Governor Stanley meets State Board of Education on school matters
Gov. Stanley and the State Board of Education held a lengthy discussion on public school issues. They agreed to maintain close contact and arrange further joint meetings if needed. The talks followed a prior year’s decision to keep schools segregated and referenced a broader study group led by Gen. Garland Gray to review student assignment and tuition grant plans for potential use before a summer special session.
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Stanley
Virginia
Supreme Court
Garland Gray
Waverly
State Commission On Public Education
Gray
Virginia General Assembly
Portsmouth Man Survives Fall Into Incinerator
Portsmouth Virginia Franklin Hicks a 23 year old city employee fell about 15 feet into flames at the incinerator while pushing refuse He climbed out through a partially opened furnace door after fire surrounded him He was treated in hospital and listed in good condition his clothes scorched and he recalled how he avoided panic.
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Portsmouth
Franklin Hicks
New Hunting and Fishing Licenses Go On Sale
Licenses valid July 1 are now on sale at the Peyton Marshall Corporation Court clerk office or at Lee Whitacre Frederick County Circuit Court clerk office. Also notes a yard party at Burnt Factory Methodist Church on Friday July 6 offering country ham and chicken sandwiches homemade cakes and pies.
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Peyton Marshall
Corporation Court
Lee Whitacre
Frederick County
Burnt Factory Methodist Church
Predicted Five Months Ago Amateur Weather Forecaster Not Surprised
Louis D. Rubin of Richmond an amateur forecaster says the Virginia cold snap confirms a June prediction of off normal weather. He links the cold front to a January 18 volcanic eruption in Miami Chile and forecasts further extreme conditions tied to Mt Etna February 28 and Mt Ravenpador May 12 dust plumes.
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Richmond
Virginia
Louis D. Rubin
Rubin
Miami
Chile
Mt. Etna
Mt. Ravenpador
Ecuador
Riverton Lime Purchase Seen Pending Stockholder Vote
Riverton Lime and Stone Co. of Virginia nears sale to Chadbourn Gotham Inc. of Charlotte North Carolina. Directors approved the plan but stockholders must approve. Riverton operates plants in Front Royal Virginia and Piney River Virginia and earns about 225000 annually pre tax. The deal calls for Riverton stock in exchange for Chadbourn Gotham common and preferred stock plus cash equivalents.
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North Carolina
Riverton Lime and Stone Co
Richmond
Riverton Lime and Stone Co, Inc
Virginia
Riverton
Chadbourn Gotham, Inc
Charlotte
N. C
Front Royal
Warren County
Piney River
Nelson County
J. Chadbourn Bolles
Chadbourn Gotham
J.C. Wheat and Co
North Carolina Corporation
Chabourn Gotham
New York Stock Exchange
New Chadbourn Gotham
Strike Talks Open But Injunction Hearing Postponed
O Sullivan Rubber strike talks began at the Washington Hotel at 2 p.m. while a temporary injunction hearing in Frederick County Circuit Court was postponed to 10 a.m. tomorrow. Union and management planned to respond to a union proposal of 10 cents an hour wage package plus holidays, with the company set to decide this afternoon. State Police remained on picket lines with calm conditions reported at the plant. Open All Day Wednesday Colonial Kitchen advertising and a help-wanted er instruction followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’sullivan Rubber Corporation
George Washington
Frederick County Circuit Court
Humphrey Predicts At Least 2.4 Billion For Foreign Aid
Sen. Humphrey predicts a majority of Senate Democrats will back at least 2.4 billion dollars in foreign military aid. The Foreign Relations Committee endorsed a 4.502 billion dollar aid bill, with 2.6 billion for military assistance, and debate delayed as the Defense Department appropriations bill looms. Eisenhower supporters acknowledge a fight to pass increases while NATO remains a priority.
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Washington
Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Democrats
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
Lyndon Johnson
Tex
Defense Department
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Sen
Long
D-La
Foreign Relations Committee
The
Treasury
Aera
Man Wounded In Grapple Over Gun With Police
Alston Gay 30 of 1712 Robert St was wounded by a bullet when police seized a .22 pistol during a scuffle at Ray's Tavern on E Piccadilly St. Police responded to a 3:30 p.m. call. Gay refused to surrender. He was treated at Memorial Hospital and jailed on disorderly conduct and failing to obey an officer with a $1000 bond.
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Winchester
Alston Gay
Robert St
Memorial Hospital
Ray
E. Piccadilly St
Gay
James A. Claycomb
Holmes McFarland
Towns Reservoir Drains to Four Days Water Supply
Bethany Missouri faces dire water shortage as mayor says municipal supply will last four days. Creek water could extend supplies to two weeks for about 3000 residents. A drought has yielded only 0.37 inches of rain in the latest shower and five inches in eight months. Water restrictions persist and daily life adapts to scarce supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany
Northwest
Missouri
Raymond K. Wheeler
Influence Alleged In Nickel Project
Democratic House investigators alleged political and private influence in a 43 million dollar nickel plant expansion project at Nicaro Cuba. Republicans rejected the charges as unfounded, calling for further hearings and possible perjury prosecution.
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Washington
Democratic House
Justice Department
Subcommittee
Nicaro
Cuba
Jack Brooks
D-Tex
Chicago
Edmund F. Mansure
General Services Administration
Britain’s Second Nuclear Blast Off Monte Bello Islands
Sydney reports Britain conducted a second of its current nuclear tests off Australia at Monte Bello Islands fourteen miles northwest of the coast. The British Ministry of Supply said the explosion was successful with safety measures in place and records being gathered for evaluation. It is believed the test aimed to develop a trigger for Britain’s hydrogen bomb with further tests planned next year.
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Sydney
Australia
Ministry of Supply
Monte Bello Islands
Britain
Frost Report Brings Cooler Air to New England
The Associated Press notes relief from the heat wave as frost appears in northern New England with a record 45 degrees in Connecticut and near freezing in Houston Maine. Cooler air extends into the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes while parts of the central Plains face thunderstorms and two tornadoes in North Dakota with no injuries reported.
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Associated Press
Midwest
New England
Weather Bureau
Connecticut
New
Middle Atlantic States
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Dakotas
North Dakota
Rockies
Mississippi River
Tito and Khrushchev pledge new ties to West
In Moscow 80,000 cheer as Tito of Yugoslavia and Khrushchev of the Soviet Union insist that their renewed links pose no threat to the West. They say the pact centers on bilateral cooperation with no Cominform style group, no military deals, and no change in Yugoslavia’s Western relations.
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Tito
Khrushchev
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Dynamo Stadium
Cominform
Information Agency
Stalin
West
Union Empowers Steelworkers to Call Nationwide Strike
The United Steelworkers of America authorized its 170-member wage policy committee to call a nationwide steel strike if no new contract is reached by June 30. The move comes as 650,000 workers face potential walkout amid industry resistance to a one-year contract with wage and fringe-benefit gains. Negotiations shift to eight major firms after breaking off with the Biz Three. Inland and Youngstown opened talks today as similar proposals circulate.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
New Glue Demonstrated For Bonding Concrete Blocks
Roanoke showcased a new strong adhesive capable of sticking concrete blocks together in the farm structures section of the 49th annual meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. The demonstration signals more developments to come for do it yourself builders.
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Roanoke
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Ten workers critically burned in Cumberland gas blast
Ten workmen building a Pittsburgh Plate Glass plant in Cumberland Maryland were critically burned in a gas explosion in the basement of a building with bottled gas. A leak was suspected though ignition source not determined. Names of injured workers are listed and hospital reports their conditions. Ground was broken last summer for the $15 million plant.
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Cumberland
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Memorial Hospital
Leo V. Mills
Robert Bower
Ridgeley
W. Va
George Wolfe
Ellerslie
Kenneth Valentine
Douglas May
Clarence B. Frostnight
Front Royal
Russell Hendricks
Keyser
E. C. Butcher
Webster Springs
Cal B. Bird
Christiansburg, Va
Robert M. Weller
Hagerstown
Truman Teaches Tie Sales Method In London Visit
Former haberdasher Harry S. Truman, touring Britain for ten days, demonstrates a neckwear selling technique to a London sales clerk. He shows twisting a tie over his fingers to display how it sits on a neck, then buys a white bow tie for upcoming dinners and jokes about delivery. The former Kansas City menswear shop owner recalled his failed business in the 1920s but notes all debts were paid.
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London
Harry S. Truman
Truman
William Lewis
Britain
Kansas City
Eddie Jacobson
Infants Starve After Mother Is Placed in Psychiatric Ward
In New York the bodies of a 2 year old girl and an 8 month old boy were found in an East Side tenement after their mother, Ane Astasia Velez, 32, was placed in a psychiatric ward eight days earlier. A welfare worker found the bodies. the children died four or five days before. Velez, separated from husband Jose, 39, was arrested after an incident at a tavern. The couple, Puerto Rico natives, had lived on relief since 1953. neighbors reported no prior signs of trouble.
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New York
East Side
Aneastasia Velez
Bellevue Hospital
Marvin Lutenberg
Welfare Department
Josephina
Antonio
New Jersey
Puerto Rico
Soviet Ready To Finance Aswan Dam for Egyptians
A source close to Premier Nasser said the Soviet Union offered to lend Egypt 1.12 billion dollars to finance almost all of the Aswan Dam. Nasser has not yet accepted and will study the proposal before deciding.
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Aswan Dam
Egyptians
Cairo
Egypt
M—A
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Soviet Union
Aswan
Nasser
Dmitri Shepilov
Shepilov
Suez Canal Zone
Britain
United States
Nile
World Bank
Russia
T J Watson Dies Of Heart Attack
Thomas J. Watson aged 82 chairman of IBM died of a heart attack at 1 pm today at Roosevelt Hospital New York city officials announced his death and the hospital reported no further details.
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T.J. Watson
New York
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corp
Roosevelt Hospital
Nominating Committee to Meet at Fete Headquarters
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival nominating committee meets tomorrow at 10 a m at fete headquarters in the George Washington Hotel chairman H Delmer Robinson said. Members named include C F Schenck J Pinckney Arthur Andrew J Bowen Hoye L Riley Philip B Glaize Clarke T Cooper and William Battaile inviting suggestions for next year’s officers and board.
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Fete
George Washington Hotel
H. Delmer Robinson
C. F. Schenck
J. Pinckney Arthur
Andrew J. Bowen
Hoye L. Riley
Philip B. Glaize
Clarke T. Cooper
William Battaile
Robinson
Virginia Forecast Shows Fair North and Cool Outlook
The Virginia forecast calls for fair conditions in the northern region and partly cloudy in the south with a low tonight in the mid to upper fifties. Wednesday is expected to remain generally fair and cool with highest temperatures around the upper fifties to mid sixties.
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State Education Board
State Board of Education
Frederick Clarke
City
Frederick
Clarke
Adlai
Adlai Stevenson
Des Plaines
Ings
E. I. Williams
Colonial Kitchen
Riteway Cleaners
N. Braddock St
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