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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1959

Page

7

Missing Loof in Bank Holdup Links Three Soldiers

Advance Missouri authorities linked Ft Campbell soldiers Hager Foy and Nicholson to a Wednesday bank robbery totaling 17841 dollars. Money was found in a dog pen at Hager's Fornfelt home. Nicholson was arrested in Cairo Illinois with a clue bearing Hager's address. The trio faced charges of bank robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon.

Advance Jack Small Robert Lee Hager Fornfelt E. F. Campf Hager Campf James A. Foy Trenton N. J Walter S. Nicholson Livermore Calif Ft. Campbell Foy Nicholson Cairo Ill

Further Court Tests Planned By NAACP In Virginia Probe

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People plans more court actions to force its records and membership questions before the Boatwright Committee. A three judge federal panel will review Judge Hening’s May order as NAACP seeks to challenge the committee’s constitutionality in state and possibly Supreme Court venues. The Boatwright Committee, created by the General Assembly, probes sources of racial litigation in Virginia.

Richmond National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People S of the Boatwright Committee NAACP E. W. Hening NAA U. S Albert V. Bryan Alexandria Hening Virginia Supreme Court U. S. Supreme Court Bryan Walter Hoffman Norfolk U.S Morris A. Soper Legislative Committee Richmond Law and Equity Court

Yankee Know-How Tested By Hole-in-Earth Project

Washington experts discuss Project Moho a $5 million plan to drill to the Mohorovicic Discontinuity beneath the ocean to study the mantle. AMSOC researchers Gordon Lill and Arthur Maxwell note technical hurdles from barge design to power delivery and 16 000 foot depths, while Russia pursues deep drilling for propaganda impact.

U.S Russia America Soviet Academy of Sciences Novosibirsk American Miscellaneous Society AMSOC Gordon G. Lill Arthur E. Maxwell Current Journal Lill Geophysics Office of Naval Research Maxwell ONR

Plastic Bag Death Spurs Call for Ban in San Francisco

A 65 year old man died by placing a plastic bag over his head in a San Francisco room. It followed another bag related death of a 2 month old, prompting a coroner's jury to urge immediate legislation outlawing cleaners bags. The health director and safety council advocate education as a solution.

San Francisco Manuel Gonzales Duane Shelton Henry C. Turkel Ellis Sox Ivar Larson National Safety Council

Five Federal Banks Raise Discount Rate

The Federal Reserve Board authorized a rise in the discount rate from 3 to 3 1 2 percent at five banks New York Chicago St Louis Minneapolis and Dallas with other banks expected to follow. The move aims to curb credit expansion amid rising interest rates and hints of higher consumer prices in coming months.

Washington Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Reserve New York Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Dallas

Doctor James Gamble Dies At 75 In Brookline

Dr. James L. Gamble a former American Pediatric Society president and retired Harvard Medical School professor died Thursday after a brief illness in Brookline Massachusetts.

Brookline, Mass James L. Gamble The American Pediatric Society Harvard University Medical School

Home Hazards Cause Most Child Deaths and Injuries

A U S Health, Education and Welfare estimate shows nearly 5 500 children under 15 die annually from home accidents. Autos lead in fatal incidents, drowning follows, and non fatal injuries rise from falls, cuts, blows, bites. Boys sustain about twice as many injuries as girls across the first year results. Dallas, Tex., has an Italian and a French newspaper.

Hunt Abandoned For Body Of Crash Victim

NORFOLK AP The Navy has ended its search for Cmdr Wilfred James McNeil Jr 38 after his Douglas Skyhawk crashed in the Mediterranean during a carrier approach flight from the USS Intrepid. McNeil is the son of a deputy secretary of defense and commanded Attack Squadron 66 based at Oceana Naval Air Station. His wife and five children reside in Virginia Beach. Debris and the helmet were recovered during the hunt.

Norfolk Navy Wilfred James McNeil Jr Mediterranean Intrepid McNeil Oceana Naval Air Station Virginia Beach

William J. Granfield Dies Former Democratic Representative

William J. Granfield, age 69, longtime Democratic representative from 1931 to 1936, died Thursday in Springfield Massachusetts. He served in public office for five years during the early 1930s.

William Granfield Springfield Mass William J. Granfield

Long and Stormy Tax Trial Ends With Conviction

Norfolk industrialist Samuel G. Jones Jr. was convicted on six counts of tax evasion after a 10 day trial. The jury took 72 minutes to find Jones guilty of evading nearly 277000 in income taxes. The judge declined a defense motion to set aside the verdict. Jones is president of the Berkley company.

Norfolk Samuel G. Jones Jr U. S. District Court Jones Joes The Berkley Ee Ae Ee

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