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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1957
Page
12
Vice President Nurlo Chavez resigns after an American adviser accuses him of stalling bond payments abroad. The move follows months of leftist opposition to a UN backed stabilization plan, as Labor threatens a general strike from July 1 if wage freezes remain unchanged.
The article notes the approximate geographical center of the United States lies about one mile north of Lebanon Kansas. This landmark location is presented as a geographic fact in a concise regional report.
The State Department proposed an open exchange of uncensored radio and television broadcasts with Russia. Senators Lyndon Johnson Mansfield Wiley Smith and H. Alexander Smith welcomed the plan calling for direct US messaging to the Russian people to ease disarmament talks and show bipartisan support. The move follows Johnsons call to capitalize on Krushchevs US TV appearance to open the Iron Curtain.
Frederick County Volunteer Fireman's Association held a June meeting at Clearbrook Fire Hall with twenty four firefighters from six companies. They staged two simultaneous garage fire simulations using a new Clearbrook truck, framed oil soaked buildings tested their techniques. Guests from Inwood West Virginia attended as observers and the next meeting is slated for July 22 hosted by Middletown Fire Company.
A three alarm fire destroyed a two story frame rooming house in Dallas. Two elderly men died and eight residents escaped. Victims were identified as C. D. King and James Miller, both believed in their 80s. An elderly blind woman in her 80s was critically burned. Cause not immediately determined.
Seventeen or more strong weather events sweep the East as 22 Philadelphia based Army reservists in the 79th Infantry Division suffer non serious injuries from lightning during drills at Indian Town Gap. A Gulf storm forms while heat records hold in Yuma.
A Roanoke Republican mass meeting selected Hazel K. Barger for the General Assembly and Ben M. Richardson for commonwealths attorney. Barger advocates keeping Virginia public schools open. Richardson, 28, vows voters deserve a choice. The meeting also urged Ted Dalton of Radford to run for governor.
Newport News reports the drowning of Joseph Kraus nine and Milton Kraus seven in the Warwick River during a neighbor driven swimming party. Authorities say the boys slipped from a sandbar into a fifteen foot channel while their parents, Dr Harry L Kraus and Mrs. Kraus, await details. The incident occurred as six children were carried to the spot by neighbor Mrs Gilber H Bohrer.
A woman runner earns top honors as she takes a premier place in the race. The event marks a notable achievement for the athlete amid strong competition and public attention.
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