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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1957

Page

5

Vice President's Brother to Wed in Navy Chapel

Edward C. Nixon son of the Vice President will marry Miss Gay Lynn Woods in a quiet Navy chapel ceremony in Pensacola Florida. Nixon, 27, recently received his naval reserve commission after earning a geology masters from NC State and a Duke Durham degree. The engagement was announced in New Orleans in February and the ceremony is set for today with attendance expected from the Nixon family and Miss Woods’s relatives.

Pensacola Fila Edward C. Nixon Nixon Gay Lynn Woods New Orleans Navy Young Nixon University Durham N.C North Carolina State Raleigh Naval Reserve Miss Woods Vernon Woods Blue Ridge Golf Club Formaily A. W. Sommaripa Washington Coggeshall Kuhn Amory Sommaripa Alexis Bellfield Sommaripa New Haven Conn William Payne Lawrence Williams Ian Walter Lee Oxenham Pochon A R Dunning Ashton Lee Wiliam Claggett Berryville David Nes Washington, D. C Nes Ryton Benjamin Harrison Frank E. Christopher William West Morgantown W Va

Millwood Socials Recap of Week of Gatherings

Millwood social notices list dinners and hosted visits. Brig Gen Ellsworth Davis and wife are guests this week from Washington. Guests include Walter Eversman of Toledo and local families Mr. and Mrs. Greenhalgh, Rev. Williams, Mr. Tupper, Mrs. Burkham visiting Apple Hill and St Louis connections.

Blue Ridge Lawrence Williams W. Conroy Wilson Tyson Gilpin Tyree Dillard A. R Dunning Kenneth Gilpin, Jr John McIntosh William Bell Watkins W. B. Watkins, Jr Gibson Island Alexander Mackay-Smith Far Hills Reese Howard Edgar Scott Villa Nova Mackay -Smith Radnor Hunt Club Callender Abram Hewitt Kenneth Edwards Warrenton James W. Fletcher Sperryville Westfelt John Magruder George Greenhalgh Ashton Lee Walter Lee Vaida Aston Lee Eversman Francis B Rhein T. C Tupper Elzey Burkham St. Louis William Tupper Apple Hill

Rouss Wins Prize At Warrenton Parade

The Rouss Fire Company placed second as the best appearing company with musical unit in Warrenton's parade last night. The pumper and Drum and Bugle Corps were awarded the $35 prize. The Scarlet Rebels from Stephens City Drum and Bugle Corps won first in their category. The Friendship Fire Company also entered its fire truck in the parade.

Rouss Fire Company Iremen Warrenton Scarlet Rebels Stephens City Friendship Fire Company

Television Schedule Plentiful on Channel Lineup

A dense, print style TV grid lists Channel 4 through Channel 5 and others with hourly and half hour blocks. Programs include Traffic Court News from 4 Corners Perry Como George Gobel Show and a range of dramas comedies and sports across multiple stations. Data-heavy schedule shows titles like Gunsmoke Lawence Welk Show The Jackie Gleason Show and Gospel and educational programs interspersed with weather and news segments.

Livestock Prices Reported For Chicago Market

Salable hogs total 1000 with barrows and gilts 1.50 to 1.75 higher and sows 1.25 to 1.50 higher. No 1 hog price 20.65 highest since July 5 1955. Cattle salable 100 with finished steers and heifers up to 50 higher, cows and bulls strong to 50 higher. Slaughter lambs weak to 50 lower, ewes steady. good to prime and utility classes listed with several weight bands and price ranges.

Chicago USDA

Polish housemaid on trial for murder in Macomber case

A Polish born maid denies killing her employer Thelma Macomber, 42, in Studio City California claiming innocence as police build a circumstantial case. The crime involved a vacuum cleaner used to murder and a bed set ablaze to hide it.

Los Angeles Linda Mintz Thelma Macomber Max Tatch

Limb Pierces Man Throat in Fall Down Embankment

Deputy Coroner reports Edward J. Neibert a Danville transient died when a broken tree limb pierced his throat after a fall down an embankment near a busy road in Pottsville Pennsylvania. He appeared to have bled to death.

Pottsville Conrad Koch Danville Edward J. Neibert Jonah Reese Neibert

Annexation plan eyed for Blacksburg area expansion

The proposal to annex about four square miles would more than triple Blacksburg's size and double its population, adding 4 300 Tech students to about 7 000 residents. Tech students fear a new $4 auto license tax and other town taxes without voting rights or town benefits. A hearing on May 14 in Christiansburg Circuit Court will review whether annexation is necessary and expedient.

Tech Blacksburg Jimmy Wise Roanoke Ted Dalton Radford Dalton Wise Christiansburg State Supreme Court of Appeals

Russians Claim Somb So Big It Defies Testing

Warsaw reports Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev described a monstrously large H-bomb in a Kremlin meeting with Polish journalists. He claimed the device so vast it cannot be tested even in the Soviet Union and warned of global tidal effects and widespread destruction.

Warsaw Soviet Union Poland Pubi API Nikita Khrushchev Kremlin Arctic North Pole London Khrushchev So Union Scandinavia Brita France

Pravda Reacts to U S China Policy Shift Diplomatic Defeat

Pravda declares the United States suffered a diplomatic defeat as it eased controls on Communist China. The piece cites Moscow Radio and a Peiping Paris London roundup, arguing Washington’s Cold War stance harmed U S interests and praising the move as a setback for U S policy.

Pravda U.S China Orn Peiping Paris Rome London Moscow Radio Stickey United States Alexander Alexandrov Washington U.S.A

Tunisian-France tensions rise over border clash

Tunisia accuses France of killings and injuries in a clash near the Algerian border as French soldiers remain in Tunisia. Tunisian officials say six soldiers were killed and 18 wounded, including two high officials, amid ongoing disputes over alleged Tunisian support for Algerian rebels.

France

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