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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1957

Page

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Local Troop Leaders Named in Hospital Notice

The patient is Jeffrey Stealey son of Mrs. Charles Stealey of Joist Hite Place. He is held by Nurse Betty Bearey of the hospital staff. Leaders of Troop 12 are Mrs. Percy Stultz mother of Jean and Mrs. Harold Covert mother of Cathy and Margie.

Jeffrey Stealey Charles Stealey Joist Hite Place Betty Bearey Troop 12 Percy Stultz Jean Harold Covert Cathy Margie Memorial Hospital Jean Stultz Cathy Covert Margie Covert

Government Seeks Dissolution of Boxing Clubs

The government asks a federal judge to dissolve the International Boxing Clubs of New York Illinois Michigan and Missouri after a prior antitrust ruling. Named are James D Norris and Arthur M Wirtz as IBC presidents. A hearing is set for May 20.

New York International Boxing Clubs Illinois Michigan Missouri Sylvester J. Ryan Ryan IBC James D. Norris Arthur M. Wirtz Chicago

American tourist blown from airliner over Iraq

Iraqi searchers combed desert wastes for the body of J. R. Nash of Memphis Tennessee identified by police as an American passenger sucked through a shattered window of a French four engine Constellation 25 miles north of Kirkuk. Nash was en route from Tehran to Istanbul on the last leg of a round the world trip when the third window on the right side exploded.

Istanbul Turkey Iraq J. R. Nash Memphis Tenn Tehran Paris Air France Jirkouk Nash

Easter Parade Draws 1 200 000 in New York

Warmest Easter on record draws an estimated 1.2 million people to the 5th Avenue parade. Midtown churches filled. 360 police kept out exhibitors and disruptors, though a few outside displays slipped through amid the crowds.

New York 5Th Avenue Midtown

Dr Crane's Worry Clinic Begins in the Star Today

Dr George Crane launches a daily Worry Clinic on the Winchester Evening Star editorial page. A physician and psychologist, he treats real case histories and offers frank advice aligned with Christian ethics. He aims to make the newspaper a family textbook and a forum for honest discussion of courtship and marriage.

DR. Crane the Star Today George Crane Winchester Evening Star Christian Church Crane the Star

Pony Sale Set With 300 Plus Consolations At Farmers Exchange

More than 309 ponies are consigned for the third annual Eastern Pony Breeders Association sale at Farmers Livestock Exchange April 26 and 27. Registered HackneyWelsh and Shetland ponies join cross breed hunter and five gaited saddle ponies up to 14.2 hands. Grade ponies go on sale second day. last year’s event was one day. Over 100 Shetland mares have been entered from Walgamuth Pony Farm Akron Indiana Thomas Merrick Ill Saddle Acres Pony Farm Forest Hill Md John Hughes Brookston Ind Diamond Pony Farm Diamond Ohio and Elmer Lindwall Pembroke Mass.

Eastern Pony Breeders Association Farmers’ Livestock Exchange Walgamuth Pony Farm Akron Indiana Thomas Merrick Ill Gordonsville Saddle Acres Forest Hill John Hughes Brookston Ind Diamond Pony Farm Diamond Ohio Elmer Lindwall Pembroke Mass

VFW Volunteers to Seat Audiences in Festival Parades

Winchester Post 2123 VFW volunteers will staff seating and ticket collection for the foremen's and Grand Feature parades of the Festival on May 7 and 3. L. W. Wallace Jr. announced the effort with a long list of volunteers led by George B. Taylor, who heads the VFW committee. Harry Lake serves as post commander.

Winchester Veterans of Foreign Wars L. W. Wallace, Jr Department of Public Safety and Public Service Raleigh D. Easter Dudley G. Reynolds Elmer H. Kline Harry L. Lake John W. Jones Richard K. Eddy John L. Coffelt, Jr Paul D. Strawderman Dennis L. Strawderman W. E. Adams Marion E. Campbell A. A. Goble Edward G. Rennie Jesse P. Peters Wilber R. Sellers Max Hinegardner Robert R. Grim Herbert L. Willis Marvin W. Miller Ray E. Bowers Lewis M. Barley Richard L. Boxwell, Jr Edward M. Bolton Eugene B. Purtlebaugh Charles R Rinker James G. Wilkins Earl L. Kerns Wiliam A. Sealock Leo B. Fauver George B. Taylor Mr. Taylor

Quarrel Explodes Into Fatal Shooting at Church Point

In Church Point, a disturbance between Raphael Daigle and his estranged wife led to a shooting that killed his wife Rena 35 their 14 year old daughter Netlie and two police officers Chief Wilbur Landry and Assistant Chief Burley Cormier. Daigle then killed himself.

Church Point Lai F.j.comeaux Raphael Daigle Carpenter Rena Daigle Netlie Wilbur Landry Burley Cormier Dai Aigle Comeaux Landry Cormier Hettie

Dulles Says U S Seeks Liberation of Captive Nations

Dulles declares to Russia that the United States aims to liberate captive nations. The report notes Easter Sunday heat records and April 21 temperature readings at Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory with historical highs shown on earlier years, but yesterday surpassed all.

Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory Mercury

Secretary Dulles urges liberation of captive nations

Secretary of State Dulles told the Associated Press luncheon that the United States seeks the liberation of the captive nations in the Soviet bloc. He appealed to Congress and the public to preserve foreign aid programs and warned against economizing zeal in policy. He argued Soviet threats will not break the free world's collective defense and stated the U.S. will not seek a political settlement at the expense of liberty. Dulles cited rising demands for freedom in satellites and condemned Soviet imperialism while urging evolution to freedom. The address received Eisenhower’s approval and was his first major policy review in the second term.

New York State Dulles Russia United States Soviet Bloc Associated Press Dulles Congress Europe Atlantic Alliance Free World Eisenhower Augusta James C. Hagerty U. S Hungary Communist Party Suez Canal Egypt

Hospital orderly stabbed to death here

A Memorial Hospital orderly Nathan Carter of Winchester was killed by a stabbing. John D. Cox Jr., 33, of Alabama, was arrested after an argument and held for arraignment on a murder charge. Carter’s body was found on Haddox Row and a long blade knife recovered. The incident followed an argument between Carter and Cox and police say the investigation continues.

Alabama John D. Cox, Jr Memorial Hospital Nathan Carter Winchester Cox J. Thomas Boyd Warren Rudolph Haddox Row Carter Roger Pennington Floyd Barley Bord Rudolph McFarland Miller Hill Tuscaloosa Montgomery Corporation Court George G. Snarr, Jr Milton Harris

First Flying Saucer Of 1957 Reported By Irvin Shendow

Irvin Shendow of 402 S Stewart St reported seeing a white flying object about ten thirty p m on Front Royal Road six miles south of town. He described it five times larger than Venus, moving northeast to southwest in a flat straight line and vanishing in about a second and a half, too fast for an airplane. He could not gauge altitude.

Irvin Shendow S. Stewart St Shendow Front Royal Road

New Pamunkey River Bridge Closed After Damage

Richmond The State Highway Department closed the new Pamunkey River Bridge to traffic after damage to the swing span. A tug towing two barges broke loose one barge struck the bridge, the $1 250 000 structure had opened only last Thursday.

Richmond State Highway Department Pamunkey River

Jordan Foreign Minister Accuses Foreign Missions of Interference

Jordanian Foreign Minister Suleiman Nabulsi accused foreign missions of meddling in internal affairs amid regional tension. Israel reports show Syrian and Iraqi troop movements near Jordan, with President Kuwaiti reportedly urging restraint. Nabulsi reaffirmed ties with Moscow and rejected conditions on U S aid, stating opposition to communism for Arab nationalism.

Amman Jordan U.S Israel Foreign Ministry Iraq Faisal I Hussein el Mafraq Shukri Kuwaily Suleiman Nabulsi Nabulsi Khalidi Eisenhower James P. Richards Middle East Richard U. S United States

Naval airman dies after three years in coma

A 26 year old naval airman from Scranton Pa John Cipriano died in Philadelphia after three years of unconsciousness from an automobile accident on January 5 1954. He never regained consciousness and was kept alive by tube feeding as doctors fought to restore his senses.

Philadelphia Scranton John Cipriano Cipriane

Indictment Dismissal Sought by Hoffa Union Boss

Midwest Teamsters chief James R Hoffa asked to dismiss an indictment accusing him of conspiring to plant a spy on the Senate Rackets Committee staff. He argues he was denied a preliminary hearing and that the grand jury was tainted by government publicity.

Washington James R. Hoffa Midwest Teamsters Union Senate Rackets Hoffa U. S FBI

Four Die in Plane Crash on Kyushu Island

A U. S. Air Force C119 Flying Boxcar crashed on northern Kyushu Island today, killing four crew members. A rescue helicopter also went down in the rain, injuring three Americans aboard.

Tornadoes Strike Texas as Drought Appears Broken

Tornadoes exploded across Texas with ten confirmed on the Panhandle and South Plains injuring 34 and causing heavy property damage. One missing near Cotulla. Flood warnings issued as Trinity River nears flood stage and rains soak central, south, and northwest Texas.

Dallas P Texas Panhandle South Plains Cotulla Texas Trinity River Weather Bureau South

Eisenhower and Stassen to discuss disarmament

President Eisenhower will meet Harold E. Stassen in Augusta as U N disarmament talks pause for Easter. Stassen heads to London to resume negotiations while Dulles and White House officials assess progress and report to the President.

Marvin L. Arrowsmith Augusta Eisenhower Harold E. Stassen United States Russia Stassen Washington Augusta National Golf Club London U.N Dulles White House James C. Hagerty

Two Men Rescued From Sinking Cruiser in Chesapeake Bay

Two men aboard the cabin cruiser Moby Dick were rescued from a sinking vessel in Chesapeake Bay after a Coast Guard radio warning. An oyster boat recovered the pair and a helicopter later airlifted them to Patuxent Naval Air Station, as Navy and Coast Guard units searched the area near the Potomac mouth.

Norfolk Chesapeake Bay Naval Air Station Patuxent Potomac River Coast Guard Smith Point Navy The

Huge Boulder Blocks Traffic on Highway

A landslide outside Tronton Ohio hurled a boulder as big as a house onto U S 52 twelve miles east of town, closing the highway for hours. The slide occurred at 11 p m Sunday and by morning one lane was open for one way traffic. No injuries reported. The road runs along the Ohio river with a steep ridge to the north and overhanging rock formations.

Tronton Ohio U. S. 52 Here Ohio River

Eden Improves After April 13 Bile Duct Operation

Doctors report Sir Anthony Eden shows continued improvement after surgery for bile duct obstruction. The daily bulletin says he is active around his New England Baptist Hospital room and his general condition remains very satisfactory.

Boston Anthony Eden Daily Bulletin New England Baptist Hospital

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