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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1957
Page
10
Dinwiddie County supervisors approve a $10 motor vehicle tax on all cars and trucks with tag sales set for March 15. The levy is expected to raise about $40,000 annually, likely for school construction. They tabled a proposed $25 tax on house trailers.
Among adult Americans who wear eyeglasses about 56 percent are women and about 44 percent are men. This breakdown highlights a higher share of female wearers in the eyeglass market.
Dr. Churchill J. Gibson urged that the Jamestown Island old brick tower church be kept as a house of prayer with summer services for tourists. The Assn for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities owns the church and it was released to the diocese for the Jamestown Festival.
Penguins are native to Antarctic regions and are not found in the Arctic. One species inhabits the Galapagos Islands on the Pacific Ocean near the equator.
One thousand six hundred sanitation workers walk off from 550 private firms affecting hotels hospitals and restaurants across New York City five boroughs and parts of Westchester and Nassau counties. Emergence measures are in place as Bernard Adelstein Local 813 president led the stoppage over a disputed two year contract tied to wage and benefit increases.
The Winchester Automobile Dealers Association named H W Ebert Sr honorary life president at its annual meeting on Thursday at York Inn. Ebert, 42 years in the business, opened the Buick Agency on March 12 1916 and has sold over 15 500 cars including one to Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt.
Salable hogs total 1000 with barrows and gilts near 187.5, sows 14.00-15.50. cattle 100 head with prime steers steady to higher, heifers 24.50-26.75, cows 14.00-18.00, vealers and bulls noted. Sheep 100 head with woolled lambs 21.00-23.50, shorn lambs 20.56-22.50, slaughter ewes 5.00-7.75.
A 16 year old Bronx high school student is detained in the stabbing death of an eight year old girl found near her family apartment. Police say Robert Gelman lives across the street and gave no motive. Detectives and the district attorney are involved. the suspect faces homicide charges. The case notes the victim was not sexually molested.
The Susan Constant was moved to Curtius-Dunn Marine Industries Inc. yard in Portsmouth for painting and minor upkeep. A yard spokesman said the work will take about a week, with Curtius-Dunn having built the Susan Constant and two other Jamestown replica ships.
Tom Baldridge, long time MGM Pictures executive and Virginia civic leader, will leave the film business on January 1 to pursue personal interests. A 72 year association with the industry includes early work in Jackson Tennessee and Warner Bros. The 1941 1958 MGM assignment in Charlotte and Washington exchanges ends a 35 year career with notable public service roles and a farewell at Academia Theatre in Washington.
Major trans oceanic carriers now provide saltfree vegetarian oriental and kosher meal options in addition to standard fare. Airlines emphasize in flight service choices to meet diverse dietary needs.
MARQUETTE Mich January Burns has been hired as a forest fire lookout at a tower near here for seasonal duties.
A Philadelphia plumber’s truck displays a bold sign promising quick service after leaks. The humorous motto “If you have a leak we’re the drips to call” draws attention to local home repair offerings.
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