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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1952
Page
6
Allen J. King of Scituate Rhode Island creates wooden birds from pine and other woods. He sketches outlines then carves and paints plumage mounting them in woodland scenes. A lifelong tinkerer with water colors oils and prints he also cuts silhouettes and relies on broad bird lore to select specimens.
British meteorologist Dr. C. E. P. Brooks told U S Weather Bureau experts that ongoing warming could cause major economic and political effects within 25 to 50 years. He warned Arctic retreat and ice loss could raise ocean levels by about ten feet, reducing coastlines and reshaping northern economies.
The article notes shifts in Senate leadership after defeats and retirements. Senators McKellar Hayden and Brewster face new roles or pending nominations, with McMahon's death altering Connecticut Senate dynamics and long-serving figures from the Washington scene retreating from public life.
Supporters from nine Southern states plan a meeting with Eisenhower backers to court Democratic Dixie for November, with officials and workers from Citizens for Eisenhower committees in the South set to attend. The event will be attended by GOP figures including the vice presidential candidate.
Seven seniors received high school diplomas at the James Wood High School summer session close. The 30 students enrolled joined to makeup or accelerate work to finish early. Registration for the 1952 53 session opens August 18 with a grade by day schedule through August 22, plus September 2 for 5th to 7th graders.
A Roman bronze portable weighing instrument 14 inches long with three faces and three scales was found at the Walters Art Gallery. It balances by a chain and lever system with reads up to 47 Roman pounds, though a gap exists between 17 and 28 pounds.
Ninety two children from seven counties attended the Orthopedic Clinic held yesterday in Christ Episcopal Church Parish Hall under the Bureau of Crippled Children State Department of Health. Cases were mostly post polio and cerebral palsy. Doctors from University Hospital Charlottesville and Memorial Hospital participated. attendees came from Page Warren Rappahannock Clarke Fauquier and Frederick.
Geneva will grant former Swiss Communist leader Leon Nicole a 140 dollar monthly pension from relief funds. The 65 year old, once president of the canton from 1933 to 1936, faces voter and party disfavor as current cantonal government has no Communist sympathizers. The report also notes Europe received the crawl stroke in swimming about 1900 from Dick Cavill of Australia.
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