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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1957

Page

7

Winchester Franchise Ordinance For Electric Lines 1957

City of Winchester Virginia enacts a franchise granting to a company and successors rights to use public streets and places to erect operate and maintain electricity distribution lines from August 14 1965 to August 14 1987 with poles wires and conduits and requires arbitration for pole placement and adherence to city ordinances and bond conditions.

Hersin Winchester Virginia City OF Common Council Common Council of State Corporation Commission Winchester Evening Star

Russians Say Soviets Live Up To IGY Pledges

Cambridge mass. scientist says the Soviets have met all IGY agreements to date in comments on a proposed rapid exchange code for satellite tracking data. Frd L Whipple notes a Soviet letter proposing the code and that Moonwatchers in Japan and Australia already use a similar system. Hynek calls this the first direct Soviet Smithsonian contact since Sputnik. The second item notes Robert W Service used a Tennessee client name for Sam McGee in the 1907 poem reporting it as fiction.

Cambridge Mass J. Allen Hynek Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Smithsonian Japan Australia Hynek Observatory IGY Sam McGee Robert Service Tennessee Robert W. Service White Horse Alaska

Do It Yourself Convention Held By Farm Bureau

The 32nd Virginia Farm Bureau Federation convention in Richmond November 25 27 featured 82 counties adopting self help oriented resolutions. Delegates backed a 3 percent retail sales tax with 30 percent of revenue returned for school facilities, urged highway funding allocation reforms, and supported segregated schools with state direction and funding. They endorsed the Milk Commission, state slaughterhouse inspections, and stricter highway laws. Proposals targeting noxious weed seeds, farm gasoline tax refunds, and uniform dairy inspection standards were advanced, while calls for federal price supports to be rolled back and limits on federal influence were sent to the American Farm Bureau in Chicago.

Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Richmond Virginia General Assembly Milk Commission State Department of Agriculture Virginia American Farm Bureau Convention Chicago Congress Supreme Court

IRS prints income tax forms cost in fiscal 195

The Internal Revenue Service reports a fiscal year cost of 3,687,060 dollars for printing and binding tax return forms and other public use forms and instructions.

Internal Revenue Service

Search Called Off For Missing Seaman

The Coast Guard canceled the search for four missing crewmen from the Sea Dog after no new information. The 65 foot trawler was found badly damaged on Cape Hatteras Island after sinking off North Carolina the previous week.

Norfolk Sea Dog North Carolina Coast Guard 5Th Coast Guard District Cape Hatteras Island N.C

Four Men Missing After Four Days of Search

The report notes that after four days of searching no trace of the four men was found. The scant lines imply a disappearance with ongoing uncertainties and no confirmed recovery.

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