05 Oct 1957
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1957
Page
1
Army paratroopers occupy Central High amid civil unease in Little Rock. Public Information Officers promote favorable coverage as residents accuse federal troops of occupying Arkansas. Tensions rise after mobs attack negros and reporters, prompting troops to enforce calm.
A massive rockslide on U S Highway 10 at Snoqualmie Pass east of Seattle killed three road crew foreman Clarence Sluder Knute Johnson and truck driver Carson Mundis and critically injured Ed Sauve. Flagman Neil Wallace escaped as dust and trees danced before the slide thundered down at 5 09 pm, burying road equipment and forcing traffic to halt.
The Russian cruiser Kulbyshev carrying Marshal Georg Zhukov sailed through the Bosporus under rain and fired a 21 gun salute to Turkey During the voyage Zhukov visited Yugoslavia and was aboard for the crossing.
Democratic candidate J Lindsay Almond Jr. and Republican Ted Dalton head south after northern Virginia tours. Almond vows to preserve law and order and solve segregation with no interference tone while Dalton pledges Virginia would seat the 10th District family at the table.
United Nations delegates hopeful today that a meeting between Secretary of State Dulles and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will clear the way for Assembly action on disarmament and other key issues. Diplomats see the talks as potentially easing the arms debate with Western and Soviet resolutions on suspension of nuclear tests and broader disarmament steps. Some warn the talks may not break the Middle East stalemate.
NAACP official Franklin H. Williams labeled Virginia the arena for the next desegregation test and intellectual leadership of southern resistance. He tied Virginia editors to subverting the Constitution and noted interposition resolutions by the Virginia General Assembly against the Supreme Court decree.
Siamese twin girls Pamela and Patricia Schatz born eight days ago on Long Island are at Children’s Hospital Philadelphia for a possible separation. Weighing 138 pounds together, they are in excellent health as doctors study the case. their parents live in New York City.
Richmond report says the Old Dominion Purchasing Agents Assn Inc will hold its fall meeting October 18 and 19 in Virginia Beach. The group includes 112 executives from purchasing departments across commercial and governmental agencies.
In Warsaw a large crowd of students gathered outside the Polytechnic as police trucks and militia units deployed in side streets. Heavy detachments patrolled the capital while the Communist central committee met in emergency session and violence spread to three districts.
A Strasburg man, Philip Golden, 69, owner of the Virginia Waste Company, died after crossing Route 11 near Duff's Diner in Frederick County. He was struck as two southbound cars passed, bringing the year’s traffic fatalities to 15. Golden and his wife had been en route to Beth-Ell Congregation services.
Italian police lift the week-long blockade to allow Asian flu medicine and butter into San Marino while rival Communist and anti Communist camps remain on edge. Vegetables and butter reach the republic though mail delivery stays blocked. San Marino surrounded by Italy with road closures and barricades, as politics shift in the mountaintop state.
Berryville John Henders Fire Company plans a new firehouse on Buck Marsh Street with a $21,000 building to be financed by a fundraising drive. They own the lot and have received several bids. Mack firetruck slated for late November. 15,000 raised, 5,300 more needed. drive urged. Twenty five firemen received Asian flu serum last Saturday.
Harvey York of Jessup Georgia was elected president at the federation closing session held at the George Washington Hotel. W A Stevens of Raleigh NC was named as immediate past president, with H L Maxwell of Berryville as vice president and Ralph Wadlow of Florida as secretary. The next convention will be in Florida in November at an undecided date.
John W. Mc Combs of Virginia Beach is named by Governor Stanley to the Virginia Beach Erosion Commission to fill a vacancy.
A Soviet launched satellite roared around the earth at 560 miles altitude, completing an orbit every nine minutes. Scientists hailed it as a dramatic step toward space exploration as radio signals were picked up in the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Soviet Union. Reports of American sightings followed by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory scientists.
Cambridge reports the Earth's satellite remains unobserved by ground observers despite telescope sightings from Niigata Japan. Dr Fred L Whipple notes calculations show the rocket travels 18000 mph and is hidden in the sun's shadow between Earth and sun. Soviet expert predicts lunar flights with instruments may follow in coming years.
So viet scientists monitor the satellite circling Earth with telescopes. Thirty telescopes are set at Leningrad Pulkovo Observatory to record the artificial moon. Leningrad State University built an observation station in Petrodooerts as the Soviet Union says it launched the satellite yesterday by multi stage rockets at a secret site.
Cocker Spaniel Pompell’s Peacemaker owned by J W Pompell of Hagerstown Md earned best in show at the Winchester SPCA ninth annual dog show. About 200 attendees saw 50 dogs in eight classes. total gross $554.07, pushing the shelter fund past $4,500.
A Portsmouth family of four including two young girls died in a head on collision on US 58 near Norfolk County. Victims were Benjamin 8 37 Ellle 33 Linda 7 and Janet 5. Richard Lamm 30 of Portsmouth faces drunken driving reckless driving and four counts of manslaughter. Janet died at hospital three hours after the crash which occurred near the intersection of US 58 13 and Rt 199 at 11 p m.
Wanted counter girl for front office marking and checking clothes. Apply in person at Pingley and Care pers Ip-10-]-6t.
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