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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1956
Page
5
Report from Kuala Lumpur describes British patrols in Malaya during the ninth year of emergency. Rebels estimated at 2,500 to 3,000. casualties noted include two water buffaloes killed and one farmer wounded. War costs about three million dollars monthly and home support declines.
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Hail fell for ten minutes at Mt. Williams near the store and post office during a noon shower. The storm mixed with rain cooled the air and aided threshing of barley rye and wheat. The rain ended a June drought, refilled streams and cisterns, but delayed harvests as grain soaked in fields. Water had to be hauled for livestock at local farms due to dry wells and cisterns.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Harrison of Cross Junction were honored with Meritorious Service Awards for 250 hours of faithful service in the Ground Observers Corps. The presentation was made by General EF. E. Partridge of the U S Air Force Command of Air and Ground Defense. The Harrisons run a farm and roadside market nearby.
F Dennis of Ridgeway and W Hottle with Mrs Creswell of Martinsburg visited Mrs El Braithwaite on Saturday. Fred Collins and BE W Sotuo tech See a teenie spent Tuesday with N D Whitacre in Martinsburg and called on Edgar Collins of Bunker Hill. Portie Bennett of Inwood will stay with Mrs Braithwaite for a few days.
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