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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1957
Page
14
Classifieds advise closing hours before 10 a.m. for same day insertion. Properties include a 1951 Chevrolet sedan with 24 700 original miles and tubeless tires at 834 Amherst St Ext. Also offered are a breakfast table set with benches, a Roll-away bed, and assorted chairs. Phone MO 2 6919.
Major U S railroads petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to raise freight rates on a selective basis, targeting an average near three percent to offset rising costs. They note the new rates could be submitted Monday and become effective after 20 days if unchallenged.
At Cape Canaveral Florida the Air Force tightened security around its busy test center where three ballistic missiles have been launched this week. Cameramen photographed from a nearby knoll the Thor Atlas and Jupiter missiles, all reported as successful flights. Defense officials noted concern over information leaking from the site.
Lowell Limpus 60 longtime New York Daily News staffer died of natural causes in his Manhattan apartment. He left a sealed self obituary stating it is the last of the 8,700 plus stories he wrote for the paper. Limpus joined the News in 1974 rising from reporter to editor and war correspondent. He authored several books and is survived by his second wife Frances Holmes and a daughter named Laurel.
Three Russo brothers from East Boston were crushed between a truck and an automobile while fixing a flat on the Worcester Turnpike in Framingham. Joseph 22 died at Union Memorial Hospital, Anthony 21 and Louis 38 died later. Samuel Green 43 of Framingham faced charges after police said his car struck the Russo vehicle, pinning the men between vehicles.
A journalist states he seeks no mourning and treats his move as the greatest adventure of his life. He vows honesty and plain language, aiming to tackle the biggest assignment any newspaperman could have.
An old joke inspires the new Broadway comedy title by Norman Krasna. Producer Leland Hayward changed it from My Wife and I to Who Was That Lady I Saw You With. The show stars Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy and opens in February.
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