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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1957
Page
5
A gravel truck with failed brakes sped toward a 9 percent grade crossing near Massillon Ohio and struck the 74th car of a 19 car Pennsylvania Railroad freight train. The driver Walter A. Shelton 28 of Mansfield and a passenger jumped before impact.
Washington reports the 1st Cavalry Division began in Japan for nearly 12 years will depart within weeks. The Defense Department credits President Eisenhower’s pledge for all ground troops to leave Japan this year. About 17 000 U.S. service members remain, with most in Air Force and Marine units as the 24th Division in Korea absorbs the Cavalry, ending its active status.
In Lansdowne Pennsylvania Paul Warwick Jr. a wealthy businessman shot his wife Josephine 35 a former ballet dancer then killed her sister Mary McCann 32 before shooting himself at their suburban Philadelphia apartment Police Chief Fred Roberts said the slayings were discovered when relatives arrived There is no immediately stated motive Warwick was the grandson of Charles F Warwick Philadelphia mayor 1895 to 1899 and part owner of a garden store
A York mother seeks 5002.98 damages in Common Pleas Court for her 17 year old son Theodore after a group at Green Valley pool held him as Zimmerman and wife allegedly gave a Don Eagle style haircut leaving a strip of hair bare and tearing his shirt. The suit accuses the couple of acting for fun with youth consent.
Mrs Louise Madigan a 46 year old bookkeeper for a Cleveland law firm confessed to taking 96000 over four years to bet on horses. She claimed envelopes marked 1109 contained cash handed to a man named Bill each morning. Detectives doubt her account and say she may be shielding someone. Three weeks ago she got three firm members to sign 300 checks for a supposed business trip.
Evangelist Billy Graham told a capacity crowd at Madison Square Garden that the cross of Christ is an offense and a challenge to complacency for true Christians. He cited four reasons the cross offends including its judgment on sin and its claim to be the power of God unto salvation.
The General Services Administration established in 1949 handles procurement and supply, public buildings, and government records management. By 1956 it saved about 89.4 million dollars in large quantity procurements and 47 million by interagency transfers. GSA employs roughly 26,500.
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