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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1957
Page
3
In Binghamton, New York, four youths headed for a moonlight swim died when their car went off an embankment onto railroad tracks and overturned. Victims Elias Polovchak 21 Robert Liberacki 24 Harry Kostic 32 and Constance Abbott 15 were killed. Katherine Abbott 17 and Shirley Hinds 19 were hospitalized in serious condition.
The Virginia traffic toll reached 444 as four people died on state highways over the weekend. In Russell County a single car crash near Lebanon killed Bluefield band leader Robert L. Burnette 39 and pianist Charles Lash of Pulaski, injuring six others. The limousine driver Harold T. Herndon of Lincolntown NC reportedly dozed. In Richmond County John H. Gray 19 died after a car crashed into a tree. hitchhiker LeRoy Lloyd 36 of Quinton New Kent County died at the scene. The other hitchhiker Alvin C. Taliaferro 19 survived.
A narrator praises a Cadillac’s stellar longevity and reliability as it pledges to travel hundreds of thousands of miles. The piece extols the car’s great quality timeless styling and dependable performance, framing ownership as a long lasting promise of value.
Four police officers used night sticks and fired their pistols into the air to break up a brawl of 80 to 100 people outside and inside a Gloucester taproom. Six were stabbed or bruised as white patrons clashed with black workers, then reinforcements arrived and order was restored after nearly an hour.
Miss Mary Barnsley returned to Winchester Memorial Hospital for a week of observation. Edith Jolliffe remains a patient there. The McAboy sisters visited grandparents Harry and Cynthia McAboy. Dinner guests included Legge Purtleburg and Rogers families of Winchester. Huyett Light attended a Fredericksburg PTA council meeting. Lamp and Gore hosted dinner guests in Winchester. Yula Cather family visited Natural Bridge on July 14. Weekend guests included Coxes from Malvern Pennsylvania. Monte Stuckey visited his mother Mrs. Whitmore. Gertrude Marshall of Dayton Ohio stays with the Robinsons. Bill Hoar moved to the Orndorff home. Mary Arnold attended day camp at Senseny Park. Henry B. Cline and family attended Berryville Yard Party.
Wednesday night visits included Miss Jo Anne Lamp and Miss Phyllis D Alessio guests of Miss Susan Gore and Miss Sharon Cather. Stonewall Home Demonstration Club outdoor picnic set for Lions Shelter Winchester while Stonewall Busy Bees 4 H Club plans a July 25 hayride at Bunker Hill Park. Nearby hosting visitors were Mr and Mrs James Lupton and Margaret Lancaster of Alexandria and Mr and Mrs Lester Arnold Jr with guests from Syria and Roanoke. Arnold travels to Hancock Maryland for a meeting.
The 1906 San Francisco quake and ensuing blaze killed 452 people, left thousands homeless, and devastated much of the city core, with widespread fires burning for days and international relief flowing in.
Easy sewing with a Printed Pattern 4843 for half sizes 14 to 26, showing a six gore skirt with pockets and three sleeve versions. Includes size yardage, printed directions, and mail order details to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. The Star New York.
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