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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1948
Page
9
Officials of the Conrad Hoover post American Legion announced the executive committee has decided not to hold a variety show at this time and have abandoned plans for a show proposed at the armory August 16 to 18.
Clarke County Wildlife Assn plans a Labor Day dog show in Berryville. President George Grove appoints Herbert J. Wilkins to head the planning committee with Russell Kaplan as secretary and members W. F E. Jackson and Douglas Mallory. Judges include Benton Snider and Leslie Kline from Winchester for bird dogs and non hunting dogs.
Citizenry urged to back a united Community Chest Red Feather campaign. The appeal highlights benefits of combining campaigns into one fundraiser, allowing pledges to cover all services for a year, saving time and money, and ensuring funds are used where most needed.
Broadcasts note that Russia seeks to ferment plans as a condition for settlement of Berlin deadlock. Bevin to meet Spaak in London discussions focus on Berlin crisis and East West German differences with Belgium among six powers backing a West German government.
King George county school board will ask a U. S. District Court for a declaratory judgement approving a consolidated Negro high school at Fredericksburg. The plan would serve Negro students from King George Stafford counties and Fredericksburg, with Sept. 1 equalization deadline looming for King George and Sept. 15 for Surry County.
Two thoroughbred yearlings from A. A. Baldwin of Kite Post sold at Keeneland Kentucky. One yearling brought $12,000 and a second colt by Eight Thirty Pell mond out of Paramond II sold for $10,000 to Richard Kleberg Jr. of King Ranch, Texas.
The Senate rejected the proposal by six to four but later approved the compromise housing bill with no subsidies for low rent and slum clearance. Republicans for Revercomb. Democrats for Byrd McKellar OConor Robertson VA. Democrats against Kilgore.
Col Henry Holt asserts new National Guard units met higher training objectives at the Virginia Beach camp begun July 25. Maj. Gen. Waller and Second Army inspectors endorse the progress as infantry regiments 176th and 116th, plus antiaircraft groups, ordnance and support units, train with modern weapons and aircraft, achieving high morale and orderly conduct with minimal injuries or incidents.
The mother house of this Roman Catholic congregation is at La Tour St. Joseph in St. Pern ileet Vilaine France. Before World War II the Little Sisters operated 309 homes in 27 countries.
A guard was interrupted by a man warning of gun distributions as one man was slain and another found dead in Polk County with gunshot wounds amid election day violence. Five others were wounded. cause linked to factional strife near McMinn and Athens.
The highway US 20 from Lee to Springfield Massachusetts is known as Jacob's Ladder due to its steep uphill grade. References to Jacob's Pillow dance school note Ted Shawn’s founding and related signage.
A commission appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury approves artificial insemination only within marriage. It condemns insemination of a woman by a man other than her husband and urges outlawing it outside the marriage relation. The report allows assisted insemination between husband and wife if a normal sex act fails to produce offspring. Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher subscribed to the findings.
Report notes a collision with less than 3000 miles on the odometer. Authorities believe the vehicle is a total loss though salvageable parts may be recovered. Both cars were towed to Kern Motor Co for assessment.
After closed-door sessions Senator Revercomb stated the Sag immigration bill faced a 2‑2 tie vote ending in defeat. The senator chairs the Senate judiciary subcommittee overseeing immigration policy.
Senate subcommittee rejected a personal plea by Gov. Dewey to liberalize the displaced persons law at the special session. Sen Revercomb (R West Virginia) said Dewey asked that the eligible date for European war refugees be revised during the session. President Truman.
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