Old Boat Gets New Gimmick on Delta Queen
E J Quinby, project engineer at Shepard Laboratories, revives a 70 year old calliope salvaged from the Water Queen and plans a mercury operated, color light lit system for the Delta Queen. Passengers from Cincinnati to New Orleans and other ports will watch colored steam play across 32 whistles as the ship cruises multiple rivers.
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Cincinnati
Mississippi
Ohio
E. J. Quinby
Shepard Laboratories
Summit
N. J
Quinby
Greene Line Steamers, Inc
Water Queen
Violet
Calliope
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Pittsburgh
Paul
Tennessee
Cumberland
Kanawha
Coolest Man in Town Nominations Stir Norman Scene
Mrs Gail Shannon named Dr J E Burkett as the coolest man in town during a business call. Burkett spoke on the phone while his house burned and he dodged firemen responding to the blaze.
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Norman, Okla
Gail Shannon
J. E. Burkett
New England Resorts Expect Strong August Demand
Boston AP reports New England's billion dollar resort industry projects a solid August with an extra pre Labor Day week to counter a wet June and July downturn across popular seaside and mountain destinations.
Hearing Set for Sept 1 in ABC Whisky Case
Holmes Edward Boyd 52 of 119 W Leicester St faces illegal transport of whisky charges. Arrested on Berryville Pike with 20 pints of ABC whisky found in a pop cooler in his trunk. Vehicle held for confiscation. hearing set Sept 1 in Frederick County Court. bond posted.
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Holmes Edward Boyd
Leicester St
Boyd
Berryville Pike
A.B.C
H. C. Pangle
Boyd McDonald
Paul Dicks
Pangle
A.B. C
Studebaker
Frederick County
Near-Rumble Broken Up by Boston Police
About 30 policemen with drawn guns separated a threatened street gang clash in Roxbury Boston with whites versus Negroes. Police said youths carried clubs and knives and Sgt. John Pastore cited ongoing hostilities as the cause.
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Boston
John Pastore
Roxbury
Maguire Bank Chairman Jeremiah Maguire Dies at 82
Jeremiah D. Maguire, 82, chairman of the board of the Federation Bank and Trust Co., died Tuesday in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jeremiah D. Maguire
Federation Bank and Trust Co
Winchester Little Theatre Plans 54th Production Next Week
The Winchester Little Theatre announces its 54th production The White Sheep of the Family to run next week at the Bark Mill with curtain at 8:15 each evening. Tickets are at Shenval Music and O’Connell Air Conditioning.
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Winchester Little Theatre
the Bark Mill
Shenval Music
Boscawen St
O'Connell
Wolfe St
Noel Coward
Corporation
City Hall
Little Theatre Group
Martinsburg
Little Theatre
Tom Power
New York
The
Eileen
Handley Fich
Rosalie
Barrie
First Baptist Church
Handley School
Bark Mill
Police chase across four counties ends in Hanover
In Stafford Virginia a restaurant robbery spurred a high speed pursuit of two men and a 14 year old girl. Winkle and Iannacchione, Pittsburgh men, are jailed on armed robbery charges with a preliminary hearing set in Stafford County Court.
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Stafford
Bobby Burton
Pittsburg
Winkle
Iannacchione
20 000 Gallon Gasoline Tank Blast Kills 2
A Continental Oil bulk station in Kansas City Missouri suffered a boiler blast that killed two firemen Virgil Sams and Neal Owen both 28. The explosion injured seventeen and left over one hundred people with burns. The $150000 loss occurred as workers filled a tank truck and the cause remained under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Virgil L. Sams
Neal K. Owen
Continental Oil Co
Kansas Citys
Frances Stubblefield dies West Virginia newspaper executive
Frances Ogden Stubblefield president of the Wheeling News Publishing Co. and operator of the Ogden chain of 12 daily West Virginia newspapers died on Tuesday.
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Charleston
W. Va
Frances Ogden Stubblefield
Wheeling News Publishing Co
Ogden
West Virginia
Learning Is Next Computer Goal
SAN FRANCISCO AP Computers could aid military planning if they could learn. Julius Brick of W L Maxson Corp said machines capable of learning are on the way and the goal is to make computers behave more like human planners. He spoke at the Western Electronics Show and Convention about Ft. Sill artillery planning studies showing machines can consider all planning details better than humans, though the machine is not complete.
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San Francisco
Julius Brick
Brick
W. L. Maxson Corp
New York
Army
Ft. Sill
Oklo
Rescue Squad Auxiliary Serves Reunion Dinner
The Auxiliary to the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad plans a Beatty family reunion dinner at the Armory on Saturday. Net proceeds support the squad’s operating expenses. Mrs. Victor Ridgeway presided over Tuesday’s meeting at Gerrard Street headquarters with 11 members in attendance. Mrs. Vance Whittaker reported on the recent benefit yard party and thanked donors and helpers.
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Beatty
Armory
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Victor Ridgeway
Gerrard St
Vance Whittaker
Impotent in Variations of Fire Plan Derivation
Brick argues the current methods are inept for small changes in fire plan derivation and calls for major advances in computing art to improve the process. He emphasizes the need for adaptable procedures to handle minute variations.
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PARTY
Esso Savicedrer
New England
Jeremiah Macguire
ESSO
L. T. Long
Loudoun & Gerr
Music
T. Long
Servicenter
Winchester
Carton
Grant
Nehj Bottling Co
Virginia
Frances Stubblefield
Rescue Squad Auxiliary
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