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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1957
Page
3
Mrs. Charles Pain was re elected vice president of the Arthritis and Rheumatism Society in Milwaukee. Leopards are found across India from the Himalayas to southern tropical forests.
The Royal Aero Club announced Britain set a world altitude record of 70 000 feet with a Canberra bomber powered by two turbojets and two rocket motors. Pilot was Michael Randrup, chief test pilot for D Napier and Son. The previous record stood at 65 890 feet set in 1955.
The 1883 Krakatoa eruption near Java sent tsunamis across oceans arriving more than 8,000 miles away. Observers reported powerful waves and atmospheric effects that affected distant shores worldwide.
Thomas M. Martin 25, editor in chief of the Cavalier Daily, died when his plane crashed after takeoff at El Toro CA. A Norfolk native, he served in Korea, qualified as a Naval aviator, and planned to continue at the University of Virginia. He is survived by his parents, a sister, and a brother. burial will be in Arlington.
A dynamite bomb wrecked an automatic telephone exchange near Londonderry Thursday night wrecking about 1 000 lines. Police attributed the blast to the outlawed Irish Republican Army during its terror campaign in Northern Ireland.
A Virginia Military Institute cadet, George S. Donner 20, of Somerset Pennsylvania, died when the car he rode in crashed near Lexington, Rockbridge County. The driver was John H. Fulton of Silver Spring Maryland. Two other Thursday deaths included William C. Bowens 47 of Washington DC and Milton Atkins 80 of Washington Virginia.
Hampshire county's 1957 peach harvest is mostly finished with yields well below average due to drought. Growers report smaller peaches about a quarter inch under normal size, though prices have remained above average.
John W. Owens, 17, of Big Fox, is in Grundy county jail on a murder charge for the Thursday shooting death of his 55 year old stepfather Lem Childress at the Childress home 18 miles south of Grundy during a Father son argument. Deputy Dewey McClanahan said Owens waited at the scene for officers and cooperates with police. Mrs McClanahan reported threats to kill her and her five children by a previous marriage.
James William Maupin and Samuel Markley pleaded guilty in Frederick County Circuit Court to receiving stolen goods. Each received a 12 month suspended sentence and two years probation after the charge was reduced from assault and robbery of Thomas Franklin Drumheller on June 18. Also Friday, Leonard Voorhees’s probation was extended two years for violation. World uranium production in 1956 was estimated at 14 000 to 15 000 tons.
A dense schedule of daily programming across Channels 6 5 4 and 8 listing 8 9 10 11 pm time blocks. The lineup includes dramas news sports movies talk shows and variety programs with names such as Julius LaRosa Gunsmoke Alfred Hitchcock Ed Sullivan and The Tonight Parade of shows and times. There are multiple primetime events including baseball games The Falcon and News reports along with late night features and sign offs.
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