Warren County High School sale threatened by petitions
Front Royal Virginia AP petitions could force a referendum to order the sale of the all white Warren County High School to a private segregated school group. The act allows citizens to petition for a school property sale but a circuit judge can veto. Sheriff Francis Slaughter led a group that considered private class buildings but now may circulate petitions starting today.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Virginia
General Assembly
Francis Slaughter
Slaughter
State Board of Education
Warren County Educational Foundation
Q. D. Gasque
Gasque
Richmond
Union Will Win Its Demands says Murray
John F. Murray of District 16 Pittsburgh Steelworkers predicts the union will win its demands, even by strike if needed. He notes talks with industry leaders over separate local contracts and the looming July 1 potential walkout as negotiations continue.
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Murray
NEW York
John F. Murray
Pittsburgh Steelworkers Union
Philip Murray
Public and Industry
George Flacus
J & Ing W L
Presteel
Mrs Maude Wisecarver Seeks Top Dollar Prize
Fairview Ave resident Mrs Maude Wisecarver sent in a television program entry and expects word by Wednesday on her prize amount. A city strip grass cutting question looms as heat lingers with 89 degrees forecast and cooling tonight. A local baseball oddity from James Wood Strasburg features no outs by either side and 42 putouts in seven innings.
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James Wood-Strasburg
Jupiter Rockets 1500 Miles Atlantic Test
Cape Canaveral reports the Army launched a Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile 1500 miles over the Atlantic in a high risk reliability test conducted Wednesday night. Early indications describe the test as highly successful with data collection ongoing.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
NAACP Suspends Branch President
AP reports in New York that the NAACP suspends a branch president named Robert Wil for unspecified reasons. The action affects local leadership and prompts ongoing scrutiny within the civil rights organization.
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NAACP
New York
Robert Wil
Patented Rose Sale Discount Amid Winchester Seed Loss
Winchester Seed Co. notes a 20 percent sale on patented rose varieties despite a recent setback. The promotion appears on a single-page item dated 5 5 31, indicating a retail push to attract customers during post-loss recovery.
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Winchester Seed CO
Fred Astaire Show Dominates 11th TV Emmy Awards
Hollywood AP report states Fred Astaire and his show An Evening With Fred Astaire won nine Emmys, including outstanding program of the year. Jack Benny Dinah Shore Perry Como also won multiple awards as Emmys honor top performances and series across the telecast.
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Hollywood
Fred Astaire
Jack Benny
Loretta Young
Dinah Shore
Perry Como
Tores
Maverick
Astaire
TV Academy
Robert Young
Moulin Rouge
Julie Harris
Raymond Burr
Barbara Hale
Iraqi authorities free Italian airliner after 27 hour detainment
An Alitalia DC6B carrying eight crew members and 17 or more passengers was held 27 hours in Iraq for flying over the country without explicit permission. The flight from Tehran toward Beirut landed in Baghdad after control tower radio instructions. Three Americans aboard were identified as Mr and Mrs Robert Rachwal and Ar elles N.V. Italia's representative Joseph Thweny.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Tehran
Beirut
Alitalia Airline
Robert Rachwal
Glendale
Calif
Arcelles N
Walter Galli
Rome
Moscow Radio Rejects Ike A Test Plan
Moscow radio dismissed President Eisenhower's plan to ban nuclear tests to 30 miles altitude as a dangerous halfway measure. It accused the West of avoiding a real solution and warned the plan would not safeguard people against radiation. The broadcast stopped short of a outright rejection.
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Moscow
Radio Today
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Churchill Tours President's Farm At Gettysburg
British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill visits President Eisenhower at Gettysburg touring the farm in a blue electric golf cart. They inspect the cattle barn and Black Angus herd before a helicopter flight over the battlefield.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Winston Churchill
Eisenhower
Met
Britain
Marine Corps
Gettysburg
Winston
White House
Churchill
Four White Youths Indicted For Raping Black Co-ed
A Tallahassee grand jury indicted four white youths for raping a slender Black co ed after a college dance. The victims and witnesses testified for nearly seven hours before the panel returned a presentment to Circuit Judge W May Walker. The four are Patrick G Scarborough 20 William T Collinsworth 24 David Ervin Beagles 18 and Ollie Stoutamire 16. The indictment marks a historic Florida case as white defendants face potential penalties for attacking a Black person. The victim enrolled at Florida A and M University received calm support from students as officials adjusted plans for grand jury action. Under Florida law the victim may not be identified.
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Tallahassee
Fla
W. May Walker
Florida
Walker
Patrick G. Scarborough
Air Force
Alaska
Willion T. Collinsworth
David Ervin Beagles
Ollie Stoutamire
Frank Stoutamire
Walter Lee Irvin
Florida A. and
M. University
Con Ystrate
Strauss nomination seen likely to pass Commerce panel
A Republican senator predicted the Senate Commerce Committee will approve Lewis L. Strauss for secretary of commerce despite opposition. He expected at least three or four of the 11 Democrats to back the 6 Republicans. Committee leaders hope the vote is favorable and health confirmation proceeds this week.
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Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
Commerce
Strauss
Senate Commerce Committee
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nm
GOP
Everett Dirkson
R-Ill
Senate
White House
Dirkson
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Eisenhower
Anderson
House Atomic Energy Committee
Rep
Carl
Durham
Large industrial building collapses in Westbury injuring and trapping workers
A massive steel framed structure under construction at Westbury Industrial Park on Long Island collapsed near 11 a.m. trapping about 20 workers and injuring many. Rescue teams with cranes and ambulances battled debris as onlookers watched, with at least one confirmed dead.
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Westbury
N. Y
New York City
Long Island
al Long
Islip Terrace
Verge Abbatiello
Abbatiello
Four in Family Hurt When Car Crashes Into Tree
Four members of a Woodbridge family were injured when their 1955 Plymouth left Rt. 50 east of Winchester, struck a tree, and rolled. Driver Jack Wickes 39 and his two children plus his mother were hospitalized. all in good condition. A separate Rt. 7 crash near Winchester injured Raymond McDonald Jr., 22.
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Rt. 50
Winchester
Rt. 7
Jack Kenneth Wickes
Woodbridge
Wickes
Jackie
Betsy Mae
Lara Wickes
Altoona
L. P. Coverstone
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Friendship
Raymond Ellworth McDonald, Jr
Berryville
H. K. Malbon Rehe
Red Milleson
Herter Plans Radio TV Talk Tonight at 8
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter will broadcast and telecast at 8 p.m. EST tonight on his plan for a peaceful German crisis resolution. He will urge public support for U.S. policy and readiness to negotiate with the Soviets, while reaffirming allied resolve to defend West Berlin. He departs Friday for the Geneva foreign ministers meeting with Britain France and the Soviet Union, with a Bonn stop to meet Chancellor Adenauer.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Germany
Herter
U.S
West Berlin
Moscow
John Foster Dulles
Geneva
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Rayburn aims for House vote on large housing bill
Speaker Sam Rayburn says he intends to bring a $2.1 billion housing measure to a House vote presently blocked in Rules Committee. He cites three possible steps to bypass the panel and move the bill forward as partisan opposition and cost figures ignite debate.
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Rayburn
Washington
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Committee On Rules
House
Rules Committee
Banking Committee
Brent Spence
D- Ky
Spence
Congress
Banking
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