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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1957
Page
9
A Hungarian refugee quoted by the Northwest Progress claims Communist secret police tortured him in an underground Budapest prison and ground up bodies. He describes hundreds imprisoned and tortured, noting some Russians aided inmates and a policeman provided a carbine.
Mountain Falls reports include a Friendly Grove Home Demonstration party at Mrs. Harry Hershman home with gifts and refreshments. The W.S.C.S. will meet Friday at 7 30 p.m. and the Official Board gathers Sunday at 7 30 p.m. Various visits are noted among local residents and families with friends in Lebanon Church Opequon Arlington and Baltimore.
Printed Pattern 4876 offers four dress versions including a high neck sheath and a low scoop neck with ribbon trim. sizes 10 to 18 with size 16 listing a classic sheath. Directions printed on pattern parts. 34 yards 39 inch fabric. Send 35 cents, add 5 cents for first class mail to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star.
Otto Grotewohl leads a 12 man East German delegation into the Kremlin to press for increased Soviet economic support as coal shortfalls and fuel strains threaten heating and industry. The talks aim to strengthen political economic and cultural ties with the Soviet Union amid regional turmoil.
Middletown Fire Company reported 16 alarms and two calls for the rescue truck in 1956. At the January meeting W. B Shull was named representative to the Firemen's Parade planning. A 500 gallon tank was moved to a trailer for highway use and a film on breathing apparatus will be shown in February.
An ordination and installation service for the elders and deacons will be held Sunday at 7 30 p m at the Highland Presbyterian Church. Officers to be installed include elders Carl C Aikens and Billy W Dunlap and deacons Donald E Athey Harrison B Keckley Walter E Sargent Roy C Rinker Ira C Sirbaugh Walter Martin Whitlock and Richard S Wine. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observed. The service will be open to the public.
The article details the life of Rev. Sims born in Greenfield Massachusetts in 1920. It covers his education at Baker University and Princeton Theological Seminary, naval service on a destroyer, roles in the Church of the Redeemer and his 1953 Young Man of the Year honor. It mentions Week of Prayer services at Christ Episcopal Parish House and Braddock Street Methodist.
London reports reveal New York fashion critics ranked Princess Margaret ninth on the world’s best dressed list, tied with the Duchess of Kent. The Duchess of Windsor remained second, behind Mrs. William Paley as discussions in Daily Sketch Daily Mail and News Chronicle debated taste and simplicity.
In a tense Senate session Ohio's new senator Frank Lausche chose a party line, determining the presidency vote. The result was 49 to 46 in favor of Hayden as president pro tempore. Javits, newly elected New York Republican, did not seat or vote despite being in Washington ready to cast a ballot.
Both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly have agreed to allow live radio and television coverage of proceedings. The decision opens access to sessions for broader public viewing and journalism.
Tall white bearded Austrian statesman President Koerner, 83, died at his home after a long career including Vienna mayor and president since 1951. He suffered a stroke last summer but recovered to resume office. He recently received Vice President Nixon during U S Hungarian refugee inquiries in Austria.
Frederick Clarke Shenandoah and Warren counties leaders chair committees at yesterdays session. 13 500 black walnut trees and 3 000 blight resistant Chinese Chestnuts were planted with 176 grafted Eastern black walnut trees added. The Lord Fairfax District sponsors chestnut and walnut planting. R L Crouch praises the district. The group to attend the state association meeting in Bristol January 15 17 includes Mr and Mrs Whitacre Weiss Hepner and Rudacille.
In Okinawa NAHA Gen L L Lemnitzer announced the United States will not acquire ownership or free title to any tsubo used for bases. He noted ongoing land appraisals will be revised to be fair and generous with cash payments many times the annual rent, as tensions and resentments grow on the island.
The 1956 Virginia polio toll rose to 229 with a belated report from the State Health Department. A Roanoke ten-year-old girl suffered non-paralytic polio last month. Officials noted 49 of 1955 victims had one or more Salk shots, and none with a full vaccine series developed paralytic polio.
The Winchester-Frederick County firemen plan a Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival parade meeting for January 29 at 8 p.m. at the George Washington Hotel. A. Ryland Conner, 1956 parade director, invites chiefs and members from multiple companies to attend and elect officers and discuss 1957 parade plans.
State Senators ruled the Senate is a continuing body under existing rules. A vote to set time limits for debate is scheduled for 6 p.m. Senate leader Byrd said the Democratic caucus before Congress opened was harmonious and declined to comment on Eisenhower’s forthcoming address. The President reportedly seeks authority to deploy American troops.
The 10 Virginia House members, all reelected for new terms, took the oath of office as Congress convened at noon yesterday. Robertson predicted the upcoming session would be hard and certainly tense.
Philadelphia traffic officers switch from black to yellow raincoats to improve visibility at night. The change aims to enhance safety for drivers and pedestrians during wet conditions.
Mrs Amanda Crossen of Cross Junction reports her grandson Fred Crossen of Newport News is missing after an accident on the James River. A boat shaft broke while he was painting and he was thrown into the river. his body has not been found.
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