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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1956

Page

10

Easy Sewing Pattern 4583 for Children's Dresses

Pattern 4583 offers a strawberry pocket sundress and separate pinafore for girls sizes 2 4 6 8. Includes yardage 35 inch fabric for pinafore and 2 yards for dress, simple illustrated flow, and fit tested. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents mailing to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept New York.

Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N. Y

Clarke Shooting Trial Postponed

The jury trial of Lelia B. Garner, 38, charged with malicious shooting, was postponed in Clarke County Circuit Court because key witness Charles Lockley remains hospitalized. Garner stays jailed on $1,000 bail with no new trial date set.

Lelia B. Garner Clarke County Charles Lockley Lockley Summit Point Road Berryville Commonweath Edward McWilliams Tyree Dillard, Jr Stuart E. Brown, Jr

Democrats Taunt GOP Over Dixon Yates Contract Void Motion

Democratic senators assailed the administrations bid to have courts declare the Dixon Yates contract unlawful. They called the move a campaign issue while the Justice Department urged dismissal of a $3.54 million suit against the government citing public policy and potential dual roles in negotiations.

Gop Dixon Yates Washington Dixon - Yates Sen Gore D-Tenn Eisenhower Dixon-Yates Sen. Hickenlooper Iowa Department Adolphe H. Wenzell

How the Walrus Got Its Name

Norse sailors are believed to have named the walrus hvalross or whale horse, combining whale and horse to describe the bulky marine mammal.

Hvalross

Fredericksburg Crash Claims Fourth Victim in Family Tragedy

A three car crash four miles north of Fredericksburg on U S 1 in Stafford County kills Patsy Fay Moore 13 and Edith Virginia Moore 8, their mother Edith Moore 43 and brother Gordon 6. The father Woodrow W Moore 43 is a Fort Belvoir sergeant. A Roanoke man, Charles Stuart Evans 51, dies when thrown from a truck on U S 221 in Roanoke County.

Fredericksburg Roanoke Virginia Patsy Fay Moore Petersburg Stafford County Edith Virginia Washington Walter Reed Hospital Edith Moore Gordon Woodrow W. Moore Ft. Belvoir Walter Reed Charles Stuart Evans U. S. 221 Roanoke County

Red Jets Could Rule Skies in New Korean Attack

South Korea air chief Lt. Gen. Kim Chung Yul warned that if Communist forces strike again in Korea, waves of Red jets could overwhelm Allied air power within minutes. He said defenses would be inadequate and air control hard to regain. U.S. officers noted the growing Red fleet and linked it to shifts in U.S. air strength from Korea amid truce violations.

Seoul South Korea Korea Kim Chung Yul ROK Republic of Korea Kim U.S Washington State Department United States

Youth Governments Inaugurated In Blacksburg

The annual Boys and Girls State winds up as Carol Huddle of Radford and Earl Dudley of Vienna were inaugurated yesterday as governors. Today they appointed cabinet members and other officers for the youth governments.

Blacksburg Carol Huddle Radford Earl Dudley Vienna

Lion of the Year Honors Howard Shockey in Winchester

Howard Shockey was named Lion of the Year by the Winchester Lions Club at its installation meeting at the George Washington Hotel. He is the 11th recipient since 1946.

Howard Shockey Winchester Lions Club George Washington Hotel Jack Middleton Fauquier Lions Club Earl L. Mason Carter Baker James R. Wilkins H. Armstead Lowry Ralph A. Cain Willard A. Spaid Jack R. Ireland Lion Tanner Burton D. Mercer E. Preston C. A. Hobert Cecil E. Adams Bernard Groves, Jr Verlus Sirbaugh C. A. Dorton, Jr Arthur W. Mumpower Shockey Shenandoah Valley Grace Lutheran Church National Fruit Product Company Miller St C. F. Schenck George Sanders J. R. Alexander Marvin Weaver Paul Anderson Howard Cahill Cecil Adams Robert Jasper J. Thomas Boyd

Odds Favor Good Weather During GOP Convention

San Francisco weather odds for the Republican National Convention opening August 20 show fair with morning fog as the usual pattern. Temperature chance reaches 60 degrees each day is 20 to 1, 70 degrees or less favored at 20 to 3, and 80 degrees unlikely at 50 to 1, per State Climatologist Robert F. Dale.

San Francisco Robert F. Dale Dale

Friday the 13th beliefs spark caution in New Jersey study

Rutgers sociologist Dr. Joseph B. Mater warns belief in unlucky days and numbers can cause people to tense up and become dangerous to themselves. He notes that despite dismissing the superstition as bosh, many act on it with real behavioral effects and worry.

Newark N. J Rutgers University Joseph B. Mater Rutgers Newark College of Arts and Sciences

Bethany City's Water Surplus After Heavy Rainfall

Bethany Missouri reports a dramatic water shift as three weeks of shortages end. The reservoir swells with 60 million gallons following heavy rains from East Big Creek, easing the municipal shortage and prompting plans to manage the surplus.

Bethany Big Creek

Ritenour Rites Held On Monday

Funeral service for William Russell Ritenour who died July 6 was held Monday at Pairview Methodist Church in Stephens City. The Rev. Carroll Cochriage and Rev. Arthur Carper officiated with burial at Green Mill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Oscar Zigler H. R. Mills Marcus Brodemeyer Crowell Conner Myron Ritenour and Lucious Ritenour.

William Russell Ritenour Pairview Methodist Church Stephens City Carroll Cochriage Arthur Carper Green Mill Cemetery Oscar Zigler H. R. Mills Marcus Brodemeyer Crowell Conner Myron Ritenour Lucious Ritenour

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