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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1957
Page
8
The Associated Press reports widespread Easter shopping disruptions as rainfall drenches many regions. Wet roads and slick conditions slow traffic and shopping plans, with crews bracing for continued showers through the day.
The storm belt stretched from the Dakotas into western Texas with severe thunderstorms in South Dakota Nebraska Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Hail and strong winds affected parts of the area as rainfall exceeded an inch in six hours in South Dakota and Oklahoma.
One of the oldest houses in Warren County named Fairview, the home of Col. William E. Shipp, will be open as part of the Tour of Homes on April 27 and 28. The event is sponsored by the Winchester Clarke and Little Garden Clubs as the local part of the event.
During Historic Garden Week in Virginia visitors tour Fair View noted for a 1760 origin building with 1900 additions. Key features include woodwork in the entrance hall and stairway, notable mantels, and a vast 18th century furniture collection. The home houses 17th and 18th century silver plus international pieces including Russian Imperial items once owned by nobility.
In New Castle Indiana the First Methodist Church promotes its anti drunken driving drive with a sign that reads Two kinds of finishes for automobile lacquer and liquor.
In Carlsbad New Mexico District Judge C Roy Anderson recessed court after a juror accidentally locked himself in a courthouse restroom. A locksmith freed the juror and the trial resumed with no apparent delay or disruption of proceedings.
Four masked gunmen burst into a suburban Issy les Moulineaux hotel and shot two North Africans to death. The attackers targeted customers in the bar and then moved to a hotel room to kill a second victim, part of a recent surge of similar Paris incidents.
The rebellion extends across France where thousands of Algerians, technically French citizens, work in European France. Fighting pits members of the Algerian Nationalist Movement against the National Liberation Front as violence escalates. Victims include Algerians who refuse to fund either faction.
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