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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1955
Page
12
Police evacuated about 1,300 guests from the Davenport Hotel Spokane a 470 room hotel after an anonymous bomb threat last night. Guests were allowed to return about an hour later when no bomb was found.
Co-chairs McHale and Dixon announce June 4 auction to benefit the shelter fund at Bark Mill Theatre Braddock and Wolfe Streets with proceeds from 3 p.m. sale after 12 noon view. Donations sought via Mrs. Clevenger or Mrs. McHale. SPCA truck will pick up items. Agent Ervin Cleveland's quarterly report shows 541 calls, 12 complaints, 35 dogs and 30 cats euthanized, 14 animals placed, 21 lost animals returned, one new member joined, and $28 in dues and contributions.
In Las Vegas an informers tip halted a plan to rob a police car delivering cash from the post office to the railroad station. Five suspects were arrested including a Las Vegas police officer George Anderson and his wife a casino cocktail waitress. Authorities said the haul could have been half a million dollars though not verified. Police and postal inspectors hid near the post office during the thwarted scheme.
In Titusville Pennsylvania the School Board approves 17 year old Nancy L Huillier Luton, expelled for marriage, to take final exams without attending classes and receive her diploma if she passes. Her parents pressured her to graduate.
In the Frederick County Virginia circuit decree a Master Commissioner John F. Anderson is set to report on owners of the Back Creek Valley tract, liens, partition feasibility, sale options, and other matters. A June 3 1955 hearing at 10 AM in Winchester is fixed with attendance demanded.
Approximately 46 100 fryers were sold today at the Capon Valley Area Poultry Auction in Wardensville West Virginia from 61 450 listed. Prices ranged from 26 34 to 28 14, mostly 27 14 to 27 blocks. Four hundred hens sold at 31 cents. bidding was strong and demand good, with prices up 1 to 1 half cents from last week. Auctions occur weekly Tuesday at 1 pm at the Memorial Building. Listings taken each Wednesday by calling Wardensville 2895.
The article lists official roles for the September event with names and titles across Finance Concessions Awards Catalogue Publicity Program Entries and related committees. Key figures include Mrs. Richard Goode Don ald Cole editors and co chairs across multiple divisions along with advisors and assistants.
Notice states a May 18 1955 meeting at 8 00 P M in Berryville Virginia for lot holders and members of Green Hill Cemetery Company to consider amending the charter recalling capital stock and transforming to a non stock non profit with active and inactive memberships and other alterations per a April 16 1955 board resolution.
An Air Force airman died and three others were injured when their car collided head on with a trailer truck on Route 5 near New Lebanon New York. Airman J Isaiah Wooden 23 of Hopkinsville Kentucky died from a broken neck and skull fracture. The injured included Airman Richard Mangum 23 of Creedmoor North Carolina Airman Willie Morton 23 of Stafford Virginia and Bonnie Jean Reeves of Albany New York. The truck driver John W Duggan 25 of Worcester Massachusetts escaped with minor injuries. Fire destroyed four new automobiles on the trailer. Police say the crash occurred in the center of the highway between Pittsfield and the surrounding area.
Mississipp i editor Hodding Carter, Pulitzer winner of the Delta Democrat Times, told the Mississippi Bankers Association that integration would have to come on a very gradual basis. He warned that token integration in the South is unlikely in the foreseeable future after being labeled a liar by the state House for criticizing citizens councils. He said he has never welcomed integration but believes it must come, especially in heavy segregated areas.
A civil rights discussion references Negro areas and bomb fears as the nation weighs adjusting to the Supreme Court ban on public school segregation. The comment asserts national resilience if the country can adapt to the new legal reality.
Ascension Day will be observed tomorrow at 7 45 p m with a special service at Centenary Reformed Church.
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