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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1955
Page
8
Dr. Richard Garnett of the University of Virginia Department of Psychiatry will address Memorial Hospital medical staff at the regular scientific meeting on Wednesday at p.m. in the staff conference room. His topic is The Treatment of Psychoneurosis.
Tryouts for three one act plays to be staged this spring at The Bark Mill Wolfe and Braddock Streets begin tonight and run through Wednesday at 8 o clock. Open to all. one person may audition for all three works. A Cup of Tea and Moonshine are named. third play unnamed yet.
The Medical Staff sponsors gatherings at the hospital led by Dr. E Willis Lacy Jr as president and Dr. William P McGuire as chairman of the scientific meeting committee.
A two-vehicle crash on a central Winchester highway left a female victim dead after being thrown from a Nash automobile when struck by passing vehicles. The Pontiac and Nash suffered $700 and $300 in damage respectively, with the Nash a total loss. Four sailors escaped injury in a separate Route 522 rollover near Cross Junction, and police logged three additional minor collisions in Winchester between Friday and Sunday, detailing drivers and vehicle damages.
Smyth named six men as dangerous: Jefferson C. Mitchell Jr. 22 Floyd County life term for first degree murder of his father. Alfonso Mancusi 34 Brooklyn NY 13 years for robbery and unauthorized auto use. Herbert Muse 35 Merritt NC 12 years for housebreaking. Arthur Schachman 23 Norfolk 11 years for robbery and grand larceny. Woodrow Beavers 38 War WV eight years for burglary tools. Norman F. Twhford 38 Back Bay VA 30 years for grand larceny storebreaking and malicious wounding. Mancusi record also included officer impersonation convictions.
Washington Senator Byrd new Finance Committee chair signals plan to end non military economic aid on July 1 while allowing limited technical assistance. He argues Marshall Plan spending totaling about 40 billion dollars has been sufficient and emphasizes domestic budget balancing and bringing back offshore counterpart funds.
President Eisenhower signs for a balanced near term budget with the aim of extending the 52 percent corporate tax rate and current excise taxes for one year. He seeks tax relief for individuals and investment incentives while forecasting 1956 expenditures of about 215 billion and receipts near 60 billion, estimating a deficit around 12 billion.
The notice lists honorary pallbearers including Butsler B Fuller and others with interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery. The body will rest at Jones Funeral Home before the service and the family asks that no flowers be sent.
Six men posing as police officers allegedly broke through truck paneling after parking on a street then changed clothes and fled. Found inside were discarded prison clothing and state use automobile tags possibly for a getaway car. The partition had been nailed in after the men were in place, marking the largest recent prison escape success.
The forecast predicts cloudier skies tonight with a cold spell and temperatures from 24 to 30 degrees. The southern area may see a mix of rain and snow, while today's low was 30 degrees and last year's readings were 41 and 22.
Whiting C Faulkner 59 prominent Martinsburg attorney dies at City Hospital after WWI service. Son of late U S Senator Charles James Faulkner and Virginia Fairfax Whiting Faulkner. Survived by widow Virginia Mason Moler Faulkner, two daughters Mary Boyd and Ann Carlyle, a Richmond-born former wife Virginia Warren Flemming, four grandchildren and two sisters. Funeral Wednesday 2 30 p m at Trinity Episcopal Church with Rev George Le Moine, burial Boydville family cemetery.
Henry Lee Williams a 38 year old parolee was convicted of raping Madison College instructor Betty Grant Hartman and sentenced to life in prison. An all white Rockingham County jury deliberated about two hours before returning the verdict after Miss Hartman identified Williams as her attacker. Williams awaits transfer to the State Penitentiary in Richmond.
Esther M. Whitacre 53 wife of Russell Whitacre of 319 National Ave died at Mt Haven Nursing Home Middletown after a long illness. Born April 8 1901 in Orange she was daughter of George and Addie Peacher. Surviving are husband son Russell Jr and several siblings. Funeral from Omps Funeral Home to Fairview Lutheran Church Gore with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
Prominent lawyer Ramon Miro confessed to firing the fatal machine gun bursts with Guizado's full knowledge. The confession names Guizado's son Jose Ramon Jr and two associates in a construction firm, plus two former cadets as sellers of the weapon. The New York Times reports President Arias Espinosa questions Miro's account while a trial commission is to be named by the Assembly to appoint a prosecutor and fix trial dates.
Virginia senator Harry F. Byrd is slated to speak at the January 25 session of the 5th annual Virginia State Horticultural Society meeting in Roanoke. Fruit growers from across the state are expected to attend the convention January 24 25 and 26.
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