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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1959

Page

3

Festival finances show small net income and sound footing

Festival accountants report total income of 31 085 72 and net expenses of 30 825 57 leaving a balance of 260 15. Net income includes memberships concessions dances luncheons seating and advertising while expenses cover parades pageant costs publicity rotated out of town costs and loan repayments. President Sargent notes cash balance is small but trending toward a balanced festival after inflation pressures and calls the meeting open to the public.

J. W. Arthur, Jr H. W. Butler, Jr Gratis Sargent Largent

53 Killed in Danish Resort Boat Disaster

At a south Denmark resort an excursion boat exploded and burned on a lake, killing 53 including many children and elderly women. Survivors recount chaos as the Damende’s crew tried to beach the 45 foot craft, with one wife giving her life belt to a mother and vanishing.

Pasengers Ceerbeard To Guck Lake Denmark Damende

Nominating Committee Members Named

Local markets note corrected listings and acknowledge possible typos. The nominating committee includes C. F. Schenck as chairman with Thomas G. Scully and J. Pinckney Arthur.

C. F. Schenck Thomas G. Scully J. Pinckney Arthur

Helicopter Rescues Youth as Two Die Off Milwaukee

Two corps helicopter crews rescued Paul Polansky a 16 year old from Mason City Iowa after their rubber raft was blown from a Lake Michigan drag. Casper 16 son of a Milwaukee physician and Tony Phipps 21 of Dallas Texas died. Coast Guard searched all night and found the raft 10 miles off shore near Milwaukee as the stormy lake produced large waves and rain and lightning.

Milwaukee Wis Daniel Casper Milwaukee Area Tony Phipps Dallas Tex Paul Polansky Mason City Iowa Coast Guard

Boyce Firemen Receive 800 From Auxiliary

The Boyce Volunteer Fire Co. received 800 from the Ladies Auxiliary for proceeds from the Fun Festival held June 16. Four new members joined the company Louis Hudson W B Watkins Jr Franklin Huff Jr and Edgar Coffelt. The auxiliary and the firemen approved a dance at the Winchester Armory Aug 14. Dr Allan V Heely head master of Lawrenceville School since 1934 died Tuesday of a heart attack.

BOYCE Boyce Volunteer Fire Co Carl Pope Francis Hudson Louis Hudson W. B. Watkins, Jr Franklin Huff, Jr Edgar Coffelt Winchester Armory Associated Press Lawrenceville, N.Y Allan V. Heely Lawrenceville School Heely Brooklyn

Sale Consignors Meet Here Next Week For Planning

Coensteee and Fall Feeder Sale consignors plan a meeting next week to decide on this fall show. Attendees expected include K C Williamson extension marketing specialist C T Barns Jr supervisor of grading Dr George B Estes state veterinarian and Allen K Randolph executive secretary of the Virginia Beef Cattle Producers Association J H Cunningham chair of consignors will review the plan and ask county agents sale committee members and others to estimate calves from their counties.

Stine K. C. Williamson C.T. Barns, Jr George B. Estes Allen K. Randolph Virginia Beef Cattle Producers Association J. H. Cunningham

Poultry Market Reports Mixed Demand and Grading

Market notes show broilers and fryers with dull demand and small price changes. Grading for pork products references are unclear with multiple percentage ranges and broken entries for various turkey fryer and hen categories. Harrisonburg FGG Market lists Grade A Large and Medium ranges and Grade B Large prices.

Harrisonburg

Accused Slayer Claims Victim Was His Wife

Las Vegas police arrested Ervin after a nude body found Tuesday in an apartment above a restaurant was identified as the victim of rape and homicide. Ervin said he thought the woman was his wife and surrendered on arrival from Los Angeles. His wife Kathy had left him after a strangling incident.

Las Vegas Nev Ervin Kathy Los Angeles Union Pacific

Lightning Did Not Cause Capital Airlines Crash

A board of inquiry found lightning did not cause the May 12 Capital Airlines Viscount crash near Chase Maryland. Eyewitnesses testified that storms swept the area as 31 people died aboard the New York to Atlanta flight. The pilot of a second Viscount on the same route reported no lightning trouble.

Baltimore Civil Aeronautics Capital Airlines Chase New York Atlanta Austin Briggs Northeast Airlines West Chester

Soviet Newsreel Pair Capture City Rush Hour Crowd

KOZLOV arrival sparks evening rush amid heavy traffic as crowds pause to cross. Two Soviet newsreel men ride in an open convertible and film street corners while waving to onlookers.

Crystal River Named Official After Sign Review

Waulpaca residents discovered through old maps that the community at the highway entrance should be Crystal River and quickly approved the name change.

Waulpaca, Wix U Little Hope Crystal River

Kozlov Tour Filmed Amid Slums and Old Cars in U S Visit

Soviet envoy Kozlov rode through East Chicago in a motorcade visiting Inland Steel Co and a rural area. Newsreel crews captured a shabby slum with poorly dressed children while state security sat in the front. Kozlov met Mayor Daley and toured mechanized farms and a typical American farmhouse during a cross country trip.

Film Chronicle Steel Colany Chicago Lake Kozlov Richard J. Daley

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