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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1955

Page

10

Shoppers and Stores Urged to Watch for Holiday Thieves

New York Police Commissioner Stephen P. Kennedy warned Winchester shoppers and store owners during the holiday season. Shoppers should guard handbags avoid large sums of cash and beware of distractions or offers from strangers. Store owners should light premises test alarms make frequent deposits and observe loiterers while securing valuables and preventing leave behinds.

Winchester New York Stephen P. Kennedy New York Herald Tribune

Trucks Not Blondes Are Measured Here

A tall blonde visitor sought to be measured at the Size and Weights Division of the highway patrol. Clerks explained they only measure trucks and cannot assist with human measurements, despite her insistence to obtain height and weight data for a driver’s license.

Oklahoma City The Highway Patrol

Bridges Given Live Donkey by Democrats

In Manchester New Hampshire Democratic friends of Senator Styles Bridges presented him at a banquet with a live donkey a symbol of the Democratic party marking his 25 years of service. The donkey was placed on his Concord farm after the dinner hosted by the Young Republicans of New Hampshire.

Manchester N.H Styles Bridges Democratic Friends Young Republicans of New Hampshire Concord

Security Precautions For Bank Messengers And Store Managers

The guidance emphasizes not traveling with large sums, avoiding open safes with strangers present, ensuring trusted bonded bank staff, sending two messengers if possible, varying deposit times and routes, preventing crowding, carrying minimal cash, watching for loiterers, guarding against large empty bags, and deterring disturbances that could mask thefts.

McKay says he does not recall making goon remark

Secretary of the Interior McKay denied recalling making the goon statement attributed to him by Adlai Stevenson during a Portland stopover. He also criticized Stevenson as a job seeker and praised Eisenhower as the strongest man for peace, while noting Harriman and Stevenson oppose Eisenhower running again.

Portland Orc McKay Adlai Stevenson Oregon Honolulu Stevenson New York Eisenhower Averell Harriman

Polio Vaccine Inoculations Reported in November

Preliminary counts show 34 888 persons received Salk polio vaccine inoculations in November under the state sponsored program the State Health Department reported today.

Richmond State Meet Department

Body of Fascist Secretary Reburied in Italian Cemetery

In Lecce Italy the remains of Achille Starace, longtime secretary of the Fascist party, were buried today in St Nicola Salentino cemetery after being brought from Milan where both he and Mussolini were buried in a potters field grave. Mussolini's remains were later stolen and have not been recovered.

Lecce Taly Achille Starace Fascist Party Benito Mussolini Milan St. Nicola Salentino Mussolini

Polish military attache arrested for spying in Berlin

French officials announced the arrest of a Polish military attache in the West Berlin sector three days ago on spying charges. Local authorities have not released further details.

Paris West Berlin

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