Miss Lucy Fitzhugh Kurtz Honored On Confederate Day
Winchester tributes Miss Lucy Fitzhugh Kurtz of the Turner-Ashby Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy for decades of service to Confederate Memorial Day activities and veterans widows and orphans. The Star lauds her as a beloved, amiable community figure and Christian Southern gentlewoman.
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Tomorow
Lucy ’. Kurtz
Lucy
Turner- Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Old South
UDC
Confederate States of America
Winchester
Lucy Fitzhugh Kurtz
Space explorers near first manned space act
The article notes the approaching era of space travel with satellite launches as precursors to manned spaceflight. It highlights the forthcoming 18 month IGY as the era of unprecedented global Earth studies and the sensational potential of space research.
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International Geophysical Year
IGY
Space satellites move from fantasy toward reality amid testing
Maj. Gen. Donald N. Yates explains that launch dates cannot be fixed. Agencies from the Army Signal Corps to the Naval Research Laboratory will install instruments on satellites to study cloud cover, cosmic radiation, solar radiation, and interplanetary dust as part of advancing space exploration.
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Donald N. Yates
Air Force Missile Test Center
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Army Signal Corps
Cambridge, Mass
Air Force Research Center
University of Maryland
Naval Research Laboratory
State University of Iowa
Glenn L. Martin Company
Editorial Digest From Multiple Newspapers
A digest compiles the most engaging editorials from about forty newspapers received daily. It highlights current debates, policy stances, and prominent opinion voices shaping public discourse across regions and topics.
Spelling It Flammable Post Dispatch Debate
The piece argues that inflammable and flammable mean the same but danger arises from misreading the prefix in. It notes companies replacing inflammable with flammable to avoid confusion and potential accidents around fuel and chemical tankers on highways.
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O and Chemical
Governor Smith on tax program and civic attitude
Oregon Governor Elmo Smith warns that the public views taxes as others’ burden and services as entitlements. He says many groups seek minimal taxes while maximal privileges, leading to wasteful government and growing political control.
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Elmo Smith
Oregon
Various Local Elections And Notable Occurrences From 1955
Mer. J. A. Hotinger elected head of the Woman's Civic League. T. Ainsworth Sperry re-elected president of Middletown Fire Co. Paul Reissig becomes grand knight of Valley Council Knights of Columbus, succeeding Michael Grow. A. Harold Rowe family embarks on a 15,000 mile car and trailer trip from Winchester to Fort Yukon and back via Canada. Wrist watches awarded to Handley Senior’s Gerald Dulaney and Barbara Wheeler at 4 32 p.m. Saturday after 30 years of annual presentations. Martha DeHart elected president of Averett College student body. Morning fire damages LaSalle Hotel in Chicago loop. German Carver announces daughter Thelma Virginia’s marriage to Hinkle Boyd Newlin. Ricardo M. Arias graduates Shenandoah Valley Academy. others include Byrd Jr., Crenshaw, Weems, Winsler. Alfred Bland Tucker WI and James Brinkerhof Vredenburgh to graduate from Annapolis as Ensigns. Mrs. Susie Glass Strider and Katherine Strider visit relatives in Corewallis Montana.
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Mer. J. A. Hotinger
Woman's Civic League
T. Ainsworth Sperry
Middletown Fire Co
Paul Reissig
The
Valley Council Knights of Columbus
Michael Grow
A. Harold Rowe
Winchester
Fort Yukon
Alaska
Canada
Hodgson
Brown
Handley Senior
Gerald Dulaney
Barbara Wheeler
Martha DeHart
Ruppenthal
Averett College
LaSalle Hotel
Chicago Loop District
German Carver
Thelma Virginia
Hinkle Boyd Newlin
Edna Newlin
Ricardo M. Arias
Panama
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Richard D. Crenshaw
John William Weems
John Levi Winsler
Alfred Bland Tucker
James Brinkerhof Vredenburgh
Annapolis
Susie Glass Strider
Katherine Strider
Thomas R. Glass
Corewallis
Montana
Post renames in memory of local WW II hero Char Hoover
Members of the Robert Y. Conrad Poat American Legion held a silent stand in vote and unanimously changed the Posts name to the Conradt Hoover Post to honor Char Loring Hoover, the first local man to die in World War II. At least 58 persons were killed in an early incident.
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Robert Y. Conrad Poat
American Legion
Conradt-Hoover
Char Loring Hoover
Local Socials and Livestock News of the Day
Mrs Updike and guests visited Dr Ashby Humsten for the evening. J H Sowers and M H Trenary shipped a record lamb carload from Boyce totaling 275 head with an average weight of 64 pounds. Nannie Russell, daughter of L J Russell, showed improvement after an appendicitis threat.
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Updike
Mabel Willis
Eleanor Carver
George W. Hardy
Woman Vice-President Has Only One Obstacle Men
New York report profiles Miss Lou Payne organizer of Mrs Homemaker's Forum which polled housewives and found 85 percent in favor of a woman vice president. The group pursues endorsements for skirt wearing candidates and vows action toward 1960.
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New York
United States
Lou Payne
Joan of Arc
Veep
Chicago
Mrs. Homemaker's Forum
Miss Payne
National Party
Washington
Ing
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Italy
Clare Boothe Luce
Frances E Willis
Switzerland
Roosevelt
United Nations
Strength For The Day on Dead Sea Scrolls Significance
The Dead Sea scrolls push back Hebrew manuscript dates to 100–200 B C, linking ancient beliefs and proving a continuous history for Judaism and Christianity. The discovery strengthens faith by reducing religious doubt and clarifying biblical certainty amid modern moral challenges.
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Dead Sea
Missing Sewer Dispute Leads City to Extend Main
Norman Manire sought a sewer line he paid for 40 years ago but could not locate. City Engineer John C. Thompson said the line sits 55 feet from his property and would cost 200 dollars to extend. City Council approved the recommended action.
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Belleville
Norman Manire
John C. Thompson
Manire
Rainfall Totals and Averages for 43 Years
Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8:30 am today was none. June total to date 1.16 inches, year to date 14.92 inches. Average annual rainfall over 43 years is 36.95 inches. Monthly averages (inches) for 1912 1955: January 2.45, February 1.95, March 2.98, April 3.10, May 3.90, June 3.90, July 3.69, August 3.99, September 2.65, October 3.22, November 2.57, December 2.46.
Hoarseness Persists Better See Your Doctor
Dr Hermann Bundesen explains hoarseness after upper respiratory infections. Most cases resolve, but persistence beyond two weeks warrants medical check. those over 50 with hoarseness lasting a month should seek evaluation. Causes include laryngeal nerve pressure, thyroid disease, inflammation, nodules, or tumors. Rest the voice, consider steam and mild sedatives, and follow physician guidance.
How's Your I Q Based On 100 Questions
A vintage quiz prompts readers to score themselves on a 100 question test taken over 10 days with graded outcomes from Memory Genius to Good. It includes ten trivia prompts across oddity literature Bible science nature and word lore asking about English court language after 1066, Rowena’s novel, a biblical quote, a blind poet, melting ice without heaters, a miracle drug for infections, smell and taste, Alfred E. Smith middle name, the oyez origin phrase, and a line about insects in a swamp.
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Rowena
Walter Scott
Alfred E. Smith
Three Arrested in Graveyard Plant Theft in Knoxville
In Knoxville Tennessee police report three suspects two women among them were arrested for stealing potted plants from graves at two city cemeteries. The incident drew attention to cemetery vandalism and prompted investigations by local authorities.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Television Tonight Channel Listings with Primetime Lineup
The page lists Channel 4 5:00 to 11:15 programs including I Married Joan Susie Ann Sothern Footlight Theater Paul Arnold Newsom Superman Dinah Shore News Caravan Milton Berle Playwrights 56 Nick and Letty Big Town News Weather Tonight Steve Allen. Channel 5 5:00 Lamb Session 6:00 Looney Tunes 7:00 Western Marshal 8:00 The Miracle of the Bells 9:30 Masterpiece Theater Passport to Heaven 11:15 Featurama 12:00 Sign Off Channel 9 6:00 The Cisco Kid 7:00 Do You Trust Your Wife 9:00 Guy Lombardo 10:00 $64 000 Question 11:15 The Late Show Desert Storm Mooring 5:00 My Little Margie 5:30 Foreign Incident
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Ann Sothern
Footlight
Paul Arnold
Newsom
Superman
Dinah Shore
News Caravan
Milton Berle
Fireside Theater
Playwrights
Nick and Letty
Sprague
Steve Allen
Waterfront
Fred McMurray
Masterpiece Theater
Albert Basserman
Featurama
Channel 9
Cisco Kid
Duncan Renaldo
D. Edwards
George de Witt
Phil Silvers
Guy Lombardo
Red Skelton
MacDonald Carey
Georges Marchal
Dany Robin
Margie
Gale Storm
Television Schedule for Channel 4 7 5 Daytime Lineup
A dense listing outlines Channel 4 programs from 12 noon to 5 pm including It Could Be You, King of the Turf, Tennessee Ernie Ford Show, Matinee Theater, Queen for a Day, and Evening features. W. Walker hosts Pete's Place with Big Night film, then Secret Storm and The Edge of the Night.
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Channel 4
Adolphe Menjou
Tennessee Ernie Ford
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Frederick
H. F. Byrd, JR
National Representa’ Rives
Gallagher-DeLisser Inc
East 44Th Street
New York City
Mohawk
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W Va
Miss Lucy
St Louis Post-Dispatch
Altoona
the Star
Hal Boyle
America
England
U. S
Forum
Sy Eari & Douglas
Hermann
Bundesen, M.D
J. R
Scotts
Texas
U.S
I. Q
William I
Edward II
E. Faucett
R. J. Scott
Potomac
Vernon
British West Indies
King
Winchester Laundromat
W. Hart S
Diane
Mlusie
Joan
Susie
Channel 5
Lamb
Art Lamb
Dee Norman
Cindy Lou
Steve Donovan
Channel
Mickey Mouse
Allen
Rash
Gibbons
John Daly
Warner Bros. Presents
Wyatt Earp
Danny Thomas
Baltimore
Devil and
Daniel
Ster
Walter Huston
Jerome Thor
W. Walker
J. Barrymore, Jr
Conrad Nagel
Clown Corner
Clown News
the Ruggles
Ladies Home Theater
Jimmy
Mai Zetterling
Guiding Light
Edmond O'Brien
Helen Wagner
Donna Douglas
Johnny Carson
Art Linkletter
Bot Crosby
Pick Temple
Kit Carson
Winchester Typewriter Co
Piccadilly PA
Polly
Channel 7
D.S.T
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