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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1957
Page
5
Richmond based state officials outlined major improvements to dress up the Capitol rotunda for the Jamestown Festival. Plans include green plants around Houdon's George Washington statue, repainting the base fence, and installing concealed dome spotlights.
Officer Richard Morris was on the second floor booking desk when a man staggered in on a Sunday morning and demanded to be jailed. Morris obliged, detaining the inebriated individual at the station.
A Ponca City housewife skimmed flour to bake and found a dollar bill. She called the grocer the next day and ordered more of the brand after learning the flour sacks carried dollars. At night her 12 year old son cried that the money was where he had hidden his own.
Washington hosts the 1957 Inauguration with lavish balls and large crowds. Invitations map four balls for 15 000 attendees with tickets at 15 dollars each. President Eisenhower Vice President Nixon and other dignitaries will attend all events amid grand decor and concerts.
Jimmy Brumback of Middle Road was chosen president of the James Wood Young Farmer Association for 1957 at the January meeting held at James Wood High. Officers include Stanley Bauserman vice president J C Whitacre secretary Jim DeHaven treasurer and Harold Nichols reporter. The group meets monthly at the James Wood Agricultural Department to discuss farming topics and tour farms.
William Fruehling, 49, survived after three physicians used a lamp extension cord to deliver direct heart shocks at St Croix Falls hospital when his heart stopped. They describe a hurried open chest massage and manual heart massage followed by direct shocks that restored beating.
The San Diego Zoo reports its African black lipped cobra has become the new record holder for captivity longevity at 28 years. The former record of 28 years belonged to an anaconda at the National Zoo in Washington D C.
Antigua in the British West Indies covers about 170 square miles with a population near 51 000 people.
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