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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1957
Page
2
M L Stevens formerly of this city died yesterday morning at his Altoona Pennsylvania home after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Mrs Lou Stevens. A funeral service will be held tomorrow at 2 30 pm in Altoona.
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The Senate approved a bill allowing the attorney general to seek court injunctions to enforce minority voting rights. Forty three Republicans and twenty nine Democrats backed passage, with the House having previously approved similar civil rights enforcement authority that the Senate removed.
Gov. Stanley warned of drastic devices to curb highway deaths after a five-vehicle head on crash east of Williamsboro on State Rt. 168 raised Virginia’s toll to 506 this year. Automobile Club of Virginia president G Wise Wescott opposed unmarked or foreign licensed patrol cars while endorsing license suspensions and driver education.
R L Dunn forester notes a strong fiscal year with 84 woodland assistance requests 68 timber land examinations covering 5890 acres 12 planting sites 126 acres and 490 acres marked for harvest totaling 1518569 board feet. Timber buyers paid woodland owners over 40000 dollars. No charge for forester review. Contact county agent soil conservation service or Dunn Box 172 Woodstock.
A band of scattered showers and thunder showers stretched from Florida along the Gulf Coast into Texas and across the southern and central Plains into the northeast. Elsewhere skies were generally fair with continued warming expected along the mid and north Atlantic coast as cool Pacific air moved into the northwestern Great Lakes.
Gov. Stanley asks the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to study roadside advertising along the interstate system and the regulation of automobile graveyards. The request cites the need to extend Section 33-317 protections and notes discussion with Mrs. G Edmond Massie Jr. of Richmond. The VALC report is due for the 1958 General Assembly.
Khrushchev praised Ulbricht and warned of strain in East Germany as he strengthens ties with Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. Western observers expect a harsh line against Adenauer before Germany’s Sept. 15 election.
Passage notes speculation among West Germans and Western diplomats that the Kremlin prefers Adenauer to remain in power, believing the Russians know what to expect in dealings with him. It reflects Cold War power dynamics and shifts in West German leadership influence.
A digest of upcoming auctions and estate sales across Charles Town Freder ick County and nearby towns. Items include dairy cattle real estate household furniture antiques and multiple trusteeship and auctioneers schedules with dates August 15 to August 24.
The report lists today highs of 87 and low 55 with rain in the past 24 hours. It notes a clear night, Friday mostly sunny and warmer, with rainfall totals for August at 15 inches to date and long term averages for each month from 1912 to 1956. Sunrise tomorrow at 5 19 am and sunset today at 7 17 pm.
Chicago circuit judge orders Tobey a 3 year old Boston bull terrier to pick between his Omaha master and the man in Chicago. Clarence Gaughen seeks alimony stop and says the dog was not stolen. Tobey’s wagging tail is to determine custody in the dispute.
Firemen were called last night to E Wyck Street where a kerosene bomb used to light a road construction project exploded. Responders from Friendship and Sarah Zane answered the alarm at 8 Bp. m. The bomb was righted and no damage was reported.
Frederick schools observe Thanksgiving closure on November 28 29 and Christmas break ending December 20. Reopen January 2 1958 at 8 30 am with first term ending January 21. County workshop at James Wood January 24 25. April 4 7 Good Friday and Easter Monday. May 1 2 Apple Blossom Festival closure. June 3 final pupil reports and conferences. June 4 dismissal at 11 am. June 6 7 9 register checks at school board office. teachers on call.
Among local persons at the special Raritan Day at Jamestown yesterday were Mayor and Mrs. Claude B. Smalls and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fretwell of Winchester, Mr. and Mrs. Hayette G. Light of Frederick County, and Carlisle Huffman, Reid Everly and Butch McKay of Clarke County.
Mr and Mrs Thomas G Scully won the monthly master point match of the Winchester Contract Bridge Club at the George Washington Hotel. Runners up were Mrs W A Carskaden with John Griffith. Third went to Lews H Hyde Jr and Richard Bowers. Fourth to Mrs Holmes Harper and Mrs Henry P Kern Jr. Fifth to Mrs Herbert Schutte and Mrs P H Sprenkle. Next meeting August 14 at 8 pm at the Golf Club offering a scrambled game.
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