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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1959
Page
10
Ralph McGill, Pulitzer winner and editor of the Atlanta Constitution, argues in a Columbia speech that newspapers must serve mankind, not a state. He notes population growth and asks what it means for schools, churches, newspapers and government, and defends journalism’s core role and soul amid faults.
In Edgewater Maryland a man arrested in Fairfax Virginia on questions about the Carroll Jackson family killings has been cleared after a lie detector test. Det. Capt. Hagner says a Baltimore detainee remains held for FBI contact checks while the investigation continues. Carroll Jackson his wife and two children were abducted near their Louisa County Virginia home with bodies found near Fredericksburg and Gambrills Maryland.
Adelaide Young, 74, of Johannesburg, arrives in Southampton reluctantly to spend 6000 pounds left by Francis Melville for travel over ten years. Melville, who died last year, ordered the funds go to South Africa's Nationalist party if she failed to spend it traveling. She plans tours of England and Scotland, Europe, Australia, and possibly the United States.
Providence RJ reports traffic stopped for two hours as firemen sprayed water to close a drawbridge. Ninety degree heat expanded metal delaying closure. Weather Bureau radar warning network credited for timely alerts amid severe heat and recent tornado death comparisons.
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson dismissed claims of one man rule as a myth during a Senate debate on interest rates. He criticized Sen. William Proxmire and noted Gore and Proxmire had not produced proposals from their committees on rates, arguing leadership is not to blame for stalled measures.
A Boeing 707 landed in Rome claiming a new world distance record for commercial jets. Departing Seattle, the plane covered about 5 800 miles to Rome and beat the Soviet Union’s 4 225 mile mark from Moscow to Khabarovsk. On board were 40 passengers including Boeing president William M Allen.
Plattsburgh New York city council votes to ban short shorts on city streets for anyone over 16. Violators face a 25 dollar fine or 25 days in jail.
The Army advances a new flying saucer the Avrocar part of a cushion aircraft family. It could rise 50 to 100 feet and replace some light vehicles. Brig Gen F H Britton of the Army Research Office notes limited disclosure fuels speculation. The Army has spent over five million dollars on the AVRO Aircraft project in Canada.
An out-of-state industrial firm agrees to build a $500,000 fabric plant in Tappahannock this year. Mayor George C. Clanton says a contract will be set the first week in July. The first unit will have about $500,000 in equipment and create 50 initial jobs, potentially rising to 200 over years on a 92 acre site on town outskirts.
U S District Judge Albert V. Bryan postponed this summer a ruling on the legal status of Virginia's Pupil Placement Board. The conference involved attorneys for 26 Arlington Negro pupils denied admission to white schools, plus Arlington and Alexandria school boards. Attorney General A S Harrison Jr. attended, hopeful for clarification.
Printed Pattern 4570 offers quick iron fabric ideas in pique chambray linen for dress and jacket with a cummerbund contrast. Tomorrow's pattern includes children's sizes 2 4 6 8 and requires about 3 yards 35 inch fabric for dress and jacket and 4% yards for cummerbund. Send 35 cents per pattern plus 10 cents extra for first class mail to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept. New York. Include name address zone size and style number.
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