Confederate Museum Dedication Opens in Front Royal
The Warren Rifles Confederate Museum hosts a Sunday dedication with Senator Strom Thurmond delivering the address at 2 p.m. The event marks five years of UDC work and showcases Mosby relics, Stonewall Jackson items, and artifacts from local families. The museum, built with support from the Virginia Division UDC and local donors, aims to honor 180 Confederate soldiers with bronze plaques and archival biographies.
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Trout
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Henry Trout
Winfred Herr
Maj
Robert Simpson
Maj. Simpson
V.M.I
North Carolina
George D. Rowe
Baltimore
Robert E. Lee
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Gettys
Kathleen Boone Samuels
Lewin I. Poe
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William C. Armstrong
Stephen M. Boyd, Jr
Lacy Edgerton
Virginia
George L. Massie
Raney High Prepares Its First Senior Class Graduation
Raney High School in Little Rock graduates its first senior class of 196 students. Gov. Faubus will give the commencement address as the all white private school marks a test of resistance to integration.
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Little Rock, Ark
T. J. Raney
Little Rock Private School Corp
Raney High
Raney
Faubus
Little Rock
Gainesboro News Briefs and Local Notes
Gainesboro Women Society of Christian Service will host a country cook and fried chicken supper on the church lawn at 1 5 p.m. Mrs Owens of Sound visits sons, Raney Rebel calls the year his best in high school. Tuition planned at Raney next year is $15 monthly, but Raney may stay open regardless of public schools. Various local families visit and attend memorials and weddings.
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Virgil Dehaven
Gainesboro
Raney
Nicky Avants
Hall
Avants
James Lee Robertson
Oakly Catlett
Whitacre
Bonnie Gail DeHaven
Delia Johnson
Winchester
Zackery Smith
Boy Enjoys Visit With Grandparents Mr and Mrs Smith
A brief note states a child is spending several days with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs N L Smith.
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Melvin Hardin
Luther
James
Joleen
Wytheville
Walter Smith
Joleen Hardin
Wyer Smith
Mrs. N.L. Smith
French Troops Clear Rebels in Bone Outskirts
French forces patrolled Bone in eastern Algeria as gunfire and grenades rang out while mopping up two isolated rebel groups. Authorities reported a nearby Wednesday clash left a rebel commando unit largely destroyed, with possible stragglers retreating to the outskirts.
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Algiers
Bone
Liberace Ends Concert Tour in Britain and Leaves for Paris
Liberace waves to cheering fans at a London airport as he wraps up his British concert tour. The American pianist, fresh from a libel court win, heads to Paris for a vacation with fond memories of the Manchester royal performance and gracious press coverage.
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London
Liberace
Paris
Manchester
Castro Seizes Ranch Land
Fidel Castro seizes 55,242 acres of cattle ranches under wartime powers to occupy land used for counterrevolutionary activities. He accuses ranch owners of failing to pay small breeders fair prices for cattle. The move targets critics of Cuba's land distribution program.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
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