Negro Leaders Plan Next Moves in Montgomery Riots
In Montgomery Alabama Negro leaders plan further actions after last weekend's race riots sparked by the Freedom Riders. Rev Martin Luther King Jr would not specify when the remaining 18 Riders leave Montgomery. A Nazi protest bus with swastika bands toured the city while Alabama lawmakers consider an emergency appearance by Gov Patterson as martial law continues.
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Ala
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Martin Luther King, Jr
Arlington
New Orleans
George Lincoln Rockwell
Alabama
John Patterson
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Senate
Reserve
E. P. Brown
Claude Henley
NBC
Maurice
Moe) Leavey
H. W. Riser
Joan Davis Dies After Heart Attack in Palm Springs
TV and film star Joan Davis died at 48 from a heart attack at her Palm Springs home. She rose from vaudeville to radio and TV stardom with hits like Leave It To Joan and Married Joan. Her mother Nina Davis and a Catholic priest were nearby. co star Jim Backus noted.
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Palm Springs, Calif
Joan
Jim Backus
Gary Cooper
Nina’ Davis
Miss Davis
Pamages
Josephine Davis
Coin Show andCurrency Display At Newberrys Window
Coin collectors will find interest this week with Charles Affleck arranging a currency and coins display in Newberrys Store window. The Comn ery Valley Coin Show runs Saturday 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the Recreation Center in Chambersburg Pennsylvania.
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Charles Affleck
Newberry’s
Chambersburg
Comnery Valley
Explosion at Rocket Lab Kills Nine at Maryland Border
Investigators probe ruins of two buildings at Allegany Ballistics Laboratory after a deadly explosion. Nine men killed and six injured as charred remains recovered following a seven hour fire. Workers in one building poured propellant moulds. the other tested missile motors. Victims include Howard D. Dean Michael Roevick George R. Geiger Charles Getson David L. Kenney Robert A. Whipp and others. The facility near Cumberland Maryland handles solid fuel for space rockets and Polaris work was not involved.
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Sen
Yester
Allegany Ballistics Laboratory
Hercules Powder Co
Wilmington
Del
Navy
Rocket Center
W. Va
Potomac River
Howard D. Dean
Roaney
Michael Ro Evick
LaVale
George R. Geiger
Charles R. Getson
Lonaconing
Dog Law Presentation To Council Postponed
A city council committee postpones consideration of a dog running at large ordinance. Mr Butler plans to ask council for a title change to read an ordinance prohibiting dogs from running at large with penalties, and the full ordinance will be published before presentation. The safety committee will delay a second and third reading to allow more study.
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Butler
Council
Safety Committee
Public Safety Committee
Deer disrupts Manassas shops in late night wander
A wild deer wandered into Manassas centers in the early hours, crashing through a clothing store door and window, then entering a jewelry shop. Shoppers helped corral the animal before it was driven to a farm and confined, but it escaped again.
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Manassas
A _ dee
Virginia
Center Street
Man Gets Eight Year Term in HFC Robbery
A Baltimore man Edward John Dupont aged 26 received an eight year sentence in the State penitentiary for armed robbery of the second floor Household Finance Co office on Loudoun Street on April 13, 1959. The case followed a pre sentence report by the probation officer. Dupont and an accomplice reportedly obtained between 500 and 600 dollars after tying up the manager and another person with wire.
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Edward John Dupont
Household Finance Co
Loudoun St
Corporation
Oeal
James Hoey Fear
Pennsylvania
Kennedy to seek substantial space spending boost
Democratic leaders say President Kennedy will propose major increases in space, armed forces, and foreign aid. He may deliver one or two messages this week, with space in person possibly. Rayburn notes proposals include space program, Civil Defense, retraining, and extra foreign aid funds.
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Kennedy
Southeast Asia
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Armed Services
Eee
Rayburn
Smathers
Conference of
Democratic Senators
Winchester Star awards honor Nancy Bell and Bobby Carter
Nancy Bell wins the Winchester Evening Star Leadership Award for the Winchester public school system. Robert Kenneth Carter earns the Frederick County award for integrity initiative and leadership. The two awards total 1050 yearly, established in 1954 by Harry F Byrd Jr and presented by The Star editor. Nancy plans to use her prize for Hollins College and is noted for scholastic and extracurricular leadership at Handley High. Bobby, 18, plans to study engineering at Shenandoah College and Virginia Tech, aiming at math and technical subjects. he is from Winchester and active in Honor Court Kiwanis Key Club and sports teams.
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Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
Robert Kenneth Carter
Frederick County
Clarke County
Donald W. Brill
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
the Star
Byrd
Delmas M. Sewell
Samuel B. Whitacre
Alson H. Smith
Byron O. Brumback
Ralph B. Snapp
Frank Q. Cayce
Ralph S. Jordan
Robert Q. Griffith
Gerald L. Goodman
Nancy
Hollins College
del. Sewell
Evening Star
Florida
New England
United States
California
Handley
Bobby Carter
Crown Cork and Seal
Bobby
Shenandoah College
Virginia Tech
Richmond
Bert James
Wood Bobby
Kiwanis Key Club
VPI
Shenandoah College Holds 86th Commencement in Winchester
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music plans its 86th commencement Sunday in Winchester at the Shenandoah Auditorium. The 26 seniors will attend a 11 a.m. Baccalaureate service presided by President Forrest S. Racey with Rev. Paul J. Slonaker delivering the sermon. The 3 p.m. commencement follows with the graduates of both the Conservatory and College.
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Shenandoah College
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Dayton
Shenandoah
Winchester
Armstrong
Forrest S. Racey
Paul J. Slonaker
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Slonaker
Shenandoah Choir
Harlan E. Snow
Bach
Haydn
Poe
William J. Skeat
Virginia Plebiscite Supports Secession in 1863
A 100 years ago today note recalls a Virginia plebiscite favoring secession and alignment with the Confederacy as federal forces clashed near Hampton, Virginia in the Civil War era.
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Virginia
Confederacy
Hampton, Va
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