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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1958
Page
7
A child in Decatur Georgia was found curled in a car trunk when the lid closed and the lock locked. A nearby yardman pried the lock loose before firefighters arrived. the child crawled out unharmed.
The State Department notified the Soviet Union that the U S Navy is surveilling shipping along ocean approaches to the United States. Soviet complaints said trawlers near the Grand Banks southeast of Nova Scotia were buzzed by U S aircraft. Officials said surveillance is routine and not a violation of freedom of navigation.
About 700 Walkers for Peace demonstrated quietly in front of the White House on Sunday. Eisenhower was away at Gettysburg. Marchers traveled from Wilmington and Winchester, with others arriving by bus. A rally near the Washington Monument followed before they dispersed.
The Sidewalk Cafe at Christ Episcopal Church will be held rain or shine on Wednesday from 11 30 a m to 2 p m on the sidewalk in front of the new Parish Hall or inside the building if weather is bad Tickets are available at Modernage from Guild members or at the event Mrs J R Yerby chairs the luncheon committee assisted by a large list of co chairs and volunteers including Mrs Horace Browne Mrs Harry Seabright Mrs Wilfred Maynard and others
Washington AP reports Western Union and the Commercial Telegraphers Union reached a two year contract in principle to avert a nationwide strike. It provides a six cent hourly wage raise effective June 1 and five cents more on Sept 1, with an additional three cent fund for wage inequities. Ratification and formal drafting remain.
A report notes life imprisonment is the penalty for murder in Maine Michigan Minnesota North Dakota Rhode Island Wisconsin and Puerto Rico. The article outlines criminal penalties across these jurisdictions and implications for sentencing practices.
The State Highway Commission awarded a $44 206 contract for Route 732 in Frederick County to Buckley Lages Inc Winchester. The project will connect Middle Road to Cedar Creek Grade with a 24 foot roadway and 16 foot crushed stone surface. Plans include calcium chloride treatment and later bituminous surface once consolidated. 120 day construction window.
May 21 reports Moore Brothers Company of Verona won a 1.17 mile dual lane highway contract for Interstate 81 in Pulaski County with a low bid of 1 042 617 dollars. Walder and Flournoy Inc of Richmond got another Route 81 inter change project for 160 106 dollars. In 1952 the National Park Service sent 40 cherry tree cuttings from Washington back to Japan due to wartime wood losses.
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