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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1955
Page
3
Saturday schedule compilation lists WRC WMAL WTTG and other channels with cartoons movies news and variety shows across afternoon to late night. Entries include Cartoons The Soldiers Dunninger Horace Heidt Gene Autry Ford Lipton era programs and sports updates with multiple time blocks and channel labels.
A dense listing of Saturday and Sunday programs across the WINC schedule includes music blocks, news at several times, religious features, talk shows, and special segments. The lineup features Henry Jerome, Lawrence Wilk, the Hotel Stavler Orchestra, the Washington at Kansas City game, and ABC network programs with Weather updates.
A listing of daily radio programming from 9:30 to 5:45 featuring shows such as Breakfast Club True Story Whispering Streets When a girl Marries Modern Romance Music Off Record News Civic Calendar Rural Roundup Band Wagon Noon Tun Paul Harvey Ted Malone Matinee Records Betty Crocker Martin Block F-Rhythm Rural Rhythm News Weather Star Time Hit Parade and Serenade, with time slots and hosts.
Radio and TV schedule notes list programs from 6:15 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. including News Commentaries News Broadcasts Capitol Cloakroom Gunsmoke Drama True or Failse Two for Money Grand Ole Opry Chicago Theater and Dance Orchestra with associated networks and hosts.
A fragmented listing shows a Sunday afternoon to late evening radio schedule with multiple shows and hosts. Notable items include Billy Graham Dr. Wyatt Gene Autry Gary Crosby John Derr and the West Point Band among many studio concerts and news segments.
Soviet papers Pravda and Izvestia criticize American and British plans ahead of the Geneva summit. Pravda condemns Harold Stassen's disarmament plan as confusing the talks and criticizes Eden's Germany plan favoring all German elections. Izvestia accuses Western circles of pushing for a West German army and a militarized West Germany.
Listings detail numerous property transfers across Winchester and Frederick County. Transfers include parcels on Valley Avenue, S Washington Street, U.S. Route 50, and Route 522 with multiple buyers and sellers, and values totaling thousands. The query about white rhinoceroses appears as a separate trivia note with measurements and weight.
William and Mary rector James M. Robertson says a board statement did not intend to deny freedom of thought to any faculty or staff. He responds to three department heads who objected to a June 25 board report praising administration under President Alvin Chandler and calling a student report vicious and vindictive.
A Japanese magazine cites Hiroshi Akiyama claiming World War II germ warfare unit 731 killed 1 500 to 2 000 at a Harbin area center. He describes human guinea pigs, cremations, germ bombs, and a porcelain bomb dispersing germ laden gelatin. Soviet accusations followed in 1950.
Quoted prices from White, Weld & Company Winchester list stocks including American Furniture, Bank of Clarke County, Commonwealth Nat l Gas, Dan River Mills, Farmers & Merchants Nat l, George Washington Hotel, Green Chemical, Life Insurance Co of Virginia, N W Industries, National Fruit Product, O Sullivan Rubber, Shenandoah Apple Cider and Vinegar, Victor Products, Virginia Storage, Potomac Edison, and Winchester Storage with bid prices and par values where shown.
A local advertisement proclaims Winchester as the Valley’s busiest shopping hub with bargains and a wide selection. The note highlights value, variety, and daily deals to attract shoppers.
Relatives report the death of Mary Small Fauntleroy widow of Col Powell Conrad Fauntleroy at her Washington home yesterday A funeral service and burial will take place in York Pennsylvania
A reader asks which plant pollen triggers summer hay fever, goldenrod or ragweed. Experts note ragweed pollen is the common and potent allergen in summer, while goldenrod pollen is less allergenic and typically non culprit for hay fever.
The text notes many blame goldenrod for sneezing but ragweed pollen spreads on light breezes, making it the more likely pollen cause.
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