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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1948
Page
5
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A group of shepherds and several flocks were rescued after a perilous incident near Moscow on June 8. Aircraft intervened to avert harm to the herders and protect the animals.
At about 3 p m yesterday on Gerrard Street near Braddock Avenue three vehicles were damaged in a collision. Richard Crenshaw drove a 1941 Ford, Leonard Perry a 1941 Plymouth, and Kenneth Gummer operated a 1940 Cammer's Cleaners truck. The truck struck Perry's car and all three vehicles were damaged totaling about $325. No injuries were reported.
On a warm day shepherds and their sheep faced sudden blizzards near Mount Elbrus as travel back to the village was cut off by deep snow. Aircraft delivered enough food to save the group, ending the danger of starvation.
In Munich on June 8 the military government proposed a joint garden project for Americans and Germans sharing yields 50 50. Governor Murray D Van Wagoner said Americans would supply seed and fertilizer via the PX while Germans provide labor. Officials noted no directive bans the plan though Americans may not sell any output and land would be requisitioned.
An advertisement for the book Modern Manners outlines guidance on etiquette across table manners telephone etiquette dress at events and business etiquette. It promotes a fifteen cent postpaid copy from the Winchester Star Information Bureau listing address details for ordering.
Richmond June 7. Health Commissioner Dr. L J Roper says 22 Virginia localities will seek state construction funds after July 1 when 1 500 000 in state aid becomes available. Hill Burton aid covers one third of costs and state funds about 11 percent. Deadline for federal allocations is June 30, 1949.
The Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision upholds quickie divorces if both spouses have full chance to argue questions of legal residence in the divorce court. Massachusetts had invalidated a Florida divorce for Margaret E. Sherrer, ruled the Florida decision binding on Massachusetts courts. Justice Vinson wrote the majority. Justice Frankfurter with Justice Murphy dissented.
A Nevada court held that Nevada divorces do not permit two ex husbands to be ordered to pay alimony previously decreed by New York courts. The New York cases involved Frank Furter and Jackson as the principals in dispute.
Frankfurter called Vinson's Florida divorce ruling a cancellation that promotes perjury and does little to fix disharmony among the 48 states. The Isle of Man parliament sits outdoors on a hillside once a year.
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