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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1959
Page
4
The page lists the Winchester Evening Star staff and contact details with editors and managers. It shows circulation information and pricing, plus Associated Press affiliation and national representation details. The date is Saturday July 18 1959.
A new Winchester Frederick County Industrial Corporation names William M. Battaile as president with Paul Plumly George Lucas and Wilbur M. Feltner as officers and a strong board. The group aims to spur new industries and expand existing ones to boost the local economy. Hollywood pivots a TV Western hero from colorless schnook to Civil War past to boost audience interest.
The University of Bridgeport plans a science hall of fame in a new science building. The first 25 members from 50 nations include Newton Pasteur Galileo Darwin Curie Hippocrates Aristotle Euclid Archimedes da Vinci Boyle Priestly Faraday Roentgen and others. The honor requires the deceased for at least 10 years and aims to inspire future generations.
The piece urges support for Billy Graham led revivals and ponders a new revelation amid space age concerns. It contrasts past divine revelations from Abraham Moses Jesus with a hope that a great revelation could bless humanity in coming centuries.
Rogers M Blough chairman of United States Steel Corp cautions against relying on wishful thinking to achieve prosperity and security. He warns that spending beyond means and inflating wages while currency loses value leads to a meaningless result.
Native of Frederick county Mrs Flora Baker died in Fairfax County one month before her 105th birthday. She was buried beside her husband in Mt Hebron cemetery. Mr and Mrs Homer E Alberti moved from West Cork street to their new home on Parkway.
Army air corps Alaska flying squadron begins an 8000 mile mission with ten bombing planes taking off from Bolling Field on the first leg. In local farming news E L Humston threshes 450 bushels of wheat in a single day marking a notable agricultural achievement in the southern county.
50 Years Ago 1909 Little Iris Barr daughter of Mrs Owen Barr night operator at the Bell telephone exchange fell off the porch and broke her arm Mr and Mrs A B Wyndham and daughter Miss Retta Belle of Berryville came to Winchester in Mr Wyndham s new automobile and spent the day with Mr T C Wyndham Senator Flint of California and Senator Guggenheim of Colorado had arrived in Winchester in Senator Flint s 16000 touring car They were touring the Valley
A study of the dime novel era from 1860 to 1910, tracing Beadle's rise in New York and the popularity of cliffhanger heroes like Nick Carter and Frank Merriwell. It notes villain archetypes, rapid single sitting reads, moralist campaigns, and the lasting colonial impulse toward self reliance and adventure.
A short puzzle feature offers a 100 question IQ style test with daily results. It lists scoring bands from memory genius to good and directs readers to Page 2 for answers. Questions cover Robin Hood wife Rip van Winkle dog Klan era blood and sand sport horology Notre Dame Punic Wars Tallahassee and fatted calf phrase meaning.
Three people died in Virginia highway crashes raising the annual toll to 422. Sterling Hill, 40, of Kenbridge, was struck near Kenbridge in Lunenburg County on State Route 137. Ethel J. Fields, 63, of Roanoke, died after a crash on US 21 near Independence in Grayson County. John Wayne Hanes, 15, of Plain View, King and Queen County, was killed when his bicycle was hit at the intersection of State Routes 14 and 605.
Motorist stops by motorcycle officer Ross Beronda and comments on a woman's voice giving radio instructions. Beronda replies that the voice may be as bad as his wife around. The exchange occurs at police headquarters with women operators present.
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