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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1971
Page
12
Crystal Scarborough, a Los Angeles swimming instructor, binds two year old Annie Laurie Alexander by wrists and ankles. The child frees herself and dives into a pool in a moment echoed by the Houdini legend. AP wirephoto.
Stan ley Smith and his family survived a Piper TriPacer crash on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Roanoke Virginia. Smith says he will surrender his remaining tickets and never fly again citing a downdraft and poor decisions. The incident left Smith with broken ankles and a broken wrist while his wife Martha and daughter Andria suffered injuries. the crash occurred during fog and poor visibility while returning from Birmingham Alabama.
A fire in an overheated oven was extinguished yesterday at 7 45 p m by city firemen. The alarm came from 221 Rustel Rd. No damage was reported and the volunteers were back in twenty minutes.
Ward McAllister popularized The 400 in 1892 to denote New York society’s elite. He linked the term to the Astor ballroom with a 400 person capacity, implying it contained all high society.
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