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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1951
Page
12
In New York a roster highlights 15 veterans from the pioneering era still in radio. Some carry on with network programs, others work at local stations linked to regional setups or have moved into related activities.
Five veterans of American radio are not active on air but recall experiences for a Saturday NBC program titled Silver Jubilee on NBC produced by Samuel Kaufman marking NBCs 25th anniversary. Vincent Lopez headlines Lopez speaking from the 1920s and directs his orchestra with familiar musical style. Also featured are Paul Whiteman now an ABC vice president, Jack Pearl B A Rolfe Harry Horlick and Jessica Dragonette.
A dense list of 1950s era TV slots across multiple networks shows program times from 6:00 PM to 11:15 PM. Notable items include Meet the Press, Kukla Fran and Ollie, News Caravan, and various theater and variety programs followed by late night features and sign off.
The Virginia Travel Council aims to invite over a million high school graduates to tour historic Virginia as the capstone of their school years. The plan, led by Arthur M. Wood Jr and a statewide committee, seeks to expand last year’s reach of 1500 groups and boost Virginia tourism and revenue.
Handley Council No 634 of the United Commercial Travelers schedules its regular monthly meeting Friday at 8 p m at the Lions Shelter. It is the fourth outdoor summer meeting. A buffet luncheon will follow the business session with music by Dallas Kekker and his serenaders from Strasburg. Refreshments committee is chaired by council officers.
Burglars entered a Brooklyn apartment of an insurance agent and took a two carat diamond ring valued at 2800 from his wife's finger. A $400 wedding ring set with diamonds remained undisturbed and was insured. The agent noted he had considered insuring the ring but hadn’t done so yet.
Cambodia lies southwest of Indochina with Thailand to the north and the Gulf of Siam to the west. The Kingdom opened a legation in Washington on June 20, 1951. our Vietnam minister at Saigon is also accredited to Cambodia, but no legation exists at Phnom Penh.
Miss Jean Reid Carpenter of 220 Parkway remains in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a Saturday evening accident on Valley Avenue. A bee in the car caused the driver to strike a power pole at Montegue and Valley. The Carpenter vehicle owned by Russell H. Carpenter was badly damaged. She, a bookkeeper at the Farmers and Merchants Bank, suffered a dislocated hip a fractured nose and abrasions.
Census Bureau records show Iowa produced over 184 million eggs in 1949 and sold 22 million chickens for 21.8 million dollars. The egg market could supply an egg a day for every New Yorker, with total industry revenue around 106 million dollars.
In Centralia Michigan a Mississippi River flood forced Rev. Larry Dauer to move worship after church pews floated away. He saved his guitar and resumed preaching on a dry Bremen Street, Bremen Michigan, as the floodwater receded.
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