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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1949

Page

7

New 433-foot bridge opens over Gash River in Sudan

In Khartoum a reinforced concrete bridge with six spans and a 16 foot carriageway was dedicated to replace ferry crossings. The structure ends dangerous river crossings once done with garees native beds, improving regional transportation.

New Sudan Bridge Khartoum Sudan Great Gash River

Russell Rites Set for William F. Russell at Bruce Church

Funeral services for William Frank Russell a veteran of Northern Virginia Power Co will be held at 1 30 p m tomorrow at Bruce town Methodist church with Rev Emory Elimore officiating. Interment will follow in Brucetown cemetery Pallbearers are Joseph and Raymond Ryman Raymond Bly Lee Fawcett Clarence Coffman and James Fishback with Winchester line department coworkers as honorary bearers.

Brucetown Methodist Church William Frank Russell Northern Virginia Power Co Emory Elimore Brucetown Joseph and Raymond Ryman Raymond Bly Lee Fawcett Clarence Coffman James Fishback Winchester Line

Warsaw Bricklayer Team Sets 24000 Brick Milestone

In Warsaw Poland a bricklayers team led by Waclaw Lesiewicz and two companions claim a new eight hour record by laying 24000 bricks. The feat comes as the city rebuilds after devastation and workers continually raise performance.

Warsaw Poland Waclaw Lesiewicz

Toddler Bounces After Three-Story Fall in Germany

In Ingolstadt a woman window shopping at a hat shop was struck by a two year old who fell from a third floor window. The child bounced on the sidewalk and cried but remained unharmed.

Ingolstadt Germany

Czech Communist Attacks Spellman Combating Church Strife

Rude Pravo accuses the Vatican and the Roman Catholic hierarchy of provoking civil war in Czechoslovakia over church-state issues. It links Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York and the alleged American organization to a plot, via a long piece by Andre Simone.

Prague Czechoslovakia Rude Pravo Czecholovak Vatican Francis Cardinal Spellman New York Andre Simone

Shakespeare Riot Jury Deadlocked

The Shakespeare riot piracy trial ended in a hung jury in Kalamazoo Michigan. Five CIO United Steel Workers officers face possible retrial from scratch with a new panel. Seven injured as cars were overturned and machinery smashed during the pre-dawn December 1 protest at Shakespeare Co plants.

Kalamazoo Mich CIO United Steel Workers Shakespeare Co

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