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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1956
Page
3
The wives of Kiwanis Club officers will assume their husbands duties at the upcoming dinner meeting. It will begin at 6 30 p m in the George Washington Hotel main ballroom. Forrest Jones and his daughters will perform a program of musical pantomimes.
Mexican fireman Oscar Romer Berumen introduces a push button device for taxicabs. Pressing it opens the driver door escapes the driver, locks other doors, and deploys tear gas to trap and incapacitates the robber, though accidental activation could affect passengers.
Winchester Frederick and Clarke County bond sales fell in June after May highs. M B Clowe Jr reported Winchester Frederick June sales 21 631 versus May 39 912 while L F Stolle Clarke County posted 2 137 in June down from May 17 087.
As of June 1, 1956, an estimated total of 806 478 new cars were in dealer stocks or in transit from factories. This compares with a all time high of 903 789 cars on March 1, 1956 and a low of 157 607 cars on November 1, 1954.
A sequence of transfers lists John D. Marker to James B. Singhass and others, 42 3-4 acres seven miles south of Winchester, various parcels near Paper Mill Road and Cedar Creek Grade, multiple buyers and spouses, and several districts including Stonewall and Back Creek. Transfers cover 104 12 acres on Paper Mill Road, 160 acres north west of Winchester, and 5 parcels near Rock Enon Springs.
Brink's robber suspect Stanley A Gusciora aged 36 died in a prison hospital night after being moved from East Cambridge jail. Medical examiner reported natural causes with no external violence. Gusciora asserted innocence to his family before death, a month before he was to stand trial with eight others for the January 17, 1950, Brink's robbery.
In St Joseph Missouri E J Ed gar is under hospital care for a hip injury from a bicycle learning fall. Police report lists him as 73 years old.
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