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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1958
Page
12
Virginia Governor adopts a wait and see stance as fiscal advisers warn of a potential four million dollar deficit for the 1958 460 biennium unless $400 136 000 in appropriations are trimmed. The note comes as economy measures are considered to balance the budget.
General Assembly confronts two year budget with Day pegging general fund revenue at 396.13 million, prompting Bradford to suggest a five percent holdback on 1958 to 1960 appropriations. Governor Almond remains cautiously optimistic, while Morrissett and Day see potential for no deficit though current figures widen uncertainty. Revenue from individual income taxes also trimmed to 62 million from 63 million this year.
In White Sulphur Springs two senators Kennedy and Cooper headlined sessions of the Tobacco Association of the United States and the Leaf Tobacco Exporters Assn. New presidents were elected J. D. Palmer and Louis N. Dibrell Jr. Officials warned of a worsening outlook for tobacco farmers without higher allotments and prices.
Earthquakes in the Abruzzi region of southern Italy rattled towns and hamlets. Buildings cracked and roof tiles tumbled while panic spread though no injuries were reported. The tremors occurred in two waves, the second lasting about sixteen seconds in some areas.
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold returns to Beirut after two days of talks with President Nasser over Lebanon. Nasser insists rebels receive no aid, calling the conflict an internal crisis. Hammarskjold plans to brief UN leaders on his plan and may prompt Chamoun to seek Western military help if peace fails.
A Lexington circuit court jury continued evidence in a $180000 damage suit tied to a Jan 4 1957 bus truck collision on U S 11 eight miles north of Lexington. The plaintiff is four year old Charles Duane Bell of Scranton Pa survivor of the crash. Damages of $90000 are sought from Atlantic Greyhound Corp and Hoff Transfer Corp.
A discussion notes opposition to a precipitate appeal for Western intervention. It reports that critics warned such a move would pose grave international dangers and urged focus on U S efforts to seek a solution.
The humorist Oliver Herford, who died in 1935, quipped that he had always wanted to throw an egg into an electric fan calling it one of his loftier ambitions.
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