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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1957
Page
12
The crew of a weather ship 1 000 miles out in the Pacific received a surprise Bob Hope show broadcast from his plane 17 000 feet overhead. Hope, fresh from an 18 000 mile Christmas tour, described the impromptu performance and radio broadcast to the ship.
Jack Butler has accepted the position of general manager of the Winchester Orchard and Farm Supply Company. A native of Frederick County, he graduated from Handley High School and VPI. He is an officer in the U.S. Air Force Reserve and a member of the Winchester Kiwanis Club, the Clearbrook Ruritan Club, and Burnt Presbyterian Church. He was formerly a technical field representative for Cal spray, a subsidiary of Standard Oil Company of California.
Rep Wright Patman of Texas will draft a bill to abolish the Small Business Administration arguing it serves big business with lip service. He cites the Dallas milk price war as proof and proposes a new agency focused on small business, plus regional small business capital banks with no interest loans. The hearing includes Louie Teague, Beverly Hills Dairy owner, who sues five large dairies in a Sherman Antitrust Act case after a 16 cent drop in half gallon prices.
Marines Sgt Hugh Luby stationed Okinawa with 3rd Marine Division and Pfc Mike Luby in Korea with 1st Cavalry Division send Christmas greetings. Local youths Thomas Grove and Jack Reid join 3d Infantry Division at Fort Benning while Turner Martin returns to Long Beach after Pacific duties. John Gavis Jr commissioned as Marine second lieutenant at Quantico after attending Officer Candidate Course.
The Rev Melford Walker invites all to a Watch Night service at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church starting at 10 30 pm tomorrow. The event is open to everyone. A historical note mentions green lenses first used in England in 1541.
Weaver Wikle 30 of Franklin was walking with two friends when an empty beer bottle struck him from a passing car causing a broken shoulder. He collapsed and was treated at a local hospital. The incident occurred on a highway near Franklin.
The Braddock Street Methodist Church hosts an annual Prayer Vigil tomorrow night with Holy Communion. Members and friends gather at 10:30 pm for a downstairs coffee hour before the vigil begins at 11:15 pm in the upper sanctuary. The article notes the word copper derives from Cyprus.
Fire crews responded to a false alarm reported at 11 10 p m Saturday at Hawkins Shell Station on Millwood Ave. The Friendship and South End Fire Companies found no fire on arrival and began investigation into the alarm.
An historic suspension span in the Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens a 198 foot clearance, enabling ocean going vessels to enter the Port of Baltimore. The move marks a key improvement in regional harbor access and marine traffic capacity.
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