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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1959
Page
14
A missing boy alert caused Wichita Kansas to enter a second emergency during a nighttime tornado. About 500 people were soaked while conducting search efforts in strong winds.
David Merritt, 4, son of Rev. and Mrs. Robert Merritt, hid in a house across the street during a tornado alert. His mother rushed to a shelter with four other children and a six‑month‑old. After two hours searchers found David, unharmed but ill with mumps. the mother was treated for shock.
The Martinsburg VA Office reports Administrator Sumner G. Whittier has sent a pension modernization bill to Congress. It would raise pensions for about 55 percent of the 1,223,000 on the rolls, with $100 million added in year one. A savings clause protects current beneficiaries who may choose old or new rates. Hearings could begin around May 11 if veterans groups and agencies agree.
Denis and Terry Sanders, UCLA alumni, write and direct their own films and have just been signed by MGM to produce one film a year for five years. Their onetime project Crime and Punishment USA impressed executives after a 12 day shoot on a $100,000 budget. They will tackle The Subterraneans, a Jack Kerouac adaptation.
A four story warehouse of Noland Bros. Contractors in Richmond burned after an explosion as firefighters prepared to enter at about 5 a.m. One fireman was knocked to the street but unharmed. Fire was under control in 40 minutes and out in 90 minutes with no spread to nearby buildings. Damage estimated at $50,000.
The proposed system would base pension payments on other income and dependents, raising income limits and maximum rates. Veterans could receive higher pay under the graduated scale, with increased benefits for widows and orphans, while current flat rates apply regardless of family status or other income.
Bandleader Haleae McIntyre was severely burned in an apartment fire in Hollywood. Firemen say he may have fallen asleep while smoking in the apartment of singer Jeanne McManus. he suffered extensive burns over his body. McManus found the door locked on Sunday morning and woke after smelling smoke. McIntyre, once with the Glenn Miller orchestra, led a swing band prominent in the 1940s. McManus said the band has been inactive recently.
Gov. J. Lindsay Almond Jr. urged a fight for public schools and warned that abandoning them could invite federally operated alternatives worse than integration. He claimed Negro influence shapes state power and criticized the Supreme Court, urging calm dialogue over race tensions.
The United States occupies several South Pacific islands with Great Britain, notably the Gilbert and Ellice islands, asserting control over remote territories as part of postwar arrangements.
Evangelist C. C. Johnson leads revival services at the True Church of Jesus two miles west on Route . Music and singing accompany the gatherings.
Sir Oswald Allen 72, British delegate to the United Nations Social Commission since 1947, collapsed after delivering a speech at the commission in New York.
A bake sale to aid St. Pauls A M E Church is planned at 585 N Kent St from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday. The event, organized by the Christian Fellowship Building Club, supports the church under Pastor Rev Irvin C Gordon.
Lt Warren Rudolph of the Winchester Police Department will speak at the Kiwanis Club weekly luncheon tomorrow at 12 15 p m at the Washington Hotel. He will discuss the operations of the local police department and demonstrate a lie detector.
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