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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1954

Page

2

Robbery Victim Describes Abduction on Route 7

Bortz says he was forced from a car on U S Rt 7 between Winchester and Berryville and left in a ditch. He received $1 and a meal suggestion before fleeing to report the incident. Police search two states for two men described as in their early 20s, about 5 6 to 5 8, with black and blond hair.

Bortz Winchester Berryville W. B. Broach Woolf Maryland West Virginia Winchester Star J. C. Digges and Sons White Post

Fireworks raids and multiple county accidents reported

Police raided 11 establishments selling illegal fireworks after plainclothes officers purchased items from 10 of them. An investigation continued into the death of Joseph Roberts 45 of Clarke County with autopsy pending. Three Frederick County traffic accidents left several injured and a hit and run case in Winchester resulted in a fine for Roy Gardiner. Winchester police also reported multiple weekend arrests including drunks and traffic violations while fireworks complaints rose with only one fireworks burn treated at Memorial Hospital.

Frederick Clarke Counties Sit. Woolf Thas Posssson Frederick County Clarke County Woolf Ski Woolf Joseph Roberts Double Toll Gate J. H. Wood, Jr Roberts Reardon Farm Frank Tappan Memorial Hospital Rappanahannock County James Elizabeth Davenport Roberts J. P. Reardon Jeanette Jackson Roberts Sally Ann Joe Louis Rose John H Robert Charles Walter Matthew Robert Lee Roberts Walter Peyton Lorraine Whitlock Mabel Meyton Ruth Washington Lucy Christian Sugar Hill Stone Bridge Fletcher Front Royal P. F. Click Brucetown Click Dallas M. Sprenkle U.S. A Clearbrook Sprenkle U. S. Rt. 50 Gore Wood Ruth Angeline Vandevander Baltimore Cadiac Saxton Chevrolet Winchester Cornwell's Tavern Berryville Pike Roy Mitchell Gardiner Berryville Gardiner Frank Clevenger Grey Ave Dodge W H Shifflet National Ave Oldsmobile James Swaney S S Kent St John Hoover Clevenger S. Kent St Hoover Lawrence Coverstone Cornwell Tavern Amyos Pontiac Leonard O. Mullinix Woodbine Jack Shumaker Chrysler Berryville Ave Cornwell Mercury S. Cameron St E. Cork St Frazer Ford Cartwright Thomas Boyd Boyd Winchester Memorial Hospital Shirley Ann Kelchner

Otto Speaker for Kiwanis Luncheon at George Washington Hotel

Albert Stuart Otto, lecturer traveller historian and author, will be guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club weekly luncheon tomorrow at 12 15 p m. at the George Washington Hotel. His topic is Why Do We Have Speakers Anyway.

Albert Stuart Otto Kiwanis Club George Washington Hotel

Hail Storm Wrecks Crops in Halifax County

A severe hail storm swept Halifax County yesterday damaging hundreds of acres of tobacco and corn. Officials estimate losses could reach hundreds of thousands of dollars, with Mt. Laurel Perth Stovall Guthrie's Store and Nathalie areas hardest hit as leaves were torn from tobacco and corn stalks riddled.

Halifax County Halifax Mt. Laurel Perth Stovall Guthrie’s Store Nathalie

Quiz Answers Revealed for Page 4

Answers listed include Polio False Land New Hampshire The Ugly Duckling Fort Knox Ky and Small perennial alpine herb. The items span health ethics geography folklore and a plant category.

Land New Hampshire Fort Knox

Snoring May Be Sign of Affection

Glasgow report says snoring may reflect affection not annoyance as Dr. A H Douthwaite told a British Medical Assn conference. He suggested snoring stems from race memory and atavistic instincts to guard mates, implying wives kept awake might view it as a sign of fondness.

Glasgow Scotland A. H. Douthwaite Douthwaite

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