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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1957
Page
6
In Houston a 3 year old, Steven Gaspard, was found suffocated in locker 13 at St Theresa’s Catholic parish school after a 12 hour search by parents and police. Locker 14 bears a prayer image and the caption now I lay me down to sleep.
Pattern notices and instructions describe Printed Pattern 4827 with three sleeve versions for sizes 14 to 24. Includes fabric yardage, directions on each part, and mail order to Anne Adams at Winchester Evening Star. Requires 5 cents extra per pattern for mailing plus 50 cents coin payment.
Two Russian vessels the cruiser Mihal Kutuzev and an unidentified destroyer entered the Mediterranean via the Strait of Gibraltar on Monday. British and American naval observers had no confirmation of further movements as NATO forces plan joint exercises in the eastern Mediterranean next month.
Lincoln Filene, dean of American retailers and last of an era of merchant princes, died yesterday at his Mass summer home. He retired from business this summer at age 82. Filene resigned months ago as chairman of Federated Department Stores, which he helped found. born during Lincoln's presidency, he and his brother Edward built William Filene's Son Co in Boston, later growing into a vast city merchandising institution with numerous branches.
Swift birds display their fastest mid air courtship during peak daylight. Researchers note rapid aerial maneuvers and synchronized dives as males attract females in open skies.
Puzzle fragment hints a daily across section with literary comparisons and a June month clue. It mentions American Indian, a satellite named Caress Pretty Techne, and a string of garbled words possibly from a cryptic clue column. The readable items suggest a crosswords or wordplay snippet rather than a full article.
The fragment lists crossword entries with clues such as Decrees and Mid-morning break and names like Wan the poet. Down clues include Regain and Esker. The snippet appears to be a partial puzzle grid with numbered items and cross references.
A fragment notes Amazon women in primitive Caspian region allowing only female offspring to survive and cites Winchester as the Valley's busiest shopping hub with the slogan Where Bargains Abound.
Three local women participate in the Virginia Conference School of Missions of the Women’s Society of Christian Service at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg. Mrs Elsworth Keller, Mrs Armilda Fisher, and Mrs Garland Canter study Japan race social witness and gospel themes through lectures and workshops. The school runs Monday to Friday and ends with an Educational Seminar in Toms Brook September 18.
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