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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1955
Page
5
Investigators say Sgt. Burton's empty wallet lay outside the supply room where his battered body was found at Fort Benning. They do not discount robbery as a motive and seek two soldiers seen with Burton the night of his death. No weapon was found near the scene.
In St. Petersburg Florida a mother and two police officers manually operated an iron lung to keep 20 year old polio patient Gordon Baltzegar alive after a power outage. The device ran 20 minutes until power returned and Baltzegar suffered no ill effects.
P W Plumly is survived by his second wife Ida May Pratt Dulaney and by his first wife Rae E Lynn. Children from the first marriage include Herman R Paul D Ruth D McConaughey H Mare Arsons Walter D and Lester W. A stepson Robert E Dulaney also survives. Dozens of grandchildren and four brothers are named. Services are set at Omps Funeral Home and then in Washington Pennsylvania. Interment is in Washington Cemetery.
President Eisenhower keeps his future plans secret. House Minority Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. recalls telling Ike he would run again and be renominated. Ike reportedly asked what Martin would bet, then smiled and kept silent. The exchange occurred after a Massachusetts event where an AP reporter was present.
Former swimming instructor Russell Tongay, 39, awaiting Florida manslaughter sentence in his aquat... father death, was found with wrist slashes in a padded cell. Jailer calls it an insincere attempt. physician says cuts were superficial.
State Hospital Commissioner Joseph Barrett announced there is no need for beef cattle operations at state supported mental hospitals. The State Hospital Board moved to close out the last cattle operation at six institutions, leaving Southwestern State Hospital at Marion as the sole remaining site.
The city of Charlottesville awarded contracts totaling 1,055,624 dollars for improvements to the city sewage system.
R Karl Honaman resigns as deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs amid ongoing disputes over government information policies.
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