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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1959
Page
10
An escape rocket fired prematurely at Wallops Island wrecking a Mercury rescue test. The full size capsule landed in the surf 20 minutes before launch. No injuries were reported as NASA planned recovery and a series of Mercury program tests proceed toward manned orbital flights next year.
A new plant by Industrial Textile Processing Company opens in Strasburg to collect and process industrial waste for sale. The New York firm employs 11 workers and plans to reach 25, serving Viscose plants at Front Royal and Nitro and other regional textile centers. Owners are Sheppard, Samuel Shames, and Murry Shaw, leasing the Southern Railway depot and the old Borden Hardwood property.
Gen. C. P. Cabell told the American Legion commission that Moscow sent Vadim Kotcher gin to Cuba last May to guide Cuban Communists in penetrating Castro's government. He said Soviets train Latin American leftists for dictatorship and noted Red Chinese propaganda efforts in Cuba.
A brief earth tremor was felt in central Giles County near Parisburg around midnight Thursday. The sheriff's department reported the shake lasted only seconds with no damage. A moderate earthquake had struck the area two months earlier and another minor tremor occurred three weeks ago. An odd historical note recalls a 1828 Epsom race where a gelding named The Arrow lost to a pig over 180 yards.
Eye catching pattern features a skirt that narrows in front and flares in back and includes a waist size range for 24 to 32. The Misses Dress Printed Pattern 4903 offers tweed faille and flannel options with printed directions and a price of fifty cents plus postage.
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