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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1956
Page
2
A fragmented clipping notes fatal and injurious incidents involving alcohol and gas in city areas. Names like Frederick and Clarke appear amid counts such as 87 and 97 with references to dead and injured. The text indicates a cautionary notice about safety and possible accidents in 1955 through 1958.
Walter Walls five year old son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Walls of Paw Paw West Virginia died in Memorial Hospital from head injuries after a fall or jump from a feed truck near his home. Brother Grant Walls six in fair condition after injuries from the same incident. An older child accompanied them was unharmed. The driver did not know the children were in the truck and started off.
A sequence of sales directory items lists auction dates from August 4 to August 25 across towns near Middle town Chambersburg Berryville Charles Town and Winchester. Items include livestock farming equipment tractors garage and house goods dairy cattle and farming implements with names of auctioneers and clerks.
Springfield mourns as publicity aide H. Kendall Olds is found dead in Lake Springfield amid a web of charges surrounding former State Auditor Orville E. Hodge. Olds, 46, reportedly feared a fallen mentor while Hodge faces federal indictments and a Sangamon County case for misdealing funds. The coroner notes no violence. Olds’ widow recalls his heartbreak over the unfolding affair.
Guy Scott, 22, near Ft Jackson in Columbia, kicked a green object that exploded causing severe phosphorous burns. He lies in hospital as injured areas occasionally spark and dry wrappings flare. A 50 50 survival chance was given, doctors noting a Marine grenade incident at Camp Le Jeune as a precedent.
Adlai Stevenson dismisses Harriman's claim to exclusive use of the New Deal banner and questions whom Mrs. Roosevelt supports. At a Waldorf fundraising dinner, Mrs. Roosevelt backs Stevenson for the Democratic nomination while Kefauver’s endorsement shifts to Stevenson after he withdrew. Stevenson notes many suitable vice presidential candidates, mentions Kefauver, and critiques Stassen’s push to drop Nixon.
Robert Gunn, 17, married Maureen Whites, 16, despite his father Peter Gunn’s opposition to the match. Gunn is free on $5,000 bail on a second degree manslaughter charge after a fight in which police say he struck his father with a fist and kicks. The couple wed at Freeport Presbyterian Church with family present.
Cashmere is a luxury fabric used for fine garments. With proper care cashmere coats wear well, but they are not suitable or designed for rugged use or extreme conditions.
New York State hosts more than 11 million acres of privately owned commercial forest land. Officials note the vast private estate supports timber production and regional employment.
Lady Norah Docker pleaded for the return of Sir Bernard Docker as managing director of the British Small Arms Corp in a stockholders meeting. Directors said the publicity was not right for the company and stockholders voted 240 to 66 against reinstatement. The Dockers remain wealthy, owning 10,000 BSA shares. Norah expressed that they fought hard and did their best in the circumstances.
About 7,000 civilian soldiers from Maryland and Virginia prepared for an inspection tour by Gen Maxwell B Taylor at Indian Town Gap Pennsylvania. Units on site included the 121st Engineer Battalion 116th Infantry Regiment 729th Ordnance Battalion and the division’s headquarters company. Yesterday Congressman James P Devereux inspected division units with Col Rodger Whiteford and Col Randolph Millholland.
The 1956 toll rose to 471 with Armistead C. Latham of Amissville, 37, among recent victims. Latham died in a U S 211 crash eight miles west of Warrenton in Culpeper County when his car lost control and overturned multiple times.
A yard party at the Negro Day Nursery on Fremont Street starts at 5 p m Saturday. Proceeds go to buying a new refrigerator. Homemade ice cream pies cakes and fried chicken will be available for eating in or takeout.
A New York firm, Harrison and Abramovitz, receives a 1,975,150 dollar contract to design a CIA building at Langley Virginia. The project, located in northern Virginia, carries an estimated total cost of 46 million dollars.
A wealthy Englishman Christopher Bailey 25 and Sarah McMaster of London wed on the deck of a Mississippi River excursion boat near Memphis amid a carnival crowd of 150. The ceremony used a cotton bale as altar and was witnessed by Tennessee justice of the peace Frank Norfleet and Arkansas official R E L Wilson, making it legally binding in two ceremonies as the ship drifted on the Tennessee Arkansas state line.
Washington reports 258 new polio cases last week with Illinois at 158 in a concentrated Chicago area outbreak. California 74 and Texas 63 follow, while 1955 peers Massachusetts 204 lead. Through July 28 the year totals 3490, paralytic cases about 50 percent. President Garfield noted as the last born in a log cabin.
The Round Hill Raritan Club grossed 1060 last night at a yard party held at James Wood School. Of this, 375 came from an auction sale. Net proceeds go to the Raritan community service fund. 250 ham and chicken suppers were served. Elmer Lauck chaired the event with James Givens as general chair.
Portugal, roughly the size of Indiana, claims a colonial realm twenty three times larger than its European homeland, highlighting a vast overseas reach. The statement underscores the historical scale of Portuguese global holdings and influence.
A 32 year old Lynchburg power company lineman Melvin H. Duff employed by General Utilities Services of Richmond was electrocuted yesterday after contacting an exposed high voltage wire. He was atop a 30 foot utility pole at the time of the accident.
Answers to the quiz questions printed on page 14 are provided. Entries include categories like Comedian Babylonia and a set of items such as “For girls and boys” and “Boston, Mass” with Yes and True responses. The text lists early pronunciations and moisture in the tree as items.
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