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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1958

Page

7

Arms Spending and Home Building Seen To Shore Up Recession

Analysts say higher defense outlays and a revival in home construction could offset falling capital goods demand. April defense spending peaked at 42 billion dollars, dipping to 37, then rising to 40 billion in December, with potential two billion extra undercuts. Housing activity could pick up if money conditions improve.

New York Congress Defense McElroy Pentagon

Long Prison Terms Given for Shooting Robbing Dentist

In Goochland Virginia Judge Bowles gave Glasgow men Sydney Moore and Jack Parker long sentences for the August shooting and robbery of Ft Defiance dentist Dr Alfred Spitzer. Moore received 20 years and Parker 15 years after Parker pleaded guilty and Moore switched from innocent to guilty.

Goochland Glasgow Ft. Defiance C. Champion Bowles Sydney Allen Moore Jack Franklin Parker Parker Moore Bowles Alfred R. Spitzer Florida Dr. Spitzer Richmond

Good news for asthmatics specialist’s discovery

A specialist announces a new asthma relief method that quickly eases choking coughing and tightness without injections or prescription. Advertises safe use in forms from cigarettes to compounds at Derds Green Mountain. urges asking your druggist.

Derds Green Mountain

Federal Employes at Lowest Total in Three Years

Senator Byrd announced that federal civilian employment fell to 2,330,107 in November, the lowest in at least three years. The figure was 64,217 below last November and 9,887 under October 1957, with steady monthly declines in fiscal 1958 due to Defense Department cuts. Byrd chairs the Senate House Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures.

Washington Byrd D-Va Defense Department Senate House Committee

Convictions Reversed for Four Marines in Cruelty Trial

Navy reverses four convictions of Marines at Sasebo base for prisoner mistreatment. Acquittals of three others upheld. eight convicted, six acquitted overall. Barbuti and McLane to stand trial. Barbuti faces 29 cruelty counts while Scott testified to a bayonet incident. General Washington’s Valley Forge note appears at end.

Yokosuka Japan U.S. Navy Sasebo Robert J. Barbuti Schenectady N.Y Alaska Fredericks United States Pfc Maurice J. Beeson Palo Alto Calif James T. Ray Texas City Tex Pvt Jose D. L. Medina Albuquerque N.M Navy Curts Cpl Dayton W. Dierkson Lawrence S.D Bobby Phillips Tyler Tommy G. Flint Silas Ala Barbuti Carl E. Scott Bessmay Warden McLane Scott

Television schedule dense listing for various programs

A long, line by line TV schedule lists daily programs across channels with times including news, movies, dramas, game shows, and serials such as The Velvet Trap This is Your Life Martin Kane Harkness Weather Tonight Sky King Disneyland Tombstone Territory Ozzie Harriet The Tonight Show and many more entries with no narrative or outcomes.

Snow Blanket Hits Virginia With Heaviest 11 Inches

Virginia shovels out after a southern storm piling up to 11 inches on the Eastern Shore. Areas from Chincoteague to Saluda report heavy snow while western counties see little. The storm closes highways and schools, delays traffic, and cancels at least 33 basketball games statewide.

Danville Washington

Alfred Nobel Dies at 63 on Italian Riviera

Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prizes, died in 1896 on the Italian Riviera, ending a career that reshaped science and international philanthropy.

Alfred Nobel Riviera

VALC Urges Abolish Gift Tax and Adopt Estate Tax

The Virginia Advisory Legislative Council recommends abolishing the gift tax and replacing the inheritance tax with an estate tax. Aimed at 34 million dollars annual revenue, the proposal exempts estates up to 25 thousand dollars, with 2 to 6 percent rates up to one million plus additional life insurance exemption. No returns needed if cross estate under 25 thousand.

Richmond Virginia Advisory Legislative Council VALC Bar Committee

Average supermarket shelves stock over five thousand items

The average supermarket contains more than a half mile of shelves and cases stocking more than 5 200 items.

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