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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1948
Page
10
Recent state liquor official estimates place between 26 and 26.5 million people in locally dry regions. This group accounts for nearly one fifth of the U S population.
A dense listing details daily time slots across networks ABC CBS MBS and NBE from 6:00 pm to 12:00 am. Program names include news music drama comedy and variety shows with repeats and special features across East West and other regional feeds.
Plans are underway to entertain upwards of 200 persons at an outing for Albany residents and nearby White Post area residents. The article notes an appointment of a home economics teacher at Strasburg.
The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin will hold its annual meeting September 10 and 11 in Hagerstown. Maryland Governor Lane will be among the speakers.
Andrew and Joan confront arson and danger when a fire threatens a planned housing development. Jake Baron is halted as Andrew, wounded but alive, is rescued with Joan’s help. The hospital scene reveals Joan’s steadfast support and Baron’s arrest as the story heads toward resolution.
The State board of education approved an addition to Strasburg high school with Sept 1 as opening date for Shenandoah county schools. Dorothy T. Waugh, a former Episcopal parish picnic organizer, leads a county event at Cacapon State Park with swimming, baseball, boating and races amid a committee including J. Pinckney Arthur and Rev. James Roe.
Virginia agricultural extension service advises farmers to use low grade apples from this year's crop to stabilize prices. Recommendations cover harvest maturity to avoid bruising, careful handling, proper grading, refrigeration if not sold, representative face packing, and noting harvest windows for major varieties from late August to November.
Gandhi was recorded twice in 1931 while in England. These phonograph sessions captured portions of his speeches for preservation and distribution. The files indicate two separate sets of records created during that visit.
F L Largent Jr of Winchester named as counsel for owner operator of a large tractor trailer involved in a fatal August wreck one mile north of Woodstock on Route 11. Two suits allege damages of 15000 dollars each against John C Glenn of Roanoke owner of Blue Ridge Produce Co and driver John Leroy Brown.
Administrators of the estates of John R. Young and Miss Ma deline Seward of New York sue over a highway crash in which both were killed when their car collided with a turning truck. The first trial opens tomorrow at Woodstock with attorneys William Logan and Frank Brumback for the plaintiffs. Some unrelated garbled text follows about reptiles and arterial venous food mixes.
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