Peach Season Opens with Sheds and Canneries Active
The 1955 peach season begins with four Winchester packing sheds in operation and early shipments by truck. Elberta and Summercrest peaches are packed, with prices around 2.75 per half bushel and bulk sales up to 2.50. Southern freezes reduced other crops, boosting demand in Shenandoah and neighboring counties, while the National Fruit Product Company expands canning in Timberville with 320 workers.
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Winchester
Hale Haven
Elbertas
Summercrests
H. W. Butler
F. Amos Shryock
Russell Snapp
Mt Jackson
Shenandoah County
Rockingham
Albemarle
Nelson
Botetourt
Frederick and Clarke
Appalachian States
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Butler
Roy Catcher
Wyatt Richard
Miinois
Ohio
New York
National Fruit Product Company
Timberville
The Great Man by Al Morgan Dutton
A literary review profiles The Great Man by Al Morgan Dutton. It treats Herb Fuller as a TV idol and questions whether Ed Harris can fill his shoes amid behind the scenes scandal and industry pressure. The critique praises the rowdy, tongue in cheek dialogue.
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al Morgan
Dutton
Herb Fuller
Abe Lincoln
America
Fuller
God
Ed Harris
Harr
Sid
Nick
Rickie
Broadcasting Company
TVIP
Tviper
W.G. Rogers
Inmate totals and gender mix in U.S. prisons
The latest U.S. Bureau of Prisons report shows about 182,000 inmates in state and federal prisons. Women make up under 4 percent in state prisons and under 5 percent in federal institutions.
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United States
R.T.E A
U.S Bureau of Prisons
New Disease Kills 80 Percent of Brook Trout Fingerlings
Dr. S F Snieszko reports infectious pancreatic necrosis strikes pancreas of young brook trout, killing up to 80 percent of fingerlings at Leetown Dorcas and Marlington hatcheries. Virus suspected. investigations ongoing.
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Kearneysville
W. Va
West Virginia
S. F. Snieszko
Leetown
Fish and Wildlife Service
Dorcas
Marlington
Snieszko
Leetown Laboratory
E. M. Wood
W. T. Yasutake
Archives of Pathology
American Medical Association
Symbolic meaning of triangle square circle in faith
The triangle symbolizes the Godhead in Christianity reflecting the threefold nature of God, and as an ancient Egyptian emblem. The square stands for the world and nature and, in Christian symbolism, worldliness. The circle, with no beginning or end, signifies God or Eternity.
Inmates Riot at Framingham Women's Reformatory
State police guarded the Framingham women’s reformatory as about 50 inmates smashed windows and dishes then escaped. Tris Allen of Fall River, serving a robbery term, sealed a 10 foot barbed wire fence and fled during the riot. Three others attempted escape and were captured. An inmate tipped authorities. Others fled or resisted.
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Women’s Reformatory
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F.J.J. A
FORD
Willys Station
Oldsmobile
Studebeaer
BUICK
Plymouth
Chrysler
DODGE
T. Pickup
International T. Pickup
Shenandoah
Valley Ave
N. Loudoun St
State Police
Chines
Studebaker
Commander
Yee
Firestone
KCK
Ec Terry
Shusya
KERN
S. Loudoun St
Studebaker Division
Studebaker-Packard Corporation
Winchchester, Va
Lantage
Firestone An Het
Firestone Stores
Letom
N. Braddock St
Peser
Firestone Transport
By Science Service
Aiken
Shenandoah Ave
Gordon W. Aiken
B & M Chevrolet
Framingham, Mass
Tris Allen
Fall River
Preston. Moffett
R A Gunther Premium Inn Boerut
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