Charlottesville Reports Second Armed Robbery This Week
Charlottesville police report two men robbed the Bit Restaurant on U S 250 at 5 a.m. taking about $1,000. Owner P Durham and his wife were inside when the bandits drew pistols and ordered the cash register cleaned out. This marked the town's second armed robbery in five days after a $1,600 hold up at Public Finance Corp. last Monday.
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Charlottesville
Albemarle County
P. Durham
U.S. 250
Durham
Public Finance Corp
Negro Pupils Seek Transfer to White Staunton School
Staunton school board says a Black mother Mrs J J Wall Jr has filed to transfer her three children from Daniel Webster Elementary to the white Thomas Jefferson Elementary. Two other Black families plan similar actions. Transfers would go to the State Pupil Placement Board in Richmond for action. Staunton with about 20 000 people has one Negro high school two Negro elementary high schools one white high school and four white elementary schools.
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Staunton
City School Board
J. J. Wall Jr
Daniel Webster
Richmond
Court Will Rule On Little Rock Ordinances
The U S Supreme Court agreed to decide if Little Rock and North Little Rock Arkansas ordinances forcing NAACP branches to disclose members and contributors violate privacy and free association. Daisy Bates and Birdie Williams challenged fines for noncompliance, citing the 14th Amendment and prior rulings.
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Little Rock
Preme Court
North Little Rock
Ark
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Daisy Bates
NAACP
Birdie Williams
Arkansas Supreme Court
US. Supreme Court
Alabama
Congress Urged To Boost Foreign Aid By 400 Million
William H. Draper Jr told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Congress should add 400 million dollars to the 3.93 billion dollars requested by President Eisenhower for foreign aid. He urged arming European allies with missiles nuclear weapons and faster planes and warned against abandoning the program.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
William H. Draper Jr
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Draper
Army
Clarke COC Officers Re-Elected
Clarke County Chamber of Commerce officers were re-elected at the Friday meeting. President Wilbur French vice-president George Burton and secretary treasurer Beverley Whiting begin second terms. The group discussed locating a motel and restaurant unit in the county and noted Clarke has no motels for tourists. New board members named were Stuart Brown Chester A Hobert the Rev Charles P Moncure and Graham Dougherty Jr.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Charles P. Moncure
Graham Dougherty, Jr
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