Zeropack Operates Monday and Peach Processing
The Zeropack Co will operate in full on Labor Day with the cold storage plant running all day. Peaches now being processed include Elbertas Hale Haven Brilliants Shipper's Late Reds and J H Hales as the season nears its close. Firemen were called twice for minor incidents with a reported lightning strike on a power line at 514 Tennyson Ave and a truck fire on Berryville Pike with little damage.
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Zeropack Co
Elbertas
Hale Haven
Shipper
Tennyson Ave
Shawnee Vfd
Berryville Pike
Seizure of Savings Firm Sparks Bank Scrutiny
The Home Loan Bank board charged the association with unsafe management and violations of laws and regulations following a seizure of the Long Beach savings and loan outfit on April 22. A House subcommittee led by Rep. Moss has investigated the action, while King challenges the framing of facts and sequence. Bedloe's Island note recalls Liberty's Statute site choice by General Sherman.
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Savings and Loan
Home Loan Bank Board
Federal
Savings and Loan Association
Albert J. Robertson
King
Long Beach
House
John E. Moss
Clarke County Schools Enrollment Rises Despite Transfers
Clarke County Schools report 1,766 pupils enrolled this year up from 1,740 last year. Superintendent George Burton notes transfers from Warren County reduce this apparent gain, yielding an actual net increase of 61 pupils. All schools show growth except Boyce Elementary, with Berryville Elementary posting the largest rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
George Burton
Boyce
Johnson - Williams High
Johnson-William
Johnson-Williams
Berryville
Johnson- Williams High
Kennedy Seeks Democratic Win in 1956 Campaign
Senator Kennedy urged voters to back Democrats to advance a minimum wage housing and school agenda. He contrasted 1952 politics with a call for presidential initiative in foreign affairs and domestic reform. The piece notes his post session remarks and campaign stance. In Atlanta an escaped cat was shot nine times by police after a resident described it as mad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
White House
Kennedy
Democratic Congress
Atlanta
Gaffney
S.C
Julian B. Wright
New York
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Salisbury
N.C
Milwaukee
Wis
Ku Klux Klan
Births and gatherings mark Middletown news brief
Ale and Mrs Von Campbell announce the birth of Theresa Carol on August 2 in Carter County. Family visits, trips to Atlantic City and memorials punctuate a long Middletown social page with weddings, picnics, and at least two dozen local residents noted across Winchester and Strasburg connections.
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Middletown
Ale
von Campbell
Theresa Carol
Carter County
Campbell
Tenn
Jane Laws
Butler
W. Roy Campbell
Depot Hill
Air Force
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Neb
Doris
Cecil
Steel Pier
Pat Boone
Johnny Cash
The
Browns
Brian Hyland
Duane Eddy
Jimmy Dorsey
Glenn Miller
Convention Hall
Miss Campbell
Miss van Brem
Allegheny Freight Lines, Inc
Winchester
Charles B
Mary Hummer Legg
Lions Shelter
Jimmy Beatty
Douglas
Jimmie Legg
Billy Rudolph
Earl Legg
Eddie
Dot
Garland Legge
J. C. Pugh
Larry
Harold Hottel
Clyde Ross
Ruby Debbie
Martha Hottel
Ruby Legg
Johnny Legg
Bolowe
David
Billy
Sharon Keeler
Louell Cooley
Anna Beatty
Raymond Headley
Kenneth E. Legg
Roy Headley
Eddie Blair
Mike
Cindy Headley
Strasburg
Roy Coffelt
Dorothy Cofflet
Bartersville
Russell Anderson
Debbie
Brett
Angie Grim
Cecil Cadwallader
Charles
Harry McAboy
Clearbrook
Wilbert Shipe
Rockville
B. B. Gordon
Bill
Silver Spring
Clayton Legge
Alexandria
Gay
Miller and Dale
New Market
W. J. Henderson
Delores
George Haymaker
Tina
Hail Hits Tobacco Farms in Martinsville Area
Heavy rain and hail 50-cent pieces damaged Patrick County tobacco farms with about half the usual yield harvested already. Moderate to severe damage reached northeast Henry County stands. A severe electrical storm accompanied the weather with no other damage reported.
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Martinsville
Patrick County
Henry County
Lightning Kills Tobacco Worker in South Hill
Sam Hugh Clark 26, recently released from the Army to help his ailing father harvest tobacco, was struck and killed by lightning in a field near a shed. He died before rescue squads arrived. Police sought his brother Richard Henry Clark who had left for Baltimore area to be notified.
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South Hill
Sam Hugh Clark
Richard Henry Clark
Baltimore
Castro Declares Plan to Recognize Red China and Dismiss U S Pact
Castro announced Cuba would recognize Red China, citing a July trade pact, and denounced the U S Cuban Mutual Defense Pact calling it a tool of Batista. He warned against U S moves to ruin Cuba yet vowed Cuba would not attack the U S naval base and tore up the pact.
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Castro
Red China
U.S
Cuba
United States
Fulgencio Batista
Rio de Janeiro
Summer School Attends State Teachers In 1960 Session
Summer school in ck County sees nineteen teachers at the University of Virginia six at Madison College and six at Shepherd College. Others attend VPI Indiana University Johns Hopkins William and Mary Marshall College University of Maryland and Waterloo College in Canada. Officials say this is the largest summer college attendance by teachers in ten years.
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Theck County
University of Virginia
Madison College
Shepherd College
V.P.1
Indiana University
Johns Hopkins
William and Mary
Marshall College
The
University of Maryland
Waterloo College
Canada
Governor Almond Opens Wilderness Area at Seashore Park
In Richmond AP report Governor Almond authorized the reopening of the wilderness area at Seashore State Park to all visitors without regard to race. The park had been closed for five years to avoid court-ordered integration. Almond noted other facilities like swimming picnicking and lodging were not reconsidered.
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Richmond
Almond
Seashore State Park
Congo Senate Frays Under Lumumba Policy Clash
In Leopoldville, Congo ministers spar over censorship as Lumumba pushes closures and bans while opposition leaders like Sybille Adoula demand accountability. The Senate meets with low attendance as Katanga secession looms and reports hint Lumumba may move against the mineral province allied with Kalonji.
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Romandeke
Lumumba
Senate
Sen. Sybille Adoula
Puna
National Unity Party
Jean Bolikango
Leopoldville
Mill
Congo
Neer
Katanga
Kalonji
Ruling Could Slow Down School Desegregation
A Little Rock federal judge ruled that Negroes must file individual suits rather than class actions in future school integration cases, potentially delaying desegregation efforts. The decision affected cases under the Arkansas pupil placement law as 14 pupils faced transfers among Central Hall and Technical High.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
South
U.S
John E. Miller
Little
Central and
Hall High
Lillington
N.C
Royal Oak Township
Detroit
Two Marines Killed in Japan Plane Crash
Two Marine officers died when a light plane crashed during a night instrument training flight 10 miles south of Camp Foster in Japan. Ist Lt James Edward Johnson, a Warren, U.S. reserve officer, was a passenger. Maj. Withold J. Bacauskas, the pilot, lived with his wife in Triangle, Virginia. Bodies will be returned to the United States.
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Washington
Japan
Defense Department
James Edward Johnson
Warren
Withold J. Bacauskas
Triangle
Camp Full
United States
Mail delivery and collection schedules described
The notice outlines normal weather receives and dispatches with collections from street letter boxes per schedules. It states mail will be placed in post office boxes and special delivery mail will be delivered as received.
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Johnston
Community Chest to be guided by Dr Gregory
Dr Gregory will head the October Community Chest campaign at 412 West Clifford Street. Funds raised will support eight community services in the coming year including the Girls Scouts Children's Home Society Northwestern Guidance Center Negro Day Nursery Salvation Army Boy Scouts USO and Winchester Day Nursery.
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W. Clifford St
Gregory
Girls Scouts
Children’s Home Society
Northwestern Guidance Center
Negro Day Nursery
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts
USO
Winchester Day Nursery
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Zeropack
Bedloe’s
Liberty) Island
Gen
William T. Sherman
Clarke
Frederick County Court House
Millwood Ave
Kent St
W. H. Clark
Charles R. Duvall
Summit Point
Middleway
W. Va
Charles Town
West Virginia
D.S.T
Guernsey
T.B
Bangs
Oliver
New Idea
Bennett
Fairbanks Morse
Westinghouse
Ss. C. Glassford
W. .D. Orndorff
Moore and Moreland
Summit Point Episcopal Church
Wilmer Cooley
Curtis Andrews
New York State
Mich
J. S. Peebles
Karer
Capon
Robert Randall
Mac Grim
John Stanley
Staunton
Barbara Sperry
Roanoke
William Steed
Cambria
T. J. Wakeman
Anita Jenkins
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jimmy Legge
Earl Leege
Harris Community Hall
Brian
Michael
Cindy
Louise Vital
Agnes Walter
Wesley Dunn
Kenneth Orndoff
Emory Keyser
Barl Fries
Greta Fries
Renee
Betty Miller
F. L. Messill
Pam
June
Denise
Manassas
Julian Gregory
Ralph Gregory
Stephens City
Kenneth Legg
Clark Keller
Grafton Odgen
Raymond Bly
Eaglehurst Farm
Crozet
Virginia
Chimney Run Farm
Warm Springs, Va
Thurs
Staunton Purebred Sales
Pavillion
Verona
Virginia Hereford Association Echols Building
Owen Thomas III
Gov
Seaside Park
Hopewell
Rosee Lee, UG
Crider & Shockey
Willus Oates
Arthur Cather
Rt. 522
Edith H. Oates
Vernon Whitacre
Ladies’ Aid
Fairview Church
Nain
Spring Hill
S. W
Old Charles Town Road
Wed
E.S.T
I.H.C
McCormick Deering
Ford
Poland
China
Hampshire
E. R. Elyett
W. D. Orndorff
R. E. Moreland
America
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Chevrolet
S. Loudoun St
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