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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1962

Page

16

Woman Continues Tale From Page One Of Fire

Firefighters battled a large blaze at a brick building and a paint store with extensive damage. A habitable apartment building near the scene survived with partial insurance coverage while a nearby paint shop lay undamaged. The store manager described a grim scene as a lone woman recalled as a months infant perished or escaped amid the flames. A neighboring paint outlet contained paint stock and two apartments were housed in the damaged complex. An unrelated tip offered suggests using an egg slicer to dice a hard cooked egg.

Pope John Declares World at Its Greatest Peace This Christmas

Pope John XXIII told about 1000 pilgrims that global peace this Christmas is the best in more than two decades. He cited the Cuban crisis as past danger and urged continued negotiations and renewed willingness to seek peace. The pope called the season a happy circumstance and asked prayers for lasting tranquility.

Vatican City John XXIII Pope John Stephen Italy

Snow ties traffic plan as icy conditions persist

Chief J Thomas Boyd urged use of snow tires and chains while mandating sidewalk ice removal. City salting began around 3 a.m. with several nonfatal traffic mishaps reported. A fatality occurred when Mrs Carter was struck by two cars near Winchester. Other fires in Middletown and Round Hill areas caused heavy damage. Weather ahead remains cold with a multi day forecast of below normal temperatures and possible snow.

J. Thomas Boyd Carter L. W. Waters Ivan Delbert Fletcher Stephens City Clarence Jenkins, Jr E. Pall Mall St Winchester Jenkins Cooper Round Hill Gore Gainesboro Feathers

Dinner Invitation Saves Two From CO Poisoning

Glendale AP report says Harry Bowles aged 64 and Sandra Ockerman 17 were saved when Mrs. Ogdon’s Christmas dinner invitation led to a motel check. Bowles and Ockerman were found unconscious from carbon monoxide from a poorly vented heater. Ockerman is Mrs. Ogdon’s daughter and a motel employee.

Glendale Ariz Harry Bowles Sandra Ockerman Charles Ogdon Miss Ockerman

Ex Blacksmith Samuel Weaver Dies at 101 in Pa

Samuel K. Weaver, once the oldest Lancaster County blacksmith until his 1946 retirement, died Tuesday at age 101 in Elizabethtown Pennsylvania.

Elizabethtown Samuel K. Weaver Lancaster County

First White Christmas in Memphis since 1913 and Nashville since 1935

The article lists frigid conditions and snow across multiple states. Memphis marked its first white Christmas since 1913 and Nashville since 1935, with five inches in southeast Kentucky and a general blanket of snow across Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, and Wisconsin.

Memphis Nashville Kentucky Kansas Missouri Iowa Colorado Wyoming Wisconsin Ponca City Oklahoma New Mexico Baltimore Maryland New England New York State New York City Pennsylvania Ohio New Jersey Utah Cedar City Oregon Washington Bend Redmond Ore

Forced to Sign Documents Says Freed American

Saigon reports U S Army sergeant Roque S Matagalay of Richmond California says he was captured by guerrillas for five months and forced to sign four statements during severe malaria. He alleges four months of propaganda before signing and says the documents supported by the Diem government reflected Communist propaganda. He claims he did not believe the statements and later refused to sign more after recovery.

Saigon South Viet Nam United States Roque S. Matagulay Richmond Calif Army Matagulay Matagalay Ngo Dinh Diem South Gualey

Lessons in English by W L Gordon

A compact note on usage and pronunciation. It explains at long last vs finally, teaches correct satrap pronunciation, and introduces the daily word tenebrif ic meaning dark or gloomy while highlighting common misspellings and related synonyms.

W. L. Gordon England U.S

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