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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1959

Page

4

Desegregation Debate in Prince Edward County Intensifies

The August 4 1958 ruling by U S District Judge Stirling Hutcheson set 1965 as a tentative desegregation date, a move critics say will disrupt education and prompt private white schooling. The Fourth Circuit’s immediate desegregation order may yield little real integration and harm public funding.

U.S Stirling Hutcheson Prince Edward County Hutcheson United States Fourth Court of Appeals Appeals Court Prince Edward

Talks in Ankara Aim to Mend Greek Turkish Ties

Greece and Turkey start top level talks in Ankara on Thursday with Prime Minister Karamanlis and Foreign Minister Averoff-Tositsas meeting their Turkish counterparts. NATO members Menderes and Zorlu excluded, Cyprus dispute resolution looms large amid renewed Middle East pressures and concerns over Communist influence.

Greek Thrace Dodecanese Aegean Cyprus Turkey Istanbul Ankara Constantine Karamanlis Evangelos Averoff-Tositsas Adrian Menderes Fatin Rustu Zorlu North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO Middle East

Little tugs and a grand liner told in meditation

A reflective meditation compares a mighty liner U S to its small tugboats. The author notes the tugs keep the ship docked and unharmed, and likens them to ordinary people whose steady work sustains great institutions and society. The piece marvels at how essential small efforts are to world progress.

United States Broad Harbor

Frederick County approves Winchester Frederick jail expansion

The Frederick County board of supervisors authorized an additional 17 500 dollar appropriation as its share of the Winchester Frederick jail construction. Mr and Mrs Raymond Whitacre hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Walter Jones and Mrs Ada Bocken with Miss Nellie Fletcher of Akron Ohio. Mr and Mrs Archie A Orndorff of Berryville announced the birth of a daughter. Mrs Orndorff is formerly Miss Ethel Dofflemyer.

Frederick County Board of Supervisors Winchester-Frederick Raymond Whitacre Walter Jones Ada Bocken Nellie Fletcher Akron Ohio Archie A. Orndorff Berryville Orndorff Ethel Dofflemyer

Worry Clinic on Inferiority Complex and Poe tryouts

Eva P. admires Edgar Guest and other poets for their focus on human relations and basic values rather than lofty classics. Dr. Crane denounces educational fourflushers who hide behind polysyllables and ancestral boasts, urging clear writing and practical taste in poetry.

Eva Edgar Guest George W. Crane Eva P Dr. Crane Longfellow Eugene Fields Keats Shelley Robert Burns George Washington Thomas Overbury NEW Yorker

The Press and The Community: Print All News Truthfully

Newspaper duty is to inform the public with raw life materials for readers to form their own ethics. Critics urge moral filtering, but editors argue news mirrors society and must include crime, war, juvenile delinquency, and achievements alike.

Borden Rotary D. Tennant Bryan Richmond Times-Dispatch News Leader Bryan Newsgo Regia News Aes Venile

See Point of Joke Foster Says Revue Director

New York report quotes Robert Chery star author and director of La Plume de ma Tante comparing English and American audiences. He notes Brits laugh quicker and louder, Americans slower, and observes Paris revues rarely last six months. He criticizes matinees and describes Manhattan buffet parties.

New York Robert Chery Chery France Chablis Miller Paris

Apple Blossom Festival drew large crowd in 1934

In 1934 officials estimated over 120000 attended the Apple Blossom Festival. Queen Liz Whitney wore off her robes of state to attend the Kentucky Derby and declared it swell. Also announced was the marriage of Hattie Love Adams to Clarence L. Braithwaite.

Liz Whitney Hattie Love Adams Clarence L. Braithwaite Miss Adams W. H. Adams Mr. Braithwaite C. W. Braithwaite Beall Knight Buena Vista Mrs B M. Knight, Sr Fairmont Avenue

Local Business Changes and Community News

Fifty years ago in 1909 G Casper Fries of N Market Street sold his grocer business to Carson Clark and Leslie Fries. E O Larrick was elected president of Middletown State Bank. Nan Leafe and Sarah Repshur traveled to Kansas City Missouri to visit Mr and Mrs Leslie Shepherd.

G. Casper Fries N. Market Street Carson Clark Leslie Fries E. O. Larrick Middletown State Bank Nan Leafe Sarah Repshur Kansas City Leslie Shepherd

Cabot Considered for Brazil Ambassadorship

John M. Cabot a career foreign service officer is in line for the Brazil post after Clare Boothe Luce resigned following Senate confirmation fights. An authoritative source says President Eisenhower will submit Cabot's name soon. Cabot, 57, is currently ambassador to Colombia with extensive Latin American experience.

Washington John M. Cabot Foreign Service Brazil Clare Boothe Luce Senate Morse State Department Eisenhower Cabot Colombia

How to Score a 100 Question Quiz Ten Day Plan

A student notes a ten day scoring drill with daily results and grade interpretations. It includes questions on Rip Van Winkle, acoustics, naval academy lore, prairie biogeography, teeth, whisky grain, state lists, postwar surrender, battleship names, and planet types, asking corrections and true false judgments.

Rip van Winkle Annapte Naval Academy U.S Nes Japan Inme

The Doctor Speaks Some Measures to Aid A Fainting

Doctor Herman N Bundesen offers summer guidance on fainting. Causes include poor ventilation heat fatigue and prolonged standing. Recognize warning signs such as weakness dizziness pale skin and cold sweat and apply lying down rest head elevation unless flushed. Use cool water smelling salts ammonia and quiet observation until normal. A reader asks about a child who groans at night. cause is usually nervousness or dreaming.

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Markin Time Reflections On Land And Roads

Fragmentary excerpt discusses Luther Markin and a daughter, noting a tendency to take rather than give. It contrasts desires for land with the absence of railroads and mentions long stretches of highways. The text shows incomplete sentences and unclear context.

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