Coordinated Traffic Lights vs Independent Signals Study
A report to the Highway Research Board by Brian J. Lewis of Skidmore Owings Merrill argues coordinated traffic signals perform worse on expressways with speeds up to 45 mph due to platooning. Cars bunch up and arrive at next lights together, reducing flow compared with traffic actuated systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brian J. Lewis
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
San Francisco
Calif
Highway Research Board
Classified Display Ad Rates and Submission Terms
Public notice of classified display ads sets a rate of 1.75 per column inch per day with a 50 cent minimum. Cash must accompany out of town ads. Closing hours require ads received by 10 a.m. at The Star Office to be included in the same day issue.
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Star
Russell Proposes U S Deal Directly With Iraqi Rebels
Senator Richard Russell proposes the United States negotiate directly with Iraq's revolutionary regime to stabilize the Middle East crisis and enable troop withdrawal from Lebanon. He urges dispatching Robert Murphy to Baghdad for talks with Premier Abdel Kerim Kassem and questions UN action efficacy.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
United States
Iraq
Middle East
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S
Lebanon
Fisenhower
Beirut
Robert Murphy
Baghdad
Abdel Kerim Kassem
United Nations
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
U.N. General Assembly
General Assembly
Soviet Union
U.N
William F. Knowland
Disease Spreader Aids Plant Disease Resistance Study
An automatic disease spreader speeds testing of avocados for root rot resistance. A temperature controlled tank exposes 100 seedlings to infected water nutrient solution, allowing several hundred seedlings to be tested monthly. Dr. George A. Zentmyer notes about 5,000 acres of California avocados have been destroyed by the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Calif
George A. Zentmyer
University of California
California
Lost rings and a calf notice from local classifieds
Lost and missing items listed include two diamond rings a solitaire and a cluster ring with a reward offered for return or information. Contact 415 Shenandoah Place or MO 2-7239. Also lost a black calf two miles west of Stephens City call 361-1-11.
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Mercury
Shenandoah Place
Stephens City
Wanted automotive sales men and bookkeeper in Winchester
WANTED three men aged 22 to 50 with selling experience to sell new and used cars at Smith Pontiac Sales and Service Winchester Virginia. Must be willing to work long hours and furnish references. Also WANTED a bookkeeper who can type with automotive experience preferred send Box 40 Winchester Star.
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Smith Pontiac Sales& Service
Gerrard St
Valley Ave
Winchester
Care
Winchester Star
Camp Pendleton Cancels Leaves Amid Middle East Crisis
Camp Pendleton suspends nearly all leaves for 1st Marine Division, with only emergency breaks allowed. The 3rd Marine Air Wing at El Toro restricts liberty to 50 miles. 30 day-leave personnel face possible recall if orders come. A spokesman says the division stays ready for a possible move to the Middle East.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
1St Marine Division
Middle East
3Rd Marine Air Wing
el Toro
Marine
Fence around Grange Hall Cemetery planned here
Trustees request donations for fencing of Grange Hall Cemetery. Local residents Claude Carper Arthur Cather and Clifton Lewis of Winchester Virginia RT 2 RS lend support, with a dated note from July 22 1911.
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Grange Hall Cemetery
Claude Carper
Arthur Cather Clifton Lewis
Winchester
Mathematical Whiz Receives Army Discharge
Pvt. Ernest Shult, a 25 year old mathematical prodigy, was granted a special discharge from the Army after transfers from clerical duties at Ft. Lee to Edgewood Maryland. The move followed advocacy by Southern Illinois University faculty and a complaint from Dr. Carl C. Lindegren over his misplacement. He was drafted in April 1957 and had been researching heredity and cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Edgewood
Weapons Research Division
Carl C. Lindegren
Army
Lindegren
Herbert M. Jones
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Dililah Piggott
Four children express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and floral tributes during the illness and death of their mother Mrs. Dililah Piggott.
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Dililah Piggott
Clark's Grocery seeks beer license hearing July 31 1958
Public notice states Robert Leonard Clark will appear before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on July 31 1958 to apply for a license to retail beer above 3.2 percent alcohol content at Clark's Grocery three miles north of Whitacre on Route 45 off premises consumption to be sold.
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Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Clark's Grocery
Whitacre
Robert Leonard Clark Clark
Notice to creditors of Charles William Warner estate
Anyone owing or having claims against the estate of the late Charles William Warner should contact E Kenneth Warner administrator of the estate. Insurance ad 7 21 31.
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Charles William Warner
E. Kenneth Warner
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M. D. Weaver
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E. E. Bayliss, Jr
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Hable's
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GE Appliances
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Anderson
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Loudoun St
C. E. Overhulser
Reserve Life Insurance Company
Winchester Concrete Products
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Singer Sewing Center
Wood Ave
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Bryan Stotler
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Rouss Ave
S. Cameron St
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N. Braddock St
BUICK
Riviera
Chapman Motor Co
Pine Motor Co
Chrysler
Dodge
Shenandoah Motors
H. G. Lewin
American Brake Shoe
B. M. Sullivan
Mohawk
Jimmy Alexander
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