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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1956
Page
2
Wept. Eugene Sue. 6 percent noted in a fragmentary US text. References to Belfast and a wife appear, but details are unclear.
Funeral service for Mrs Phyl lis H. O Neal of Fairlington, formerly of the city, who died after a long illness in Bethesda Maryland, will be held Monday at 11:00 A M at First Baptist Church. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery.
Beverly N. Rice was elected president of the McFaden Bible Class of the First Presbyterian Church at its monthly meeting held Thursday night. Other officers named include Paul Taldeman as first vice president, S. C. Brooks as second vice president, Godfrey Zirkle as secretary, Ili Garber as assistant secretary, Robert L. Sutton as treasurer, and Larry E. Ridgeway as assistant treasurer. Everett D. Kline is the outgoing president. Teachers and committees will be appointed later.
In Frederick County Circuit Court yesterday Donna Lee Jenkins was found guilty of assault on Betty Lou Dove on Bufflick Road October 9. Judge Elliott Marshall fined her $10 and released her on $500 bond on her own recognizance. No jury for this case. A five man jury found Leonard S. Lynch not guilty of drunken driving on Route 11 near Middletown October 13. James W. Judy was found not guilty of running a stop sign in Middletown September 7.
Winchester union representatives condemn the O'Sullivan Company for stalling talks and urge the International Rubber Workers Union to campaign for education on the strike. They blame out of town strike breakers for harming local workers and request broader AFL-CIO outreach and regional notices.
Local sales directory for December lists multiple auctions across Frederick County Virginia. Cattle dairy equipment farm machinery household goods real estate and furniture to be sold by Lewis and Horner W D Orndorff Chas R Duvall and others with sale times ranging from December 12 to December 29 and locations near Martinsburg Berryville Winchester and Senseny Road.
The South Pole base now houses 34 people after 10 Navy airmen were stranded there when their Neptune plane developed engine trouble. Also on site are 23 Navy Seabees, a chief scientist Dr. Paul A. Siple, and partners for an International Geophysical Year observation station at McMurdo Sound.
In San Diego 16 year old Irene Jaroncyk, battling cancer, was overwhelmed as about 100000 pieces of mail and telegrams arrived after she wished for Christmas cards. A storage company arranged transport and space for the overflow of greetings from friends and well-wishers.
Tickets for the first appearance of the all blind Artists Concerts of Philadelphia group in the Martinsburg Shenandoah Hotel ballroom go on sale at the door. The show starts at 8 15 p m and marks their debut in the area.
Rapid regional unrest centers on Iraq and Syria with clashes at Mosul and Najaf. Iraqi police and army actions suppress demonstrations amid anti Baghdad Pact sentiment. Opponents back Nuri Said yet fear his collapse if turmoil grows.
Robert F. Goheen a 37 year old classics professor at Princeton was chosen to succeed Harold W. Dodds as Princeton University president. He is the third youngest leader in the university's 210 year history and the first non minister head since 759. The board of trustees announced the unanimous selection after a year and a half of canvassing candidates.
A general meeting of all interested persons has been called for Monday at 7 30 p m by D K Russell president of the Frederick County Agricultural Fair The meeting will be held in the Frederick County Courtroom Officers for the coming year will be elected reports on the past year heard and suggestions for the 1957 fair will be accepted
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