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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1952
Page
12
Walter Hever, a New York theater cashier, was found bound and gagged inside the theater last night. He collapsed and died after reportedly being held up as about $250 disappeared. An assistant medical examiner said the death was a heart attack.
Captain Thomas Crocker of the Salvation Army Harbor Light Corps in West Madison Street was named Chicagoan of the Year from among over 100 nominees. Judges praised his selfless devotion to saving souls and noted he has rehabilitated about $5,000 in skid row derelicts since 1947.
A cluttered January 30 radio TV grid lists a long lineup of daytime and evening shows. Entries include news broadcasts commentary shows drama such as The Lone Ranger and Maude, music and dance segments, and variety acts featuring Groucho Marx and Great Gildersleeve.
A dense listing of prime time programs across WMAL Channel 4 WMAL Channel 5 WTTG Channel 5 WMAL Channel 7 and other stations shows a March through late evening lineup. Key shows include The Big Payoff Ralph Edwards Kate Smith Hawkins Falls Gabby Hayes Howdy Doody Kukla Fran and Ollie Box Four and News Parsimonious listings cover news shows talk shows dramas and kids programs with times ranging from 3:00 PM to 11:15 PM.
The national book awards announce James Jones as fiction winner for his debut novel From Here to Eternity. Rachel L. Carson takes non fiction for The Sea Around Us and Marianne Moore earns poetry for Collected Poems. Gold medals were presented by three literary groups in New York.
Hollywood column details Lex Barker and Arlene Dahl as a sporty couple. Arlene adopts golf swimming skiing tennis and sit ups while Barker keeps up with her athletic pace. They plan future film projects and a European honeymoon as their marriage deepens.
Jack O Leary once weighed 135 pounds and began hiccuping for years after an episode on June 13, 1948. His ongoing attack, with a rate of at least one hiccup per second, leaves him severely undernourished as he tolerates only a brief window for digestion and relies on a limited diet. Despite 200 doctors and 20 000 letters of remedies, no cure has been found.
William Little introduced the shaped note system into American hymnody in 1802 in The Easy Instructor and it spread through Southern singing communities as in The Sacred Harp. Singers taught the notes before the words, using shapes to guide pitch for vocal music.
Army sergeant Alex W Clemny of the 10th Infantry Division retires after an Army career of 32 years seven months and 16 days. He estimates about three parades a week and says he enjoys Army life and parades but will leave tomorrow.
In Whitesburg Kentucky 103-year-old Aunt Jane Adams recalls plowing with the family mule as spring nears her 104th birthday. She notes a long-lived family history with relatives who have reached advanced ages and speaks of continuing life with vigor.
Sir Moses Montefiore obtained permission from the Sultan to buy land outside the ancient walls and in 1860 Yudah Touro of New Orleans laid the foundations for the new suburb city beyond Jerusalem.
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