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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1955
Page
7
President Ramon Magsaysay backs a rural development drive that grew from three villages in 1952 to a program training 200 graduates, with 75 passing the tests, who then taught villagers to boost production and self-rule. He aims to mobilize up to 20,000 workers to aid rural communities.
Officials at the state mental hospital watched a local program broadcast from the street. One man suspected a patient on screen and another confirmed the sighting, prompting staff to retrieve him promptly.
Message instructs dialing phone 3670 to reach four physicians in an emergency. The note emphasizes quick contact and medical guidance.
Roscoe R. Drissel, special sales representative for Union Life Insurance in Richmond, was appointed manager of the district office here on August 1 after serving as acting manager since November 1954. He has ten years with the company plus long prior service, is a Washington, D. C. native, and resides on Parkway Ave.
The column examines the appeal of The $64,000 Question now retitled The $32,000 Question with Gina Prato's $32,000 win and the rumored underground route to higher stakes. CBS plans to carry The $64,000 Question on radio starting October 4, expanding the advertising gold mine for sponsors.
American singer Warren Hayes and four others died when the Vogue Hotel fire in Rio de Janeiro destroyed the building. Hayes, who had finished an engagement, jumped from a 10th floor window as flames reached his room. Two men leaped from the eighth floor and a newly married couple died by asphyxiation in the embrace on the 10th floor. Firemen searched the ruins for bodies.
Crossword clues show across and down numbers with definitions in mixed topics including geography language and literature.Answers span ships queens languages plants and cities with entries such as Belgium city and Netherlands town while other hints include idioms and common terms.
Tampa police investigate a bizarre case after Mrs. Curile Harris woke to a stranger at her door who whispered look in your chair. The next morning a porch rocker yielded $1.37 in small change with no explanation.
A reader asks if a bullet from a murder victim and a fired test bullet will always match. The answer notes gun barrel marks change with use, so firing between the crime and testing can alter the marks enough that they may not match.
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