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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1958
Page
12
The screwworm fly is bluish green with three dark back stripes and about three times the size of a housefly. The female lays masses of eggs on wounds of warm blooded animals, aiding larval development.
Children of the American Revolution honored the unknown Revolutionary War soldier buried at the Old Presbyterian Meeting House Alexandria. Participants from several states, led by national president David Marley Kember Jr. of New Orleans, laid flowers on his tomb.
The Virginia State Highway Department announced a switch for Hopewell and Jamestown ferries requiring cash payment or prepaid fare coupons for service members on official business. Coupons, sold in books of 30 tickets from 5 cents to $1, cost $1.50 to $30. Refunds if coupons exceed fare will be handled by the ferry purser.
British historian Arnold J. Toynbee called Charles de Gaulle a respectable leader but in a grim position as France struggles to unite. He warned a failure could lead to a civil war akin to Spain's and threaten NATO, noting Britain and the United States would struggle to support anyone. Toynbee spoke at Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia.
In Arlington Virginia a Negro woman, Mrs. Robert A. Eldridge Jr., faces disorderly conduct charges after she refused to leave a park hosting an integrated church picnic. She was released on $16.25 collateral posted by the Unitarian Church of Arlington as a hearing is set for next Monday in Arlington County Court.
The church held its annual picnic in the park under a permit with no other groups present. The minister noted one additional Negro church family left the event shortly before police arrived.
Seventh Day Adventist missionary Elder A M Moyer on furlough from Sierra Leone will address the local Young Peoples Missionary Volunteer Service Friday at 7 30 p m and again at the 11 a m worship Saturday at the Seventh Day Adventist Church Battle Ave Virginia Ave Q.
In Norfolk AP reports Thomas N. Downing criticizes Rep. E. J. Robeson for opposing liberalization of social security benefits and a $1 minimum wage. Downing, running in the 1st District Democratic primary, accuses Robeson of voting to raise his own salary and expanding congressional offices while he awaits retirement funds.
The U S Bureau of Indian Affairs officially calls the Cherokee Chickasaw Choctaw Creek and Seminole Indians the Five Civilized Tribes.
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