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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1956
Page
3
Moscow newspapers today ignored the 77th anniversary of Joseph Stalin’s birth with no photographs or mention. A year earlier front pages carried multiple Stalin images before de Stalinization.
A vivid ad touts Southern Fruit Cake as a holiday favorite. It promises slow baked perfection with choice fruits and nuts and notes gift packaging and store availability in various sizes priced from 1.09 to 6.95.
Leaves from a sunburned notebook describe a Florida real estate surge as 10 000 tourists stream in daily and locals trade land rapidly. The piece notes a boom in property sales, a rush to develop the Everglades, and a market where residents hope to gain triple returns if they hold land longer.
Tourists flood Florida at about ten thousand daily as 2000 to 4000 families relocate monthly, fueling a land rush mood. Many dream of missed chances while Florida’s growth creates both fortunes and memory millionaires. Northern buyers face high risks in small farms as farming shifts to larger scale housing projects and apartments dominate quick profits.
The Russian Federation governs Moscow and issued a decree to arrest and imprison three to five days for public disorder insults and bad language. The measure targets hooliganism seen as rowdy behavior and political demonstrations amid unrest tied to Soviet actions in Hungary and Poland. Reports note student and worker disillusionment with communism and actions against propaganda textbooks.
Melvin Renner of 1104 West Virginia Ave has completely remodeled his attic electric railroad for Christmas. The 300 feet of track cover about 12 by 18 feet and he can run up to six trains at once with an average of five cars each, including freight and passenger. The layout features tunnels switches and stations.
The article explains sunrise and sunset vary by latitude with earliest sunsets around Dec 8 and latest sunrises near Jan 4 in the central belt from New York to Denver. It notes Dec 21 has the least daylight while in the central U S coldest weather arrives late January and nights stay colder longer despite longer days.
Gore GORE A Christmas program will be given at Hebron Baptist Church Friday at 7 30 p m under the direction of the Rev Morris Cather A candlelight service will be held Sunday night at the church Miss Agnes Fox in nurses training at Lynchburg will give a short talk Mr Jessie J Pugh is a patient in Winchester Memorial Hospital in Winchester Mrs Tacy Triplett celebrated her 80th birthday on Saturday Her daughter Miss Fanny Triplett of Winchester spent the day with her Mr Charles McComber spent the week at his home here Mr and Mrs Robert Odom and son Bobby of Fort Belvoir spent the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Illiam Wolford Mrs Eula May Foreman Mrs Norma Spaid and Mrs Virginia Hook spent Friday in Winchester
Santa Claus visited about 7,500 industrial workers in Martinsville Virginia today bringing cheer and gifts as part of a holiday outreach initiative. The event drew employees from multiple shifts at the plant and featured a short program and refreshments.
A 17 year old Navy seaman apprentice Edward Gradin of Brooklyn was killed when an allegedly stolen car in which he and two shipmates were driving back to their Virginia base wrecked on Manhattan's West Side Highway. Seamen apprentices Ronald Raymond and John Haggerty, both 17 or 18, were arrested on charges including vehicular homicide and grand larceny.
Henry County employees received bonus payments totaling more than one million dollars this holiday season. The distribution followed company earnings and impacted multiple departments.
The National Safety Council estimates 45 million cars on roads during the four day holiday period and seven billion miles traveled. Traffic deaths could reach a record 660 unless drivers and pedestrians exercise unprecedented caution. The period runs from tonight to midnight Tuesday with heavy travel, winter conditions, and holiday drinking increasing danger. Police mobilize troopers, shifting some to road duty to target speeders and drunks.
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