Winchester Firms Invest in Soot and Fly Ash Controls
Winchester firms have spent over 200000 dollars on new equipment and methods to curb soot and fly ash as shown in the September Common Council report by Police Chief J Thomas Boyd. Citizens led by Edwin Ritter petitioned the council about Virginia Woolen Co soot, as air pollution persists near two mills. several firms have already installed measures with totals listed for hospitals lumber firms railroads bottling and food firms and the council reappointed Air Pollution Commission members for two more years.
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Winchester
The
Common Council
J. Thomas Boyd
Mr. Ritter
Virginia Woolen Co
Ritter
Boyd
Farm Bureau Mill
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Plumly Lumber Corp
B & O Railroad
National Fruit Product Co
Winchester City Council names Steck VP and elevates Mrs Allen
The Winchester Common Council reorganized electing Mayor Claude Smalts Jr president and J M Steck Jr vice president. Dorothy G Allen becomes the first woman and vice mayor. Officials re elected include Lee Grant city manager Taylor Barr fire chief Robert Barbour clerk J Randolph Larrick city solicitor and William Gochenour fire inspector. The Air Pollution Commission members were reappointed.
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Winchester
Lee Grant
Taylor L. Barr
Robert S. Barbour
J. Randolph Larrick
William Gochenour
Sinalts
Www P. McGuire
Steck
Allen
Barbour
Mr. Grant
Larrick
Barr
Mr. Gochenour
Gochenour
Air Pollution Commission
Richard Rosenberger
Francis M. Funk
Smalts
League of Virginia
Roanoke
Grant
William F. Schenck
J. Ben Cather
Charles Zuckerman
William Argenbright
New Winchester City Directory Under Preparation
Work begins this week on a new Winchester City Directory prepared by the Southern Directory Company of Asheville North Carolina. The book will include an alphabetical directory of businesses and residents street guide buyers guide and a numerical telephone directory. It will be ready for spring distribution.
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Winchester
Southern Directory Company
Ashville
N. C
Brabazon Claims Churchill Was Vile-Tempered
Lords Brabazon of Tara, an early Churchill ally and former aviation minister, says the Prime Minister was often in a vile temper during World War II. He describes stormy Atlantic Committee meetings and Churchill’s bullying manner, noting the strain of wartime duties but stating no lasting malice toward Churchill.
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Brabazon
Churchill
London
Sir Winston Churchill
Lord Brabazon
Tara
and Sporsman
Battle of the Atlantic Committee
Shenandoah County Approves School Bond Issue
Shenandoah County residents vote 2 to 1 for a 1.5 million bond to fund a 2.217 million school construction program building three new high schools and enhancing existing campuses in Woodstock Ft Valley New Market and Edinburg with cafeterias and classrooms.
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Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Virginia
Ft. Valley
Woodstock High School
New Market
Edinburg
Gordon D. Bowman
Shenandoah
Bowman
Ninth Annual Frederick County Agricultural Fair Opens At Armory
Exhibits begin arriving at the Winchester Armory for the ninth annual Frederick County Agricultural Fair with judging starting at 1 p.m. tomorrow. The event features 4-H Future Farmers and homemakers, youth and open classes, and displays from area businesses. Kenneth McDonald and JUDGES oversee exhibits with Kenneth McDonald as superintendent and City as superintendent for the fair.
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Winchester Star
Kenneth McDonald
J. H. McDonald
Stephens City
Frederick County
Winchester Armory
Young McDonald
Armory
Future Farmers of America
Future Homemakers of America
Eisenhower Opens Re election Drive At Tent Meeting
President Eisenhower launches his re election drive at his Gettysburg farm with about 500 GOP supporters from across the nation. An informal address near 5:15 p.m. EDT will cap a day of campaign talks and a picnic supper in a large tent.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg
United States
Nixon
Pennsylvania
Republican National Committee
Washington
Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
Democrats For
James H. Duff
R-Pa
Leonard W. Hall
GOP National Committee
Albert Woolson
Stores Keep Wednesday Open in Winchester Area
The Winchester Retail Merchants Association announced today that Winchester stores will stay open Wednesday afternoons. President Ralph Cain said members voted on August 27 to remain closed then but surveys in the past week showed most ten cent and chain stores would stay open on Wednesdays.
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Winchester
Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Ralph Cain
Cain
FCC allows Western Union press telegram rate hike
The Federal Communications Commission announced it will not interfere with Western Union’s plan to raise interstate press telegram rates by about 8.22 percent.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union
Assemblymen Await New Version of Gov Stanley’s School Plan
Members of the Virginia General Assembly awaited a gubernatorial message on revisions to Gov. Stanley’s school program as the attorney general attacked a key provision. The plan contemplates school closures under integration and tuition grants for private education, with debate over federal injunctions and the role of local officials. A 4 p.m. message was expected to outline top‑level strategy from yesterday’s conference.
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Gov. Stanley
Richmond
General Assembly
McCue Richberg
Assembly
McCue
Senate
Almond
Del
Robert Whitehead
Stanley
Wiley tops Wisconsin GOP primary for U.S. Senate
Wisconsin Senator Alexander Wiley won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate defeating Rep. Glenn R. Davis after a tight statewide primary. Davis conceded as Milwaukee returns pushed Wiley ahead by about 19,000 votes. Howard Boyle finished third.
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Milwaukee
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
GOP
U. S. Senate
Glenn R. Davis
Wiley
Davis
Howard Boyle
Milwaukee County
Bricker
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Charles F. Brannan
Colorado
Lee
Eisenhower
Brannan
Truman
John A. Carroll
Senate
Georgia
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Court orders restrain violence on Halltown picket line
A Jefferson County Circuit Court order bars violence threats and coercion by three International Brotherhood of Paper Workers officials and Local 475 members at Valley Board Corp near Halltown. Police report arrests of two pickets for property damage and assault after a fracas as workers returned to the plant.
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Charles Town
W. Va
International Brotherhood of Paper Workers
D. A. Rodgers
Jefferson County
Gates of the Valley Board Corp
Halltown
Rodgens
J E. Durst
Howard Shade
Ellard Dignazio
Durst
Guard escorts Negro children to all white school in Kentucky
National Guardsmen led by Adjunct General Williams escorted James Gordon Jr. and Tresa Gordon to Providence School in Clay amid previous mob threats. Williams called the move a success and said the strategy aimed to mislead protesters. Nearby Texarkana and Clifton saw related demonstrations fade as guardsmen returned home.
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National
Clay
Adj
J. J. B. Williams
Kentucky National Guard
James Gordon
James
Tresa
Williams
Providence
Gordon
Clay School
Texarkana
Tex
Texarkana Junior College
Clifton
Tenn
Sturgis
No Remorse No Remorse Boys 10 9 7 Admit Slaying Their Father
In Norwalk California three brothers ages 10 9 and 7 confessed to police that they plotted to kill their father Thomas William Parker 31 with a .22 rifle after he reprimanded them for breaking into a neighbor's garage. Richard 7 fired the fatal shot while the four year old Harry and the two year old sister were not involved. The mother Betty Parker 28 who is pregnant found the victim and the boys were placed in juvenile authorities.
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Norwalk
Calif
Homicide
al Etzel
Thomas William Parker
Etzel
Tommy
Bobby
Richard
Daddy
Harry
Betty Parker
Eden and Mollet unveil new Western plan on Suez
Britain and France announced an international users association to run transit through the Suez Canal with Egypt asked to cooperate and receive dues. Eden warned Egypt’s Nasser but said peaceful steps continue as the plan seeks a permanent system with all parties. Labor criticisms followed amid debate in the House of Commons.
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London
Britain
France
United States
Suez Canal
Egypt
Eden
Guy Mollet
House of Commons
Nasser
Hugh Gaitskell
Labor Party
United Nations
Goitskell
U. N
U. N. Security Council
Security Council
Record August Parking Meter Receipts Highest Yet
City Treasurer Marvin D. Weaver told the Common Council that parking meter receipts were 3842.20 in August, the highest since installation. He noted 136 meters were repaired, repairs were minor, and that tax bills would be sent out later this month with suits started for all 1955 delinquent taxes.
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Marvin D. Weaver
Common Council
Virginia forecast shows showers in far southwest this evening
The Weather forecast for Virginia indicates a chance of showers in the far southwest this evening with mostly fair conditions elsewhere. Temperatures will average near normal with a total rainfall of about a half inch possible across the period.
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Council
Edwin Ritter
Piccadilly St
Nehi Bottling Co
Shenandoah Valley
Apple Cided & Vinegar Corp
George Washington Hotel
Dorothy G. Allen
Counceil
N. Loudoun St
Grant’s
Sheetz & Son
Triangle Shoe Store
Hospital
Call Mutual of Omaha
C. J. Fischer P
Grant's
Shawnee
J. W. Green, JR
Shenandoah Co
Ike
Stuart Carter
Botetourt
U. S
International Canal Users Association
Sen. Wiley
Associated Press
Round Hill
Dr. Bowers
Winchesterettes
A. B
Solenberger Insurance Agency
Rouss
Boscawen Street
W. H. Louthan, Jr
Mallet
Mars
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