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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1956
Page
2
Answers printed on page 4 include Dog-watch New Britain Assyria Slight twist Cetacean Gulls Tariff Woody covered with thickets and a note that more than 96 percent of Egypt is desert.
Funeral services for Arthur H McFarland are scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 2 00 p m at Jones Funeral Home with arrangements not yet complete. Patricia B Baer is also noted with funeral arrangements incomplete.
In Hartford Connecticut a 34 year old former Waynesboro Virginia resident Vivian Hadlock was killed by five .22 caliber bullets at a Main Street tavern. Rocco Palazzi 47 was arrested after fleeing and is held on an open charge. Two men were slightly wounded by ricocheting bullets.
New York reports a mid summer lull easing across steel auto and oil sectors. Wage settlements boost consumer income and stocks while prices rise for copper steel and appliances. Industry leaders predict near full capacity output by year end as 1957 models hit showrooms.
At Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania 17200 civilian soldiers from Maryland and Virginia honor governors Theodore McKeldin and Thomas B. Stanley with a dress parade. Maj. Gen. Henry C. Evans leads the 29th Division inspection as Maj. Gen. J. R. Pierce Adj. Milton Reckord and Adj. Gen. Sheppard Crump attend. Brig. Gen. William C. Purnell heads the marching units.
Four Petersburg residents were charged with stealing about 8000 feet of telephone wire from Pendleton County poles in Brush Run. Alvie Olie Kimble 37 Joe Delmar Swick 38 and Curtis Alt 37 were named with Alt released on 1500 dollar bail while others await action of a special grand jury on August 13. Wire was sold to a Johnstown Pennsylvania dealer. Some wire came from inactive circuits and other from active lines, theft discovered by potential delay if only inactive lines were stripped. Wire value about 26 cents per pound.
Patricia B Baer 24 of 805 South Braddock Street died suddenly at 9:05 p m in Winchester Memorial Hospital. She was born December 12, 1931 in this city daughter of Dekota Reed Brown and the late James Franklin Brown wife of Lewis C Baer married December 5 1951 in Cumberland Maryland. Survived by husband mother two sons Gary M Lineburg and Lewis C Baer one daughter Gena Elaine Baer one brother Richard Brown three sisters Iris Creswell Jean Shemp and Alice Brown. Funeral arrangements incomplete remains at Jones Funeral Home.
A New Jersey man escaped injury after his 1940 Pontiac sedan left U S Route 11 at Clear Brook and struck a railroad signal post. John W. Shuler of Pedricktown said he tried to avoid a slowed vehicle, turned right, and lost control. Damages about 200 dollars.
Attendance at Virginia eight state parks in operation this year exceeds 23,900 more than the same period in 1955, indicating a strong jump in park usage and public interest.
The Government Printing Office has a limited supply of the 400 page paper bound National Science Foundation report titled Soviet Professional Manpower Its Education Training and Supply. It includes illustrations charts bibliography and index and can be purchased for 1.25 dollars from the Superintendent of Documents Washington 25 D C.
The West Virginia Air National Guard will hold a 1 PM demonstration at the 7th Annual Model Airplane Show sponsored by the Exchange Club at the local airport. Guardsmen will fly four F-51 fighters. Winchester entrants include Allen Hockensmith, William Morony, Harry March, Ronald Grimm, and Lando Reynolds with other participants from Washington DC and nearby towns.
In Livermore California Richard Fleming and his 14 year old son Barney were riding when a pet woodpecker in Barney's lap began pecking Fleming's head. The car rolled over twice. both occupants escaped without physical injuries.
Gov Goodwin Knight resisted extending pre convention support to Nixon as California Republicans debate endorsement. Sen William Knowland shifted influence by backing Nixon, while California Republican Assembly directors urged delegates to back Eisenhower.
The Governor, informed of Knowland's move, reiterated support for Eisenhower’s pick for vice president. Knight offered no explanation for hostility toward Nixon, while some associates seek to block Nixon's bid.
A condensed sales directory lists upcoming auctions in August across towns like Charles Town Winchester and Berryville. Items include tractors farm machinery dairy cattle antique furniture household goods and farming equipment with dates August 7 8 9 11 15 and 25 plus auctioneers and clerks noted for each listing.
There will be no preaching service at St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Marlboro Route tomorrow.
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