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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1959
Page
11
A burst flood surged through city streets, water gushed over curbs, with .51 inches recorded at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory and total rainfall reaching 1.06 inches at another site.
A Thousand Islands tour boat struck a shoal at night, filling with three feet of water in Gananoque Ontario. Forty American and Canadian tourists were removed safely.
Hollywood remembers Harry Fox a vaudeville comedian and contemporary of Cohan and Ziegfeld who died Monday after three years of illness. He began touring in 1906 with three-a-day shows across the United States and his last film was Easter Parade.
Republican leaders after a White House meeting called the House Labor Committee bill woefully inadequate. Senator Everett Dirksen and Representative Charles Halleck said Eisenhower still backs his reform proposals and noted Senate votes for a stronger outcome.
Opera star Maria Callas flies from Milan to NICE to join Sir Winston and Lady Churchill on a three week cruise off the Greek Archipelago. They are guests of Aristotle Onassis aboard his yacht the House. Halleck warns the labor reform bill is being diluted and vows to fight to strengthen it when it comes to the floor. The committee will meet Thursday to decide sending the bill to the House.
Marietta Ohio reports half of a torn one dollar bill linked to a will that provides a $10,000 Treasury note to the person who supplies the other half within a year. Former Gov. C William O'Neill says his client holds the missing half but details remain undisclosed. Dr Braden E Nida died July 5.
Middletown residents include Kathryn Watson and Curtis Andrews among patients at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Visitations span Baltimore, Warsaw, Greencastle, Beckley and Fairfax as families gather. The Service Class meets Thursday at 8 p.m. The annual Sunday School picnic is set for Sunday at Elizabeth Furnace.
Washington AP reports the Senate Judiciary Committee backs a constitutional amendment plan to let state governors fill House vacancies if a disaster wipes out more than half its members, enabling continuity in Congress after an atom bomb or similar catastrophe.
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