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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1954
Page
9
Look magazine plans assign Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt to Moscow next month. A State Department spokesman in Washington confirmed she has a passport to travel to Russia but offered no further details.
City firemen responded at 9 20 yesterday morning to 220 Opequon Ave the home of Mr and Mrs John W Graham where the oil burner carburetor caught fire. The blaze was confined to the burner and quickly extinguished with no damage reported.
The Winchester Association of Life Underwriters will hold its regular monthly dinner meeting Friday at 6 30 p m at the Lee Jackson Restaurant.
Erroneous listings may occur due to last minute changes cancellations or insertions by broadcasting stations and networks after press time noting Daylight Saving Time adjustments.
Provincial network lineup lists news, sports, and entertainment through 11 pm. Programs include News and Commentary, Beulah, Lone Ranger, Perry Como, The Falcon, Band of America, Fibber and Molly, and Dance Orchestra with various network notes.
A dense listing of daily programs across WNEW WTTG WMAL WTOP WINC and ABC affiliates. The guide shows shows from 4:00 pm to after midnight including news weather sports and entertainment blocks with hosts and show titles such as Today Garroway Jumble The Morning Show I Love Lucy Burns and Allen and various music and children's programs.
In Richmond, stores use sectional cutting of watermelons to fit medium and small family purchases. Beef roasts show price cuts of 4 to 5 cents with minor changes in steak. Lamb stays the same while pork center cut chops fall to 93 cents a pound from 96. Egg prices hover with no weekly change though rising wholesale costs may push up soon. Some retailers charge more for center cut chops due to lower demand for rich end cuts.
Robert Henry son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Henry of Brad dock Sr a second semester freshman at Shepherd College has been chosen to represent the college at the ninth annual Intercollegiate Leadership Institute on the United Nations at Finch College in New York City June 2026. The Institute sponsored since 1946 by the Collegiate Council for the United Nations will include Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and Dr Ralph Bunche meeting with delegates this year. Henry is a member of Theta Sigma Chi and will lead as president of the International Relations Club, secretary of Circle K and assistant editor of the Cohoon gor beta for the coming year.
Local social items record traveling relatives visiting Middletown residents from Pennsylvania to Virginia, plus multiple family visits in town. The Larrick reunion occurred May 30 with numerous relatives from Beckley Clifton Forge and Winchester attending. Weekend guests included Sydney Larrick family and neighboring Larricks from Beckley and Clifton Forge.
TV lineups shift as Martin Kane winds down and Ellery Queen debuts with Hugh Marlowe. Roddy McDowell and Peggy Ann Garner team for a new fall comedy while This is Baseball is announced with Ted Husing hosting and Ford Frick’s blessing. Molden Electric advertises parts for set repairs.
Favorable weather boosts Virginia truck crops with Eastern Shore asparagus and other produce now sold in retail outlets. Fresh beets cabbage greens lettuce green onions radishes turnips available from local producing areas. Blackberries blueberries from the Carolinas and peaches from Georgia join the fresh fruit list in limited statewide supply.
The era shows that only five percent of work in the United States today is done manually, indicating widespread mechanization across industries.
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