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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1957
Page
8
Mrs H A Snapp and Mrs Raymond Baker of Winchester along with Miss Betty Hammack of Middletown spent a week at Capon Lake Inn In termont Virginia. Mr Beumgardner and daughter from Winchester called on the Prves Saturday. Others visiting included Mr and Mrs Ernest Bheck and Mr Ralph Frye with Steve and Bennie Frye. Mr and Mrs P B Wricht visited Mr H A Shapp Sunday events.
A garbled advertisement urges relief from backache with a mysterious remedy. It promises quick results and claims earnings from a new product, mentioning a pill and a coin in inconsistent text.
The 85th Congress passed two veteran related laws and had a third awaiting the President. Public Law 24 bars pensions for 60 day confinement with no dependents. Public Law 56 consolidates veteran statutes into one act. Public Law 109 amends the Social Security Disability Act to allow disability recipients to receive local security payments without offsets. The administration may move to increase service connected disability compensation by about 10 percent, up to 24 percent for total disability. Edwards Mathews of the Division of War Veteran Claims in Winchester visits Braddock Street Red Cross Office Wednesday to discuss veteran matters.
White Hall residents attended the wedding of Miss Ruby Morrison and Mr Roy Smelser at Well town Church. Multiple locals shared birthday events at Lost River State Park. Visitors and relatives from Berryville and Martinsburg joined dinners and church services, with Christmassy islands of family names. Some lines mention lighthouses using underwater signals as a curious fact.
Community notes list residents visiting relatives in Woodstock and Purcellville, hospital visits, birthday party at Opequon Memorial Church, and weekend trips to Ocean City, Front Royal, and Martinsburg. Local church groups plan meetings and a yard party with country ham and fried chicken.
A paper by Arthur Niederhoffer and Herbert Bloch argues that American youth lack orderly initiation into adulthood and imitate adult privileges through risky behavior. They compare primitive puberty rites and East Harlem gangs to explain delinquency and urge society to create institutional paths for youths to gain full adult status.
In 1872 California, the USDA identified a scale from Australia and sent an entomologist to locate its parasite. A tiny fly was found, along with the vedalia beetle which feeds only on the scale and its larvae. Shipments began in November 1888 and within two years the beetle controlled the scale across California citrus regions.
A dense listing shows hour by hour programs on channels 4 5 7 9 including dramas comedies news sports and variety shows. Highlights include Masquerade Party This is Your Life The Tonight Show and Baseball broadcast plus serials Jungle Jim Sin City etc.
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