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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1955
Page
2
Former President Truman will address the United Nations 10th anniversary session in San Francisco on June 24, Dag Hammarskjold announced. He rejected an earlier State Department invitation to attend the June 2026 program.
The Pentagon studies potential reductions in M48 medium tank output, with officials noting any cut would be modest, possibly under 20 percent. Deliveries, largely from the Chrysler arsenal in Newark Delaware, would shrink as current stocks suffice for the regular Army National Guard overseas orders and foreign government sales.
Mr and Mrs Earl Renfrow welcomed their seventh child in five years, including two sets of twins and a triplet. The latest twins, a boy and a girl, were born yesterday at St Mary's Hospital. The mother is 31 and the father 30.
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The Boxer Uprising in China began in 1899 and ended in 1900 when an international force lifted the siege of Peking. The total indemnity was $333 million. the United States claimed $25 million but remitted $18 million in 1908. The funds were placed in trust to educate young Chinese, with thousands later in the United States during the Communist conquest.
A sequence of sale notices lists auctions across Frederick County and nearby West Virginia towns. Items include cattle, hogs, and farm machinery. household goods and real estate. antique furniture. and farms and orchards with dates from June 17 to July 9. Auctioneers include W. D. Orndorff, E. T. Snider, Buddy Artrip, and others.
The Associated Press notes Virginia’s 1955 toll rose to 345 with ten weekend fatalities. Among the dead are Lawrence Wilkerson, 15, of Ruckersville. Melvin Perry, 48, of Tyner North Carolina. Robert Thompson, 16, and Lois Thompson, 14, of Narrows and Salem respectively. Maggie Dehart, 29, and Annie Turner, 31, of Stuart. George Banks, 8, of Newsoms. Cynthia Keever, 13 months, of Alexandria. Morris Morgan, 38, of Potomac Mills. and Arthur Fralin, 23, of Roanoke.
Washington The American Association for the Advancement of Science reaffirms its decision to hold the 1955 meeting in Atlanta despite a petition by Dr Montagu Cobb protesting segregation. Directors say the session will be nonsegregated and that their original reasons for Atlanta remain valid.
Dawn McFarland a 17 year old girl from Portsmouth had her left leg amputated after polio left it shorter than the other. She says the artificial leg lets her walk and dance and she received an engagement ring from Gerald Mantley who is serving with the British army.
Shapely star Jane Russell slipped and fell while filming a bathtub scene at the 20th Century Fox studio. An attendant said the sprain is painful but not serious and she is being treated at the studio hospital.
Department of Defense records show that Battery D, 5th FA Battalion holds the distinction as the oldest unit in the U S Army from the standpoint of continuous service.
The 20-tank 122 foot high Fargo Grain Terminal collapsed yesterday, dumping about 600000 bushels of grain valued near 1.2 million dollars. Owner Joseph Eichinger blamed possible combustion as the cause for the privately owned facility completed last August.
Gary Higbie aged 23 was electrocuted when a 60 foot metal control cable from his gas powered model airplane touched a high tension wire in front of his home. Forty relatives gathered for a family reunion witnessed the accident in Holt Michigan.
A single trustee sale in Frederick County Virginia follows a 1951 deed of trust by Joseph E. Brinklow and Betty P. Brinklow to trustees Talley and Atkinson. The two adjoining parcels along John Shane Road total about 6.41 acres, described in Goode surveys, with the sale at the courthouse front door in Winchester on a set date. Cash is required.
Medical experts state baldness is largely inherited and not caused by tight hats or washing practices. The opinion rejects the idea that headwear contributes to male hair loss.
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