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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1959
Page
1
The April consumer price index rose two tenths to 123.9 per cent of the 1947-49 base, matching the peak last July and November. Transportation medical care and personal items climbed while food fell, with factory worker earnings reaching new April records and overtime boosting take‑home pay.
Bruce Town residents report a wild incident as a driverless car rolled downhill on Joist Hire Place with three year old Fred Gentrie aboard. The vehicle struck a caution sign and entered a garden before a wrecker retrieved it. No serious injuries reported. A motorist noticed a deer sighting near Latane Street and a mysterious concrete block arrival near the Star building. Weather forecast calls for warm humid days with thundershowers over five days and temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal. Classified ad promotes a 1957 Ford Fairlane Hardtop and Rambler deals at Kern Motor Co.
Teamsters Union president James R. Hoffa says the union would not call a nationwide walkout and rejects a charge of a national strike threat. He defends bargaining and says he may testify to the labor rackets committee about his Brownsville remarks. Secretary Mitchell called the threat arrogant and brazen.
In a 261 to 160 House vote Democrats push a $2.1 billion housing bill, challenging President Eisenhower and widening rifts over federal housing aid versus a balanced budget. Senate had proposed $2.69 billion. conference to reconcile differences. A separate 222 to 201 move pressed housing officials to justify annual spending before the Appropriations Committee.
Week end special offers featured include shoulder pork chops at 42 cents per pound and baked beans at Howard Johnson Restaurant near the George Washington Hotel. Anderson's Meat Market promotes these promotions along with Banana Cakes at Ward's Pastry Shop.
Charles Starkweather 20 received a two week stay of execution to allow appeals. Chief U S District Judge Richard Robinson halted the plan to execute him at 6 a m until June 4. Starkweather, who admitted 11 killings, learned of the reprieve after a late night, as officials and witnesses gathered. Caril Fugate remains imprisoned at York State Reform.
U S Secretary of State Christian Herter told Andrei Gromyko that world opinion favors the Western German peace plan and disapproves of Soviet rejection He argued reunification is key to peace and urged serious consideration of parallel steps toward unification and European security Berlin rights were urged as a precondition for a summit meeting with the Soviets
In Geneva two top members of the U S delegation to the foreign ministers conference appeared at a staff meeting wearing bow ties. Secretary of State Christian A Herter, known for his bow ties, noted the new look with a raised eyebrow. Defense Secretary Neil H McElroy and European affairs aide Livingston T Merchant said they adopted Herters preferred haberdashery to bolster him.
The Rabbits' Wedding by Harper Bros. drew protests in Alabama leading to withdrawal from general circulation in public libraries. Director Miss Emily Wheelock Reed said librarians can request the volume on reserve shelves. Sen. E. C. Eddins questioned it and some libraries still keep it on shelves. The author Garth Williams and publishers stated the book has no political message and is meant for children ages three to seven.
President Eisenhower defended a sound home economy as essential to global power and prosperity. He called Congress to revise the farm program and linked world affairs to domestic fiscal restraint during a dedication at St. John’s College in Annapolis with Key descendants present.
The Senate voted 57 to 20 to cap price support loans to any one farm at 35000 dollars, amid warnings it could derail the federal farm program. The move followed House action setting a 50000 dollar ceiling on price support contracts.
About 500 University of Virginia students clashed with police during a moonlit disorderly demonstration. Sixteen arrests were made after police moved in. one charge was dismissed, thirteen released on $100 bonds, and two hearings set for Albemarle County Court.
A correction to yesterday's Star advert fixes the price of Blade Out of Chuck. The notice lists a 45 cent price per pound at Seabright's Market 725 S Loudoun St. It promotes a country ham chicken supper for Saturday May 23 at the local Methodist church.
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