Court Won't Dissolve Warren School Order
Federal Judge John Paul refused to dissolve the injunction ordering admission of certain Negroes to Warren County High School. The Warren School Board planned a special session to draft an assignment plan as the county prepares to open a new half‑million dollar school on Tuesday.
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Harrisonburg
John Paul
Warren County
Warren
W. J. Phil
Phillips
Pal
Warren High
Oliver W. Hill
Richmond
The
National Association
Conferees Approve Labor Reform Bill
A 12 day Senate House bargaining compromise on labor reform moves toward near unanimous Senate passage and then to President Eisenhower for signature. The measure tightens internal union controls while expanding Taft Hartley limits. Kennedy led Democratic push for worker protections, with construction and garment industry carve outs.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Landrum-Griffin House
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Congress
Aflcio
Landrum- Griffin
Labor
James P. Mitchell
New Flagpole Dedicated at Post Office Corner
The southwest Post Office flagpole will be dedicated at 7 30 a m on Saturday replacing the 49 year old pole. Stamp collectors note three new stamps Pan American Games 10 cent Air Mail and Soil Conservation and Petroleum Industry 4 cent. The North Shore Town Crier booklet features area events weekly.
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Soil Conservation and Petroleum Industry
Frederick Hale
Hawthorne Drive
Star
North Shore Town Crier
Massachusetts
Farm Bureau Board backs fruit co op in price push
The Frederick County Farm Bureau board unanimously approved a resolution backing the Eastern Fruit Marketers Co-Op. It praised efforts to stabilize apple prices, urged continued member support, and advised diversifying outlets and delaying processing deliveries to aid financially stretched growers. Price concerns from Musselman and Duffy Mott were noted.
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Farm Bureau of
Frederick County
Co-Op
J. Kenneth Robinson
Farm Bureau
Apple
Marketing Association
Martinsburg
W. Va
C. H. Musselman Co
Duffy Mott Co
Robinson
House votes on temporary 1 cent gas tax hike
The House planned to approve a one cent rise in the federal gasoline tax to 4 cents a gallon to sustain interstate highway construction through July 1961. The measure, sent on a take it or leave it basis, would add about 1.05 billion dollars in motor fuel taxes over 21 to 22 months, with 90 percent federal funding share and 10 percent state share.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Carper Barn Struck During Thunder Storm
A 46 by 70 foot bank barn on the Holmes H. Carper place was destroyed by fire after a lightning strike during a heavy thundershower. The loss included 15,000 bales of hay and straw, two wagons, a survey and farm machinery. no animals were harmed. The blaze occurred about 3:30 p.m. as power lines sparked into the house, drawing emergency crews to the scene.
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Holmes H. Carper
Greenwood Road
Jerry Bennett
Cedar Grove
Winston McKay
Middleway
W. Va
Carper
Ernie Nesselrodt
Shawnee Fire Company
Clearbrook
Elmer DeHaven
Nesselrodt
Ray Carter
Laos inched toward Sam Neua as defense line forms
Lao government troops built a defense line about 12 miles from Sam Neua as Red forces pressed toward the royal capital. Officials said a mix of regulars and irregulars faced bombardment and a battalion of North Vietnamese troops was alleged to aid the attack, with air drops continuing to supply defenders.
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Vientiane
Laos
Sam Neua
Royal
Red
Phoumi Nosavan
Phoumi
Pathet Lao
Phong Saly
North Viet Nam
Nam Ma
North
Viet Nam
Defense
Vientaine
Ministry of Defense
U. S
$150,000 Drug Chain Building Tops August Construction Here
A $150,000 permit to Thomas G. Scully for a building at 507 W. Amherst St. to house Drug Fair and six other businesses tops August construction in Winchester. In all 26 city permits totaled $228,120, and county permits reached $146,600 with fourteen for new houses. The Scully project, near the Shenandoah Valley Academy grounds, will be about 140 by 140 feet with a brick front similar to a supermarket and will include five small business spaces. The second-largest permit was $18,000 for three Pine Stores at 227-231 S. Loudoun St. A $13,120 U.S. Government permit covered a new flag pole and copper on the Post Office roof. Largest dwelling permit was $20,000 for a home on Hawthorne Drive.
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Thomas G. Scully
Amherst St
Scully
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley Academy
The
Pine Motor Company
S. Loudoun St
Charles Pine, Sr
U.S
John C. Blackburn
Hawthorne Drive
Pocahontas Cartwright
Violence Rages in Calcutta Amid Riots and Police Fire
Calcutta and Howrah endure fourth day of violence as rioters clash with police. Officials report two killed in Howrah and claim unrest may worsen. Communists stage protests over high rice prices and call a general strike as Troops stand by in New Delhi.
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Calcutta
India
Howrah
Hooghly River
West Bengal
New Delhi
Ministr Nehru
Eisenhower offers blueprint for peace at NATO in Paris
President Eisenhower told the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters he would not retreat from principles while keeping tactics flexible. He urged unity among Western allies to ensure no war and to preserve shared ideals. De Gaulle joined a lunch at the U.S. Embassy as talks continued on Khrushchev’s upcoming visits.
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Paris
Eisenhower
West
North Atlantic Council
NATO
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Council
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Isenhower
Paul- Henry Spaak
NATO Council
Joseph Luns
AFL-CIO Donates 1 Million to Steelworkers
New York witnessed the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department pledge a one million dollar donation to the United Steelworkers of America amid ongoing contract talks. Walter P. Reuther announced the funding in Washington as a first down payment to help sustain the strike, now 51 days old, with no settlement in sight.
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New York
Aflcio
United Steelworkers of America
Washington
Walter P. Reuther
Industrial Union Department
Afl-Cio
Reuther
Virginia Crime Rates Decrease In 3 Classes
The FBI report shows Virginia crime declined in robbery, aggravated assault, and auto thefts last year while murder, burglary, and larceny rose. Virginia murder rate rose from 7.3 to 8.6 per 100 000. burglary from 334.6 to 341.2. larceny from 189.4 to 190.8.
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Associated Press Special Service
Washington
Virginia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Continental
U.S
Soft Drink and Fan Sales Boom in August Heat
Dealers in ice cream soft drinks fans and air conditioners report booming business in August with three major bottlers posting 29 to 36 percent gains over 1958. Increased output and new equipment fueled demand as power use hit new peak levels and forecasts expect continued heat driven sales into September.
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Loudoun St
Northern Virginia Power Company
New York City
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