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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1957
Page
12
A short instruction fragment requests filling in details and mailing to Dick Eddy at Box 23 in Winchester. The readable text provides no clear event date or purpose, but implies a personal or local notices context.
In Tulsa Oklahoma C A Wilkins son reports repeated electrical disturbances at his home. Six times in a month plugs popped from sockets and appliances including a hand sweeper and refrigerator showed fault symptoms. He suspects a nearby transformer leak and has erected a magnetic field device around the house.
Sealed bids for Rt. 704 1301 15 to Rt. 663 2 79 mi of soil aggregate and 8 inch bituminous base await submission by August 21 1957 at the Richmond Central Office. Projects span Albemarle Augusta Buckingham Prince Edward Nansemond Wise Loudoun Rockbridge Norfolk Warwick Hampton and others with various soil aggregate and bridge works. Plans on file at Richmond district offices and bid bonds required. State reserves right to reject proposals and waive technicalities.
Colombo columnist ridicules Max Gluck the Eisenhower nominee as ignorant on Asian affairs. The article notes Gluck’s Senate testimony admitting unfamiliarity with prime ministers of Ceylon and India and his campaign contributions in 1952 and 1956. Eisenhower defended the nomination saying money would not influence picks.
A leap frog brush fire believed started by juveniles burned 12 homes and charred 500 acres in Mount Washington Highland Park. Firefighters faced water pressure issues and used water tankers before it was contained. two other fires in Beverly Glen Benedict Canyon and Brea Canyon Pomona area were also contained.
Washington officials defend tax refunds issued last year amid a congressional report naming 27 corporations with refunds over one million dollars. William H. Brown of American Viscose Corp. calls the listing misleading and incorrect, noting his firm only received about 3.5 million in refunds in 1956.
Officials said large tax refunds claimed by Coca Cola Co were recorded in 1956 but may have been paid earlier on a tentative basis. Treasurer Edmund W. Pugh Jr. noted about 7.75 million dollars of an 8.099 million refund related to 1945 46 earnings.
Officials report Greater Philadelphia's drought marks the longest since records began in 1872. Weather figures show July as the driest on record with only .64 inches of rain, surpassing the .74 inch low set in 1894 and offset by the final allowed amount.
The Virginia Fisheries Laboratory reports 1656 croakers tagged and released at Gloucester Point since April. Tagging helps biologists track movements and estimate total fish numbers.
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