Three Juveniles Cited in Stephens City Summer Home Vandalism
Frederick County deputies report a 10 year old has admitted involvement with two other boys in wrecking a Stephens City area summer home on Rt 636. Windows smashed, furniture overturned, marmalade eaten, a dead mouse pinned to a pantry wall. Owner is Dr Muriel W Brown of Silver Spring Maryland. Incident likely occurred Friday.
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Stephens City
Frederick County
Muriel W. Brown
Silver Spring
Rt. 636
Fishermen Dead or Missing After Escuminac Storm
At least 34 fishermen were dead or missing after a week end storm battered the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Northumberland Strait. Thirteen confirmed dead, 21 missing, 22 derelict boats spotted along the coastline between Point Escuminac and Richibucto. two survivors were saved by an air bubble in an overturned boat. The Halifax Weather Bureau faced criticism for not warning crews.
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New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Hilairen Gauvin
Germain Chaisson
Lameque
Gauvin
Charles Gauvin
Weather Bureau
Halifax Weather Bureau
Ee Eee
Fishing Industre
Winchester golf club makes history with double eagle win
Dickie co assistant Winchester Golf Club manager hit the first double eagle in the course history during a match against Warrenton. His 249 yard drive and 210 yard hole out helped Winchester win 21 to 6 as rules and par five number four played key roles. Claude’s archery feature in Roanoke Times draws attention. Bowfishing noted as unique sport with huge carp catches. Notice announces weekly Moose meeting tomorrow at 8 with door prize and refreshments.
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Dickie Co
Winchester Golf Club
Warrenton
Winchester
A. J. Bartley
Millwood
Claude
Roanoke Times
Bowman
Wre
Roanoke
Brother Moose
Nation's Biggest Criminal Tax Trial Starts
Eight men including Leo Shaffer of Chicago face trial in U.S. District Court in Terre Haute for evading a 10 percent excise tax on 3.26 million dollars in football and World Series betting proceeds. Judge Dale J. Holder convened 83 jurors as defense moves sparred over seized evidence and witness scope. Defendants include Jules Horwick and Charles Sumner among others from Chicago Indianapolis Terre Haute Las Vegas and Detroit.
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Somes Haute
Ind
Armee Vial
U.S
Leo Shaffer
Chicago
Federal
Sestemen Ee Cate de Sakry
Ptt
Holder
Treasury
Jules Horwick
Charles L
Buck) Sumner
Marion County
Indianapolis
Edgar M. Wyatt
Terre Haute
Joey Jacobs
Philip Share
Irwin Gordon
Las Vegas
Nev
James Tamer
Detroit
Four Die as Flames Sweep Nearby Bungalow
Navy commander Cmdr. Daniel Grant Bailey about 39 and his wife Betty Carter Bailey 36 and their two children perished in a fire at a Miles Mathews County bungalow. A 14 year old son suffered third degree burns and was taken to Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Cmdr Bailey Jr. was hospitalized. The family vacationed at a one story summer home owned by an unnamed party.
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Mathews AP
Navy
Miles
Mathews County
Portsmouth
Naval
Cmdr
Daniel Grant Baily
New London
Conn
Betty Carter Howell Baily
Virginia Paap
Possible Growing Pains Cited
City master plan for Winchester aims for orderly growth to efficiently and profitably place residential commercial and industrial lands. Survey results on income employment retail trade and population are reviewed, warning of traffic congestion parking shortages and blight if growth remains unplanned.
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Winchester
Wind and hail shrink Cherry Crop harvest schedule announced
Harvest of the area's 1959 cherry crop, reduced by wind and hail, is set to begin this week in Frederick County Virginia and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties West Virginia. Anticipated yield 1 000 to 1 200 tons, about 40 to 50 percent of last year's 2 700 to 2 800 tons. Zeropack Co field rep Layton Stockdale says Montmorency tart cherries dominate with some fruit in Shenandoah Warren and Loudoun Virginia and Morgan Hampshire West Virginia. Rawson Fruit Co near Charles Town WV also to open Wednesday. Crop prospects discussed at Shenandoah Cherry Growers Association meeting in Inwood WV. some fear insufficient fruit for processing, though damage should not affect domestic use. Damage mainly from hail concentrated around Bunker Hill WV. Harvest expected to take about two weeks. Zeropack will pay seven cents per pound for No 1 cherries and two cents per pound for juice cherries sorted out. Crop damage arises from bruises causing rot or pits. New president Charles Lewis Arden near Martinsburg WV. secretary-treasurer Turney Ramey Charles Town WV. board includes Laird Marshall and others.
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Layton Stockdale
Zeropack Co
Frederick County
Virginia
Berkeley
Jefferson Counties
West Virginia
Montmorency
Shenandoah
Warren
Loudoun
Morgan
Hampshire
Zeropack
Rawson Fruit Co
Charles Town
W. Va
Shenandoah Cherry Growers Association
C. H. Musselman
Inwood
Wva
Bunker Hill
W.va
Ichigar
Wisconsin
Stockdale
Charles Lewis
Arden
Martinsburg
W Va
Turney Ramey
Charles
Associaton
Lewis
Paul E. Miller
Kearneysville
Laird Marshall
Aew
Congress Faces End of Year Money Bills Warily
Congress heads into its annual end of June scramble to pass as many big money bills before July 1. The House has acted on most annual appropriations, while the Senate lags. Political battles loom over foreign aid, anti racketeering labor, civil rights, and possible fed aid peace. Presidential veto threats have forced spending cuts in housing and airports. Eisenhower’s requests for higher gasoline tax and postal rates look unlikely to pass.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Calendar Girl voting opens in Winchester Star contest
The Star prints the first ballots for naming the top Calendar Girl for the two-year period ending in May. Readers are urged to select first and second choices, tear out the ballot on page 3, and mail it. Ballots must be postmarked by midnight Wednesday.
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Star
Calendar Girl
Winchester Evening Star
The
Winchester Area
Lolita Young
Jean Buckner
Helen Dettra
Elva White
Gail Dean
Kay McKean
Faye Perry
Shirley Oates
Elizabeth Lacy
Anita Pennypacker
Janice Brumback
Mary Helen Massie
Barbara Jenks
Joyce Lake
Anne Barnhart
Abby Miller
Martha Rose Whitten
Lucy Barb
Laura Bowman
Sheila McGuire
Pat Bemis
Eunice Miller
Ci Dickson
Marino Dam
Herter to Address Nation on Geneva Talks Tuesday
Secretary of State Herter announced a 15 minute nationwide radio and TV address Tuesday night to explain the Geneva foreign ministers talks deadlock and U S plans. He said the discussions with Eisenhower covered the stalled Berlin issue and West Germany’s status as Geneva resumes July 13.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower
Geneva
Herter
Soviet Union
Berlin
NBC
CBS
Abc-Tv
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Germany
U. S
Britain
France
United States
White House
Gettysburg
East Germany
Shade’s Park
Auto mishap spree causes $3,000 damage in Minneapolis
Minnie G. Wickland struck a trash burner turning into an alley and then crashed through garages and a fence as sparks flew. Police say her car caused more than $3,000 in damage and charged her with drunken driving. bail set at $300. Her husband Earl rode as a passenger, with no injuries reported.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnie G. Wickland
Four Die In Stampede At Toluca Theater
Four people were killed and about 20 injured as a stampede broke out when a movie theater roof was ripped off during a violent wind storm in Toluca Mexico.
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Toluca
Mexico
Drunknicks Blind Threat to U S Adventists Told
Drunkniks are a national danger due to mass production of problem drinkers and rising crime and broken homes, warned James V. Scully of the American Temperance Society at the Virginia District of Columbia Adventists summer conference. He urged mandatory educational measures in public schools to teach teens about alcohol and its dangers.
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New Market
America
Biot
James V. Scully
Washington, D. C
American Temperance Society
Scully
Virginia
District’ of Columbia Adventists
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Baltimore minister's wife injured in Boyce crash
A 1959 Nash station wagon overturned after a collision with a 1959 Pontiac at the Rt 340 and 620 intersection about eight miles north of Boyce. Mrs Marjorie Isaac 62 of Baltimore suffered possible fractured ribs and was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital. Rev Frank Reid Isaac her husband was present with State DA Sheetz and Trooper P F Click.
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Baltimore
Nash
Boyce
Rts
Marjorie Isaac
Glen Allen Drive
Balti
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester Rescue Squad
Frank Reid Isaac
D. A. Sheetz
P. F. Click
Wilhelmenia Sipe Garver
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Evening Star
Washington St
Montmorency Cherries Boyd Orchard
Martinsburg Pike
Doug O’connell Pu
L. O. Dick
Clearbrook
Kern Motor CO
Montmorency Sour Cherries
Nicodemus Orchard
Welltown Pike
H.W. Butler Bros., Inc
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