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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1950
Page
3
William Acland witnessed a gunman enter a near north side Chicago hotel lobby. He fled toward the rocktail lounge, then rolled into the barroom, leaving customers impressed by the escape during the attempted robbery.
An advertisement by Mrs. McIntosh promotes Hadacol as a cure for stomach disorders caused by vitamin and mineral deficiencies. It claims quick relief and lasting benefits, with trial bottles priced at 1.25 and family sizes at 3.50, urging readers to buy locally.
A crossword puzzle with across and down clues listed by number including definitions for terms such as Refuse, Secular, Eagerne, Near poet, Worth, and many others. Several clues reference abbreviations minerals or regional terms and require solution words fitting grid positions.
A Virginia Beach Princess Anne County grand jury reports wide open gambling nude entertainers and illegal liquor sales. It may deliver its report to Judge Floyd Keam Saturday after a two hour session with six witnesses heard and no additional witnesses requested.
Secret Service Chief says about 250 dollars in counterfeit ten dollar bills with the same serials as 2100 dollars seized at Hopewell have circulated in Greensboro High Point and Winston Salem North Carolina. Paul Edward Ciraulo and Marie Watson of Brooklyn were held on ten thousand dollars bond after a hearing on possessing the bogus money found in their Hopewell car. They admitted spending twenty dollars of the notes and said they picked them up after being thrown from a speeding car in Brooklyn.
Governor Battle announced a four year $77,377,278.25 school construction plan approved by the State Board of Education at UVa. He tied the program to $45,000,000 in local grants from the 1950 Assembly, with $13,596,548 from the 1950-52 biennium. He said localities hold primary financing responsibility and rejected a link to federal grants.
Gregory Swanson, a young Negro attorney, plans general law practice in Martinsville starting Monday after leaving his Virginia University Law School application pending. He holds degrees from Howard University and was admitted to the Virginia bar, previously practicing with J L Williams. He cited a strong research interest regarding his UVA admission.
Roanoke judge A. D. Barksdale fines bus operator O. B. Darnell for overworking drivers in a case heard this week.
A Gate City bus company operator faces ten counts in federal court for violating interstate commerce safety rules and four additional counts, with probation imposed on those. The charges allege missing physical examination certificates for drivers and overlong work hours.
In eastern Virginia federal courts in Richmond Alexandria Newport News and Norfolk will require women to serve on juries with no option to decline unless excused by a judge. The July 1 effective change adds mandatory jury service for eligible women, though some Richmond judges will not summon women for grand jury duty.
Miss Margie Crites of Moorefield and Mrs. Frank Whitacre host visits in Cross Junction. Washington guests include Mr. and Mrs. John Gunn and family while others from Martinsburg and Loudoun call on local families. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Baker and Anna Lee Taylor with summer plans noted for Massachusetts and local farms.
South End Fire Company outlines parade entries for Mt Jackson at 7 PM with truck jeep and marching units. Members prepared at the June meeting and vote to enter the Middletown parade on August 25 while repainting the fire hall is considered.
The idea of evolution predates Darwin, but the theory of human evolution as a trained doctrine began with Charles Darwin and the 1859 publication of The Origin of Species.
Mr and Mrs George Watkins of Washington hosted guests including Mrs B F Duanis of Ridgeway and Miss Betty Jean Louis. The group attended a wedding in Winchester while other kin visited Braithwaite relatives in Martinsburg and Maurertown. Betty Jo Braithwaite returned from Sarasota and Jeanette Braithwaite spent the weekend at home during her Shepherd College term.
Peiping fires a UN cable accusing the United States of open aggression by sending naval units to guard Formosa. Chou En-lai says Taiwan is an inseparable part of China and the U N should act to uphold peace, while warning of China’s determination to liberate Taiwan despite U S opposition. The Security Council plans to vote on naming General Douglas MacArthur as first supreme commander of a UN force in battle.
The text notes Formosa belonged to China by 1895 ceded to Japan and returned in 1945. It states the Red regime’s view of illegality of a U N Security Council resolution aiding South Korea and cites Andrei Gromyko’s veto warning on Russia’s non participation in repelling the North Korean invasion.
Mrs Lucy Sowers thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and help during the illness and death of her companion Mary Gray.
Melbourne psychologists study psychological causes of international tension funded by UNESCO. The research analyzes why people from different nations dislike each other and examines Australian arts as part of immigration-related attitudes.
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