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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1959
Page
3
Clarke County School Board approves next year admission for Warren County pupils previously unrolled this session. Additional rooms will be built at the Be Elementary School and restrooms added. space will be filled on a first come basis.
A Clinton Tennessee gun ambush halted a convoy of coal trucks bound for TVA Kingston plant. Fire from three hidden spots struck radiators on two of seven or eight trucks. three dynamite sticks were hurled but did not explode. No injuries reported amid a wave of labor unrest in east Tennessee as unions press non union mines.
Albany New York AP referendum to decide on a state apple marketing program. Agriculture Commissioner J Wickham set the vote after a petition from apple growers. Assessments would be up to three cents a bushel on fresh apples two cents per hundred pounds on juice apples and four cents per hundred pounds on other processed apples. Revenue estimated at about $400000 annually.
Violence erupted in Jellico on the Tennessee Kentucky line soon after two dynamite explosions damaged coal tipples and much of the Jellico business area. Police and guards patrolled the town as investigators sought motives and those responsible for the attacks on small strip mines.
Shareholders are expected to approve a merger creating a $900 million plus corporation. The new railroad would be named Norfolk and Western, with 3740 miles of road and 5870 miles of track linking Virginia coal fields to Norfolk and extending to Cincinnati Columbus and branches to Hagerstown Bristol and Winston-Salem Durham. Authorities project savings of about one million dollars monthly from combined operations. Governor Almond endorses the merger and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway takes no position. New York Central officials visited but offered no comment on possible intervention before the ICC.
A House Appropriations subcommittee reportedly turned down President Eisenhower's request for 260 million to build a new super aircraft carrier. The panel votes to allocate about 40.8 billion dollars for the Defense Department for the next fiscal year, directing funds to antisubmarine and missile programs while preserving National Guard and reserve forces. The plan includes three additional Polaris missile submarines and delays a new carrier not nuclear powered with Terrier missiles. The Enterprise remains on schedule for deployment in 1961.
Lucille Lo Bianco described a blond youth about 17 who tried to rape her on a New York subway car. She pulled the emergency cord, stopping the train and triggering a collision with a following train that injured about 28 people, with 14 treated on site and 14 taken to Coney Island Hospital. the attacker fled.
Tom Berg, 68, a humane agent, drove 40 miles from Chicago to return Penny the cocker spaniel to Chief Petty Officer Walter Seabock at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station after Penny wandered from Seattle to Chicago. Penny had lingered in Union Station baggage room for four days before being turned in to the Anti Cruelty Society. The Navy and Coast Guard failed to locate transport, prompting Berg to undertake the service to reunite dog and family.
Paris AP reports Sidney Bechet, 68, famed New Orleans born jazz figure, died at his home in Garches after a period of ill health. Cancer caused the death, with a rapid decline in the final days.
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