eisenhower to address the nation via television and radio to let the public judge his legislative program. Sen. Mansfield says Democrats will carry the fight to the people based on Congress records and recent elections. Senate leaders predict Republicans will awaken to a non do nothing Congress.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Congress
Mansfield
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
GOP
Dirksen
Democratic Congress
Air Defense Center Nears Completion in Europe
KAISERSLAUTERN Germany AP A near complete underground air war control center in a mountain near West Bonn tracks air movements day and night to shield NATO from a possible attack It is run by Col Edward S F Newbury and will be turned over to U S command in about three weeks The facility includes 67 long narrow air conditioned rooms and tunnels drilled 1937 39 used by German forces 1944 end of World War II and later by the French The center monitors unidentified aircraft beyond the Iron Curtain and can dispatch weapons instantly It houses three parallel corridors and serves as a key part of the central European air defense system
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Kaiserslautern
Germany
China
U.S. Air Force
Europe
U.S
NATO
Edward S. F. Newbury
Bakersfield
Calif
Atlantic Alliance
Iron Curtain
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Newbury
West Front
Navy patrol plane attacked by MIG fighters over Sea of Japan
A U S Navy P4M patrol plane was attacked by two MiG fighters about 85 miles east of Wonsan North Korea while on a routine training patrol. A tail gunner was seriously wounded. Lt Cmdr Donald Mayer landed the damaged aircraft safely at Miho Air Base on Honshu.
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Washington
Navy
Sea of Japan
Defense Department
Wonsan
North Korea
Pentagon
U.S
Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Facility
Japan
Honshu
Cmdr
Donald Mayer
Miho Air Force Base
Far East
Floods Hit China as Communists Face Setback in 1959 Plans
Torrential rains lash south and central China for a week, flooding 900 square miles in Kwangtung and forcing mobilization of about three million people. Hong Kong reports 45 deaths and 5,000 homeless as Wuhan and lower Yangtze regions endure heavy downpours.
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China
Kwangtung
Peiping
Yangtze Valley
Hankow
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Wuhan
Reds
Contra
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