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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1955
Page
13
Alma Georgia dies after birth at Bacon County Hospital. The Nelsons from Coffee County bury all four in Broxton. Only one boy and one girl of the quadruplets survived at birth. two others died earlier. Mrs. E. E. Nelson, 33, remains in fair condition.
Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu attacked the reported nuclear tests and the aggressive strategy of the Soviet Union. He said international tensions are mounting as Parliament opened, outlining concerns over heightened confrontation.
Malcolm Wolfe 19 pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the slaying of his father James Wolfe 60 during a family dispute at the Alleghany County home. Judge Earl Abbott sentenced Wolfe to four years in state prison after the defense, Commonwealth, and court agreed on the change from not guilty to guilty.
Boston chest physicians Dr. Richard H. Overholt and Dr. James A. Bougas urged doctors to quit smoking to serve as health guardians. In a report for the American Medical Association meeting they linked cigarette use to lung cancer and stressed prevention, early X ray diagnosis, surgical exploration, and treatment as the current options.
An Arlington delegate argues a proposed private tuition plan would strip the State Board of Education of the power to set standards. She cites the constitutional obligation to maintain public schools if localities fail to do so.
The Winchester-Frederick Community Chest Residential Division surpassed its quota with a record $3,003.11 raised by 135 workers canvassing city homes for seven agencies including Day Nurseries and The Salvation Army. Zone totals and a shortfall to reach the $45,741 goal were noted.
A discussion in Arlington centers on private tuition grants as a path to reform. Critics warn of costly litigation and limited public education cost reductions, while proponents argue moderate integration could boost private funding from willing parents.
Alabama Governor James E. Folsom ordered every Alabama National Guard aircraft to Jacksonville on December 31 for a special weather mission ahead of the Gator Bowl. He pledged run way landing and take-off inspections despite an Air Force probe into unauthorized trips by guardsmen to football games.
Birmingham News and Huntsville Times and subsidiaries were sold in a record 18.7 million dollar deal. Newhouse now controls WABT television and WAPI WAFM in Birmingham and WHBS in Huntsville along with Mercury Freight Line. Current management remains, with Hanson Jr. as president and publisher and Bradley as vice president and GM.
A homemade bomb detonated in an upper level men’s room at Grand Central terminal last night. Police believe a lone suspect, active for 15 years, planted similar devices around the city without causing injuries.
91 year old Amos Montieth of Stafford county who has voted in the White Oak precinct for every election since 1885 plans to vote for the Democratic nominee for president in 1956.
In Jacksonville the YMCA launched an eight week night course and attracted three men and 21 women to study photography ball casting square dancing ballroom dancing and bridge.
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