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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1957
Page
6
Fragmentary text notes a cow delivery to a Wood home and a later killing of that cow. Mentions a 1958 state event and a "Willams" name, but details are garbled and dates uncertain.
A tanker wreck in Runaway Bay Jamaica sparked a gasoline blast as villagers gathered fuel in cans. Seven died and 43 were hospitalized after bystanders were burned by escaping fuel and a wall of flames lasting two hours. Police say a discarded cigarette ignition started the fire.
The forerunner of the Western saddle was brought to Mexico by Cortez in 1519. Mexican vaqueros later added a horn for lariat use. Ranchers in the Western United States adopted this saddle around 1825.
Nikita Khrushchev tops the Associated Press annual Man of the Year poll, the first Iron Curtain leader to win. Eisenhower trails as the closest rival while other categories honor Brum in science and Ford in industry.
A local repair shop named Highlander’s Sales & Service operates at 4 8S Loudoun Street, offering television repair services. The business is listed with phone number MO 2.8767 for inquiries and orders.
Sen Sparkman of Alabama charged the Eisenhower administration has moved too slowly to counter the economic slump. He heads the Senate Housing subcommittee and will hold hearings to probe why 177 million dollars for military housing urban renewal and cooperative housing was released late. He urged lower FHA mortgage rates from 5.5 to 4 percent to spur home buying and cited AGC forecasts of a 68 billion dollar construction year with gains in residential public and private building sectors.
The 4th annual meeting of the AAAS opens in Indianapolis with reports on space flight medical issues of space pioneers evolution statistics on smoking and cancer education brain chemistry drug therapy criminology and more. The five day conference features 1 299 reports from thousands of scientists.
A dense schedule shows channels airing Tic Tac Dough Dragnet You Bet Your Life and Lux Show along with The Jane Wyman Show and The Ford Show Tenn Ernie. News Weather Sports airs across channels with Buckets of soaps and Westerns including Sgt. Preston Harbourmaster and The Real McCoys.
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