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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1958
Page
5
Clarke County Raritan Club announces a Ladies Night Banquet at the Baptist Church Wednesday at 7 p.m. guest speaker Jimmy Graves of Syria Virginia, an International Farm Youth Exchange delegate recently returns from San Salvador will address the group.
In Sparta Wisconsin two girls aged 12 and 13 allegedly skipped Sunday School and stole a car from a church yard. They damaged the vehicle to about $250 as it crashed through a fence several miles away.
Multiple Virginia items report a man dying after a porch fall in Alexandria, a handyman accused of fatally stabbing his brother-in-law in Fairfax, and the Richmond Petersburg Turnpike opening with officials attending. Also noted are a health division appointment, a $14 million Clinchfield plant project, and reappointments to the Hampton Roads Sanitation Commission.
A 4 year old former Ft Belvoir construction engineer John Conner who killed his three children in 1949 is due for release from Perry Point VA hospital in Maryland. Officials say his mental condition has improved and he will be discharged within days. Police were told he acted to prevent inheritance of his instability. Virginia authorities initially concerned but will take no action. Conner was cleared of murder charges after a sanity commission. His wife, now divorced, lives in Fairfax County and he had threatened to kill her as well.
Hollywood reports Burl Ives has built a strong rep as a top character actor after a string of film roles following a career as a folk singer. He credit s a stage test with MGM leading to early screen parts, and credits coach Elia Kazan for key casting in East of Eden and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Ives, once a touring musician, now lives aboard a 32 foot sloop with his wife and son, balancing weight with self created stunts for realism.
The piece notes Orson Welles and Burl Ives antics on Desire Under the Elms and The Big Country including a Genghis Khan pose on horseback. It also mentions the Earl of Sandwich inventing the lunch staple in the 1700s to keep playing cards.
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