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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1955
Page
6
Delayed reports from the Christmas holiday weekend traffic raise the toll to 663 deaths, with 629 during travel hours and at least 34 more killed by noon yesterday. Comparisons show 609 fatalities the previous record, and 1952 saw 556 deaths.
A short English lesson by W L Gordon defines common usage and mispronunciations. It explains phrases to avoid and offers the day’s word vitrifiable meaning capable of becoming glass through heat and fusion.
A Senate House Economic subcommittee today held up a go slow stance on speedily cutting taxes in the 1956 session. The report by four lawmakers argues tax rate reductions should wait unless the economy slows and debt is reduced during boom periods, while allowing possible cuts in a decade if conditions allow.
Dr John P. Peters a Yale medical professor whose dismissal from a government post on loyalty grounds was ruled illegal died yesterday in a Sanatorium in New Haven Conn aged 68 leaving a legacy as a public service reformer and scholar.
Christmas events at Greenwood Chapel included a December 22 children’s program, Sunday worship at 10 by Rev. Carroll Goodridge, and a 7:30 p.m. Christmas party by the W.S.C.S. Families and friends, including Baecher, Giles, Carlisle, Brown, and Pennington households, shared meals and visits during the holiday period in Winchester and surrounding roads.
Mane Halos presents a slimming fashion pattern 4786 for half sizes 14 to 24. It features a four gore skirt with chevron front and stripes, requires 31 yards of 39 inch fabric, and includes illustrated instructions. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents extra for first class mail to Anne Adams pattern dept Winchester Evening Star New York.
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