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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1959
Page
3
Cattle and calves show slow trading with many classes lower or steady at best. canners and utility categories down. Hog prices mostly lower, weight classes vary. sows steadier to down. Sheep: spring lambs and utility ewes mixed with light declines. Chicago numbers indicate softer hogs and unsettled cattle markets overall.
Debris filled floors at the Pentagon as a blaze damaged three main computing systems in the Air Force statistical office. Most 30,000 workers were sent home after water and power failed, with officials estimating about four city blocks affected by smoke and water damage.
Kozlov telecast to Washington newsmen outlines a path to better Russo American relations through peaceful coexistence. He warns that force over Berlin will be met with force and denies Soviet ambitions for war, calling such accusations slander.
City office reports all picnic areas except one reserved for Saturday and Sunday. Willow Lawn Pool expects heavy crowds. Grocery stores jammed as households stock up for the holiday. Firecrackers are banned by Police Chief J Thomas Boyd. Only spark will be allowed.
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival schedules its annual meeting for July 10 at 11 a m in the George Washington Hotel. Officers and directors will be elected, with C F Schenck chairing the nominating committee and F L Largent presiding. The meeting is open to the public with members invited from Winchester and other areas.
Grimes notes weekend visits by Earl Costello and Johnnie Wright to relatives here. Visitors include Ora M. Fleck from Washington DC and Irvin Kerns from Reynolds Store. A Galilee Church Children’s Day program drew good attendance. family trips to Bellair Ohio are reported. Star to skip publication tomorrow due to holiday.
Police said vandals armed with BB guns struck 17 used car lots in San Antonio during the night and shattered windshields in 64 automobiles. Owners estimated damage at least 3200 dollars.
Officials order use of 160 marked patrol cars and unmarked units with blue and red dome beacons to flash day and night to heighten driver alertness. The plan aims to license offenders and ensure automatic identification for six one.
Gov Earl Long clings to a planned Saturday reelection bid as doctors run heart tests after a recent mental hospital release. He traveled from Covington to New Orleans for evaluation and may cancel events if his condition worsens. a risk remains for the four Southern State campaign speeches and a beauty contest trip.
J L Givens vocational agriculture instructor at James Wood and J C Huffman of Clarke County High School will join the 42nd annual state Vo Ag instructors meeting opening Monday at V P I. about 300 instructors from across the state are expected for the five day program themed Moving Ahead in Vocational Agriculture. State officials include Dr David Y Paschall and others with Deas of American Can Co guest speaker at the Owens Dining Hall banquet July 9.
Five persons perished when a speeding automobile, estimated at at least 90 mph, crashed into the Argonne Street overpass abutment on the Spokane Valley Freeway and burst into flames. State patrol said three men and two women were aboard and identification was hindered. The incident occurred as the freeway carries main east west traffic past Spokane.
Joseph Richard a 22 year old driver for a contractor was moving up a steep hill when the drive shaft broke and brakes failed. He steered the truck using rear view mirrors at about 35 mph and managed a safe stop at the hill bottom avoiding pedestrians and cars.
Weather Bureau predicts pleasant warm Fourth of July for much of the nation with highs in the 70s and 80s. Showers and thunderstorms expected in the South Atlantic Gulf Southern Plains and portions of the Rocky Mountain region. Cooler air may trigger storms in the Central Plains and Upper Mississippi Valley reaching the Great Lakes.
Youth Day will be observed at Zion Baptist Church Berryville on Sunday with the theme The Role of Church Youth in a Space Age. The Galilee Bible School recently closed with a wiener roast at Level View Farm.
The Winchester master plan proposes widening Peyton Street Baker Street East Lane Leicester Street Stewart Street and Fairmont Avenue and creating new rights of way to ease congestion. It calls for two new Class I highways and widening others to divert through traffic from the central business district and encourage use of outer boulevards. The regional plan targets coordinated primary highways with new interchanges on Rt 11 and around Rt 50 and routes 522 to remove through traffic from the city.
The 49 star flag will replace the 48 star banner at midn ight as Alaska becomes the 49th state. Official raises occur at Ft McHenry Baltimore and Independence Hall Philadelphia with other buildings following. Hawaii slated for a future 50 star flag on July 4, 1960.
A hymn sing will be held Sunday at 7 30 p m at Mt Pleasant Evangelical United Brethren Church West Frederick Charge The Rev Daniel Agnew is pastor and the service is open to the public.
Dorothy McGuire captured the 18 hole regular ladies day title at the Golf Club. Ruth Naegely finished as runner up. Frances Page won the Class B nine hole match and Bee Pifer won Class C.
A plan proposes an arterial corridor from the city edge across Route 50 to Route 522 to curb congestion. It notes high through traffic from US Routes 11 50 522 and 7 funneling into Winchester, with 1952 counts showing 12 000 vehicles daily on routes with no CBD destination and growth trends in the 1947 1957 period. By 1975 Route 11 South is expected to carry 34 500 vehicles.
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