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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1958

Page

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Goldfine Defers Questions On Checks To Yale Wool Case

Washington AP Bernard Goldfine refused to explain why he issued two checks totaling 178982.64 last year to Yale Wool Waste Co through his Northfield textile firm. He says advice of counsel prevents answering. Rep Bennett demands whether the checks funded goods or served as a line of credit.

Washington Bernard Goldfine House Yale Wool Waste Co Goldfine Northfield John B Bennett R-Mich Yale Co Yale Bennett Federal Trade Commission Harris

Governors list belts cloth to 23 governors at 1955 conference

Bernard Goldfine named 23 governors to whom he said he gave 100 percent wool cloth at the Chicago 1955 Governors Conference. He released the names to provide balance as he testifies at House gearings. Letters from several governors supported the gift and noted the cloth was presented by Goldfine.

Washington Bernard Goldfine Chicago Sherman Adams Boston Goldfine Jack Lotto G. Mennen Williams Michigan Frank J. Lausche Ohio George M. Leader Pennsylvania Leo A. Hoegh Iowa J. Bracken Lee Utah Joe Foss South Dakota Lane Dwinell New Hampshire Williams Leader Lebanon Louisiana Ford Q. Eridge Guam Marvin Griffin Georgia William C. Marland West Virginia Luther Hodges North Carolina Thomas B. Stanley Virginia Theodore R. McKeldin Maryland Orvald. Faubus Arkansas J. B. Johnson Vermont Arthur B. Langlie Walter J. Kohler Wisconsin Edwin C. Johnson Colorado Phil B. Donnelly Missouri J. Caleb Boggs Delaware Robert E. Smylie Idaho

Hopes Waning for Missile Cone and Mouse Passenger

A Thor-Able missile test over Florida aimed to recover a nose cone and a living mouse from space. Telemetry ships searched waters off Ascension Island after a 6,000 mile possible reach. officials warned recovery odds grew slimmer as time passed.

U. S Ascenian Island Air Force Earth Space Douglas Aircraft Co Ascension Island Vanguard Florida Atlantic

Major quake rattles southeastern Alaska Gulf of Alaska

A large earthquake centered in the Gulf of Alaska shook southeastern Alaska Wednesday night. Reports said a tidal wave hit Lituya Bay with injuries possible. Coast Guard sent two rescue boats and pilots reported several injured people. Experts warned the quake would have been disastrous if it struck populated areas.

Juneau Alaska Lituya Bay Gulf of Alaska Coast Guard Cape Spencer Dean Goodwin Pelican Here Goodwin Winther Don Tocher University of California At Berkeley Charles Richter California Institute of Technology Seismological Laboratory Pasadena Sitka U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Honolulu

1041 Pound Man Dies at 32 Heaviest in Medical History

Robert Earl Hughes 32, possibly history’s heaviest man, dies in a Bremen Indiana trailer beside Bremen Community Hospital. Uremia listed as cause. he fell ill while touring with a carnival and could not enter a hospital bed due to extreme bulk. Burial planned in Binville Illinois. funeral arrangements uncertain due to coffin size.

Bremen Ind Robert Eail Hughes Bremen Community Hospital Mary Harris Indiana Otho Huff Hughes Emden Guy B. Hughes Emde Baptist Church Binville Ill Guy Wesley Dennis Robert Earl

Delmer Robinson Estate Offered for Appraisal Details

The late H. Del mer Robinson estate is appraised at 188112 with personal property 174612 and real estate 13500. Major assets include stock in several local firms and cash notes accounts receivable. Real estate covers Poor house Orchard Stonewall District and two Cameron Street homes plus a half interest in a Hawthorne Drive lot. Appraisers were Shryock White and Glaize Jr.

H. Delmer Robinson Corporation Court Clerk's Office Commercial & Saving Bank Winchester Steam Laundry Oil Heat, Inc Snapp Foundry Interstate Orchard C. L. Robinson Ice & Cold Storage Robinson Ice & Cold Storage Charles ‘Town W. Va Ridge Orchard Winchester Cold Storage Peoples Bank Charles Town Poorhouse Orchard Stonewall District N. Cameron St Hawthorne Drive F. Amos Shryock Grove White Fred L. Glaize, Jr

Airman Escapes Lynching as Russians Rough Up Airmen

Soviet civilians threatened to hang one of nine US airmen shot down in Soviet Armenia and roughed up others. Col. Dale Brannon said Maj. Bennie Shupe narrowly escaped lynching before Soviet military police intervened. Five airmen suffered rough treatment as locals held them for hours before handing them to authorities.

Wiesbaden Germany Armenia Air Force Dale D. Brannon Chardon Ohio Bennie A. Shupe Miami Fla Brannon Maj. Shupe Col. Brannon Maj Shupe Robert E. Crans Macon

Miners Buried After WV Mine Blast Officials Abandon Hope

Rescue teams reached near the explosion site at Slab Fork Coal Co No 1 mine near Beckley West Virginia but officials gave up hope of finding any miners alive. The three men Herbert Cline 42 foreman Sam Sawyers 34 and Walter Moore 38 were trapped amid evidence of explosive violence and methane gas.

Slab Fork

Joint U S Canadian Defense Group Formed

President Eisenhower and Prime Minister John Diefenbaker agreed to form a joint U S Canadian Cabinet Committee on continental defense to supplement existing bodies. They will consult fully to resolve export policy disputes, including trade with Communist China, as Ford of Canada faced car embargo frictions amid Canadian unemployment in the election campaign.

Ottawa Eisenhower John Diefenbaker U.S Red China Washington Massena N. Y St. Lawrence Seaway China United States Canada Ford Motor Co Ford

Five Days on Canyon Ledge Ends Safe for John Sanders

John L. Sanders, 35, trapped for five days on a narrow Canyon wall ledge near Conejos Canyon, was rescued and rushed to Alamosa Community Hospital. He described sleepless hours and near-fatal fear after his partner William Garver died in a fall during a fishing trip. Sanders fashioned a kite from his undershirt to signal rescuers and survived on rain water after the first two days without food.

Sanders William E. Garver University of New Mexico Conejos Canyon Here Albuquerque Army Carolyn Almosa Community Hospital Colorado New Mexico John Bill

City’s Bonded Debt Stands At $3,003,300

City Auditor Robert Barbour reported the June 30 bonded indebtedness at 3,003,300, down from 3,146,650 a year earlier. The council reviewed a June 30 breakdown of issues dating back to 1925 and noted recent loans for school additions.

Robert Barbour Barbour State Literary Fund Virginia Avenue Quarles Rouss City Hall City Hall

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