Area Seniors Set for Diplomas as Graduation Nears
Area high schools report 299 diploma candidates for 1957, up from 262 in 1956 and 306 last year. James Wood leads with 143 candidates, Handley totals 80, Clarke County 34, and the two Berryville Negro high schools count 22. Baccalaureate set for June 8 and graduation for June 10.
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Handley, James Wood
Douglas
Johnson Williams
Berryville
James Wood
Handley High School
Clarke County High School
State PTA Faces Virginia Segregation Showdown
Omaha report says Virginia PTA remains split on integration as Supreme Court rejects last appeal. Mrs. W. W. Kavanaugh warns of school closures and harm to children while PTA aims to keep public schools open and educate without taking sides in the upheaval.
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Omaha
Viris
W. W. Kavanaugh
Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers
Supreme Court
Arlington County
Pny
Kavanaugh
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Virginia Pta
PTA
Virginia
Near collision report ties bomber and airliner over Ohio
Capital Air lines says a U.S. Air Force B57 bomber nearly crossed paths with a Capital Viscount jet over northwest Ohio near Toledo. The Viscount landed safely in Baltimore with four crew and 15 passengers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capital Airlines
Air Force
Capital
Ohio
Baltimore
Maryland Air National Guard
Brunswick
Cleveland
Northwest
Toledo
Jesse Bradford
Chicago
City to Appeal Judge's Decision In Zoning Case
City Council meets to seek a writ of error in the Thomas G. Scully zoning dispute. Mayor Claude Smalts says the appeal targets Judge Lyttleton Waddell's May 13 ruling requiring Winchester to issue a Amherst Street permit, arguing it threatens the entire zoning code. The case dates to July 1957 when a permit denial sparked legal action. Judge Waddell ruled for Scully after a hearing April 9. All but three council members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Randolph Larrick
Thomas G. Scully
City of Winchester
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Lyttleton Waddell
Charlottesville
City of
Winchester
Scully
W. Amherst St
Waddell
Elliott Marshall
Winchester Corporation Court
Smalts
Amherst St
Corporation Court
Governors Fall Short On 1960 Presidential Prospects
Miami Beach news report on the 50th anniversary governors conference notes no standout candidate for 1960 nominations. It cites Democratic Meyner and Collins, Ribicoff Harriman, Kentucky Chandler, and GOP Nixon as factors, with Stratton probing a veep role. It also mentions views on National Guard cuts and recession measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
National Guard
White House
Defense McElroy
Secretary of the Treasury
Anderson
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Leroy Collins
Florida
Collins
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Averell Harriman
New York
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Nixon
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Congress
McElroy
Judge Paul to Retire After 26 Years on Virginia Bench
Federal district judge John Paul who issued Virginia's first desegregation order plans retirement Aug. 1 after 26 years on the bench. He will continue to serve with Judge Robey C. Thompson until a successor is confirmed. Desegregation orders have followed in Charlottesville Arlington Norfolk and Newport News areas. Possible successors include Ted Dalton John Strickler Richard F. Poff and others.
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Harrisonburg
Virginia
John Paul
Hoover
Eisenhower
Robey C. Thompson
Senate
Paul
Charlottesville
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
US. Supreme Court
Albert V. Bryan
Arlington
Walter E. Hoffman
Norfolk
Newport News
Ted Dalton
Radford
John Strickler
Roanoke
U.S
J. Livingstone Dillon
Pearlsburg
Richard F. Poff
Rva
Bentley Hite
Christiansburg
House of Delegates
Joe Gillespie
Tazewell
B. A. Davis
Rocky Mount
George Revercomb
Covington
Sen
Chapman Revercomb
Wva
William Logan
Woodstock
GOP
Judge Paul
Virginia Military Institute
Honor Student and Girl Die in Albion Gunfire
In Albion Nebraska a 17 year old girl Diane Zaruba and 18 year old Jerry Sherwood were killed in a rifle attack by 17 year old Kermit Keeshan. Keeshan wounded and attempted suicide after the shootings. Lynn Sherwood father and former school board president was to speak at graduation. Diane was staying at a rooming house with Sherwood. The Zaruba family farms nearby.
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Albion, Neb
Kermit Keeshan
William
Albion
Keeshan
Jerry Sherwood
Diane Zaruba
Sherwood
Lynn
Diane
Frank Svoboda
Deputy County Atty
Ray Medlin
Jerry
Svoboda
Mrs. Svoboda
Food prices push up April living cost index to new high
Government data show the consumer living cost index rose 0.2 percent from March to April driven by higher food prices especially fresh fruits and vegetables and meats. The April level stood 3.5 percent above a year earlier with widespread increases in housing medical care and personal care while transportation costs eased.
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Washington
Ewan Clague
Labor Department
Detroit
Clague
Explosions Hit Nike Base in Middletown N J
Two blasts at the Nike guided missile base in Middletown New Jersey killed several and injured about 25. Truck driver Henry Lutz Jr. reported a second explosion four minutes after the first, likely in a Nike launching pit, with buildings on the base shattered and Lutz about 300 to 400 yards away.
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Middletown
N. J
Henry Lutz, Jr
Lutz
Neighbors Help Farmer After Injury Sidelined Him
Kenneth Lewis of Ridgeway West Virginia operates a 236 acre farm near Paynes Chapel Church with land in Virginia. After a back injury two months ago neighbors took turns milking cows and tending the dairy while others prepared fields for spring planting with ten tractors working the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Lewis
Frederick County
W. Va
Mr. Lewis
Ridgeway
Paynes Chapel Church
Virginia
Petition for 26 Negro pupils to enter Charlottesville white schools
The Charlottesville City School Board received a petition by certified mail seeking admission for 26 Negro pupils to white elementary and Lane High School. Two in-person first grade requests at Venable Elementary followed, signaling potential fall school closures under a desegregation plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Venable
F. R. Ellis
John Paul
KR. Stanley Goodman Jr
Oliver W. Hill
Richmond
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Hill
Lane High School
Ellis
D. Matt Robertson
Ee Cin
France Algerian Crisis Deepens as Tunisian Clash Sparks War Talk
Paris grapples with renewed North African tensions after a Tunisian strike on Gafsa airport. Bourguiba reports French planes bombed the Tunisian airfield triggering clashes as Pflimlin pushes constitutional reforms to stabilize government. De Gaulle’s potential power move looms amid military realignments in Algiers and Paris.
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Paris
Tunisia
Pierre Pflimlin
Habib Bourguiba
Tunis
Gafsa
Algeria
France
Charles de Gaulle
Antoine Pinay
de Gaulle
Pflimiin
Pflimlin
Algiers
Assembly
Henri Lorillot
Mediterranean
North Africa
Lorillot
Raoul Salan
Col. Juille
Piper Stationery
Office Supply, Inc
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Handley
Clarke County
Sacred Heart Church Hall
Hamilton
Bulova
ELGIN
GRUEN
Hodgson & Brown
Judges Athletic Association
York Inn
Garland R. Quarles
Hunter Maddox
Jim Bakhtiar
U. of Va
Don Shula
Cadillac
Clarke County Motor CO
Miller's Hardware
Pflimlins
Bulletin
University of Virginia
Jefferson School
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