Oriole Gastall Missing After Solo Flight Over Water
Baltimore Oriole catcher Tommy Gastall 23 disappeared after radioing distress while flying solo from Harbor Field in an Ercoupe. He had 15 month old son and wife at home. coast guard and air-sea rescue teams searched waters near the field. Gastall signed with the Orioles in 1955 for a reported 40000 bonus and had recently moved his family to Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Tommy Gastall
Baltimore Oriole
Boston University
Star
Harbor Field
Gastall
Jack Dunn II
Paul Richards
Tommy
Tommy Jr
Orioles
Worth Pryor
Charles Bond
Canadian Jets Sold to Israel Defense aircraft deal approved
Prime Minister Louis S. St. Laurent announced Canada will sell 24 Sabre interceptor jets to Israel with delivery over six months. He noted potential cancellation if political circumstances require and cited Israel's defense needs amid Egypt’s jet and bomber deliveries from the Soviet Union. Assurances were given that planes will be used only for defense.
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Israel
Egypt
Soviet Union
Final Touches On Plan For Suez Canal Users Group
The 18 nation Suez conference nears a unified approach to the UN over the canal crisis. Pakistan stayed away citing it as an ultimatum risk, while most members support forming the Cooperative Assn. of Suez Canal Users CASCU to protect maritime rights amid Egypt’s nationalization.
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London
Pakistan
Cooperative Assn
United Nations
Cooperative Assn. of
Suez Canal Users
CASCU
Egypt
Karachi
Japan
Sweden
Denmark
Iran
U. N
Ethiopia
Users’ Association
George Young
Foreign Office
Suez
Standing Council Committees Named By Mayor Smalts
Winchester Common Council appoints standing committees after reorganizational meetings. List includes chairmen and members for Finance, Water and Sewer, Streets, Lights, City Hall and Schools, Public Safety, Airport Armory and Recreation, Fire, Welfare and Claims, Public and Local Improvement, Public Health, and Ordinance.
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Winchester Common Council
Claude B. Smalts
J. M. Steck, Jr
F. L. Largent
Dorothy G. Allen
Charles M. Zuckerman
Hoye Riley
E. W. Argenbright
Riley
Orville Wine
Mr. Largent
Mr. Wine
Mr. Steck
William F. Schenck
A. Lee Coble
Stewart Bell, Jr
J. Ben Cather
H. W. Butler
Allen
Zuckerman
Armory & Recreation
Schenck
Argenbright
Negro Students Lag Scholastically in Washington Schools
Washington high school principal Cecil Reynolds told a House subcommittee that at Calvin Coolidge High School Negro students lagged behind whites in academics even when home backgrounds were similar. He cited a 92.5 median IQ for Negro students versus 110 for whites, with 12 of 20 last year failing in two or more subjects. He noted no rise in disciplinary problems since integration and described some excellent Negro students amid poorer performers.
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Washington
Washington High School
House
Cederic Reynolds
Reynolds
Calvin Coolidge High School
Ruth E. Davis
Eastern High School
Miss Davis
John Paul Collins
Collins
Elliott Junior High School
Willie A. Dodson
James C. Davis
Dga
John Bell Williams
D-Miss
District of Columbia
White House
Coffee Price Cut By General Foods Instants
General Foods Corp cuts wholesale price of Maxwell House and Instant Sanka instant coffee by about a cent per ounce effective today. A 24 two ounce jar case drops 50 cents and a 16 six ounce jar case drops $1. Nestle also cut Nescafe and Instant Nescafe prices earlier this week. A. C. Slonaker & Son will close September 22.
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New York
General Foods Corp
Maxwell House
Nestle Co
Nescafe
Nestle
A. C. Slonaker & Son
Rash of intestinal upsets sweeps Winchester city
Some 315 Winchester schoolchildren were absent today as ac ute gastroenteritis caused by a digestive illness sweeps the city. Dr. Warren Gregory says it resembles an epidemic with cramps vomiting and fever. Fingering chilled water cited but officials deny a link as absences mount across Handley Quarles John Kerr and Virginia Avenue schools.
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Winchester
Warren ©. Gregory
Frederick County
James Wood
Stephens City
Gregory
Handley
Quarles School
John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Douglas
Fenwick Pushes Amendment to Stanley Fund Cutoff Bill
Virginia Finance chair J D Hagood urged the Senate to enact Gov Thomas B Stanley's proposed money cutoff measure as part of a broader fiscal amendment. The move signals support for limiting appropriations and reshaping state funding priorities amid ongoing budget discussions.
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Senate
Gov. Stanley
Richmond
J. D. Hagood
Virginia Senate Today
Thomas B. Stanley
Hagood
Sen
Charles R. Fenwick
Arlington
Fenwick
Gov
Stanley
Gray Commission
Attorney General's Office
House
X2 Piloted To 24 Mile Altitude In Space Run
Capt Iven Kincheloe piloted the Bell X2 rocket plane to about 24 miles up in a daring test. The Defense Secretary refused to confirm higher speeds or altitudes reported for other X2 flights. The craft, built by Bell Aircraft, is launched from a B50 mother ship and uses a high-heat resistant nickel alloy body.
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Washington
Air Force
Iven C. Kincheloe
Wilson
Kinchelo
Edwards
Russia
U. S
Bell Aircraft Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Strike of Rubber Workers Dragged Into 131st Day
Local 511 rubber workers strike against O Sullivan Rubber Corp enters its 131st day with no settlement. Marion Miller Jr requests a meeting with O Sullivan Policy Committee chair Earl Bunting. no reply yet after 14 failed talks on wages, paid holidays, and return of strikers. Some workers take orchard jobs. others are permanently hired. A parallel pre trial conference in Frederick County Circuit Court concerns vacation pay liability for 20 former employees. NLRB unfair labor practice charges against the company are pending in Baltimore filed July 23.
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Rubber Workers Union
O'Sullivan Rubber Corporation
Marion Miller, Jr
Earl Bunting
O'Sullivan
International Rubber Workers Union
Frederick County
O’sullivan
National Labor Relations Board
Baltimore
Swift and Co Strike Continues Into Second Day
About 25 000 Swift and Co workers went into a second day of striking affecting operations in 37 cities. Union leaders planned talks with Wilson and Co John Morrell and Co and possibly Armour and Co to press wage demands while packing plants could boost output to meet current needs.
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Swift & Co
Swift
Amalgamated Workers
Wilson & Co
John Morrell & Co
Armour & Co
Bolshoi Ballet Refuses London Appearance Over Shoplifting Case
The Bolshoi Theatre ballet troupe canceled its London season after Soviet leaders cited Britain’s failure to drop shoplifting charges against Nina Ponomareva. British officials refused to drop the case, and the troupe’s West debut was halted for the second time by politics.
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Moscow
Bolshoi ‘Theater
West
Nina Ponomareva
Izvestia
Paris
Dien Bien Phu
Miss Ponomarevs
Miss Ponomareva
Nina
Earliest Killing Frost in 35 Years Covers This Area
The region recorded the earliest killing frost in 35 years with lows of 32 at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory and Fairmont Avenue, 30 at Clearbrook, and unofficially 32 at Stephens City. Fall arrives tomorrow. highs expected in 60s and warming by Sunday. frost damaged low ground crops but not apples.
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Winchester
Berryville
W.N. Rutherford, Sr
Associated Press
Botts Sentenced In Baltimore Church Theft
Franklin Lee Botts age 27 was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a 14 year old by helping him spend part of 2400 the youth stole from a Baltimore church rectory. Botts was sentenced to 18 months in the House of Correction while the boy received probation after being found delinquent.
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Franklin Lee Botts
Baltimore
Associated Press
Botts
U. S. Rt. 11
Winchester
Charles E. Moylan
Division of Juvenile Causes
House of Correction
Angelo Romeo
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Albert Buettner
Eisenhower Accused of Giving Only Half the Facts
Adlai Stevenson assails President Eisenhower for omitting parts of the world peace issue as he campaigns in Iowa and Illinois. Stevenson rebuts on Viet Nam Formosa and education funding while Eisenhower plans farm speeches in Newton and Des Moines ahead of a Peoria visit.
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Adlai Stevenson
Iowa
Newton
Des Moines
Washington
Peoria
Stevenson
Viet Nam
Formosa
Silver Spring
Truman
Tth
Consumer Prices Decline in August
Washington reports a two tenths of one percent dip in consumer prices from July’s all time high. BLS commissioner Ewan Clague cites a sharp seasonal drop in fresh food as the main factor, while meat apparel and auto prices may push the September index back toward the record high.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
BLS
Clague
Virginia Weather Forecast and Weekend Outlook
The Virginia forecast calls for clear nights with warmer interior regions and lows 36 to 44 west and north, 42 to 47 southeast. Temperatures average a degree or two below normal this period, with a warming trend Sunday into Wednesday and rain possible Sunday night or Monday. Precipitation totals expected 1 to 4 tenths to 1 to 2 inches.
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Five Pay
Virginia
Winchester
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