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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1959
Page
13
Jodie Kern aged 11 months is safe in port after arriving on the liner Atlantic with her parents in New York City. The infant remains in need of assistance as authorities coordinate care and reunifications.
A small group of Franciscan priests prepares to enter Eastern European countries under communism to spread the Gospel. Their move hinges on permits and religious freedom, as they study Byzantine rite differences, language needs, and how to operate behind the Iron Curtain.
John S. Battle Jr. announced he will leave his Charlottesville law practice to join Bremner Parker Neal Harris and Williams in Richmond on October 1. He will continue representing the city school board in its desegregation suit as long as the board desires and will maintain ties with Perkins Battle and Minor. The school superintendent said no new attorney has been hired and no plan to retain another lawyer exists. Battle, 40, has been city attorney part time since 1951 and counsels the school board since 1957 after his father resigned to join the Federal Civil Rights Commission.
The Rev. James Overton Reavis 86 retired Presbyterian minister died Saturday in Nashville Tennessee. He served many years with the churchs Executive Committee on Foreign Missions and held leadership roles within the denomination.
A Winchester man and two Lebanon residents were injured in multiple weekend traffic crashes reported around the area. Puffenberger, 67, suffered possible pelvic fracture after being struck at Cameron and Clifford streets, while a Lebanon rider and a passenger on a motorcycle on Rt. 50 near Winchester sustained injuries. A Front Royal two-vehicle collision left drivers with cuts and dental injuries, and other incidents nearby caused minor damage and no injuries.
In Dayton Ohio the MD Chorus fills calls though rehearsals are infrequent. Dr W J Lewis notes doctors balance performance with practice as the group, formed by local medical association hobbyists, performs about four times yearly. Members number about 35 and memorize all songs.
Heat waves kept millions sweltering as cooler air from Canada eased conditions in the Northeast and northern Plains. Forecasters warned no relief soon for the Southeast, South Central, and Midwest as high pressure blocked cooler air. scattered showers from the Pacific Coast to Michigan offered little relief. A torrential downpour flooded Detroit expressways turning Edsel Ford and John C. Lodge into rivers, stranding thousands.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev sent reminders to Adenauer Macmillan and de Gaulle urging an end to the Berlin occupation regime in firm but moderate letters. The letters came a week before Eisenhower’s planned London Paris trip.
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