House Balks at Accepting Major Tax Law Changes
The House balks at Senate added tax changes while seeking a simple one year extension of current corporate and excise tax rates. Mills meets with Secretary Anderson and confirms limited agreement but negotiations continue on defense contract renegotiation and other Senate amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
Mills
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Congress
Local tabloid notes editorial on Miller Street dangers
The Weekly Blab reports on Miller Street dangers in a June 22 issue. Virginia roadsides are criticized for litter as a traveler notes heavier traffic and laxer laws in other states. Clean up at Stonewall High School follows a fire department yard party with birds aiding cleanup. Heat and humidity persist with highs around 88 and a five to eight degree rise expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller-Jefferson St
Susan Goode
Mary Jo Maddox
Elenna Harper
Linda Cooper
Miller St
Virginia
Old Dominion
Stonewall High School
Clearbrook
Final Net Cost Of Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
The final net cost for the 1958-59 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival totaled 29 798 82 dollars. Accountants report year ending June 30 shows net expenditures of 25 180 85 with 4 618 pending. Departments include public safety payments publicity and costumes with various small line items. It is expected remaining debts will be remitted and 1959 expenses paid on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Public Safety and Public Service
Reid's Market Opens Saturday With Groceries and Fresh Meats
Opening Saturday ad promotes Groceries Fresh Meats Atlantic Gas and Oil at Reid's Market located 3 miles out Rt 50 West on a new highway. All welcome. Also included is a sale notice for Montmorency Cherries This Week Only You Pick 50c per gal We Pick 15c per gal from L. O. Dick Estate Clearbrook Virginia with phone MO 2-5032.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Gas and Oil
Reid’s
Rt. 50
New Highway
Montmorency
L. O. Dick
Clearbrook
Montmorency Cherries
D. K. Russell & Sons
Welltown Pike
Herbert Bryant, Inc
J. Kenneth Robinson
Merriman
Shenandoah Valley Plans Civil War Centennial Observance
Shenandoah Valley Inc launches a 1961 65 civil war centennial observance with a central committee drawn from 15 counties. Carroll Maloney of New Market is named chairman and each city town and county group will send one representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Ike Queen Open St Lawrence Seaway In Joint Dedication
President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II dedicated the St Lawrence Seaway at Montreal. They opened the inland ship channel with a 31 mile cruise from the St Lambert Lock, praising democratic cooperation and marking a major cross border achievement. Lewis L. Strauss attended as secretary of commerce. Over 20 000 spectators gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence Seaway
Washington
St. Lambert
Congress
Wau
Canada
Lewis L. Strauss
United States
Steelworkers invite direct talks to avoid walkout
United Steelworkers president David J. McDonald said the union will not continue with the four man industry bargaining team and called the talks a farcical filibuster. He urged immediate direct talks with steel company executives to avert a possible 500000 man walkout as contracts near expiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Steelworkers Union
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Floyd Patterson Johansson Title Fight Definitely On
The Floyd Patterson Ingemar Johansson heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium is definitely on promoter Bill Rosensohn announced at noon today. The rain postponed it Thursday night but clearing skies and favorable forecasts make the fight likely to proceed at 9 30 p m unless new rain arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Floyd Patterson
Ingemar Johansson
Yankee Stadium
Bill Rosensohn
Rosensohn
Monrovia Sinks After Lake Huron Collision
A 29 man crew aboard the freighter Monrovia was rescued minutes before the ship sank in fog on Lake Huron after colliding with the Royalton and Rayalton off Thunder Bay Island. The Norman W. Foy stood by, recovered survivors, and Coast Guard cutters patrolled the area as markers warned other ships. cause of the crash remains undetermined.
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Alpena
Mich
Monrovia
Lake Huron
Coast Guard
Norman W. Foy
Rayalton
Foy
Thunder Bay Island
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Mackinaw
Acacia
Detroit
Syesanes Svokos
Alex Gillies
Gillies
Buffalo
N. Y
Antwerp
Liberia
Chicago
Duluth
Royalton
E. Scott Misener, Ltd
Port Colbourne
Ont
TWA Airliner Crashes Near Milan After Lightning Strike
A four engine TWA jet carrying 59 passengers crashed and burned after a lightning hit during a storm near Busto Arsizio, 15 miles north of Milan as it departed Malpensa for Paris. Officials reported the wreckage in a field with witnesses saying the plane split in three parts.
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Milan
Italy
TWA
Busto Arsizio
Trans World Airlines
Rome
Athens
Chicago
Marnate
Malpensa
Constellation
Farm Vetoes Signal Bitter Clash Over Agriculture
President Eisenhower vetoed two farm bills affecting wheat and tobacco saying they would worsen surpluses and keep prices high. Democratic leaders condemn the veto as a setback while planning to press voters on proposed cuts and income support next year. Secretary Benson heads to Europe on a farm trade trip as lawmakers prepare long range hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Secretar of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
House Agriculture Commitee
Whitacre Reappointed to Frederick County School Board
Fred A. Whitacre was reappointed to a four year term on the Frederick County School Board. His new term begins July 1 representing the Gainesboro District. Electoral Board members are J Pinckney Arthur Julian S Carbaugh and George A Smith. Other current four year term members include Robert M Muse Charles E Bass Clyde Logan and Huyett G Light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Whitacre
Frederick County
Frederick County School Trustee
Gainesboro
J. Pinckney Arthur
Julian S. Carbaugh
George A. Smith
Robert M. Muse
Back Creek
Charles E. Bass
Opequon
Clyde Logan
Shawnee
Huyett G. Light
Stonewall
Louis Armstrong Shows Signs Of Rally In Spoleto
Louis Armstrong, recovering from pneumonia and heart strain in Spoleto Italy, sits up in bed jokes with nurse and walks unaided. Doctors report notable improvement though monitor for complications continues. Ed Sullivan visits as Armstrong predicts a rapid return to health if no setbacks occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spoleto
Italy
Louis Armstrong
Armstrong
Anna Venturini
U.S
Ed Sullivan
Pops
Long Ordered Released From Mental Hospital
A Louisiana court freed Gov. Earl K. Long from the Southwest Louisiana Hospital at Mandeville after 27 days confinement. Judge Robert Jones dismissed the commitment and announced the governor could resume duties as governor. The State Hospital Board removed Director Jesse Bankston during an emergency session preceding the hearing.
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Covington
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Mandeville
Long
Robert Jones
22Nd Judicial District
Jones
Joe Arthur Sims
Ramrod
State Hospital Board
State Hospital
Jesse Bankston
Galveston
Tex
Baton Rouge
Virginia Milk Commission adopts uniform retail milk price plan
The Virginia State Milk Commission set a uniform retail price of 242 cents a quart in 29 markets effective July 1, with hearings to decide on other markets and possible withdrawal of federal orders. The plan, approved 2-1, shifts pricing toward a middle ground for producers and distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Milk Commission
Virginia
Commission
Arlington - Alexandria
Manassas
A. Gordon Willis
Culpeper
Virgil P. Randolph Jr
Gloucester
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Marvin Gore
Donna Lee Wilkins
James Wilkins
Marian Patton
Harold Patton
Auditoriun
Budg
Valley Group
Centennial
Ward
Haun’s
Paper Mill Road
Echo Village
Howard Johnson
George Washington Hotel
Winchester Seed CO
Allen Bond, Sr
Sargent’s
Opequon Avenue
Montmorency Cherries Vou
P. S. Heishman
Cedar Creek
Pine Grove Methodist Church
Ike
Steelworkers Union
R. Conrad Cooper
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Warren Rifles
Front Royal
Star
Malpensa Airport
Paris
Thurmond
Switzerland
West Germany
Denmark
Whitacre
Hawthrone
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