Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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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

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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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0 'f plagued with such false warnings over a two-month SPY KIT - This photo, supplied by Tass, Russian news agency, shows items which period. Whitehall was one of the few schools to were allegedly found in the United States iet plane shot down by the Russians on escape the bomb scares. May Day. The pilot was charged with spying by Premier Khrushchev. 7it472w7 af? ' ' truly Cinderella romance. In Great Britain, Princess Margaret and court photographer Antony Arm- strong-Jones were ioined in holy matrimony at West- minster Abbey by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Also in the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth gave birth to a baby boy much to the pride of the entire realm. This is the third child for the Queen and her husband, Prince Phillip. Trouble and international distress crept into Presi- dent Dwight D. Eisenhower's final year. For the first time, Congress overrode his veto and passed a Sl-35,000,000 Public Works Appropriation Act. Fidel Castro, Cuban premier, attacked the U.S. bitterly in speeches heard throughout the world. Waging a relentless economic aggression, Castro seized several American sugar plantations and oil refineries. After Congress granted him the power to regulate imports, the President ceased all importa- tion of Cuban sugar. HOPE - At Muhlenberg College Candlelight Service humbleness shows on faces of people as they pray and sing for a tension-free world.