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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1957
Page
4
The federal Civil Defense Administration bids a multi billion dollar program to build mass city shelters to replace evacuation. Reported costs rise toward 25 billion with 200 million sought next year and shelters serving as parking garages and school spaces. Critics fear traffic jams and rural incapacity to host evacuees.
Word from Paris says Dior will revive the new look with skirts four inches shorter for spring. He is said to have created a song free look described as a spiral corkscrew, signaling a shift from willowy silhouettes to a corkscrew curve in 1957 fashion.
The Value Line Investment Survey reports Boeing as second only to Douglas in total orders, implying a potential production cut for the B52 bomber due to recent Defense changes.
The investment survey predicts B52 production will end in 1959 while Boeing 707 jet liners will fill the gap. Cities reliant on military output must glean plans from non-military reports, underscoring the need for official word on near term industrial outlook.
Editorial urges developing the vice presidency into a more influential, usable office with Nixon and Eisenhower shaping closer executive ties. Public opinion and party conventions will decide if qualified candidates replace the old patchwork approach, aiming to elevate the role for national emergency leadership.
A six year old left for school in a new blouse and skirt and drew a comment from the teacher. Jackie recalls the teacher saying she should act like a lady now that she is dressed like one.
Henry Ford would admire this 1928 Model A owner Jesse James a 20 year old parking attendant installs a $115 television in the car trunk to watch late shows by linking it to the parking lot floodlight system. He parks cars between segments and enjoys the commercials.
The term chiseler traces to ancient Rome where artisans used a tool called the cisetlus to cut corners of unethical work. Workers later used after hours tools to counterfeit coins, giving rise to the derisive nickname chiseler for such fraudsters.
A quiz style item lists daily scoring ranges from memory genius to good and directs readers to page 2 for answers. Ten sample questions cover postal cards, Shakespeare, Bible phrasing, canaries, ship bells, Iceland capital, peanut maturation, crown prince of Akihiot, a bald person and duck, and an Emily Dickinson verse.
In 30 B.C. Augustus Caesar became ruler of Egypt and ordered Egyptian craftsmen sent to Rome to train in glassware making. He demanded glass as tribute.
The Christian doctrine of the atonement is that Jesus Christ died to satisfy justice and confer love. Christ, without sin, voluntarily bore punishment for humanity, demonstrating God's profound love and fulfilling moral law.
The passage contrasts popular and lesser known figures in early American iron history. It notes Ethan Allen’s fame but credits Matthew Lyon with Vermont’s first iron works at Fair Haven in 1785 and mentions Lyon’s attempt to impose a duty on imported iron nails.
The report lists rainfall for the past 24 hours ending at 8 30 am with trace February totals. It shows year to date rainfall 70 for 1957 and 2 66 for the period. It provides 44 year average annual rainfall 36 99 inches and monthly averages from 1912 1956. January 2 43 February 2 00 March 2 97 April 3 08 May 3 86 June 3 86 July 3 79 August 4 00 September 2 66 October 3 24 November 2 54 December 2 47.
Notes from 1952 include Douglas A. Cather named director for Apple Blossom Festival entertainment. Ridgeway info officer accuses Panmunjom reporters of fraternization with the enemy. Local Kiwanis president Winslow Porter. William M. Battaile win Junior Board of Trade honor. Robert Kellas earns Bronze Palm. Lawrence Fleet receives death penalty for killing William Keller.
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