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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1959

Page

5

Carp trapped by secret tunnel in park lagoon

Police speculated the carp entered through a subterranean passage from the park lagoon and could not swim out. AP Wirephoto accompanies the note on the unusual capture.

Park

Boom Forces Spur Economy To New Highs

New York reports a booming economy with May set as the largest business month on record. Consumer demand across cars, clothes, food, and housing drives activity. construction surges. steel wage talks stall amid a looming Memorial Day pause.

New York Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Steel

Reputed Numbers Rackets Operator Is Dead at 74

Caesar J. Benvenuti, 74, once a noted numbers racket figure on Chicago's South Side in the 1940s, died Friday in a Phoenix hospital after a brief illness. Survived by widow Mary, son Victor of Chicago, sister Lena Nottoli, and one grandchild.

Phoenix Ariz Caesar J. Benvenuti Chicago South Side Benvenuti Ovation Leo Capone

Worm Farmer Taps Growth From Worm Farm Business

DOYLESTOWN Pa Mrs Brinker runs a thriving worm farm begun six years ago after reading about organic gardening. She now supplies about 120 000 worms yearly to sporting goods stores for bait charging eight dollars per two thousand. Her grandson Bob Cosner bags the worms while Brinker gains potting soil as a by product.

Houewife Bob Cosner Mechanicsville

Brinker turns worm venture into growing farm business

The Brinker couple expanded a worm business from the cellar to the back yard, with a sign in front of the Brink er house advertising the farm. Mrs. Brinker finds it a good money maker and compares it favorably to a dog kennel, noting space is running short for worm boxes.

Brinker

17 Year Old Bridegroom Found Dead After Elopement

Fort Smith Arkansas police report 17 year old John Louis Maddox shot to death at his home shortly after eloping with Peggy Stroud 16. The couple married Saturday and returned to inform his parents. A 12 gauge shotgun lay near Maddox as they woke to a loud noise.

Fort Smith, Ark Bob Salt John Louis Maddox Peggy Stroud Maddox

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