Catozella West Win Weekly Bridge Match
Mrs. Vincent Catozella and Mrs. William West, Sr. won the Winchester Contract Bridge Club event at the Golf Club last night. Runners-up were Mrs. Herbert Schutte with Mrs. P. H. Sprenkle. third place went to Mrs. Boyd Hamman and Mrs. Gus Cahill. The next meeting, a master point match, is set for 8 p.m. July 7 at the Golf Club.
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Vincent Catozella
William West, Sr
Winchester Contract Bridge Club
Golf Club
Herbert Schutte
P. H. Sprenkle
Boyd Hamman
Gus Cahill
New Operator's License Law Increases DMV Renewal Fees
Virginia's DMV announces a July 1 1955 law change affecting operator and chauffeur license renewals. After 30 days past expiration, operator renewals rise to 1 and chauffeur renewals to 3, with shorter grace periods keeping current 50 cent and 2 dollar fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dc. H. Lamb
DMV
Virginia
Lamb
Division of Motor
Women’s air speed record said broken in France
Officials of the International Aeronautical Federation said Mrs. Jacqueline Auriol, France’s leading woman flier, broke Jacqueline Cochran’s world speed record for women with a Mystere IV over Melun south of Paris. The federation would announce the new record speed in a few days. Cochran’s former mark stood at 675.468 mph set June 3, 1953 at Edwards, California.
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Paris
International Aeronautical Federation
Jacqueline Auriol
France
Jacqueline Cochran
Federation
Melun
Auriol
Edwards
Calif
Vincent Auriol
Vehicles Listed From Division Headquarters Richmond VA
Vehicles 111 W Boscawent t or from the Division's headquarters 2220 West Broad Street Richmond Virginia read in the readable text.
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W. Boscawent&t
West Broad Street
Richmond
Virginia
Bell X1A Used For Research On Heat Barrier
At Edwards Air Force Base California the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics previews research with the Bell X1A the world record fastest plane and the X1A has flown Maj Charles Yeager to speeds over 1600 miles per hour and altitude above 90 000 feet. The display includes the X1B Langley Field Va the two D558-2 Skyrocket planes one with rocket power only and one with rocket and jet engines and the Bell X5 capable of wing sweep in flight.
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NACA
Los Angeles
Charles Yeager
Arthur Murray
Bell
Langley Field
Bauserman proposes state hospital alcoholics transfer plan
Arlington campaign speech by Homer G Bauserman argues removing alcoholics from state institutions would ease overcrowding and improve care for mental health patients. He suggests a 3 to 5 cent tax on each bottle of whisky to fund Virginia care, while acknowledging overcrowding remains a risk.
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Arlington
Homer G. Bauserman
Arlington County
House of Delegates
Bauserman
Virginia Sheriffs and
Virginia
Ten Die in C-47 Crash on Sitkinak Island Alaska
A U S Air Force C47 transport from Elmendorf base crashed on Sitkinak Island near Kodiak Alaska while delivering supplies. Ten aboard died when the aircraft struck the island’s highest peak. gun-fire and air raid warning measures were cited as context for the incident.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Sitkinak Island
North Pacific
Elmendorf
Anchorage
Leslie Caron Birthday Highlight From AP News
AP News notes Leslie Caron born July 1 1931 in Paris daughter of Claude Caron a French chemist and an American mother She rose as a ballet dancer gaining early fame in Paris and in the 1951 film An American in Paris Her career included Hollywood hits and a Broadway ballet debut with Les Ballets de Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Caron
Paris
Claude Caron
Leslie
Hollywood
Les Ballets de Paris
Wreck Reached by Small Search Party After Turbulent Weather
Four crew members accompanied by three Western Electric representatives and three soldiers from the 558th Aerial Communications System reached the wreckage after rough weather hindered searchers. A previous party had struggled against the conditions yesterday.
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Western Electric Co
558Th
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Rouss Park
Winchester Star Photo
Tenith
Yinas
Sas
Zenith
Barry’'S Drug Store
W. Boscawen
Lake Mead
Hoover Dam
Greyhound
West Coast Limited
Greyhound Terminal
N. Braddock St
AP News
Voice of America
O.L.D. A
Westernport
Thermos
W. B. Snider
N. Cameron St
Gunther
Preston. Moffett
Ford
Shenandoah Motor CO
Valley Ave
Loudoun St
Winchester
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