Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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.Q-Xxox XR. 3 ...-r N 54 CRUSADER IN AFRICA - During evangelist's current crusade of Africa, CASTRO'S ATTACK - Havana crowd listens as Cuba's Premier Fidel Billy Graham holds hands with youngsters as he walks with them in front Castro tells them, in an address from the terrace of the presidential palace, of thatched huts of their Western Nigerian village. that Latin-American countries are now shouting Cuba yes, Yankees no. N WS at 7959-60 Sportswise, Edgar Beidleman's Whitehall Zephyrs copped the Lehigh Valley League baseball championship. A major change in national baseball was the trading of the Philadel- phia Phillies' Curt Simmons, a Whitehall High School gradu- ate, tothe St. Louis Cardinals. On the lighter side of national pastimes, television and movie actors received awards. Jane Wyatt and Robert Stack of Father Knows Best and The Untouchablesf' respectively, were presented Emmy awards for their role portrayals. Tele- vision emcee Jack Paar created a stir when he walked oft the stage during his late evening show, Oscars were presented to Simone Signoret and Charlton Heston. INSPECTION - Chinese nationalist soldier points to hole in roof after shelling of Quemoy by Red Chinese when Eisenhower visited Formosa. 1 LA i STI X y P4 - vwg .. NEW PLATES - New suburban license plates for station wagons are displayed by Ama Kerr, bureau of motor vehicles employee.

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NIXON - Pictured are Senator Clifford Case, Mrs. Howard McComb, TOYS FOR TOTS - Members of Quill and Scroll Club Donna Raub and Vice-President Richard Nixon, and Mrs. Edna Sharp. Nixon receives .loan Nestor distribute toys collected in club's township toy drive to children membership in Women's Auxiliary of Military Order of Purple Heart. at the Good Shepherd Home. 4,10 'rms-f ,r , V . kia EISENHOWERS - President Eisenhower calls for Mrs. Eisenhower in Denver, Colorado, where she was visiting her ailing mother. . .77 With the opening of another decade, new and trying events confronted the world on the local, state, national, and inter- national scenes. Headlines blared current affairs, some ioyous others shocking, across the pages of newspapers. As the year flashed by, more history was made with world events sky- rocketing higher than the moon. In the Lehigh Valley, motorists entering Allentown from the north found a new route laid out because of major repairs be- ing made on the Seventh Street Extension bridge near the Le- high Valley Cooperative Farmers. Dedicatory services took place for the new Whitehall High School, a three million dollar building. 5.-I E, NEWLYWEDS - Court photographer Antony ArmstrongfJones and Princess Margaret are shown leaving Westminster Abbey after wedding. 2

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MUSICAL CLOSED - Sign on marquee of Broadhurst theater in New York calls BOMB SCARE - State police patrol ABE Airport as the blackout on Broadway an Equity strike in the dispute between actors and TWA plane is inspected in Allentown after a bomb producers that closed Broadway shows for the first time in 41 years. warning. Schools in the Lehigh Valley were also KENNEDY IN DENVER - Denverites clamor around Senator John F, Kennedy, center foreground, before he departs for Salt Lake City. L0 A 41112 '56 New York's Broadway was blacked out for the first time in 4l years, While numerous signs throughout New York called it an Equity strike, members of the Actors Equity called closing a lockout by producers. Rock 'n' Roll remained popular throughout the year. Its strength was boosted with the return of its king, Elvis Presley, who served three years in the army. Elvis and Connie Francis were chosen top vocalists of the year. Fashion designers returned belts to waistlines and the fashion world returned to normal, except for the lift in hemlines. These were placed two or less inches below the top of the knee. The old reliable shirtwaist dress became the popular silhouette of the year, and perky derby hats adorned stylish heads, Wedding bells rang, announcing ioy for many couples. Steven Rockefeller, son of Nelson Rockefeller who is governor of New York, married Swedish Anna Rasmussen, former maid of the Rockefellers, in a