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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1950
Page
3
Dr Ives and Tana mend a western frontier hospital as Brule’s threat recedes. Benedict arrives seeking Brule and the trio trek the settlement amid grave illness, hard rounds, and a final death toll. The hospital is completed, Cory praises the effort, and Hammer’s demise signals possible victory.
Survivor recounts captivity and mass fire by North Korean forces north of Waegwan. Troops stripped and bound, food scarce, hopes of Seoul prisoners, 43 men in ravine as F-51s bombed nearby. Guards mounted a final assault wounding and killing wounded.
The exchange asserts Stuyvesant was shot in the right leg, which was amputated and buried at Curacao. It questions why some images show the left leg missing. Historical records indicate the right leg loss and burial in Curacao, though portrait discrepancies persist.
The Rome Messaggero reports 15 people were killed by lightning during the midsummer holiday across Italy with most deaths in the south. An additional nine died when lightning struck a fireworks factory causing explosions. Overall toll reaches 42 with traffic, mountain, and marine accidents adding to the count.
Charles Silvius of Brucetown faces reckless driving charges after a Super Service tractor-trailer he drove lost control July 23 on Route 11 north of here, flipping onto two cars. John P Lowery and wife and infant were trapped over an hour but escaped injury. Hammon Hovermale and wife, Martinsburg residents, uninjured. State Trooper L P Coverstone filed the warrant. appearance in Trial Justice Court set for 2 p.m. August 25.
President Truman asked John Foster Dulles to serve as a United Nations General Assembly delegate and he accepted. Dulles will not pursue the New York Senate seat and will remain a Republican foreign policy adviser to Secretary of State Acheson.
U S Marines fight to hold a cliff outside Changnyong against Reds pouring from Waegwan area. They face 12 000 river crossing Reds while stretcher bearers evacuate wounded under fire. Brig Gen Edward Craig says momentum may turn as South Koreans aid the defense.
Clyde C. Holliday age 69 retired electrical engineer of 901 Woodland Avenue died yesterday afternoon at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a 21 month illness. Born in Collinsville he was son of the late Page L. and Rebecca Shirley Holliday. Survived by wife Cressa E. Anderson and a son Herbert C. Holliday of Winchester and six brothers Alvin T. Holliday Melvin E. Holliday Elmer G. Holliday Bernard C. Holliday. He belonged to multiple Masonic bodies in Hartford Pittsburg and Norwich and had last worked in Fall River Massachusetts.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Jones Funeral Frome for Siler and Martin K. Siler and Owen C. Holliday both of Winchester. Burial follows at Mount Hebron with Masonic Lodge graveside rites and pallbearers listed. Flowers are not requested. donations may go to the American Cancer Society in Holliday's memory.
Henry Covington of 118 5S Cameron Street will be guest speaker tomorrow at 12 15 p m for the weekly Junior Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Expert Air Force.
Senator Harry Byrd will address the inter-denominational Bible conference in Massanetta Springs on August 26 following Dr. George M. Docherty. The conference runs from August 21 through September 3.
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