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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1952
Page
10
Bondale residents petitioned the city council to grade a street like a roller coaster. Mayor John Wright suggested that allowing streets to deteriorate into ruts could achieve a similar effect by slowing traffic.
A cluttered listing shows August 2 evening broadcasts including News Commentary CBS Management Series Abe I M 7 00 This Before Music Al Helfer Sporte Women In Uniform Pentagon Report Smoke Drama You Go News J Aeomade Theatre of Air Ole Opry Guy Lombardo Dance Orchestra and Dan Street Dance Orchestra with News Variety to close the hour.
Radio listings show baseball game time 2:30 pm and afternoon programming with bands and ensembles including the Dizie Quartet and Mystie. Also noted are Concept Church programmes and a morning to midday lineup ending with News at 11:00 am and a 2:48 pm segment.
Dayton fireman Wil Q. says a pie incident led to a broken ankle while on duty. The report notes the event occurred in Dayton Ohio with brief mention of pie related cause and injuries.
A fragmented listing shows various programs on WMAL and channel 7 including Lionel Hampton dance party, feature films, news, children's shows, and religious programs with times ranging from early evening to late night. The scan preserves numerous program titles and times without full context.
China’s Communists have imposed prohibition in Tibet due to food shortages and reduced alcohol production. Reports describe a shift away from traditional home brewed wine formerly common in the region.
The Korean War nears its third year with the millionth draftee in service. It has cost over 113,000 casualties and become a major political issue while many Americans view it as the forgotten war. A 63 year old Crooks publishes a one man church news sheet for service members abroad and reflects on faith, duty, and the possibility of the conflict spreading home.
Charles Spaulding, among the nation’s wealthiest Black figures, died on his 78th birthday from bronchial pneumonia. A former slave’s son, he rose from a dish washer to president of North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, the world’s largest Black enterprise.
In Murphysboro Illinois Jimmy Nash three summers old has broken his right leg every year his physician says he is too active for his legs.
A Toledo constable died of a heart attack at the wheel last night. His prisoner Harold Ness was taking Glenwood Girdham to the county jail when the officer slumped over, the car ran 300 yards hitting two autos. Girdham had pleaded innocent to driving while intoxicated and said Ness jammed the accelerator before he turned off ignition and took the wheel.
A new tunnel under the Almendares River near Havana advances as a key bottleneck project. Once finished the roadway will provide multiple lanes to relieve growing motor vehicle congestion in the city.
The driver faced a loss of brakes but managed to control the vehicle and stop safely after the incident.
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