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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1957
Page
12
The General Teamsters Union sponsors a free show for Winchester and area children at Capitol Theatre next Saturday. Doors open 10 am, show runs 11 am to 1 pm with a holiday feature, cartoons, and Santa greeting children with oranges and candy.
Harry Gallon recovered memory after four months and reunited at Los Angeles airport with his wife Betty in a tearful scene as photographers captured the reunion.
A dense listing of hogs veal lambs and cattle prices from Front Royal Livestock Market covers category ranges for head counts and weights. The narrative then shifts to a personal memory piece about Gallon an insurance man from San Francisco who disappeared in San Mateo and later resurfaced in New Orleans before reuniting with his wife and kids.
Quoted prices courtesy of White Weld and Co Winchester office list several stocks with par values and bids including American Furniture Bank of Clarke County Commonwealth Natural Gas Partners and Merchants Nat Bank George Washington Hotel Green Chemical Co Investors Loan National Fruits Product Shenandoah Valley Nat Bank Shenandoah Va Apple Cider and Vinegar Victor Products O S Sullivan Rubber Corp Potomac Edison with various percentages and par values
John L. Kater Jr. a Handley High School senior, named a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist as Garland Quarles announced. Semifinalists outscored 300000 peers, advancing toward 4 million in scholarships with a three hour College Board exam to follow. about 800 of 7000 semifinalists expected to become Merit Scholars.
A historical storage bond entry notes Virginia Storage with a $100 par value listed under a security designation. The fragment references Winchester storage and a par amount, indicating a municipal or corporate issue for archival recordkeeping.
Rep Tollefson of Washington urged the United States to claim parts of Antarctica to prevent others from doing so. He noted most of the area has been explored but not claimed and said he will push his bill in the coming session. He cited military value of polar waters and shipping routes.
The Army will release more Arkansas National Guardsmen in Little Rock next Wednesday lowering federalized troops from 950 to 432 as the city remains stable. This follows Eisenhower's Sept. 24 order to quell resistance to desegregation, with 10,500 guardsmen called and about 1,000 paratroopers sent earlier. the latest cut ends the day before Christmas break.
The article notes that drive-in service stations for automobiles started in 1905 and mentions an annex used to shoe horses.
Two Potomac Light and Power Company executives receive new posts announced by president D. E. Stultz. Joseph R. Staley moves to manage the Martinsburg office into Charles Town, W V, in January. William F. Cowherd transfers to Cumberland, Maryland, as commercial manager for Potomac Edison effective February 1.
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