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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1959
Page
12
Glen Cove New York Richardson Pratt 65 financier and former Standard Oil executive died Sunday He once served as assistant treasurer at Standard Oil of New Jersey and left in 1944 to focus on his family’s investment business
James Pfaff and his wife rescued three year old Scott Biven from a burning Olmsted Falls home after guiding by a crib. Scott was unconscious from smoke and treated at Southwest Community Hospital along with the rescuers.
A daily 10 day IQ based test rates 9 10 correct answers Memory Genius 7 8 Very Superior 5 6 Excellent 4 Good with page 2 for correct answers. Questions include final decision to drop the atomic bomb Horace Greeley elopement Browning months Yellowstone Bible annountest oil lame duck amendment good fences make good neighbors.
The Women of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Winchester set a $750 goal for their Nov 22 rally at 8 p.m. Eleven captains will raise $75 each, a figure $2.50 higher than last year’s assessment. Captains include Mary Burks Ellen Conley Charlotte Carey Margaree Washington Daisy Grimes Elizabeth Butler Mabel Honesty Emma Honesty Milbert Day Zella Long and Lillian Prother. Fannie Snyder serves as general chairman.
In St Joseph Missouri a reptile garden worker bitten by a four foot Indian cobra survives after a dramatic 1300 mile airlift of anti cobra serum from Miami. Coast Guard and Air Force responders coordinated the rescue as doctors report the patient is stable with possible recovery.
In Jesup Georgia AP reported bullets from a posse killed Charles Chester a 26 year old escaped Negro convict and bandit after a Saturday pursuit following his escape from a jail.
Sheriff John C. Reddish stated the inmate Chester escaped from state custody at Reidsville while serving a twenty year term for armed robbery.
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