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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1957
Page
3
Mrs Jerome OConnor and her 15 children visited a San Diego drive in where the cash register slip with a blue star paid the entire bill. The family left with a free meal after the lucky receipt appeared.
Miss Alice Catherine Ferrell daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard N Ferrell was named Honorary Fire Chief of the Colonial Beach Volunteer Fire Department for the Apple Blossom Festival parade on Thursday May 2 at 6 p.m. She resides in Colonial Beach and attends Oak Grove High School.
The Virginia Association of Insurance Agents sponsored a regional educational meeting here at the George Washington Hotel on Wednesday. About 60 agents attended as Henry Downing opened with remarks and speakers Ray M. Galloway and Frank G. Holzhauer discussed family automobile policy background and uninsured motorist coverage.
A military investigating committee blamed metal fatigue for the March 17 crash that killed President Ramon Magsaysay and 25 others. The probe found shaft breakage in the right engine generator caused the disaster, with no sabotage found. The president's plane struck a mountain after takeoff from Cebu.
A dense listing of TV programs across channels detailing shows from 5 PM to 4 AM including detective dramas Ellery Queen Sheriff of Cochise news sports variety shows and soaps with titles such as The Great Gildersleeve I Spy Lawrence Welk and The Tonight Show style marathons featuring actors and hosts like Barbara Robbin Martha Rountree and Mercedes McCambridge for a packed broadcast day.
Chicago police say two seventh grade boys, Hector Donati and Anthony Corona, admitted writing extortion notes threatening harm to parents in a Northwest Side housing project. The notes demanded 20 to 50 dollars and were signed The Killer and The Gang. one note led to a brick being hurled at a resident who did not pay. Both boys were handed to juvenile authorities after handwriting tests at the teacher’s request.
James Wood High School newspaper The Wood Post and the James Wood yearbook earned achievement awards at the 28th Southern Interscholastic Press Association convention. Awards were announced at a Saturday luncheon in Lexington, with the SPIA directed by Professor O W Riegel of Washington and Lee. About 1,000 delegates from 160 schools attended as roughly 270 school publications were judged.
In Clichy a Paris suburb three Algerians were seriously wounded in two shooting attacks by North Africans. Police raided hotels and cafes, questioned 400 people, arrested one for illegal arms possession, and detained eight for identity checks as part of a weeklong crackdown on rival Algerian nationalist groups.
Paris reports Francoise Sagan, 21, discharged from Maillot Clinic after severe car crash injuries. Doctors expect several weeks of convalescence for a broken shoulder blade multiple rib fractures and facial cuts.
Illustrated Historical Guide Book to Winchester Virginia with map street names guide numbers and pictures by L Adolph Richards priced 50c on sale at news stand Geo Washington Hotel and Washingtons office corner Braddock Cork Streets.
The Winchester Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals nominating committee will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Werner Nordheim’s home to prepare a candidate slate for the annual May 21 meeting at the George Washington Hotel. Public attendance is invited and written nominations may be submitted to Mrs. Nordheim.
Dave Sable of a Huntington travel agency was billed to discuss a firm cruise on a TV interview but disappeared into the trip himself. He failed to return on time prompting the interview to be rescheduled for a later date.
The text extols Cadillac styling for its soundness and claims the car is so aerodynamically designed that even onrushing wind becomes a whisper, highlighting engineering excellence.
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